True Patriots

The People's House is no longer.

The Capitol is Obamapelosi's House.

Good Luck, America

Obama's health care plan is WRONG for America

socialism will supply the people

Herman Cain talks to Megyn Kelly about the American Dream...

This angry white man probably just hates that a black man is President.

Land of Lincoln -> Land of Corruption

I can't say I'm surprised at the big news this morning.

The Governor of the great state of Illinois, the Land of Abraham Lincoln, was arrested at his home by the FBI. The allegations in the affidavit are simply amazing. Rod Blagojevich [pronounced: Bluh-goi-uh-vich] only wanted more money and more power and to do what he could do fight off a possibly impending impeachment. Apparently when he ran for governor he talked of cleaning up corruption. Apparently he may have even thought of running for President in 2016? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! What a dooshbag.

Now remember, he's not guilty. While we, American society, often condemns and convicts someone as soon as there is suspicion they're guilty of something, this is supposed to be a country where we can prove our innocence (or try to get a Not Guilty verdict.)

Yes, the governor was caught on tape trying to sell the recently vacated U.S. Senate seat, yes, he was caught on tape threatening to withhold funding if favors weren't granted, yes, he was caught on tape trying to weasel himself into something better (naming himself Senator) in case he's indicted/impeached (on other charges) ... but remember, this guilty piece of crap is innocent; he's not really a corrupt bastard until the guilty verdict is in.

Oh, hey, isn't the guy who was governor before Blagojevich in prison right now for corruption?

Way to go, Illinois! You're the Shining Star of this Great Land!!!!

Discrimination Against Poodles Is OK

Hooray for Barack Obama. In a statement from his campaign, it was made clear that if you want to be Vice President or President of this great nation, well, if you're from a small town and one of your first political offices is mayor of that small town, forget it, you're not good enough.

Children of the United States from small towns who have an aspiration to become President someday, and to all Small Town Americans -- you do not have what it takes to be a leader in America. Go away you inbred, hillbilly, road kill-eating, gun-toting, Bible-thumping, polar bear-hunting, brainless hicks. Washington is not for you. Elitist snobs only!

Now a reason to not vote for Obama:



I'm a dog person, I love dogs... but that is NOT a dog. That is a disgrace. That does NOT belong in the White House. No way. No how.
Please keep this from happening!!!!

Despite the crappy (hot) weather -- I ran.

Friday Evening Run: 21 minutes 5 seconds

+ 4:18

6:50 p.m. -- 81° F
some "cold" air & clouds moved in to push the daytime high of 92° (with a 97° Heat Index)
down to a much more acceptable temperature in the low 80's... horrible but not way horrible
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August: 2 hours 39 min July: 2 hours 11 min June: 1 hour 47 min May: 4 hours 46 min

Since it wasn't wicked hot I was able to push through a pretty good 14½ minutes with relative ease. That was Part One. I turned around at a certain point when I would be assured to be close to my Gatorade when I'd hit my End Cue. Sip, sip, rest, rest... sip, rest, sip, rest... or something like that.

I had a bunch o' songs lined up where I could leisurely hike down the trail awaiting Running - Part Two. One more song would be my Part Two -- about 5½ minutes long. First it would be a pretty good 20 or so minute walk. I turned around and my Start Cue sounded... I ran a bunch of the way back and Part Two was successful; finally I hit a Grand Total of 20 minutes. It took me two parts to accomplish that, I'm still looking forward to running 20 minutes straight through, but never-the-less, even though I was nearly 100% drenched in sweat afterwards, tonight was some good running.

Running tunes...
	Rush [self-titled debut album] 1974
Finding My Way Need Some Love Take A Friend Here Again What You're Doing In The Mood Before And After Working Man

Canada's National Band used to be my favorite band once upon a time. Rush kicked ass. Apparently they still do. I wouldn't really know since seeing a show of theirs isn't something I've done since about 1990 or so. Through the years I've listened kind of often to some tapes I've had and I've had a few CDs but they've long since been pawned off for concert ticket or travel or rent money or something. But thanks to this new digital age (new to me, well, I've been involved with it for only like a year-year and a half now) I'm able to get my hands on many albums I've never heard, or in this case, not heard in years. And interestingly, I don't really get my hands on the tunes since it's all in mp3 form. Can't touch it like you could an LP or a cassette or a compact disc.

Anyway... early Rush was never my favorite (I favored stuff from the 90's) but a long, long time ago, probably in a galaxy or two really far away, I used to have this 1974 debut album on vinyl. Yeah, I used to spin this on a good old-fashioned record player. I don't think I ever upgraded to cassette or CD so listening to this digitally was a first for me and the first time I've heard it in like 20 years!

It's all pretty good music, kinda similar to Led Zeppelin at times, and really not like the Rush of the 90's that I became quite familiar with. Though I do dig it just fine, I truly don't know if I'll ever listen to it again. I did get a kick out of using it for running this evening. I've also listened to it a bunch o' times over the past couple weeks or so and the past few days especially.

As far as Rush goes, I'll look forward to working my way (slowly) through their catalog of albums but this early stuff isn't my favorite.

128 kbps dload @ MusicSharing4all

320 kbps mp3 download

"Finding My Way"
from: Don Kirchner's Rock Concert
1974 or '75

Still Summer Stones Run

So today is Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention.

I'm so happy that 16.something million dollars of taxpayer money is being used to fund something that is absolutely NOT needed.

The same is (will be) true for the Republican Convention.

Gifts, Cash Bonuses Allowed at Conventions -- on Taxpayers' Tab

"up to $20,000 in public money can be used at each convention to purchase gifts for staff and volunteers of up to $150 each.

Ain't that swell?!

At least Congress is doing something for us... they did make July "National Watermelon Month."

2:05 p.m. -- 90° F, way sunny, way warm, hot really, not pleasant.

Tuesday Afternoon Run: 16 minutes 47 seconds

- 3:02

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August: 2 hours 18 min July: 2 hours 11 min June: 1 hour 47 min May: 4 hours 46 min

Twas a dumb, dumb thing to run during the hottest part of the day. Twas dumb only because it was just so friggin' exhausting. The heat zapped the energy from me and didn't allow me to run as long as I would have liked (20 minutes.) I also had to run in two parts again.

Part One -- 12 minutes even... well, 12:02 actually. Really easy going the first two songs but soon after that I started getting tired and it was a bit of a challenge to finish up. I could have quit, wanted to about 20 times, but my End Cue was just a short time away. I just concentrated times 50 on reaching my goal and while 12 minutes seemed like it would never arrive, I finally got there.

Intermission: I had turned around about midway through Part One and arrived back at my frozen (and quickly thawing) Gatorade ... yet again, yet again, yet again (for hot, hot weather) the same old story. Sat in the shade, sipped, rested, eventually began to hike down the trail.

Part Two -- one more song, 4:45, went pretty easily and I could have even run longer.

Overall: not bad but I should have gone out in the morning when it was only warm and not hot. Only problem with the morning is there are parts of the trail with long grass/weeds and with all the dew in the morning (i.e. Morning Dew) my shoes and socks woulda been soaked. Ahh well, maybe I'll just have to put up with that now and again.

Running tunes...
	The Rolling Stones Beggar's Banquet 1968
Sympathy For The Devil No Expectations Dear Doctor Parachute Woman Jigsaw Puzzle Street Fighting Man Prodigal Son Stray Cat Blues Factory Girl Salt Of The Earth

A classic album? One of the top 50 albums of all time or something like that? Since the record was released, only two songs truly survived the decades, each becoming a classic and a Stones staple -- Street Fighting Man and Sympathy For The Devil. Everything else is, well, just eh, I think. I mean, it ain't bad... just eh. And since my opinion is the only one that matters, ever, then I hereby declare this to only be the 210th Greatest Album Of All Time.

128 kbps dload @ The Roadhouse

320 kbps mp3 download

"Sympathy For The Devil" ~ December 11, 1968
from: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
not released until 1996

Nice makeup, Mick. You look pretty.

"Change We Can Believe In"

So Barack Obama has chosen Delaware Senator Joseph Biden to be his Vice Presidential running mate.

This signifies Change.

Wait... it does? How? Biden's just another politician. Just another politician... hooray. Just what America needs (<--that's sarcasm.)

At least Biden doesn't bow down to special interest groups.

Wait... he does? He's accepted over $5,000,000 from lawyers and lobbyists since 2003? Gee... that's nice (<--more sarcasm.)

Well, okay, so Biden's another politician. We'll see what happens.

At least he's not racist.

"You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking."

Ohh... he isssss racist.

Good Luck, America!

Olympic Gold Glitters Gluttonously

God Bless America -- Home of the Free, Land of the Feed Those Who Can Already Feed Themselves.

Michael Phelps, swimmer extraordinaire/fish, is coming back to the United States with a record 8 Gold Medals. Beijing been berry berry good to Michael Phelps. He ain't just a-comin' home with gold but with sponsorships up the old ying yang. Speedo, maker of those hideous things some call bathing suits (a.k.a. banana hammocks) is giving Mikey $1,000,000 for winning those 8 golds. Not bad, I guess. Perhaps he earned it. I'm all for capitalism.

But there are two very shocking things related to the winning of those Olympic gold medals -- Mr. Phelps' diet is one.

What kind of pathetically selfish human being consumes 12,000 calories a day? Phelps starts "his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.

He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.

At lunch, Phelps gobbles up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.

For dinner, Phelps really loads up on the carbs - what he needs to give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen - with a pound of pasta and an entire pizza.

He washes all that down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks."

Hey, Mike, how many nations on Earth have children who don't consume 12,000 calories in a month? Maybe you know? I'm just wondering. There are places where children have to scavenge through garbage dumps in order to find a few precious morsels that they'll share with their siblings. I could be wrong but I'm guessing they don't quite get 12,000 calories from their daily trips to look through the trash. Maybe you'd like to sit down and take some video of you eating just one meal, send that video to them, and maybe it'll make them feel better.

Does winning so many gold medals help rid the soul of the guilt? The million bucks probably helps, too. Maybe you had no guilt to begin with?

Also disturbing in The Gluttony of Michael Phelps is Pizza Hut's involvement. Between 3 and 5 million dollars is what Phelps, pre-2008 Summer Olympics, was estimated to be earning. So long as it's made morally and legally (I guess illegally would be immorally,) once again, I'm all for capitalism and that's fine. I've just gotta wonder -- does the dude really need free pizza and pasta for a year? You've got to be kidding me.

Hey, Pizza Slut, rather than give free food to someone who can afford to buy a few dozen pies every single day, why not donate food/money to feed human beings who live in poverty and may die from starvation? Just a thought. If not then I want to congratulate you for helping feed someone who is rich, someone who can afford to feed himself. Way to go!!! You've done well!!!!

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