The nightly news

Turned to the local station I watch, KTLA out of LA. With the Direct TV I have, LA is "local" I live two hours from LA for crying out loud.
But it was twenty minutes of the emmy's. Good grief! It truly is LA LA Land!!!!!
I don't give a rat's behind. The only good thing is the eye candy. And some of the high fashion is down right ugly. Christina Hendrix was the classiest one I saw.
Other than that, most of it is mindless drivel. It all deals with make believe. I haven't watched regular network TV in so long............The NHL on NBC is the exception. Other than that, no use for any of it.

Reno air show crash update

3 dead, 56 injured in horrific Reno air show crash

http://news.yahoo.com/3-dead-56-injured-horrific-reno-air-show-020656982.html

'Mass Casualties' Reported After Plane Crashes At Nevada Air Show

Sad news from the National Air Races. The P-51B, The Galloping Ghost crashed into the box seating area during the afternoon heat in the Unlimited Pylon Race at Reno Stead Airport.
Various sources put the death toll at anywhere from three to 12 at present. The links are to Reno TV stations.
http://www.foxreno.com/news/29211515/detail.html

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Blood_Needed_in_Wake_of_Air_Race_Crash_130001353.html

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Renown_Told_to_Expect_as_Many_as_100_Injured_129998428.html

http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/BREAKING-2-spectators-and-Pilot-confirmed-dead-in/YXDWyolFZ0SGtz4QsIoZ1A.cspx

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/16/national/main20107634.shtml

Plane Carrying Russian Hockey Team Crashes

My God.

This has always been my fear when it comes to professional sports. Every pro team travels by air, and while flying is still statistically the safest form of travel, when an accident like this happens, it can wipe out an entire team. It seems as this was the case here.

The rest is at the link to the original post at Support Your Local Gunfighter.

http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com/2011/09/plane-carrying-russian-hockey-team-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-74984

PS — I Don’t Like Being Called A Racist Either.

A most excellent post by April Gavaza, otherwise known as The Hyacinth Girl.
Go. Read. Decide on your own.

http://thehyacinthgirl.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/ps-i-dont-like-being-called-a-racist-either/

Dozens of Homes Destroyed Near Tehachapi, Blaze 10% Contained

From midday here in So Cal. Fire updates.
This is a picture of the Blackburn Canyon Fire. More at the link below.


http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-kern-county-plane-down-fire,0,7319836.story

Wildfire Destroys Tehachapi Home, Threatens 30 Others - Kern County Mountain News Story - KERO Bakersfield

Wildfire Destroys Tehachapi Home, Threatens 30 Others - Kern County Mountain News Story - KERO Bakersfield:

The link has some video and pictures from people commenting on the site.

The Missus and I had been to Rosamond and then up to Tehachapi for breakfast for supper at Denny's. We watched the aircraft relay from Fox Field in Lancaster.

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Oceanside, The Pictures

We do go do some things. A trip to Escondido to the Stone Brewing Company's place of business. The Son and Daughter in Law and I did that. Had lunch and took the tour. I do love that Arrogant Bastard Ale!!!!!!
But here a few are:

Daughter in Law's Tattoo

The other Tattoo

The Sis in Law on the Left. The Missus on the Right. Manicotti!!!

Yours Truly and The Eldest Son!

Bro in Law, Self, and the Son.

Daughter in Law, Diane, Son Pat and Yours Truly having  lunch at the Stone Brewing Company. That is an Arrogant Bastard in hand!

The Gargoyle

Diane having a bite of the Chocolate Cake!

Diane at the Brewery Garden

Our Tour Guide, Ken. Funny Guy!

Got a six of this at BevMo!

If you like hops, this is the stuff!

Going to El Cajon

South on the 805

The Missus' Alma Mater!

The hangout from the Wife's High School Days.

Little lizard in the back yard.

Short vacation

Going to Oceanside for a long weekend.
Visit with the Sister in Law, Brother in Law, Niece and our Eldest Son and The Daughter in Law.
Pool. Beach. Spa. Beer. Rock and Roll.
Going to be thin with the blogging thing. Go figure!

Plan to keep your health plan? Don't count on it | Byron York | Politics | Washington Examiner

Plan to keep your health plan? Don't count on it | Byron York | Politics | Washington Examiner:

In case anyone was wondering, obama lied along with sibelius, pelosi, reid and the rest of that scum.

Kind of knew that ahead of time, given his past associations. Standard Operating Procedure.

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As if I am supposed to care?

I think not.
Got no use for D-1 at all in the major sports. Molly coddled crybabies. If they had adversity staring them down...........get a fresh diaper out!
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-t25-collegefbpoll
And while we are at it.........I have issues with the NCAA and the out and out persecution of The University of North Dakota and the Fighting Sioux. What a bunch of worthless scumbags.

Liberals Oppose New Winnipeg Team Logo

From Canada Free Press.

This one takes the cake. Along the lines of what is happening in Grand Forks ND with the UND Fighting Sioux.

Kind of makes one wonder about some folks, ya know. As one could guess, I like the logo. When I was in HS in Bow Island, Alberta from 68 to 71, I considered a career in the Canadian Armed Forces. Mom threw a fit and we moved back to the States.

Liberals Oppose New Winnipeg Team Logo

31 US Troops, 7 Afghans killed as insurgents down NATO chopper

KABUL, Afghanistan— ⁠Thirty-one American troops and seven Afghans died in the overnight downing of a U.S. helicopter, President Hamid Karzai's office said Saturday. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the craft. 
Up at Stormbringer. Sad News. And what will our left wing, insurgent loving media and administration do with this............? That is all for that part.
38 good men from the Armed Forces of two countries allied in a war with a seventh century culture of hate and misogyny for the good of the rest of the world.  
http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2011/08/31-us-troops-7-afghans-killed-as.html

New Sailor Blog

The Mellow Jihadi
Had to link this guy.
Especially after reading a post where in the AF confuses a Third Class Petty Officer for a Bird Colonel.
Funny one. Got to get the locals here at Edwards trained in what PO1 means on the blue ID. That is confusing enough.
http://themellowjihadi.com/
Go and check it out!!!!!!

Stolen from PIG!!!!! From The Twilight Zone!!!!!!

TALES FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE• • • • • •

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When, exactly did we get detached from objective reality and transported to the Twilight Zone, where every day is 'opposite day'.

Welcome to the inversion region of the Twilight Zone, PIGsters. If you're a regular visitor to this particular flight from objective reality, you're familiar with the rules of engagement. If you're a first timer, the inversion region of the Twilight Zone is a plane of existence where up is down, left is right and every day is opposite day. Opposite day might be an understatement, because the world all around us is stranger than that. How strange? Very, but you don't need to take our word for it. We the PIGs believe that the best way to wrap our minds around this plane of existence where everything is inverted, is to cite a some examples: Lead From Behind Messiah Barry's entire political career can be summed up in one word "present". It worked for him in the Illinois State Legislature. It worked for him in the United States Senate, and come hell or high water, he's going to make it work for him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Prove it, you say? No problem. Consider this exchange between ABC News Nitwit, Jake Tapper and Barry's press secretary, Jay Carney: TAPPER: OK. The House is passing something that many observers feel would never pass the Senate and the president has said he would veto. The Senate is passing — the McConnell-Reid plan, it's not clear that that could pass the House. The Gang of Seven plan, it's not clear that that could pass the House. Would this not be an opportune time for a president to lead and say, this — CARNEY: Leadership is not proposing a planfor the sake of having it voted up or down, and likely voted down because it is — look, you know how this town works and how Congress works. If an individual, whether Democrat or Republican leader, steps forward and says, this is my plan and solely my plan, it makes it a lot harder for that plan to be the basis for a bipartisan compromise. (National Review Online, emphasis added) Barry demonstrates his Leadership skills by doing nothing? Seriously? That doesn't even make sense in the Twilight Zone. Narcissism University When Mexifornia's Elected Tormentors sealed the state's fate with its latest budget deal, one cost cutting move yanked money out of the U.C. system's budget. Faced with that inconvenient truth, the Ivory Towers in the U.C. System were confronted by some tough choices. UCSD eschewed the rational adult approach, which involves preserving core academic programs by trimming off the fat, and the fluff. Instead, UCSD officials poured more of their limited resources in to the fat and the fluff, by lopping off core academic programs. Gone: The master's program for electrical and computer engineering. The master's program in comparative literature. Courses in German, Spanish, and English Literature. A trio of prestigious cancer researchers who were lured away by Rice University. The researchers are also taking their coffers filling government research grants. Retained: The Chancellor's Diversity Office, Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Equity, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, the faculty equity advisors, the graduate diversity coordinators, the staff diversity liaison, the undergraduate student diversity liaison, the graduate student diversity liaison, the chief diversity officer, the director of development for diversity initiatives, the Office of Academic Diversity and Equal Opportunity, the Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Campus Council on Climate, Culture and Inclusion, the Diversity Council, and the directors of the Cross-Cultural Center, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, and the Women's Center. Added: A Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). UCSD also added 'a new campus-wide diversity requirement for graduation. The cultivation of "a student's understanding of her or his identity," as the diversity requirement proposal put it, would focus on "African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Chicanos, Latinos, Native Americans, or other groups" through the "framework" of "race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, language, ability/disability, class or age."...' (The City Journal) At UCSD, the graduates may not emerge with any marketable skills or knowledge, but if anyone needs a politically correct, diversity bonkers, narcissist you're in high cotton. An obsession with immutable traits takes precedence over the well-rounded education? Seriously? That might make sense in the Twilight Zone, but it's a steaming load of politically correct crap, in objective reality. Invaders Rewarded When it comes to Uncle Sam's immigration policy, 'inversion' is an egregious understatement. Skilled, highly motivated, individuals who want a shot at the American Dream, are punished with years on a waiting list, because they played by the rules and sought entry through the FRONT door as LEGAL immigrants. Unskilled, disease ridden, crime infested, Border Jumping Scumbag parasites, who are looking for all the freebies they can grab, get rewarded with amnesty, and a fast track to citizenship. The same kind of inversion is at work in the Sanctuary City of Angels, where the police policy of impounding the vehicles of drivers without licenses is only imposed on legal residents of the USA. Border Jumping Scumbags are excluded from this rule of road warrior engagement. Crime Pays If you wonder why a talentless group of gold diggers - the Kardashian sisters - are rich and famous, wonder no more. In this case, the smoking, opposite day, gun is a now deceased shyster, Robert Kardashian. His claim to fame - and his legacy - is helping a murdering bastard named O. J. Simpson get away with it. For the loin fruit of the poisonous Robert Kardashian tree, the rest, as they say, is tawdry television history. Rational adults think that, through stupidity, malice, or neglect, Casey Anthony played a critical role in the death of her 2 year old daughter Caylee. Despite a mountain of circumstantial evidence, an O. J. jury refused to convict her of anything, including manslaughter. Although she's reviled by many individuals, Casey Anthony will never be punished for her role in Caylee's death. Instead, an infuriating inversion has this vile creature on the fast track for riches and a life of leisure. Crime doesn't pay? That might be true in some planes of existence, but not in this region of the Twilight Zone, where every day is opposite day. Crime pays handsomely, here, thank you very much. A Christian nation gives preferential treatment to ISLAM. The First Amendment's prose about supernaturalism - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion - is clear enough that even the relentlessly clueless understand it. Despite its clarity, it is stretched to the breaking point, by atheists, secularists and assorted other pests who deem a nativity scene on the courthouse lawn a dire threat to our liberty, somehow. Inversion sets in, when the flavor of supernaturalism is Islam, a belief system which is saturated with political overtones. Unlike Cross Cultism, which is viewed with suspicion by the church vs state purists, Mecca Mania is not only tolerated, it is given special treatment by Elected Tormentors. The Establishment Clause is scuttled by officials who turn a blind eye to outbursts of sharia law in places like Dearbornistan, Minneapolis, and Seattle. Technically, 'Congress' didn't perpetrate a law that established Mecca Mania as the official state religion. The Islamikazes are doing their own 'establishing', by intimidating local, state and national officials into letting them get away with it. It's called Dhimmitude which involves an attitude of concession, surrender and appeasement towards Islamic demands. The USA is an officially 'secular' nation, whose population is overwhelmingly Christian. By allowing Mecca Mania to establish itself, America takes opposite day inversion to the limit, and beyond. An Enemy With No Name America is at war, but our Elected Tormentors refuse to name the enemy. America is at war, but our Elected Tormentors steadfastly refuse to name, or discuss, the belief system which motivates the enemy. America is a nation at war, but, instead of moving against the nations that assist the enemy, our Elected Tormentors target our allies instead. At America's points of entry, security officials intentionally ignore individuals who might be affiliated with enemy. Instead, while potential terrorists are given a free pass, security officials obsess on patting down infants, rug rats, senior citizens, nuns, people confined to wheelchairs, and assorted other individuals who, by any rational standard, pose no threat. A military strategy that appeases, and/or ignores, the real enemy, while it targets its friends and allies only works on opposite day, and I wouldn't bet the farm that it will work then. Capitalist Commies One of the most startling examples of this inversion region of the Twilight Zone can be found in the marketplace. In this bizzaro world, opposite day has outdone itself, by making the COMMUNIST Chinese better capitalists than the capitalism espousing Americans. Furthermore, the COMMUNIST Chinese are much more adept at fiscal discipline than we are. In fact - and this will make your head spin - the COMMUNIST Chinese, who own a large chunk of Uncle Sam's debt, just got done harshly criticizing the Obama Regime for its out of control spending and complete lack of fiscal discipline. Proving what a strange world this is, a staunch Demoncrat supporting capitalist - Steve Wynn - just got done verbally eviscerating Messiah Barry for his destructive economic policies. As far as I can tell, the only capitalist who thinks Barry's economic policy is spiffy is that America despising troll, George Soros. The Commies are better capitalists - closer to the free market ideal - than America? How the hell do I get out of here? Until We the People can put an end to this inversion...until We the People can put opposite day out of our misery, permanently, we are well and truly screwed. We must put an end to schools that spend all their time grouping individuals based on their immutable traits. We must put an end to schools that place emotions (self esteem AKA narcissism) ahead of intellectual development. We must demand that our Elected Tormentors, at every level, exercise real, no shit, leadership instead of kicking the can down the road, hoping the 'problems' resolve themselves, somehow. We must reward the immigrants who take the time and trouble to enter the USA through the FRONT door, by kicking out the line cutters whose idea of the American Dream is a handout. We must take off our blinders and see Islam for what it really is, a belief system which tramples everything that stands between it and its stated goal: world domination, by any means necessary. We must stop kidding ourselves that Islam and individual liberty are compatible. We must stop pinning a 'saint' label on moochers, looters, and parasites. We must stop pinning a 'sinner' label on achievers, American Dreamers, and rugged individuals. Where do we start? Where indeed? We need to make 'a government of, by, and, for the people' more than a catchphrase. We need to pink slip the fossils who have been in office too long. We need to put an end to the indoctrination assembly line (America's Educrap system) which plugs in a starry eyed, eager to learn, tyke at one end and poops out a glassy eyed, politically correct idiot with self esteem at the far end. Most important of all, we need to drive a stake through the heart of political correctness and its Moonbattery, by reasserting the fact that the basic social unit in America is the INDIVIDUAL, not the GROUP. I've had my fill of opposite day. It's time to drag this once great nation back to objective reality, where it belongs. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program: How my fat ass and a sex tape helped my sister, Sasquatch, defy the odds, by landing a husband without Hell freezing over.

Early "Carmageddon" Traffic Milder Than Anticipated

Officials are bracing for what could be the biggest traffic nightmare for commuters in Los Angeles history.

The fun has begun on the 405!

The link has all kinds of stuff on this event this weekend. The 405 is closed due to the demolition of the Mulholland Bridge in the Sepulveda Pass. This is the main artery from the San Fernando Valley into LA and also access to LAX.

Channel Five has a lot of coverage this morning on the early news. Killing time before heading off to work some overtime..........

The I-405 closure in The Sepulveda Pass courtesy of KTLA 5

Remember, in SoCal, we DRIVE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!

Every morning! Oh Yes! Ain't she pretty?

I watch KTLA as they do a little better with Antelope Valley/High Desert weather than the rest. The other stations pretty much stop at Lancaster.

Some Ronald Reagan Quotes

My Friend over at Facebook, Karen O'day had these up today.
I asked her to send them along.
So now you may enjoy them.

Here are my favorite Reagan quotes including the ones I just posted:

"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't 
need it and hell where they already have it." -Ronald Reagan 

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.' - Ronald Reagan 


'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' -Ronald Reagan 


'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' -Ronald Reagan 


'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. - Ronald Reagan 


'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress... -Ronald Reagan 


'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan 


'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other' 
- Ronald Reagan 


'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' - Ronald Reagan 


'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first' - Ronald Reagan 


'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan 


'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' 
- Ronald Reagan 


'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' - Ronald Reagan


'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.' -Ronald Reagan 


You can also Google "Ronald Reagan Quotes" to find more! Reagan was certainly a man of wisdom and common sense!

Guess Who: Share the Land

20 Really Bad Ideas That Are Almost Too Stupid To Believe

This one is from The American Dream.
The narrative prep is as follows......
The twenty Really Bad Ideas are at the link at the bottom........

What in the world is happening to America?  It seems like all we get out of politicians at the federal, state and local levels is a steady stream of really bad ideas.  Even when our government officials appear to have the best of intentions things still turn out badly.  "What were they thinking" is a phrase that is being uttered by millions of Americans on a daily basis.  Sadly, instead of focusing on real problems and real solutions, the mainstream media loves to focus on the latest scandal.  Last month everyone wanted to talk about Anthony Weiner.  This month everyone wants to talk about Casey Anthony.  Next month it will be somebody else.  There is a never ending stream of scandals for the mainstream media to latch on to, but what is America going to look like if we do not start addressing our real problems?  The United States has become a cesspool of corruption, greed, debt and depravity.  Everywhere you look there are signs of decline, and yet all our leaders come up with are more really bad ideas.  Time is running out on this nation, and with each passing day there seems to be fewer reasons to be optimistic about the future.

Most Americans that are actively engaged in politics believe that either the Democrats or the Republicans are the answer.  But sadly, that is just not the case.  When the Republicans have been in power they have been a total mess.  When the Democrats have been in power they have been a complete train wreck.  Both political parties have lied to us and have deceived us over and over.  The mainstream media would have us believe that George W. Bush and Barack Obama are from "opposite ends of the political spectrum", but when you closely examine the policies that they have implemented they are almost identical.

No matter who we vote into office we always seem to get the same results.

It is almost as if this nation is under some sort of a curse.

Sadly, our leaders only seem to get stupider and stupider.

The following are 20 really bad ideas that are almost too stupid to believe....

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/20-really-bad-ideas-that-are-almost-too-stupid-to-believe

I leave the final judgement up to the reader.........I didn't write this one but wish I had, OK?

I Don’t Care. the Hyacinth Girl

April had this post up concerning the Casey Anthony trial that recently concluded in the defendant being acquitted of the three most serious charges including that of murder in the first degree.
April has a way with words, so go and read it. It isn't really long but will give you cause to think.
http://thehyacinthgirl.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/i-dont-care-2/