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Ohio Man Arrested For Drunk Driving On Motorized Bar Stool
You really have to see this to believe it. An Ohio man was arrested for drunk driving on his homemade motorized bar stool. 28-year old Kile Wygle was spotted driving a “strange motorized machine” and police were contacted after he wrecked.
When Police arrived on the scene, Wygle told them “I wrecked my bar stool” and pointed out the machine is capable of hitting 40 mph, even though he wrecked at only 20 mph.
The only thing Kile Wygle is guilty of is being awesome.
-Chris Jones
The NY Times Killed Major Obama-ACORN Story Just Before Election
It has now been revealed that the NY Times killed a major story about the Obama-ACORN connection just before the election, because it would have been a “game changer.” Which proves what we’ve known all along, that the NY Times and every other liberal rag is in the advocacy business not the news gathering business.
Pathetic, shameful, and even repugnant — but so predictable.
-Chris Jones
Video: The Many Scandals Of Chris Dodd
Calls For Investigating John Murtha Picking Up Steam
You just gotta love Washington. Rep. John Murtha appears to be up to his eyeballs in corruption involving earmarks and defense contractors, but democrats have thus far refused to investigate.
Even when the FBI raided the offices of contractors Murtha allegedly funneled earmarks through, Democrats refused to remove stimulus money headed for those companies.
Politico has an article today about republican Rep. Jeff Flake repeatedly introducing resolutions calling for an investigation into Murtha’s corruption. Each time he introduces the resolution he peels off a few more democrats who join him in calling for an investigation.
This, according to Politico has democrats worried. House leaders are keeping a close eye on the situation, but Nancy Pelosi remains dead set against an investigation.
One aide worried that democrats may only be one big story away from the Murtha case blowing wide open.
So basically, democrats are acknowledging that Murtha is a corrupt asshole, but so far they’ve been able to keep it under wraps. The issue is not whether Murtha is corrupt, but if his corruption creates a big enough shit storm that they have to take action.
We really do have a sad ass bunch in Washington. The democrats should be crushed under the weight of their own hypocrisy. Nancy Pelosi loved to talk about the republican “culture of corruption” that took root over the last eight years.
She vowed to run “the most ethical Congress in history” which I guess is true if you don’t count the well documented corruption cases involving Chris Dodd, Charlie Rangel, and John Murtha — to name a few.
Let’s also not forget about all the tax cheats that Obama has hired or attempted to hire.
-Chris Jones
(hat tip Hot Air)
The Case For Legalizing Pot
Kathleen Parker is one of the most truculent so-called conservative columnists in the country. She made her bones like all “conservative” columnists do — criticizing republicans.
Having said that, she occasionally makes sense. Today is one of those days. Parker writes in The Daily Beast about Obama’s dismissive remarks during his Internet “Townhall” (stacked with Obamabots) about legalizing marijuana.
According to Obama, a significant percentage of online questions submitted to him were about legalizing pot. He laughed off the question and made a joke about online people being potheads and then said, “No, I don’t think legalizing marijuana is a good way to grow our economy.”
Those who support legalization (myself included) need to stop framing the debate around issues that most Americans are not going to buy into. Legalizing weed may in some way help the economy, but that’s not ever going to be the reason for legalizing it and most people simply dismiss the notion off hand.
The issue that should be pointed out over and over again and one that nobody can disagree with is the comparison to alcohol.
I truly believe that alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs on the planet. People get drunk and commit violent acts. Drunk driving kills thousands of people a year. Alcohol can make you into a totally different person — and rarely a nice person.
We legalized alcohol regardless of the dangers it poses, because it was impossible to stop it. People wanted to drink and were determined to drink. Keeping it illegal only tied the consumption and distribution of alcohol into a source of revenue for organized crime which is itself tied to bloodshed and violence.
The only violence associated with Marijuana is the extreme violence used by Mexican drug traffickers to get it into this country. Pot itself doesn’t cause users to beat their wives or stab someone in a bar. Pot doesn’t make you into a dangerous and unstable individual that nobody wants to be around.
When was the last time you heard about a fraternity pledge taking bong hits until he died? But, what you do hear about are fraternity pledges dying right and left from pouring booze down their throat.
The fact is, alcohol is what does real damage to society not pot. It would make more sense for booze to be illegal if the arguments against pot are to be believed.
The real reason pot is illegal doesn’t have anything to do with damaging society or protecting kids, but rather another kind of green — money.
The DEA and other agencies have grown fat over the last 30 years fighting their phony “war on drugs.” Trillions in tax payer dollars have been doled out to agencies to wage their war. Putting millions of Americans behind bars for simple possession of marijuana.
The so-called “war on drugs” has become a massive government funded industry that jealously guards its funding. Any talk of legalizing pot sends the bureaucracies into an uproar as they foresee dramatic funding cuts, and fewer thermal gizmos that detect leafy green plants in someone’s backyard.
It’s time that we grow-up in this country. America is broke and we have a president determined to roll-back the welfare reforms of the 90’s and turn us back into an entitlement society on a massive scale.
We have two wars going on and can no longer afford to fight phony wars like the “War on Drugs.” Obviously, we cannot legalize all drugs. I don’t think there’s such a thing as responsible, recreational heroin use. I don’t think smoking the occasional crack rock is something that’s okay for people to do.
But we can start by playing the war on drugs game a lot smarter. We can stop with the silliness and legalize pot. Then the DEA can focus its attention on real drugs like meth, cocaine, crack, heroine, ecstasy, and the growing prescription drug problem.
Marijuana should be legalized, taxed, and fall under the same rules as alcohol. That means 21 and up to buy it. Those under 21 found with it should be ticketed like they are for alcohol. Those found to be driving under the influence of marijuana should be given DUI’s like they would had they been drinking.
We need to quit dismissing the marijuana issue and have a real substantive debate about it in this country. I’m confident that president Obama can find better ways to waste our tax dollars than locking up pot smokers.
Legalizing pot — change we can believe in.
-Chris Jones
Big People Need Love Too: Fox Orders Dating Show For Fat People
Fox has ordered the first of its kind in reality television — a reality dating show for fat people. The show is to be called ‘More To Love.’
This will probably turn out to be another stroke of genius for Fox considering the majority of Americans are considered overweight. Provided it’s not seen as exploitative, it will probably be a ‘big’ hit (no pun intended).
Angie Harmon Says She’s Not A Racist For Disagreeing With Barack Obama
Actress Angie Harmon is defending herself from attacks by liberals calling her ‘racist’ for daring to disagree with Barack Obama.
Angie Harmon is not afraid to come out and say she doesn’t like how President Obama is handling the job — but she’s sick of having to defend herself from being deemed a racist.
"Here’s my problem with this, I’m just going to come out and say it. If I have anything to say against Obama it’s not because I’m a racist, it’s because I don’t like what he’s doing as President and anybody should be able to feel that way, but what I find now is that if you say anything against him you’re called a racist…
She goes on to say she thinks John McCain would have done a better job, because he has more experience. Most controversial of all (at least in Hollywood) is her continued defense of Gov. Sarah Palin.
"I admire any kind of woman like her. My whole motto is to know what I stand for and know what I don’t stand for and have the courage to live my life accordingly and she does exactly that. The fact that this woman has made the decisions she’s made and literally lived her life according to that and takes heat for it is absolutely disgusting to me," she added. "People cannot look at this woman. I really think they’re afraid of her and her morals, ethics and values and the fact that she hangs on them. Is she the most experienced person in the world? But she was running to be the Vice President, so we then put the most inexperienced person as the President. That didn’t make any sense to me."
Whoa! You don’t EVER hear that kind of frank talk coming out of Hollywood. Unfortunately, rhetoric like that will prevent you from getting work usually.
It really does say a lot about how damaged our society is when a person is no longer free to speak out about an issue without being labeled a “homophobe” or a “racist” or a “hatemonger.”
Why does being critical of president Obama mean you hate black people? It’s such a bizarre accusation.
The American left prides itself on being so tolerant and charitable when in reality they are the least tolerant and least charitable among us.
-Chris Jones
Obama’s Newest Project: Get More Muslims In Government
This from the Denver Post:
In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation’s most qualified — Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 executives and public servants, all carefully vetted — has been submitted to the White House.
That’s really what we need to worry about right now, putting more Muslims in government. Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. What could go wrong?
(hat tip Red State)
The FOX Nation Is Here
The FOX Nation has finally launched this morning, and it looks pretty sweet. It allows readers to opine on pretty much everything.
UN “Human Rights” Commission Passes Resolution Shielding Islam From Criticism
The UN “Human Rights” Commission passed a resolution today put forth by Muslim nations intended to shield religion from criticism. Predictably, by “religion” they of course mean Islam.
The so-called UN “human rights” commission is a joke just like the UN itself. Also, for the record Islam is not a religion of peace. All Muslims are not terrorists, but all terrorists are usually Muslim.
It’s All About The Snuggie
Read this hilarious article about American’s for Tax Reform’s Derek Hunter and his quest to photograph prominent conservatives wearing a Snuggie (you know, the blanket with sleeves).
Hunter says he got drunk one night and ordered a Snuggie for the hell of it. Not long after it arrived, his colleagues began taking pictures of themselves in it. So rather than just give it away he thought he’d capitalize on the absurdity of the Snuggie and get some funny pictures out of it.
So far he’s gotten Joe The Plumber, Tucker Carlson, Grover Norquist, Mary-Katherine Ham, and Andrew Breitbart to don the blanket with sleeves. He’s hoping to get Karl Rove, Michael Steele, P.J. O’Rourke, and Mary Matalin next.
Video: Andrew Breitbart Talks Political Correctness With Sean Hannity
Breitbart is dead on with his analysis on this. We have a bunch of politically correct apologists running the country who actually believe that making up new names for things is somehow going to make our enemies like us. What it really does is show us to be a bunch of chickenshit pussies like Europe who are willing to concede anything to keep the peace.
