June Griffin is running for Congress again!
“I will add one more determination and resolve if I could be elected. I will move against the IRS to install a section of the IRS Code to include the following provision:
“In the case of all married couples, the amount of money the husband would pay in federal taxes will go directly to the wife. Those filling out their 1040s will merely include a receipt where he paid his wife the amount of taxes that would go to Washington. This will end 50% of the divorces.
“Where the wife is the sole support, the reverse will be true. Why should we support others’ wives?
“Elected officials have abandoned their sworn oath before God to uphold the Constitution as interpreted by the ordinances the forefathers instituted. This I will do, so help me, God.”
Who is June Griffin? Here are a few links with more info:
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I saw this recently on both Keera’s and Sravana’s blogs. I’ve had it sitting in drafts for days (I’m finally finishing it because the place where I get my car serviced has wi-fi!).
Continue reading ‘Blackjack’
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Sometimes you just gotta check in with Overheard in New York. Here are a few recent posts:
Woman: I’m getting married.
Man she just met: Oh, congratulations! When is the wedding?
Woman: When I find a man who wants to marry me.
–DMV License Xpress, 34th & 8th
Young Guy, trying to hit on a girl: I’ve been thinking about starting a blog.
Girl: [silence.]
Young Guy: You know, if I were to start a blog, I’d make it about t-shirts.
Girl: [silence.]
–Magnetic Field (Bar) on Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
Long Island girl: The things I think about when I’m not sleeping are so meaningless.
–Brooklyn
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Today is free ice cream day at Ben & Jerry’s. The Chattanooga location is downtown, across from the aquarium, and they supposedly have wi-fi, so you can drip on your laptop (via Reality Me)!
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I spoke to a lot of journalists about how I should speak up here. And all the journalists said “Craig, Your duty is to speak truth to power. That’s what you do, you hold the truth up for everyone to see, that’s your job.” I’m sorry. I don’t see it that way. That’s your job. You’re journalists. I’m a late night television show guy. I make up crap that isn’t true then I say it on TV. I’m like Fox News. I’m not a journalist.
– Craig Ferguson at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner
<sigh> I think maybe the United States has, with the obvious exception of Helen Thomas, the dumbest press in the free world.
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted any food porn. The weather has gotten warm here, with some summer-like temperatures in the past week. So, that means we make a shift away from a lot of soups for dinner in favor of cooler salads. One of our favorites is what we call simply “big salad,” and it changes according to what we have in the fridge, but basically consists of everything we can find to toss in there…
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…to Questions No One Is Bothering to Ask About Iraq:
1. Yes, the war has morphed into the U.S. military’s worst Iraq nightmare.
2. No, there was never an exit strategy from Iraq because the Bush administration never intended to leave – and still doesn’t.
3. Yes, the United States is still occupying Iraq (just not particularly effectively).
4. Yes, the war was about oil.
5. No, our new embassy in Baghdad is not an “embassy.”
6. No, the Iraqi government is not a government.
7. No, the surge is not over.
8. No, the Iraqi army will never “stand up.”
9. No, the U.S. military does not stand between Iraq and fragmentation.
10. No, the U.S. military does not stand between Iraq and civil war.
11. No, al-Qaeda will not control Iraq if we leave (and neither will Iran).
12. Yes, some Americans were right about Iraq from the beginning (and not the pundits either).
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Well, the dog had some elective, minor surgery this week and is now all done with medical dramas for the year. To celebrate, here’s a picture of the great beast, from just a week or so ago. Note the intense focus — she’s actually watching somebody eat.
I can’t believe it’s already the last weekend in April! There’s so much to do these days, between working in the yard and trying to keep up with all that’s going on in town, that the weekends have been pretty exhausting lately — but in a good way, of course! I hope you all have fun plans (that no doubt include checking in on the modulator’s ark). Enjoy!
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