tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37233992009-10-14T21:42:40.507-05:00Red CoyoteFrom Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Stop by, sit for a while, we'll talk. Weather, politics, religion, whatever. Updated sporadically, as the mood strikes.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-36638616002994508272009-10-14T21:10:00.003-05:002009-10-14T21:42:40.519-05:00Here She Comes, Ms Proud of Her CountrySeems that Eglin AFB is to be graced by Mrs Community Organizer in Chief during a whistlestop appearance tomorrow. Although it's pretty obvious that I'm not the type who'd go see her speak, I have a bone to pick with one or two of the folks interviewed for the nwfdailynews.com article. Let's take this appearance for what it's advertised to be - a chance Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-8253596361211922262009-09-10T20:43:00.003-05:002009-09-10T21:24:31.931-05:00We RememberEight years ago, on the morning of 11 September 2001, Patrick Quigley of Wellesley, Massachusetts, boarded United Airlines Flight 175 at Boston’s Logan International Airport. He was killed when the Boeing 767 was flown into the south tower of the World Trade Center.At forty years old, Patrick was pretty squarely in the middle of the age range of those killed by Islamist terrorists thatBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-7970064439872514222009-05-31T21:12:00.002-05:002009-05-31T21:24:56.484-05:00Ding Dong...Not exactly "the witch is dead," but the result is good, very good indeed. George Tiller is dead, after far too many years walking this earth and far too many babies dead by his hand. His death should have no more impact than that of a roach, as his life was worth far less. I had thought at first that maybe it was a bad thing that it happened in a church, with probably a fair number Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-31949176355572656732009-04-22T20:39:00.002-05:002009-04-22T21:13:01.767-05:00Earth Day 2009So how did you commemorate Earth Day? Since I never got around to ordering that ton of high-sulfur coal I was going to burn in the back yard just for the hell of it, I figured a next-best would be to turn on a bunch of those oil-filled heaters in the house, set 'em to "max," turn the AC down to 60, turn on all the lights, leave the faucets running, and then go to work. Nah, I Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-81267011293330718572009-01-24T22:11:00.002-06:002009-01-24T22:16:28.749-06:00Not to Make Light ...Not to make light of this child's serious medical condition, but I had two thoughts after reading this. The first was "Wow, I hope she'll be OK." The second was, "I'm thinking of Chris Matthews and Barack Obama."From http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481866,00.html: "A 9-month old girl in Zambia is set to undergo a potentially lifesaving operation to remove the feet of a Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-59211467740503538202008-11-07T21:31:00.003-06:002008-11-07T21:57:06.795-06:00When circulation fails...In people, when circulation fails bad stuff happens - gangrene, amputation, death. It's not too different in the newspaper world. We don't take the local paper (heck, we don't subscribe to any newspaper), but this morning we had a freebie in the driveway, and in the plastic sleeve was a note from our friendly local paper carrier. In big letters across the top it says "Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-41689947132517439802008-11-03T21:16:00.003-06:002008-11-03T21:37:36.682-06:00In the course of human events...When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-56224188732550172742008-10-14T21:34:00.002-05:002008-10-14T21:49:23.163-05:00IllegitimateThree weeks from now the polls will be closed in most precincts, and the business of counting the votes will be well underway. In some precincts it will be complete. At what point is the point of no return crossed? When do we accept that some of the votes, illegitimate though they may be, have to be accepted as part of the total? I think we're getting close to that point now. I caughtBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-80620325409931310572008-09-11T07:14:00.001-05:002008-09-11T07:17:47.148-05:00We RememberYeah, what he said. Relevant and important five years ago, and just as much so today.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-62237884132140776502008-09-08T21:47:00.002-05:002008-09-08T21:55:43.345-05:00Kiss My AzzamWith a h/t to an article at The Corner, there's a report that "Azzam the American," aka Adam Gadahn, may be dead. If so, I hope he didn't die instantly in the strike. A hunk of shrapnel in the gut, followed by a long slow lingering painful demise from peritonitis, would be much more appropriate for his kind of slime.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-27144566274102374412008-08-23T23:38:00.004-05:002008-08-23T23:59:23.038-05:00JB ODAnyone else overdosed on Joe Biden coverage yet? I hit the wall on that subject well before noon. Now I'm looking forward to the Dem convention next week, and the continuation of the campaign. Not because I'm hanging on Obama's every word, but, like Peter Wehner over at The Corner, I think it's gonna be entertaining. I was concerned that O would pick Clinton, or maybe Sebelius, but withBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-52593955068416746942008-08-23T23:25:00.003-05:002008-08-24T00:02:47.069-05:00Fay? Where?Maybe the worst is yet to come, but here in South Okaloosa just off Mary Esther Fay's been a slightly blustery winter day, just warmer. The rain hasn't been more than a drizzle most of the time (and Weather Channel radar showed most of the heavy stuff disippating before it got close), and the wind hasn't been any stronger than a good thunderstorm. Around nine the wind was out of theBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-91906809936492385152008-08-22T10:41:00.002-05:002008-08-22T10:55:49.476-05:00Fay Fay, later todayOK, so sometime starting tonight the weather here is supposed to go downhill. It's been a nice mid/late summer day so far. I haven't heard too many folks expressing concern about Fay's approach, except for the expectation of a rained-out weekend. Folks in the north end of the county might have some issues with flooding, especially if the rainfall is anything like that around Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-15329513249979306032007-09-11T22:18:00.000-05:002007-09-11T22:35:03.871-05:00How 'Bout A Little Smiting InsteadFrom a post at NRO's the corner we get word of another version of the "love your killers" hippy-dippy garbage we've been hearing on and off since 11 September 2001:"We'll have a Mass for Peace, and pray for our enemies - so called."Hey, Sister, how 'bout a Mass for Smiting? I want a God who, if he won't directly intervene to protect His believers, will at least Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-20645768247328713252007-09-11T22:13:00.000-05:002007-09-11T22:18:41.284-05:00Six Years LaterIt's been a year since the 2996 project, and again we remember.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-85872929704360032072007-08-31T23:45:00.000-05:002007-08-31T23:55:50.948-05:00Broken Like BeckhamHow many millions did the Galaxy pay for this guy again? I wonder when they start to recoup their investment. Not that I really give a hoot about soccer, of course.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1159878167556450272006-10-03T07:00:00.000-05:002006-10-03T07:22:47.573-05:00Amish Schoolhouse ShootingWith s*** like this happening, it's getting to be damn hard to be a member of the NRA. Although there doesn't seem to have been much warning in this case, all of us pro-second amendment folks need to be alert to any erratic behavior or other warning signs that might indicate that an individual needs to be separated from any weapons (not just firearms) to which he or she Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1157943887555857242006-09-10T21:38:00.000-05:002006-09-10T22:04:47.616-05:00In Memory - Jerome Dominguez9/11 = 2996Geronimo (Jerome) Mark Patrick Dominguez, 37 years old, was killed at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.Jerome was an officer with the NYPD Emergency Services Unit. He had been with the NYPD since mid-1985 (another source indicates July 1987 - a typo in one, perhaps), and he was also in the Air Force Reserve, where a friend of Jerome's remembers "Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1147174994814523672006-05-09T06:39:00.000-05:002006-05-09T06:43:14.823-05:00Chinese Letters for "I'm A Dork"From an article on tattoo removal:She thought it said "blood and guts," but it really said "blood and intestines." He thought it said "rock 'n' roll," but it really said "to sway and to roll."Yeah, what all the Asian-character tats really say is "I'm a trendoid fashion victim, and I'm a big dork incapable of independent thought but trusting enough to let someone Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1146742768954416532006-05-04T06:29:00.000-05:002006-05-04T06:39:28.963-05:00May He RotSo ol' Zac Moussaoui gets life without parole. I hope he lives every second in fear that someone has found a way to get to him. Anyone want to start a "Shank Moussaoui Fund"? I'll kick in $100. Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger, if I recall correctly, has a scene describing a jailhouse extermination that, though effective and not without merit, would be too quick for this Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1146496780992191382006-05-01T10:14:00.000-05:002006-05-01T10:19:41.003-05:00Coming Soon - Day of the Wife-Beater!One interesting thing about this May 1st day of celebration of the illegal immigrant is that we get to see who's side various personalities and businesses are on. One reason I think this is interesting is it gives you some idea of how much respect these people and organizations have for the "law of the land," and for law-abiding people who are, and maybe now Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1126409410536499952005-09-10T22:22:00.000-05:002005-09-10T22:32:25.456-05:00A Matter of Timing...Just saw another ad on ABC for their Invasion series. I wonder if there's any editing of the first episode going on. The ads tonight haven't shown it, but earlier ones did - the aliens, or whatever they are, apparently arrive during a hurricane. The previous ads showed wrecked homes, people being pulled from the Everglades, and other stuff that's probably hitting raw nerves.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1126408862443889252005-09-10T22:09:00.000-05:002005-09-10T22:21:02.450-05:00If Quizilla Says So...From a post at The Anchoress, I hopped over and took a "Which saint are you?" quiz...it says I'm Joan of Arc...You are Joan of Arc! You don't really want to hurtanyone, but if they attack your friends or yourcountry and no-one else will stand up to fightthem, you head into the battle. Beware though,conviction tends to get you killed.Which Saint Are You?brought to you by Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1125975503599486022005-09-05T21:44:00.000-05:002005-09-05T21:58:23.603-05:00Forgotten?From the Chicago Tribune (registration required):With this gravely wounded city now emptied of tens of thousands of the most desperate storm victims, the hidden tragedies of Hurricane Katrina began surfacing Sunday as officials prepared the public for a ghastly body count and the stories of some elderly victims who died forgotten in nursing homes began to be told.Forgotten? By whom? Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723399.post-1125974656616427092005-09-05T21:28:00.000-05:002005-09-05T21:44:16.623-05:00On What Planet?WWLTV.com is a goldmine. I just need to figure out where to get the original AP stories they're excerpting. Here's a good one, from a press conference given by Police Chief Compass (I saw part of this on TV, but missed this bit - good thing, too):4:32 P.M. - Compass: This mayor will go down in history as the greatest mayor inthe history of New Orleans. If we didn’t have Ray Nagin, Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017917923425295830noreply@blogger.com0