8/30/2008 08:02:00 AM

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It's Ann Coulter with a figure (and smaller testicles)

Sarah Palin - Another GOP Crony

By the way, unlike the Corsi parody below, this is 100% real.


Read it all for yourself. The "lady" is vile.


This is all straight from the Daily Sitka Sentinel.


Sally Palin fired a man simply because he refused to fire a man who dissed her sister.


Oh, and he didn't share her political views either.

Why am I not surprised?

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8/16/2008 12:42:00 PM

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Jerome Corsi: Child Pornographer?

Is Jerome Corsi a Child Pornographer?



Is Jerome Corsi a child pornographer?

I'm no journalist, and I haven't the resources to research this allegation . . . but someone out there should really check this thing out.

This site has some pretty compelling evidence that the same Jerome Corsi of Unfit for Command, Swift Boats for Truth (sic), and now Obama Nation fame was convicted just five years ago for peddling child porn.

Anyone taking politics seriously should read Jerome Corsi's biography before buying anything else by the man (sic).

This isn't an allegation - just a question. An innocent little question couldn't hurt, regardless how untrue or libelous its implications may be... am I right?

Again, here's the link - Jerome Corsi Bio

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8/04/2008 09:15:00 AM

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Adiós, España

Adiós, España

All good things must come to an end.

Sadly, our trip to Spain has drawn to an end.

No doubt we're sufficiently rejuvenated, but like every other time we've gone to Europe we are returning freshly reminded of the things that distinguish European culture from our own.

For example, where in the USA can a couple of middle-aged foreigners stroll around the center of a city of 2 of 3 million people, at 2 or 3 a.m., without the slightest threat of being mugged, or worse?

Las Ramblas
Along Spain's most famous street, Las Ramblas
Palacio Real in MadridThe streets aren't just figuratively clean in Europe, they're also literally clean.

Typical of everywhere you go in Europe, store managers could be seen sweeping up the areas in front of their businesses. In other spots garbage collectors cleaned up the streets, picked up stray trash, and so forth.&nbsp Little to no litter, anywhere.
Gas is still higher, but not by as much. Smart cars, mopeds, bikes abound.

Of course, like so many other European people, the Spanish walk everywhere. If it's within a couple kilometers, forget about driving. Which meant we saw very few fat asses in Spain.

In fact, with the exception of one very boisterous German couple, the unhealthy looking tourists we could hear spoke a very American sounding dialect of English.
Wishing I'd stop photographing her
Alhambra 1925 - a surprisingly good Spanish beer.But it's not just the walking that keeps our European cousins in better shape than us. The absence of fried food from virtually every menu we looked at (the lone exception being the McDonald's we stepped into one afternoon for McFlurries); the predominance of olive oil, vegetables, and seafood.

And a drink or two per day is also good for the heart, right? Naturally, we did our best to follow that guidance...

But the most striking difference between American and European towns is the collective level of stress evident in people's attitudes.

The first time a stranger talks to you on some random street corner, the American reaction is a defensive one: who is this weirdo, and why is he talking to me? A drunk stranger, laughing hysterically, greets you on the street at 1:30 in the morning... your reaction betrays your citizenship.

In Europe, it's a given that anywhere you go, the natural state of things is an amosphere of friendliness. You probably won't get the same sort of feeling on the streets of Baltimore, Albuquerque, or Cleveland.

But as much as we'd like to live there, we couldn't afford it. Not now. The dollar is ridiculously weak right now, which makes the inflating Euro especially tough to deal with.

So it's back to texas for this sunburnt pair of Barcelona-loving winos.

Yee ha.

Two very happy people in Barcelona.
Sunbaked travelers.