ONE MISSIONARY MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVES...

You would have to be in an ice cave in The Himalayas to not have heard about these 10 missionaries of the "peaceful religion" of Islam that went "soul winning" in Mumbai, India last week. Well, it seems that they ran into a little bit of trouble while on their door to door visitation, and 9 of the brave, loving, dedicated souls ended up getting killed.

But one heroic young soul-winner lived to tell the tale!

I kinda feel bad for the boy. I know how frustrating it can be to plan to kill 5,000 people, and only end up whacking about 300 or so. But on the bright side, they did get to torture a few folks before they killed 'em. That can sure make up for a lot of disappointment!

This article from the UK Mail is hard to read...at least it's hard for me to read. (It's not that I can't read good, or the words are too big neither). The details given might be shocking to you, but they shouldn't be. Nothing about these subhumans shocks me anymore.

I'll tell you, I think these Islamic terrorists are getting desperate. They're probably running out of little kids, and retarded women that they can just strap bombs on to go out evangelizing! It seems that they had to use adults with no handicaps (other than being possessed by satan himself) to carry out this mission. I'll tell you, these peace-loving Muslims are really off their game. They're gonna have to do better if they plan to "win the world" for Allah and his prophet!

As a Christian I really struggle with this kind of thing. It's so easy to throw away the things I believe about a Christian response to a demonic act. And it was really easy once again when I read the article. So, I did!

"Kill the sombitch!" was my first thought. Then my thoughts turned more dark and evil than just murder. "No, put him in a dark hole with Leroy and his boyfriend Bubba...yea, find them Deliverance guys." "No, put the joker on display in the city square in a cage, naked (that means with no clothes on). About 3 or 4 times a day take him out of the cage and horse-whip him...but not so hard he dies. And let people throw food at him for his survival. Don't ever let him bathe, or give him any toilet paper. Let the worthless piece of crap rot to death in his own filth...then he'll be real spiffy when he finally meets all them virgins, and obtains his reward from Allah!"

But then that one "Better Angel" that always bothers me when I'm at my Christian worse came calling again...and I regained my composure. I hope this 21 year old subhuman lives a long life in an Indian prison. My ultimate hope is that he will one day convert to Christ. But absent that, I hope that every day he sees the faces of his victims, is denied a Koran or prayer time, and any contact with any human ever! Just 4 walls, bread & water, a cot, and a pot. Let him exercise in the cell...no sunshine, no fresh air, no nothing!

And oh yea...pipe in all the bad American Idol singing auditions, 24/7...

Jesus taught us to do unto others as we would that they do unto us. I think if I had killed all those folks that's about the punishment that I would want.

I don't know though, I might figure that I deserved execution. Okay, kill the sombitch, and it'll be okay with me!

I did a little research and was kinda surprised. India doesn't execute many people. In fact, it looks like Texas offs more folks in a year than India in a half century. It's a real interesting article. And when they do execute, they do it the humane way. They hang folks instead of beheading 'em like Muslim missionaries do.

It's an evil enemy that we face my friends! Evil! Evil! Evil!

PRETTY...AND PRETTY LOUD!

Well, the Rockets Over The Red fireworks show was last night. It's about a mile and a half from my house. Poor Sadie about knocked down the back door, so I let her in last night (Sadie's my dog, not my wife).

If you haven't seen some pretty fireworks in a while, you can go to this computer page right here.

There's a video there. You've got to look at a commercial for a carpet store first, but the film is worth it...

GOTTA LOVE THOSE WHITE TRASH BIKERS!

Three men - a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden, and a White Trash Biker were all walking together one day.

They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.

'I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total', says the Genie.

The Canadian says, 'I am a farmer and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada '

POOF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming.

Osama was amazed, so he said, 'I want a wall around Afghanistan , Palestine , Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Canadians can come into our precious land.'

POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.

The Biker says, 'I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.'

The Genie explains, 'Well, it's about 5,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable.'

The Biker sits down on his Harley, cracks a beer, lights a cigar, smiles and says: ''Fill it with water.''

BLEAUX TIGERS!

Well, my beloved LSU Tigers finished off what I would call a "complete season" yesterday in Little Rock against the pigs.

We had done just about everything you can do this season as a team...kicked off a malcontent quarterback preseason that probably would have lead us back to the top...beat the crud out of powerhouses like App State, North Texas, and Tulane...played pretty good but lost to 'Bama & Georgia...had a 30 point comeback against the mighty Men of Troy (?)...and used 3 different QB's in the process.

The only thing we hadn't done all year was blow a 30-14 lead (this season just wouldn't be "complete" without it). Well, my boys took care of that Friday. A stinkin' 30-14 lead against stinkin' Arkansas, and we couldn't seal the deal.

Us 30 - Them 31. You can read about it here if you want to...I didn't want to.

Season over at 7-5 (all 5 losses in the SEC). Yea, we'll go to some bowl game. What have they got now, 40 of 'em? But that's okay. I like college football. And I especially like to watch two 6-6 teams playing before 12,000 rabid fans and 40,000 empty seats.

Well, I've lived through worse. I've seen the 3-8 years before. One good thing though is that we might have found a QB. That Jordan Jefferson fellow (yep, he's got two last names) that played yesterday showed a lot of promise. He's a true freshman, and I thought kept his head pretty good. The only problem that the boy has is that when he throws a pass, it's like Nolan Ryan in the 9th going for a no-hitter. He's gonna kill somebody with that ball if he doesn't develop some touch...but I bet he can.

Well, we'll get 'em next year...

INSANE...I HOPE THEY SAVED FIVE BUCKS ON AN IPOD OR SOMETHING...

No comment...

Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede

STUFF...WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD SAY "STUFFED!"

Well, Thanksgiving was real nice. We went to Mother-in-law's and had a real nice day.

My mother-in-law is a wonderful woman and darned good cook. But there's just one problem when it comes to her cooking. She don't know how to cook for 8 people. She told The Mrs. to bring the dressing (man, The Mrs. makes good dressing), and a sweet potato pie. So she did, and we got there about 30 minutes early to help her set up.

When we got there, Doris had prepared a feast for about 40 people. I swear, I didn't know turkeys came that big! Then there was green bean casserole, candied sweet potato casserole, real cranberry sauce (and the other kind that slides out of the can), fruit salad, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie, banana cake, pecan pie...and oh yea, a ham the size of Alabama.

Well, there were 8 of us, so I sized up the situation, and did my best to eat my 1/8th of the feast for 40. I'm a pathetic, gluttonous sinner! But as hard as we all tried, we ended up with more food left over than when we started. It was like one of those Jesus miracle things I guess.

I love Thanksgiving, but always roll away from it feeling guilty for acting like a big fat hog.

I guess I'll eat again sometime around Saturday afternoon maybe. I'm fasting to do penance...plus I won't be hungry 'til then.

I HATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON FRIDAY!

There's just something not right about a college football game on a Friday. College football should be played on Saturday (preferably Saturday night) in Tiger Stadium. But my beloved LSU Tigers have gotten into the habit lately of playing a Friday afternoon game following Thanksgiving. So, I've got to watch it, even though it's just wrong!

There are a couple of bad things about today's game. First of all, we play Arkansas. Did y'all know there was a college in Arkansas? Arkansas stinks like my 12-year-old's gym socks. And they're stupid. Any college that picks a pig for their mascot is just stupid. And their cheerleaders are the ugliest skaggs in college football. And half the coaches are married to close kin. And they don't have any teeth. And they don't even play the game in Fayetteville where their stupid college is...they get on a bus and drive to Little Rock. It's a big deal to those stupid Arkies I guess to get to go "all the way down to the State Capitol" to get the snot beat out of 'em by LSU.

The second bad thing about this game is that they might beat us. In the last two weeks we've stunk like my 12-year-old's underwear. I'll let y'all know what happens.

Man, college football has really changed. Remember the good old days when there were 4 or 5 bowl games, and only the really good teams played at New Years? If we win today, there is a good chance that we'll go to The Cotton Bowl! Can you believe that...the stinkin' Cotton Bowl with a 8-4 record? Even if we lose, we'll probably go to something called "The Outback Bowl." I guess that's a good name for a bowl that features 7-5 teams...the further outback the better.

And now they play on Thursday nights, and Friday afternoons...ignorant!

I'm hoping LSU gets invited to the Independence Bowl. That would be about fitting for a team with a season like we've had this year. Plus, it's played about 9 miles from my house. And the tickets are cheap. And sometimes admission is free if you know the right guy at the stadium.

MEMORY LANE...WHAT A TALENT...

Crystal clear voice, beautiful smile, good memories...enjoy!



Give this one a minute...



One more...you'll be glad you watched...



Crud...I can't quit...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

If I don't see y'all before Thanksgiving, I hope y'all all have a great day with your kinfollks!

PRAYER REQUEST

If you're a praying person, I sure would appreciate your help with this one.

Received via e-mail:

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:11:02 +0000
Subject: Urgent Prayer Request

This is a request for prayer for YWAM (Youth With a Mission) missionaries and their churches in Orissa , India . The request came from Mabel Hurst, an associate of HCJB Global, on Nov 20. Please read and make this a matter of urgent prayer.

Dear beloved sponsors and friends of Good News India. We have never seen anything like this. We knew that Orissa was the most resistant and hostile State in India as far as the Gospel is concerned. And we brushed off the continuous threats and harassment we faced as we went about His work. But none of our staff imagined that they would see this kind of carnage.... And it seems to be totally under the radar of the Western Media ....

Let me explain.... A militant Hindu priest and 4 of his attendants, who were zealously going around the villages of Orissa and ' reconverting ' people back to Hinduism, were gunned down by unknown assailants in Central Orissa last weekend. Immediately the Christians were blamed.. The cry rose up... ' Kill the Christians! ' And the horror began.... In the past 4 days, we have first hand witness to hundreds of churches being blown up or burned and many, many dozens of Christian tribals have been slaughtered. For no other reason than they bear the name of Christ. Night and day I have been in touch with our Good News India Directors spread across 14 Dream Centers in Orissa... they are right in the middle of all this chaos. In Tihidi, just after the police came to offer protection, a group of 70 blood-thirsty militants came to kill our sta ff and destroy the home. They were not allowed to get in, but they did a lot of damage to our Dream Center by throwing rocks and bricks and smashing our gate, etc. They have promised to come back and ' finish the job. ' Our kids and staff are locked inside and have stayed that way with doors and windows shut for the past 3 days. It has been a time of desperately calling on the Lord in prayer.

More police have come to offer protection. In Kalahandi, the police and some local sympathizers got to our dream center and gave our staff and kids about 3 minutes notice to vacate. No one had time to even grab a change of clothes or any personal belonging. As they fled, the blood thirsty mob came to kill everyone in the building. We would have had a mass funeral there, but for His grace. In Phulbani, the mob came looking for Christian homes and missions. The local Hindu people, our neighbors turned them away by saying that there were no Christians in this area. So they left.. We had favor. The same thing happened in Balasore. All our dream centers are under lock down with the kids and staff huddled inside and police outside. The fanatics are circling outside waiting for a chance to kill. Others were not so fortunate. In a nearby Catholic orphanage, the mob allowed the kids to leave and locked up a Priest and a computer teacher in house and burned them to death. Many believers have been killed and hacked into pieces and left on the road.... even women and children. At another orphanage run by another organization, when this began, the Director and his wife jumped on their motorbike and simply fled, leaving all the children and staff behind.

Every one of our GNI directors that I have spoken to said: ' We stay with our kids.... we live together or die together, but we will never abandon what God has called us to do. ' More than 5000 Christian families have had their homes burned or destroyed. They have fled into the jungles and are living in great fear waiting for the authorities to bring about peace. But so far, no peace is foreseen. This will continue for another 10 days.... supposedly the 14 day mourning period for the slain Hindu priest. Many more Christians will die and their houses destroyed. Many more churches will be smashed down. The Federal government is trying to restore order and perhaps things will calm down. We ask for your prayers. Only the hand of God can calm this storm. None of us know the meaning of persecution. But now our kids and staff know what that means. So many of our kids coming from Hindu backgrounds are confused and totally bewildered at what is happening around them. So many of their guardians have fled into the jungles and are unable to come and get them during these trying times. Through all this, I am more determined than ever to continue with our goal: the transformation of a community by transforming its children.
Orissa will be saved... that is our heart ' s cry. If we can take these thousands of throw-away children and help them to become disciples of Jesus, they will transform an entire region. It is a long term goal, but it is strategic thinking in terms of the Great Commission.

What can you do?
First, please uphold all this in fervent prayer.

Second, pass this e-mail on to as many friends as you can. We must get the word out and increase our prayer base for this is spiritual warfare at its most basic meaning. We are literally fighting the devil in order to live for His Kingdom. The next 10 days are crucial. We pray for peace and calm to pervade across Orissa.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please pass it on and help us to get as many people to partner with us on this cutting edge effort to fulfill His mandate: Go and make disciples of all nations....

Prayer works!
Blessings, Chip & Sandy Wanner Col 2:2 MBI
Team Facilitators to YWAM frontlines

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THEY MORE THEY STAY THE SAME!

After Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans and FEMA bused off our New Orleans criminals to Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and the grave, there was widespread anticipation among the rest of us Louisianians. We all figured that this was a natural disaster that might bring about some real "change" in our State.

Well, it seems that New Orleans now has the highest crime rate in the US (again).

Well, it took New Orleans about 3 years to regain it's status...Don't try to tell me that Louisianians ain't a resilient bunch of people...

HMMM....COINCIDENCE?

On July 7, 1947, a whole bunch of cosmic aliens came to earth in Roswell, New Mexico.

One week short of 9 months later, Al Gore was born (March 31, 1948). He could have been a preemie I reckon...I understand they have more mental problems. By the way, I was a week late getting here.

Y'all draw your own conclusions...

I MIGHT JUST SIGN ON FOR THIS!

Okay, so a bright young Pastor of a big church in Grapevine, TX has challenged every married couple in his congregation to have sex on 7 straight days. Man...just 7?

When I came across this story on Drudge, it linked to an East Texas television website. The name "Pastor Ed Young" was familiar to me. I don't know Ed Young personally, but his Dad is the Pastor of a large Southern Baptist Church in Houston. His Daddy, Ed Young, Sr., is married to the sister of the preacher that tied the knot for me and The Mrs. (Dr. Barry Landrum...not to be confused with this other "Barry" we got now).

He was the nicest guy you'd ever come across...funny (coulda been a standup comic)...loving...caring, and tied that knot real tight. I think those folks know a little bit about marriage, because no matter how hard I try to get The Mrs. to leave me, she just hangs in there.

KLTV news in Tyler, TX ran this story, with the reaction of local Pastors. They've got a video of their news report there you can look at if this kinda thing applies to you.

After looking at Ed Young Jr.'s proposal, I think it's a good idea...a darned good idea.

I just wonder if I can start after Thanksgiving. I tend to doze off pretty early on Thanksgiving...

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A POLITICIAN?

Well, maybe not "smarter," but do you know more about civics, economics, and American History than your elected officials do?

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute tested the public at large, and politicians specifically to find out how much they know about the things they ought to know.

You can read the report, and take the test yourself here.

I missed one of the 33 questions, but it was a trick question. (Don't tell anybody, but look out for #33).

Yahoo News Reports:

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.

Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).

"It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI's civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned," said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI.

"How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don't understand the American experience?" he added. (more)

...NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!

Screen Actors Guild to Seek Strike Authorization

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.

Now, it may surprise y'all, but I don't get a vote in the Screen Actors Guild. But I would sure encourage them to STRIKE! I say, "Go for it!" Heck, "the man" has been messing these poor actors over for way too long! Enough is enough dangit!

STRIKE!...STRIKE!...ATTICA!...ATTICA!...HELL NO, WE WON'T GO!...HELL NO, WE WON'T GO!...

Test your movie-watching memory. Who said:

"IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU, THE PO-LEESE DEPAHTMENT, AND THE NASHUNUH GAWD TO GET ME OUTA HYEAH!"

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL!

Yep, it's a tough admission for a life-long fan of the sport. But facts is facts.

As I get older and have more knowledge of the game, follow teams more closely, and have the wisdom of season after season, I can say that I truly suck now when it comes to judging the quality of college football teams.

Saturday was just another in a long line of Saturdays that prove just that! Starting with my beloved LSU Tigers being routed by Ole Miss (in Baton Rouge)...man, it wasn't even close. It was humiliating. Just taking a cold hard look at the teams pre-game, I figured we would win at home by 3 or 7. Ole Miss beat us 31-13...but it wasn't that close. The Rebels doubled us in yardage (passing and rushing), defensively dominated our very above average running game, and really screwed up Saturday for a lot of Tiger fans (and players).

Thank God that The Mrs.' Aunt & Uncle had come to her Momma's for a visit. I watched the first quarter, then spent the rest of the afternoon & evening visiting with them and not watching my Tigers stink up the joint. It was the best game I didn't watch all season.

Then last night I sat down to watch Texas Tech (who I had tabbed as "the best team in college football," and "scary good") play Oklahoma. Now, I knew OU was good, but Texas Tech has just been frightening on both sides of the ball. They were frightening alright! OU only scored 65 points and gave up 21 against "the best team in college football."

I don't know anything about college football.

Well, it was "rivalry Saturday" in college football. At least my #2 son's beloved Ohio State Buckeyes destroyed Michigan (no big surprise there, so that doesn't count as me being right).

But heh! I did call one right...Harvard beat Yale to go 9-1. Their only loss came to Brown by two points in week 2. There is you a quality football team. Good for The Crimson...

THIS STORY SHOULD WIN AN AWARD!

Y'all know that I kid sometimes about finding stories on The Redneck Press. But this true story from The Lexington Herald Leader could have come straight from the RP feed!

If some organization somewhere gives an award for the best Redneck story of the year, then this one is a shoe-in. It's a sad story, but just too Rednecky not to pass along.

It has every element necessary. First off, it happened in Nicholas County, KY. Two boys that I was friends with growing up live there now. Their Daddy retired from the Air Force and settled back there where he grew up. Man, the stories they can tell about their neighbors...

It seems that the Sheriff is a wiry, chain-smoking fellow named Dick Garrett, who ran for re-election with the slogan "More Dick in 2006." He has an entire staff of one deputy.

Then you throw in the heroine, a 35-year-old grandmother living in a trailer with 11 other people, plus pets. Then you find out that she was able to purchase her first trailer on her own at 35 with money from an auto accident settlement. Then you throw in a $200 trailer mover named "Pancake" Meyers, a hard decision made by Sheriff Dick, and a homeless Redneck family at Thanksgiving...well, this is sure one for the books.

The best line from the story has to be this one. Speaking of Sheriff Dick, the reporter writes: "...maintains that anybody who thinks it's a fine plan to pay somebody $200 to move their 25-year-old home, all their belongings, and a passel of pets with a farm tractor can't exactly complain when things go wrong.

"I know I wouldn't pay somebody $200 to move my house and everything in it," said Garrett, noting that the group didn't have a required permit or escort. Basically, he said, he could have arrested the lot of them: Barton, her brood and the hauler. The charge, he said: "being ignorant."

Only in Kentucky? Probably not. Check it out, and just shake your head. This one gets my vote!

ANOTHER MYTH PROVEN FALSE...

A buddy of mine in Southwestern Colorado sent me this computer picture. Wouldn't ya' know it??? Somebody finally found the end of the rainbow...and sure enough, there's a pot there.
















Hey, maybe that's where that goose goes in and lays the golden eggs...

GAME DAY!

Well, my beloved LSU Tigers host those worthless, miserable, skunk-eating Ole' Miss Rebels at 2:30 in Tiger Stadium. I'm not sure, but I think this might be one of the longest-running rivalries in College Football.

I'll let y'all know how it goes. I'll be watching (I guess). Dangit, I wish they'd quit playing those afternoon games at Tiger Stadium. LSU is the best night team in the history of the game. It has something to do with TV broadcasts, but I still hate it.

YOU GOTTA LOVE THEM COONASSES!

The End is Near...

Reverend Boudreaux was the part-time pastor of the local Cajun Baptist Church, and Pastor Thibodaux was the minister of the Covenant Church across the road.
They were both standing by the road, pounding a sign into the ground, that read:

"Da End is Near!
Turn You self Around Now!
Before It's Too Late!"

As a car sped past them,
the driver leaned out his window and yelled, "You religious nuts!'

From the curve they heard screeching tires, and a big splash...

Boudreaux turns to Thibodaux and asks,
"Do ya tink maybe da sign should jus say.....

"Bridge Out?"

MINNESOTA PASSES LOUISIANA IN IGNORANCE...

Well, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" (I've always wondered why that basketball team didn't change their name when they moved to Los Angeles...I don't think there are many lakes around there...but that's another story) has passed the "Land of 10,000 bayous," Louisiana in voter ignorance.

I mean, it's one thing for New Orleans to keep sending Bill Jefferson back to Congress, and for the State to re-elect my worthless Senator Mary Landrieu...but Minnesota has made me feel a lot better about the intelligence of Louisiana voters.

It's not just that only a few hundred votes separate a serious US Senator from a not very funny, bitter, radical troll ex-comedian (well, maybe he still is one and don't know it). If that's not bad enough, those folks up there in Minnesota don't even know how to fill in the dottie-blocks on their ballots.

This ballot in the Minnesota Senate race recount is being challenged by Al Franken: Article here


It's obvious even to a stupid Redneck what happened here. Some old boy started to vote for Norm Coleman. He started filling in the dottie-block with his #2 pencil. Then he realized he was voting for the wrong guy, and decided to X it out instead of using his eraser, or asking for another ballot so he could start over.

I think the election officials in the fine State of Minnesota ought to just go ahead on and give that vote to Franken. It's obvious this old boy was trying to change his mind, hates President Bush, would like to flip the switch on Cheney, and probably got burned on a Coleman Stove at one time.

I DON'T THINK THIS TIGER WILL BE ON THE FIELD AGAINST OLE' MISS...

Well, PETA is at it again. Every couple of years they get some naked chick to dress up like a circus animal to protest The Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus when it comes to town.

This year, the naked chick was a Tiger. These people are stupid...like that's gonna stop somebody from taking their kids to the circus. Heck, if a kid wants to go, chances are they're going!

But I've got to admit, this protest was alot better than a few years back when they had that naked chick that was so fat she had to play an elephant.

From The Times of Shreveport article:

...Dozens of downtown workers and walkers gawked at the media event. Activists who joined handed out pamphlets while bystanders whipped out cell phones and cameras for photos of PETA intern Christina Dang, 22, of Holland, Mich. Dang, wearing bikini bottoms and pasties, crouched in a cage below signs saying animals should be free.

"Many people were baffled to see what goes on behind the scenes at a circus," said Virginia Fort, a paid PETA staffer.

Some agreed with PETA.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the spectacle.

"I just heard there was a naked lady out here, said Jody Abbitt, who works downtown and took photos of the protest....

ONE LUCKY (?) CAJUN...

Well, I don't know if this cajun fellow was just dumb-lucky, living right, or The Good Lord has something else for him to do, or all three.

Last Saturday, Ronald Richard (pronounced ree-shard in cajun country) was mowing his grass...it's hard to explain it. Just look at the article from The New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Here's a preview:

"Something hit me in the chest really hard, " said Richard, who initially thought he had been struck by a rock kicked up by the motor.

But when he took off his sweater and opened the nylon case for his Motorola Razr phone, a .45-caliber bullet fell out.

The stray bullet, probably fired from the woods near his 5-acre property on North Lee Road near Covington, shattered Richard's cell phone but left him with little more than a bad bruise.

Heck, I might go get me one of those cellular telephones. I've always heard they're good to have for personal safety.

YELLING "FIRE" IN A CROWDED THEATER...

Well, it wasn't really crowded at the time, but The Shreveport Little Theater was gutted by flames on Tuesday. It's a darned shame, too. As the oldest continually operating community theater in the US, a whole lot of history went up in smoke. It seems that the fire was started by a spark from a welding rig while doing some new construction on the theater which was built in 1927. It was a neat place. Darned shame...

From The Times of Shreveport article:

Shreveport Little Theatre, an 80-year-old historical landmark that drew national attention for its famous productions, was reduced to smoldering, charred debris when a fire raced through the single-story structure on Tuesday.

"From what I'm told it's a total loss," said Robert Darrow, SLT managing and artistic director. "The structure of the new addition to the lobby may be saved, but everything is lost."

The Tudor-style building was undergoing a $1.8 million expansion project to replace backstage space lost in a 1986 fire.

"It's not only a loss for the community but for the entire nation," Darrow said, as he and a group of supporters looked on as dozens of firefighters doused fire and smoke. "It's the oldest continuously producing theater in the country."

"We were so careful in preserving anything of historical nature at the theater and to keep its original structure — the huge wooden beams and brick walls," Darrow said. "But as you can see, it's all gone now.

"It's devastating to see a place where generations and generations of Shreveport families have come just go up in smoke. It's sad."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY...I LOVE YOU SO!

Today is The Mrs.' birthday. I picked this song/video for a reason. It's not "our song" or anything (it came out before we were born). But I met The Mrs. the night before her 16th birthday in 1976 (oops...I reckon y'all know how old she is now).

I fell hard in love, and asked her for a date the next night, which was a Friday. She told me she couldn't, because she was having her "Sweet 16" birthday party after the football game on Friday night. So, I asked her if I could come, and she said "No."

So, I asked her for a date on Saturday night. She thought awhile and said, "okay." And the rest is love-bird history. Her birthday always brings that memory back just like it was yesterday.

Happy Birthday Baby...even if you did stiff me on the birthday party...I love you so!

IT FINALLY HAPPENED...AND IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A NICER GUY!

This is a story from 2005, but when I came across it, I just had to laugh and laugh!

The whole story here in the Madison Record is kinda boring, but the headline tells you all you really need to know.

MORE WISDOM FROM AN OLD GUY...

Hi y'all!

I got a computer letter from my old retired buddy down in Florida that I thought I'd pass along to you. He's not a Redneck, by the way. He's real smart, and (let me get my word book...) accomplished in life.

Hi Andy,

Just some thoughts during these turbulent times.

The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. (waiting for attack)

The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either... The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

Basic Rules:

1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics are bad.

3. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

Don't underestimate the value of the Second Amendment!

Peace and Love, Old Guy

WILL "GOVERNOR BOBBY" MATCH "CAMPAIGN BOBBY"???

Well, my good buddy Bobby Jindal has been all over the news lately. With John McCain's defeat, every TV network, newspaper, and blog wants a piece of "the future of the Republican Party." As much as I like Bobby, the media-hype he has gotten doesn't really match up with his campaign promises, or the reality on the ground here in Louisiana.

Don't get me wrong here. I really believe that Bobby "can be" a rising star on the national political scene if he's willing to suck it up and stare down the jerks in Baton Rouge. But up until now, he has "flinched." The national media, and Republicans that are hopeful for their own savior really haven't dug too deeply into Bobby's "governance." (is that a word?)

With a shrinking economy, falling oil & natural gas prices (Louisiana gets a tremendous amount of it's revenue from royalties), federal dollars from Hurricanes Katrina & Rita drying up, and a Chicago thug Democrat headed to the White House (not as easy to deal with as "W"...especially if you are a "rising star" in the opposition party whose State voted overwhelmingly for the other guy), we are gonna see if Bobby is the administrative and political conservative genius he is being portrayed as.

Truthfully, I've got my doubts, but I hope he is. I'm praying for the boy! If he pulls this off, I will be the happiest, "egg-faced" Louisiana redneck you ever saw. And that good-looking Alaska Redneck, Sarah will have to settle for VP again.

But they've both still got some proving to do. You know, Republicans are kinda funny like that...they actually want to see some kind of track record before they put somebody up to be elected as the leader of the free world (unlike another Party I can think of).

This AP article is pretty spot-on from my perspective on the ground: Jindal, lawmakers face grim new reality with spending

A few lines from the article:

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's multiyear spending spree is skidding to a close. Now, a strikingly different reality of shortfalls and budget cuts face a freshman governor and lawmakers whose first year is better described as a spending festival than a show of restraint.

The new reality will force Jindal to put into practice his 2007 campaign rhetoric of the need to shrink the budget, but it also could put him in conflict with his own party if Republican lawmakers continue to push for tax breaks even as the state faces a budget shortfall.

HO HO HO!

I have told y'all before about my Redneck buddy Leroy that owns Leroy's KwikStop on the highway heading out of town. Well, what with the global economic downturn, and not making as much with his gas pumps, Leroy has been thinking on a way to (let me get my word book...) supplement his income.

Well, he called me the other day and asked me to come by his house. He had a "Holiday Idea!" Seems Leroy has decided to build, and market a do-it-yourself Redneck Christmas Tree Kit. He asked me to bring that computer camera that Harmon's Boss Man let me keep to make promotional pictures. So I went by there, and I've gotta tell y'all, I was impressed. I think he might be on to something here.

Ain't it pretty?


Assembly required...it is "do it yourself" after all.


Shouldn't take any more than two or three evenings!

All Finished!

I like the idea. But I asked Leroy howcome he used Mountain Dew cans instead of Michelob. He said that on his first try he did. But by the time he got the first level done, he started drilling holes in his hand, and bloodied up the carpet.

By the way, he's decided not to include the cans with the kit. He said, "I can't afford to go tinkle every 5 minutes. Plus it would drive the price way up. They're on their own!"

FAHRENHEIT- 911...QUICK, I'TS GETTING COLD!

This is worth a look. Some Irish filmmakers are producing a (let me get my word book...) documentary that challenges Al Grover and his stupid global warming junk. They've got a computer page trying to raise some support for their film so they can finish it up. They've got a preview video up there. It seems odd to me to be looking for contributions to make a film, but what doesn't seem odd nowadays?

The article from Irish Times: Film-makers taking on our "global warming hysteria"

From the article:

A new Irish film claims that climate change guru Al Gore is an alarmist and that those who think they are saving the planet are only hurting the poor

IF THE ADVANCE publicity is anything to go by, Not Evil Just Wrong will do for Al Gore what Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 did for George W Bush.

"This is the film Al Gore and Hollywood don't want you to see," declares the website for the latest work by film-makers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer. The site even features a big picture of Gore, with his lips in the photograph seemingly digitally enhanced to make them look like Heath Ledger's Joker from the latest Batman film.

The website goes on to say that their latest film - which takes on what are described as global warming alarmists - is "the most controversial documentary of the year". Indeed, it could very well be the most controversial. And Al Gore and Hollywood may well not want you to see it. And in that respect, Gore and co are actually succeeding for the moment. Because there is no completed film. Not yet anyway.

Heck, I've got a PayPal account. I might just donate and take a chance with these Irish folks. One of my favorite films ever, "Zombie Genocide" is an Irish film...if this one is as good as that, I'd be proud to be a part of it...

HOLY CRAP BATMAN!!!

BARKSDALE AFB CREW HONORED

I live less than a mile from Barksdale Air Force Base. It is a great honor to my city to be the home of the B-52s. They are impressive flying machines. And some pretty impressive people fly them.

Entire article from The Times of Shreveport:
Lost Barksdale Crew Honored At Arlington National Cemetery

Five Barksdale Air Force Base fliers killed in the crash of their B-52 bomber near Guam in July were honored Friday through a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery.

The crew, which had the call sign Raider 21, perished with a sixth member from the command staff at Andersen Air Force Base, the Guam air power bastion wheir their bomber, "Louisiana Fire," had deployed to be part of a continuous bomber presence in the western Pacific.

The service with full military honors, described by Arlington representatives as "burial of the commingled remains recovered from the accident," included escorts, a band, an honor guard, a horse-drawn caisson to carry a casket, a bugler to play taps and a flyover by fellow members of the 20th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale.

Rest in peace, gentlemen. Thank you for your service.

TIGERS SURVIVE...BEAT TROJANS?

Well, it wasn't pretty. In fact it was mud ugly, but my beloved LSU Tigers survived what would have been the biggest disappointment in an already tough season.

Mid-way through the third quarter, The Trojans (not USC...Troy) lead LSU 31-3...yep, 31-3. It was 31-10 Troy as the 4th quarter started. The Tiger "faithful" had mostly abandoned the stadium and headed to drown their sorrows at the Baton Rouge watering holes I guess.

I reckon we had wore Troy down though. My beloved Tigers clicked off 30 points in the 4th to avoid total seasonal failure. Well, we're 7-3 now. It could be worse I guess, but sadly, it should be much better. Oh well...Even this win is disappointing in a way. In our losses to Georgia, and 'Bama we dominated in the stats (Florida killed us)...but not against the Mighty Men of Troy. We got lucky. But then, it was time for a little bit of luck.

We've still got Ole Miss (a good team), and Arkansas (not so good this year). If we play like we can we should end up 9-3. That's not bad in the SEC. Even at 8-4 we should get a pretty good bowl game. We'll see.

THINK WHIRLED PEAS! I'M ALL FOR IT...JUST A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS...

So, it seems that the high-tech crowd has decided to launch a plan to bring peace to the world. Good for them!...and good luck!

This article, World asked to help craft online charter for religious harmony, has all the details.

Basically, what these people want to do is achieve world peace by bringing all religions together in "perfect harmony." (Wasn't that a commercial for Coca-Cola way back?)

This is funny:

Armstrong's wish is to combine universal principles of respect and compassion into a charter based on a "golden rule" she believes is at the core of every major religion.

The Golden Rule essentially calls on people to do unto others as they would have done unto them.

"The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony," Armstrong said.

"If we do not achieve this, it seems unlikely that we will have a viable world to hand on to the next generation."

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for whirled peas. The problem is that this chick is starting with the stupid notion that all religions believe in the golden rule.

I can just see some of the submissions they get to their stupid web-site. "Hello, my name is Abdullah, and I sent my 14 year-old son onto a bus with a bomb to kill Israeli mothers and babies. I wish that you would do the same unto me! Please strap Jewish children with bombs and send them into the West Bank to kill my wife and children...trust me, there will be virgins awaiting them."

The notion that the internet can bring about harmony is just really ridiculous, and a waste of time. If the high tech Google crowd wants to bring about harmony, how about starting with the vicious, hate-filled, left-wing here in the US that wished for the murder of Bush, applauded when Falwell died, laughed when Republicans got caught up in sex scandals, etc. I'm sure that they will be the first to sign up...yea, they really believe in treating others as they'd like to be treated!

This Anderson gal doesn't understand that very, very few humans really believe in the Golden Rule. She is starting her cut with a crooked blade. The Golden Rule is not at the core of every major religion. Even if it was, human nature almost always wins out. It is the nature of us 7 billion humans to do what is in our own interest. The whole thing is ignorant!

I'm glad I sold my Google stock...

WON'T YOU FILL UP JACK BENNY...WON'T YOU FILL UP?

Okay, I'm pretty sure that was from a Texaco commercial when I was a kid. But Exxon will have to do.

The Exxon station around the corner from me today, Saturday, Nov. 15:

I'll take a gallon!

IT "WAS" A BEAUTIFUL DAY...

What a glorious day we had in Northwest Louisiana. The weather "was" fabulous.

Me and The Mrs. went to this really unique food place called "Olive Garden" in Shreveport for lunch. We had to drive all the way across the Jimmy Davis Bridge to get there. But it was worth it! I'll tell ya'll, those salad greens were fresh...those skinny bread loaves were just right...and that eggplant parmesan was almost as good as The Mrs. cooks (don't tell her I said that...I told her it was terrible).

When we got home it "was" in the upper 70's. I "was" wearing shorts, a right-side-out T-shirt, and barefoot.

At about 4:30 this afternoon it started raining. It just rained for a couple of minutes. Now, at 7:30 pm the wind is howling, the temperature is dropping, the pecan trees in the yard are threatening my roof with their swaying (some cracking off) branches.

Crud...I hate cold weather. But here it comes...

I hate cold weather.

JOE..."SNAKE" HUSSEIN OUT BOY!

A blog that I visit regularly posted Joe The Plumber's computer page.

If y'all haven't figured it out yet, one of the things that most gave me the reds about Hussein's campaign was how they attacked an innocent, hard-working American plumber.

I've seen this before. Bubba and his bunch were the masters. But I have a feeling that Hussein's Chicago mob might (let me get my word book...) eclipse the Clintonistas. They've got half of his henchmen, and all their own. They might fall kinda short of Bubba's crowd though...they don't have my man Hillary on their team (yet).

Anyway, here is Joe's computer page.

PREDICTION FROM AN OLD GUY...

I got a very short computer letter from a dear friend. He's an old guy, and has seen a lot.

Hi Andy,

Political afterthought:

"It's going to be bad around here when the cows come home to roost."

Love, Old Guy

TRUE...

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his election to president. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'Post Turtle''. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'. The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. 'You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, and he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with'.

HUSSEIN TO RESIGN SENATE SEAT...

Well, I guess it was inevitable. Hussein is going to resign from the US Senate (was he ever there?) I don't think it's legal to be born in Africa, register voters 57 times, help ruin your local school system, partner up with admitted terrorists and wack-job preachers, never show up in the US Senate, and be President-elect at the same time. So, he has to resign from one of these. I guess he decided to quit the one job he never did...representing the folks of Illinois in the US Senate.

Man, we are in deep dookie...

WASHINGTON--President-elect Barack Obama will step down from his U.S. senate seat on Sunday, he said in a statement on Thursday. All political eyes in Illinois are on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to see who he will select to replace Obama for the two years remaining in his term. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has been the most overt in positioning himself, but other frontrunners include Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Illinois Veterans Affairs Chief Tammy Duckworth, who Obama appeared with on Veterans Day.

"It has been one of the highest honors and privileges of my life to have served the people of Illinois in the United States Senate. In a state that represents the crossroads of a nation, I have met so many men and women who've taken different journeys, but hold common hopes for their children's future.

I think Governor Rod Blagojevich ought to appoint Rev. Wright to finish out President-elect Hussein's term...or Bill Ayers...or maybe Bill Daley (looks like he might be looking for another job soon). The good people of Illinois should be very, very proud!

WITH LEATHER HELMETS...

Y'all know that I love my LSU Tiger football.

Man, I wish we had Doc Fenton right now...we really need a quarterback. It would be kinda cool to watch a movie star-type play with a leather helmet today. I wonder if those behemoth defensive linemen would slow down, or speed up... Here are some great photos of football stars in the leather helmet days. Take a look at 'em...trust me, you'll be glad you did!

Good article for all LSU fans...and really for college football fans everywhere.

Excerpt from the book Eye of the Tiger by Marty Mule’

“Doc” was his name and football was very definitely his game.

It’s a name that will live as long as his game is played at LSU.

George Ellwood “Doc” Fenton was an extraordinary athlete with matinee idol looks. Known as the “Artful Dodger” on the fanciful sports pages of the day, and at other times called “the Kandy Kid,” Fenton was universally known as “Doc” because his father traveled as a singer with an old time Indian medicine show.

More:

Consider this: The Tigers, in an era of the five-point touchdown, were actually close to achieving “point-a-minute” status. LSU scored 442 points in 450 minutes, and surrendered only one touchdown in their 10-0-0 season. Even a safety LSU gave up was hardly earned. It came at Auburn, and Fenton said, “I was kicking from behind my own goal, and an Auburn tackle broke through to block it. The ball was bouncing around, so I picked it up and was getting ready to run it out when a fan reached over the rope and cracked me over the head with a cane. It knocked me cold.”

IS ROMAN CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP GETTING SERIOUS?

I'm not Roman Catholic, so there is a whole lot about Roman Catholicism that I don't know. And, I don't understand a whole lot I do know about it. But I respect, and agree with a whole lot of their stances...especially when it comes to the demonic practice of aborticide!

It has always puzzled me that The Roman Catholic church does not forcefully discipline their adherent lawmakers that support abortion rights. Guys like Tom Daschle, Joe Biden, my worthless Senator Mary Landrieu, Nancy Pelosi, and hundreds of others on the national, State, and local levels of government...while maybe not advocates for that dastardly criminal practice, clearly are not willing to follow their church teachings, and decry it...even less willing to move against it legislatively. In truth, some of them are all for it, clearly in violation of their church doctrine.

Now, I'm not talking theocracy here, but the responsibility of any church is to speak prophetically to the nations, to call evil "evil,"..."to speak truth to power" if you will.

This article Catholic bishops will fight Obama on abortion is interesting. The whole article is worth a read. I really wonder...If communion was denied to pro-choice Roman Catholic legislators by their Bishops, would it change their political behavior? I wonder...

Read the whole article. The lead quote:

BALTIMORE (AP) - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration.

In an impassioned discussion on Catholics in public life, several bishops said they would accept no compromise on abortion policy. Many condemned Catholics who had argued it was morally acceptable to back President-elect Obama because he pledged to reduce abortion rates.

And several prelates promised to call out Catholic policy makers on their failures to follow church teaching.

T-SHIRTS...

For almost 30 years, The Mrs. has put up with one thing that just gripes the crud out of her...inside out T-shirts. She has stewed, and fussed, and tried to teach me, all of our sons, and all of the other boys that have lived with us to just turn our danged T-shirts "right side out" before we throw 'em in the hamper.

It is inconsiderate for sure. It makes her clothes-folding job harder, and aggravating. So, about a year ago she just started folding the T-shirts just like they come out of the dryer...no turning 'em right side out anymore. And, sure enough, all us boys are doing better now.

So yesterday afternoon she was busy baking Oatmeal Bread, and changing the plugs on my truck when the dryer finished. So I decided to fold the clothes. And there it was...my blue T-shirt turned inside-out. I had done it again! So she walks in the laundry room just as I'm turning it right-side-out to fold...and lo, and behold...it was her T-shirt!

I looked at her and said, "Well Baby, it took 30 years, but all us boys finally dragged you over to the dark side. You are OURS now."

Made the Mrs. laugh!

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP...

Okay, I read this article...I thought it was from The Onion. But it's not. It comes from England, so it must be true.

However, I'm scratching my rapidly balding head wondering if I'm being "played" by a bunch of Brits...

8,000 Beduins stake their claim as the lost tribe of Barack Obama
A sheikh in Galilee says he has evidence that he and his family are linked by blood to the new President

Be sure and watch the video...too rich!

A quote from the article:

“We knew about it years ago but we were afraid to talk about it because we didn’t want to influence the election,” Abdul Rahman Sheikh Abdullah, a 53-year-old local council member, told The Times in the small Beduin village of Bir al-Maksour in the Israeli region of Galilee. “We wrote a letter to him explaining the family connection.”

Mr Obama’s team have not responded to the letter so far but that has not dampened Sheikh Abdullah’s festivities.

He has been handing out sweets and huge dishes of baklava traditional honey-sweetened pastries to all and sundry, and plans to hold a large party next week at which he will slaughter a dozen goats to feed the village.

Poor goats...

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!!!! DANGER!!!!

Shazzaaaaaammmmmmm!

MY BEST STOCK MARKET MOVE EVER...

Well, it seems that Google share prices have just about halved recently.

I'm glad I sold my shares when it was $180...I was definitely ahead of the curve.

I'M PROUD OF MY STATE...AND MY TOWN!

I'm proud to be a Louisianian! I love it, even with all our problems. I've traveled a good bit, but never have I met better hard-working folks anywhere. Now, I know that's all up for debate, and you probably think your State has better folks... But the food, the culture, the unique racial mix, the weather...all of it...there just ain't no place like it. And I love it.

We can be pretty ignorant about a lot of things. Louisiana usually ends up at 49th, or 51st on all the "bad" lists...education, poverty, good places to do business, etc. And heck, we elected Edwin Edwards 7 or 8 times or something as Governor. We voted for Bubba Clinton twice for President. We actually elected Kathleen "Blank Check" Blanco as Governor, and New Orleans has been a cesspool for 50 years under the leadership of Moon Landrieu, Marc Morial, and now Ray (G.D. Greyhound) Nagin. I've always wished that we could just slice off the Southeast corner of Louisiana at I-10, to somewhere around 10 miles West of Baton Rouge, and let 'em be a State of their own. Then the rest of us wouldn't be pulled down...but I guess it ain't gonna happen.

But things are changing, and I'm proud for it. We elected my good buddy Bobby Jindal as Governor...and probably the proudest moment I've had lately was Nov. 4. Louisiana voted for John McCain over Hussein 59% to 40%. Of course, we screwed ourselves by re-electing our worthless, two-faced Senator Mary Landrieu...but that's another story. I guess progress comes along slow.

And I'm proud of my town. Business Week magazine went out and found the best city in each State to raise young'uns. They looked at a bunch of stuff like the quality of the schools, lack of crime, and churches, and a whole bunch of junk. There were some commonly well-known towns on the list. Phoenix, AZ (where I have a good buddy that has raised a great family), Columbus, OH (where my #2 son lives...I hope he'll raise a great family there one day), etc. But my town, Bossier City, LA was figured to be the best place to raise young'uns in the Bayou State.

I have to agree. I was born and raised right here. I left, but something about my town drew me back. I've raised 4 sons here (well, The Mrs. has, for the most part), and I can't imagine it would have been easier anywhere else.

I sure don't ever like to brag on myself, but dang...I was raised here...that oughta be evidence enough that these Business Week folks are currekt!

PAGLIA HITS THE NAIL ON THE NOGGIN...

I found this passage from a long article by the lib Camille Paglia to be very interesting. The entire article discusses her take on the election, and the media coverage of it.

Given that Obama had served on a Chicago board with Ayers and approved funding of a leftist educational project sponsored by Ayers, one might think that the unrepentant Ayers-Dohrn couple might be of some interest to the national media. But no, reporters have been too busy playing mini-badminton with every random spitball about Sarah Palin, who has been subjected to an atrocious and at times delusional level of defamation merely because she has the temerity to hold pro-life views.

How dare Palin not embrace abortion as the ultimate civilized ideal of modern culture? How tacky that she speaks in a vivacious regional accent indistinguishable from that of Western Canada! How risible that she graduated from the State University of Idaho and not one of those plush, pampered commodes of received opinion whose graduates, in their rush to believe the worst about her, have demonstrated that, when it comes to sifting evidence, they don't know their asses from their elbows.

Liberal Democrats are going to wake up from their sadomasochistic, anti-Palin orgy with a very big hangover. The evil genie released during this sorry episode will not so easily go back into its bottle. A shocking level of irrational emotionalism and at times infantile rage was exposed at the heart of current Democratic ideology -- contradicting Democratic core principles of compassion, tolerance and independent thought. One would have to look back to the Eisenhower 1950s for parallels to this grotesque lock-step parade of bourgeois provincialism, shallow groupthink and blind prejudice.

I like Sarah Palin, and I've heartily enjoyed her arrival on the national stage. As a career classroom teacher, I can see how smart she is -- and quite frankly, I think the people who don't see it are the stupid ones, wrapped in the fuzzy mummy-gauze of their own worn-out partisan dogma. So she doesn't speak the King's English -- big whoop! There is a powerful clarity of consciousness in her eyes. She uses language with the jumps, breaks and rippling momentum of a be-bop saxophonist. I stand on what I said (as a staunch pro-choice advocate) in my last two columns -- that Palin as a pro-life wife, mother and ambitious professional represents the next big shift in feminism. Pro-life women will save feminism by expanding it, particularly into the more traditional Third World.

As for the Democrats who sneered and howled that Palin was unprepared to be a vice-presidential nominee -- what navel-gazing hypocrisy! What protests were raised in the party or mainstream media when John Edwards, with vastly less political experience than Palin, got John Kerry's nod for veep four years ago? And Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, for whom I lobbied to be Obama's pick and who was on everyone's short list for months, has a record indistinguishable from Palin's. Whatever knowledge deficit Palin has about the federal bureaucracy or international affairs (outside the normal purview of governors) will hopefully be remedied during the next eight years of the Obama presidencies.

The U.S. Senate as a career option? What a claustrophobic, nitpicking comedown for an energetic Alaskan -- nothing but droning committees and incestuous back-scratching. No, Sarah Palin should stick to her governorship and just hit the rubber-chicken circuit, as Richard Nixon did in his long haul back from political limbo following his California gubernatorial defeat in 1962. Step by step, the mainstream media will come around, wipe its own mud out of its eyes, and see Palin for the populist phenomenon that she is.

I THOUGHT SATURDAY WAS A BAD DAY FOR ME...

Crud! Man, I felt bad when my beloved LSU Tigers threw away a victory against Alabama. But at least I'm still breathing.

NBC Sports reports:

2 Dead in spat over Alabama-LSU, Witnesses Say

A quote from the article:

"An investigator said alcohol may have been a factor. (You reckon?)

According to witnesses, Dennis Smith called Williams after the game, and the Smiths went to Williams’ home, where a fight led to the shooting. Dennis Smith had a pistol and Williams had a shotgun, authorities said.

In the phone call, someone reportedly said, “Alabama just got lucky and LSU should have won,” though it wasn’t clear who said it.

Booker said Smith “jumped out of his truck and hit Williams.”

Odom said the Smiths were driving to another town to visit a family member and he didn’t know why they stopped at Williams’ home.

He said Donna Smith had just called her mother to talk about the game.

“Everything was cool,” he said. “Next thing we know, they’re dead.”

Roll Tide, Roll !!!!