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Heart Attack Grill

Watch CBS Videos Online Do you have any idea how good those fries, fried in lard, must taste?! I don't think I could conquer the 8000 calorie Quad, but I'll definitely do a single if I'm ever in Chandler. :-D

The following is my response to this video which shows a rousing Marine Corp greeting for President Bush vs. a silent crowd for Obama. I'm sure the Marines, and the vast majority of people in the military, preferred Bush, but I have to wonder when that Bush video was taken. It must have been right after 9/11 or within a year or two of it. I can't imagine he was that popular just a year or two ago, with anyone?? Regardless of when the video was taken, if Bush really supported our troops, he would've done away with the awful rules of engagement and stupid political correctness that allowed honorable men, such as Navy Seal Danny Dietz, to be slaughtered by stupid terrorists. (Yet another way altruism kills.) I voted for Bush three times, I'm ashamed to say. (Once as Texas governor and twice as President.) He's a horrible moderate who, at the very least, could have vetoed the first round of bail outs and didn't. And how messed up is it that he didn't pardon Scooter Libby?! What a coward! Both parties are corrupt and immoral and are ruining this country. Let's get over Bush and Obama and Republicans and Democrats, and get to the philosophical change this country desperately needs if we are ever to experience real freedom in our lifetimes.

A Class Act!

It would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic. When Obama met with Brown (of England) recently, they exchanged gifts. Brown gave Obama a pen holder carved from the timbers of a Victorian-era, anti-slavery warship, and the framed commission paper for another warship (the HMS Resolute) that the U.S. Navy helped rescue when it got stuck in sea ice or something, it was an important peace gesture back then. Obama gave Brown a 25-pack of American classic movies on DVD. So while this guy is throwing lavish White House parties every Wednesday and flying his wife to Chicago on Airforce One for dinners with friends, buying his kiddos expensive playground equipment for the White House back yard, participating in retreats with other fat-cat senators (from both sides of the aisle)... ...he's criticizing us for spending too much (of our own money), criticizing banks and other businesses for their failures after playing by rules set forth by the government, telling people that make over $250K per year that they will have to lose a bunch of their income to pay for losers who can't get by and spend everything they earn, criticizing companies for having annual meetings and sales conventions at Vegas resorts, etc., etc., etc. And the sorry piece of trash can't even come up with something better to give the Prime Minister of Great Britain than a lousy pack of DVDs that Brown could've bought himself on Amazon?! Obama is just a sorry piece of socialist trash.

Big Government vs "Big Oil"

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080402/D8VPDII00.html

A few highlights from the above article (blue and bold is mine):

"On April Fool's Day, the biggest joke of all is being played on American families by Big Oil," Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said, aiming his remarks at the five executives sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a congressional hearing room. Does this guy think we're as dumb as he is?
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"We depend on high earnings during the up cycle to sustain ... investment over the long term, including the down cycles," he continued.

The up cycle has been going on too long, suggested Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. "The anger level is rising significantly." So, he wants businesses to fail? Funny, the government is talking about imposing additional regulations on Wall Street because the market isn't performing well enough for them. So when "Big Oil" has more down years than up, again, they're going to like that?
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"Imposing punitive taxes on American energy companies, which already pay record taxes, will discourage the sustained investment needed to continue safeguarding U.S. energy security," said Simon. He said over the past five years Exxon Mobil's U.S. tax bill exceeded its U.S. earnings by $19 billion.

Markey was not impressed. Unimpressed because he doesn't understand reality. Big Government is the one stifling invention and production.
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Elsewhere on Tuesday, many independent truckers parked their rigs and others slowed to a crawl on highways to protest high fuel prices. The demonstrations were only scattered, but long lines of trucks were moving at about 20 mph on the New Jersey Turnpike, and three drivers were ticketed for impeding traffic on Interstate 55 outside Chicago, driving three abreast at low speeds. Nice. That will fix the problem, I'm sure.

As a matter of fact, the government is the largest recipient, by far, of the profits of "Big Oil".



So once again, BIG GOVERNMENT, should have nothing to say about "Big Oil".

And this is all beside the point really. Frankly, it should be no concern of the government's whether "Big Oil" is making money or not. They are a business in a supposedly free country and they should be free to run their business as they see fit...and that's to make a profit...duh!

If our government were really working for us, they would free the oil companies of paying any and all taxes so that they may use their profits how they see fit. Of course, that would be to use the profits to turn even bigger profits...and you know how they would do that? With new innovations. Do you not think oil companies have a desire to create and develop and discover new types of energy??? They desperately want to...it will only make things better for them and us...if only governments would let them. I just wonder how long it will be before we allow our government to take over the energy sector as Hugo Chavez did in Venezuela? Keep your eye out down there and see how well that goes for Venezuela and see if that's something you think you'd like here.

If you haven't yet read Atlas Shrugged, I strongly urge you to do so. It's frightening how fast both political parties are taking our country down the path to collectivism and you should be very concerned about it. It's scary how a work of fiction mirrors so well the state of the world we are living in today.

You're gonna think pain at the pump when you live in a dictatorship and there's no gas at the pump to be had.

Update

I know I haven't blogged in awhile and I apologize to those of you who have actually been keeping up with it. While I am too busy to blog right now, I wanted to post this update to my most recent blog entry. It's simply amazing how much the drawing looks like the photo. Surely this case would have never been solved without Lois' amazing talent. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312907,00.html

Amazing Grace

Lois Gibson is by far the most remarkable woman I have ever met. Just taking a quick look around her website really tells the tale, but a recent news story brought her to the front of my mind again. Back in January of 1994, my husband (boyfriend at the time) and I were sitting around his apartment watching late night television. Late Night with David Letterman was just about to go off the air when we heard a loud bang against the back door of our apartment. My first, split-second thought was that a friend had stopped by and was fooling around, but by the second bang, I realized something more sinister was going on. I reached for the phone and before I could even press the "9" to dial 9-1-1, two men were in our home. As Danny backed away from them, one of them struck him on his knee and he fell to the sofa. I was across the room on the love seat. Both men had their faces painted in camouflage style and were dressed in dark clothing. The smaller and more nervous of the two carried a baseball bat and the larger and more crazy one carried a lead pipe with a mangled piece of metal on the end with a bent screw sticking out of it. He raised the pipe above his head and aimed for me and demanded I put the phone down. Needless to say, I complied by throwing the phone across the room. I wanted him to be certain it was nowhere near me. The men made us lie on our stomachs on the sofas while they ransacked our house and yelled to each other. The smaller, nervous man seemed to just want to leave and acted as though he really didn't want to be there. He kept counting out loud how many seconds they had been in the house while the larger, crazy man continued to ransack our home. After a few minutes that seemed like hours, they were finally gone. Once we were certain they had gone, Danny chased them out into the street where he saw them fleeing on foot and found our smashed TV laying in the road. I grabbed the phone, ran into the bedroom, put my back against the wall and called 9-1-1. (For some weird reason, I was so freaked out, that I did not feel safe with my back to a door or window for fear that they would return. It's crazy and amazing how adrenaline and fear work.) Within a few moments of my call, the police had arrived. Apparently, a neighbor had heard all of the commotion and screaming and called the police. The police did their usual routine...checked out the damage, made a report of stolen items and lifted a few finger prints. They told us in all honesty that the perpetrators would probably never be caught and our belongings never recovered. The following day, an investigator with the Houston Police Department contacted us and asked if we would like to have a sketch made of our perpetrators. We agreed and went to the station the following day. We were taken to a very small room, not much bigger than a closet. The walls of the room were covered with both black and white and color drawings, paintings and mug shots. There was an easel with art supplies, and stacks of books littered a small desk. A friendly woman greeted us. Her name was Lois Gibson. We explained to Lois that we did not get a very good look at the smaller perpetrator since he was nervous and stayed away from us, and although we got a good look at the larger man, with the face paint and his yelling, we weren't sure if we were certain of what his facial features looked like. Lois shrugged off our uncertainty, smiled and calmy stated that we should just do the best we can. She handed us several books. Each book had many drawings and photos of different eyes, mouths, ears, noses, etc. From those books and working one facial feature at a time, we chose the features that most closely resembled the larger man. With her easel turned away from us, Lois worked the entire time, constantly sketching with her charcoal pencils and watching and listening to us carefully. When she thought she was finished, she turned the easel towards us and our mouths fell open. It was him! It was him! She made a slight adjustment to the width of his face and added a few pock marks on his cheeks, but that was it. It was as though Lois had been in the room with us and drew this horrible man. Seeing the obvious expression of shock, fear and anger on our faces at the sight of this horrible man who had tormented us, Lois told us her own personal story. She had been raped, strangled and left for dead in her Hollywood, California apartment years before. She soon after abandoned her acting career and went to live with a friend out of state. During that time, she rediscovered her love of drawing and painting and when a convenience store clerk was robbed, Lois offered to do a drawing of the robber. If I remember correctly, the convenience store robber was never caught, but the clerk was so impressed by the accuracy of the drawing, that she encouraged Lois to do something positive with her art. And that's precisely what she did. After moving to Texas, Lois became involved with the Houston Police Department. It was not a full time job and there were no benefits for her and her new family. She was only paid when and if they used her services. It didn't take long, however, for police to realize the value in her drawings. One out of every three drawings were leading to captures. Surprisingly, many investigators were unhappy with her presence. They felt that good, old fashioned police leg work was going unacknowledged while an artist was getting all the credit. Lois spent many lonely days in her closet-like office and her talents were largely unappreciated. It was only a matter of time before her talents were rewarded. No one could deny for long the impact she was having on arrests in the Houston area and after awhile, police warmed up to her and began appreciating her for what she could do to help them solve their cases. After receiving several photo copies of our sketch, Danny and I walked our neighborhood talking to anyone who would listen. We stopped at the nearby convenience store, the dry cleaners and a local ice house. A woman at the ice house thought our drawing looked very much like another waitresses ex-boyfriend. When Danny and I returned home, we called the investigator and told him of our discovery. Police went to the ex-boyfriend's home the following morning and made an arrest. We were called to the station and immediately picked the horrible man out of a line up. Just as the trial was beginning, the suspect plead guilty, spent 45 days in jail, was sentenced to 10 years of probation and was ordered to pay us $500 restitution. I thought this was a small price for him to pay for what he had done to us (we had lost our sense of security, and I subsequently had a horrible bout of depression brought on my post traumatic stress disorder) but evidently, police and prosecutors considered this a wonderful, successful outcome. Last I checked, a few years back, Lois had a huge office with her paintings neatly displayed on the walls and a large, organized desk. She was a full-timer at HPD and enjoyed all of the benefits that went along with a career in law enforcement. As always, she glowed with a peaceful happiness and invited me to lunch. Whether justice was truly served in our case or not, I am glad that we were able to help Lois put one more notch in her sketch pad. I will never forget Lois, her drawings or the lunch we shared together. She is both inspiring and talented and I admire and appreciate her.