The ever vigilant Jim Skach just sent me another Atlas Shrugged style story. This time meet Ellis Wyatt of Turkey Guts Oil:
As a former Chicagoan, I can just say, “Brother you asked for it.” Gov. Rod Blagojevich is considering a full-out, soviet style, nationalization of Casinos in Illinois.
Looks like Rearden Metal may have finally arrived and Readen’s real name is Takashi Saito. (Thanks for the heads up Dylan)
Here is the final gallery from my New Orleans vacation. The first part contains pictures of a serious Gin game (primarily taken by my good friend Rob). The rest are more night scenes of a city filled with characters. Let me know what ya’ think.
A little bit of Redneck humor . . .
You’ll Know Yours Is A Redneck Church If:
- The finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one.
- People ask, when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch ‘em.
- When the pastor says, “I’d like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering,” five guys and two women stand up.
- Opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church holiday.
- A member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive Ford truck because “It ain’t never been in a hole it couldn’t get out of.”
- The choir is known as the “OK Chorale.”
- Boone’s Farm “Tickle Pink” is the favorite wine for communion.
- In a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven last names in the church directory.
- Baptism is referred to as “branding.”
- There is a special fund raiser for a new church septic tank.
- Finding and returning lost sheep isn’t just a parable.
- High notes on the organ set the dogs on the floor to howling.
- People think “rapture” is what you get when you lift something too heavy.
- The baptismal font is a #2 galvanized washtub.
- The choir robes were donated by (and embroidered with the logo) from Billy Bob’s Barbecue.
- The collection plates are really hub caps from a ’56 Chevy.
Sorry about the delay on the galleries, but “sobering up” time took precedence over website updates. I just got back into town after the twelve hour drive, so only one gallery tonight. I’ll post the final gallery tomorrow night. Let me know what you think . . .
Well, the best way to sum up last night it to say I have a vicious hangover . . . However, I’m putting up a gallery nonetheless. This gallery is made up of pictured from the final part of my drive into New Orleans and my first evening there.
Well, here’s the first gallery of my New Orleans vacation. I spent all of yesterday driving and driving hard so the gallery is pretty small. A twelve hour drive primarily in rainy conditions doesn’t leave much time for photography. However, this trip was fun. I camped last night in beautiful Tickfaw state park, which I highly recommend. However, if you decide to visit in early spring, bring bug spray and lots of it or you’ll bleed to death, I assure you. Woke up early this morning, had breakfast at a charming little diner and made my way into New Orleans along I-55 which I have renamed the bayou highway. A miracle of modern engineering, I-55 runs for 50 miles elevated high above marshland as far as the eye can see. Just got checked into the hotel and got a much needed shower. More soon . .
I know I promised no politics, but this was sitting in my inbox:
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URGENT ACTION ITEM!
FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
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Watergate Office Building
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20037
World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org
E-Mail: pressreleases@hq.LP.org
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For release: April 24, 2003
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Tell George Bush what you think about renewing Bill Clinton’s gun ban
Dear Friends:
Gun-rights supporters around the country are flooding the White House with e-mails demanding that President Bush reverse his position on banning “assault weapons.”
Wouldn’t you like to join in?
This Action Item contains brief background information, and directs you to a website where you can send a pre-written e-mail to the White House. Please read this immediately and take the action at the bottom.
BACKGROUND:
On April 12, White House spokesman Scott McClellan set off a furor when he announced that Bush supports renewing the federal ban on certain semi-automatic rifles. That law, sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein and then-Rep. Charles Schumer, was signed by President Clinton in 1994.
However, it contains a 10-year sunset provision and is set to expire in September 2004 unless reauthorized by Congress and signed again by the president.
Knight-Ridder newspapers quoted McClellan as saying Bush “supports the current law, and he supports reauthorization of the current law.”
The Gun Owners of America immediately alerted its e-mail list, and generated over 10,000 e-mails and calls to the White House in the first 24 hours, according to GOA’s executive director, Larry Pratt.
Amazingly, some White House operators claimed there was no Scott McClellan working at the White House, according to callers ?- even though both The Washington Post and WorldNetDaily carried articles identifying McClellan as a White House spokesman. Some operators also accused callers of being “confused,” or refused to discuss the issue unless they were provided the exact section number from the U.S. code.
Imagine how embarrassed the White House was when Feinstein and Schumer wrote a joint letter praising Bush for supporting the ban!
Their April 16 statement “welcomed the announcement that President George W. Bush supports the reauthorization of the 1994 assault-weapons ban. . . . In 1994, we fought hard to win passage of the original ban, and shortly after Congress returns from the spring recess we plan to introduce legislation that would reauthorize it. We welcome your support and look forward to working with you to gain swift passage of this legislation.”
Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time that Republicans and Democrats worked in swift, bipartisan harmony to sell out your gun rights.
But if we succeed, it wouldn’t be the first time that Bush caved in to pressure on the gun issue and did the right thing. Recall that last year Bush reversed his original position and ended up supporting a bill to allow guns in the cockpit.
Let’s try to get Bush to do another flip-flop in the direction of freedom! Tell President Bush that the government has no business dictating what kind of gun you can own. Let him know that your constitutional rights aren’t negotiable — and that you won’t tolerate this Bush-Clinton gun ban!
WHAT TO DO:
Click on this link to send a pre-written e-mail to President Bush:
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm
Then let us know if you appreciate being kept up-to-date on projects like this. One of the most important things the Libertarian Party does is to keep you informed about threats to your freedom and provide a way for you to fight back. After you e-mail the White House, consider making a small donation to the Libertarian Party at:
http://www.lp.org/action/contribute.html
Thank you,
Geoffrey Neale
Chair
Libertarian Party
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Washington DC 20037 fax: 202-333-0072
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Well, to all six fans out there, you are only getting one post for today. Today, I’m going on vacation and heading down to the big easy. However, since I’ve completed the 12th step in my Geek’s Anonymous group, acceptance, not all is lost. My hotel has high speed internet access so I’ll be posting pictures daily starting on Thursday. However, the ranting will just have to wait until I get back.
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