<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226</id><updated>2012-02-16T17:10:01.964-07:00</updated><category term='jokes'/><category term='gay'/><category term='media'/><category term='dad'/><category term='bayou'/><category term='UN'/><category term='islam'/><category term='Stevie Nicks'/><category term='she'/><category term='democraps'/><category term='immigration'/><category term='CAIR. McCain'/><category term='elections'/><category term='War'/><category term='Global Warming'/><category term='music'/><category term='sammy'/><category term='liberals'/><category term='Stupid'/><category term='highway'/><category term='muslims'/><category term='cannibal'/><category term='Roger McGuinn'/><category term='byrds'/><category term='Jennings'/><category term='Cash'/><category term='Kristofferson'/><category term='Nelson'/><category term='trailsofC'/><category term='charity'/><category term='Medicine'/><category term='democrats'/><category term='family'/><category term='political correctness'/><category term='tolerance'/><category term='Cyndi'/><category term='beauty'/><category term='ladies'/><category term='Education'/><category term='Iraq'/><title type='text'>Colorado</title><subtitle type='html'>Brilliant, handsome and modest and always humble.  Lurking within the shadows of the hallways of power while keeping the voices at bay.

Always remember, there is a soldier somewhere preserving  your country's freedom</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-1439071562467198904</id><published>2007-10-02T04:10:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T04:11:53.568-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CAIR. McCain'/><title type='text'>What has little Johnny Done</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RwIZT52vF7I/AAAAAAAAACQ/TxljufDR7D8/s1600-h/hafiaterrora3_5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RwIZT52vF7I/AAAAAAAAACQ/TxljufDR7D8/s400/hafiaterrora3_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116679956384913330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on presidential candidate Sen. John McCain to appoint a Muslim campaign advisor and a Muslim White House aide if elected in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CAIR’s request came following McCain’s remarks that America is a “Christian” nation and that he would not be comfortable with a Muslim in the White House. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The Constitution, reflecting the principles of the Founding Fathers and those who voted for its ratification, prohibits religious tests for public office,” said CAIR National Legislative Director Corey Saylor. “Senator McCain should know that our nation was founded on universal moral principles common to many religions and philosophies. He does a disservice to those principles by suggesting that not belonging to a particular religious group limits an individual’s ability to lead.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saylor said Muslim advisors could offer McCain accurate information on issues related to Islam and the American Muslims.  As a service to both Johnny and CAIR for whom I have only the utmost bile saved, allow me to offer them both accurate information on issues related to islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;islam is a cult that promotes beheadings, pedophilia, brutality against women, world domination and a return to those balmy days before nasty global warming in the 13th century.  It is also a cult that regularly refers to people of the Jewish faith as pigs and Christians as infidels while attempting to say out of the other side of its mouth that it is an inclusive religion.  Yes inclusive as long as you are muslim and believe in the principles of Shari’ law, otherwise off with their heads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a cult that has advanced its own people not one iota since its founding in a dank cave in the desert by the head pedophile big Mo.  Rather than go into the various subsets of death this religion of peace promotes at this time, I offer myself as the official advisor to Johnny’s campaign so they can check with me before sticking their foot in their mouth again.  You had it right the first time Johnny but than the politician in you took over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-1439071562467198904?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/1439071562467198904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=1439071562467198904' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/1439071562467198904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/1439071562467198904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-has-little-johnny-done.html' title='What has little Johnny Done'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RwIZT52vF7I/AAAAAAAAACQ/TxljufDR7D8/s72-c/hafiaterrora3_5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-756160276717642257</id><published>2007-09-30T04:37:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2007-09-30T23:52:45.601-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CAIR. McCain'/><title type='text'>Creepy Islamic Attrocities Remakers - CAIR</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rv98kJ2vF6I/AAAAAAAAACI/YmSbS9XSvxU/s1600-h/CAIRbusted.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rv98kJ2vF6I/AAAAAAAAACI/YmSbS9XSvxU/s400/CAIRbusted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115944662278805410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Score one for CAIR and list another reason why John McCain is not fit to be president.  Mr. McCain, (I have decided not to call anyone a US Senator if they disgrace the office – I think they all do, but I’m willing to bend), said something he may have believed for two entire seconds than cowered  to the islamic terrorist front group CAIR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McCain said, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“I admire the Islam.  There’s a lot of good principles in it, but I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all there are no good principles in it Johnny Boy and I say that in all candor.  Being a politician I know you all say stupid ignorant stuff like this all the time so I was willing to let it go, but you apparently left your balls on the night stand the moment CAIR complained.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“That kind of attitude goes against the American tradition of religious pluralism and inclusion,”&lt;/span&gt; said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He urged McCain to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“clarify his remarks”&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“stress his acceptance of political candidates of any faith.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would have said to Ibby – &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“WTF.  You have a lot of room to talk when islam goes against the American tradition of pluralism.  Convert of die I believe it says.”&lt;/span&gt;  I would have said this to him as we kicked his dumb ass out of the country, but that’s just me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what does Johnny Testacaless do?  He clarifies his remarks saying, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;“I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the candidate best able to lead the country and to defend our political values.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnny, Johnny, Johnny – we hardly knew ya – but now we do.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-756160276717642257?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/756160276717642257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=756160276717642257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/756160276717642257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/756160276717642257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/09/cair-creepy-islamic-attrocities.html' title='Creepy Islamic Attrocities Remakers - CAIR'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rv98kJ2vF6I/AAAAAAAAACI/YmSbS9XSvxU/s72-c/CAIRbusted.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-6636375281712642202</id><published>2007-09-29T04:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T04:19:12.136-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='political correctness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>There’s always room for Santa or is it Jello</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rv4lbJ2vF5I/AAAAAAAAACA/FO5vnKD_mYs/s1600-h/santajello.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rv4lbJ2vF5I/AAAAAAAAACA/FO5vnKD_mYs/s400/santajello.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115567375171655570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;If you think we are winning the war you’re wrong. We need more troops, a larger surge and we have to implement “take no prisoners” before it is too late, which it already may be.  No not in Iraq, but here in Illinois.  I’m talking about the war to eliminate public education.  Consider this little ditty from Oak Lawn Illinois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The school district is considering banning traditions seen as offensive to Muslims.  I have a better idea, how about banning muslims as offensive to humans.  It isn’t serious yet; I mean we are only talking about Halloween, Christmas and Jell-O.   God help us if it expands to include Martin Luther King’s birthday, Labor Day, Gay Pride Week or put a condom on a zucchini month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It began innocently enough earlier this month when school dimwits agreed to change the lunch menu to exclude items containing pork to accommodate Muslim students. News that Jell-O was struck from the menu caused such a stir that officials have agreed to bring it back. Gelatin is often made with tissue or bones of pigs or other animals. Had I been administrator I would have immediately added pigs in a blanket to every menu choice with each pancake emblazoned with the image of the prophet of doom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well apparently many folk got a little ticked off and police were called to calm down parents after the latest brainless wonder decided to include Halloween and Christmas festivities in the bend down and kiss your ass goodbye controversy; or as asshole in charge Principal Sandy Robinson said, "It's difficult when you change the school's culture.”   Ah Sandy, it’s difficult when you stick your head too far up your ass to do stupid things, but you managed to do that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elizabeth Zahdan, a mother of three District 122 students, says she took her concerns to the school board this month, not because she wanted to do away with the traditions, but rather to make them more inclusive. "I only wanted them modified to represent everyone," she said.   "Now the kids are not being educated about other people," she said.   Betty, Betty, perhaps you would agree that you’re kids need to learn about Big Mo’s taste for little children or current day stoning practices so they too can learn about other people, can we agree on that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following the example of Lieb Elementary School, Columbus Manor School will exchange the annual Halloween parade for a fall festival next month. The holiday gift bazaars at both schools also will remain, but they'll likely be moved to the PTA-sponsored after-school winter festival. And Santa's annual visit probably will be on a Saturday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you’re wondering nearly half of the students at Columbus Manor school are Arab descent and a little less than a third district wide are, which translates into the un-say able – muslim.  I suggest that all parents of non-Arab descent convert to a new religion called, Sowish.  As a Sowish, all Sowians would be considered to have committed blasphemy if they did not hand all those you meet a John Dean raw sausage and bend down and fart in the direction of Mecca during each class period. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-6636375281712642202?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/6636375281712642202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=6636375281712642202' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6636375281712642202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6636375281712642202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/09/theres-always-room-for-santa-or-is-it.html' title='There’s always room for Santa or is it Jello'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rv4lbJ2vF5I/AAAAAAAAACA/FO5vnKD_mYs/s72-c/santajello.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-8111967095433721531</id><published>2007-07-10T03:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-07-10T03:32:07.506-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><title type='text'>Debate, Distortion, Invention and Danger Will Robinson.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RpNR94GtT-I/AAAAAAAAABY/emn7KMxq1d4/s1600-h/peaceful3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RpNR94GtT-I/AAAAAAAAABY/emn7KMxq1d4/s400/peaceful3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085498527705812962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I find that I can not post replies to individuals, try as I might, because I start to get worked up and babbling at the gums. Once again I find myself responding to one person as a post. Sylvie – How can you debate me? I distort things? I make things up? I am dangerous?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dear friend, allow me to expand. First I ask what are we debating. Is it that terrorism is bad or that all terrorists are muslim? Are we debating whether there are 10 million terrorists or only 840 thousand? The number is quite irrelevant; it is very large in either case. Are we debating whether out of 1.4 billion, 1.2 billion, or 1.1 billion, that 167 million in Pakistan versus 600,000 roughly 3% are fighting terrorists and the other 97% are hiding them? Are we debating whether the other 99% muslims worldwide are standing up to terrorism or sitting silently by? In both cases, I know that there are a few that attempt to speak up and are summarily executed by their peaceful religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see Sylvie, we can quibble over form and numbers, mine are quite accurate, but no matter we can use yours. While we quibble, they are plotting to kill you and me. Would you like to debate that? Did I make that up or perhaps I distort that? Did I make up 9/11? Did I make up 1993 WTC, did I make up the USS Cole, Khobar Towers, and others or beheadings, children suicide murders. Did I make up Spain train stations, London subways, London doctors, Fiji, Germany, Munich; I can draw a map that covers the world? It is current, it does not include the dark ages - even if that is where islam is stuck – with some minor exception in Scotland, I hear a roaring silence from the 99%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps it upsets you that I paint with a broad brush, I do, I know. Until Mexico stops actively shipping their poor to my country illegally for 1.1 billion dollars in return I will call Mexico a slave trader. Until many inner city blacks stop representing themselves as poor downtrodden welfare recipient children of slaves suffering untold discrimination for which I owe them something and take responsibility for their own actions I will call them worthless arses. Until global warming narcissistics stop misrepresenting facts I will call them crazy moonbats. Until liberals start living their lives they way they want to force me to live mine I will call them useful idiots. Until public education educates and eliminates indoctrination and stupidity I will call for its elimination. Until politicians stop believing that taxes expand the economy and I need their meddling I will call them Dumpocraps.  Until 99% of muslims stand up and eliminate muslim terrorists without being asked, I will call them enablers and sympathizers. Until muslims eliminate jihad, shari’a, stop teaching their children that Jews are the devil, that “People of the Book” are to be eliminated I will call them evil camel dung.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hakmed of Constantinople said to his women and children, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Know this, ye harlots, that the Prophet Mohammed (Praise Be Unto Him) watches you, and the way you tempt the loins of men.  On Earth your punishment will come from the whip and the stone, in Hell you will suffer rape from the barbed penises of the Jews."&lt;/span&gt;  Hitler was not a radical who happened to be a Nazi.  Mussolini was not an radical who happened to be a fascist.  Stalin was not a radical who happened to be a communist.  Al Gore was not a moron who happened to discover global warming.  mohammad was not a radical pedophile who happened to start islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Christian religion was founded on forgiveness and hope, the Jewish on an individual and personal relationship with god, the Buddhist on self examination, the Hindu on universal knowledge, the islamic on death, destruction, pedophilia and conquest. I am dangerous? Me things you have be mistaken for someone who gives a shit what others think. Do you have a suggestion for what we should debate terrorists about? Do you believe if the US leaves Iraq they will go back to their peaceful lives selling hot dogs on Corniche Beach? Perhaps the next target will be the Sydney Opera House during a presentation of James Morrison while we debate the motives of the 99%. If we don’t debate what else is there - right? Terrorists do not debate but they love that we do – I made that up, but am I wrong?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;British Security sources say there are 0.06 who are radical muslims. Hmm, just where do you suppose they came up with that number, these experts? Polls, interviews, CNN, questionnaires at mosques, pin-the-tail on the Burqa? That number makes as much sense as the climate will heat up 1 degree over the next century. Interesting numbers for debates, but totally worthless – no one knows. It may be 10% or 50%, it may be 2 degrees or it might turn into an ice ball as the “experts” said in 1976.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You worry that by painting all muslims as evil we play into the hands of radicals.  Yup, that is just how Christians and Jews react when peole call the Christian religion evil or that the Jews are inventing the holicost - we go on jihad and behead everyone.  But there is this jerk at the 7-11 that... - oh never mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps you missed a story I posted some time ago, at least I think I did, my memory is not what it use to be, probably the Chianti. I worked with a Canadian muslim some time ago, very nice and bright man – Canadian citizen of some ten years. We traveled together across Canada, ate dinner together often, sometimes breakfast. Knew him for almost 10 years, met the wife, the kids, visited him in the hospital when he broke his back in a car accident, went to see the Toronto Blue Jays on his dime, etc, etc, etc. He was a senior manager at a worldwide firm I worked for; we rarely talked politics or religion we talked business or the beauty of mountains near Banff, the ocean port of Vancouver, the ice storms of Toronto. All around nice guy. Even called me to see if I survived 9/11, I thanked him for his concern and thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He left the firm to return to his homeland in Bahrain, a peaceful and well to do country. One year later he sent me an email. It was without going into detail, a plea to help him get something into this country for the sake of islam. I took the time to visit the FBI and present them with the details. He was killed in the ensuing gun battle, I am glad, I miss him not. He was a peaceful muslim. Yes, I paint with a broad brush. I make no apologies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-8111967095433721531?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/8111967095433721531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=8111967095433721531' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/8111967095433721531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/8111967095433721531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/07/debate-distortion-invention-and-danger.html' title='Debate, Distortion, Invention and Danger Will Robinson.'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RpNR94GtT-I/AAAAAAAAABY/emn7KMxq1d4/s72-c/peaceful3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-5430390250367806609</id><published>2007-07-10T00:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-07-10T00:32:36.596-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jokes'/><title type='text'>Getting even</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RpMnZIGtT9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/q6X4WmEnm_0/s1600-h/sleeper.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RpMnZIGtT9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/q6X4WmEnm_0/s400/sleeper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085451716857253842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;A man and a woman, who have never met before, but are both married to other people, find themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly ... he in the upper bunk and she in the lower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At 1:00 AM, the man leaned over and gently woke the woman saying,"Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I have a better idea," she replied. "Just for tonight, let's pretend we're married."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Wow! That's a great idea!" he exclaimed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Good," she replied. "Get your own fucking blanket!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a moment of silence, he farted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-5430390250367806609?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/5430390250367806609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=5430390250367806609' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5430390250367806609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5430390250367806609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/07/getting-even.html' title='Getting even'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RpMnZIGtT9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/q6X4WmEnm_0/s72-c/sleeper.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-7117915356726305766</id><published>2007-06-30T00:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-06-30T00:24:24.933-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>WTF News Item</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RoX25YGtT8I/AAAAAAAAABI/NYVUO2LkRHU/s1600-h/natanz400target.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RoX25YGtT8I/AAAAAAAAABI/NYVUO2LkRHU/s400/natanz400target.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081739220141035458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I had hopes of embarking on a saner line of posts after the immigration debacle of the past weeks until I came across this WTF news item.  There is just so much one can keep up with these days, which makes it is a bit madding when things slip.  Here is one item that I have read several times yet I am still befuddled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More than four years after Saddam Hussein's ouster, the Security Council voted Friday to shut down the U.N. inspection bodies that helped uncover his illegal weapons programs but were then banned from Iraq by the United States. . It was approved by a vote of 14-0 with Russia abstaining.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. had been trying since 2005 to get the Security Council to wrap up the work of the inspectors. Iraq's new leaders had also been lobbying for the council to stop using the country's oil revenue to pay the salaries of the inspectors, and the resolution adopted by the council frees up $60 million dollars for transfer to the Iraqi government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here we go with my befuddlement.  WTF were these people doing for the past four years besides collecting money for doing nothing?  In a bit of understatement, Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry said that for some time neither of the U.N. bodies "have been in a position to carry out their functions in a way which serves the aim of disarmament and nonproliferation."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No kidding, some time?  Four damn years of feeding at the US and British feed bag and they didn’t even bring their own silverware.  It does get worse so hold on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since leaving Iraq, the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission known as UNMOVIC has continued to study satellite imagery in efforts to keep track of equipment with dual civilian and military uses that could be used in biological, chemical and missile programs. On Thursday, the commission published a 1,200-page account of Iraq's weapons programs and the lessons learned in the verification process.  Do you realize they wrote a total of one page a day for 4 years?  Hell public elementary school can do better than that; they can probably manage two pages misspellings and all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, for four years you have been looking for equipment used by a dead dictator with US troops running all over the place killing terrorists to see if said equipment could be used in a dual use mode?  Come again?  WTF are you looking at, do you know?  You are looking at either US equipment used to kill terrorists or you are looking at a democratic Iraq government sandwich truck.  Do you know how asinine you sound?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the United Nations, in the 1990s, U.N. inspectors uncovered significant undeclared banned weapons programs, including a biological warfare program that Saddam sought to conceal, the chemical nerve agent VX and other advanced chemical weapons capabilities, and the indigenous production of long-range ballistic missile engines.  You know those things that George Bush made up to get elected?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IAEA's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei recalled that he reported in early March 2003 that the IAEA "had found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons program in Iraq" — and would have been able to provide "an objective and thorough assessment of Iraq's nuclear-related capabilities within a few months."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What ElBaradei left unsaid was that soon after U.S. forces invaded and toppled Saddam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UNMOVIC's Acting Executive Chairman Demetrius Perricos warned the council in a final briefing Friday that the possibility of terrorists or insurgents getting their hands on toxic chemical agents "is real," especially in the present security environment in Iraq.  Don’t worry Demetrius, they don’t exist – just ask John Kerry our expert or perhaps you should ask Moveon.Org, our other assho...er experts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also cited a number of outstanding issues that "cannot be resolved and therefore contribute to the residue of uncertainty" about Iraq's chemical, biological and missile programs. These included the fate and whereabouts of 25 Al Samoud II missiles that were not destroyed before inspectors left in 2003, 326 SA2 missile engines, the status of the Muthanna chemical weapons facility, and the fate of liquid anthrax dumped in Baghdad in 1991.  Again, don’t worry Demetrius, they don’t exist, it is just your imagination.  Just ask John Edwards our junior expert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin objected to the council's failure to comply with previous resolutions demanding that the inspectors certify that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction before terminating their mandate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The adoption of this resolution does not give any clear answers to the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq," Churkin said.  I thought I told you John Kerry made that perfectly clear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said the efforts of the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq and the U.S. Iraq Survey Group, which investigated Iraq's weapons programs from 2003-2005, "have demonstrated that the current government of Iraq does not possess any weapons of mass destruction or delivery systems."  I am beside myself with your intellect Zalmay.  The current government does not possess any weapons of mass destruction – yep, you shore did your job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone please tell me it’s me and I read too much into things.  This was put out buy the UN and the media and we are suppose to sit here and say, “Hmmm, makes sense.”  Gawd, I’m glad it’s the weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-7117915356726305766?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/7117915356726305766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=7117915356726305766' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7117915356726305766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7117915356726305766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/06/wtf-news-item.html' title='WTF News Item'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/RoX25YGtT8I/AAAAAAAAABI/NYVUO2LkRHU/s72-c/natanz400target.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-5617775544914903403</id><published>2007-03-19T08:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-03-19T09:51:29.518-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ancient Democracy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rf6v-PRHrYI/AAAAAAAAAA8/9suVboDciT8/s1600-h/300.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rf6v-PRHrYI/AAAAAAAAAA8/9suVboDciT8/s400/300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043662116486622594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you know the true beginning of Democracy?  It began in a narrow pass on the northern shores of Greece and it began in death.  I know there were a few earlier examples of democracy in India and Sumar, but it was in this narrow passage that it began in earnest.  If you believe in democracy and its value and contribution to freedom, than you must give thanks to the military for without them, it would not be possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The year was 480 BC, yes a long time ago, and the place was Thermopylae.  You may have heard of it, you may not if you live in a cave.  It was here that democracy was born and never looked back.  It was here that 300 soldiers fought and died.  They fought thousands, a 100 thousand or more, some say more than 2 million.  They knew they had no chance to win the fight, yet they fought to the last and they fought bravely.  Whatever the number, it was more than 300 could ever stand against, yet stand they did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The King was Leonidas and the soldiers were Spartans.  Men born to fight and bred to fight.  They stood as some of their own countrymen took the side of the enemy, as today, the cowards never learn.  Today many take the side of our enemy either on the field of battle or in spirit just as over 300,000 Greeks took the side of the Persian Empire against their own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even than there were many that supported the troops, but were against the mission.  You can not do this and support the troops, for the troops are the mission and they will die for you whether you ask or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were others with the Spartans, Thespians some say 700, but it was the 300 we remember.  300 Spartans stood against the minions of Xerxes empire.  For three days they fought before they finally fell to deceit and treachery.  What could 300 hope to gain?  Fame, immortality – no.  Why would they do this?  Duty, honor, orders – no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They did it to purchase time.  They did it to save the world.  For in those days of their battle and death they gave time for the rest of their fledgling nation to assemble and assault and defeat the Persian empire on their own soil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What if the 300 had fled?  What if they had truly lost the battle.  It is difficult to tell what ifs in history, but the Persian Empire surely would have taken Greece and pushed even further into Europe.  An idea would have been smashed and perhaps never return.  The idea was democracy.  Today Persia is Iran, today Xerxes is islam, today Sparta is a city within Greece.  Today the 300 are in Iraq and Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do the 300 today fight for duty, for orders, for fame or for immortality – No.  They fight for the same reason, an idea.  Democracy.  Should they not fight to give us time, this terror would be on your doorstep and democracy would die and so would all your rights to complain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think of the 300 next time you foolishly say you support the troops but not the war.  Think of Thermopylae.  Think of that narrow pass between Persia and us called Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uhi5x7V3WXE"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uhi5x7V3WXE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fWzCdxhgFEU"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fWzCdxhgFEU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-5617775544914903403?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/5617775544914903403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=5617775544914903403' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5617775544914903403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5617775544914903403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/03/ancient-democracy.html' title='Ancient Democracy'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_Qjo6vWbUTvY/Rf6v-PRHrYI/AAAAAAAAAA8/9suVboDciT8/s72-c/300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-2509121087369727219</id><published>2007-03-07T06:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T06:21:14.727-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trailsofC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='she'/><title type='text'>Perhaps I need to be me</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;There are times I feel so high on life, those are the times she is there.  Lately I have been feeling a bit neglected, no that's not right, purposely neglected for reasons unclear, nor do I purpuse them, it wouldn't be right.  So until I learn perhaps I need to be me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QpkHJEKpL6k"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QpkHJEKpL6k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-2509121087369727219?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/2509121087369727219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=2509121087369727219' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2509121087369727219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2509121087369727219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2007/03/perhaps-i-need-to-be-me.html' title='Perhaps I need to be me'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-6714378911472596278</id><published>2006-12-28T17:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-28T17:29:29.091-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bayou'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>How did he get my shirt?</title><content type='html'>Check out the guy on Dave's right.  What's that all about.  Give it back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T_caRVSc0x8"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T_caRVSc0x8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-6714378911472596278?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/6714378911472596278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=6714378911472596278' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cyndi'/><title type='text'>Its burning me up</title><content type='html'>Would it be all right some day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5I6BkQ4qR3Y"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5I6BkQ4qR3Y" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-4384603792017438220?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/4384603792017438220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=4384603792017438220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/4384603792017438220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/4384603792017438220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/12/its-burning-me-up.html' title='Its burning me up'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-2341317146133924155</id><published>2006-12-27T15:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T15:18:10.938-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='highway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jennings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nelson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kristofferson'/><title type='text'>I am still alive</title><content type='html'>Maybe it is time to be a highwayman again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uw1bHaUk1CM"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uw1bHaUk1CM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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daddy'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-6563518023185605329</id><published>2006-12-27T14:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T15:13:39.803-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ladies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stevie Nicks'/><title type='text'>Beauty and the Beast</title><content type='html'>Can I be your beast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzL_VJJUEu8"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HzL_VJJUEu8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-6563518023185605329?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/6563518023185605329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=6563518023185605329' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6563518023185605329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6563518023185605329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/12/beauty-and-beast.html' title='Beauty and the Beast'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-2189829290730807053</id><published>2006-12-27T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:16:07.226-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roger McGuinn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ladies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='byrds'/><title type='text'>Not all Chestnut Mares are horses</title><content type='html'>Once in a while, if you are very lucky, very lucky, you will chase a Chestnut Mare and finally catch her.  This is when you realize that not all Chestnut Mares are horses and some Chestnut is auburn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;videoid=1476614636"&gt;Chestnut Mare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src=http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf width=430 height=346 type=application/x-shockwave-flash flashvars="m=1476614636&amp;amp;type=video" allowScriptAccess="none"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get this video and more at &lt;a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;amp;videoid=1476614636"&gt;MySpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-2189829290730807053?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/2189829290730807053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=2189829290730807053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2189829290730807053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2189829290730807053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/12/not-all-chestnut-mares-are-horses.html' title='Not all Chestnut Mares are horses'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-6778965575113781522</id><published>2006-11-26T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-26T07:36:34.691-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><title type='text'>Let's say I break into your house...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/776326/illegals.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/320/246939/illegals.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14;"  &gt;A lady wrote the best letter in the  Editorials in ages!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on  TV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the  country protesting the fact that Congress is finally  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14;"  &gt;addressing  the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might  protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and,  once here, to stay indefinitely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me  see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's  say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house,  you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the  dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I've done all the things you  don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14;"  &gt;when I  broke into your house).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14;"  &gt;According  to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your  family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide other benefits to me and  to my family (my husband will do your yard work because he too is hard-working  and honest, except for that breaking in part).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you try to call the  police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house  carrying signs that proclaim my right to be there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's only fair, after  all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better  myself. I'm hard-working and honest, um, except for well, you know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And  what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of  the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it&amp;nb sp;without  being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah,  and I want you to learn my language so you can communicate with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why  can't people see how ridiculous this is?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:14;"  &gt;Only in  America ....if you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value  of it as a good simile. If not blow it off along with your future Social  Security funds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-6778965575113781522?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/6778965575113781522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=6778965575113781522' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6778965575113781522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6778965575113781522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/lets-say-i-break-into-your-house.html' title='Let&apos;s say I break into your house...'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-5053916764579971879</id><published>2006-11-25T06:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T06:05:57.306-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stupid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>But do you listen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/969517/Longworthcrop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/320/16085/Longworthcrop.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recently a high school science teacher gave new invigorated meaning to the term brain dead.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Now readers to these pages know I don’t hold teachers on the high pedestal that some do, especially in the public education arena.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They seem to have an uncanny knack for filling your child’s head with crap.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There are also a lot of parents out there that delight in giving the teachers the shovels.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Virginia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; high-school science teacher was charged with breaking into a century-old funeral vault where 114 miners lost their lives, handling the remains of a corpse, and taking photographs of two students holding the bones inside the crypt.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This just begs the question, “Mommy can I go with our teacher and dig around in an old crypt?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Everyone else is doing it.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Candace Longworth a 31 year old biology teacher, was charged with disturbing and defiling a dead person from a place of burial and two misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She was also charged with being completely brain dead; charges against the parents of the kids are pending the outcome of an IQ test.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In defense of the parents, it must be stated that the kids probably told them they were going to a rib joint for some BBQ.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Candace or Candy Bones as she is affectionately known allowed at least one of the two teenage girls to hold the bones of a corpse found within the 122-year-old vault.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A lawyer for &lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;Tazwell&lt;/st1:placename&gt;  &lt;st1:placetype&gt;County&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; was quoted as saying, the foray into the tomb was "just bizarre," and "not anything anyone would call school-related."&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I must disagree.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It seems very appropriate given the nature of today’s public education.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;At least she didn’t have sex with the kids as far as I can tell.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The teens were charged as juveniles or being juveniles, it is hard to determine at this point.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;According to the report, the vault is partially below the surface in a cemetery built for 114 coal miners who died during an 1884 coalmine explosion in the town of &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Pocahontas&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;See, if we would just increase taxes and get these schools more money they could buy their own bones and would not have to sneak into vaults to supplement their school supplies.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This sounds like a teacher doing what so many are forced to do because of the lack of a good supply of bones.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Candy Bones was apparently also a cheerleading coach when she wasn’t rummaging around looking for some good ribs.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She lost that job too.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Give me an A, give me a S, give me another S.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What’s that spell?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Ass --- hole.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;As a postscript, there is no truth to the rumor that she loaned her brain to John Kerry.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;At the time of this report, he is still without one if anyone would like to donate.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-5053916764579971879?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/5053916764579971879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=5053916764579971879' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5053916764579971879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5053916764579971879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/but-do-you-listen.html' title='But do you listen'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-6642758146269446613</id><published>2006-11-25T01:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T01:44:01.692-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='political correctness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stupid'/><title type='text'>A real YAHOO.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/947004/3stoogies.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/320/890868/3stoogies.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Thank you. If you have come here than you know that some idiot submitted numerous violations for questions I answered on Yahoo answers several months ago. I am in the middle of arguing with customer service whom I believe can't read, so I am not certain what the outcome of being reinstated will be. I will continue to annoy customer service as is my nature and in the meantime I will place posts here and update my friend's list to make it easier for you to return to 360 after visiting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;I will begin annoying people again momentarily&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-6642758146269446613?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/6642758146269446613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=6642758146269446613' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6642758146269446613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6642758146269446613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/real-yahoo.html' title='A real YAHOO.'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-7323518530957860011</id><published>2006-11-17T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-17T21:07:26.237-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Global Warming'/><title type='text'>BBQ Ribs Anyone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/345230/Gore%20Warming.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/320/844995/Gore%20Warming.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Headline news:  Al Gore flies in to Australia to warn about global warming and Victoria gets snow in November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Mr. Alarmist continued with his supernatural ability to immediately cool down any place he tours including Tipper’s bed, has struck Mother Nature another blow.  Earlier, thousands of people marched through central Sydney, ignoring wet and windy weather to protest against global warming.  It appears to make no difference to these mindless saps that Australia's temperature this year is lower than last year's; a trend that may be continuing down under.&lt;br /&gt;A week earlier Big Al gave another fear mongering filled speech on the dangers of global warming in New Zealand, just as it was emerging from one of its wettest and coldest winters on record.  As the local newspapers report, “An unusually cold October has left Southland dairy farmers struggling.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This apparently happens to the Gorester quite a lot.  His effect on the climate was first noticed in Boston in 2004, when Gore was due to give a big speech in Boston on the imminent danger of the world frying.  Presto, the city had its coldest temperatures in almost 50 years.  Even John the traitor Kerry wore a heavy coat he bought with Teresa’s money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later that same year, Al gave a speech in New York and the city was greeted with near-record low temperatures.  A lesser man would have licked his wounds and gone home, but Al has managed has the ability to turn hypocrisy into a living wage, far above minimum I may add.  Since the big global warming scare of 1998, said to be the hottest year since the Middle Ages though one wonders how they obtained the measurements; the world's temperatures have fallen slightly and stayed there.  In fact, the Artic icecap appears to be fighting a winning battle against Mr. Gore also as temperatures there have not only reversed their trend, but the caps are growing.  Watch out for pissed off polar bears who had just recently sold off their heavy coats on Al’s advice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I won’t speculate if Al Baby took a secret trip to the North Pole recently as anything is possible.  However, in closing, I would like to point out another interesting tidbit of information.  A Nobel Prize scientist has just released a study calling for more pollution in the atmosphere, more CO2, more pollutants.  The reason?  It seems that studies have show that as trees are destroyed by forest fires and deliberate burns, the local climate grows cooler.  It also appears to make no difference if some environment nuts are tied to the trees before burning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason according to the scientist is that the lack of tree foliage allows more sunlight to be reflected back into space thus cooling the planet.  Anyone in favor of a really big BBQ and please don’t invite Al, we don’t need any snow on our ribs?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-7323518530957860011?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/7323518530957860011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=7323518530957860011' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7323518530957860011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7323518530957860011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/bbq-ribs-anyone.html' title='BBQ Ribs Anyone'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-1800023871804857984</id><published>2006-11-17T04:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-17T04:43:49.726-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><title type='text'>Theft Alert</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/851164/scavenger.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/4690/4508/320/345768/scavenger.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;While visiting with my daughter last evening she informed me of a serious theft that has occurred of which even I was totally unaware.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Upon learning of said theft I was speechless and felt slightly uneasy, it took a hug, and reassuring kiss from her to guarantee me the world was still okay.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It seems some callous individual stole both Wednesday and Thursday.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I had been certain I was dealing with Tuesday evening last night that it came as a complete shock that Friday was arriving in several hours.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;She offered me beer and pizza, which I readily accepted to drown away my pain.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I knew Thanksgiving was coming next week along with some houseguests, but I still had plenty of time.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There was no need to find a dead turkey in the forest, pick some cranberries from the bog, and dig up some sweet potatoes, lots of time.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So while eating my now second slice of pizza and imbibing my second beer my mind twisted and turned as I attempted to rationalize, my situation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;I looked up at my daughter as she offered a third beer with her outstretched tender hands and I saw the pained look on her face.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was the look of, “You’re really losing it dad.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was hidden behind a smile so others would not see it, but I recognized the look immediately and was forced to nod in agreement.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Gently scolding her when she asked if I wanted another slice for not placing mounds of pepperoni, sausage, and bacon on the pizza, I assisted her in raiding the refrigerator for still another beer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;It was then that the full impact of her devious ways hit me.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In a voice that can only be described as humorous, angelic she asked if I could move the refrigerator to the garage as the new one was arriving tomorrow.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Leaping to my own defense, I stated in no uncertain terms how I would drive into hell and put out the fires for her if she would only give me another hug.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I felt myself searching immediately for a map as she did me even one better and heinously gave me a gentle kiss on the cheek.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Suspecting I had been foiled once again she informed me that I might have to drill a hole through the tile floor and run a water system for the new refrigerator before it was delivered.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;To mask my surprise I was forced to have still another beer.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As she joined me, I was obligated to inquire why she never gained an ounce nor lost her advantage over me when we drank malt beverages.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Rubbing my stomach in a move that can only be taken as a sign of compassionate, pain, and superiority, she informed me it was because she preferred broccoli on her pizza and because she was special.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This was far too much for me to take, so I went about the task of moving the refrigerator in abject silence with only an occasional grunt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Later as we stood by her front door and as I prepared to leave, the rains poured down in a practice session for the great flood.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She stood holding me tightly and I followed her gaze to the rain gutters knowing that in my heart of heart I would have to climb up there tomorrow and clear them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;While holding her I whispered, “Tomorrow really is Friday?”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I could feel her head nod briefly and a giggle leave her lips just before I received the final deathblow kiss, “Yes it is, and I have some chores for you this weekend if you’re not doing anything.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;The rain masked my tears as I sauntered out into the storm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-1800023871804857984?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/1800023871804857984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=1800023871804857984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/1800023871804857984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/1800023871804857984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/theft-alert.html' title='Theft Alert'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-7883750688859882762</id><published>2006-11-16T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T11:43:38.741-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='political correctness'/><title type='text'>Microwave 3 minutes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/hotpocket-napalm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/hotpocket-napalm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;This kind of stuff is going to get a lot of people killed.   Political correctness warrants that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;tho shall not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  identify anyone least it gives some group a bad name, unless you are white and  than we get photographs, religious history, name of their first born,  marital issues complete with Viagra journals, crazy aunt in the attic and grades  they got in elementary school, including all detentions with quotes by their  kindergarten teacher, “I just knew little Ernie was going to grow up to be  bad.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Scanning the comic book section of the New York Times, which is  the front page, I saw an itsy bitsy tiny little reference that made me look at  several other newspapers.  I searched and I searched and finally found another  scant reference.  An unemployed 34-year-old Dallas man was arrested at Detroit  Metro Airport on Tuesday, carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer  containing mysterious files about cyanide and nuclear materials.  I mean I knew  that Detroit Tiger fans were upset, but YIKES!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Who is this Texan, could it be a relative of Cindy Sheehan  preparing for a BBQ at her new ranch in Crawford.  Nuclear material is always  good to get those hard to start charcoals flaming - use it all the time (wash  hands well before handing food).  So reading a little further I found out this  unemployed man (Well that seals it, it wasn’t lovely Cindy), agents asked him  (confirmation of gender), if he had any cash to declare, he said he had  $18,000.  However, when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional  $59,000. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Okay, so he liquidated all his assets and decided to travel the  world looking for gainful employment.  Makes sense.  I was sure he was just some  down on his luck Texas oilman looking to open the oil well a little wider with a  small nuke so he could get more oil out, and you know those prairie dogs can be  annoying, so that explains the cyanide.  Now I can go to sleep without  worry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Content to put the article down, I happened to glance at his  name, it was Sisayehiticha Dinssa.  Err, I have known Texas oilmen, and they  usually went by the name of Earl, Kit, Warren, and occasionally JR.   Sisayehiticha?  What the hell is a Sisayehiticha never mind a Dinssa?  So now, I  finished the article.  It seems that when the agents scrolled through his  laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.  Mr. Dinssa (Hmm, mister?)  told agents he was “interested” in learning about cyanide and nuclear  materials.  Well yeah, hell, I’m interested in hot peppers, but I don’t walk  around with $78,000, fertilizer, and Napalm bomb files.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Federal Magistrate Judge Donald Scheer approved Assistant U.S.  Attorney Leonid Feller’s request to detain Dinssa pending a detention hearing on  Monday.  Between now and then, Feller said, agents would try to find out more  about him and the computer files.  Yeah, that might be a good idea, you think?   He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a  maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, plus forfeiture of the money.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;After an exhaustive search, I found out, he is from Ethiopia,  which is a muslim country.  Do you think this is relevant or is this just  another starving Bono fan looking to make his way to a Bruce Springsteen antiwar  concert?  Cindy tells me that radiated mushrooms are good on ribs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-7883750688859882762?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/7883750688859882762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=7883750688859882762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7883750688859882762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7883750688859882762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/microwave-3-minutes.html' title='Microwave 3 minutes'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-5658849005853127065</id><published>2006-11-16T04:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T04:14:08.319-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stupid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>And the Survey Says...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/stupid%20sign%20rain%20on%20road.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/stupid%20sign%20rain%20on%20road.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Saw a long stupid survey yesterday that among other dumb questions asked the following.  “Which of the following ethnic groups do you most closely identify with?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your choices were Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino, African American, Asian, Multiracial, and other.  Does this seem dumb to anyone but me?  Let me first deal with their question.  I suppose that with the exception of ‘other’ you can be a Caucasian that identified with African-American because you like, rap music, love fried chicken, or think Jessie Jackson isn’t a racist.  Perhaps you are Japanese and identify with Hugo Chavez because he reminds you of the corrupt emperors of old or you are a multiracial moderate but you just can’t make up your mind so you identify with Caucasians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What exactly is the point of that question?  Wouldn’t it be far simpler to ask, which of the following groups are you part of?  Notice, I left out ethnic, more later.  Is it too much to ask for a direct question, are they afraid that they may be accused of being well, too direct.  Perhaps it is the Chianti speaking but I don’t see how you would be one of the group members but identify with the other.  Even if you did, what would they get out of the answer?  Would they than target BET TV toward a bunch of Koreans grocery owners?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s go to their choices and the reason I left out ethnic.  If they had given a choice of Polish, Russian, Japanese, Jamaican, Irish, or Mexican than I could buy off on ethic identification, these choices are not ethnic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They aren’t even cultural, which might give you Hispanic in extreme interpretations, possibility but not really African-American, but definitely not Caucasian, Asian or multiracial.  They lumped political terms, races, continents and confused all together.  I suppose they think that Chinese and Russians have a lot in common or Nigerians and urban youths or maybe even the Irish and the English.  Again, no matter what you pick for an answer, what do they get out of it.  Will they begin broadcasting Italian TV to southern Baptists?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pity the poor Indians or Egyptians or the Polynesians or the Brazilians, they never get to participate in the survey.  The survey by the way was conducted by the New York Times, which should explain everything. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-5658849005853127065?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/5658849005853127065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=5658849005853127065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5658849005853127065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/5658849005853127065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/and-survey-says.html' title='And the Survey Says...'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-3420585391820358788</id><published>2006-11-15T14:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T14:58:38.356-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democraps'/><title type='text'>Cloak of Invisibility</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/whorvote.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/whorvote.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the last few days since the election, which was, all about getting out of Iraq and corruption of Republicans a strange thing has occurred that have made it onto page one news and lead stories in broadcasting.  So this post is for all of you that thought you were getting a change in direction and a fresh face that would expose Bush’s failure in Iraq and bring about those who are pure of heart..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;WABC News:  Abramoff Reports to Prison; Officials Focus on Reid, Others.&lt;/span&gt;  Abramoff apparently has named Harry Reid (Your new Senate Dumpocrap Majority leader) as one of 6 other Dumpocraps that will likely be swept into the ring of corruption faster than you can say I voted for them before I voted against them.  This actually comes as no surprise to me as Harry Reid has been continually funneling money to his son’s law firms over the years for every conceivable government project.  This is in addition to the phony corporation old Harry set up so he could buy property cheaply under the corporations name and sells it for over a million dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;USA Today:  Middle East commander warns against deadline for Iraq pullout.&lt;/span&gt;  General John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, said today that, “setting a timetable to withdraw some U.S. troops from Iraq in four to six months would undermine the Iraqi government and boost sectarian violence.  It would be interpreted as a withdrawal of U.S. support," testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CBS News Is Murtha Ethics Blight For Democrats. &lt;/span&gt; Murtha who voted against even the Dumpocraps own ethnics reform package was scaring even Dumpocraps,  “Another thing to look for on the Murtha front in the 110th Congress is possible allegations that Murtha colluded with another member of Congress to prevent the Ethics Committee from pursuing allegations into his wrongdoing relating to Abscam, Davis reports.”  Meanwhile Murtha is trading broadsides with Dumpocrap Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland.  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FOOD FIGHT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now you all know, I would never stoop and connect the dots on bias issues, but does anyone really believe these issues suddenly popped up out of a clear blue sky and that these news organizations did not know about them before the elections?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The New York Times, the Denver Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune and news organizations all over the country are now running these tales of woe, as well as the on going corruption federal investigation against Bob Menendez of New Jersey.  Judging by the smell, someone has apparently been doing something else with the New York Times besides wrapping dead fish in it.  Do you think all these news outlets wrapped Dumpocraps with a cloaking device until after the elections?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a totally unrelated story, Scientists are Reconstructing Portions of Neanderthal DNA and finding an awfully similar DNA strain linkage to Hillary Clinton.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-3420585391820358788?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/3420585391820358788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=3420585391820358788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/3420585391820358788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/3420585391820358788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/cloak-of-invisibility.html' title='Cloak of Invisibility'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-7783951575513495538</id><published>2006-11-15T01:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T01:03:25.843-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cannibal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democraps'/><title type='text'>Sweet Breads</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/dpumpkin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/dpumpkin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I would like you to perform brain surgery on me even though I realize that after 6 years of medical school, you don’t have a clue what you’re doing.  You really have to wonder what would make someone this incredibly stupid but that is what the majority of you did.  According to a very recent poll, more Americans rank Iraq as the top priority of the new Dumpocrap-controlled Congress, but nearly three out of five say the party does not have a plan to deal with the war.  Does this make you wish there was a national IQ test for voters?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least they got something right, the Dumpocraps don’t have a plan to deal with Iraq.  Their plans are as follows amd you can check this by going to any of their web sites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cut off the funding - always a first rate way to get troops killed.  (Ours)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get really really mean with the new Iraq government - (Do something better or we are leaving)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Say we mean it out loud three times – sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send the troops off to some undisclosed island over the horizon. (The Kerry the traitor plan)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get the UN involved and embrace the international community - Yawn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hug a terrorist – my personal favorite&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are several iterations of the above plans, which basically involve combining some of these items into a COMPREHENSIVE plan.  Okay, where does that leave us?  It leaves us exactly where we are right now.  I realize some kooks in their party will try to pass one of these options, but I have some doubts that they will get anywhere other than headline news one day, oblivion the next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Troops will begin to get demoralized, terrorists will become even more emboldened, and we will have more loony protests in the streets, including taking children out of our well run public schools to wave posters most of them can’t read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is going to be an interesting two years because the presidential elections will be held then and no one will want to say or do anything in congress that will make them look like a whinny, too left wing or trying something that fails miserably.  Well maybe the Murtha’s of the world, since they are veterans; we aren’t allowed to criticize them.  Remember the Jersey Girls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dumpocraps do have a little problem though and it isn’t conservatives, Republicans, or libertarians.  It is the loonies that have been screaming at Bush for the last six years and now they will have a liberal congress that won’t listen to them anymore since they got power.  It is sort of the same thing the Dumpocraps do to black voters every election cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So relax my friends and wait to see the cannibal food fight.  The left wing bloggers without a Republican congress to blame will soon begin to feed on their own.  As nourishing as this may be, I still want a national IQ test for voters and than we can talk about sweet breads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-7783951575513495538?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/7783951575513495538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=7783951575513495538' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7783951575513495538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7783951575513495538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/sweet-breads.html' title='Sweet Breads'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-4851728633264098071</id><published>2006-11-14T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T06:13:09.487-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stupid'/><title type='text'>War Myths</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/Coffee%20Bullshit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/Coffee%20Bullshit.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This weekend I came across an article that was so stunning in its idiotic and narcissistic tone that I felt compelled to write about the author, author may be too broad a term as I think more people read my blog than his books. The author before I start, is wanna be writer Edward W. Wood, Jr., a World War II veteran, veterans whom I normally have the utmost respect for, but this dip wad is a complete and utterly stupid person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was wounded during WWII at the age of 19 after an entire day and a half in battle, which apparently gives him the right to be a complete moron. He writes about war and politics; think John the traitor Kerry and Vietnam and curl it back to WWII. This post may be a little long for some of you but I can’t help it. So relax, have some wine and than have some more wine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his self-proclaimed fantasy titled appropriately “&lt;em&gt;Getting past the myths of war&lt;/em&gt;,” he begins by giving us an insight into his brain or lack thereof. The trip inside is scary since it is dark in there and mostly devoid of any substantial matter. He begins our journey into his netherworld of self-indulgence by saying, “&lt;em&gt;The problem with America in its struggle with terrorism is one we never talk of: our dedication - some would say addiction - to the myths of World War II&lt;/em&gt;.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes little Eddie, I am sure that is our problem. These myths as you call them and our dedication to them is what flew those planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Our lack of talking about these myths is what caused so many Americans to force flight 93 down knowing they were going to die. I remember clearly just the other day saying, gee, if it weren’t for the myths of WWII, our struggle against terrorism would be so much easier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Proving his tight grasp on history is secure, he goes on to say, “&lt;em&gt;From our colonial wars, our revolution, our wars with Native Americans, our Civil War, our wars of expansion in 1846 and 1898 and our victory in World War I, we inherited war as a path to national identity. Our stunning triumph in World War II gave war its mythical and glorious aspect in our minds.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Are you getting a clearer picture now? Our inheritance is war and our victory in WWII was stunning. Let me say a few things little Eddie before you reveal some more of your astonishing historical grasp of history. What we inherited was not war, but peace, what we inherited was freedom and liberty paid for with the blood of our fathers and grandfathers so morons such as you could debase their efforts. Let me also say I am a Native American, I was born here, and I don’t recall fighting against this country, perhaps you were referring to the Apache who murdered and raped our women, burned our homes and tortured our men, just a thought. Let me also tell you since you were probably unconscious at the time that our victory in WWII was not stunning, it was foretold the moment we entered the war because we are that good. It was also paid for with blood, suffering, death, and courage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Continuing to impress with his knowledge of both historical and current events, little Eddie pontificates further, “&lt;em&gt;In spite of the stalemate in the Korean War, the brutal failure of the war in Vietnam and now the quagmire in Iraq - which even its advocates admit is not going well - the myths of that war more than 60 years ago continue to possess us and determine the way we relate to the rest of the world.”&lt;/em&gt; The stalemate in Korea was only because a politician would not let McArthur smash the communists and you have to admit South Korea has a damn good level of freedom today because of the stalemate while North Korea can’t feed its own people. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vietnam was not a brutal failure, we were winning until politicians with a mindset like yours got involved and Iraq is not a quagmire no matter how much your liberal friends in the media portray it. However, it is your myths that interest me more than you obvious grasp of historical and current events.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You state that, “&lt;em&gt;Severely wounded at age 19 in that war&lt;/em&gt; (yes you told us already),&lt;em&gt; I have watched those myths slowly soften its harsh horror. Out of our stunning victory in 1945 we have come to believe in the following myths&lt;/em&gt;”: Let us look at your myths because they certainly aren’t ours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your myth # 1: War is good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;“Our defeat of Hitler and Hirohito and the "&lt;em&gt;evil&lt;/em&gt;" that their nations inflicted on the world was complete. In that victory, continental America was never in danger of serious attack and its economy exploded, ending the Great Depression of the 1930s. World War II became a "good&lt;em&gt;" to most Americans who never suffered from its horror&lt;/em&gt;.” I have heard crap in my time, but you seem hell bent on winning first prize in the big crap on yourself contest I am sponsoring next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;First of all, it is interesting that you place quotes around the word evil. I take it from that little remark that you approve of wholesale slaughter of millions of Jews, Polish and Russians by Germany, or is perhaps to the rape, torture and beheadings by the Japanese you refer? As to war becoming “&lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;” to most Americans, it appears it is good to you since after your first wife dumped you, you have been trying, dismally I might add, to earn a living off of war. Other than you, I really can’t recall a single American saying or thinking war is good. War may be necessary, but good is not a word I would attach to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your myth #2: World War II was fought by the Greatest Generation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have this thing about Tom Brokow don’t you. “&lt;em&gt;We came to believe that the generation which won the war had a kind of nobility not known to previous or later generations. It defeated that monstrous "evil" that so threatened the world&lt;/em&gt;.” After ignored your quoted evil again, I will tell you that they were the greatest generation. Many of our fathers and grandfathers came from this generation and I can tell you in no uncertain terms, mine were great and better than I. Looking at your family tree, so were yours, which must be why they disowned you. Men and women, boys and girls of America defeated this monstrous evil and make no mistake; they did not think war was good and that evil needed quotes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your myth #3: We won World War II largely on our own.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Our literature and our movies seldom acknowledge the contribution of other nations to the victory in 1945. We believe our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines largely won that war without much allied support.&lt;/em&gt;” Eddie, I remember watching war movies at an early age, Combat with Frenchie, the Philippino’s during the Pacific war, the Brits, and even the French (gag) underground helping out in their own ways. I recall the Australians, the Belgium’s and the Russians, but you know what else I remember. The collective world was getting its ass kicked before we got in there and cleaned clock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your myth #4: When evil lies in others, war is the only means to justice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;“&lt;em&gt;The shocking discovery of the camps of the Holocaust at the end of that war showed us that absolute evil existed. The failure to halt that barbarity lay in those in Britain and France who appeased Hitler in the 1930s. There must be no appeasement, no mercy shown to enemy civilians or soldiers.”&lt;/em&gt; Gee wiz Eddie, no quotes around evil? Did you forget them in your hurry to spew forth tripe? Let me say this about your myth, when evil lies in others, war is sometimes the only answer, Chamberlain learned about talking to Hitler and we were talking with the Japanese when they attacked us. One other thing, war is not about justice, it is about winning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now since this myth crap is getting long, I will finish your garbage in a second post. I do have a question for you little Eddie, have you sold more than three books? There are some liberals who will buy just about anything, just look at the success of Michael Moore.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-4851728633264098071?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/4851728633264098071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=4851728633264098071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/4851728633264098071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/4851728633264098071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/war-myths.html' title='War Myths'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-309928295780434076</id><published>2006-11-12T17:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T18:10:04.260-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tolerance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cannibal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democraps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay'/><title type='text'>Cannibalism</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/cannibal1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/cannibal1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 12.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Proving once again that liberals eat their own we travel to that city of tolerance and gaydom on the bay San Francisco.  You may recall the Scott McKenzie song about wearing flowers in your hair, which was an anthem for the times and the unofficial anthem of the Monterey Pop Festival during the Summer of Love in 1967.  The opening line goes something like this, “If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some duct tape on your lips...”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this city, that Grace Slick said was built on rock and roll, well not really, but I like her.  They have these people things that they call supervisors.  In normal towns these dip wads are called city council members or freeloaders, but in San Francisco, they call them supervisors because they are superior to the rest of us.  In this haven of free speech, you cannot criticize a supervisor unless you want to deal with them trying to get you fired for speaking freely.  Anyway, stop trying to figure this out, it makes perfect sense in San Francisco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A week or two ago a radio talk-show host by the name of Pete Wilson made some comments about a child born to Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who is gay, and Rebecca Goldfader, who is a lesbian (don’t get me started).  As Wilson put it rather clearly, a baby is “not an experiment.  It is not an opportunity to see how far you can carry your views on parenting, alternative lifestyles, or diversity in family structures.”  Hmmm, whatever was he talking about?  He wasn’t done, he also said, “Look around you, folks.  You think the high divorce rate in this country has been, generally speaking, good for kids.  So, why not start out divorced?  See if that'll work.”  Can you feel the dead silence that oozed across San Francisco in about three nano-seconds?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now before you think that Wilson is a right wing conservative Christian nut job that is forever putting down homosexuals think again.  He supports same-sex marriage and gay parenting.  He is against the war in Iraq and isn’t what one would call a traditional conservative or a libertarian by any perverted stretch of the imagination.  He is as liberal as the rest of the fruit flies that inhabit that dock on the bay.  Well it doesn't matter, doesn’t matter one bit.  Liberals will eat their own and ask for a generous helping of seconds.  Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, and Aaron Peskin held a press conference (surprise) at which they called Wilson “homophobic” and demanded that he resign his job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Dufty the husband/father/guy/daddy/gay wrote in an e-mail to Wilson.  I do not want you to “resign or lose your position over this incident.”  A shell shocked Wilson marveled that Dufty “showed more class than anyone else in this.”  It is highly unlikely that Duffy or any of the superiors, I mean supervisors, even knows what class is unless it is a place to distribute condoms, but we can talk about class in another post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wilson has of course apologized, well sort of, not for his misgivings about parenting and children, but for using “inappropriate” and overly personal language.  Imagine his surprise when the liberal way of apologizing by speaking out of both sides of your mouth hasn’t really worked this time.  You remember John the traitor Kerry apologizing recently to “people that may have misunderstood this comments.”  No John Boy we did not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see the double jobber the hut Wilson also anchors ABC7 TV news in San Francisco.  California Assemblyman Mark Leno did not call on Wilson to resign and now says, because Wilson has apologized, it is time to move on.  Still he continued, whether “it is inappropriate for Wilson to be wearing those two hats.”  As opposed to two faces like Leno one would imagine, that Wilson couldn’t be a “loose cannon” on the radio and “an impartial anchorman.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then again, no one complained about the two hats before.  Wilson has opposed the war in Iraq, and they weren't wringing their hands then about his credibility.  I figure this is okay since every other TV talking head on ABC is a left wing kook so what is one more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="line-height: 12.85pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Judith Appel, executive director of the alternative-family Our Family Coalition, attended the anti-Wilson event as it provided an “opportunity” to highlight alternative families with “adults who love their children.”  Organizations like NAMBLA, however, she was silent on whether Wilson should lose his job.  Doesn’t make your heart warm to see an anti-rally held for a liberal?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deliberately ignoring Wilson's point, Superior Ammiano accused the talk-show host of trying to "dehumanize a week-old baby.”  He declared that Wilson's "manhood is threatened.”  Noting that he would never criticize Wilson's offspring, Ammiano added, "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I would never ask how much grunting and sweating there was -- and God knows it probably it didn't last very long -- at that kid's conception.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;”  Can you feel the love!!  Would you like some fine BBQ sauce with that neck bone, good for sucking!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leno, who like Ammiano is gay, said, "I'm not going to criticize those supervisors.”  As he sees it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;San Francisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; and gays are "the aggrieved party.  We're the ones who are getting beaten up.”  Ammiano accused Wilson of "abuse of privilege," and not to be outdone Superior Peskin cited "abuses" of power."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Except in this case, gays and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;San Francisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; superiors are in power, and they're trying to get a man fired for expressing views they don't like.  They clearly don't appreciate the beauty of free speech: When you don't like what someone says, you talk back.  You don't silence dissenters, unless you are afraid what they say is true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Superior Ammiano wanted to send a message, that when the gay lobby has power, straight Americans will enjoy less freedom, he could not have done a better job.  Hush children, I think I can hear Nancy Pelosi singing right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are going to San Francisco,&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to wear some duct tape on your lips&lt;br /&gt;If you are going to San Francisco,&lt;br /&gt;You're gonna meet some intolerant people there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who come to San Francisco,&lt;br /&gt;Summertime will be a firing-in there&lt;br /&gt;In the streets of San Francisco&lt;br /&gt;Gentle people with duct tape on their lips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All across the nation,&lt;br /&gt;Such a strange vibrator&lt;br /&gt;People in motion&lt;br /&gt;There's a whole generation&lt;br /&gt;With a new explanation&lt;br /&gt;People intolerant, people intolerant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who come to San Francisco,&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to wear some duct tape on your lips&lt;br /&gt;If you come to San Francisco,&lt;br /&gt;Summertime will be a firing-in there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you come to San Francisco,&lt;br /&gt;Summertime will be a firing-in there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-309928295780434076?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/309928295780434076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=309928295780434076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/309928295780434076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/309928295780434076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/cannibalism.html' title='Cannibalism'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-6603506990952261508</id><published>2006-11-11T23:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T23:36:33.489-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Global Warming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>I Got Gas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/gore_fruit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/gore_fruit.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went outside this morning and it was well over 60 degrees, beautiful weather, balmy breezes, just the kind of weather that makes me nostalgic for global warming.  As the last of the leaves are falling and decomposing into rich organic material so I can grow even bigger and hotter hot peppers next spring, I immediately became concerned over the amount of CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; that was being released to satisfy my craving for hot peppers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, it is exactly CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; that is blamed for most of the greenhouse gases and thus the villain we should all be concerned about, let’s look at this Inconvenient Truth or Carbon Dioxide’s effect on temperature.  I will do my best to keep this from being a science lesson for those of you who recently escaped the education system, so every time I mention CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; just breathe out and expel those bad gases into our pristine environment.  We don’t want this turning into another Venus or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The relationship between global temperature and carbon dioxide (CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;), on which the entire global warming scare is founded, is not as simple as they would have you believe.  Do not let them load you up with a bunch of horse turds about how much is being added and that we need to slow it down.  You see they want you to believe something that has the sound of truth to it, when it doesn’t have any.  Each and every molecule (those tiny things you can’t see) of CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; added to the atmosphere contributes less to warming than the previous one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So while 1 + 1 = 2, it really isn’t when it comes to global warming.  Confused?  They want you to be.  Think of it this way.  If you get 15 miles per gallon on a gallon of gasoline, would you be able to drive exactly 30 miles on two gallons?  The answer is no, because you have to subtract the weight of the extra gasoline that is added to the car’s weight to calculate the exact mileage, as you add more gas the vehicle becomes heavier and you get less mileage per gallon.  Well CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; works in a similar fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps you would like another example that is even easier to understand, yes.  Good.  If you take an empty bucket that holds a gallon of liquid and pour in one gallon of water you have a full bucket.  If you pour in a second gallon, is the bucket fuller or are your shoes very wet?  Try this experiment on your new living room rug when you get home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evidence from plant fossil-remains suggest to us that there was as much CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; in the atmosphere about 11,000 years ago as there is today.  So where does it go and if decomposing, animals and plants add CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; and 1+1=2 that we would be living in almost a pure CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; atmosphere after so many millions of years wouldn’t we.  Cough, cough.  I’m thinking here that since we are looking at plant fossils, than we can’t really calculate a moment by moment environmental warming as some web sites counters might wish you to believe.  Besides, if the amount of CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; were about the same as 11,000 years ago we would need one damn accurate counter.  I’m not sure my watch is that accurate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Throughout our little study, you need to keep another little Inconvenient Truth in mind.  You will hear that the United States is the largest producer of CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; of all nations and that we need to do something and do it now.  The reason we are the largest producer isn’t because we are really really mean, it is because our economy is the largest, so to reduce our CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; we need to make our economy somewhat smaller, say like approximately the GNP of Chad, that economic powerhouse of Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a future post I will explain to you climate sensitivity which takes the CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; and does something with it.  It is quite boring to read, but I promise I will make it a little more interesting when I get around to it.  The bottom line is that CO&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; temperatures increases in the atmosphere aren’t linear.  That is an important sounding way of saying, it gets to a certain point and than the hell with it, it sort of up chucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many areas to ridicule in the global warming arena that I can amuse you for weeks; but, I will intersperse global warming rubbish with other things that amuse me even more.  So until next time, stop breathing so much.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-6603506990952261508?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/6603506990952261508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=6603506990952261508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6603506990952261508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/6603506990952261508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-got-gas.html' title='I Got Gas'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-4810473254849649973</id><published>2006-11-11T04:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T04:42:14.518-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democraps'/><title type='text'>Coat Drive Alert</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/starve.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/starve.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the holidays approach, I try to do good for my fellow man, but sometimes things don’t go exactly as you would like.  In a very disappointing development recently, scientists have declared that no life exists on the Saturn moon Titan.  Titan, the largest moon in the solar system has intrigued scientists and me for years because of its dense atmosphere.  The recent probe Huygens confirmed that the moon’s atmosphere is primary nitrogen and methane, fart gas for short.  I had held out hope that we had finally found a place to send senate Dumpocraps where they would feel at home.  Unfortunately, its surface temperature is about minus 180 Celsius and I am not the heartless and callous conservative some think I am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Titan would have proved an ideal location to provide a home for them, as there is no Iraq, no global warming, and no shortage of gas, natural or otherwise.  Since 9/11, the Dumpocraps senators have let more methane escape their body orifices than any other time in history and the damage they were doing to our own world has been very near incalculable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Titan, a world rich in methane exists where they would have felt very much at home.  I haven’t given up hope though and in the spirit of helping, my fellow man I have devised a solution that even the most liberal among you would approve.  I am starting a coat drive to help keep them warm upon their arrival.  If anyone has a used coat and would like to donate it, please register in the comment field and I will send you instructions where to drop off your donation in Washington.  I am furiously looking into a meals-on-wheels program for congressional house Dumpocraps that would be in keeping with my environmentally safe nature.  The planet Mercury is looking promising because of the natural radiant heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember each coat you send can provide some much-needed warmth to a Dumpocraptic senator, so please have a heart, and donate today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-4810473254849649973?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/4810473254849649973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=4810473254849649973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/4810473254849649973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/4810473254849649973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/coat-drive-alert.html' title='Coat Drive Alert'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-8779026188521854391</id><published>2006-11-10T04:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T04:34:01.145-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stupid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Language Arts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/BM1183%7ESup-Dog-Posters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/BM1183%7ESup-Dog-Posters.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A language art, a pretty phase, is the latest attempt to screw around with English.  You remember English, those dry grammar rules, incoherent spelling tricks, term papers, compositions, sentence diagrams and such.  Somewhere between valley girls and the “like” generation, English became something to ignore.  Kids today are no longer taught these arcane rules, or pronunciation, penmanship and proper word usage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English was once considered the hardest language to learn, but no more.  If you don’t know the rules, you have two choices today.  The first choice is to speak louder.  Louder works because it usually involves shouting, name-calling, and general intimidation.  Who would want to correct someone who is shouting at you, “Hey muter f…er”  “Eh, just a minute young lady, the correct pronunciation is mother.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second choice is to make it up as you go.  This works because your peers will generally consider you a trendsetter or someone in the know of the latest catch phases.  Your elders will ignore you as they just assume you are engaging in the latest teen trend.  The “Like” generation has taken this to a new art form.  “I was like really mad so I like said to him he never called me like he said he would.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It amazes me that some of the best speakers of English today are from a foreign land.  This is simply because they practice the language, not because they are intrinsically better.  Look at a typical homework assignment from today’s public schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A spelling assignment one day, a fill in the blank story the next.  A review of a book that should never have seen a publisher and than throw in a good dash of self-esteem.  This means, do not offend anyone who cannot read or write properly.  Do not criticize someone who speaks with the wrong pronunciation or make fun of gutter language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are raising a nation of illiterate children, who will become illiterate adults.  We have no expectations of them, we do not challenge them, and we do not hurt their feelings.  You know where this all leads if you are a long time reader of my posts.  It leads to stupid voters, people who believe the latest news sound bite, it leads to liberalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to take back this nation, we first have a difficult job of educating people.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-8779026188521854391?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/8779026188521854391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=8779026188521854391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/8779026188521854391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/8779026188521854391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/language-arts.html' title='Language Arts'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-7672195138165810944</id><published>2006-11-08T23:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T23:44:28.659-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medicine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>ADHD</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/image008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/image008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I believe it is time to leave politics behind while it all sorts itself out and talk of more rational things such as; education, history, culture, religion, and science.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What am I talking about; these things tend to get irrational too.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Anyway, they are certainly more rational than politics at least.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before you continue, I should warn you that I have been diagnosed as possibly having moderate ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), my voices were still hung over from the elections so they escaped detection.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Center for Disease Control estimates &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p6 sch="4" val="4.4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;4.4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p6&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; million youth ages &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; have been diagnosed with ADHD by a healthcare professional (ever wonder what that means?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You would think they would&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; say physician if they meant a real doctor), and as of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="2003"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;2003&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p6 sch="4" val="2.5"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;2.5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p6&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; million youth ages &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="17"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; are currently receiving medication treatment for the disorder.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Does this scare you?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It should.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="1998"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;1998&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; at the National Institutes of Health Consensus on ADHD, the following statement was issued: "We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there is no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In other words, we guess a lot and use your children to sell drugs and experiments, besides the public schools are on our side.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Labels like ADHD, ADD, ODD, LD etc are in no sense true diseases.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There are no reliable diagnostic methods.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Psychiatrists cannot even agree among themselves about how to diagnose ADD/ ADHD.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In addition, your child needs to, be put on a medication that is a close cousin to amphetamine (Speed dude) because of the ADHD label.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Did you know that schools receive additional money from state and federal government for every child labeled and drugged?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This clearly demonstrates a possible "financial incentive" for schools to label and drug children.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It also backs up the alarming rise/increase in the labeling and drugging that has taken place in the last decade within our schools.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I will wait for a later post to talk about the drugged teachers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Did you know that parents receiving welfare money from the government can get additional funds for every child that they have labeled and drugged?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In this way, many welfare parents (many times single mothers) are reeled into the drugging by these financial incentives waved in front of them in hard times, making lifestyle changes possible such as searching for other government handouts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Does it make you wonder how most of us went through our younger years without a trace of ADHD, millions and millions of kids, were there really that many of us that were borderline crazy (I wasn’t asking for an answer).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Any child that does not follow the school rules, that occasionally acts up in class that is bored to tears at the curriculum of self-esteem and diversity nonsense, is at risk of this diagnoses.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You as a parent are at risk at being labeled a bad parent if you don’t go along with the school officials.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;To show you the absurdity of the testing, I took a test easily found on the internet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;I will show you my answers and final score.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;So that you can judge for yourself if I am really crazy, I placed in parentheses my interpretation of the question and the reason for my answer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; At home, work, or school, I find my mind wandering from tasks that are uninteresting or difficult.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="100" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="100" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="100" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="100" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="100" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot (Who the hell keeps focused on dull crap?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Why not separate uninteresting from difficult)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="100" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I find it difficult to read written material unless it is very interesting or very easy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; (Same mumbo-jumbo.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Separate very interesting from very easy and you get different results)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="200" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="200" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="200" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="200" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="200" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot (Yes we love to read tripe such as the NY Times – boring)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="200" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; Especially in groups, I find it hard to stay focused on what is being said in conversations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="300" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="300" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="300" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="300" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="300" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot (Because most group conversations are garbage and lead nowhere.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="300" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I have a quick temper... a short fuse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(This test is an example)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="400" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="400" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="400" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="400" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately (Only because I turned off the main stream news report)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="400" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="400" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="5"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I am irritable, and get upset by minor annoyances.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="500" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="500" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="500" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat (I heard from too many liberals today)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="500" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="500" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="500" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I say things without thinking, and later regret having said them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="600" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all (Otherwise I wouldn’t have said them)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="600" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="600" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="600" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="600" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="600" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="7"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I make quick decisions without thinking enough about their possible bad results. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="700" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all (Ditto)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="700" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="700" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="700" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="700" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="700" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="8"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; My relationships with people are made difficult by my tendency to talk first and think later. (the presumption is your relationships are difficult)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="800" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="800" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="800" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="800" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="800" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="800" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; My moods have highs and lows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; (It is called normal emotions)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="900" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="900" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="900" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="900" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="900" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="900" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="10"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I have trouble planning in what order to do a series of tasks or activities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1000" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1000" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1000" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1000" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately (I can’t decide whether to get the boring stuff done first or put it off until it goes away)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1000" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1000" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="11"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I easily become upset. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1100" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1100" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1100" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1100" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately (Only when listening to liberals)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1100" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1100" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="12"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I seem to be thin skinned and many things upset me. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(Seemed to be by whom?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1200" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1200" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1200" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1200" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1200" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1200" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="13"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I almost always am on the go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1300" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1300" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1300" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat (I admit I have slowed down some, but god, I’m getting older)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1300" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1300" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1300" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="14"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I am more comfortable when moving than when sitting still.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1400" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1400" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1400" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1400" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1400" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1400" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much (It commands more attention when I speak)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="15"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; In conversations, I start to answer questions before the questions have been fully asked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1500" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1500" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1500" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1500" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1500" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1500" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much (I already know the answers, why wait?)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="16"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I usually work on more than one project at a time, and fail to finish many of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1600" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1600" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little (No I prefer to be an obsessive compulsive)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1600" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1600" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1600" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1600" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="17"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; There is a lot of "static" or "chatter" in my head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(earth to doctor – voices are telling me you should not be a doctor)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1700" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1700" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1700" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1700" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1700" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1700" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="18"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; Even when sitting quietly, I am usually moving my hands or feet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1800" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all (unless there is a really good song on the radio)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1800" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1800" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1800" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1800" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1800" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="19"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; In group activities it is hard for me to wait my turn. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="1900" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1900" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="1900" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat (I have no patience for banal chit-chat)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1900" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1900" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="1900" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="20"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; My mind gets so cluttered that it is hard for it to function. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="2000" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all ( I multitask very well thank you)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2000" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2000" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2000" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2000" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2000" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="21"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; My thoughts bounce around as if my mind is a pinball machine. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="2100" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2100" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2100" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2100" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2100" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="2100" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much (So much to say, so little time)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="22"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; My brain feels as if it is a television set with all the channels going at once.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="2200" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2200" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2200" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2200" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="2200" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot (this is why we are able to carry on several conversations at once)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2200" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="23"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I am unable to stop daydreaming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="2300" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2300" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2300" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="2300" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately (I dream of a day that children will be judged on the merit of their abilities rather than the color of their drugs)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2300" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2300" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="24"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; I am distressed by the disorganized way my brain works.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(Who accused us of being disorganized, tell me who.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Well maybe the wife)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input checked="checked" name="2400" value="0" type="radio"&gt;Not at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2400" value="1" type="radio"&gt;Just a little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2400" value="2" type="radio"&gt;Somewhat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2400" value="3" type="radio"&gt;Moderately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="2400" value="4" type="radio"&gt;Quite a lot  &lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;  &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 235) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; margin-left: 162.8pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;input name="2400" value="5" type="radio"&gt;Very much&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 83);font-family:Arial;font-size:8;"  &gt;S C O R E S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(221, 221, 221) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;If you scored...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(221, 221, 221) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="bottom"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;You may have...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="70"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;70&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &amp; up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="50"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="69"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;69&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; (I got &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="58"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;58&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="35"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;35&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="49"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;49&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="25"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="34"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;34&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="24"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 0.75pt; background: rgb(221, 221, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; width: 75%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" valign="top" width="75%"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:8;"  &gt;Adult ADD or ADHD&lt;br /&gt;Moderate ADD or ADHD&lt;br /&gt;Mild ADD or ADHD&lt;br /&gt;Borderline ADD&lt;br /&gt;No ADD likely &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:10;" &gt;You appear to be suffering from a moderate amount of attention and concentration difficulties according to your responses to this self-report questionnaire.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You should not take this as a diagnosis of any sort, or a recommendation for treatment.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;However, if would be advisable and likely beneficial for you to seek further diagnosis from a trained mental health professional (remember not a doctor) soon to rule out a possible attention disorder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;Yeah right as soon as I can pay attention to this garbage a moment longer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);font-size:10;" &gt;More garbage, more ruined children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-7672195138165810944?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/7672195138165810944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=7672195138165810944' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7672195138165810944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/7672195138165810944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/adhd.html' title='ADHD'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-8848490031660635070</id><published>2006-11-08T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T06:33:21.122-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><title type='text'>Bringing their tails behind them</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/bo%20peep.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/bo%20peep.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;The Republican Party is like little Bo Peep.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It has lost its way and doesn’t know how to find itself.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When they run on conservative values and actually, govern on conservative values, they win.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The problems of this current crop of apologists and pending hounds are pathetic and legion.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They raise spending to astronomical heights, they fail their president time after time, and they run like hell whenever a Democrap calls them names.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Racist, homophobic, cruel, and uncaring.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They themselves only seem to speak out on one of a few issues, I hate the troops being killed by the President’s insistence on following Rumsfeld, and wow, we didn’t know we had sex scandals in our party.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Let me begin my whining, yes conservatives can whine too, about some of the things I absolutely hate about Republicans.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;For those few of you that defend them right or wrong, I will say, THEY STOLE THE ELECTION.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I WANT A RECOUNT.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;THE NEWS MEDIA IS TO BLAME.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Feel better now?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The Dumpocraps did all those things because Republicans allowed it.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Did you actually expect them to play fair?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I heard so many Republicans last evening complaining about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and about Bush; it was nauseating.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You know what?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Bush wasn’t running.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; war will continue even if Dumpocraps capture both houses.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Idiots and buffoons.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;The economy is the best it has ever been, employment is at an all time low, and the country is safe in time of war.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Exactly what were you hoping to change by staying home, by bad mouthing Bush, by voting for anyone in the Dumpocrap party?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I take it back, you are not idiots and buffoons, and you are actually IDIOTS AND BUFFOONS.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I do not consider myself Republican, I consider myself sane (well mostly), Conservative – very Libertarian if you must, Traditionalist and did I mention very HANDSOME.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I vote for Republicans because they are less distasteful than Dumpocraps.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Isn’t that special.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Well, so do most readers here, but now I have to listen to liberal idiots (sorry, being redundant again) harp about their lack of agenda and Bush sniping for the next two years.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I need some Demerol.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Next thing you know I will consider moving to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In 1994, the Republicans stood up and said this is what we are about and they won.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They did not apologize, okay very much anyway.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When they failed to support Newt, they began their downfall.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What did Newt do that was so bad, nothing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Hillary did exactly the same and worse and she is sitting in the senate because Dumpocraps ignored all allegations and don’t give me the crap about the liberal media.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Dumpocraps stand behind the most heinous statements, the most horrendous behavior and they win.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Republicans run like little girlie men and they lose.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I don’t think Republicans should say the Dumpocraps are soft on crime or the war on terror.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I believe they should say they are cowards and traitors using those words.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Every Republican that misuses or breaks the public trust should be publicly hung and instantly replaced with someone even more conservative and than trot out the crimes of Dumpocraps.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I believe the Republicans should go after and prosecute every single leak of national security information by the same afternoon and either execute or put the traitor in prison for life with no parole, senator or editor or Mister no body.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I believe the Republicans should publicly ridicule every stupid idea the Dumpocraps put forth with facts and figures with a clear demonstration of what a complete moron the Dumpocrap truly is.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I believe that abortion, global warming, the UN, terror, and Islam should be reduced to 30-second sound bites and run at least weekly on every station.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I believe that Republicans should push through term limits for all congressional members with no grandfather clause and no apologies.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I believe I’m going to take my Demerol.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Little Bo peep has lost her sheep&lt;br /&gt;And doesn't know where to find them.&lt;br /&gt;Leave them alone and they'll come home,&lt;br /&gt;Bringing their tails behind them.&lt;br /&gt;Little Bo peep fell fast asleep&lt;br /&gt;And dreamt she heard them bleating,&lt;br /&gt;But when she awoke, she found it a joke,&lt;br /&gt;For they were all still fleeting.&lt;br /&gt;Then up she took her little crook&lt;br /&gt;Determined for to find them.&lt;br /&gt;She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,&lt;br /&gt;For they left their tails behind them.&lt;br /&gt;It happened one day, as Bo peep did stray&lt;br /&gt;Into a meadow hard by,&lt;br /&gt;There she espied their tails side by side&lt;br /&gt;All hung on a tree to dry.&lt;br /&gt;She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,&lt;br /&gt;And over the hillocks went rambling,&lt;br /&gt;And tried what she could,&lt;br /&gt;As a shepherdess should,&lt;br /&gt;To tack again each to its lambkin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-8848490031660635070?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/8848490031660635070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=8848490031660635070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/8848490031660635070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/8848490031660635070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/bringing-their-tails-behind-them.html' title='Bringing their tails behind them'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-3601129470101152868</id><published>2006-11-08T00:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T01:02:40.018-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stupid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><title type='text'>Witless in America</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/9481%7EDo-Be-Do-Posters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/9481%7EDo-Be-Do-Posters.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In a dastardly turn of events it appears that, the Republicans have lost control of the House and so has Kevin Federline.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Britney Spears in apparently the first sane thing she has done in several years has filed for divorce from the 15 minutes of fame wanna be.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Never having been a fan of Spear’s music I still feel this half dim wit has received some horrible advice since beginning her career outside of Mickey Mouse.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I had hoped that she would do the right thing and leave triple quarter wit and marry Donald Duck, but Donald is presently engaged to Daisy so that ain’t going to happen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In an equally troubling tale over in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, I mean down in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, well okay &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Kentucky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; another wit loss champion died from snake bites incurred during church services.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The woman, messing around with something she clearly had no reason to be handling, was bit, she died.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Rumors are still circulating that even though dead, she still remained stupid.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;So what will now change in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; of witless voters?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;After performing exhaustive research and interviewing a broad sample of the American public tonight, namely my brother the following will occur with startling speed by tomorrow morning and continue until the next election, nothing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Embryonic stem cell research with the election of a Democrap will now produce a cure for Michael J. Fox by late this afternoon and in an amazing development, Christopher Reed will be dug up and cured of paralysis.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It may take until Thursday morning, but I expect all other diseases known to mankind to be eliminated by this research.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;The minimum wage seems poised to be raised to about $7 in a clear hoopla for supporters of the various iterations of the bill.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;However, what some employees making minimum wage failed to realize is that this is not the minimum wage at all.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Beginning tomorrow employers will begin to examine which of their current minimum wage employees will leave their firms to pay for those getting the raise.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The minimum wage for those leaving will soon be exposed as zero dollars per hour.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Way up in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, a local school has pulled the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because one girl in the class was sensitive to the story.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Using period of the times language, Mark Twain used words and language to portray a slave as slightly uneducated but also worldly.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They are now looking into whether to pull all math books from the same school, as it appears one of the boys in fifth grade was offended by the hard work involved in learning multiplication.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Because of this breaking story we now know that there is a black girl in the class, the story has remained as it was for 120 years and that Taylor School District is made up of morons.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Pennsylvania&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, a federal judge has blocked the arrests of illegal wetbacks by saying in perfect logic that arresting these criminals would force some businesses that cater to them to close.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I also understand he will soon be looking at past and future arrests of arsonists, as he believes their arrest causes them to engage in other lines of employment for which they may not be qualified such as the construction of license plates.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In another heart-wrenching story, an Indian college in Californian is thinking it may have to close its doors.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It seems the current student body of 6 students has been drifting away and calls to the college have remained unanswered, but that is because they cannot afford to pay for their one telephone on campus.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;While the school administration is franticly looking at ways to keep the school, open, cooler minds were looking into whether any of the school administration ever had one lick of brains.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;In perhaps the most amazing display of ignorance during the evening voters who believed the election over will find that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time minute="0" hour="16"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;4PM EST that campaigns for the presidency in 2008 will have begun because they ignore implementing strict term limits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-3601129470101152868?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/3601129470101152868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=3601129470101152868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/3601129470101152868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/3601129470101152868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/witless-in-america.html' title='Witless in America'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-2754353964578151256</id><published>2006-11-07T03:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T03:35:48.339-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democraps'/><title type='text'>Vote Early - Vote Often</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/john_french_kerry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/john_french_kerry.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Today may be the day I have to begin pestering democratic congressional representatives with such inquires as “Why haven’t you done more to end world poverty yet”, “the earth is getting warmer today when are you going to stop it,” and of course, “Why haven’t you brought more blacks into your party leadership yet.”  I have no idea if the Democraps will win control of congress today, but I do know a few other things.  I know if they do it will be the first day that they begin breaking every promise they made.  I know they will begin to try to raise our taxes.  I know they will begin to endanger this country.  I do know that Bush will finally find his veto pen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Democrats criticized Republicans as stewards of a stale status quo; you know the status quo like no attacks on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, thriving economies and low unemployment.  Status quo ain’t necessarily bad.  Billy Bob the rapist was running about trolling for dollars and pesos for his legacy.  I sent him a brief note reminding him; his legacy has already been burned in the American consciousness as only the second worse president in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; history and why couldn’t he even do that right.  To be beat by Jimmy the peanut famer in anything takes some practice.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Billy Bob the rapist even had the nerve to yell about the house page scandal, however, I did ask him if it was because he never thought of fully developing this farm system of future interns and dress stain removers.  In a moment of clarity, I remembered to cc his errant wife on all my correspondence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;I also was thoughtful to send Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist an encouraging note for skipped the presidential rally in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Pensacola&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Fla.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, to make a speech of his own hundreds of miles away.  I figured I was the only one to attend his dog and pony show so I let him know that I hoped he lost big time and would email his concession speech to Michael Moore if he did since Michael is looking for a new comedy entitled Bowing for President Disrespecters. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;I did manage to send Senator Hillary Rotten Clinton a note to ask her if I could have her excess campaign funds to help feed my village.  I am under no illusions that she will do anything but trounce her opponent in we never met an idiot we won’t vote for New York State.  I also added that she should show her compassion, return to Hope Arknsas, and stop depriving the village of its idiot.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Similarly I requested of Eliot Spitzer, the Democratic candidate for governor in Nuevo York if he could help me sue the heck out my neighbor’s child lemonade stand as I felt she was engaged in insider lemon trading and gaining unfair advantage over my “Learn Medicare fraud for fun and profit” booth situated right down the street.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Senator Chucky Cheese Schumer of New York, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Republic and news junkie said, “"We have never said we're going to take control of the Senate.  We have said we're on the edge.  That's where we are."  I did send him a note of encouragement also.  Praising him for admitting that he is right on the edge.  It takes a big man to admit he has a problem just before he is committed for his mental illness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;In a rare gaffe, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was hailed as ready to become the first woman speaker in history if Democrats win.  I was forced to correct the news outlet as she may be poised to become a house speaker, but she was certainly not a woman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Joe Lieberman is appearing set to beat Ned Lamont, the Moveon.org candidate with an ugly stick running as an independent after the liberal beating he took for supporting the troops and the war in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, giving lie to the notion that this country is vehemently opposed to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; even in Democrap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Connecticut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;.  Ned, a recently former JPMorganChase employee did however make JPMorganChase employees very happy by leaving the firm where he was as well liked as a Value Share stock award pegged to the strike cost of the Hope Diamond.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;"The Democrats want to raise taxes when you're born, when you're working, when you retire and when you die," Bush said in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;.  "In other words, the Democrats' philosophy is this: 'If it breathes, tax it.  And if it stops breathing, find their children, tax them.”  Billy Bob the rapist smiled as he considered this entirely new means of financing his legacy while the thought of finding children to enroll in his private intern program left him positively ecstatic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Campaigning in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Missouri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, Democratic senatorial wannabe Claire McCaskill said, "There's nothing to that allegation," she replied.  "We're going to cut taxes for the middle class and retarget the upper class,” though she specifically wanted to make it clear that she considered middle class anyone earning below the poverty line. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;As he has repeatedly, the president attacked Democraps for their position on the war in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;.  "Oh, they've got some ideas.  Some of them say, 'get out right now.’  Some of them say, 'get out at a fixed date,' even though the job hasn't been done.  One of them said, 'let's move our troops to an island some 5,000 away.'"   John the traitor Kerry vacationing in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; could not be reached for comment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;White House press secretary Tony Snow went even further in&lt;br /&gt;criticizing possible Democratic approaches to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;.  In an interview with conservative talk-radio personality Rush Limbaugh, Snow said, "We do, quote, 'phased redeployment,' what we do is we invite a whole lot more September 11ths."  Clinton, the former president, linguistic expert and Shout It Out tester, provided a rebuttal from a stage in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Rochester&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;N.Y.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;"On this 'stay the course in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;' deal, they say we're the cut-and-run crowd," he said.  "These people don't look like cut and run to me," he said, gesturing to former Sen. Max Cleland, a triple amputee from war wounds suffered while he was juggling grenades for friends and family in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Vietnam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; a generation ago.  Maxwell Not so Smart Cleland had forgotten the military training that empathized, don’t screw around with grenades, they are not toys.  Ever the fun lover, he was pretending they were water balloons while sitting around the campfire-telling raise your taxes sidesplitting stories when he dropped his.  Cleland would still have his arm and legs if he had cut and run.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;In &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Colorado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, Senior Billy Ritter Menendez, de la Vega was kicking around ideas on granting citizenship to illegals that would not make the majority of Americans lose their lunches.  In the end, he failed and is now looking for illegals to help clean all the up chuck, at a livable and taxable wage of course.  Pedro Billy Ritter Sanchez Vicente is also looking to turn &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Colorado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; into the Tennessee Valley Authority of broadband access, by first flooding the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Gunnison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt; canyon and than asking illegals to try and aim better when they urinate over the edge.  Those that aim well will be given broadband access, as is their constitutional right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;Yes, it will be a close one, I hope that by giving equal treatment, and access to both parties McCain and Feingold will not try to have me arrested for breaking their precious free speech law.  Therefore, in that spirit I would like to remind you all to go out there and defeat a Democrap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-2754353964578151256?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/2754353964578151256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=2754353964578151256' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2754353964578151256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2754353964578151256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/vote-early-vote-often.html' title='Vote Early - Vote Often'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-2312747855238396836</id><published>2006-11-06T04:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-06T04:05:39.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Voting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/1600/northrop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/4690/4508/320/northrop.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;I realize that Election Day is tomorrow and I should probably be writing something about the candidates, the parties, or the dire predictions, but there is something more important to write about and that is our men and women in the military.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Without these brave people, the election tomorrow would be either non-existent or meaningless.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Many countries hold elections some even boast of 100% turnout as the voters trudge to the polls to vote for the candidate of the candidate’s choice, himself.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It has been said that the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; ranks around 130&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; when percentages of the number of people voting is measured.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Since I know that there are not 130 countries with voting processes that are worth a damn, I look at that number with distain.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saying our military fight for your right to vote would be disingenuous however, they really don’t.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They also don’t fight for your right to say whatever you like even if what you say is ignorant.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Saying these things is similar to saying you go to work to make money or because you want to feel fulfilled.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Bull turds.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You work because you need to provide for yourself or your family.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They serve and fight to keep our country safe, the rest is up to you.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When young men &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st2:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="18"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st2:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st2:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="19"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st2:numconv6p0&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; join the military, it is not always for the most noble of reasons and I think we all know this.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Some feel they have little choice and that perhaps they will find their purpose in a very structured setting.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Some join for the benefits of education and other incentives that the military offers recruits and we have all heard the whining of those who complain when they are deployed because they never signed up to fight in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are some who joined for the opportunities afterwards such as jobs that require military backgrounds or increase your political advantage by having service on your resume.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Still others join to avoid jail time for some transgression they have committed and by doing so avoid a jail sentence.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Oh and yes, many do join for the love of country out of patriotism, duty, honor and many others for a host of other reasons.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is not their reason for joining that I want to talk about today, it is the transformation that happens to all of them afterwards.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What many people fail to realize is these young men and women become part of something greater than themselves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The selfish, the bold, the shy ones, and the compassionate ones, the patriotic all change.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In times of war such as we are now engaged in, these young men and women learn three things in no particular order other than my way of writing about them, so take no subliminal message away from the order.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They learn that this is the greatest country in the world and it is worth defending.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You will not hear what a rotten country this is or how the world’s failings are the fault of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; from the military command and structure.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You will see many flags, many banners, many insignias, and polished metals.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You will salute the flag and not spit on it or burn it and you will do it because it is right, not because some politician passed a law.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally they learn that they are something more than they were.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Whatever their motivation for entering the service they become stronger of body and will.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They push themselves to excel and this is not to be the fastest on the obstacle course, or the best shooter, but to become leaders, wherever their paths lead them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They need not come out to become presidents or CEOs though many do, some may become little league coaches or small business owners or truck drivers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They come out with a purpose they never had when they entered, they come out to succeed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, they learn that their fellow soldiers are their closest and dearest friends.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;These are people that they entrust their lives to and they hold their fellow military members in their hands.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They do not have to think during battles if the man or woman next to them will protect them with their life, it is understood, it is instinctive as they will be for them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The bonds they forge last lifetimes whether they join veteran organizations such as the VFW or not.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When they lose one of their own, they have lost more than a friend, more than a family member; they have lost a piece of themselves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A piece they will never be able to replace and for some this is too hard a burden to bear but for others it makes them stronger, if not a little sadder.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A limb lost is their limb, a life lost is their life, and it cannot be any other way.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some will always point to those few that distain the military or strive to weaken it after having served such as our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Massachusetts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; senator, but all I can say is that some character flaws are deeper than even the military can remove because not even god removed it from them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When you go to vote tomorrow remember these men and women, serve them, protect them because you know they will do the same for you without question, without hesitation without asking for your favors.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-2312747855238396836?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/2312747855238396836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=2312747855238396836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2312747855238396836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/2312747855238396836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/voting.html' title='Voting'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-116268836294502258</id><published>2006-11-04T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T00:03:46.004-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fully Contemptible</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/1600/korea_north.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/320/korea_north.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;As the days leading up to the elections wane, my faith in the liberal media has been restored from slightly less than fully contemptible to fully contemptible and I would like to thank them for the effort involved.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Never let it be said, that I don’t give credit where credit is due.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;During the preceding last six months or so, I have been greeted on almost a daily basis regarding the mutterings of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;North Korea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You know, wonderful and kind words such as Bush should engage the North in one on one talks, Clinton and Madeline Fat Dimbright were successful by talking, at least they were talking, Bush needs to go it alone, we are too bogged down in Iraq to deal with North Korea, we are scared of them because they have WMDs, they can hit Los Angles and Hawaii and oh so many other words of encouragement.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Yes, thank you one and all you wonderful media whores.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe a few points need repeating regarding the media’s illicit love affair with the Howdy Doody of the north.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;For months we were pelted with complaints about how this administration was failing because Bush refused to talk directly with Kim du Illness and we could be risking a nuclear holocaust sure to advance the cause of GLOBAL WARMING (there it is important now because I capitalized it).&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Why, we better do something about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;North Korea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;; the hell with a coalition of the unwilling – they could be targeting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;San   Francisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; right now.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Damn it Donald Rumsfeld, wasting all that money on a missile defend shield that doesn’t work per the expect Billy Bob Clinton.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;By god, maybe we should attack them and blow them up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Jimmy Peanut talked to them and even brokered a deal for Billy Bob Clinton, see what we can do when we have not lost the respect of the international community.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Damn, we could even give them a brand new nuclear reaction, just talk to them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Maybe they won’t lie this time; it has to be worth a nuclear reactor to find out right Peanut for Brains.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next thing we know Kim ima Tufutbandit was shooting missiles and they could reach &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; according to CNN’s disgraced general expert panel.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Better duck Nancy Pelosi, your district is on their hit list and the black population centers that Bush don’t care about is too.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So, Kim Kerry shoots off a few dangerous missiles and most of them fail or are blown up. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The media immediately labeled this a success and cried about the sky falling.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Build those bomb shelters in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;San   Francisco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; under &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Candlestick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and get the homeless some bombproof shopping carts, oh and send A&amp;P the bill for them.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Okay, now &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;North Korea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; has advanced to around 1933 and can shoot off a bottle rocket or something.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Target, they couldn’t target a Yugo that was sputtering off their own coast.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So later Kim Don Crapface explodes a nuclear bomb and the international community goes absolutely crazy.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Where is Bush’s plan and don’t forget his exit strategy.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Don’t you wish we had a real president like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Clinton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; instead of a stupid, draft-dodging president like Bush?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He won’t even talk to them; he is sticking to his failed policy of wanting the Russians, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;China&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; to do what he is afraid of doing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Where are all the Bush supporters now, now that we have a new member of the nuclear club?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Why, we wouldn’t even confirm they exploded a nuclear device for days, how irresponsible.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Where is the CIA that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Clinton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; gutted, why didn’t they know he had a bomb. Let’s begin a congressional investigation.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Why isn’t Bush doing something, because he is too distracted with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doesn’t it just make you so tired listening to this?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Now that Bush’s strategy for dealing with the North Korean fruit basket has proved him right; AGAIN, the news media is silent.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;North Korea has agreed to come back to the bargaining table, it looks like the nuclear issue is under control for the moment, but does he get headlines saying Bush is Right.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Story on page one.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;No, the contemptible news media has scurried under their rock to wait for the next event they can criticize Bush about.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;These genitalia of the liberal politicians should stick it up their butts and plug the hole with their experts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-116268836294502258?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/116268836294502258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=116268836294502258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116268836294502258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116268836294502258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/fully-contemptible.html' title='Fully Contemptible'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-116263135153682425</id><published>2006-11-04T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T00:03:45.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hobos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/1600/Black%20Hobo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/320/Black%20Hobo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Should the Democraps take control of the House and or Senate next week; this country is in for a whole lot of trouble with a big T.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Charles the Hobo Rangel, the Manhattan Democrat is in line to take over as chairman of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;House   Ways&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and Means Committee, which drafts the government's general spending outlines - and says he'd use that position to cut off funding for the war. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;"You've got to be able to pay for the war, don't you?”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Rangel told The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Most excellent plan Charlie; I am in awe of your mental prowess, than what?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Will you be so gracious to leave just enough money for the troops to get out or might that be money better spent on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time minute="0" hour="0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;midnight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; basketball.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When you are back home in the hood lying to your boys, what do you plan on doing when &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; falls into the hands of terrorists?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;What are you plans once the terrorists figure out that they won and can now attack the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; on our soil, specifically &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Manhattan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;If you go to each and every Democrap and try to find their plan for the war on terror, or what to do with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, you get one of three answers.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;One, run like hell; two absolutely nothing; and three Bush really messed things up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;How utterly novel, why did no one else think of this?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;God, and to think we haven’t put these prunes in power for a few years now.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Their plan in a nutshell is to bottle up Bush, raise your taxes, and over regulate business.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They have no plan; or as my grandfather would say &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;niente&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;A short while back, Congressman Charles Hobo Rangel reintroduced legislation to reinstate the military draft that will include draftees up to 42 years of age. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;"Every day that the military option is on the table, as declared by the President in his State of the Union address, in Iran, North Korea, and Syria, reinstatement of  the military draft is an option that must also be considered, whether we like it or not," Congressman Hobo said in a statement. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Well at the time, smarter heads allowed his bill to come up for a vote.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Everyone, yes everyone, voted against it except one turd dropping.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It was not Charlie the Hobo, he voted against his own resolution.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The gutless, loud mouth hobo from the hood likes to show off, but ran from his own legislation like the punk he is and yeah I know he served in the military way back when, he is still a fracking traitor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Later he made the following statement, "Our military is more like a mercenary force than a citizen militia.”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is dominated by men and women who need an economic leg-up.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Bonuses of up to $40,000 and a promise of college tuition look very good to someone from an economically depressed urban or rural community. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;But, as events unfold in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Syria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;North Korea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and become even more dangerous, at what point will the risks outweigh the attraction of money--even to the hungriest recruits?"&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Don’t know Charlie boy, perhaps as you continue raising taxes on your boys to pay for their welfare checks, you might supply us with that answer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Isn’t it so nice that he considers our military a mercenary force?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Why Charlie Hobo, do they sell their souls to the highest bidder like you?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Perhaps you think this mercenary army will go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Zimbabwe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and fight for your bosom buddy Robert Mugabe to help him seize more farms from whites.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Won’t that be special Charlie boy?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Hobo Rangel and members of the Congressional Black Caucus (as opposed to the Congressional White Caucus you hear so much about) had complained that Blacks were being used as "cannon fodder" in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; war.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;He and his buddy racists were confronted with the fact that only five percent (5%) of the troops in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Iraq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; are African-Americans, while 14% of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; population is black.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Rangel backed off from making that allegation when speaking with whites, yet he continues to use the canard when speaking to black audiences.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;These are the kinds of dirt bags that gain power if the Democraps in.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You hear about John le Traitor Kerry and Teddy the Swimmer, but it is hobos like Charlie boy that are pulling their strings.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Do not let the party of the hobos come back into power.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You think Kerry became very quiet because he is contrite.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-116263135153682425?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/116263135153682425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=116263135153682425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116263135153682425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116263135153682425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/hobos.html' title='Hobos'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-116253892807975241</id><published>2006-11-03T00:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T00:03:45.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Colorado</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/1600/broadmoor%20morning%20view%20from%20hotel%20window.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/320/broadmoor%20morning%20view%20from%20hotel%20window.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;As I attempt to get back up to speed with my ramblings, I was  thinking of some beautiful times, some beautiful people and so I would like to  take a moment to share with you perhaps the most beautiful song ever written;  yes, I am prejudice, as you will see.  It holds some very special meaning for me  as I listened to this the very first time up in Cripple Creek with the lady  while sharing a beer.  Perhaps I will tell you the tale, but not tonight, it is  much too long.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The song was written by a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers  and sung by them.  If you haven’t heard it, I urge you to buy one of their  albums with it on it, it may take a little looking, but you won’t be sorry.  If  I can ever find the recording, I will post it for you in the future, its buried  around somewhere.  So, god bless and good night.  The song is called  “Colorado.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hey Colorado - it was not so long ago&lt;br /&gt;I left your  mountain - to try life on the road&lt;br /&gt;Now I'm finished with that race - it was  much too fast a pace&lt;br /&gt;And I think I know my place - Colorado I wanna come  home&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There was a woman - but I left her far behind&lt;br /&gt;I could  have loved her - if I only had the time&lt;br /&gt;But I stopped along the way - just  long enough to say&lt;br /&gt;Lord I'd really really like to stay&lt;br /&gt;But my lady knows  I've got to go&lt;br /&gt;I was too young to - know what I've done&lt;br /&gt;I made my plans  but I was wrong yes I was wrong&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hey Colorado - is it too late to change my mind&lt;br /&gt;I've  done some thinking and I'm trying hard to find&lt;br /&gt;The way to come back home&lt;br /&gt;Oh I've been so very long alone&lt;br /&gt;Won't you take care of your own -  Colorado I think I'm coming home&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Image" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/23.gif" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-116253892807975241?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/116253892807975241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=116253892807975241' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116253892807975241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116253892807975241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/hey-colorado.html' title='Hey Colorado'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-116247621788275784</id><published>2006-11-02T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T00:03:45.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trebuchets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/1600/300px-Trebuchet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/320/300px-Trebuchet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;While engaged in my spare time hobby of building trebuchets that are more powerful I pondered the recent news media response to John the traitor Kerry’s recent remarks after he first defied everyone but than recanted in another example of flip-flopping.  Now enough has been said about what he said and how he said it and what he really meant, so I don’t have to repeat ad nauseam this squirrel’s babblings.  Before I go on, I am not one who believes John the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;lâche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Kerry is a decorated war hero, so that leaves me free to debase and slander his name however I like.  I put him into basically the same category as fact as Maximus  Cleland (thankfully ex senator) who blew up half his body while screwing around with a grenade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see I still believe in the adage you cannot make a silk purse from a sow’s ear or in this case, from a sow’s anal cavity.  He is what he is, so his rantings and babbling do not excite me as shocking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mes amis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;.  This was not the first, nor will it be the last &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;morceau de turd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; to roll off his tongue.  I want to discuss, in a meaningful way of course, the reaction from the news outlets and pundits across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To a station and a paper, they all sought to find a way to parse his words into something they were clearly not.  “He was talking about Bush,” “It was a bad joke,” “he is a war hero and would never…,” etc., etc.  Now by and large most other democrats remained stunned in disbelief that this&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sac d'écume&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; broke their secret handshake and blurted out what they all believe two weeks before Election Day.  They with their compatriots in the news media had been desperately trying to sound rational leading up to their latest attempt to screw up the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The front pages and lead stories have quickly vanished which is an odd contrast with their handling of the trumped up charges against Tom Delay and others.  Charges of bad behavior, alleged bad beharior and occasional missteps by conservatives seem positively glued to the front page for at least a month or two and even afterward when the case is disposed or someone resigns, they continue to harp on the story.  Mr. John the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;le mensonge sucent le visage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Kerry has already slipped in between the crossword puzzle and the garage sales for the weekend.&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Realizing that this could be a distraction to their stealh attack on your way of life, even Hillary “I have no idea how my billing records with my fingerprints got outside my bedroom” Clinton suggested that John the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;batteur d'épouse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Kerry should apologize.  Now, what I believe you are seeing is the beginning of the end.  I predict that the Democratic Party will soon begin to splinter into at least two pieces if not more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will have something called the Democratic Party, which will consist of people like Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton and something I will call the Raving Lunatics Party consisting of people like John the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;déracineurs des pierres tombales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Kerry, Howie the screamer Dean, Chucky Cheese Shummer, the Swimmer and Charlie the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hobo noir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Rangel.  It is coming, just let them lose in a few days and again in 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-116247621788275784?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/116247621788275784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=116247621788275784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116247621788275784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116247621788275784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/trebuchets.html' title='Trebuchets'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36934226.post-116242010876639650</id><published>2006-11-01T13:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T00:03:45.765-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ten Commandments - Take 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/1600/9108%7EDon-t-Make-Me-Come-Down-There-Posters.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/310/4138/320/9108%7EDon-t-Make-Me-Come-Down-There-Posters.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I have decided to have a back up site because of the on-going crap occurring on 360.  It seems that four individuals I know have lost their names, blogs or complete sites due to the failure of Yahoo to prosecute idiots.  Idiots who flag questions and answers as violation simply because they don't like the answer, it uses sarcasm and humor.  I have written to yahoo and given them the names of several of these individuals and asked that they block their IP addresses permanently.  Will they?  I don't have a lot of confidence.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I have included links to all friends on this site, so getting back to either your site of a friend of mind is relatively easy.  This site has a few features that 360 doesn't have, how long is a Beta release anyway, so it will look and feel a little different.  I will continue to post to both sites just in case the morons strike again.  You can either put this site address in your Blogroll or RSS feed and get to link to it if need be or if you prefer leaving comments here.  I do check both sites.  It may take me a little while to get this one full syncronized with the other, but I will do that in all the spare time I have which amounts to almost 6 1/2 minutes a day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;In the mean time, I have posted two versions of the ten commandments.  The original and the liberalized version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am the Lord thy god, who brought thee out of the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;st2:place&gt;&lt;st2:placetype&gt;&lt;em&gt;land&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/st2:placetype&gt;&lt;em&gt;  of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;st2:placename&gt;&lt;em&gt;Egypt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/st2:placename&gt;&lt;/st2:place&gt;&lt;em&gt;, out of the house of bondage.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="2"&gt;2&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="3"&gt;3&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="4"&gt;4&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="5"&gt;5&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Honor thy father and thy mother.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="6"&gt;6&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt not murder.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="7"&gt;7&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt not commit adultery&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="8"&gt;8&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt not steal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="9"&gt;9&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;st1:numconv6p0 sch="1" val="10"&gt;10&lt;/st1:numconv6p0&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thou shalt not covet anything that belongs to thy neighbor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You are way too offensive even having commandments or suggestions in the first place.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;However if you really must have them, they should be called the tenets of Kumbyah&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; so that people and animals could take them or leave them depending how they felt that day.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They need to rewritten in their entirety.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;We      are around, you shouldn't feel any need to care what I did for you or what      my motives were, and I'm sorry I sent you where others lived without      asking them first.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Its      okay to have other gods because really what is a god?&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Feel good, love your iPod, your dirt      infest shack, your good times, that is unless someone threatens to kill      you if you don't follow their god.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's      okay to curse occasionally and use my name unless you are using the name      of my alter ego Allah in which case I'm going to get really upset.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Go      shopping everyday, get all the latest stuff before they run out those      unthinking clouts.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;If      your parents are of the same gender rejoice because they show the way, if      they are not than show them disrespect and shout out your child bill of      rights&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't      hurt anyone unless the man is oppressing you or he gets in the way of your      riot, comes into your hood or you need some extra virgins.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't      leave photos and videos around of you dalliances with children whether      they consent or not and if your neighbor's spouse or domestic partner      wants some, well who am I to say no.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;When      you riot, make sure you take everything that isn't tied down; it's your      right especially if the previous owner was Korean, a cracker or you think      you can pawn it for some stuff.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lying      is okay, hey everyone does it, so don't feel bad, and if you have the      misfortune to run into a conservatives, lie your head off often and loud      too.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;font-size:10;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;em&gt;Take,      take, and take without hesitation.&lt;span style=""&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;He who dies with the most toys wins anyway, so get a leg up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Colorado Musings&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/36934226-116242010876639650?l=coloradodark.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/feeds/116242010876639650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36934226&amp;postID=116242010876639650' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116242010876639650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/36934226/posts/default/116242010876639650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coloradodark.blogspot.com/2006/11/ten-commandments-take-2.html' title='Ten Commandments - Take 2'/><author><name>Colorado</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17656516447470194841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://static.flickr.com/116/285762847_50a1094406_m.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
