You Go Joe

'Joe the Plumber' sues over Ohio records probe

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96O2D380&show_article=1

Take these people for all they are worth.

The way Joe was treated is dispicable, it still is dispicable.

This guy made the mistake of catching Obama off guard and without a teleprompter and, because Obama doesn't speak off the cuff, he accidently said what he really meant.

So of course the logical course of action would be to go after his character, dig up his tax records, and spread it all over the mainstream media.

The Obama thugs did a better job vetting a random guy who asked an honest question at a campaign stop than any of their loser nominees.

This is what Obama and his cronies do to private citizens who get in their way.

Demean, discredit, and destroy.

Satanic Poses

Indonesia holds yoga festival despite Muslim fatwa

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.da993057fc1b3034b22c1f2903602b9f.01&show_article=1

Last time I checked, I didn't see people practicing yoga blowing themselves up in the streets. Maybe those clerics should check their priorites.

Store Bought(en) Biscuits

I love biscuits, especially the fluffy buttery ones. Therefore, I will share with you a fantastic recipe I found. They turned out just like the Pillsbury Grands kind in the tubes. Or, as those in the Amish community say, they taste store boughten.

Store Bought(en) Biscuits
(makes about 9 large biscuits)

2 c. flour
4 t. baking powder
2 T. sugar
1 t. salt

Mix the first 4 ingredients

1/3 c. cold butter

Cut butter into the dry mixture

3/4 c. cold milk (buttermilk or sour milk works too)

Stir milk in till it forms a ball

Roll out dough to one inch thickness.

Use a cookie cutter or floured glass to cut out biscuits.

Grease a cookie sheet, place biscuits on sheet.

Bake at 425 degrees for 10-12 minutes or till they start getting brown.

Make sure to eat them warm and put lots of butter on them. I am pretty sure that takes out all the calories and fat. And yes, this fits right in with my new workout routine.

Keep them in the Dark

Malaysia Restores 'Allah' Ban for Christians

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503504,00.html

The Malaysian government must think their population is retarded and can't tell what Christian literature is on their own. Or, the more likely explanation is that when they say it might "confuse" Muslims, they really mean "convert."

Fat Fatty

My cutie little puppy wuppy is getting bigger. It hasn't been very noticeable day to day, but I have a surprising display of how much Daphne has grown since we got her in November.

It is a darn good thing that I have mad sewing skills. Otherwise, I would have bought my third harness in 5 months. Besides, the ones I make are so much cuter than anything you can find in a store. If you don't know how to sew, I suggest learning. If you get good enough at it, you start looking at stuff in stores and saying, "I could make that, I could do that, I could sell that," and you can make money off of it. I can't wait to have kids so I can make clothes for them.

That little blue harness was big on her when we brought her home...now she is just a fat fatty. She actually isn't fat at all. She has only gained 2 pounds since we got her. I better quit calling her fat, I might hurt her self esteem.

Speaking of fat fatties, Johanna and I are sick of being ones and have joined a gym. I personally blame working somewhere that constantly provides free donuts, muffins, bagels, and other fattening things to people who sit all day long. So instead of waiting for the government to come bail me out of my fatness, I am going to do something about it. Don't worry, I will update you on our progress... if I can move at the end of the first week.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Maybe I am just a hate monger, but has anyone else noticed the escalation of violence coming from the direction of our southern border? Believe me, it isn't just the right wing nuts trying to stir up hostility toward the Hispanic population in this country. The destabilization of Mexico due to corruption and the drug trade is spilling into this country and making things very dangerous. If you think that people who want a secure border just hate Hispanics, you are sadly mistaken. It is no wonder they want out of Mexico, it is so corrupt it is almost unlivable. And now, due to our unwillingness to secure our border, this horrible corruption and violence is seeping into our country.

Take a look:

Homeland Security official affirms Mexican drug cartel violence has spilled over into Texas

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11770847

If Violence Escalates in Mexico, Texas Officials Plan to Be Ready

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491964,00.html

The Gruesome Nature of the Border War

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/10869/

Universities: Spring breaks south of border to be avoided

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/02/23/20090223springbreak0223.html

After threats, Juárez mayor moves to El Paso

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11770841

Phoenix, kidnap-for-ransom capital

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-drug-kidnappings12-2009feb12,0,1264800.story


Now I am not saying that we should deport all illegals and erect a 15 foot electrified fence, dig a 3 mile moat inhabited by crocodiles and have snipers posted every mile...but I am not not saying that we should deport all illegals and erect a 15 foot electrified fence, dig a 3 mile moat inhabited by crocodiles and have snipers posted every mile...I'm just saying.

Celebrating a Nation of Losers

I have respect for teachers that will fail a student who deserves to fail. It takes guts to fail a student. I always felt like my good grade meant more from a teacher who I knew was willing to give a failing grade when deserved. But those teachers are few and far between. We give trophies to 25th place, Bs to students who do nothing more than show up to class, and diplomas to seniors who can't add or read. Failure isn't an option for most people under the age of 30. We have grown up in a society that has protected us from the almightly F and now we don't know how to deal with a failing grade in life.

With that said, it has always really annoyed me when teachers curve the grading scale. (Can I get an amen from Matt Longbrake?) There are cases when tests are severely unfair, material that was not covered appears, questions that require a biased answer to get them correct, ridiculously minute details; I am not talking about those. I am talking about tests with fair questions from covered materials that require thoughtful answers.

In any American college classroom there are students with a range of abilities and motivations. There are always the students who study, read, take notes, and listened in class to prepare for a test. They do their work and more because they enjoy learning or want a good grade or just have to be perfect, their motivation doesn't really matter. Then you have the average students who show up to class sometimes or even the majority of the time, read what is required, do the work, but don't put in that extra effort, and take the same test. They all show up and the test is hard, but everything on it is things that should have been learned.

When tests are returned the groans are audible from the majority of the class as they see their Bs and Cs and *gasp* maybe lower. Then the grumbling and protests begin, well if everyone did so poorly the test must have been skewed. The begging and pleading starts from students. Pleas for a retest or to go back over their test with thier notes, or a curve of the test results. And if the teacher is not sympathetic to their please, they try to organize an email assault on the professor, or flooding his office during prep hours, or threatening to go to the department head with their complaints of unfairness. With every excuse in the world, they try to get the test thrown out or the scale changed. And in most cases, with enough badgering, a teacher will cave because it is just easier and they don't want the stigma of being an unfair professor. So what is the result? Those students who worked hard, took their studying seriously are rewarded with getting about the same grade as the students who did the bare minimum. To me, the injustice here is not a hard test but the rewarding of just average.

This senario is replayed in thousands of classrooms all over the country. It amazes me that if the kids who spent all that time begging for a grade change would spend that same time on their studies, they could have avoided the whole issue. I see a direct link between this sense of entitlement toward good grades and the bailout of every industry who has made poor decisions. They want bailed out of their mortgage they never should have gotten, and unemployment when they quit their jobs, and full benefits for working a part-time. And just as they did with their teachers, they organize protests against the unfair system, they elect someone who is sympathetic to their please and then ask for him to change the rules. And just like in the classroom, our government has given into their pleas. I truely believe these people don't know how to fail. From the time they were children, someone else has always fixed their mistakes, changed their grade, and rewarded their mediocrity. Their parents or teachers didn't want them to have to feel the pain of failure and now we are all paying for it.

And the rest of us feel like those kids who did their work in class. We play by the rules, pay our taxes, live within our means, and work hard for our money. Our payment? We are rewarded with higher taxes, devalued property, and the general burden of taking care of all the losers. This system that Barack Obama is proposing, the general bailout of society, rewards stupid decisions and people who cheat the system. Obama is like the teacher that changes the grading scale or curves the test results to favor those who didn't do the work. I know I am not the only who feels like she got cheated out of my good grade. Only in this case, it isn't just a grade on a report card. We are being cheated out of our money, our trust, and our freedom.