Month: August 2012

Fox News should probably be careful about this kind of domestic terrorism also.  They are right there on 6th Avenue in what appears to be a very open studio.  Compare their “reporting” of this incident  to the Washington Post account.

Family Research Council might not have been the only intended victim of last week’s Chick-Fil-A shooting.  The alleged  lone gunman, Floyd Lee Corkins Jr., only had a note in his pocket with the address on it.  That address is shared with Traditional Values Coalition.  According to the Washington Post:

Federal authorities have charged Corkins, 28, of Herndon, with assault with intent to kill while armed and interstate transportation of weapons.

A magistrate ordered him held Thursday for psychiatric evaluation and scheduled a detention hearing for this month. His attorney did not respond to interview requests Friday.

Documents filed by prosecutors in the District’s federal court say Corkins walked into the lobby of the Family Research Council, told security guard Leonardo R. Johnson, “I don’t like your politics,” and shot him in the arm during a scuffle. Police said Johnson subdued Corkins.

Court papers say Corkins was armed with a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun and had two magazines of ammunition and an additional 50 rounds in his backpack. Authorities also said he carried 15 sandwiches from Chick-fil-A.

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Seamus has his own website also at www.rememberseamus.com

A board came comes out later this month called Crate Escape.  There will be an app for iphone.

Get your Seamus news here.  

Devo says their efforts aren’t pro-Obama but instead, are pro-animal.

I withhold judgement.  I have known too many dogs who loved to GO and would hope into a kennel on the back of pick up truck.  They were happier than all hell.  It sounds like a roof dog carrier might have just been up a few feet higher.  As long as the crate was secure and the door opened towards the back, Seamus might have been a happy camper–a very happy camper.  Maybe people just haven’t known enough country dogs.

The animal situations that upset me are the ones with dogs in a pickup that aren’t secured.  If you are out on the road, the dog needs to be kenneled.

The Romneys need to do themselves a favor and release a picture of Seamus in his kennel.  That would  set things straight.  Excuse me now…I have grossed myself out.  I had a border collie with a similar problem in the back of a station wagon.  Even though it happened 30 years ago, we are all still scarred for life.  Dog,  ham fat (stupid brother-in-law).  very sick.  trip from Baltimore.  Many stops.

Nothing humbles you like the still-present devastation at Mt. St. Helens.  Giant trees are embedded in the hill sides as though they were match sticks.

Nothing contrasts life and death like Mt. St. Helens.  Despite the devastation, all around you there is life, from the elk herds grazing far below Johnston Ridge Observatory to the wild flowers, newly formed lakes and squirrels that beg for snacks.

Mt. St. Helens is very much a live volcano.  She continues to belch smoke, steam and all sorts of stinky sulfphuric smells from far below the earth.  Will the lady throw another tantrum?  Only time will tell.  Get out of the way if she does!

Speaking of natural disasters, we seem to have avoided hurricanes this summer.  Am I bringing on bad Karma by mentioning it?

Jon Stewart addresses the problem of Biden’s foot in mouth disease and then reminds Republicans that they, too, participate in politics of pesonal destruction.

But do the Republicans really own the moral high road?  Can they not hear the sound of their own vitriol?

This great looking guy is my nephew Zach.  You can see who the other dude is.

I think that maybe a person’s politics are genetic.  Most of my relatives are fairly alike politically.  I can go through 20 relatives and only about 3 or 4 are conservative.  Censored has done a  lot of reading about  the brains of conservatives being different than the brains of liberals.  What else have we found out about how people get their politics?  I would say my parents were moderate to conservative.

Do you share your parents’ political views?  How about your siblings and cousins?

I am probably closer to my parents’ view than my brothers are.

Have you ever wanted to just take a course for the hell of it?  No professional development, no enhancing your resume–just taking a course because you want to study or you want to know more about something?  I sure have.  How about the added bonus of not having to get in your car and go somewhere to do it?  How about being able to work, study and attend class when YOU want to, even if its the middle of the night?  How about that class being taught be top professors at the top ranked universities in the country and a few not in the country?

If the above all sounds appealing to you and you are thinking…”well sign me up, Moon-howler”, then do I have a deal for you!  Check out Coursera.org.  Look at the schools involved.  Wowowow!  Cal Tech, just like the dudes on Numb3rs on TV!  Standford!  Duke!  UVA!  Johns Hopkins!  Princeton!  Impressed yet?  Check out the course offerings from the home page.  There are a lot of courses listed.  Best of all, they are free.

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The Republicans have shot themselves in the foot right out of the gate.  Why has the debate gone to the discussion of Medicare?  Americans love their Medicare.  My own grandmother threatened to “slit my throat” over it  (still not sure why).  1946 is the first year of the baby boomer.  Guess what happened in 2011?  The first babyboomers “came of age”–they became 65 and eligible for Medicare.

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WARNING:  I can not watch on IE but I can on Chrome and Foxfire.  You can listen on IE.  Perhaps its just my system.

The crisis that hit UVA last June is now over.  Rector Dragas has apologized to Sullivan and the Board of Visitors, new board members are in place, and yet there is still that edge…that edge things have when everyone is playing at making nice but noses are still out of joint.

Last June, UVA, Virginia’s Harvard of the South was in crisis because popular  President  Teresa Sullivan got the boot, out of the clear blue.  Rector Dregas was less than honest in her reporting.  She had led the press and President Sullivan to believe the board was unanimous in its decision to can Sullivan when in fact, some of the board of visitors didn’t know anything about it.

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I just finished making my blog rounds this morning.   This BOCS flicking us off is not going to go away.   I still am shocked that the bloggers were accused of bullying and arm twisting by Corey Stewart.  Corey, I remember when you were the king of bullying and arm-twisting and used some of the bloggers to deliver your message(s).  It hasn’t been that long ago.  I have folders full of examples.  Shall I trot those out?  You probably need to rein in your urge to say whatever comes to your mind.

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I finally listened to the missing Rainbow-gate tapes, otherwise known as the Board of County Supervisors Meeting pt. 2.  It reminded me of listening to the radio, back in olden days before we had a TV in every room.  I had to guess who was speaking.

Yes.  The supervisors left the dais and went to dinner with the Service Authority, only to reconvene and mysteriously conduct business in a less than open manner.  I didn’t realize that there was an electronic recording of the rest of the meeting.   That was probably a good thing.

I have some responses to what I heard.  First off, I distinctly heard some members of the BOCS attempting to goad Mr. Candland into calling out another board member.  Gentleman that he is, Mr. Candland refused the bait.  However, I am not a gentleman.  It is a birth defect.

Make no mistake, supervisors!  You know damn good and well why this has all come about.  I also know all of you can read.  The Candland Resolution clearly said that if the board is giving someone money, recuse yourself if you or a family member is on the board of the non-profit getting money.  Stop with the hysterionics.  That’s a pretty common business practice and it doesn’t mean don’t serve.  Bad deflection.

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UPDATE:  See comment #39 about Pete Candland’s staffer.

The dog days are here for sure.  No relief in sight from the heat and the F word has come to town.  (F word = FAIR in Moon-ese)

Manassas is cleaning up after all the big political activity.  Will Prince William  be getting any of the action?  Who pays for all of that?  Will the campaign reimburse the City for the extra police efforts and the work of municipal employees?

Was PWC ever reimbursed for the 3 events in 2008?

The Olympics are over.  Congratulations to Team USA.  What a performance!!!  The Republican VP candidate has been chosen.  Manassas is in clean up mode.  The BOCS is in a holding pattern.  Is there really any news?  You tell us.