Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results?
They're not just stupid, they're crazy, too!!
God, help us!!!
We know how to solve the present economic mess: cut taxes. Think early 1980s. Remember Stagflation?? No one knew how to solve that problem until Ronaldus Maximus came in and cut taxes. That worked and started the longest peace-time expansion of the economy in the history of this country!!
CUT TAXES, you idiots!
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Marcelita’s
A restaurant review:
We had dinner tonight at Marcelita’s, 7774 Darrow Road (Rte 91), Hudson, Ohio.
Quite frankly, I’ve had better Mexican food at Taco Bell. Mexican is so easy to do deliciously that it is quite a shame when it's done badly.
First, we had a short wait for table. No big deal. Then, the waitress took our drink orders: waters with lime and a pitcher of Margaritas, rocks, no salt. They were delivered promptly. There was no lime in the water. The Margaritas were bitter and contained very little alcohol as far as I could tell. I’m a cheap drunk and 2 large glasses full should have had me a little tipsy but that didn’t happen.
We asked for a bit more time to study the menu. We got almost 20 minutes before she checked back. I ordered the Beef Chimichanga. My companion ordered a combo meal with an enchilada, a taco flauta and a wet burrito. He was quite happy with his choice.
I was very disappointed with my dinner. The chimmie was served ‘naked’. I got a flat, fried flour tortilla packet that wasn’t crispy in the least and full of a sweet sauce of onions, green peppers and tomatoes with a few strands of beef throughout. It was just this side of vegetarian!
I also had a small bowl of some sort of red sauce. I believe it was their Rancheria sauce. It was spaghetti sauce in consistency and had no spicing indicative of Mexican flavors.
I also received a small portion of rice with peas in it and some refried beans. The rice was tasteless so I didn’t even bother with the beans. There was no cheese on any part of my meal.
The chips and salsa served when we were seated were good. They were crispy and the salsa, while a bit spicy for my companion, was just right for me. I like a little burn to cut with the Margarita.
The restaurant itself was nice enough. The restrooms were clean. The dining room we were seated in was full and thus quite noisy. I’m not sure what restaurants can do to lower the noise levels but I wish more of them would work harder at it. Having to yell to carry on a conversation does not make for a relaxing dinner experience.
No one ever asked me how I liked my dinner after I had had a chance to actually eat anything. The waitress had asked within a few minutes of serving us but I hadn’t tasted anything yet. I didn’t volunteer my complaints as there really wasn’t anything anyone could do to fix what I found wrong. Nothing else on the menu looked good
I wouldn’t recommend Marcelita’s. If you want good Mexican food and can get to the west side, Nuevo Acapulco, 24409 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, is much better!!
We had dinner tonight at Marcelita’s, 7774 Darrow Road (Rte 91), Hudson, Ohio.
Quite frankly, I’ve had better Mexican food at Taco Bell. Mexican is so easy to do deliciously that it is quite a shame when it's done badly.
First, we had a short wait for table. No big deal. Then, the waitress took our drink orders: waters with lime and a pitcher of Margaritas, rocks, no salt. They were delivered promptly. There was no lime in the water. The Margaritas were bitter and contained very little alcohol as far as I could tell. I’m a cheap drunk and 2 large glasses full should have had me a little tipsy but that didn’t happen.
We asked for a bit more time to study the menu. We got almost 20 minutes before she checked back. I ordered the Beef Chimichanga. My companion ordered a combo meal with an enchilada, a taco flauta and a wet burrito. He was quite happy with his choice.
I was very disappointed with my dinner. The chimmie was served ‘naked’. I got a flat, fried flour tortilla packet that wasn’t crispy in the least and full of a sweet sauce of onions, green peppers and tomatoes with a few strands of beef throughout. It was just this side of vegetarian!
I also had a small bowl of some sort of red sauce. I believe it was their Rancheria sauce. It was spaghetti sauce in consistency and had no spicing indicative of Mexican flavors.
I also received a small portion of rice with peas in it and some refried beans. The rice was tasteless so I didn’t even bother with the beans. There was no cheese on any part of my meal.
The chips and salsa served when we were seated were good. They were crispy and the salsa, while a bit spicy for my companion, was just right for me. I like a little burn to cut with the Margarita.
The restaurant itself was nice enough. The restrooms were clean. The dining room we were seated in was full and thus quite noisy. I’m not sure what restaurants can do to lower the noise levels but I wish more of them would work harder at it. Having to yell to carry on a conversation does not make for a relaxing dinner experience.
No one ever asked me how I liked my dinner after I had had a chance to actually eat anything. The waitress had asked within a few minutes of serving us but I hadn’t tasted anything yet. I didn’t volunteer my complaints as there really wasn’t anything anyone could do to fix what I found wrong. Nothing else on the menu looked good
I wouldn’t recommend Marcelita’s. If you want good Mexican food and can get to the west side, Nuevo Acapulco, 24409 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, is much better!!
Monday, July 06, 2009
Definition of Conservative.
From the mouths of babes:
Definition of Conservatism:
Four principals:
1. Respect for the Constitution
2. Respect for life
3. less government
4. personal responsibility
Jonathan Krohn, author of “Define Conservatism”. He’s 14!!! Imagine that! A child gets it correct!!
I saw a broadcast of his speech to CPAC on TV recently. My TiVo recorded it for some reason. I’m not sure why but I’m glad it did.
More from Jonathan:
“It’s not an ideology of feeling or romanticism. It is an ideology of protecting the people and the people’s rights.”
And that’s why I’m a Conservative. Not a Republican. Too many times, the party sacrifices its principals to political expediency.
Think John McCain.
Maybe in 2012 we can run an actual Conservative as our candidate?
I hope so. We’re going to need someone strong to clean up President Bubonic’s messes.
Definition of Conservatism:
Four principals:
1. Respect for the Constitution
2. Respect for life
3. less government
4. personal responsibility
Jonathan Krohn, author of “Define Conservatism”. He’s 14!!! Imagine that! A child gets it correct!!
I saw a broadcast of his speech to CPAC on TV recently. My TiVo recorded it for some reason. I’m not sure why but I’m glad it did.
More from Jonathan:
“It’s not an ideology of feeling or romanticism. It is an ideology of protecting the people and the people’s rights.”
And that’s why I’m a Conservative. Not a Republican. Too many times, the party sacrifices its principals to political expediency.
Think John McCain.
Maybe in 2012 we can run an actual Conservative as our candidate?
I hope so. We’re going to need someone strong to clean up President Bubonic’s messes.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
"Free Thinkers"
I went to a Free Thinkers Meetup last night hoping for some conversation and maybe an argument or two. Some how I figured I would meet a few people who could think! What I found instead was that I walked into a den of fascist, arrogant, unrepentant lock-step thinking Liberals!!
I got brow beat about global warming for about 2 or so hours by a young man barely out of diapers who kept exclaiming “But, there’s a consensus!” and “But, they have PhDs! Don’t you respect that?”
I could barely get a word in edgewise.
It was not a discussion. I was hammered at by a True Believer who adamantly refused to admit that there’s any proof on the other side.
I finally had to declare that I simply was tired of talking about it just to shut him up.
I don’t think he heard a word I said all night.
The other young man I met, again, barely out of diapers and still living with his parents, was probably the worst fascist I’ve ever met. He thinks that because he shares the planet with other people, they need to kowtow to his opinions of what kind of car they should drive, how much energy they can use and where they can live! And he sees nothing wrong with this. Wonder what he would say if the shoe was on the other foot? If people he disagreed with tried to tell him how to live his life? I wasn’t rude. I didn’t point out what a fascist he was.
At one point, the coordinator of the group came over to challenge me to reconcile being a conservative and not a religionist. Apparently, at least to him, the two are not severable. I pointed out that there’s many ways to the same destination. I don’t know which bothered him the most, that I wouldn’t condemn religious conservatives or that I professed to be a Conservative in the first place. Again, more lock-step Liberalism from supposed “Free Thinkers”.
Oh, and, apparently, being an atheist is required for membership, too!
“Free Thinkers”
Yeah, right.
I got brow beat about global warming for about 2 or so hours by a young man barely out of diapers who kept exclaiming “But, there’s a consensus!” and “But, they have PhDs! Don’t you respect that?”
I could barely get a word in edgewise.
It was not a discussion. I was hammered at by a True Believer who adamantly refused to admit that there’s any proof on the other side.
I finally had to declare that I simply was tired of talking about it just to shut him up.
I don’t think he heard a word I said all night.
The other young man I met, again, barely out of diapers and still living with his parents, was probably the worst fascist I’ve ever met. He thinks that because he shares the planet with other people, they need to kowtow to his opinions of what kind of car they should drive, how much energy they can use and where they can live! And he sees nothing wrong with this. Wonder what he would say if the shoe was on the other foot? If people he disagreed with tried to tell him how to live his life? I wasn’t rude. I didn’t point out what a fascist he was.
At one point, the coordinator of the group came over to challenge me to reconcile being a conservative and not a religionist. Apparently, at least to him, the two are not severable. I pointed out that there’s many ways to the same destination. I don’t know which bothered him the most, that I wouldn’t condemn religious conservatives or that I professed to be a Conservative in the first place. Again, more lock-step Liberalism from supposed “Free Thinkers”.
Oh, and, apparently, being an atheist is required for membership, too!
“Free Thinkers”
Yeah, right.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Enough already!!
Breaking news from Fox News:
Michael Jackson is still dead!!
Sheesh! Nobody protesting anything in Iran at the moment?? Nothing else happened in the past 24 hours?
I feel sorry for Farrah and her family. Talk about getting lost in a media feeding frenzy! No body even remembers her at this point.
And, let me point out the obvious: Farrah was never accused of molesting anyone. True or not, the accusation was still made.
Michael Jackson is still dead!!
Sheesh! Nobody protesting anything in Iran at the moment?? Nothing else happened in the past 24 hours?
I feel sorry for Farrah and her family. Talk about getting lost in a media feeding frenzy! No body even remembers her at this point.
And, let me point out the obvious: Farrah was never accused of molesting anyone. True or not, the accusation was still made.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Mensa
Is everyone at National asleep?
Do they know what time it is, much less the date??
This past Friday, I received a document in the mail from our National organization, post marked 6/10/09. This document contained the rules and regulations for our upcoming Annual Gathering.
Now, the idea that we need a list of rules and regulations related to our national party is maddening enough. However, contained in this missive was information on several events taking place at the AG that had deadlines for participation.
The deadline for signing up for any of the tours being offered at this year’s AG was June 8, 2009.
The deadline for the Mensa Marketplace was June 5, 2009
And all this information was postmarked June 10, 2009. Thanks, National, for making sure that I won’t be cluttering up the tours or offering any of my handicrafts in the Marketplace!!
And then we get lectured on “Mensa Time”!!! How presumptuous!!
These are the same people who cannot get information to the membership on submission deadlines in time for members to actually participate! In addition, we are all adults! We don’t need Mommy nagging us about coming in on time! Most of us realize the value of a person’s time and treat them with according respect. Those who don’t will miss programs and events that start on time. Go ahead! Start everything on time!! I dare you!!
And don’t believe you can do it!!
(I’ve been to many AGs. Running late is an art form at these things!)
Do they know what time it is, much less the date??
This past Friday, I received a document in the mail from our National organization, post marked 6/10/09. This document contained the rules and regulations for our upcoming Annual Gathering.
Now, the idea that we need a list of rules and regulations related to our national party is maddening enough. However, contained in this missive was information on several events taking place at the AG that had deadlines for participation.
The deadline for signing up for any of the tours being offered at this year’s AG was June 8, 2009.
The deadline for the Mensa Marketplace was June 5, 2009
And all this information was postmarked June 10, 2009. Thanks, National, for making sure that I won’t be cluttering up the tours or offering any of my handicrafts in the Marketplace!!
And then we get lectured on “Mensa Time”!!! How presumptuous!!
These are the same people who cannot get information to the membership on submission deadlines in time for members to actually participate! In addition, we are all adults! We don’t need Mommy nagging us about coming in on time! Most of us realize the value of a person’s time and treat them with according respect. Those who don’t will miss programs and events that start on time. Go ahead! Start everything on time!! I dare you!!
And don’t believe you can do it!!
(I’ve been to many AGs. Running late is an art form at these things!)
Muslims are barbarians.
I’m not Christian but I am getting very tired of the old ‘Crazy Christian’ killer on the cop shows.
Whenever there’s a religious nut killing his fellow men, it’s never a Muslim, who we know are a bunch of violent thugs who kill their own family members over the slightest slight to their ‘honor’. No, it’s always a Christian who’s using his religion to justify his killing.
I’ve known a lot of Christians in my life. Some of them were quite devout and some were even a bit fanatical about it but I have never met one who would try to justify murder with their religion.
Muslims, on the other hand, subscribe to a religion that specifically entreats them to kill people. Especially if they are Jewish. Or female.
You need a religious nutjob for your plot twist, why not make it one who is actually likely to be violent?
Probably because the writers and directors and actors like living themselves. I would have to guess from the ample evidence that all these people who pride themselves on ‘speaking truth to power’ or some such silly catch phrase when they’re making a political statement are abject cowards when it comes time to subject religions to the same treatment.
Christians don’t get their panties in a wad, riot in the streets and kill each other when there is a perceived slight to their religion. They’re secure enough and adult enough to take a few insults in good grace.
Muslims, spoiled children that they are, are incapable of even seeing Islam mentioned without having a tizzy fit.
Christians don’t kill their own daughters for having the temerity to speak to a member of the opposite sex who is not a family member. Muslims have that daughter stoned to death. Real civilized.
Muslims are barbarians.
There, I said it and I believe it.
Any group that would kill their own children the way they do qualifies as a bunch of barbarians in my book.
Anyone who thinks peace is possible with these nutjobs is kidding himself.
Only when they love their children more than they hate us will there be peace.
Doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon!
Whenever there’s a religious nut killing his fellow men, it’s never a Muslim, who we know are a bunch of violent thugs who kill their own family members over the slightest slight to their ‘honor’. No, it’s always a Christian who’s using his religion to justify his killing.
I’ve known a lot of Christians in my life. Some of them were quite devout and some were even a bit fanatical about it but I have never met one who would try to justify murder with their religion.
Muslims, on the other hand, subscribe to a religion that specifically entreats them to kill people. Especially if they are Jewish. Or female.
You need a religious nutjob for your plot twist, why not make it one who is actually likely to be violent?
Probably because the writers and directors and actors like living themselves. I would have to guess from the ample evidence that all these people who pride themselves on ‘speaking truth to power’ or some such silly catch phrase when they’re making a political statement are abject cowards when it comes time to subject religions to the same treatment.
Christians don’t get their panties in a wad, riot in the streets and kill each other when there is a perceived slight to their religion. They’re secure enough and adult enough to take a few insults in good grace.
Muslims, spoiled children that they are, are incapable of even seeing Islam mentioned without having a tizzy fit.
Christians don’t kill their own daughters for having the temerity to speak to a member of the opposite sex who is not a family member. Muslims have that daughter stoned to death. Real civilized.
Muslims are barbarians.
There, I said it and I believe it.
Any group that would kill their own children the way they do qualifies as a bunch of barbarians in my book.
Anyone who thinks peace is possible with these nutjobs is kidding himself.
Only when they love their children more than they hate us will there be peace.
Doesn’t seem to be happening any time soon!
The Wisdom Of Rush
"If you go through life seeking to appease your critics, you will cease to be who you are. Which is what the critics wanted in the first place."
Gotta love it!!
Gotta love it!!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
John Madden
A bit out of date but still relevant.
John Madden is retiring
Finally!
His blather has ruined many a football game for me. The second worst part of this year’s Super Bowl was Madden’s endless talking. He goes on and on in that horrible whiney voice. (The worst part was the singing of the National Anthem. See here.)
The only way I could listen to him was to imagine he was dong color for a pron flick. Then it was funny.
“And he’s run around the back side and is pounding it up the middle!”
OOOH, baby!
LOL
I have been afraid that they would partner him with one the ex-quarterbacks. Then no one would know what was going on. Phil and Troy were good quarterbacks in their day but they mostly are the worst part of their respective talking-head teams.
I tell Phil Simms to shut up several times a game. He also has a tendency to go on and on pointlessly. Maybe he’s been styling himself after Madden and will now stop and thus improve. I hope so, anyway.
They've replaced him with Chris Collingsworth, who apparently hates the Colts. He never has a good word to say about anything they do and is definitely a charter member of the "Tom Terrific Team of Saint Brady". I'm sure I'll get sick of that this season.
We will just have to see how it goes!!
John Madden is retiring
Finally!
His blather has ruined many a football game for me. The second worst part of this year’s Super Bowl was Madden’s endless talking. He goes on and on in that horrible whiney voice. (The worst part was the singing of the National Anthem. See here.)
The only way I could listen to him was to imagine he was dong color for a pron flick. Then it was funny.
“And he’s run around the back side and is pounding it up the middle!”
OOOH, baby!
LOL
I have been afraid that they would partner him with one the ex-quarterbacks. Then no one would know what was going on. Phil and Troy were good quarterbacks in their day but they mostly are the worst part of their respective talking-head teams.
I tell Phil Simms to shut up several times a game. He also has a tendency to go on and on pointlessly. Maybe he’s been styling himself after Madden and will now stop and thus improve. I hope so, anyway.
They've replaced him with Chris Collingsworth, who apparently hates the Colts. He never has a good word to say about anything they do and is definitely a charter member of the "Tom Terrific Team of Saint Brady". I'm sure I'll get sick of that this season.
We will just have to see how it goes!!
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