Go take the bus

Paul Krugman of the N.Y. Times wrote an article complaining of the anger of rich people concerning higher taxes. He said "a belligerent sense of entitlement has taken hold: it's their money, and they have a right to keep it". Then quoted "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society" from Oliver Wendell Holmes. That may have been true at one time. What Paul fails to acknowledge is that fraud and waste is so prevalent in government that it is neither condemned nor addressed. Medicare has nearly a 20% fraud rate, with no real attempt to fix it. The I.R.S. budget is increasing exponentially yet they admit they are not collecting anywhere near the revenue they should be. Politicians waste money on pet projects like the bridge to nowhere, the sidewalk to nowhere, and funding banks that should have failed, but didn't because their relatives were heavily invested in them. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Paul doesn't. Once the full effects of Obamacare kick in we will join Europe with having some of the highest taxes and lowest G.D.P.'s. You know if you let junior borrow your car and every time he returns it's been in an accident eventually you will tell him take the bus. When politicians treat our money like it was their own, maybe they can borrow it again.

Sometimes you feel like a nut

There is the age old philosophic question of why dogs lick their genitals, and ancient wisdom concludes "because they can". Not a very scientific answer, but at least for men it makes sense. So I was surprised that a study of Cape ground squirrels in Namibia sought to explain why the dominant males orally and manually masturbate themselves. Some theories suggested they couldn't find a willing female, or they wanted to clear out old sperm before mating, but these didn't make sense as most squirrels masturbated after they mated. In a stroke of brilliance the researcher Jane Waterman concluded it was to clean their genitals after mating so they wouldn't get a sexually transmitted disease. I honestly didn't realize it was such a problem among our furry friends. More importantly how would they know that cleaning would reduce the risk? The simplest answer may be best. "Because they can".

http://www.livescience.com/animals/etc/100929-squirrels-masturbate-the-name-std-protection.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Livesciencecom+%28LiveScience.com+Science+Headline+Feed%29

Book em Danno

You may remember the famous incident that occurred when someone threw a shoe at President Bush. It was viewed more times than "Everybody loves Raymond" reruns, and even made into a video game. What you may not know is that recently someone threw a book at President Obama. Some have concluded he violated the constitution with his healthcare mandate, violated bankruptcy law by his auto bailout, and violated the freedom of religion provision when he endorsed an Islamic cartoon series. Consequently someone judged him worthy of having the book thrown at him, a reference to receiving the maximum sentence allowed. They forgot with Eric Holder as attorney general the only one who will be prosecuted is a fat naked man who streaked by the president, and was arrested. No wonder the symbol of justice is blindfolded.

*Update: The man arrested was offered 1 million dollars to streak naked near the president.
The book was thrown by it's author hoping the president would read it. He was not arrested.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/obama-book-thrown-philadelphia-naked-man-arrested/

Stupor heroes

Pretty soon your children will be watching Islamic cartoon heroes thanks to promotion by Barack Obama. One character is covered with a black burqa and veiled so only their eyes are visible. Sort of a female lone ranger who fights against cooks who serve non halal meat in school lunches. Super hero Jabbar is the equivalent of the hulk. His strength enables him to beat thousands of Mosque protesters while the Mayor and President cheer him on. Mumita is fast like the cartoon character the "Flash", and describes how quickly our youth will be indoctrinated by this religious propaganda. Next Halloween your kids may be trick or treating in a burqa, but don't think I'll be giving them anything. I'm not taking a chance on getting beheaded just because lard is an ingredient in the candy.

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/10/finally-obama-approved-sharia-compliant.html#links

The party's over

A study conducted in England found that once men reach 52 years old their sense of humor decreases, they become grumpy, and hardly laugh. Considering their prostate enlarges and they can't pee, their testosterone decreases and they can't have sex, and poor digestion turns them into a perpetual fart machine I can certainly understand why. Women also suffer a decline in humor as they get older, but that's due to the fact they have disgusting husbands.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8048844/Brits-sense-of-humour-fails-at-the-age-of-52-study-finds.html

Political circus

Recently the naked cowboy, a guitar playing fixture in Times Square announced he is running for president in 2012. I really am not surprised as we have already had actors, weight lifters, wrestlers, and pop singers as politicians. One thing we have never had is a professional clown elected to congress like Francisco Silva of Brazil. Our congressional clowns are not professional by any stretch of the imagination, and they are not funny either. As we buy our tickets to the political circus I am reminded of P.T. Barnum who said "there is a sucker born every minute". He must have been referring to taxpayers.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/04/ap/strange/main6925513.shtml

The clothes make the man

Appearance is everything, and now you can make a big impression on the ladies with these new skivvies. For men whose rear end sags like a ruptured silicone breast implant they offer the "bum lift". No it's not an elevator for hobos, it's seamless underwear that elevates your derriere by 20%. Women just go wild for bubble butt don't they? For those of us who may be lacking in another area they have the "frontal enhancement" model. Apparently that "good things come in small packages" cliche is just a marketing slogan by the diamond cartels. You can't blame them when we do the same thing by promoting our puny, defective bodies as athletic. Don't you hate it when something doesn't work as advertised?