Well, my cousin didn’t come through with any funnies this week, so I will end the week with the request that you click the logo above, and buy a red shirt to wear on Fridays. I have my “Rolling Thunder” on, and feel rather sporty…

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I will be spending today working on my family website, Yes, Cartter With two T’s. I highly recommend you looking over my blogroll, as there are several worthy additions, and be sure to tell them I sent you. You may also notice that I have removed my rating system, be aware that if one of the blogs you click on offends you, then you should close it; you will be returned to my blog. I am not responsible for the content of other’s blogs, no matter how much I agree with them.

Most notable additions, in the past few days:
TJ’s Anti-Contrarian Blog
Old Soldier
Some Things Just Need To Be Said
Dad of the Doodsters
Think Passion
Right Turn - Your Turn

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Found this at The Anti-Contrarian after being pointed there by GuyK.

No, it couldn’t possibly be A NATURALLY OCCURRING WEATHER CYCLE - it must be GLOBAL WARMING!!!!

“According to the NCDC, the average temperature in January “was -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average.

China is surviving its most brutal winter in a century. Temperatures in the normally balmy south were so low for so long that some middle-sized cities went days and even weeks without electricity because once power lines had toppled it was too cold or too icy to repair them.

In just the first two weeks of February, Toronto received 70 cm of snow, smashing the record of 66.6 cm for the entire month set back in the pre-SUV, pre-Kyoto, pre-carbon footprint days of 1950. (i love that part about ‘pre-suv, pre-kyoto, pre-carbon footprint’. heh heh heh)

And remember the Arctic Sea ice? The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its “lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts … the Arctic winter has been so severe the ice has not only recovered, it is actually 10 to 20 cm thicker in many places than at this time last year.

I agree, one cold winter does not mean we are headed into an ice age. But several warmer-than-normal summers does not mean we are having an affect on the global climate, either. I remember winters so cold it would hurt to breathe, and winters so mild you could play outside in shirtsleeves. I also remember summers that the snow wouldn’t melt on the high peaks until June, and snow would reappear in September; other summers where the snow wouldn’t appear at all for an entire CYCLE.

Last month, Oleg Sorokhtin, a fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, shrugged off manmade climate change as “a drop in the bucket.” Showing that solar activity has entered an inactive phase, Prof. Sorokhtin advised people to “stock up on fur coats.”

I’ve still got my parka. People here in Phoenix laugh when they see it hanging in my front hall closet. I just smile, and repeat the Boy Scout motto to them.

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I really didn’t know what to post about today, but thankfully I ran across a warning, provided by a fellow conservative, Ozark Guru, over on the American Conservative Forum. (are you a member yet?)

Here’s the warning:

A “heads up” for those men who may be regular Home Depot customers. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don’t be naive enough to think it couldn’t happen to you or your friends. Here’s how the scam works:

So tell your friends to be careful.
P.S. Walmart has wallets on sale for $ 1.99

No no, don’t thank me - this is a public service announcement.

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Oh, my aching head. (link may require a bit of information from you. tell them you are male, born in 1932, and live in 86001. that should throw them off…)

At 2000 hours, on March 28th, 2008, we are told that the city of Phoenix and all Valley residents “who care to join in” will turn off their lights for one hour.

Give me a freakin’ break. The “organizers” are saying this is mostly a “symbolic gesture” meant to show that “each person” can “contribute” to “reducing” their “carbon-dioxide” “emissions”.

So will not breathing for an hour. And, if you buy into this whole “man has caused the earth to become overheated” claptrap, perhaps you, too, should join in the “not breathing” crowd. That way, the seeohtwo emissions will be GREATLY reduced, and the rest of us can continue to live on this earth without being bombarded by the media panic-du-jour. (early 1970’s - global cooling and the ice age; mid 1970’s - population boom and an overpowering of earth’s resources, which lead to 1970’s - “energy crisis” - etc., etc., ad nauseum …)

Look, I’m not saying you shouldn’t do your part to reduce your energy consumption, but for crying out loud, let’s have some common sense here. Turn off your lights when there is sufficient outdoor light to illuminate your area. Turn off lights that aren’t being used (you know, like in the room you just left). Unplug electrical zombies that aren’t being used - like the microwave, the stereo, the TV, your cell phone wall charger, your electric rechargeable razor after it’s charged - they suck power even when you aren’t actively “using” them, and that would certainly reduce energy consumption.

(nuh uh, cary - my tv doesn’t use any power when it’s “off” - that’s why it’s called “off”!)

(really? how does it know when the remote tells it to turn on? it’s called a “wait state”, when it’s just sitting there, “waiting” for a signal from the remote)

*sigh*

So, Cary - (you ask, hoping i don’t drop back into snark mode) how do you save energy?

I’ve outlined several ways above. Mostly, I try to avoid using electricity where and when possible. But, there are times when I have to use it - like on the computer, or when I’m working in the shop, or when the sun goes down. Other than that, I try to keep my use to a minimum. I do leave my DISH receiver plugged in all the time, though - otherwise the schedule doesn’t get updated, and I can’t find my favorite races…

I think the number one thing that we, as a people, can do to reduce energy consumption (notice I didn’t say anything about impacting the globe here…) is to unplug the “convenience” appliances - the chargers - that come with the mobile technology that is our life now. Just doing that will make a bigger impact than turning your lights off and sitting in the dark for an hour.

clarification: leaving your phone plugged into the charger after it is fully charged is when the electricity is vampired. any electronic item that can be controlled by a remote control device sits in a “wait” state; that is, it uses electricity while scanning for the signal that tells it to turn on. while I have some cfl bulbs in use, i have been reading nasty things about these bulbs - it can take up to ten minutes to reach the brightness of the incandescent it replaced, they contain amounts of mercury so if they break you have a hazmat situation on your hands (according to federal regs, anyway - i remember playing with mercury in science class), also when they break they can send shards farther than an incandescent will, simply because instead of the vacuum in the incandescent the cfl bulbs are pressurized. just thought i’d clear a few things up. thanks for listening.

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UPDATE: Both races will run today, 2/25. starting at 1100 MST. Still, no mention anywhere of which network might be carrying the races… I think NASCAR and their broadcast partners need to work on this aspect of the show.

I have Dish Network. The only reason I am paying for this premium service is to be able to watch all of the NASCAR races - the Cup series, the National series, and the Truck series.

Normally, I have no problem at all, no matter when the races are scheduled. I have timers set up to catch the races on FOX, ABC, SPEED, ESPN, ESPN2, the Alternates, and wherever else NASCAR tries to hide them. The timers I have set up start 3 minutes before posted race time, and run an hour (the maximum allowable) past the scheduled end of the race. Like I said, normally it’s not a problem.

Tonight I am a little perturbed. Through no fault of NASCAR, I will most likely miss the Cup race, and will be highly likely to miss the National race. The National race was postponed from Saturday due to the rains southern California is getting right now. The original plan was to run the National race an hour after the Cup race completed. That’s not going to happen now, because the Cup race was first rain delayed, and then after it got started a crash involving Casey Mears, Dale Jr, Sam Hornish, and one or two others caused the race to be stopped (red-flagged) when Mears’ car ended up on it’s side with Hornish’s car tucked under it and on fire. After and hour and ten minutes or so, the race resumed, and about forty laps later the rain stopped the race again.
I just checked NASCAR.com and they are saying the race will run tonight, with a restart at 0100 EST. That’s about 11:00 here, but they failed to mention which channel the race will be run on. There is still no mention. I did find out that the National race will be run on Monday, but again, no mention of the channel.

DISH DVR does not do schedule updates often enough to catch the timers and the new times - so I can either stay up until I find it, and manually record the Cup race, or read about it in the paper tomorrow. Or not, since it’s not basketball and there is no way the Arizona Birdcage Liner will hold the delivery for an auto race.

*sigh*

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My cousin, the one who sent me last Friday’s funny, sent me this one this week:

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What? Too many shakes?

UPS - 1, FedEx - 0

Just one - that’s all I ask - just let me touch one of them…

Hmmm, let’s try spelling first, and then move on to more complicated subjects…

I think it was the FedEx driver:

This wouldn’t happen to be by the school that teaches Arithetic, would it?

Sometimes, a name change would be a good idea…

Hey, take me to the cleaners!

Don’t rush me - this is a very important decision…

Turns out I can’t there from here, anyway.

Little known fact: CMT’s new series, My Redneck Wedding, was inspired by this sign:

Oh, the Joys! Oh, the Blessings! Oh, the College Tuition!

Uhm, logic check, lane one …

Actually, kind of a relief, wouldn’t you say?

Take two languages, both with idiosyncrasies, idioms, and a tricky sentence structure, and mix goodly:

The cow jumped over the what?

Hay, Martha! Feed ‘em some burritos, and let’s go!

I think I know what happened to Mr. FedEx here…

Oh, the shame of not knowing how to react…

I - I - I just don’t know what to say here…

Grass? What grass? Oh, I get it - it’s one of those preachy, “artsy-fartsy” anti-drug messages, man…

Now, I don’t feel so bad for failing physics…

Now hiring for what? Short term employment?

Don’t drink and make road signs, you mean…

It must have been the FedEx driver!

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Have a safe weekend, and come back soon!

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My good friend Gawfer and I were chatting on Yahoomessenger (and I will get my sound fixed, so I can enjoy the audibles, Gawf…) when he pointed me to this entry by Cap’n Ed.

Have you gone and read it yet?

If you haven’t, the following will make no sense, since I will be referring to it occasionally.

The point being made, and in a limited framework, is valid. Obama is a socialist-taught, -thinking, and -acting person. While the candidate Clinton(s) are trying desperately to make it appear that she has the all-around appeal for everyone AND the experience needed to be President (although Article 2 clearly does not layout any ‘requirements’ for ‘experience’ for the office of ‘President’), the Obamanation is clamoring to follow the Promising One to a land of Change - although he has never really stated what, exactly, he plans on changing.

His wife, Michelle, seems to have let slip that little secret - he’s planning on changing how we, as a nation, will operate. Under his command, of course. Because he knows best.

It really amazes me that all the proponents of socialism never take into consideration that there is not one nation under socialist rule that has successfully remained under socialist rule it’s entire existence.

If you read down into the comments, the liberals and leftists take the topic way the heck off into strawman land, but the comment from “Michael_Smith”, about the third one into the discussion, makes a very valid and sobering point: (my comments are in parentheses) (<--like these-->)

“Remember that the complete name of the Nazi party was the “National Socialist Worker’s Party of Germany”. Here is a portion of the Nazi party platform:

“We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunity for employment and earning a living.” (this used to be called government interference with the free market, but I’m just a dumb ol’ cowboy, and what could I possible know?)

“The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and be for the good of all. Therefore, we demand: … an end to the power of the financial interests.” (can you say ‘political correctness carried to its logical conclusion?’ i knew you could…)

“We demand profit sharing in big business.” (i think Billary has proposed this too..)

“We demand a broad extension of care for the aged.” (*cough*socialized medicine*cough*)

“In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education ….“ (”And when everyone is super, then no one will be” - Syndrome)

“We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents.” (and this will be paid for by … ?)

“The government must undertake the improvement of public health—by protecting mother and child, by prohibiting child labor…. by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth.” (whatever happened to personal responsibility and self-accountability?)

“[We] combat the… materialistic spirit within and without us, and are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of The Common Good Before the Individual Good.” (sounds religious, without any mention of God, since man is the highest power in this scenario)

Modern liberalism advocates all of this.

I think he said it just about as well as anything I’ve read lately.

Oh, I’m sorry - for the lefties reading this, a point was made - Modern Liberalism = Socialism.

Socialism is a failed economic theoretical model. (For my lurking economist reader, please bring proof that it works before you go spouting that I don’t know what I’m talking about on this subject. “Proof” would mean actual concrete evidence that a country can support a socialistic economy (what’s mine is everyone’s and what’s everyone’s is mine) for more than, let’s say, ten years. By that time, the people who have a work ethic are working harder than ever and getting less and less in return, because the people who DON’T have a work ethic have figured out that the government is going to take care of them whether they work or not.)

Less workers = less stuff produced = less stuff to share. (hey, libs - that’s another lesson. write that one down, it’ll be on the quiz later.)

All that to say this: The two-party system has screwed us, people. We have the unenviable position of choosing for President a liberal, socialist, career politician. None of these traits is admirable, in the context of a representative republic, and the second one could be the straw.

(think about it, libbies. you’ll get it sooner or later.)

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TMBWitW had some vacation days she used on Thursday and Friday - and she had yesterday off, so I wasn’t very active on the ‘net. Deal with it. No offense, but I would rather spend time with her than ya’ll. We even went to the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park on Sunday with our friends.

I’m attempting to offload some stuff that seems to be gathering dust around here. Craigslist seems to be the best bet for me, since PayPal and eBay can’t seem to find my bank in order to verify my account. (for the record, I still bank with a rather unknown, hard-to-find place called “Bank of America”)

What am I offering, you ask?

A piano (George Steck, upright or console, depending on how pianophile-ish you are):


An electric cement mixer:

An electric lawn mower:


A Grumpy shirt, with the namepatch mis-applied:

If you are interested, drop me a comment or e-mail (top of left column is the contact info). Otherwise, I’m going to have to fight with PayPal about whether or not Bank of America is a real bank.

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I am looking very stylin’ in my “Patriot” shirt today.

With a few errands to run while TMBWitW is enjoying her vacation time, I came home to this e-mail from my cousin:

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“I ran over my brother because the voices told me to.”

Pick the month you were born:

January——-I kicked
February——I loved
March———I karate chopped
April———I licked
May———–I jumped on
June———-I smelled
July———-I did the Macarena with
August——–I had lunch with
September—–I danced with
October——-I sang to
November——I yelled at
December——I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
01——-a birdbath
02——-a monster
03——-a phone
04——-a fork
05——-a snowman
06——-a gangster
07——-my mobile phone
08——-my dog
09——-my best friends’ boyfriend
10——-my neighbor
11——-my science teacher
12——-a banana
13——-a fireman
14——-a stuffed animal
15——-a goat
16——-a pickle
17——-your mom
18——-a spoon
19——-a smurf
20——-a baseball bat
21——-a ninja
22——-Chuck Norris
23——-a noodle
24——-a squirrel
25——-a football player
26——-my sister
27——-my brother
28——-an iPod
29——-a surfer
30——-a llama
31——-A homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:

White———because I’m cool like that
Black———because that’s how I roll.
Pink———-because I’m NOT crazy.
Red———–because the voices told me to.
Blue———-because I’m sexy and I do what I want
Green———because I think I need some serious help.
Purple——–because I’m AWESOME!
Gray———-because Big Bird said to and he’s my leader.
Yellow——–because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange——–because my family thinks I’m stupid anyway.
Brown———because I can.
Other———because I’m a Ninja!
None———-because I can’t control myself!

Now type out the sentence you ended up with. Leave it here in a comment for me, and/or send it on to everyone you wish to annoy.

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