Zarqawi Dead; A Great Day for Humanity

Great news today as Zarqawi is dead. Burn, baby burn.

Now this is the way to work the immigration problem

One at a time, methodically. You don't have to get them all, just enough to get the word out that we are serious about our laws. Come here and work, rebuild your life. Just be legal. When a city councilman is a neighbor and he doesn't know about all the illegals in his own backyard, it shows just how much work there is to do. See this story in today's Cincinnati Enquirer.

In case you weren't paying attention

In case you haven't been watching what's going on in the middle east, perhaps you should. Iran is proposing a new law to force Christians and Jews to dress conspicuously in public, so they could be identified on sight. One official in Isreal has already said that those who would make Jews wear the star would find themselves in a coffin.

Who's running the CIA anyway?

From the looks of things, it wasn't the Director, Porter Goss. One analyst fired for leaking to the press, and suddenly he's gone. I guess the bureaucrats are still running things at CIA, bureaucrats that don't like Bush. Let's hope Hayden will clean house, but getting rid of entrenched bureaucracy is the hardest thing in government to do.

One of the best American sports stories ever

It happened thirty years ago this week.
It wasn't about who won the game.
It was about respect.
See the details here.

Is Cincinnati going to blow up again?

Five years after the riots from the Timothy thomas shooting, now another shooting. This one right outside city council, of a well known local black activist calling himself Kabaka. Thank God it wasn't the police who shot him, or the hell would have broken loose already. Look for the same people who did the boycott of Cincinnati to find some reason to blame the police. Downtown Cincinnati is becoming nearly as dangerous as Bagdhad.

Nuke Iran?

We might have to. I have been saying for months that we will be shooting in Iran soon, because Isreal won't allow Iran to go forward and we will be stuck in the middle. If we tactically nuke weapons facilities, we may set them back and minimize civilian deaths. But it's going to get ugly, and gas is going to be a whole lot more expensive. If you don't yet own some gold, now is a good time to get some.

Check this out

Check out this gem, it's a beaut.
Too bad DeLay threw in the towel, that will only embolden the Ronnie Earles of the world, who is the one who really should be indicted for prosecutorial misconduct.

Cha-ching

Way to go Bruins!
By the way, if you get an invitationto a zombie party, I would respectfully decline.

Today's the day

Back from Florida, tanned and rested, today will be the day I find out if I money in the basketball pool. Go Bruins!
Say, how about the protests right here in America, by illegals demanding their "rights" and waving flags from other countries? I say go back from whenceforth ye came and protest there. If you are here you should be here legally. Of course, we will always have illegals as long as we have people willing to pay them under the table.

Florida - virtual post card

Here on my laptop in Destin, Florida. Catching some rays at the pool and the beach, ev en though it's not really hot enough yet to do a lot of swimming. The kids insure that every day I spend more than I planned on, but what else did I expect?

bracket crap

As usual, my brackets are crap. At least UCLA is still in it, I've got them in the pool. Spring Break is a couple of days away, and I'm looking forward to some sun. So I hope the weather cooperates.

March madness

Can't go without mentioning the NCAA tourney, the annual reason to take vacation days in the middle of March. I'm rooting for all underdogs, and also UCLA, my team in the pool. Just watched the Pacific - Boston College game, a great game that went to double-overime. It's no wonder this tournament is so popular.

Lack of blogging

My blogs have dropped off the radar recently, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I have been pretty busy with my tax "consulting". Secondly, football season is over, and the mid-term elections are still far-off. Plus, my traffic is so slow, I really only need to update once in a while anyway.
It looks like the port deal is dead, which to me was a lot of blather about nothing. If we were really worried about port security we would be checking more than 4-6% of the incoming containers, and wouldn't have let the Chinese run the port at Long Beach. At least the sudden interest in the security of our ports may help to focus our efforts on better protecting our ports from attack. The real problem is the economic vulnerability, and the terrorists are smart enough to figure that out.
I will soon take my first-ever actual spring break trip, taking the kids to Destin, Florida the last week of this month. Even though its only going to be a four day stay, the hope is to recharge the batteries and get out in the sun a little bit after the long winter, which sounds really good after three days of rain.

Winter Olympics

Am I the only one who doesn't get particularly excited over the winter olympics? Hours of figure skating, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, and curling just doesn't do it for me. I kind of like the speed skating and hockey, but I'd just as soon watch 24 and catch the highlights on sportscenter. Ok, I know they have more athleticism in their pinky fingers than I have in my entire body, but when it comes to watching sports on TV, give me football or March madness.

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl has arrived, an unofficial national holiday. Think about it, its easier to publically celebrate the playing of a game than it is to publically celebrate Christmas or Easter.
I can't bring myself to root for either team, so I'm going to bet the under and root for that.

Tax Time

Busy with taxes. Mine, yours, whomever.

The new season of "24"

I've been hearing a lot of buzz about the Fox show "24" at work and flipping through the blogs. This show is great entertainment, just like an old western, where all the bad guys ultimately get what they got coming to them. Last season was the first I watched, since I don't make it a habit to watch a lot of new TV. For the most part, I find new shows lame and not fit for family viewing, especially the so-called comedies. And while this show also has stuff I wouldn't recommend to kids, there's something deliciously politically incorrect about skirting all the rules to get the terrorists. Anyone who has ever worked for the government knows about all the rules and restraints placed on you from all the layers or bureauacracy.

Man, Do I Stink

I am the worst in terms of picking playoff winners. I was sure Indy would win easily, but I guess I should've known better by how well the Steelers handled my Bengals last week. Its a really good thing I don't actually bet the games, because I woulda went broke. Maybe the Bears will do something and kick a lot of field goals. Fantasy football players have a sickness, I'm convinced.

Alito through the worst of it

Supreme Court Justice nominee Samuel Alito has finished his interrogation by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and will be confirmed soon. The Senate Democrats did not disappoint, with yet another disgusting display of partisanship. The thought of the idiot Durbin and the drunken Kennedy sitting in judgment of someone like Alito is frankly nauseating. It's no matter, because of the fact that the Dems keep sending guys like this to Congress, which is the reason they've become and will continue to be the minority party.