obama blames jim clapper

was Jim clapper the guy that said:

"you can put a laker uniform on the JV , But that don't make them Kobe Bryant"......nope that was obama, while presumably referring to ISIS.....that was his personal hoop analogy.....cause that's how he rolls.....


but last nite on CBS, Obama blamed Jim Clapper for underestimating ISIS........i geuss the buck doesn't even make it to his level, let alone stop at him.

nice job spoonjiah....i would expect nothing less.

not fit for primetime reporting

you probably wont see this on the evening news.....I heard a lot about obamas speech, but no mention of this little gem that only FOX NEWS seemed to catch or reported.

18 minutes into his speech Obama mentioned ISIS. Then, he went on to talk about “violent extremism” (he never mentioned “Islamic extremism”).  But after talking about terrorism and “taking action against immediate threats,” Obama transitioned to calling out America’s “failure” and “our own racial and ethnic tensions” in “the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri.”

in the sentence right before President Obama’s Ferguson comment in front of 191 other countries, the president said, “In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri . . .”

Morally equating the events of Ferguson to Islamic terrorism and Russia’s annexation of Crimea gives foreign diplomats from Arab countries and Russia the excuse they need to dismiss America’s condemnation of their actions.

For anyone thinking that President Obama didn’t purposefully mean to equate the world’s problems with the events in Ferguson, two sentences later Obama blamed globalization for the public’s outrage in Ferguson:  “And like every country, we continually wrestle with how to reconcile the vast changes wrought by globalization…”

Overstating America’s issues doesn’t make us relatable; it makes others’ issues easily dismissable.    

ghost in the machine

Wow....we had an Eric holder sighting......after months of illegal aliens debate and he being the invisible man....they trot him out for an interview with Katie fuckin couric to "claim" we broke up a terrorist attack overseas.....give me a break.

shocked & dismayed

I was surprised and a little angry to see the Conservative Party marching on Washington DC to protest the airstrikes carried out in Syria yesterday and.... Oh.....wait a second..... That didn't actually happen.

circle of life

I bought a Weber 6 burner gas grill in 2001, a few months after we adopted Gravey..... For the next 13 years I grilled 10 or 11 months out of the year and 99% of the time Gravey stood by my side or laid in the Grass and observed like a safety inspector... On the coldest or rainiest days she would watch from the window.....not because she was afraid of the elements but because Valerie overruled us...I used to show her the food before it went on the grill so she would know what to expect..... Like a waiter showing a customer a $200 bottle of red wine......she'd wag her tail in approval..... She never had to beg because there was "always" something for Gravey.....we used to repackage the meat from Costco into smaller zip lock bags for three (me,val n graves).......last Sunday Sept 7th...before we knew she was sick, I was grilling chicken burgers and she was snoozing in the grass and the main support for the grill surface collapsed..... It scared both of us....I was Able to keep cooking on 2 burners but the rest of the grill was caput......"thats it pal" I told her..."time for a new grill....maybe if we're good Sanity Clause will bring us one at Christmas ".........I am real sorry she won't be around next spring when I Christen a new grill.

rah rah college

as american as apple pie..... a saturday afternoon in septmeber and a full slate of college football....how exdciting.

when are my Navy Squids on ?  oh shucks....8:30 at Texas State,.....that stinks.
oh well, lets see when the Irish are on, they are off to a decent start...home against Purdue ...probably 3:30......nope....8:00 under the lights at ND stadium...that stinks......
guess I'll have to settle for the Rutgers Big Ten opener against Penn State, an interesting game.....wtf 8:00 start....this is ridiculous.
i know Boston College is hosting USC, that should be a colorful game to watch with the New England sunshine.....wait....you guessed it 8:00...

Oklahoma v Tennessee ?  8:30

Army ? ?  certainly Army is not under the lights.......at Stanford.....5:00 eastern.

why do i bother following sports....I used to love getting to the Bar at noon on Saturday......and the Marquee matchups were no later than 4:00.....what a shame......

maybe the world series will go back to day baseball on saturdays so they dont have to compete with ANY other events for ratings.

National Organization of Women and the AOH

which group is a bigger sham ?

the NOW has finally woke up and demanded action.....more than 6 months after Ray Rice knocked his fiance senseless in an Atalantic City elevator the National Organization of Women has called for the immediate resignation of ?  no, not Ray Rice.....but the White Male that runs the league the suspened Rice indefinitely......I will never defend Roger Goodell , but it is an absolute joke that the NOW was silent for 6 months, and now suddenly joins the chorus of outrage and singles out a White Male......next month their going to stick up for Sarah Palin.

and the AOH.....Ancient Order of Hypocrisy........bows down to NBC $$ and Guiness $$$ and allows a Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Group to March with a Banner....BUT says it's too late to permit a Catholic Anti Abortion group to March...........now all the people that Boycotted Last Years Parade because it wasn't all inclusive will have to Boycott this years parade again because the Pro Life Group is not Included.....Ha Ha Ha....that would be priceless.


if you believe in Ghosts.....and I certainly do....we had a visit from Gravey Dog last night....her spirit has come home Thank God.

fare thee well

On September 12th 2001, i stood on my back deck...nervous, anxious, afraid, still in shock...i wasn't sure if i could go on, i didn't think there would ever be reason again to smile, let alone laugh.......i drank my beer in silence, hung my head....my dog Gravey had only been with us 6 months, but she stayed glued to my side and whenever i wanted to cry she licked my face.....i took a lot of days off in the 6 months that followed and we spent a lot of time sitting in the silence of the yard...she mirrored my every move, laid at my feet and listened to me as i talked to myself....she got me through the toughest stretch of my life.and through her silliness helped me to smile, and laugh and have great, Great times again......my wife Valerie  rescued Gravey from a life on the streets, she had cigar burns on her body , had kennel cough and was eating out of a dumpster, Valerie called me from the Pet adoption center at Petsmart and said "she Has great big brown eyes, and she Loves me"...thats all i needed to know......we took her in, she slept in a King sized bed, ate like a Queen and ruled her Yard like a land Barron.....and it breaks, breaks, BREAKS  my heart to say Goodbye to her today! .......like all dogs she provided unconditional love...she was delighted to see me every night i came home...she.never got mad about a text or held a grudge...her biggest crime was stealing the covers on cold nights or hogging the best seat on the couch at Movie time...(occasionally she got aggressive with Messier if mess got to close to one of her 475 rawhide bones scattered around the house) .I spent the day with her yesterday and although she was failing terribly, we managed a walk by the river and i  followed her around the yard and tried to repay the favor from so many years ago...you wont read her obituary in the Times, but she will be missed by her Cat Sister Messier, (predeceased by Fuzzy Cat & Jedmo) Valerie and I and countless family and friends...she had some real special dog sitters over the years..Nanny, Aunt Mary, Uncle Steve O'Dowd, Katie, Breanne, Aunt Carlene Sanchez and cousin Pat Molloy.......she was so very proud of her Dancing Bears leash, her Steal Your Face Collar and all her licenses and rabies shot medals on her collar ...her familiar jingle jangle will be missed in that yard ( i dont think she ever realized that Valerie loaded her down with medallions so she COULDN'T sneak up on Birdies at the bird feeder)..she was a well liked Pooch and she was chock full of personality.....did i say we rescued her ?  yes, well its obvious she rescued US more......Rest In Peace Gravey...we love and miss you and will never forget you...say hi to snoopy for me pal.

fried rice

So what exactly changed with the release of the video of Ray Boom Boom Rice knocking out his fiance in a first round EKO. (Elevator knock out)...... What did the league, the Ravens,the Law and the good citizens of Baltimore think had happened in that elevator.... Prior to seeing what actually happened?....... Did they think the bitch mustuve deserved it ? Or did they simply care more about W's than HO's ?
These are the same people that stood behind a murderer in Ray Lewis.....that thug that Roger  Goodell hugged on the field before his last regular season game......so who really cares if Rice slapped around some baby mama wannabe......... When did everyone develop a moral compass..... When did his coach John Harbaugh decide to stop singing his praises of being a "good man"............. Did nobody lend any credence to the police reports and partial video the suggested he assaulted her......why would he immediately cop a plea and voluntarily enter counseling  if nothing happened in the elevator....... To all the people that are outraged today.... I ask......where the fuck have you been all summer......where was the National Organization of Women?

the Linc

in fairness, the stadium is beautiful....it has all the things I wanted from Giants Stadium.........plenty of Bars and Open space.......a unique architecture instead of a cookie cutter replica........easy access in and out....a subway across the street....$2 and 5 stops to downtown South Street.

but the Music ?

Oy Vey, miserable bangiing of the african drums and rap lyrics in every square inch of the place.....way too loud speakers everywhere...the seats, the bathrooms, on line for a beer.....boom, boom, boom, unga bunga bunga boom.........and at the Navy-Temple game they seriously had a street fair DJ setup on the concourse playing competing war chants and tribal rituals..........and all these trailer park whites walking around bopping their heads to the beat of the medicine man and acting like they are so tolerant and living at peace with the savages.......I hate that Fucking City......Shines will be Shines wherever you go.......but Philly has the lowest class of white folks i have ever encountered.

where should I go to surrender ?

Well now it makes sense that the Ancient Order of Hibernians were quieter than a proverbial church mouse when Guinness beer slapped them in the face on the eve of last year's parade by "publicly" withdrawing sponsorship for the parade in outrage because homosexuals were not allowed to carry banners in the parade....it didn't matter that the parade was honoring a patron Saint and not simply Irish heritage...... Little did we know that in 6 short months the AOH would bow down to NBC and allow their employees to march with flags and banners announcing their sexual preferences......no since boycotting that delicious beer after all......like the merchants that Jesus cast out of the Temple, the AOH cares more about the almighty dollar than they do about the Almighty Savior.

in philly

The armpit of civilization....... Miserable niggs drum jungle music in every square inch if this stadium.

it's coming

as Bob Dylan would say......."don't say i didn't warn ya, when your train gets lost"

last week, very quietly, 11 passenger planes were stolen , or went missing in the Radical Muslim controlled regions of Libya......yep just 2 weeks prior to the Sept 11th anniversary.....the British and Prime Minister Cameron immediately raised their terror level and they said they expect an attack.......and in the U.S. Back Nine Barry said we have NO PLAN for ISIS..

Today the Putterer in Chief is taking a break from the driving range to attend a NATO meeting, where he will probably shake his finger at a camera and warn that everybody else is on the wrong side of history.....hopefully our Allies are ready to take offensive action against ISIS.....if they do it will be out of self preservation and not allegiance to obama ,,,,and why should they....we have basically NO relationship with Britian or France except for days like this when we NEED them.

Lone Wolf attacks are a certainty over the next 10 days.....a full scale coordinated attack is also very likely......stay safe my friends