Mattell

Why do they have to tear down an American Icon like Barbie ?

If Mattel wants to make fat dolls, black dolls, curvy dolls, or Asian dolls....be my guest.......but don't call them Barbie.

Barbie is HOT....always has been.....always will be......give the horizontally challenged pieces of plastic their own names.....Ruby, Jasmine, Penelope or Soumallah..... Whatever.

Give Barbie a fat cousin, a drunk sister, a slutty neice or a stripper step daughter if you want to appeal to more demographics..... But leave the icon alone.


You don't hear men crying that it's too difficult to live up to the standards set by Ken do you ?

Nigro cont'd

I'm not saying FDNY commissioner Nigro is guilty of anything, maybe it sb SOP to shovel out the homes of top brass in case they need to respond to an emergency, and we know the NY Post crosses the line from time to time....it was definitely premature to call for his termination before the investigation has even begun.

BUT.......

For Bill Bratton to somehow claim that Nigro be given a free pass because he was at the base of the Towers on 9/11 is embarrassing and condescending to everyone that was there that day and has managed to dust themselves off and follow the rules without using those attcks as a crutch to explain our failures or misdeeds.

I think Bratton was trying to come to the defense of a colleague , and that is understandable....... But he crossed the line with that reference...... And I tend to think Daniel Nigro would agree.

Twitter verse

I was perusing the world of twitter when I stumbled across a very interesting young man......his name is @dennyforrest and this morning he tweeted the following.

MLK's dreams will never be realized as long as african-Americans like cam Newton and POTUS inject race into every discussion and play the race card at the drop of a hat when it suits them.


Good point Denny

Nigro must go ?

Wow....you don't buy the NY Post one day and you can miss important stories that only they chose to report.

It seems FDNY commissioner Daniel Nigro gave an order to have several of ny's bravest drive out to whitestone to clear snow fm in front of his house......hmmm.....a fireable offense ? I think Cuomo fired someone for using city workers clear a tree after Sandy.......was Nigro needed on call somewhere ? Perhaps.......but his wife made some snarky comments to the shovelers about keeping their traps shut....." We don't need the NY Post out here " ........why not ? Unless your biding something........ I will wait for more details tho.....we may not have the full story.


Just asking ?  How does 33 Greeley look ? Did anybody see who shoveled that residence ?  Probably big brother John.....NY's finest loves go lend a helping hand.

Et tu ? You miserable Gindaloons

Reports out of Rome are extremely disconcerting this morning.... In a miserable time of pandering to ones enemies and a refusal to call things what they are... The Italian government has gone one step further off the cliff.

They are boarding up Statues and sculptures in Rome of Naked men and women in an effort to avoid offending Iranian president rouhani , who is visiting to strike deals to help fund terrorism......

Disgraciado.

A belated anniversary

Last Saturday..... January 16th....marked the 10th anniversary of this blog....hard to believe a little doggie in Monmouth county has had so much to say.
I must admit...... I looked back yesterday at the first few years and I concur that I have probably lost my mind.

Somebody's in Denmark besides Phish

First let me apologize to all the Battalion CHIEFS out there for my delay in addressing the seizure of 10 US Navy personal in the Persian gulf last week...... I was preoccupied planning Chaz higgins surprise 51st birthday at Arthur's...... It was a lot of work , but just seeing the look on his face when he opened his present was worth the price of admission.

Seriously though..... I am perplexed.... I spent 4 months in the Persian gulf in 1988....my ship was one of many that were patrolling those waters with our good friends the IRAQIS , ensuring that tankers carrying oil and or cargo were safe from the Iranians..... At that time the standing orders from Mister Reagen through Casper Weinberger and John Lehman ( I served under some pretty impressive leaders) was that never, under any circumstance, was a ship to be boarded or seized by ANYONE..... Let alone our enemies..... It was understood that you would defend that ship with your life..........I can't say if that was a documented order or just a verbal understanding......but for Chrissakes, our motto is DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP.

I am confused as to what exactly happened over there......did we loose power and radio contact at precisely the same time ??.....the odds of that are ridiculous...... So was this an aggressive act by Iran to jam our radar, take down our communications ? That's an act of war.....and should have been answered with force......even if it meant death................if we were in communication with the rest of the fleet, where was the help ?........the gulf is small......we have dozens of ships, carrier groups and bases within minutes of the isle of Farsi..... Where was the help ?
Did this particular boat commander just wuss out under pressure ? He sure was quick to apologize...... And the images of the 10 lounging on Arabian Rugs and stuffing their faces made my skin crawl.......you were a hostage for 12 hours, your not gonna starve to death or dehydrate...... Disgraceful.

So many questions remain.... But seriously.... Under the most transparent presidency in history ( barry Hussein's words, not mine) we still can't get answers on Benghazi all these years later....why would we expect the administration to be forthcoming or the media to pursue the story.

Obama, his press secretary, horse face Kerry and gentleman Joe Biden all rushed to the microphones to praise IRAN and their newfound diplomacy.... Lift sanctions, unfreeze billions....... The only person on the scene missing was the jack of hearts..... And Susan Rice.

The BIG interview

I have never been a fan of Dan Rather..... But his big interview series is as good as any I have every seen......he asks great questions, really gets the subjects to open up and he doesn't interrupt or try to make it about him.......his interviews with Bob Weir and the one with Greg Allman were outstanding....... I thought I knew a lot about both of them. But learnt so much more.

Arrogance continued

So the emperor issued a warning to his own Democratic party.... " I will not campaign for any candidate that does not support my Gun control measures "

First.....let's set aside the obvious arrogance that he probably can't fathom that a democratic candidate may be trying to distance themselves from his administration and not want his endorsement..... Let alone actually stumping for them........and return to the arrogant stance that HE is the only voice on gun control..... There is NO dialogue or debate within his own party...... Forget the fact you could be the greatest tow the line Democratic candidate in History.... A party all-star in every category..... And simply disagree with the President stomping on the Constitution with his Executive orders....your Dead to him as a candidate.

If that's not a dictator....... I don't know what is.............that silence in the background is the uproar from the Democratic party.

Emperor of Arrogance

So his Majesty....king barry Hussein spoonjiah obama has decreed to all the land that HE....as the smartest man in the country..... Has decided to bystep Congress... Wipe his filthy feet on the Constitution and impose an executive order on background checks as a form of gun control......and all his loyal subjects nod their heads and applaud....... Why he even shed a tear for the chitlens in Sandy hook....whatta goy..... Give em de Oscar.....

An interesting precedent though.....I wonder how many from the liberal left will object to this end around to the Constitution ?

Make no mistake..... This is the act of a dictator.

Surely all who are OK with obamas actions won't have a problem if our next President follows his lead and issues executive orders for anything and everything....... Maybe even background checks for abortions.

I wonder how many teachers are using this current event as a learning lesson to their students to demonstrate how fragile democracy is, and how easily it can be undone by a wannabee dictator and an apathetic electorate.

2016 off to a shaky start

Let's start off with Coach Tom Coughlin....good luck finding a replacement Jints......the man is a class act, he served the organization proudly and he is a heck of a Football Coach......in all the tweets and quotes and sound bites that were attributed to his former players after his resignation, there was one predominant underlying theme.......it was gratitude for holding them accountable and for making them better husband's and fathers.....in the 2016 world of win at all costs and zero morals, that says enough for me.....this man will be missed.

As I read the paper and watch the news I wonder......was obamas dad a Sunni or a Shiite......we know he was a piece of shit , but I am thinking he was a Shiite too......funny the U.S. media never talks about this......if moslems are good peaceful people. Why is it offensive to suggest the President is a moslem ? Or to talk about the FACT that his Dad was a moslem ?

I think his blatant support for our enemy Iran ( Shiites) and his hard stance against our ally Saudi Arabia ( Sunnis) is a product of his dog eating days in Indonesia..... I bet the old mullah's who grilled up canines were Shiites......just my opinion.

Classic Trump......he tweeted yesterday that the Jets lost to Buffalo because Woody supports Jeb Bush......." If Woody had been with me he would have made the playoffs at least " stated the Donald.