An Interesting Sunday

So... The house next door is a rental with a slum lord style landlord. It's sat empty and rotting for three years now. The slum lord only comes by once a month in the summer to mow the lawn (yes, that's it), but with the drought this year scorching the lawn he hasn't come by much at all.

Yesterday, Dave went to the store and on his way back he noticed the house's front door was open, as well as the door on the side. He called the Sheriff and it turns out that someone had stripped the copper piping from the basement. This neighborhood is heated by fuel oil, and most homes have a 250-500 gallon tank in the basement. Apparently the thieves ruptured the tank, leaving six inches of standing oil.

The sheriffs called the fire department, and three cruisers, a fire truck, a squad and a haz-mat crew were in front of the house for a few hours while they pumped all the fuel out. The opened the basement windows, so every time the wind changes there is now a very strong smell in the air, and the whole place is yellow-taped off like a crime scene.

Interestingly, an officer tried to serve a warrant last week and asked us who lived there. I don't know if it was for the previous occupant or the slum lord.

With all of the dried leaves and scorched lawn, it would have taken little more than a carelessly flicked cigarette butt from the sidewalk to set the place off. That hole is only about seven or eight feet from us, being on the side without the driveway.

I hope to God they make that bastard land lord demolish the whole place. Ugh.

Notice Anything?

Hmm... What's odd about this picture?

Ladies and gentlemen, here we see yet another example of the naked bigotry and true nature of the midstream media, brought to you by CBS and the AP.

Source. 

Meanwhile, we hear NOTHING from Obama's water carriers about why the emperor-in-chief is taking a risky and useless trip to India to the tune of over $200 million per day with thirty-four carriers.


I thought we were in a recession/depression, yet Obama has spent more money, taken more useless trips, taken more vacations and played more golf than any other president.

I guess only We The (little) People are the ones who must sacrifice and suffer.

More Mad Coolness

Remember this little beauty from a previous post?




Here's another goodie for you:



BTW, I have that very same bourbon glass; got it from IKEA. ;)

GO VOTE CONSERVATIVE TODAY!!!

Meanwhile, in my home state of Ohio:



Are you not sick of this disgusting shit?


Yeah. That baby was probably registered and cast an early ballot before it was ever born. Hell, all of it's dead ancestors have probably voted Democrat, too.

Aren't you sick and tired of these proud, important words being taken from us? Aren't you sick and tired of the meaning of the words being slurred by our politicians?



GO VOTE NOW!!!

Thriller, Neighbor Style

Check this suburbanite's display out:



Wait for Vincent's part. :)

And the original. Classic.

Happy Halloween!

Get lots of chocolate and watch a classic scary movie! :)

Our Little Killer

So I wake up this morning and the cat's food bowl is empty... But I made the unforgivable mistake of deciding to eat my breakfast before feeding her.

We have an open top 5.5 gallon Fluval Chi aquarium. It's quite nice to look at and we have/had a couple of small fish in it; a glofish and a bleeding heart tetra. Dave thought the kitten might get into it, but I told him I wasn't worried because once she tried it and got wet I figured that would be the end of it. 

Spot hasn't so much as looked at it since we got her, until today.

After removing her from the dog's food bowl (Yes, my 115 lb Great Dane is backed away from her food by a three and a half pound kitten), I looked up from my potato pancakes to see Spot chewing on something in the floor, right next to the aquarium. I asked Dave what she had, and he looked. 

It was the tetra. She must've gotten onto the table without being noticed and swiped the fish out when it swam toward the top. She'd already eaten half of it, so we figured she may as well finish the job... 

I've got to get another fish before Connor gets back from school, and he's probably gonna be pissed either way. :)

Here's the little killer at four months old: 

MSM Silent On Homegrown Terrorism... Again.

Is it any wonder why there is opposition to the Ground Zero mosque?

A homegrown terrorist originating from Staten Island was just busted, and nary a peep from the midstream media:

The young Staten Islander nailed in Hawaii last week on terrorism-related charges used to be an "all-American kid" more interested in basketball and video games than extremist politics, stunned relatives and friends said yesterday.

snip


"He's mad probably because of what is going on in Palestine," said Musleh of the US-born Shehadeh, whose parents are Palestinian. "Nobody has been helping [the Palestinians] for years."

snip 

He then spent the summer posting rants on his Web site, Civil Jihad, with links to videos by Osama bin Laden and Somali militants.

An Internet search by The Post found that he sent a message to Awlaki, the terrorist cleric who was also in contact with Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Malik Hasan.

"Yaa Imam please come out with a new lecture. The muslims of the west need a push," Shehadeh wrote.

Source

The Extremists Are Coming!

I just love this guy: 

Dare to be Stupid: Why Not?!?

Did'ja see it?!? Extra nerd points to anyone who recognized the Interocitor!

Original. 

">Gag. 

:)

Tax 'em ALL.

Some of you may recall a post I put up a while back about Julie Murphy, a seven-year-old little girl with a lemonade stand which the government tried to shut down because she didn't get a permit. 


Well, it seems our government overlords are at it again. Big brother wants his tax money, and he doesn't care if you're a four-year-old little girl or a six-year-old little boy.

LEWISTON, Idaho (The Blaze/AP) — An Idaho family that operates a roadside pumpkin stand is scared out of its gourd after a state tax collector showed up and tried to squash the business.

The Lewiston Tribune reports the Idaho State Tax Commission has called for the closure of a family’s pumpkin stand in Lewiston, a mill city along the Snake and Clearwater rivers.

Dan and Kami Charais told the newspaper that a Tax Commission employee informed them the stand was in violation of laws and had to shut its doors.

The couple says their 4- and 6-year-old children had been carving out a niche for themselves in the local jack-o-lantern market — to raise money for school sports, they say.

A Tax Commission representative told the newspaper that even goods sold at roadside stands are taxable and that the stand did not have a proper permit.

(Source)

What's next? Permits to have a yard sale? Where does it end? Is there no aspect of our lives that the government won't intrude upon?

Call me Arrogant

Call Me Senator from RightChange on Vimeo.


Hat tip. 

Links du Jour

First, go here and try not to have an aneurysm.

Next, go here and try not to laugh your ass off.



I love iOwntheWorld.

Nero Fiddles

Taking a break from handling the economy and his rigorous golfing schedule, the white house has announced that President Obama will appear on an episode of Mythbusters, set to air in July.

Officials say the president’s appearance, which has already been taped, is part of a White House push to promote math and science education. On Monday, Obama hosts a White House science fair celebrating students who have won science, technology, engineering and math competitions.

“I taped a special guest appearance for their show, although I didn’t get to blow anything up,” the president told an East Room audience Monday.

Source

BO hasn't blown anything up? Everywhere you look he and his administration are destroying the Constitution, the economy, private industry... I could go on!

Kitty Training Going Well...

...I think.

HT to Cube at The Blog. :)