Been out of touch again

Haven't posted much for past few days. Some things have come up that have made me lose focus on blogging. Nothing critical and will be back real soon with stupid stuff to say. In the mean time I'll stay on top of what's happening with two of my favorite bloggers, Media Lies and Florida Cracker.

I also want to point out a remarkable post by The Florida Masochist. He tells of the loss of his baby boy three years ago. I swear it will break your heart with the love and pain he and his wife still feel for their son, Daniel.

The Challenger Heroes

It was January 28, 1986.

I was home and in bed with some sickness. Don't remember what.

But I do remember watching the Challenger lift off on television, so very snug and safe in my bed.

God, it was a beautiful blue clear day. Picture postcard perfect. The kind every Florida chamber of commerce puts in its ads to lure more people to Florida. It was also a very cold day.

And everything looked perfect. After problems during the previous days, January 28th was the day. Maybe it wasn't the right time, and maybe safety precautions were not enforced. And just maybe there truly are acts of God.

The count down was completed, not halted as had happened so many times before. The shuttle rose...and it looked gorgeous. I was getting ready to walk outside so I could see it as it cleared the trees on my property. But before I did-73 seconds after liftoff-Challenger blew up and took seven heroes with it.

I had seen so many of these launches that I guess I was a little jaded and I knew booster rockets weren't supposed to take off in the pattern they did.

I still remember the shock and the numbness as I watched.

It was only a little later that I felt the incredible sadness.

Twenty years later, I still remember it all.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D, FL) to vote against Alito

By the way, the 'D' stands for dumbass. I can't wait for the chance to vote against this prick. (Do I sound angry?)

Great News-Michael Schiavo got Married in Florida

Why yes, Michael got married to "his longtime girlfriend Jodi Centonze on Saturday" according to the above article. The ceremony was in Safety Harbor on the west coast. We fellow Floridians are soooo proud.

"Schiavo and his new bride have two young children. They met in a dentist's office about 11 years ago and began a relationship after Terri Schiavo was already in a nursing home."

His "new" wife and the mother of his babies will probably be more careful about her wishes to be killed. Just in case, you know.

Those crazy kids...I hope they are very happy. As I'm sure I made clear in several of my previous Schiavo posts. Like this one. And this one.

It's the Schiavo story...all over again

Michelle Malkin has lots of good stuff about a very sad matter. Haleigh Poutre is a Massachusetts 11-year old girl that was failed by the social service system. The innocent was abused by her adoptive mother and stepfather, nearly killed and was in a coma. Yes, essentially the same as Terri Schiavo.

You know the story, the state wants to kill her, the judicial system wants to kill her, a family member wants to kill her....but little Haleigh wants to live. You just know that eventually she will lose and will be murdered as was Terri. (I originally wrote 'Bastards' here, but that really wasn't appropriate.)

Look, I believe in the right to die. I'm very emphatic about it. But young Haleigh and Terri were not consulted and were not able to express themselves. In both cases there are such strange circumstances that should give everyone pause before saying both should die. This particular situation is so very sad. It would be great, though probably impractical, if Haleigh would awaken with her young mind intact.

Ronald Reagan...

became President 25 years ago today. And the world has been a much better place because of it. He replaced Jimmy Carter who made the world unsafe by emboldening our enemies. And Carter is now the worst ex-President ever. However, I think Clinton will probably overtake him in a couple of years. I was very pleased to vote for Reagan twice, as well as pleased to not vote for Carter twice.

(Gay Patriot has a great post on Reagan.)

Sometimes would-be killers can be lazy

That's what it seems from this post at Florida Cracker. One Florida woman tries to kill another...by putting Visine in the woman's drink. Cracker thinks the 'killer' just rummaged around her handbag. Maybe couldn't get the energy up to go to the drugstore for something more potent. Hey, it's Florida...the rules are different here. And I've been there before. I've wanted to kill a couple of people myself. I just didn't care enough about them to go to any trouble. (Now, isn't this a better story than 3 young Florida nutjobs attacking homeless men?)

Ghost Who Talks

Well, Oz Bin Laden has arisen yet again...in audiotape with very crappy sound.

I may be wrong, but think the bastard's been dead for quite some time. Everytime I hear that the CIA says it's his voice, I become even more sure he's dead. My crackpot theory-one I've heard at least once-is that Oz is dead and the voice belongs to (one of) his sons. Fathers and sons often have very similar voice qualities. So that's what I believe, Ozzie is dead and his son can't show his face.

What, you got a better theory?

Taking a couple days break-see you Saturday...maybe

Quick Thought - Political Disaster

Ingredients for a political disaster:
Start with one shaker of MoveOn.org
Add: One Part Drunken Killer (Kennedy)
Add: One Part Senile KKK Member (Byrd)
Add: One Part Buffoon (Schumer)
Add: One Part Shrill Fishwife (Hillary)
Add: Pussywhipped by N.O.W. and NARAL (All)
Deduct: Testicles (see above)
Equals: Democrat Hi-ball (Cheers!)

(Not so) Quick Thought-Environmentalism as Religion

Face it...the pasty face geeks who stridently tout global warming are just religious extremists.

And it's a wonderful religion: No matter what you say or what you do, you can never be wrong. The perfect religion for people with real self-esteem problems. Global cooling will kill us all unless we do something. No, wait, I mean global warming will kill us all unless we do something. Yeah, that's what I mean. Hmm, it's snowing in November? No matter, global warming causes global cooling. More hurricanes this year-I told you global warming is real. The fact that weather satellites were not around before the 60s, so we don't know all the unreported weather events in any previous decades, much less centuries. And there were only a small number of official weather reporting stations around the world much before the 40s doesn't matter. The fact that there ARE environmental statistics that cover the era since your birth is the only thing that matters. And you just know it's getting warmer. (Never mind about the cold weather scare of the 70s. In fact you're sure that was caused by global warming. Everything is just so neatly tied together.)

And although there are several anomalies you and your high priests can't explain, it doesn't matter. "We'll understand it...all by and by." Of course it's a religion.

Some people think that intelligent design is only believed by nutcases. At least those believers think there is consistency over the millennia that proves their point.

Quick Thought - Iran

How to Compute Risk Potential:
ADD: Third World Country
PLUS: Backward Culture
PLUS: Dark Ages Religion
PLUS: Modern Nuclear Technology
DEDUCT: Reason
EQUALS: High Probability of Global Disaster

To Blog or Not to Blog? Where was I?

I've been wrapped up in some stuff at work and home for past few days and just haven't been blogging. I have been able to keep up with some stuff affecting our nation and Florida, but others have been covering these great. My opinions would be to no effect. And heck, I'm just posting for myself anyway.

But I have to say, Judge Alito is a superstar. He would be anyway even if he wasn't being grilled by a bunch of peabrains. And not all of them are Democrats. And what's up with Teddy Kennedy? I swear he's on autopilot, which isn't hard to do since he hasn't had an original thought since he came up with excuses for killing...I mean, not saving a young woman of his acquaintance. Then again, he has few if any living brain cells that could hold an original thought.

Will be back soon.

The Republican Party and Me

On New Years eve, I received a phone call from the congressional Republican committee. They want me and Mrs. Right to renew our membership. What they meant was they wanted our contribution.

No problem, I informed the caller. We'll be pleased to do so ONCE the national Republicans as a group stop performing their very bad imitation of the Democrats.

This is the second such call I've had. In November I received a similar call, I think from the senatorial committee. Told them the same thing.

Mrs. Right and I will contribute to individual candidates based on what they have accomplished or against whom they are running. But no more general contributions to a group that supports so many RINOs against real conservatives and that has so many in the party that can't or won't cure this non-military spending addiction.

BUT...I will still continue to vote for Republicans against any Democrat. Why? Because of what happened here in Florida during the 2000 election. Vendetta!

"Weird" Florida

According to NewsMax.com, the Associated Press thinks Florida is weird. How does the AP know? Well...

How weird is Florida? So weird that not one, not two, but three different books have been titled "Weird Florida." The first, written by Palm Beach Post reporter Eliot Kleinberg, hit stores in 1998 and detailed years of strange news stories. Charlie Carlson published his "Weird Florida" in 2005 documenting unusual sites around the state. Now Kleinberg is coming out with a "Weird Florida II" in January with more true, offbeat stories.

There are many interesting and, yes, weird stories cited. I can personally attest that there is even more weirdness here. So please keep visiting us to see our freakshow of a state, but don't even think of moving here! We're quite weird enough, thank you.