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Where the Hell's the Doctor?...

I've been super busy setting up our new tire store and SBC hasn't hooked up DSL yet and after a year off from work; I've been too tired and cranky to blog. Throw in a little blogger burn-out and you have no postings from me. I should be back to blogging by the first week of May.

In the meantime, you can be sure of this: The Republicans are cowards and have hung us conservatives out to dry, the Democrats are evil assholes, Michael Jackson likes young boys, we're not killing enough terrorists, we pay too much in taxes, and our border with Mexico is the next front on the war on terror.

See you soon...

Ted Nugent, the Next President...

of the NRA, that is -

With an assault weapon in each hand, rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent urged National Rifle Association members to be "hardcore, radical extremists demanding the right to self defense.
"Speaking at the NRA's annual convention Saturday, Nugent said each NRA member should try to enroll 10 new members over the next year and associate only with other members.

With patriots like Nugent, all assholes better watch out.

Bust 'em All...

According to Rick Sutcliffe -

... who knows just about everyone in baseball, says he’s heard that a couple of “very big names’’ are going to be nailed for steroids in the next few weeks.“I’m all for it,’’ Sutcliffe said. “If somebody did it, I hope they get every one of them.’

Me too, the cheating bastards.

Immigration Reform, Virginia Style...

Even over the spineless maneuverings of their governor, Virginia is leading the way in stemming the illegal immigration tide -

In January, The Washington Post reported, "The General Assembly passed the (driver's license) bill last year after reports surfaced that several of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists illegally obtained Virginia licenses and then used them as proof of identification at airports and flight schools."

In the first three business days after the new law, Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles turned more than 3,000 people away - and those driver's license denials have been steadily growing since the inception of the law.

It's a start; and bills have been passed to deny illegals same-state tuition to state colleges and unis, to limit Medicaid for 'em, and other measures. But then again you've got the pussy-footing Gov. Warner and his multi-culti BS -

In the fall of 2003, I was pleased to establish through executive order a Latino Advisory Board to promote the development of economic, professional, cultural, educational and government links between the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Latino community in Virginia and Latin America. This legislation creates a permanent Latino Advisory Commission, appointed by the governor, to be composed of 21 citizen members, of whom at least 15 must be of Latino descent. "In addition, secretaries of the Commonwealth, Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human Resources, Public Safety and Transportation, or their designees, also will serve on the panel. This bill takes effect Oct. 15, 2005, when the executive order creating the current Latino Advisory Board expires. I am pleased to sign this measure into law."

You know, I'd like to have California do something similar, like a Lesbian Advisory Board in Abstentia (LABIA) (I, of course, would be the only male "member"). 

Andrea Dworkin, Dead...

Another feminist icon bites the big one. She died young, thank God, I don't think polite discourse coulda handled her man-hating shtick much longer-

Here, in blaming and shaming the oppressed, the powerless, the left colludes with the right. There's no reason to look to the left for justice, so people look to the right for order. It's pretty simple. The victory of the right also expresses the rage of white men against women and people of colour who are seen to be eroding the white man's authority. The pain of destroying male rule won't be worse than the pain of living with it.

Dworkin will be remembered for her "all sex is rape" quote which she insists she never said -

She has always been seen as the woman who said that all men are rapists, and that all sex is rape. In fact, she said neither of these things. Here's what she told me in 1997: "If you believe that what people call normal sex is an act of dominance, where a man desires a woman so much that he will use force against her to express his desire, if you believe that's romantic, that's the truth about sexual desire, then if someone denounces force in sex it sounds like they're denouncing sex. If conquest is your mode of understanding sexuality, and the man is supposed to be a predator, and then feminists come along and say, no, sorry, that's using force, that's rape - a lot of male writers have drawn the conclusion that I'm saying all sex is rape." In other words, it's not that all sex involves force, but that all sex which does involve force is rape.

What she really meant to say is "that all good sex is rape". Now that would be a legacy to consider.

Round 'em Up...

I've been sick as a dog the last few days and haven't done !@#$. So here's a few goodies -

Amnesty for illegals? Nope.

Is our universe falling apart? If this pans out, physicists have some 'splaining to do.

Who's the bigger asshole? Vijay or Phil?

Good News on the Mars Front...

NASA's gonna extend the Mars rovers for another 18 months, but then they're gonna do something stupid  like this -

In a cost-cutting move prompted by President Bush's moon-Mars initiative, NASA could summarily put an end to Voyager, the legendary 28-year mission that has sent a spacecraft farther from Earth than any object ever made by humans.

The probable October shutdown of a program that currently costs $4.2 million a year has caused consternation among scientists who have shepherded the twin Voyager probes on flybys of four planets and an epic journey to the frontier of interstellar space.    

C'mon guys, I piss away 4 million bucks on hookers a year and I don't get as much satisfaction as defining the heliopause, Well, maybe I do, but her ass is not as big.

Bleating Dodger Schmoos...

Ah, baseball's here again and I can't wait for my Angels to go all the way this year. And there's nothing more fun than to make fun of the Dodgers -

They not only had no names on the back of their uniforms, but in the clubhouse they had no names above each locker, which presented a problem when one of the Dodgers screamed at me to leave before the first game.

"Who are you?" I asked.

Right away I could tell the no-name player wasn't accustomed to fielding tough questions, because it seemed as if it was too much for him, and so I waited while he gave it some thought.

"Scott," he finally blurted out, and he looked pretty pleased with himself, so I assumed he got the question right.

If so, there's only one Scott on the team, making it a good guess that it was Scott Erickson, a certified stiff by baseball standards, and better known these days as Mr. Lisa Guerrero.

 Mr. Lisa is the Dodgers' fifth starter this season because they don't have five good pitchers with Brad Penny on the disabled list, but everyone knows the Dodgers' fifth starter is also supposed to pull double duty as the team's cheerleader. In fact, Mr. Lisa should be pretty good given Guerrero's expertise.

High-larious! Read the whole column by Pravda West's TJ Simers. While the Angels will attempt to win a 100 games, I can see the Dodgers lose 100.

If I Had a Hundred Bucks...

for every time Michael Jackson stuck his hand down my pants, I'd be a very rich man.

Who Do You Believe?...

The illegal alien apologists of the NY Times? -

As the debate over Social Security heats up, the estimated seven million or so illegal immigrant workers in the United States are now providing the system with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year. While it has been evident for years that illegal immigrants pay a variety of taxes, the extent of their contributions to Social Security is striking: the money added up to about 10 percent of last year's surplus - the difference between what the system currently receives in payroll taxes and what it doles out in pension benefits. Moreover, the money paid by illegal workers and their employers is factored into all the Social Security Administration's projections.

First off, according to new research from the Pew Hispanic Center there are now 10.3 million illegals here (and I find even that number low), not the 7 million the Times states. Why would the Times use a low figure if the higher figure would generate even more money into the SS trust fund? Maybe, clues can be found in this paragraph? -

Most immigration helps Social Security's finances, because new immigrants tend to be of working age and contribute more than they take from the system. A simulation by Social Security's actuaries found that if net immigration ran at 1.3 million a year instead of the 900,000 in their central assumption, the system's 75-year funding gap would narrow to 1.67 percent of total payroll, from 1.92 percent - savings that come out to half a trillion dollars, valued in today's money.

See? The Times states that if we increase immigration (which is happening) then we can shore up Social Security even more. If only us damn racist conservatives would just quit making it difficult for the compesinos to be left alone. But the Times is way off in its assumptions. A new study by Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) states that in Texas alone the cost of illegal immigration costs $4.65 billion -

Mass illegal immigration is costing Texas more than $4.65 billion a year finds a new report released today by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).  The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Texans, examines the fiscal costs being borne by the state to provide education, health care and incarceration for an illegal alien population now estimated to exceed 1.5 million.

Using a 1994 study published by the Urban Institute as a baseline, The Cost of Illegal Immigration to Texans looks at Census Bureau and other data to estimate the explosive growth in the size and cost of illegal immigration in the nation's second most populous state.  In 2004, the annual fiscal burden of illegal immigration amounted to about $725 per Texas household headed by a native-born resident.

Let's extrapolate further and see how much it costs the US taxpayer for rampant illegal immigration versus the NY Times rosy assumptions. Let's use a FAIR study published in 2004 to get some nation-wide numbers-

1996 Costs Table from the Huddle Study 1   

Programs (billions)   
   
Public Education K-12    $5.85

Public Higher Education    $0.71

ESL and Bilingual Education    $1.22

Food Stamps    $0.85

AFDC    $0.50
   
Housing    $0.61
   
Social Security    $3.61
   
Earned Income Tax Credit    $0.68
   
Medicaid    $3.12

Medicare A and B    $0.58

Criminal Justice and Corrections    $0.76

Local Government    $5.00
   
Other Programs    $9.25

   
Total Costs    $32.74

Less Taxes Paid    $12.59

Net Costs of Direct Services    $20.16
   
Displacement Costs    $4.28
   
All Net Costs    $24.44

So, $24 billion in costs minus $7 billion in increased Social Security taxes leaves us with a net cost of $17 billion to the US taxpayer. Hey, that's a pretty good investment and I don't have to pay my gardener and house-cleaner squat. Boy, I sure feel better and why should I care what these poor slobs pay to the federal government; I'm getting my money's worth. And the Times gets two shills in for the price of one: illegal immigration is a net benefit and we really don't need to reform SSI.