Lego Hello World

Sam Brown - Saved

Our Latest Obsession

It is a very funny show.

Friday Cute

I'd Vote For Him

Chris Christie/Dale Peterson for President/Vice President in 2012. The entire editorial board of the New York Times would have a collective coronary.

Looters Gotta Loot

But what happens when you run out of prey?

On a side note, Venezuela has plenteous oil and great hydroelectric capability and they suffer from recurrent, serious and crippling power shortages.

Billy Ockham Classic Movie Theatre

From the Ghost Breakers.

Wilson Keppel and Betty - Yet Another Sand Dance

Yes, I'm obsessing a bit.

Ignore Stephen Baldwin - Restore Joss Whedon

In Honour of the UK Elections

SWAT Raid- Dogs shot

I'm a big fan of law and order. But that's the point. I believe in law. The police in the video were operating within the letter of the law. That fact leads me to believe that the law needs to be changed. SWAT call outs are a typically unnecessary escalation of force.

The teams were developed to respond to hostage situations and other already dangerous situations. They were not originally designed to serve warrants. That they are being used to serve warrants is more a function of using already existing assets rather than letting them sit around idle.

In this instance, two or three uniformed officers in regular uniforms could have served the warrant and searched the premises. If they had shown up in mid evening, say around 7 or 8 PM, the family would still be awake and the dogs would have been calm. Instead they executed a warrant in the middle of the night and broke the door down. The dogs became excited, thinking that their pack was in danger. The police then shoot the dogs while at least one child was present.

Some may say that we should be wary of 'Monday morning quarterbacking'. We should be more wary of police departments that believe they are entitled to wage war against the citizenry. Every call out of a SWAT team should be justified beyond a reasonable doubt. Their overuse and misuse is a recipe for disaster. We've already had one fatality here in Atlanta because of these jack booted thuggery. It's only a matter of time before more die unless the men in black are reined in or put to pasture.

It's time for the police to be put in their place. They are here to serve, not to be served. They are not above the law nor are they entitled to special privileges under it.

Copper Clappers

I Endorse This Message, Naughty Words and All

Chocolate Cake for Breakfast

Motown Friday

Random Thought

I just realized why legislators don't like the sex industry (porn, prostitution and the like). Like all monopolists, they don't like competition.

Night and Day

The Amazing Berry Brothers

Wow. Just wow. Terrific dance routine, rivaling the Nicholas brothers.

Wager Update

Back in June of last year I offered two pounds of applewood bacon as stakes in a two year wager. The wager is that I believe that inflation plus unemployment will exceed 11.4% in June of 2012.

The current inflation rate is 2% with the Treasury having some difficulty selling its bonds and Social Security going negative. The official unemployment rate is 9.7%.

I'm not preheating the oven yet. But I really like bacon.

I hope for our country that I lose. But if I don't, I get bacon! There's always a bright side.

From Left Field

I was mulling over the latest news from the Diocese of South Carolina when a thought came to me. The leadership of the Episcopal Church is by and large baby boomers. There is one movie that was a huge hit with baby boomers. It seems likely that they see themselves as the hero of the film. Here's a hint: The theme song from the movie made it into a lot of folk masses/youth group sing-a-longs.

What makes it even better is the name of the group that recorded it was 'Coven'.

For the record, the movie was awful. It was bad back in the day. It's still bad today.