The Countertop Chronicles

Guess which party has both the wealthiest and greediest base.

Heh!

Party of the people my ass.

I always liked Bernie Mac. Maybe this is partly why:

BURGLARS, beware: It may be hazardous to your health to try to break into Bernie Mac’s house. The funnyman tells Playboy his favorite hobby is collecting guns. “I have Glocks, .45s, Be rettas, over-unders, Remingtons,” he says. “I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery, breaking it down. Being able to take it out, clean it and put the spring back in is even more fascinating than hav ing the gun.”

Good deal!!

We thought the Terror King had died before. He didn’t

Well, it looks like the scourge of Palestine has finally kicked the bucket.

As I’ve stated before, may he spend eternity rotting in a hell of boiling pig fat.

The Wall Street Journal is joining the fight to keep that crotchety liberal wanker Arlen Specter out of the judiciary committee’s chairmanship.

A Judiciary chairman’s job is not to pretend that he’s the second President but to facilitate a hearing in committee and a vote on the floor. If Mr. Specter wants to vote against a nominee, so be it. But in his institutional role he owes it to his party, and to the President who saved him from political oblivion in the Pennsylvania primary this year, to guarantee every nominee an expeditious floor vote. If Mr. Specter can’t make that promise to his colleagues when they organize the new Senate, he doesn’t deserve the job.

Good for them.

I thought you couldn’t use an eeevil assault weapon for hunting. It’s certainly not on the VPC approved list of fine youth sporting arms. And didn’t John Kerry tell me that these things were never used for hunting???

I guess someone must have forgotten to tell this handsome young man. . . . .

Did I mention he was 10????

Go Get ‘Em son.

Head on over to The High Road congratulate him on his nice deer and impressive choice of hunting rifle.

The Commie News Network is reporting that Kerry will return to the Senate as a strong democrat leader.

Like many presidential candidates before him, John Kerry must now decide what to do with the rest of his political life.

While he relaxed at his Boston home on Friday, elsewhere friends, colleagues and presidential historians said they didn’t see the Democrat fading into political obscurity like the last Massachusetts politician who ran and lost, Michael Dukakis in 1988.

Instead, they said he would probably take the road less traveled by recent senators who tried and failed to take the White House, and remain a strong voice in Congress on issues he cared about.

The problem with this is that had he been a strong voice at any time, on any issue, during his 20 years in Congress, he may well be president-elect now. To suggest he will remain a strong voice is, well, just pointing out how futile the Democrat party has become over the last 20 years.

As they say, Ok, then. . . .

Oh, nevermind.

Jim McGreevy says he is a changed man.

He changed from tuna fish to weiner schnitzel.

Thats all. Everything else is as corrupt as ever.

This is sad and pathetic on all sorts of levels.

In case you didn’t notice, I’ve fixed the commenting problem.

Please feel free to criticize - or gloat - to your hearts content.

We already know that East Tennessee and the Knoxville area itself are the 800 pound gorillas of the blogsphere.

Now it seems, that one dumb call in the Volunteers loss to Notre Dame might have a tremendous long term impact not only on this years national championship, but on college footballs future for years to come.

It’s hardly a stretch to suggest that Ainge’s injury cost Tennessee the game and, with it, any hopes of a BCS at-large berth. If those were the only consequences, it would be big enough. But why stop there? Join me as we take a trip through imagination to examine how a single, meaningless play in a single game could potentially alter the entire college football universe.

By the time all is said and done, it could wind up …

• Allowing Georgia to reach the SEC championship game.
• Sending Auburn to the Orange Bowl.
• Keeping another school from getting future Heisman contending QB Brent Schaeffer.
• Saving Tyrone Willingham’s Notre Dame job.
• Help Florida land its dream coach (other than Spurrier) of the future.

Ugh. Why didn’t they take a knee????

This

and many other delightful election 2004 graphics are up over at The-Crease.

Thanks JLB!!

It’s in the air

Can you smell it?

Free the heel, Free the mind.

As if you needed it, big city coastal liberal anchorman Tom Brokaw really likes to be an asshole.

Now, the Big City anchorman wants to stop the owners of land next to his ranch in Montana from hunting on their own land. Of course, he’s probably not willing to pay them for the land. No, he simply thinks the idea of his neighbors guiding hunts on their land is frightening and they might let someone get shot. Not that were talking about one or two acres, this is a 2,500 acre track of land.

Of course, Mr. Brokaw is willing to compromise and allow archery. What an ass. Guess thats just one more newscaster I won’t watch.

Jim Swan has a great column on ESPN’s web page about the ethics of outdoorsman.

It revolves around Aldo Leapold’s land ethic.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it does otherwise.

Read it, you might learn something.

More Recipe Blogging, this time with a great goulash for those cold winter nights

3 lbs boneless beef chuck or 3 1/2 lbs bone in chuck

3 large onions, cut in wedge shapes (about 7 cups)

1 TBLSPN Salt

1/2 TSP black pepper

2 TBLSPN hungarian paprika (see comments) (I use 2 though perhaps I’ll add more in the future).

carrots

parsley

cooked noodles

sour cream

Cut the meat into 1 inch cubes, discarding excess fat & bone if you want to be healthy, or leaving it in if you like flavor

Put meat, onions, salt & pepper and 2 TBLSPNS paprika in a large kettle

cook slowly over medium heat for about 20 minutes, stirring often.

Simmer, covered, for 2 hours occasionally

uncover and continue simmering until liquid cooks down to gravy like consistency

Garnish with parsley and serve over noodles with generous dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of paprika.

Makes about 6 servings (depending on your appetite)

UPDATE: Clarified that paprika should be of the Hungarian variety. See the discussion in the comments for more information.

UPDATE: Welcome to everyone from the Carnival of the Recipes. Please feel free to browse around. There is a whole variety of things to read and see. If your looking for a nice drink to enjoy after finishing the goulash, might I suggest this wonderful java delight.