The Countertop Chronicles

I knew Smithfield was headquartered in Southeastn Virginia but didn’t realize the states largest swine operation was actually in Northern Virginia.

Living in the very conservative Commonwealth of Virginia - I would have hoped my elected representatives understood the value of small government.

Guess again!!

For the longest time, I was in do-nothing-fence-sitter-Tom “Worthless” Davis’s (R-VA) district. In fact, I used to be a precinct captain for the local republican party in his district. Sadly, but not unsurprisingly, Congressman Worthless scored a stellar 16% (or 3 good votes out of 19).

Good thing, you say, that I am no longer in his district.

Yes, as a quirk or gerrymandering I left his district and with no movement on my part at all, found myself in Frank Wolf’s (R-VA) district. Wolf, the allegedly more conservative and down to business long time congressman also happens to run the Appropriations committee. Not surprisingly, he’s also willing to wholly sell the country down the river scoring a whopping 0% (0 out of 19 votes) according to the Club for Growth.

What I find most amusing though, is the utter surprise of my fellow local Republican party members (one of whom threatened to have me thrown out) when I told him I was going to hold my nose and vote for a straight line Democrat ticket this fall.

Of course, this isn’t foolproof solution since the local child-beating-Mastercard-low-interest-loan-recieving Congressionalthiefinchief Jim Moran (D-VA) also recieved a stellar 0%.

But hey, better the enemy you know and all that.

Throw the bums out.

Apparantly, Tori Spelling’s mom fucked her hard, and it doesn’t sounds like she is enjoying it.

Apparantly, Tori Spelling’s mom fucked her hard, and it doesn’t sounds like she is enjoying it.

IN this story on the teenage sniper, CNN states

The teen apparently had been arguing with relatives over gutting a deer during a hunting trip about 20 miles south of Seymour, Jackson County Prosecutor Stephen Pierson said.

I don’t live in Indiana, but I can’t imagine they allow you to hunt deer in the middle of July.

IN this story on the teenage sniper, CNN states

The teen apparently had been arguing with relatives over gutting a deer during a hunting trip about 20 miles south of Seymour, Jackson County Prosecutor Stephen Pierson said.

I don’t live in Indiana, but I can’t imagine they allow you to hunt deer in the middle of July.

the sky is blue.

the sky is blue.

why I am not a member of the ABA??

why I am not a member of the ABA??

Glenn’s disaster blogging again.

Thats a good thing since he reaches lots of Sheeple and can actually drive coverage in the IMSM (inept main stream media).

Check his post out but also make sure to hit Les Jones’s excellent Emergency Supplies roundup from last fall too.

He’s got some good links there and a list of things to consider purchasing.

Glenn’s disaster blogging again.

Thats a good thing since he reaches lots of Sheeple and can actually drive coverage in the IMSM (inept main stream media).

Check his post out but also make sure to hit Les Jones’s excellent Emergency Supplies roundup from last fall too.

He’s got some good links there and a list of things to consider purchasing.

Hallelujah!

Ten climate experts who are sharply divided over whether global warming is intensifying hurricanes say that this question, a focus of Congressional hearings, news reports and the recent Al Gore documentary, is a distraction from “the main hurricane problem facing the United States.”

That problem, the experts said yesterday in a statement, is an ongoing “lemming-like march to the sea” in the form of unabated coastal development in vulnerable places, and in the lack of changes in government policies and corporate and individual behavior that are driving the trend.

Whatever the relationship between hurricanes and climate, experts say, hurricanes are hitting the coasts, and houses should not be built in their path.

And when they are, you and I shouldn’t be forced to shell out for their reconstuction.

Hallelujah!

Ten climate experts who are sharply divided over whether global warming is intensifying hurricanes say that this question, a focus of Congressional hearings, news reports and the recent Al Gore documentary, is a distraction from “the main hurricane problem facing the United States.”

That problem, the experts said yesterday in a statement, is an ongoing “lemming-like march to the sea” in the form of unabated coastal development in vulnerable places, and in the lack of changes in government policies and corporate and individual behavior that are driving the trend.

Whatever the relationship between hurricanes and climate, experts say, hurricanes are hitting the coasts, and houses should not be built in their path.

And when they are, you and I shouldn’t be forced to shell out for their reconstuction.