Screwup of the day:
A pet cat has been summoned for jury duty in the U.S. - and has been told by courts he 'must attend'
Despite owner Anna Esposito's protestations that a mistake has been made, a jury commissioner has ruled that Sal must attend the court.
If Republicans and Democrats sit together at the State of the Union address, consider it one more sign of End Times. If they're all more civil and polite, they'll just reach more bipartisan consensus, and that's usually not a good thing:
The Congress must allow the country to borrow more to avoid a debt default that would wreak havoc on financial markets and imperil the U.S. economy, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Sunday.
Go to hell, and take your civil discourse with you:
The left wants us to be civil — after being so uncivil for a decade.
Bite me.
Outrage of the day:
The Army is struggling to find about 35,000 soldiers, most of them veterans now, who are owed bonuses because they were forced to remain in the military beyond their normal enlistment.
One of my new favorite sites is the hot word blog maintained by the folks at reference.com. Every day, they pick a word or phrase from the news and explain its origin, background and/or meaning.
I think this is supposed to be reassuring or comforting or some other touchy-feely nonsense, but it bothers me that so many of my fellow citizens put such a premium on "cooperating" to "get things done":
How do you like your freedom now, imperialist dogs?
The cold war came back to the White House today during a press briefing between Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Russian journalist Andrei Sitov when it was suggested that American freedom was responsible for the Arizona shooting.
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My reaction to the president's speech in Tucson seems to be about the same as the developing consensus:
1. The president did fine, hitting all the right notes in stressing unity and our common humanity. He brought up the "blaming the climate" stuff only to dismiss it as inaccurate and inapporpriate.
2. The crowd was so strange that it made it tough to judge the event. This was supposed to be a memorial service, not a pep rally.
I especially liked this from the speech because it rings so true:
That'll learn 'em!
Big snow storms and limited parking is a combination that can lead to a whole lot of neighborhood feuds.
Now, in Darby Township, if you feel you have the right to reserve your parking spot, you could face a fine for hundreds of dollars.
You can't lay claim to a parking spot on a public street in Darby Township. If you do, you could hear from police.
At No. 9 and dropping:
We're No. 9, we're No. 9!" isn't exactly a cheer that would resonate through sports stadiums in this country. But that's where the United States stands on the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, released Wednesday by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.
