11 Facts that Show We Live in a Country Run By Idiots

The following list has been attributed to comedian Jeff Foxworthy.  But Snopes says Foxworthy is not the author.

The original compiler is apparently a man named Fritz Edmunds.
1. If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally, you live in a country run by idiots.
2. If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion, you live in a country run by idiots.
3. If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote on who runs the government, you live in a country run by idiots.
4. If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy leaders in Egypt, you live in a country run by idiots.
5. If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat, you live in a country run by idiots.
6. If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched, you live in a country run by idiots.
7. If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more, you live in a country run by idiots.

8. If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of grade school for saying his teacher's "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable, you live in a country run by idiots.
9. If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones, you live in a country run by idiots.
10. If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working, with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can't find work, you live in a country run by idiots.
11. If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government, you live in a country run by idiots.
If you are offended by this article,  you probably voted for the idiots who are running our country into the ground.

Here's a video with a slightly different list:  Idiots List

Presidential Lies - When Will They Stop?

Just for fun. I didn't write it, but there are many lists like this.  Not all are strictly lies, but there are many similar utterances that fall under the prevarications and intimations categories.  All in all, too many semi and full-falsehoods for one president.

Famous Presidential Lies
Written by, To The Point News

LBJ:

• We were attacked (in the Gulf of Tonkin)

Nixon:

• I am not a crook

GHW Bush:

• Read my lips - No New Taxes

Clinton:

• I did not have sex with that woman... Miss Lewinski

GW Bush:

• Iraq has weapons of mass destruction

Obama:

• I will have the most transparent administration in history.
• The stimulus will fund shovel-ready jobs.
• I am focused like a laser on creating jobs.
• The IRS is not targeting anyone.
• It was a spontaneous riot about a movie.
• If I had a son.
• I will put an end to the type of politics that "breeds division, conflict and cynicism".
• You didn't build that!
• I will restore trust in Government.
• The Cambridge cops acted stupidly.
• The public will have 5 days to look at every bill that lands on my desk
• It's not my red line - it is the world's red line.
• Whistle blowers will be protected in my administration.
• We got back every dime we used to rescue the banks and auto companies, with interest.
• I am not spying on American citizens.
• Obama Care will be good for America.
• You can keep your family doctor.
• Premiums will be lowered by $2500.
• If you like it, you can keep your current healthcare plan.
• It's just like shopping at Amazon.
• I knew nothing about "Fast and Furious" gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels.
• I knew nothing about IRS targeting conservative groups.
• I knew nothing about what happened in Benghazi.
• I have never known my uncle from Kenya who is in the country illegally and that was arrested and told to leave the country over 20 years ago.
• And, I have never lived with that uncle.  He finally admitted (12-05-2013) that he DID know his uncle and that he DID live with him.

And the biggest one of all:

• "I, Barrack Hussein Obama, pledge to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America."

I believe we have a winner!

Obamacare Poop

Remember when Nancy Pelosi said about Obamacare:

“We have to pass it, to find out what’s in  it”

A physician called into a radio show and said:

"That's the definition of a stool sample".

That pretty well sums it up.

Have Fun - Leading by Example

Teachers and school boards just can't seem to get the message:  America-has-become-the-no-fun-nation
Is the President leading the way? 

Squirrel Photographer Goes International

My sister has been photographing squirrels for several years.  She even produces a calendar.

Now the Daily Mail in England has an article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297585/Wild-squirrels-pose-charming-pictures-photographer-hides-nuts-miniature-props.html?fb_action_ids=569121173106925&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=LikeButtonBottom&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

See also:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyep61_artist-tricks-squirrel-into-glamorous-modeling-career_animals#.UU9YCTdNU1d

10 Best Apocalypse Movies? Plus...Zombies

We've started watching Amazon Prime to get movies and TV shows.  We had thought the DSL connection would be too slow, but turns out it works pretty well for regular definition TV.

The first series I happened to pick is "Jericho," a mid-2000s show about a small town in Kansas after the nuclear bombs destroy a dozen US cities.  Entertaining but a little bleak.

So, that new viewing habit joins nicely with this link that I just got from a Guns and Ammo magazine:
10-best-apocalypse-movies-of-all-time

Enjoy.

And while we're at it:

Best gun movies:  what-are-the-best-gun-movies-ever?

Best war movies:  The-great-war-on-film-10-best-world-war-1-movies

Best calibers for zombies:  Calibers-for-zombies

Best guns for zombies:  The-8-best-guns-for-zombie-killing

And of course one needs to know their zombies types:  Know-your-undead-5-need-to-know-zombie-types

Zombie facts:  10-things-you-didnt-know-about-zombies

Ultimate zombie ammo:  Hornady-zombie-max-ammo

Lastly, don't miss this one:  Viral-video-the-walken-dead

Carmel Still a Place for Romance

FastKitty and I spent a few days last week in the quaint town of Carmel.  She found several art galleries that held her attention for more than the usual quick zoom-through.  We walked the beach.  We swooned over two beautiful sunsets.  The food was varied and excellent.  The Coachman hotel was cozy and freshly renovated.  17-Mile Drive remains invigorating.   Best foodery:  Baja Cantina in Carmel Valley.

Occupy Wall Street: Humor by Mistake

For some rather hilarious reading try some of the lists of demands by the Occupy Wall Street groups.  There is really no one group, or much consensus on demands, or much consistency on demands, or much understanding on economics, history or government affairs.  But there is lots of flame and motion and discord and general mayhem.  And there is lots of Big Mac eating, iPhone using, Twitter tweeting, etc..  Seems to me these things are products of good capitalism.  Also available for public consumption are lots of garbage creating, gratuitous arresting, bad singing of stupid songs, etc.  It all reminds me of the one and only student strike at my university in 1971.  A few made classes unavailable for all, and most of the protestors didn't really understand the issues.  The background puppet string pullers used the "useful idiots" just like is happening now in New York with strings now being pulled by the big unions, the American Socialist Party, and other radical groups.

For New York:  Proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme
Another for Wall Street: Good-lord-the-occupy-wall-street-imbeciles-release-their-idiotic-demands-20-minimum-wage-and-across-the-board-debt-forgiveness-for-all
For Washington:  Specific-demand-and-action-list-for-washington-dc

AirSwimmers

What can I say?  It's just fun!   Airswimmers