So Good I Hadda Steal It...

from Theo Spark

Rule 5 -- Lauren Bacall!

With the musical stylings of Andy WIlliams and hardly any pØrn at all...

Fuck You Very Much, Mistah Commander in Chief. Sir. (12)

Even as they add 1,000,000 senior citizens to prescription drug programs in an underfunded Medicare system they describe as inefficient and corrupt, even as they shuffle veterans in private substandard 'convalescent homes' to sell off VA land to private developers,  Obama Adminstration denies Veterans COLA increases.  Congress and career Federal employees get theirs.

This Fool Thinks He's Accomplished Something...

...And he wants to make sure everyone knows about it...

So how's the mileage on that Teutonic Stink-pot on veggie oil, Mister Green? What's that? It's worse?

How much food was destroyed to produce your virtuous veggie fuel, Mr. Green? How many acres that could have been growing groceries were sacrificed to your vanity statement?

How many children went to bed without their spinach for your morning commute?

I Do Not Need This Shit, Part One

By this time next week, I may not be associated with either Operation Gratitude, the GOP or the American Legion.

Apparently people I thought were my friends decided to launch a backstabbing campaign against me while I was frivolously back home burying my mother.  Evidently my participation in Rule 5 does not meet their high moral standards, so they've been contacting all the above organizations to complain about me.   They've been throwing around words like pornography, and pervert.  One of them even appears to be claiming to speak officially for the American Legion.

I'm waiting for the commander of my American Legion post to return to town next week, to address the Legion-related issues with him, but you all know Mark Twain's quote to the effect that "a lie can run halfway around the world while the truth is getting its boots on."  Every time I've held off on doing something about these people, something even worse has turned up.

I'll tell you one thing, though.  Before I go, I'm going to make some people stars.


IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER:  None of this trouble originates with Operation Gratitude, which remains an honestly-run, incredibly cost-effective, nonpartisan charity that does outstanding work for the troops overseas.  I strongly recommend Operation Gratitude to anyone looking to do something for the troops, no matter my personal relations with the organization or how this shakes out.