Dissipating An Oil Spill - PR 101

New BP CEO: Some Efforts To Be Scaled Back

Already? The well that started all this oily business isn't even capped yet and the public relations effort is set in motion to gain public support from the masses viewing this disaster via the main stream media machines. The spill is magically disappearing, millions of gallons of oil are now a light sheen, barely to be seen in the minds of millions far from the Gulf coast. Ahhh, a fairy tale ending to an epic disaster, Right? 

 

Lest we forget so soon:

 

Meanwhile, back in his doghouse, the pooch weeps!


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Another Metro Mook

I am not sure how to even begin commenting on this video other than to say; I don't want another governor of St.Pawlenty's caliber and this guy sounds like a political doppelganger of the "Fee Flea", aka Tim Pawlenty. Unallotment is destructive and wrong on so many levels and old boy Tim abused that power as a political tool to balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable in the state. And, Tom Emmer is another politician that thinks the Minnesota border stops at Hinckley! But, I digress. Unallotment, used as St. Pawlenty abused it, and Tom Emmer wants to keep it, is wrong! I surely don't know all the candidates for Governor yet, but I know who I Won't be supporting for that office!



Meanwhile, back at the Governor's mansion,the pooch is preparing for another screwing!


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Crazy Fowl Befouls Atmosphere

This Loon is floating down the river of Denial wasting perfectly good Oxygen that more needy people could be breathing. That must be her secret to getting elected; deplete the Oxygen level with a naturally occurring gas created by her exhalations! She's definitely full of hot, noxious air! I will now yield the floor and let this Foul Fowl befoul the Oxygen with her CO2 insanity! Run!!!



Meanwhile, back at the 6th District, the pooch is suffocating!

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BP offsets spill costs to save $10 billion in tax

 

I knew, sooner than later, I would be paying for this mess! It's time to stick it to the US Taxpayer! Bend them over the old proverbial barrel and oil them up for the big one! No, no, it's okay! I don't mind having my pocket picked while being hosed at the pump and taxed over the barrel. I deserve it for electing corrupt individuals with deep pockets filled with slick money!

Meanwhile, back at the BP station, someone is pumping the pooch! 

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Growing With The '70s

FUN FACT'S AND FAD'S OF THE 70'S

What is there to say about the '70s? They were far out man! Is that '70s or '60s...I forget!  

 

 

 

Classic quote from a '70s movie:

                                            "Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?"

                                                  Anyone remember that one? 

Check out the fun facts and fads of a unique and unforgettable decade! Enjoy! 

 

Meanwhile, back in the '70s, the pooch got stoned!

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Gunboat Diplomacy

U.S. aircraft carrier ups pressure on N. Korea

Surprise, surprise, surprise! Another hemisphere of the world and years apart, we are still the peace keepers of the high seas! Twenty-seven years ago we were doing this off the coast of Central America and I was there. History always repeats itself but on a more serious scale with each progression. Too many crazy little countries with Nukes these days that want to be the bullies on the block. For those that say we shouldn't be the peace keepers of the world's waters I ask, if not us then who? 
Something to ponder!

Meanwhile, back on-board, the pooch served!

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Have An Adventure On Me

You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully.

Anyone remember this? "Adventure" This simple text game captivated millions and was the precursor to what is now the gaming entertainment industry as we know it.  No glitz, no glamor, and no graphics, just words to stimulate the imagination and lead you on to ever increasing adventures. And oh so frustrating at times! This simple game would challenge you to think outside the box to solve problems and move on to the next room where another puzzle awaited you. From the moment you set out from the end of the road you are drawn into an imaginary world of exploration and intrigue. 
Want to give it a try? You can find it Here.

Meanwhile, lost in the caves, the pooch is looking for a tree!

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Mayan Mayhem

Maya King’s Tomb Discovered in Guatemala

I am always fascinated to read and learn about this culture. So brutal in their beliefs and in many ways so much more advanced than their European counterparts. I often wonder what the world as we know it would be like if another culture like this had become the dominant civilization. What kind of technological direction would they have taken, if any? It is a pondering I could get lost in. Enjoy!


Meanwhile, back at the tomb, the pooch is digging up bones! 


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Light, Fuel-Driven Car Goes For 100 Mpg X Prize

 

I want one of these!  

From Zero To 60 In 7 Seconds

Grunt sound bite  Tim Allen sound bites

Meanwhile, back out the window, the pooch loved the ride! 


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Earthly Ailments

Earth Checkup: 10 Health Status Signs

It truly amazes me there are so many people that believe human activity is not to blame for climate change. I know I have done this rant before but, when I read an article like this, and see it all around me, I shake my head in disbelief that someone can deny we are killing our planet. Those people however, are right in one respect, the Earth will heal itself. Unfortunately it may have to suffer a bit longer until humans can learn to live with it or, a cataclysmic event occurs to rid it of its human infestation. Personally, I vote for the former! 

 

Meanwhile, back on the 3rd rock from the sun, the pooch is glowing!

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Good Bye To Old Friends

At Amazon, E-Book Sales Outpace Hardbacks

Here is an ominous sign of the digital future and the end of a "Good" book. There is more to a good book than just the tale that lies between the covers. A good book has a certain feel and smell to it that cannot be described but rather has to be experienced. Perhaps it is the essence of the author's ability to stir our senses beyond the realm of reality into the senses of the imagination that makes a "Good" book. But, for this person, physically turning the page is part of the process. It is hard to imagine having to explain a "page turner" to a future generation but in 10-20 years that will most likely be the norm. It will truly be a sad day when a library is a server filled with digital media and a place to find real books is a museum of nostalgic paper and ink! 

 

Meanwhile, back at the library, someone is scanning the pooch!

 

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No News Today

The Making Of A Crisis

Disaster 101: Preparing Students For A Scary Future

I am not sure I like this type of "Higher Education". Is creating more professionals than there are crises a self perpetuating problem? I think so! Crisis management is a fine line between making policy to deal with a problem and making a problem to fit the policy. A good crisis team solves problems, a good crisis management program will create its own job security. If all the crises have been successfully dealt with, then it is time to be proactive and make new, imagined crises!

I could go on but I have kicked this dead horse enough for the morning and now the crisis team has arrived to try and revive it. It's time to go write some policy about how to keep a dead horse from dying!
Meanwhile, back in crisis command, someone is pooching the screw!

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Rebuke This

Obama vacation brings rest, relaxation and rebuke

Well, well, well, why would anyone want this Thankless job? I think there are two kinds, those who do it for power and fame, and those that do it to try and make a difference. We had eight years of the former style and only two so far of the latter trying to fix the mess created by the former! And, all I hear is whining and whimpering from the formers party and the latter's lame sellouts! Instead of screaming at everyone what can't be done, they should be concentrating on how it Can be done! That is where I see our President now, He is stuck with an unruly bunch of children that need some serious guidance and discipline. My hats off to him for taking on the problems of our country with resolve and trying to guide a class of spoiled children to achieve the goals of the greater good for all.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the pooch piddles on the Bushes! 


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The Don't Quit Poem

Something to ponder and live by:


Meanwhile, back at the yard, the pooch is resting


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F-Bombing The Airwaves

FCC Runs Afoul of Foul Language, News At Eleven!

I'm no prude and Lawd knows I let the F-bomb slip occasionally but, the last thing I want to see on prime time TV is the F-bomb being dropped every other word like it is used today. Even when I was in the Navy they taught us to be respectful when we went home and don't say, "Please pass the *ucking potatoes" at the dinner table. Of course, how many families actually eat at the dinner table anymore and not in front of the TV? It is already bad enough with the commercials about feminine itching/hygiene and athletes foot products while trying to consume the nightly meal without having all of George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words airing at the same time! For those of you that haven't heard George's Dirty Word stand up comedy routine you can find it here;  Dirty Words you can't say on TV. I will warn you, it is offensive and controversial, but that is George!

So, way to go Federal appeals court! Score one for corporate America and free speech. First a Business is considered a person, and now they can cuss like one on prime time TV. This years campaign advertisements should be very interesting!

Meanwhile, back in the courtroom, someone is *ucking the pooch!


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Little Luminaries

Wing-nuts, Whack-jobs, and Conspiracy Cud to chew on. How can people be so gullible to actually believe the outrageous accusations coming from the Lunatic Fringe? I guess when they walk into a room lit with a bunch of low watt bulbs, their wattage adjusts accordingly. But, they are not all low watt bulbs. The instigators, wing-nuts and whack-jobs, are 3 position bulbs. One click to whisper sweet nothings at reduced wattage, two clicks to amplify the sweet nothings, and three clicks to blind them with a whopping 3 watts of BS! The last setting seems to work the best for them.

Click! I just turned the light out in that room! Now it's a bunch of No Watts gnawing on their conspiracy cuds in the dark. It's the stuff nightmares are made of!

With that  I will leave you in the capable hands of Rachel to shed some light on the twilight fringe!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Meanwhile, in an unlit room, the pooch cringed!


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Dropping Trow On Tourists!

Cracking the Crusty for Amtrak! 
Gotta love California! 
( I would do it)



Meanwhile, back at the festival, the pooch is sniffing the moon! 

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The Gulf Disaster - Yesterday's News???

So, another post on the environment and this one is about the gulf oil spill. I know, I know, it's already been done, give it a rest! Well, it isn't done and nobody should give it a rest!
When I was growing up as a young man I would laugh and joke about the tree huggers and bunny buggers making such a fuss about the environment. I did this not out of spite or hate, but out of sheer ignorance and arrogance. If it wasn't affecting me directly, it just wasn't happening. Shame on me for my ignorance and arrogance of youth. After half a lifetime of  travel in all 50 states and halfway around the world, I have learned people are ignorant only because they choose to be. You cannot blame ignorance on lack of education. We all have the ability to question what is right, what is wrong, and most have a moral compass to guide the way. When we choose to ignore the obvious, it is no longer ignorance but rather arrogance and denial. When the moral compass is discarded for profit and  personal gain, that is criminal.

Here is another report from my new favorite news source.This takes you where the big propaganda beasts left off. If you want knowledge of the spill beyond what is being force fed on boob tube central, I encourage you to watch this.



 Meanwhile, back at the beach, the pooch piddled on BP.


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Toxic Soup - Worse Than Oil

So you think the oil spill in the gulf is bad? It is just a baby compared to the plastic and garbage eddy in the Pacific ocean. When I was in the Navy we would dump the trash off the fantail every night. One ship, dozens of  plastic bags of garbage, every night for 8 months. Now multiply that by a whole carrier battle group, every night for 8 months. And, that is just One group of ships out of thousands that dump their trash into the ocean every day! And, that's just a tiny fraction compared to the trash that gets thrown in the ocean from landlubbers.
I like following these guys on their reporting journeys. Typical foul language of today's generation but the transparent reporting and real life experience style beats the crap you get from any of the propaganda machines on the idiot box!
Anyway, Enjoy, or not, it's a scary world out there and we do our best to make it scarier everyday!



Meanwhile, back at the pond, the pooch is rolling in poison.

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Be Yourself - No One Else Will

 Okay, I liked this so much I had to comment further on it here. This video speaks to me. It is truly about what life has become if you let yourself become a Sheeple. I know I have gone down the Sheeple trail many times before asking myself; "self, what are you Doing?" and self usually answers; "I Dunno, everyone else was going this way so I did!" And, it's not like I have ever worried about what others think of me because, as selfish as it sounds, my conscience is the only opinion I have to live with at the end of the day. Of course, society will try to superimpose their opinions on mine but, in the end, my free will is my own and I choose to own it as my own!
 Never be afraid to question and seek knowledge about anything. Knowledge is power and if you quit seeking knowledge, that power will be used to control you. Never be satisfied with an answer that keeps you awake at night pondering "Why". Ask more questions until you own the answer that brings peace and closure to your dreams!




Meanwhile, in your mind, you wonder; why is someone always screwing the pooch?

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Alaska, The Last Frontier!

This is awesome. It's a lengthy watch but well worth it. It's a way of life at it's most basic, rough, rugged and wholly dependent on ones senses. And, these two young guys reactions are priceless. Enjoy! ;-)



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Bullish Behavior

Two hurt in first day of Spain bull running

 

 

 

 

 

Now here is something I have always wanted to do! This guy's quote sums it up perfectly...just like I imagine it; 

"I know bulls, but they came about a hundred times faster than I thought they would," said Rostow, 58, of Austin, Texas. "I wasn't prepared for that, and the intensity of the senses was overwhelming, the smell of the bulls, the sound of them running, and the fear."

Grunt sound bite  Tim Allen sound bites

What a rush this would be! 



Meanwhile, back at the Bull Run, the pooch survived! 

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Political Pandemic

The New Revolutionaries

Oh what scary, turbulent times we live in. Festering little pustules of ignorance, hatred and anger lie just under the surface of the land, waiting for the right time to erupt. Unscrupulous people with political agendas to gain or remain in power feed the disease with powerful incendiary comments to fuel rage and hatred. Mob mentality to cure the symptoms causes more lesions to appear and the cure becomes worse than the disease. Yet, the machine rages on as the pushers hawk their remedies and snake oil to gain the favor of their chosen malady. It's not Health-care Baby, it's a Political Pandemic spreading like a virus throughout the land. 

Exhibit "L" for Loon:

Michele Bachmann on D.C.: "I'm a Foreign Correspondent On Enemy Lines"

“I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us ‘having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,’ and the people – we the people – are going to have to fight back hard if we’re not going to lose our country. And I think this has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.”

 Nothing like beating the war drums to get the adrenalin surging and spread the virus of discord in the hearts and bodies of the susceptible masses. 


With those unpleasant thoughts now running amok in my head, I think I will go find some mold to chew on in hopes of curing the mental malady caused by this rant!


Meanwhile, back at the lab, the pooch croaked!

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Nuclear Fireworks

A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space

Holy H-Bomb Batman! This is fascinating, and unbelievable all rolled into one big Biff-Bam-Pow!




Meanwhile, back at the island, the pooch is blinded by the light!


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Heroes One and All - I Salute You

On this day of celebration of our freedom, I salute all our brave men and women, serving at home and abroad, who give themselves freely to ensure we remain the land of the free!

Our Nations greatest heroes receive the Medal Of Honor. Yet, without exception, reading through the acceptance speeches and ceremonies, they all attribute their bravery and commitment to their fallen comrades and the men who didn't come home. 

 

List of Medal of Honor recipients

On this day, the pooch is happy and free!

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Huh? What? Say That Again Please?

Michael Steele called conflict 'a war of Obama's choosing' 

 Another Political foot going from ass to mouth! When they are not trying to stick it to someone else, they are inevitably chewing on it themselves. And, the higher up they are in the political food chain, the bigger capacity the hole under their nose has for their bipedal appendages. Exactly how they insert their feet in their mouth while performing self cranial rectal insertion is one of those great unsolved mysteries of the anatomical world. My theory is they open the port hole in their belly to insert their feet and nibble on their ankles. This of course explains why they can't see or hear anything except the sight and sound of their own inner plumbing processing the excrement they will spew when all appendages are removed from their orifices!  (if that is possible) With that rather dubious visual to haunt you, I leave you with this to ponder; what does the conservative party of "NO" stand for? 

Meanwhile, back at RNC headquarters, Mr. Steele just ate his Paw! (the pooch wept)

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Your Daily Gulf Coast Oil Forecast

Gulf coast beaches update

Wow! As I am reading through the news this morning it struck me that this will be the new "Norm" for people living in and visiting these regions. Already, these updates are being put out there like your daily weather report. If you are going to a beach in the gulf you probably will want to consult an updated beach report first. It will probably look something like this:

This just in: "Today we have a light crude current and mild tar ball activity on BP beach. The dead critter index is low but patrons of the beach should be aware the allergic smell factor is in the red today"



Meanwhile, back at the beach, the pooch is rolling in tarballs! 


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BP Fat Cats - A Candid Insight

BP Bashing...am I a hypocrite? Maybe a little, I do gas up my truck and drive to the convenience store because it is convenient. And, even though I don't knowingly buy BP products anymore, I am sure I am contributing to their profit margin somehow. I suspect just using electricity in my house contributes to their profits somehow. But, I do what I can even if it is baby steps, and I continue to bash them for their stupidity and insolence. Sorry BP, You earned It!

BP Irony, Who Knew!?!?

I find the Australian commercial especially ironic!

Here's a take on it by the Top Cats at BP...Gotta love it!



Meanwhile, back at the corporate office, the fat cats are screwing the pooch!

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