Archive for June, 2011
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Will Sarah Run Saturday Edition
According to a source who spoke under condition of anonymity to Stacy McCain, a number of people who make their living working on political campaigns expect to know within a week if Sarah Palin will run for President. Sarah didn’t exactly deny the story, though she did pour out a small amount of snark onto [...]
On July 1, I Will Become an Unwilling Contributor to the Public Sector Union Menace.
I received a notice in the mail today that informed me that the State of Maryland will steal an undisclosed amount of money from my paycheck starting on July 1 on the behalf of AFSCME Maryland. I have no option but to pay the “service fee”, whether I’m a member of AFSCME or not. Indeed, [...]
I Don’t Even Think The President Looked Up the Word “Fight” in a Dictionary
We have a law called the War Powers Act. It says, essentially, that the President can hop in that boss muscle car we call the United States Military and take it for a spin pretty much any time he wants, but if he’s going to take it on a long trip, he has to come [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – I Really Am Here Friday Edition
What’s this? A Clearing the Browser Tabs post in the afternoon? Have I gone mad and turned everything topsy-turvy? Nothing that exciting, I’m afraid. Besides, I can’t go mad. I don’t have the proper lab coat and welder’s goggles to complete the Evil Outfit. I had a pretty long evening last night, when I usually [...]
The Battle of the Weiner is Over, But the War Isn’t Yet Won.
So Anthony Weiner took the long walk to the microphone today and resigned his position as member of the House of Representatives. If you haven’t been following the story, well, God bless you. You’ve missed a real mess — a tale of arrogance, sex, a porn actress, some young girls, lies, politics, more lies, and [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Revenge of the ATMs Thursday Edition
The President’s intemperate remarks about ATMs not surprisingly struck a nerve among those good Americans who make, service, and rely upon ATMs for the livelihoods (via Pat Austin). Try not to act too surprised. What amazes me most is not that it was yet another in a string of unforced errors from a man we [...]
To Serve, Protect, And Enforce Regulation 92-B, Section I, Sub-Section (b), Paragraph 2
Yeah, I think our Federal government has gotten just the teensiest bit out of hand. An advertisement has popped up on a few blogs I read and I decided to capture the image and share it with you. Boy, that’s inspiring, isn’t it? Can you just imagine that parents all over America are telling [...]
A Post About Words.
Apropos of nothing, I checked the “stats” part of my WordPress dashboard. I’ve written 6,763 posts since I started The Sundries Shack over 7 years ago. If I assume an average blog post length of 500 words (and that may be a bit low), that works out to 3,381,500 total words written over that time. [...]
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