PBS Setting Hilary Up To Run Against Obama?

At this time, politics is definitely on-topic at any American gun blog. That said..

It is no secret that British dailies cover American news in far more depth and with far more accuracy than most of our “progressive” Pravdas do. The Daily Mail reports PBS is making and will air a publicly funded four hour series on Willie Clinton.

While that would hardly interest anyone – the Daily Mail report says one hour of that will focus on Clinton’s “infidelities.” Well, yes, I suppose Slick was “unfaithful.” If the words of a great many women who tell essentially the same story can be trusted.

But the question is why. PBS has no history of preserving history. So only two things seem plausible. PBS’ extremely “progressive” staff and management may be trying to demonize women who have complained about their “Hero of the American Progressive Movement.” Or PBS’ extremely “progressive” staff and management may be trying to make Hilary the long suffering wife and the heroine of the piece.

The first would be an act of revenge at people like Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Katherine Willy and dozens more. Women who have already suffered enough of Willie Clinton. Given the general perception of philanderers, particularly those that fit Oscar Brands description of he-men. That seems a pointless reflection on someone the left tends to regard as a demigod.

The second would be one step in deflecting attention from Hilary’s three year record of incompetence as Secretary of State. Why do that? To help clear the way for Hilary’s potential run for the Presidency.

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One Step Closer To T-Shirt Tax Collection

I think we are all familiar with the T-shirt imprint that asks “What did you make last year? Send it to the IRS.” The Infernal Revenooers are apparently one step closer to that point. As Americans for Tax Reform points out, the IRS wants to fill out your tax return for you, and then send you a demand letter for the “balance you owe.

Given my experience with the IRS, thanks but no thanks. A couple of grand a year for a good accountant is cheap compared to what I paid before I wised up. One time my payroll clerk made a ten cent mistake. She overpaid IRS ten cents. The penalty for overpayment was more than $150.

The highway robber’s demand was “your money or your life.” The IRS demands have always been more along the lines of “Your money, the fillings out of your teeth, and your life.”

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Latest Dimmo Ploy: “Contribute To Obama, Taunt A Republican”

Per Tom Blumer’s Bizzy Blog; one “Julianna Smoot, Deputy Campaign Manager, Obama for America” has sent a fundraising letter imploring contributors to make a donation to the Obama Campaign, and taunt a Republican with that fact.

Since that appears to violent the provisions of Federal election law, one might think the Justice Department would get right on it. But as it is, the letter merely demonstrates the Obama regime’s utter contempt for the law. From the president to the lowliest campaign worker.

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Friday Night Follies, Jigging and Reeling

Well, let’s start off the Follies with a bit of a jig from Newfoundland:

Now it’s out of style, is washing clothes by hand. And so is the ironing, with a sad iron. You know why they called them sad, don’t you? After a day of keeping the fire to keep those five pound hunks of cast iron going, keeping the irons hot so hot your spit would jump off all by itself, and smoothin’ the wrinkles out of the clothes with them; why you were sad enough to cry yourself to sleep, you were, now.

So let’s change to a good old fashioned country dance from a cieldh band – and that is pronounced kay-lee nearly enough:

Now, if you ever wondered where square dancing came from, now you know that Scots and Irish immigrants brought these dances with them – and soon expanded the sparse calling to an art form all it’s own.

Of course, the dances that go with this music is an art form all it’s own. As O. Henry described it, the art is to see how fast you can move your feet without moving your body or arms. Here’s the professional dance group Beoga, showing how that is done:

And of course, no review of Celtic arts would be complete without a bit of humor now:

And that’s about enough for one Friday night.

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Obama Discovers Something New Every Day

I see Obama says WWII Vets built the strongest economy on earth. You just now discovering that, BamBamm?

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Well, Christmas Will Soon Be Here – The Radio Told Me So

Well, Christmas is almost here and the radio is playing those old familiar refrains again. Like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I sure remember when that song came out. I was in a line in the railroad station in Raleigh, North Carolina, waiting to buy a ticket the first time I heard Roy Rogers singing that tune.

The ticket agent was a buxom blonde, little bitty thing, showing more chest than was generally acceptable in those days. Several of the college kids buying tickets were a more’n a little goggleyed at the sight.

Some of their eyes stuck out like a crabs! One of them rubbed his eyes back in their sockets and stepped to the ticket window just ahead of me. In a minute that purty thang sang out “Destin-ayshun, Puleeze?”

“Two pickets to Tittsburgh,” sez the boy.

He didn’t notice, but she did! I could sympathize with him, she had just about the same effect on me. But I managed to get my ticket to Savannah without misspeaking myself. Or getting my face slapped.

It embarrassed the heck out of that young fellow, though. He was red faced about it. And one cheek was much redder than the other.

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Only 225 People Show Up For Free Tickets To An Obama Speech

PJ Media’s “Jammie Wearing Fools” reports only 225 people showed up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, for free tickets to a campaign speech by President Barack Obama.

By contrast, more than a thousand people showed up for tickets to a Hilary Clinton campaign speech in 2008. I don’t wonder. After all, once you have heard Obama read a speech off the teleprompter, you have pretty much been confused by all of them:

And if the teleprompter does not work – there is no speech at all

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Friday Night Follies – Aunt’s, With A Bit Of Driftwood

Well, another Friday night has rolled around, so let’s have a few tunes that suit the times. Let’s start with Aunt Effie, right out of 1967:

And, for a bit of musical history here’s Jimmy Driftwood, with the Unfortunate Lawyer:

Since we have a good thing going, here’s Jimmy Driftwood again, with a version of Sweet Betsy from Pike that I had not heard before:

And here’s one of my favorite traditional songs by the Carolina Chocolate Drops, with Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, and Justin Robinson. Each of whom seem to play every instrument known to man, superbly:

An encore? Sure ’nuff:

And that is about enough of that good old mountain music.

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Louie Freeh Tapped To Investigate Penn State

Fox News reports Willie Clinton’s FBI Chief, Louie Freeh, has been hired to investigate the Penn State Football scandal that resulted in Joe Paterno’s firing.

Excuse me, but having observed Freeh for a number of years, I do not think he could find his butt with both hands.

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NASCAR Crowd Boos Michelle Obama

In something as preordained as sunrise, the crowd at the Homestead, Florda, NASCAR race booed Michelle Obama when she gave the traditional Gentlemen, Start Your Engines kickoff for the race.

Given the temper of that part of the American public likely to be NASCAR fans, I cannot see why this was not expected. Or perhaps it was, since there was a chorus making the call.

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