How’s THAT Working out for you?

Well, at least for NBC News, its association with the fetid William Arkin (who's said that America’s troops are “lucky they aren’t spit on and called ‘baby-killer’ “) the answer is “Not so good.”

During the week of February 5 - February 9, 2007, NBC Nightly News lost a net total of 400,000 viewers. Many observers point to the William Arkin controversy as the primary cause of this ratings slide.

They fell behind CBS Evening News for the first time in nearly a decade.

It’s rumored that William Arkin’s new nickname around NBC is “iceberg,” and not because he eats a lot of lettuce.

Robert Fisk, Effete British Nancy-boy

"I don't want this to be seen as a Muslim mob attacking a Westerner for no reason. They had every reason to be angry - I've been an outspoken critic of the US actions myself. If I had been them, I would have attacked me."

And with those words, effete British rogue, Robert Fisk (pictured left...where else?) minced his way into the "Nancy-boy Hall of Fame" in Cambridge, England...a proud day to be sure for Sissy-Mary’s and Nancy-boys the world over.

How many other great men throughout history have wished to attack...themselves?

OK, none, but boy, the image of Robert Fisk attacking himself, I really wish that I could make that happen.

Sure, like many of his fellow Nancy-boys, I’d prefer to see Robert Fisk just off and intercourse himself, but fist-fighting....himself, well that would be spectacular!

Oh and Robert Fisk says the British in Afghanistan are doomed and the U.S. is powerless to stop the building anti-Western onslaught from the Islamic world.

Oh yeah, and he also says that Islam is still THE “religion of peace.”

And of course it is, if by “peace” you mean xenophobic, misogynistic, slave-trading, goat-humping, genocidal, megalomania.

Fisk’s assertion about Islam/”religion of peace” is on display virtually everywhere and on a daily basis, even right here in the good’ol US of A.

On February 18th 2007, a Nashville cabbie (don’t tell me, Mohammed Hussein? No, but good guess, his name was Ibrahim Ahmed) made anti-Semitic statements and praised Adolph Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jews, during a religious argument that culminated when he ran over one of the passengers as he left the taxi, witnesses said during a hearing held yesterday.

The cab driver, Ibrahim Ahmed, said Hitler was merely “trying to rid the world of Jews,” when passenger Jeremie Imbus mistakenly thought that by “Jews,” Ahmed meant sand-fleas.

This, of course, enraged Ahmed who then accused Imbus (a Lutheran) of being a sand flea...Oooops, that's “Jew.”

Ahmed then punctuated the conclusion of that argument in the lovingly, peaceful Muslim tradition of running over Mr. Imbus after he exited the cab. "Ciao Bella!"

As Ace at Ace of Spades HQ put it, “They're not Holocaust deniers. They're Holocaust enthusiasts.

“When they say there was no Holocaust, they mean it in the same way Crocodile Dundee meant it about the knife, i.e., "That's not a Holocaust, this -- what's coming -- is a Holocaust."

http://minx.cc/?post=217055

You know what would be interesting?

Putting Robert Fisk and Ibrahim Ahmed in the same room together. That way they could both gang up and beat the living shit out of Fisk, before "holocausting him."

I know what you're thinking, "It's no fair, two against one," BUT then again, one of them would be Fisk, so that sort of makes it alright.

They don't just defend those in the "pedarist club," they're also members...

A few days old now, but still an amazing story.

The former President of the Virginia ACLU was recently busted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Department of Homeland Security (ICE) for possessing some of the most vile kinds of child-pornography - violent, forced child-rape.

Charles Rust-Tierney, whose wife Diann Rust-Tierney has led the ACLU's anti-death penalty initiative not only downloaded and possessed these violent images, he also coached a number of youth teams in the area.

I guess the ACLU is a lot like the "Hair Club for Men," not just defenders of the club, but members!

NIIIIIICE!!!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?ID=2900174&page=1

John Goss, FDNY 1962 - 1994, firefighter and artist

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This was a painting I commissioned from John Goss, a firefighter who worked in Engine 35 in East Harlem (3rd Avenue & 125th Street) for over thirty years, all of them on "the backstep." I was fortunate to have worked with John from May of 1986 to April of 1987. There wasn't a better man to learn the job from.

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John wasn't only a firefighter's firefighter, but a great artist, a kind and exceedingly humble man and one of the many FDNY firefighters I've been honored to have worked with over the years.

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The above painting tracks my father's career from firefighter in Engine Company 201 (Brooklyn - 1953 - 1960), to Lieutenant in Engine 7 and Ladder 6 (Lower Manhattan - 1960 - 1965), to Captain of Ladder-107 (East New York/Brownsville, Brooklyn - 1965 - 1970), L-107, whose bucket is at the window, was a single Truck Company back then, to Battalion Chief in the Safety Division and then the 44th Battalion, Brownsville, Brooklyn (1970 - 1978), to Deputy Chief in the 4th Division (Harlem) to the 5th Division (Harlem), to DAC in Staten Island and then Manhattan (1978 - 1990).

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In the above picture, John's likeness is that 4th Division Chief with his arm around that 5th Division Chief which is his rendition of my Dad's likeness. John said my Dad reminded him of Jimmy Cagney. I thought that was funny, considering my Dad was also a very quiet, humble man.

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Both my Dad and John Goss died of cancer the same year, 1997. John died on the 11th anniversary of my appointment date, March 15th. Both men went from full-time firefighters to full-time cancer patients within a year of leaving the FDNY.

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I think of them both every day.

Guess where gasoline prices are heading???

If you said UP, you're 100% right!

Is it Bush?

Is it the Democratic Congress?

Nope, it's neither, as it turns out, this coming Thursday (March 1st) marks the switch-over to the more expensive "summer blend." Gasoline prices in the metro area are expected to soar to near $3/gallon well before sumer!

Hey! HEY!! It's not all gloom and doom. In fact, it's long been a boon to Wall Street. As Paul Tharp of the NY Post writes, "Gasoline's rite of spring also gives Wall Street traders their most dependable and predictable profit rally of the year, often in the double digits, analysts say."

A week before the switch, this past Thursday, February 22nd, unleaded regular futures shot up a bold 2.9%

Peter Beutel of Cameron Hanover said, "Basically it's "Hear we go again,' " adding that many traders have used this strategy based on the summer switch - buy contracts on March 1st and sell half by May 1st and the other half by May 15th. Beutel claims, "It's consistently yielded profits for 19 of the last 22 years."

Last year that strategy produced a 39% trading profit on gasoline and over the past twenty years, it's paid an average of $77,107 per contract.

Still, the bad news, for consumers, is that gasoline prices are expected to rise from their 2/22/07 lows of $2.48/gallon (NY) & $2.13/gallon (NJ) by around 45 cents/gallon by EARLY spring!

Hey It's spring! Time to bend over and open up your wallets!!!

This is gonna hurt a little bit.

Big Apple's TAX BITE....second to none!

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No other large city comes close to New York's obscene tax bite, an outrageous $9.02 for every $100 of gross taxable income!

Philly comes in second at $7.16 per $100 gross taxable income (over 20% LESS), Los Angeles came in third at $6.88 per $100 gross taxable income (almost 25% LESS).

In fact, New York's tax bite is 47% higher than the average of $6.16 tax bite per $100 gross taxable income, the other eight cities with populations of over 1 million people have.

And according to New Yorkers who've left the Big Apple for other places, that bigger tax bite DOESN'T translate into better services. The NY Daily News quoted Michael Boccio, a former-New Yorker, who left for Chicago in 1991, who said, "In general, the policing, fire protection and ambulance response is better here. Having lived in New york and made the move, I can say that dollar for dollar, the quality of life is higher in Chicago."

Ronnie Lowenstein of the Independent Budget Office (IBO) said, "We always knew that New York City was high, I think some people may have assumed that was partly offset by lower-than-average state taxes. We don't have a lower than average state tax bite offsetting the local tax. That was kind of a surprise to us."

The IBO also found that despite the lavish spending, the poverty rate in NYC stood at 19.6%, above the big city average of 19.2%

Kathy Wylde, of the New York Partnership (a business advocacy group) said, "It's a very high hurdle for a city that's trying to diversify its economy. The only way we're going to stay competitive is by reducing taxes."

In a related story;

New York City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn has been trying to be seen as New York City's "ethics and reform candidate, only her record belies that stance. Her tenure has actually worsened NY C's reliance on "special interest politics."

To be sure, Quinn and her cohorts have banned Corporate special interest contributions, but NOT those from Labor Unions and other social activist special interests. This has made New York City politics increasingly beholden to Union and social interest special interest groups, a path that inexorably leads to increasing spending, higher taxes and ultimately an increased pace for the exodus of businesses from the City.

If you want to see the dysfunction of Liberal policies, just come to New York City, they're on full display.

Chimps join the arms race...

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"Researchers" (not quite real scientists, but close) claim that some chimps in Senegal have taken to using "spears" (a/k/a "pointed sticks") to hunt prey - "bush babies," smaller primates that are apparently a food source to some carnivorous chimps.

OK, so let me get this straight, a researcher sees a monkey hurl what amounts to a tree branch and gasps, "My stars, why these monkeys are only a half step away from space travel and a step away from monkey MTV!?"

Sorry, but I just don't get it!

I mean the same day this report comes out, poor Dennis Kucinich throws a pointed stick and people yell, "Hey! Grab the retard who threw that pointed stick and hit the old lady!"

Life's just so damn unfair.

At any rate, at least Dennis Kucinich seems as pissed off as I am about this terrible double standard, at least it would seem that way, judging from his letter of apology;

"While I deeply regret that my homemade javelin hit Mrs. Agnes T. Pritchard, it remains my contention that Mrs. Pritchard bears at least some of the responsibility for this incident. I mean it's not as if she couldn't have shuffled her walker over another six inches to avoid my missile.

"Moreover, I'm even more troubled that earlier that same day, a group of scientists fawned over a couple of chimps for hurling what amounted to a pointed stick, while when I do the very same thing, albeit with a lot more sophisticated "fashioning," I get no praise at all. Instead I'm labeled "A menace to little old ladies everywhere."

"So, why the double standard?

"What's with all this monkey love?

"I'm not cute and cuddly enough?

"I don't babble incoherantly in as lovable a way?

"I just think we all need to take a big step back and a big deep breath and reorder our priorities a little.

"And to Mrs. Agnes T. Pritchard, I am really very sorry about striking you. Suffice to say, I should've aimed better and you should've ducked better. Let's just leave it at that."

Sincerely,

Dennis Kucinich



OK, that's certainly chimpy enough for me.

That cute little bastard!

How can you stay mad at Dennis Kucinich....well...unless he's throwing feces, but that's just common sense.

Still, spear-chucking monkeys. Who'd have thunk it???

Well, I for one, am NOT the least bit afraid. I mean we still have guns right? So it's not like this is the beginning of Planet of the Apes or anything.

I'm not gonna worry at least until they come up with some kind of bad-assed monkey bow & arrow.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-chimps-spears.html


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/23/ap/tech/mainD8NF6BTG0.shtml