Minnesota Lefties put on notice

Yes my little moonbats...it's coming!

Why do Democrats hate America?

That question has been tossed out there hundreds of times. Most times, it is done without real conviction, just to get a rise out of some leftist.

That has never been the case for me. I know that there are hundreds of thousands of people out there, all of whom would be considered leftists, that hate America and everything we stand for.

They hope and pray that someday, somewhere will come a force that will lay our country, it's traditions and values to waste. They dream that they will then be left to gather their ilk out of the rubble and create the leftist's Utopia.

Usually when I think this through, I have to admit that although it's growing, the traitorous mob of fifth columnists walking our streets belong to the fringe of leftist politics; but that is changing.

I don't usually post items I receive from the RNC but this piece that just landed in my "inbox" was too serendipitous to send to the delete file; especially given the last two items I posted.

The Democrat leadership believes failure by our troops in Iraq -- the central front in the War on Terror -- is essential for them to win elections in 2008...

...and that any positive sign of progress in Iraq is simply a "problem" for them.

Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, driven by polls and politics, declared "This war is lost," even before the President's new strategy began. Reid also has bragged, "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war."

And Democrat House Majority Whip James Clyburn said that a positive report in September from General Petraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would be
"a real big problem for us (Democrats)." Meaning the Democrats' desire for an
arbitrary troop withdrawal -- and their party's 2008 electoral fortunes -- would
be in jeopardy if our troops succeed.

America's national security should not be kicked around like a political football. Republicans believe winning the War on Terror is vital to our country's national security.

It is unconscionable that Democrat leaders are hoping for our troops to fail so their party can gain a political advantage.

Given the level of hatred that is being expressed by leftists, especially out here on the internet, lefties who sit idly by and watch while their erstwhile brothers and sisters cheer the destruction of America without so much as a sideways glance can only be described as "aiding and abetting treason".

That's right, I said it and I mean it.

Leftists can no longer point to their leaders, not even those on the national stage, as reasonable, rational people who are just concerned about the present administration in the White House.

The idea of a "loyal opposition", when applied to the Democrat party, has taken it's place as a footnote in our political history.

Meanwhile, leftist leaders have taken their place in the fifth column and the time has come to acknowledge that you're either with them, or with U.S.

The left reacts

Liberals begin to react to the news that the leader of the "Mahdi Army" has announced he and his forces will cease their attacks on the American men and women in Iraq laying their lives on the line to protect the right of the American left to hock loogies at the American flag...

"But the Iraq war is lost, he needs to buck up and keep listening to the
Democrats…"

The intellectuals at Huffington Post wax eloquent:

"Bu$h still has to explain to the good old Amerikan people why he has been lying on them all this time"

“Al-Sadr is like Bush. He just wants position and power. He couldn't give a shit about some rag headed sandal clad dirty religious fanatic. Like Hitler he just uses the
masses for his purposes and then throws them away.”

“This move is being done so he can sit in parliment and negotiate away his countrymen's rights.”

They should have stayed with *crickets*.

I expected indifference and denial; Hitler comparisons...no lefty comment thread is complete without one. But openly goading our enemies to keep up the fight? Didn't see that coming...I should have known better.

Honestly, and I say this without the least attempt to couch this as a tongue-in-cheek jab at them...I will not be the least bit surprised to start seeing campaigns on lefty blogs to send "care packages" to the insurgents to boost moral and get them started killing again.

How much longer, do you think, will leftists be capable of claiming that they "support the troops" without breaking out in uncontrollable laughter at the absurdity of their own BS?

Breaking news

Al-Sadr Suspends Militia

BAGHDAD — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a six-month suspension of activities by his Mahdi Army militia in order to reorganize the force, and it will no longer attack U.S. and coalition troops, aides said Wednesday.

Reaction from the left: *crickets*

The Mahdi Army has been by far the most active milita in Iraq, accounting for a large number of civilian and military casualties. For Americans, this is the best news out of Iraq in more than a year.

Reaction from the left: *crickets*

The lull in fighting opens the first real opportunity for the US to engage Muqtada al-Sadr in a dialogue that offers both the chance to come to terms while maintaining "face". In other words, this is the time for the diplomacy that the left would have had us engage in with a knife at our throats.

Reaction from the left: *crickets*

Anyone see anything "patriotic" in the left wing fever swamp now? Anyone?

*crickets*

Another GOP pervert is outed...

And the left screams "hypocrite"!

"Why is it that the loudest yelps against the civil rights of gay and lesbian citizens always seem to come from closeted gay Republican politicians and their ilk? "

Hold it, not so fast pinheads.

It doesn't change my opinion that Craig is toast, but all of you caterwauling moonbats overlook something important.

A senior US Senator, to say nothing of being a 60 something married grandfather, pursues a secret passion for anonymous buggery in public bathrooms. I don’t expect any of the leftist morons here to see anything strange in that, but 99% of the rational adults in this country would agree that this behavior extends the boundaries of bizarre.

This same man spends a good part of his “above ground” activities denouncing just the sorts of things he ostensibly loves to do.

Is he a hypocrite, is he just nuts, or is there something else? Hypocrisy? Or Self loathing?

It's an important distinction.

It is not only highly plausible that Craig knew what he was doing was despicable, appalling…fill in the blank, it is almost a given.

Who better to speak about the dangers of society at large adopting the laissez-faire attitude, embraced by the left, to the debauchery, the unmitigated perversions that a small, but vocal minority prefer as a lifestyle than someone who cannot face themselves in the mirror having jumped into that very pit?

People with such mental deficiencies often lack the strength to reach out for help on their own, but that is not to say that Craig, or many other politicians that have been snapped up in similar situations are incapable of acting on their better instincts when it comes to American society as a whole.

I don’t want them in positions of power while they deal with their mental health issues, and Senator Craig can start on the road to recovery by being honest with himself and us, but I certainly do not discount the warnings they have given us.

When the pervert points out perversion, we have no less a duty to put an end to the perversion than we do to root out the pervert.

A Frank question goes unanswered.

I love the fair.

I love the greasy food, the music, the whole package. But what I love more than anything is the opportunity to corner the latest works of art the Democrat party is putting on display and have some fun.

My wife and I stopped by the DFL booth to have a bit of face time with “Team Franken”, a group that looks like nothing so much as a reunion of the cast of “Revenge of the nerds”.

When I asked then if it bothered them to know that their hero had pocketed money that was meant to send poor kids from New York City to summer camp, they claimed to have never heard of the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls club swindle.

I found that pretty hard to believe at first, but when I saw the sincere, truly clueless expressions on those poor kids, I realized that this crew was literally floating in the kool-aid and decided not to waste any more time with them. They helpfully informed me however, that the man himself was making an appearance at the Frankenbooth booth right then; we were off like a shot.

Al was being interviewed by Eric Eskola from public television when we arrived. As we listened, Al informed Eric that he was tired of having his message twisted by Republicans and that he intended to spend the summer speaking for himself.

After he was done with Eric, I stepped right up to ask Al a question; Mrs. Swiftee helpfully recorded the following fleecing.

Swiftee: “Hi Al. It’s funny you should mention the lack of reliable information about you. For instance, I’d love to hear an explanation of the Gloria Wise swindle from your own lips..”

Al: “What of it?”

Swiftee: “Well I am convinced that you yourself were not involved in the actual money exchange, but it is inconceivable that you were not aware that money that was meant to send kids to summer camp ended up in your pocket.”

“Have you sent that money back to the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls club?”

Al: “Well, Air America is paying that back and…”

Swiftee: “I’m asking about you Al. I’m asking about the money that went from The Gloria Wise charity to your pocket. What did you do, personally, to make things right?”

Al: “You know they still owe me hundreds of thousands of dollars..”

Swiftee: “Yeah, they are running out of charities to turn to I guess.” “Look Al, you are running for the Democrat endorsement, the Democrat platform is supposedly built around concern for kids, especially poor kids. Don’t you think it smacks of hypocrisy to have kept those funds?” “You may not have known about it at first, but you found out a long time before you car to admit it, and you certainly know about it now; why not send it back today?”

Al: "So, do you want me to answer?"

Swiftee: "Absolutely"

Al: “Well I, you know this story has been twisted so badly, you know there is a newspaper called the New York Post and, it’s known as a conservative paper, and (turns to FrankenTeamster), what was that guy’s name?”

Swiftee: "Forget what the Post said Al, its all lies. I’m asking you, Al Franken, candidate for US Senate to explain what has happened to money that you received that was supposed to have sent those kids to summer camp.” "You're not going to deny that some of that money was paid to you are you?"

Al: “Well, you know, Air America was being run by people who were not honest, Evan Cohen and (unintelligible)…they were crooks. I didn’t have any knowledge of the financials (unintelligible)."

Swiftee: “Al, there are legal documents with your signature on them that say otherwise.” “Are you saying that you didn’t sign the loan repayment agreement?” "Didn't you sign it because you had a financial interest?"

Al: “Well, look, my lawyer put a blank piece of paper out for me to sign, it was an addendum actually, the document was dozens of pages long, and I signed that addendum, yes, but I didn’t read it.”

Mrs. Swiftee: “You’re saying that you signed a legal document without knowing what it said?” “Will you just sign anything anyone puts under your pen if you are elected to the Senate?”

Pow! Right in the kisser!

Al: (Glares at Mrs. Swiftee) “Well you know you trust your lawyer to do what is right.”

Mre. Swiftee: “And so, now that you know, does this lawyer still work for you?”

Al: “Uh, yes.”

FrakenTeamster: “There are a lot of other people who have questions for Al. He’s answered your question, thanks for stopping by.”

Swiftee: “He hasn’t answered anything.” “Al says he’s tired of having his past misrepresented and I’m here giving him the chance to set it straight.” “I guess if that’s the best you have Al, maybe the Post didn’t get it so wrong after all.”

FrakenTeamster: “There are a lot of other people who have questions.”

As we walked away, I expressed my surprise at the Mrs.' gumption. She usually does not get involved in public politics and never joins in when I'm fleecing a moonbat.

She said: "I couldn't help it. He just wouldn't tell the truth, and when he said he signed that paper without looking at it, I couldn't believe it!"

By the time I had stripped his pelt off, there was quite a large crowd listening to Al's stammering obfuscations. I don't know if it left much of an impression on any of them, certianly the FrankenTeamsters were not phased.

But Al is going to have to be making many, many more appearances; and I have plenty of other questions that need asking...stay tuned!

Melissa Hortman: Please allow me the opportunity to prove just what a clueless Democrat I am.

Time to take cover behind that blast shield again, Yup, I’m fixin’ to leave another Democrat face down on the pavement.

First, lets give this moron some rope.

A poll on whether Minnesotans want a higher gas tax misses the point entirely -- as policymakers, the question we should ask is: "How many bridges should be safe?" Or: "How many two-lane rural roads with high accident rates need curves made more gentle or shoulders added?" Or: "Do clearly painted stripes help guide you when you are driving at night or in the winter?"

Point missing? Stand aside Clueless, Hortman is in the house.

The question that we should ask and we ARE asking is: “How much should it cost to ensure our bridges are safe?” Or: What the fuck have you moonbats been doing with the billions of dollars we have been ponying up to get the job done?

I guarantee you that come election time, Hortman can cite, chapter and verse, every million dollars that she has, personally mind you, funneled into whatever leftist rat hole she is speaking to at any given time.

But she has the unmitigated gall to continue..

Then, the job of the Legislature and governor would be to determine how to meet those needs in a fiscally responsible way. Government 101: Tax fairly, spend effectively.

Spending effectively is a mighty subjective concept..at least where a Democrat is involved. To Hortman and her ilk "spending effectively" means pumping the maximum amount of cash to the widest spread of her supporting cast of characters as possible.

Union bag men, consultants, environmental nutcases, sensitivity trainers and of course a full suite of scumbag lawyers are sure to find a spot in Hortman’s bills payable roster during any construction project she can get her hands into. Her audacity in even bringing this up magnifies the level of cluelessness in evidence.

Now let’s watch, jaws agape, as she adds another essential ingredient to any Democrat lecture…a nice helping of condescension.

In the United States, we have a republican democracy. Why is that? Elected officials are supposed to lead as well as listen. Lately, it seems we have been seeing a lot of listening, but now we need to exercise leadership.

What-the-fuck? I swear I can hear my mom telling my siblings and I: “You’ll do as I say and you’ll like it!” And this piece of work is just getting warmed up..now we need a bit of "It's for your own good" put into our faces.

The truth is, because of our reluctance to raise the gas tax for the past two decades, we now raise about one-third of our transportation budget through property taxes on homeowners and businesses. Drivers are heavily subsidized by property-tax payers.

Does anyone believe that if we raise gas taxes, property taxes will be reduced…by even a buck? This bitch'll have our underwear to boot before she's through, I swear.

The truth is, we send in over $.40 of every dollar we earn in a pitiful attempt to satiate the appetites of Hortman & Co. The truth is that Hortman is telling us that it’s going to have to be a bit more this year, and next year, and next.

The real truth is that the Minnesota Department of Finance says we are rolling in the bucks at a rate never seen before…

Net general fund revenues totaled $2.334 billion in February and March [2007~ed.], $5.8 million (0.3percent) more than forecast. Corporate income tax receipts and individual income tax receipts were above forecast, while sales tax, motor vehicle sales tax, and other tax revenues were less than projected.

Fiscal year 2007 receipts now total $11.334 billion, 1.9 percent more than in fiscal year 2006.

Do I need to say: "And revenues for 2006 were higher than 2005?" Of course I don't.

But the truth is that according to Hortman: “That ain’t enough, pal”

Well I’ve had enough and I’ve got news for the Hortman hoard: “The people have spoken. We talk, you listen."

Councilman plans “Charter crisis” on bogus info

A couple of days ago, I expressed my incredulity over Saint Paul councilman Dave “Bucky” Thune’s plan to challenge the city charter’s legal authority to thwart his desire to turn the city into a free-for-all zone during the 2008 GOP convention. (Be sure to take a moment to enjoy the comments from the “MySpace” crew that dropped in)

My good friend Mitch Berg took his incredulity to where it would do some good; the city attorney’s office.

On Monday morning I had a brief, interesting conversation with Mr. Henderson of the City Attorney’s Civil Division. He says it’s the City Attorney’s opinion that the city’s permit ordinance is fine, as-is.

I also spoke with Chuck Samuelson of the ACLU-MN. He didn’t know of any proposed changes (and goodness knows they’d be interested). I freely admit this
could be a matter of my own confusion, but…Which ordinance were you referring
to, Mr. Thune?

Mix a smidgeon of fact checking with a heaping tub of leftist bullshit, stir (don’t shake) and….

Viola…Baked Moron! (Again, typos and misspellings are Bucky's own)

Boy is my face red - and it isn't from riding my scoot on a sunny day.I have checked with the city attorney's office and am told that indeed theyfeel that our current assembly permitting requirements are constitutional andlegal;.I apologize to them and to you all for misstating their opinion. There weremany discussions earlier this year and I likely had the conversation withsomeone else - not the city attorney.daveward 2

"Misstating their opinion"? Let's rewind and see if "I pulled it past my head and straight out of my ass" fits a little better shall we?

Perfect fit and color coordinated to boot.

So much for Bucky’s fast track anarchy plan. I guess Bucky's pals are going to just have to fall back on the tried and true leftist method of "peaceful" protest and forget all about trying to hang any semblence of legality around their chaos.

Remember, this flaming idiot has the reigns of power over the city of Saint Paul in his mangy hands...does anyone wonder why the city is swirling around the drain?

Friday Kung-Fu blogging

It's been almost two years to the day that I posted a lighthearted look into my personal life (something I rarely do), but Master Gin Foon Mark has put up a great new website that I'd like to share with you.

It isn't every one who can watch a 5th Generation Grand Master work out with the Butterfly swords, or play hands with a Choy Lay Fut Master. You can't see it in person, but I highly recommend the next best thing.

Follow the bouncing link to the video gallery to see Master Mark demonstrate his mastery with the swords during this years Chinese New Year's celebration held at his World Headquarters right here in Saint Paul Minnesota.

There is also a good demonstration by a couple of Master Mark's students "playing hands".

Check it out!

Also, if you are interested in Chinese Art, you will not find a better source than Master Mark's store, which is located right on top of his Kwoon..as it should be.

Somewhere out there

.....is a naked porcupine smoking a big cigar.





Ya gotta give this pit credit; it's obvious she didn't give up easily...but it's also obvious that she ain't too bright either.

The birth of the ThunderMugger

You may have noticed the new picture on the side bar and wondered to yourself "What is Swiftee up to now?"

Well it's simple.

The ThunderMugger is the physical embodiment of the spirit that drives me to publish this blog.

It is the acknowledgement that there is nothing of value to anything a leftist has to say or that they do. It says that to engage in any serious discourse with them is to give the leftist a credibility he (or she) does not warrant.

The ThunderMugger sits on the world's commode, where all leftists dwell. He isn't thinking about them; he knows from experience that giving a second thought to any of the pap that they spew will leave him with a headache that would make drinkers of MD20/20 cringe.

He's seen and heard and read all he is going to tolerate. He's done with attempting any dialogue with leftists and opts instead for taking a big steaming dump on their tin-foil hats.

Many of the former owners of the pelts that grace my sidebar trophy case have taken to claiming to have been victims of "thuggery", they are incorrect. They fell, stupid expressions frozen on their feral snouts, to "muggery".

ThunderJournalists have their place, and so do ThunderMuggers...aiming a well deserved colon blow at the pointy heads of leftists.

H\T to Kevin at Eckernet for the cool icon.

The City of Saint Paul prepares to welcome chaos.

Sure, the city is in turmoil; the schools are in a death struggle for the poorest performing in the state. Yes, the business landscape is barren and people may be abandoning their houses in record numbers, but these problems must take a back seat this year.

There is important work afoot you see. The city’s leadership just doesn’t have the time to deal with those minor irritants.

Next year, the city of Saint Paul will play host to the Republican National Convention and plans must be laid. Accommodations must be arranged; transportation; food; lodging; entertainment must be afforded……and bail money must be accrued.

Bail money? Yup.

You see, the city council, led by Dave Thune is working overtime to assure the thousands of professional protesters, anarchists, moonbats, wankers, reprobates and their wanna-be’s that they will have full access and every opportunity will be accorded for them to trash the city and to trash the city’s reputation before a world-wide audience.

Need proof?

Here is a Communiqué from Comrade Thune (typos and misspellings are Thune's)…

Hi from St. Paul

We've had one full meeting of the [“free speech”ed.] committee then decided to use a couple work groups. My group met a couple weeks ago and heard very persuasive arguments for using a "permit on the fly" system for use of streets as a parade route. i.e. we wouldn't issue any advance parade permits. when a group showed up they would just be given a permit and told to go ahead (or wait til the group in front ofthem has stepped off).

Permits? We don’t need no stinkin’ permits.

Why bother with them at all?

Well as you will see later, the city council is not exactly free to turn the streets over for razing on their own; but fear not, Thune has a plan.

Our other committee is working on a "demonstrators guide to the galaxy" (not the real title but is sounds cool). They will be figuring out how to get infoout to non-delegates as to housing, communication, emergency services, etc. We have an assembly permit ordinance but our city attorney says it would beunconstitutional if challenged. I'd like to get that out of the way before werun into trouble with it. it was enacted to attempt to protect plannedparenthood from demonstrators.

This permit ordinance, I guarantee you, would have been defended to within an inch of the city’s treasury if the MCCL had challenged it. But next year, it will impede Thune’s thugs so the city attorney was put to rendering a legal opinion that provides a basis for ignoring it.

Read that line again. This is an elected city official’s own words: “I'd like to get that [ordinance, which was put in place by a former council and signed into law by a former mayor~ed.] out of the way before we run into trouble with it.”

This may be the most egregious misuse of elected office I have ever seen publicly advertised.

But this is Dave Thune, you know it will get worse.

We haven't had a sitdown about the recommended parade/march/demonstrate routeyet. From what I gather fromn the police the proposed Antiwar route lookslogical except that encircling the convention center won't happen for a numberof reasons (levitating the convention center ala the 60's pentagon effortprobably won't work). We have to look at a bunch of logistical things like - where buises or cars canpick people up after marching, porta-potties, water, first aide, etc.

Our position - supported by police is that demonstrators must be within
sightand sound of delegates. Shuffling folks away to a remote site is not an
option.

In case you have been living under a rock for the past 50 years or so, here's the "folks" that Thune is working to save front row seats for.






The "Peace" flag was a nice touch, don't you think?

The convention is being held in the city of Saint Paul, but Saint Paul is in the state of Minnesota. When speaking of capitulation to his "folks" Thune is, thankfully, only in a position to speak only for the Saint Paul PD.

Despite Thune's protestations to the contrary, the convention’s security will be tactically handled by the Ramsey County Sherriff, and the Minnesota State Patrol, the CIA and the FBI will handle the strategic command and control of the scene.

I attended a meeting that was held by the convention organizers (the legitimate organizers) to introduce the local CIA station chief…his head patting of the local cops was subtle, but could not be mistaken.

We hopefully have a large labor organization asking for the use of harrietisland for the entire week. this would then become the "peace island" - restarea, lost and found, communications, medics, connections for housing, eveningentertainment
and such. This may provoke a fight over a free speech grouphaving the island instead of dignitaries or parties for media but it'll be agood one.

Amid a sea of molotov cocktails we're going to have a "peace island". I'm telling you, this guy is certifiable.

Personally, I do like the idea of handing over Harriet Island to the anti-American traitors headed our way; be that much easier to have them round themselves up.

But Thune isn't done yet.

Imagine your city leadership plotting to illegally usurp the legal authority is has in order to facilitate a group that is in turn plotting chaos, violence and destruction. And imagine your city leaders publicly announcing their readiness to spark a “charter crises” to do it.

I expect the council will have to override our permit process. ifthis is challenged by anyone we could have a charter crisis over whether thecouncil can unilaterally do it.

A city’s charter is its constitution.

What Thune is saying is that he is prepared to attack the founding document of the city he was elected to protect and to serve. He is telling us that he puts his own political agenda ahead of the law.

He is telling us that he puts the best interests and wishes of those constituents that do not wish to have their homes, lives and livelihoods put in jeopardy second to those of the constituents who will be providing the havoc.

If you think I am overstating the facts, or that I am reading intentions into Thune’s words that do not exist I encourage you to read the following paragraph very carefully.

I am counting on mutual cooperation from local free speech folks and cityofficials to not only advance the speech part but also to protect the residentsand small businesses here in my downtown area ward from chaos or danger. So farour city atty has been great and police very calm. the ramsey county sheriff'soffice is not in any lead planning role. The MCLU and Lawyers Guild have beengreat in keeping this in play by their presence as well as opinions.

dave

city council

ward 2

“So far our city atty has been great and police very calm. the ramsey county sheriff's
office is not in any lead planning role.”

People who do not live in St. Paul, or who are not familiar with the city might not know that the police officers union (and the fire fighters union) is heavily invested in the left wing politics that dominate the place.

I’m not suggesting that they do not catch Democrat shop lifters, but what Thune is suggesting to the chaos crew is that the police department is playing ball with them.

Straight up, the note regarding the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department is meant to dispel any concerns that an effective deterrent will be in place to greet Thune's mob.

He is wrong of course.

The protection of the national conventions of the Democrat and Republican parties are the work of the various federal law enforcement agencies. In addition, the President of the United States of America will make an appearance at the GOP convention...I'm pretty sure that after the fed's arrive, the Saint Paul PD will take any back seat it is instructed to take.

If Dave Thune thinks that the red carpet he has laid down for his anti-American brigades will not be used to roll them up when the bottles and rocks start flying (and you know they will) he is dreaming.

For Thune to declare that he is working to protect his constituents from danger and chaos, while at the same time he is assuring the mob that will be bringing those things into town that the coast is clear is ab-so-lutely un-be-liev-able…for anyone but Thune that is.

Violence is a given if the various threats the lefties are making on the internet are to be taken seriously (and given their history, they should be); they need to know that violence will be met with force.

If our local "leadership" follows Thune's path of abdication of the responsibility to live up to the oath of office they took, we can be thankful that they are not our last, or best line of defense in the face of the violent mob that is assembling.

Despite Thune’s assurances to the contrary, we will not be held hostage to this country’s lowest common denominators, we will not have our lives disrupted or threatened, we will not have our businesses destroyed, we will not have our homes damaged in the slightest.

It's a carnival of moonbat bufoonery!

The headline:

Pawlenty's approval rating is highest ever

The Moonbat response:

Democrat Party poll says Democrat poll takers don't like norm Coleman

A new poll by the DSCC puts Norm Coleman’s approval rating at a dismal 41%. Even worse, his reelect has dropped to 37% with 49% preferring someone else. Incumbents under 50% on either question are considered vulnerable - under 40% and the incumbent is on life support.

Both numbers are down since January.

I’m sure the Star Tribune will publish a story on these poll results, as they did when Survey USA released its Pawlenty approval ratings a few days ago.

The DSCC..as in...The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Commitee...says Norm Coleman is only gettin' the love by 41% of the people it chose to ask.

Alright; I'm starting to get pissed. How come Democrat blahgers get to smoke dope and drink whine spritzers all day and don't get busted?

"Old Faithless" strikes again..right on schedule

The headline:

Jose Padilla Convicted by U.S. Jury in Terror Case


The reaction from the left:



Click on the moth eaten t-shirt for another unwarranted stereotype of what passes as the “reality based community” in the feverswamp.

Ambush journalism Dumpsterdiver style.

Dumpster Diver and would-be cartoonist Ken Avidor has been playing fast and loose with the facts again. He’s suggesting that the center of his universe, Congresswoman Michele Bachman, is stopping by the dumpster for a visit.



Of course, that is a lie…let’s look behind the curtain, using my special X-ray specs



Ahh, now the story is told. Just another "interview request” from Eva and her merry band of stalkers.

What the hell?

Saint Paul mayor Chris Coleman to the state of Minnesota: Hand over the money, or I'll tax the holy living shit out of the idiots that elected me.

I'm guessing that somewhere, coffee shot out of former mayor Randy Kelly's nose when he read this.

Ingrates

The City Pages, of all places, finally publishes a piece that doesn't showcase the bigoted, violent, incoherent, drug addled side of Democrat candidate Al Franken, and the lefties complain.

I've got news for all my moonbat fans; this is as good as it gets for Angry Al, kids. It's downhill from here.

Come back here you coward!!

First, watch this..






Then, read this..

“I might as well critique the right by fisking Swiftee every day. Easy points to
be sure, but what's really gained by piling on the extremists and fringe-dwellers?”

Don't see the connection?

I haven’t got anything on film, but my encounters with Da Wedge have been no less amusing than the Black Knight film clip. First, Da Wedge tried his luck with a up close and personal “fisking” which earned him a bitch slap.

Then, his promise to teach yours truly a lesson rhetorically earned his pelt a spot on my sidebar trophy case (that’s it over there---->, third row on the right..it was stinking up the place, so I’ve had it disinfected).

After no more than a week of enduring some of my best work, Da Wedge called it quits, pulled the covers over his head and declined to endure any more abuse by banning my IP adress.

When that didn’t work, he pulled the comments plug on his site altogether.

Merely a flesh wound indeed…Haha!

This comment is so bizarre I'm wondering if Wedge didn't suffer serious additional brain damage from wearing Markos Moulitsas’ soiled boxers on his head last week at YearlyCuz..seek help little man.

Update to the update: Da Wedge wants to set the record straight..heh.

Which allows me to hand out the fisking lesson for the day..

"And if you need to know more about Michael Brodkorb's friends, look no further than this link."

First of all, I can't stop him but I really don't appreciate links from "Norwegianity". Da Wedge, and his ilk, are the internet's flypaper for perverts, wankers, reprobates of all stripes (more on this later)...I'm on a limited budget and really can't afford all that insecticide.

“My comments, as has been documented in real time, were killed because my domains keep turning into spam magnets, as in 39,000 spam in one single day which is why "gisleson.com" is permanently parked, a victim of criminal activity (excessive spamming).”

It’s true, as I’ve already said, that sites like “Norwegianity” tend to attract the internet’s gutter crawlers. But without them Wedge would have to go back to pulling the wings off flies for amusement, so he really has no room to bitch.

When you cater to scumbags you have to make room for everything that means.

“Anyone who wishes to comment about my posts is welcome to do so at Zanby, or by emailing me. Not exactly an ideal solution but the failure of Congress to act against spammers has resulted in more than a few blogs being surreptitiously targeted by parties unknown, but clearly sympathetic to the kind of laissez faire capitalism that allows thieves and scoundrels the same rights as legitimate online businesses.”

“Not exactly an ideal solution but the failure of Congress to act against spammers has resulted..”

LOL! So now, it’s government’s job to filter our websites for us! How do you manage to empty your first case of beer of the day without someone to hold your hand?? Who ties your shoes for you? You-fucking-pathetic loser!!

“Norwegianity is, has been, and always will be a free speech zone.”

Right..all lefty websites are “free speech zones”; in the model of the free speech zones lefties maintain everywhere. We know the drill…

“As long as you say what we want to hear, you’re free to speak. But if you day anything that we don’t like, we’ll do everything we can to silence you”

And we reject it.

Pair O’ Dice has never, and never will, keep anyone from posting any comment they please. Of course if you’re a moonbat, you’re going to get thrashed, but it’s still your call.

There is nothing any moonbat can say that I cannot shred to pieces with the merest application of reason and fact. I don’t need the government, or anyone else to shield me from anything..I take on all comers.

“Sorry you can't use comments to piss on me directly, but Zanby and email are both available for anyone who wants to use them. Not the ideal solution, and certainly not one that makes anonymous comment trolls happy.”

Wedge, we’ll piss on you and your ilk when and where we please…you can run, you can pull the plug on your comments, but you can’t hide.

Questions? Problems? Thought not.

“Nearly all liberal blogs in Minnesota started out with open comments, but the same handful of rightwing jerks ended that practice with their constant deluge of weenie-esque comments and lies, always delivered anonymously.”

Lies, lies and damned lies…lefty’s know ‘em and love ‘em.

Since this response was directed at me, Wedge is suggesting that I do not have the balls to stand behind what I say and write…as anyone who has read this ThunderJournal, or met me in person will tell you, I make myself known in a big way. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say.

There is a personal profile up top there that tells everyone who I am and where I live. So why the lie?

Almost every lefty blog has either banned conservatives or turned off comments altogether. The fact is that they simply cannot withstand scruitiny or criticism. Given the mind numbing lunacy that passes for their ideology that isn’t surprising, but it pegs the hypocrisy meter every time one of these losers claims to be for “free speech” and “honest discussion”.

For a sample of the “weenie-esque” comments that sent Wedge, and the rest of my bitches to the trophy case I again refer you to the post that forced Wedge to hand me his balls on a stick. So why the lie?

Tell you what Wedge. Take a nice shower and shake off that lingering kool-aid hangover from the yearly Cuz moonbat convention…it’s that time of the month anyway isn’t it?

And please take a moment to brush Markos' nad hair out of your teeth will you? It's nasty..no, really.

Remember "A chicken in every pot"?

A few weeks ago, I provided a peek into what life in a leftist society is like. I made what I thought was a joke:

Homeless Utopian: "Excuse me, my good woman but where is the nearest biohazard box?" "I have last nights lot to dispose of and simply cannot find a suitable receptacle.

"Moonbat parent having a playdate with her child: "Over by the teeter-totter"

Homeless Utiopan: "Why thank-you so much. Could I trouble you further for a light for my cigarette?"

Moonbat parent: "What?!? Are you out of your mind?" "You can't light that thing in the park, there are children here!" "Help! Police!"

Of course, in the leftist community, nothing is beyond the possible.

Walk up the hall, which smells of urine, and then knock on the scratched and battered wooden door. After two or three tries, someone might open the door a
crack to see what you want.

Welcome to a city drug needle exchange and HIV prevention facility.

When then-Mayor Frank Jordan signed legislation endorsing needle exchanges in
1992, it was a high-minded, civically progressive program to slow the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. Drug users would get a needle, use it, then return it for a clean one. That's still the idea - and it is a good one - but somewhere along the line the concept went low-rent.

Today the Haight facility looks more like a hole in the wall. The neighbors, many of whom say they have never been told what's going on up the street, find syringes in their gardens. And the original idea - a one-for-one exchange - is largely ignored.

The exchange is run by the Homeless Youth Alliance, which gets a yearly budget of $275,000 from the city Department of Public Health. As the alliance's program director, Mary Howe, admits, they make no more than a rough count of the incoming needles. If someone says he returned 40, they hand over 40 new ones.

And, if he doesn't have any, they give him 20 as a startup stash.

"The point for a needle exchange is not to get every needle back," says Howe.
"The majority of users dispose of needles in a respectful manner."

And those who don't?

"That's not my responsibility," Howe said. "I can't hold everyone's hand and make everyone put them in a bio bucket.

Three years ago Ken Stevens took his 5-year-old son, Michael, to the playground at Corona Heights - a park we visited earlier this week.

Michael climbed up on the play structure, then turned to his dad and said, "Ouch." He'd been poked by a needle left on the slide.

Michael turned out to be fine, but it took three months of blood panels to establish that. By then, Stevens had reached a decision.

"As soon as that happened, it was pretty much an instant disconnect," he says.

In a matter of months, Stevens had moved his family to Los Altos.

Disgusting.

But where are the city leaders? What are they doing to counter the deterioration of the quality of life in San Francisco that their leadership has engendered?

Well, they were out of town; in South San Francisco to be precise. Their city may be swirling around the toilet, but they don't have time to enjoy the fruit of their handiwork; not just yet.

They have their eyes on a bigger prize..

San Francisco political leaders Thursday called for the end of gun shows at the Cow Palace, saying the shows on state-owned property are effectively turning California into "a merchant of tools of death."

Standing in the parking lot of the indoor arena, District Attorney Kamala Harris, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Police Chief Heather Fong and Assemblyman Mark Leno
said the shows - including Crossroads of the West Gun Show, which comes to the
palace Saturday and Sunday - are directly contributing to the proliferation of illegal guns and spiking homicide rates in San Francisco.

They admitted to having no direct proof, but said they have heard countless stories from neighbors about guns - including AK47s and sawed-off shotguns - being illegally sold in the adjacent public housing developments and in the arena's parking lot during the gun shows.

"This place behind us, the Cow Palace, is state property that is allowing the state of
California to be a merchant of tools of death," Harris said. "There is an absolute and direct connection with gun shows at Cow Palace."

Bob Templeton, president of the Utah-based Crossroads of the West Gun Show, disputed that claim, saying he has asked officials with the Daly City Police department, Cow Palace management and the California Department of Justice whether they know of any illegal gun sales that have ever taken place at the
shows.

They all said no, according to Templeton.

These stories may strike you as bizarre, but actually they define liberalism in a nutshell.

Behaviors that crush the spirit of individual worth are not only tolerated, they are supported wholeheartedly.

Want to do drugs? Here are some needles.

Don’t want to work? Here are some food stamps and a check.

You wish to reduce your standard of living to that of a wild animal? Sweet! Pitch a tent in the park.

Want an education? Just as long as it doesn’t interfere with your socialist indoctrination.

Conversely, anything that lifts people up or, horror of horrors, engenders self reliance is swarmed upon and torn down.

You say your faith makes you strong? You are a danger to society...call the in the ACLU.

You say your family makes you strong? You haven’t heard that we have changed the very paradigm of what a family is. The nuclear family is dead; long live whatever arrangement is most conducive to dysfunction and dependence on government support.

You say you have the education and skills to provide for yourself and your family? Not until you send half to us.

You say you can raise your children without the government’s guidance? Not a chance.

But of all the symbols that strike fear into the heart of the dedicated leftist, none is as terrifying as the image of an armed citizen.

A person that is armed challenges a dictatorial government’s ultimate authority to impose its will. THAT is what the founders had in mind all along.

Not that the left fears an actual insurrection anytime soon; it’s the damage that the symbol of such personal power does to their attempts to convince us that we are helpless.

And what about the situation in Golden Gate Park?

You cannot smoke a cigarette in Golden Gate Park; you’ll get a court summons. But not only can you shoot heroine in the park, you’re encouraged to do so. Why?

The answer is obvious.

Leftists hate self reliance; it is the very antithesis of what they believe. So the biggest enemies of the left are the successful companies and corporations that provide the jobs that finance our sense of self reliance. Whether we are actually self reliant or not, as long as there are people who believe they are in control of their own lives, the left will not be able to impose the control that is crucial to their final victory.

Cigarette manufacturers are giant corporations; they provide tens of thousands of jobs that fuel our economy.

Heroin on the other hand, provides nothing of the kind. Illegal drugs are produced, transported and distributed by a shadowy network that short-circuits the country’s GDP. Also, the use of highly addictive drugs like heroin produces just the sort of dependent behavior that is all about what the leftists are.

Much to the chagrin of San Francisco’s leadership, there is going to be a big gun show today at the Cow Palace today. But the Mayor wants all of you trouble makers to know something:

"I want to send a big message," Newsom said. "We're going to be out in force."

Yeah, we get the message.

As if there was ever any doubt.

Learned Foot has posted a quiz that can help you decide of you are worthy to transcend the mundane and oh-so '90's "blogoshpere" to enter the lofty environs where Thunderjournalists roam wild and free.

Personally, I think that if you have to ask, you're not ready but aside from google navel gazing this quiz might be the best validation you'll receive this week...so go ahead sport, are you worthy?




You are a ThunderJournalist! Congratulations, you have achieved the highest evolutionary stage of online publishing. Light up a cigar, grab a beer and bask in your accomplishment a while while sitting on the can.

Happy days for the Happy to Pay crew!

The City Hall Scoop is reporting news that should really make the voters that put the current city government in power ecstatic.

Tax hike may be approaching 15 percent

St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman's budget address may be a six days away, but some of the details are already starting to spread, apparently as he braces interested parties for the news.

Four different sources have pegged the 2008 tax increase for the Scoop at 15 percent, citing previews of Coleman's budget offered by city staff. All spoke on condition that they not be identified, for fear that they would not be included in future budget deliberations.

St. Paul could be headed for one of the biggest tax hikes in a generation, if Coleman does in fact float the idea at the Minnesota History Center next week."We will be presenting the budget next Tuesday," said mayoral spokesman Bob Hume, when we asked him about the number earlier today. The mayor, too, demurred when we asked him about it.

Woo hoo! Yeah, baby…now there’s a crew that is making good on its promises.

Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to give Randy Kelley the boot…you sure showed him!

Ps: Just wait until Ramsey County gets warmed up…good times, good times.

What do Minnesotans think about a gas tax?

..or the rubes’ revolt

It appears that the Democrat latest doom-and-gloom strategy to bilk Minnesota taxpayers is collapsing faster than the bridges they neglected.

Governor Pawlenty and the Legislature seem ready to approve a gas tax if the money would be used to maintain roads and bridges.

But how would a gas tax be perceived by Minnesotans? 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS teamed up with Survey USA to find out.

Many politicians have called for the gas tax increase to shore up aging highways and bridges.

"This is really a call to action and this is a duty that we need to fulfill on behalf of the memory of people who've lost their lives," House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher said.

But so far, it appears most Minnesotans don't agree. Fifty-seven percent of people surveyed say the state should not increase the state gas tax. Only 38 percent say it should go up.

Of those who want a gas tax increase, 47 percent would prefer an increase of less than five cents. Another 35 percent say they would pay 5 to 7 cents. But few would pay more.

Despite the poll numbers, a special session could result in at least a modest increase in the gas tax. All of these questions will likely be answered within a month.

People are not as stupid as the Democrat party wishes them to believe they are. This state collects billions in tax dollars that seemingly disappear into the night, leaving no evidence of their having been put to any discernable public good.

And everytime some blithering idiot, (cough...Nick Coleman), pops his pointed head out of the fever swamp to deliver another spittle flecked tirade towards the reasoned, rational leaders who are working to make our tax dollars provide the greatest good to the most people they drive the mainstream further away than they were yesterday.

Honestly, watching Nick lose his tenuous grip on reality on national TV had everyone who witnessed it cringing…including I’d bet, Mrs. Coleman.




If the Dem’s were smart, they’d back off; but of course they are not smart. So look for the clueless caucus to continue to paper the state with propaganda that is dismissed out of hand by the thinking population.

And be sure to write or call Governor Pawlenty: NO SPECIAL SESSION...NO MORE TAXES!

H\T Freedomdogs

More Dancin' Monkey fun!

After entertaining the nation, Nick "the dancin' monkey" Coleman continued to dance all day yesterday. He was out looking for hysterical moonbats to quote, and since he was in Minneapolis, the quoting was easy.

But as we see here, a moonbat in the middle of describing their delusions can be caught unprepared.

In the following exchange, the dancin’ monkey has found a live one, but he fails to notice that the kid that is accompanying his mark isn’t sporting a tin foil asshat….reason and rationality ensues!

"I feel terrible," said Elonga Droolinbat, a nursing assistant from Guyana who had come with her son, Luke. "It smells like death here."No, mom, it just smells like the river," said Luke, a senior at DeLaSalle High School.

Doh! You can almost see the dancin’ Monkey stumble in mid step can’t you? At first you might think this kid was adopted, but look closely; he is graduating from DeLaSalle High School.

"But it makes me wonder where is our tax money going? If this bridge only scored a 50 rating, why didn't they tear it down? Why didn't they take precautions? Isn't safety the first priority?"

(Cue screeching fingernails on chalkboard)

Where is our tax money going Mr. dancin’ monkey? Where?

Well, we know he isn’t going to get an answer from the dancin’ monkey so here’s a little clue for ya kid:

You won't see too many smiles out there among Minnesota's road, bridge and transit advocates. The failure of lawmakers and the governor to agree on a transportation spending package before adjourning late Monday is causing lots of dismay among those folks, even anger. Because what's in place for the next year has been dubbed a "lights on budget," with only enough money to continue projects already underway.

St. Paul, Minn. — The transportation budget that passed supplies about $3.3 billion over two years for the state's road, bridge and transit needs. That's about half of what many, including the state, say is needed to keep up and make progress.

Disappointment with the result has put the state's transportation interests in a testy mood, starting with MnDOT's Bob McFarlin.

Not part of the "lights on" measure is the governor's proposal to borrow nearly $2 billion over the next 10 years for transportation projects.

"There were 25 major projects that would have been accelerated under that plan," McFarlin said. "Unfortunately, that was not approved by Legislature."

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce President David Olson says too many new taxes eventually torpedoed agreement on a transportation bill. Olson says support for the bill dropped off because it also included proposals for a fuel surcharge and optional county sales taxes.

"There was a whole host of other revenue sources, and the more you add things like that to a bill, the more opponents you pick up," Olson said.

When the writer said "Unfortunately, that was not approved by the legislature", he is actually saying "The Democrats shot that one down".

See kid, Republican’s and transportation (roads, bridges & etc.) proponents like to issue bonds for the same reason moonbats hate it…borrowed money actually goes to the purpose for which it was borrowed.

Moonbats hate to borrow money for capital projects is because it’s almost impossible for them to skim borrowed money off for their friends…it’s just too risky

But given the question you posed to the dancin’ monkey you probably already know this stuff. Nice job and keep up the moonbat smacking kid.

Hey kids, watch the monkey dance!

Watch this clip of the Nick "The dancin' monkey" Coleman dancing on his leash. Pay close attention so you don't miss the part where Nicky's thorazine wears off.

Did'ja see it?

Nick's owners got nervous when the dialogue drifted towards pointing the obvious out. They jerked Nick's leash so hard I thought he was going to jump right out from under his tin-foil hat for a minute.

See Nick's owners don't want you to know that they have been wasting the billions of dollars that have been entrusted to government to keep our roads free of pot-holes and our bridges in the air.

They don't want you to know that, given their druthers, many of them would just as soon see all bridges in the river, just as long as they could navigate their huffy's across the rubble. They believe that our tax dollars are better spent maintaining their payola infrastructure than our transportation infrastructure.

The GOP has wisely maintained the high road thus far, but you can be sure that when it's appropriate we will be detailing exactly where your bridge and road maintenance money has gone.

Nick is in for some very vigerous monkey dancing in the next few months..we can't wait!

Tool can teach us a lot about pontificating lefty's

Who are you to wave your finger?

So full of it.

Eyeballs deep in muddy waters

Fuckin' hypocrite.

Foot in mouth, and head up asshole.

Whatcha talkin' 'bout?

Difficult to dance 'round this one'til you pull it out, boy!

Liar, lawyer,Mirror for ya,

What's the difference?

kangaroo be stoned

He's guilty as the government

Fuck the injured and dead...let's get to the GOP bashing!!

As I type this, first responders have not even cleared the last body from the bridge disaster, but our local Democrat hate mongers are already at work. This is from a e-discussion thread:

To: mn-politics-discuss@yahoogroups.com

From:Chuckrepke@aol.com

Date: Wed. 1 Aug 2007 23:00:56 EDT

Subject: MPD: NO NEW TAXES = BRIDGE COLLAPSE 35 W

You can all scream at me for being the first to throw stones, but here is what I know this bridge was inspected in May of 2006 and found to have cracks in the supports. It was placed on the watch category. One only can wonder if it should have been put on the critical list. It had been listed as having fatigue details from as long as 2001 and by 2006 they were able to take pictures of the fatigue cracks.

Don't worry, this piece of shit isn’t going to let you wonder for long…..

Governor NO MORE TAXES AND LET THE RABBLE DIE was just on the tube laiming that the bridge was given a "clean bill of health.' He knows that what he was saying is as full of crap as he is. This is the result of Minnesota not raising the gas tax in years.

The Governor has now directly killed people by his policies.

Just My Opinion Not Those Of My Employers Past Present Or Future
Chuck Repke
Saint Paul

Speaking of past employers.....Chuck Repke was best known around St. Paul as Dave “Bucky” Thune’s cabin boy during Bucky’s last vacation cruise on the city council. He spends most of his free time these days defending Thune's fucking idiocy online.

He is, of course, a well placed Saint Paul Democrat party apparatchik.

As I say, the authorities haven't even finished fishing bodies out of the Mississippi much less even begun to dig into causation...but the party that brought us the stage show on Paul Wellstone's coffin isn't about to waste time here either.

But it's worse than that because the bridge was indeed recently inspected closely, and there is a paper trail.

This bit of human detritus ignores the fact that the final report of a 2001 fatigue evaluation conducted by MNDOT concluded that:

“The approach spans have exhibited several fatigue problems; primarily due to unanticipated out-of-plane distortion of the girders. Although fatigue cracking has not occurred on the deck truss, it has many poor fatigue details on the main truss and floor truss systems. Concern about fatigue cracking in the deck truss is heightened by a lack of redundancy in the main truss system.

The detailed fatigue assessment in this report shoes that the fatigue cracking of the deck truss in not likely."

Take this executive summary, add one flaming lefty asshole, stir well and you get “The Governor has now directly killed people by his policies.”

Well, you’ve beaten me to the first stone Chuck m'boy, but please allow me to be the first to wish you, and every stinking one of the lefty pieces of shit that are, even now, writing to second your motion, a long drive on a very short and structurally deficient pier at the soonest possible moment.

Does anyone still wonder why I wouldn't piss on a lefty that was on fire?

UPDATE: To anyone who found their way to this post by googling for information about the bridge disaster, I must say that Chuck Repke is not representative of Minnesotan's in general, but he is the poster boy for the foamy fringe of Democrat Farmer Labor party in Minnesota.