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		<title>The importance of being Ernie</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/02/09/the-importance-of-being-ernie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miriam has a funny post. It&#8217;s a &#8220;what if&#8221; about the face on a thousand thingies that&#8217;s so ubiquitous nowadays nobody notices it any more. What if the Left&#8217;s favorite Commie thug Che had been plain old Ernie Guevara?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Miriam has a funny post.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a &#8220;what if&#8221; about the face on a thousand thingies that&#8217;s so ubiquitous nowadays nobody notices it any more.</p>
<p>What if the Left&#8217;s favorite Commie thug Che had been plain old <a href="http://miriamsideas.blogspot.com/2012/01/importance-of-being-ernest.html">Ernie</a> Guevara?</p>
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		<title>Banned in Iran</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/02/08/banned-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, those crafty Mullahs, ever on the watch-out for the 12th Man, uh, Imam, have spied out the nefarious rabbi father of Krusty the Clown and banned the very dolls created from the Simpsons. But you know who they really fear? Maggie. The one with the gun. It&#8217;s the Second Amendment thing, you see, what gave [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/krustybig.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13574" title="krustybig" src="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/krustybig.jpg" alt="" width="380" height="255" /></a></p>
<p>Ah, those crafty Mullahs, ever on the watch-out for the <a href="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2006/12/13/12th-man-or-12th-imam-you-decide/">12th Man</a>, uh, Imam, have spied out the nefarious rabbi father of Krusty the Clown and <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/iran-simpsons-ban-idUSL5E8D61X320120206">banned</a> the very dolls created from the Simpsons.</p>
<p>But you know who they really fear? Maggie. <a href="http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/90401/who%E2%80%99s-afraid-of-maggie-simpson/?utm_source=Tablet+Magazine+List&amp;utm_campaign=de8cc5df57-2_7_2012&amp;utm_medium=email">The one with the gun</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the Second Amendment thing, you see, what gave the common folk the right to bear arms, something only the elite had been allowed to do since the Middle Ages&#8212;and the elite, even the so-called democratic version, have been <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/virginia/2012/02/virginia-handgun-limit-its-way-out/243846">trying to take it back</a> ever since.</p>
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		<title>Time machine</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/02/06/time-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Charm is the television consumer at the rancho. Unless you count Mr. Boy&#8217;s periodic consumption of Sponge Bob. Her fave Roku show these days is Mad Men, a soaper return to the early 1960s urban advertising game, with lots of skinny ties, incessant smoking and martini lunches. Also the girdled wives and girlfriends, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mrs. Charm is the television consumer at the rancho. Unless you count Mr. Boy&#8217;s periodic consumption of Sponge Bob. Her fave Roku show these days is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men">Mad Men</a>, a soaper return to the early 1960s urban advertising game, with lots of skinny ties, incessant smoking and martini lunches.</p>
<p>Also the girdled wives and girlfriends, which brings back some interesting memories I won&#8217;t mention (this <em>is</em> a family blog). This was back when women used hairspray but men didn&#8217;t. Instead, for us, it was grease or oil&#8212;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brylcreem">Brylcreem</a> or <a href="http://www.adclassix.com/a4/56vitalishairtonic.html">Vitalis</a>, as I recall. Awful stuff, really, even the smell.</p>
<p>Supposedly, according to the show, throwing trash on the ground was also common. I don&#8217;t recall doing that, expect for one item. Pulling over to the side of the road to dump the car&#8217;s ashtray. How many times did I do that? Too many to count. Shameless behavior, truly.</p>
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		<title>Time to grow up, Newt</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/02/05/time-to-grow-up-newt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VDH has it so right with this advice for Gingrich to stop with the whining: &#8220;&#8230;stop the accusations now, turn attention away from himself, stop complaining about the mechanics of the race, stick with critiquing Obama, and at least seem a good sport when he loses.&#8221; &#8216;Cause it&#8217;s pretty obvious that he&#8217;s not going to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>VDH has it so right with this <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/290188/gingrich-s-speech-how-make-bad-night-worse-victor-davis-hanson">advice for Gingrich</a> to stop with the whining:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;stop the accusations now, turn attention away from himself, stop complaining about the mechanics of the race, stick with critiquing Obama, and at least seem a good sport when he loses.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>&#8216;Cause it&#8217;s pretty obvious that he&#8217;s not going to win. I&#8217;d rather him than Mittens, but we might as well face it. The fat lady has warbled. It&#8217;s time to focus on belittling Obozo, who is so eminently belittle-able.</p>
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		<title>You will pay for abortions, like it or not</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/02/04/you-will-pay-for-abortions-like-it-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not that my paying for them, via tax money, really bothers me much, though I think they&#8217;ve become a form of birth control for a lot of uneducated and/or irresponsible women. But, really, why should people who don&#8217;t believe in abortion have to pay for them? I suppose for the same reason people who don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not that my paying for them, via tax money, really bothers me much, though I think they&#8217;ve become a form of birth control for a lot of uneducated and/or irresponsible women.</p>
<p><a href="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ab.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13510" title="ab" src="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ab.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" /></a></p>
<p>But, really, why should people who don&#8217;t believe in abortion have to pay for them? I suppose for the same reason people who don&#8217;t believe in war have to buy the bombs for the B-52s. But abortion is a trickier subject and Obozo may come to regret this one. I hope.</p>
<p>OTOH, abortions, via such venerable political organizations as <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203889904577199110913604418.html?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb_h">Planned Parenthood</a> (which actually helps women <em>avoid</em> parenthood), are as sacred to the Democrat party as labor unions. Obozo has no more <em>choice</em> (so to speak) in this matter than he does about supporting the AFL-CIO&#8212;an organization once (as recently as the 1970s) famed for its racism.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2012/01/31/first-they-came-for-the-catholics/">Michelle Malkin</a>.</p>
<p>UPDATE:  Obozo tells religious groups to <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577209112780407698.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_t">go to hell</a>. That&#8217;ll learn &#8216;em. Then, saying he really isn&#8217;t, <a href="http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/02/10/video-obamas-repulsive-compromise-announcement/">he does it again</a>. Is this guy nuts, or what?</p>
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		<title>The badge gang is very touchy</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/02/03/the-badge-gang-is-very-touchy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The badge gang may wear their surnames on their chests, or, at least, they used to. But woe unto anyone who dares take their picture in the, cough, performance of their duties. (Much less the consumption of their donuts.) Fortunately there are lots of out-of-work lawyers these days just waiting to sue, and more and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/01/28/no-trial-no-doctor-no-judge/">badge gang</a> may wear their surnames on their chests, or, at least, they used to. But woe unto anyone who <a href="http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Memphis-Police-Delete-Photographers-Cell-Phone/J8kGSgNmikSoE7yuxBL2aQ.cspx">dares take their picture</a> in the, cough, performance of their duties. (Much less the consumption of their donuts.)</p>
<p>Fortunately there are lots of out-of-work lawyers these days just waiting to sue, and <a href="http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/06/15/videotape-police">more and more</a> <a href="http://www.universalhub.com/2011/court-says-state-law-banning-recording-police-offi">precedent cases</a>. The gang is especially touchy on this one because they&#8217;re losing.</p>
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		<title>No trial, no doctor, no judge</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/01/28/no-trial-no-doctor-no-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the growing arrogance of the badge gang, it would be hard to beat your local team of deputy sheriffs&#8212;these are the folks who run your county jail, where you&#8217;re liable to wind up if you&#8217;re arrested for anything. They are the least educated, the least sophisticated, and, in my experience as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to the growing arrogance of <a href="http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2011/08/09/the-badge-gang/">the badge gang</a>, it would be hard to beat your local team of deputy sheriffs&#8212;these are the folks who run your county jail, where you&#8217;re liable to wind up if you&#8217;re arrested for anything.</p>
<p>They are the least educated, the least sophisticated, and, in my experience as a former cop reporter, certainly the most inhumane. But <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/weird/Man-Held-in-Solitary-Confinement-2-Years-After-DWI-Gets-22M-138053288.html">this is disgusting</a>. I hope the bastards who pulled this stunt at least got fired. Ought to <a href="http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2472390.shtml?cat=500">jail</a> &#8216;em all, including the sheriff who hired &#8216;em.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/135994/">Instapundit</a>.</p>
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		<title>Thirty pounds of cocaine found at the UN</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/01/27/thirty-pounds-of-cocaine-found-at-the-un/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Now we know their problem. They&#8217;re blinded by all the &#8220;snow&#8221;, obviously. UPDATE:  Make that thirty-five pounds of cocaine, in hollowed-out text books, found in bags in the UN mail room.]]></description>
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<p>Now we know their problem. They&#8217;re <a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/01/26/sources-30-pounds-of-cocaine-found-at-united-nations/">blinded by all the &#8220;snow&#8221;</a>, obviously.</p>
<p>UPDATE:  Make that <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/30-pounds-of-cocaine-found-in-un-mailroom.html">thirty-five pounds</a> of cocaine, in hollowed-out text books, found in bags in the UN mail room.</p>
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		<title>Let him be clear</title>
		<link>http://texasscribbler.com/wp/2012/01/26/let-him-be-clear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me be clear. I do not watch SOTUs because I have better things to do than to listen to presidents politicians prevaricate and tell outright lies, like Obozo did the other night. Repeatedly. I specifically do not watch SOTUs by President Obozo because he is an ordinary hack politician of no merit who never [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me be clear. I do not watch SOTUs because I have better things to do than to listen to <del>presidents</del> politicians prevaricate and tell <a href="http://news.investors.com/Article/599002/201201260818/obama-white-house-staff-back-taxes.htm">outright lies</a>, like Obozo did the other night. <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2012/01/obama-repeats-himself-in-state-of-union.html">Repeatedly</a>.</p>
<p>I specifically do not watch SOTUs by President Obozo because he is <a href="http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/135973/">an ordinary hack politician of no merit</a> who never says anything worth listening to. Except his famously repetitious &#8220;Let me be clear.&#8221; Which is, at least, worth a laugh.</p>
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		<title>Rains welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thunderstorms overnight Tuesday into Wednesday were welcome in most places, except where they provoked trouble: power out for a few thousand homes, hail damage, street and creek flooding, emergency rescues, and at least one tornado. The National Weather Service, whose Internet radar images always seem to go down on these occasions when they&#8217;re needed, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The thunderstorms overnight Tuesday into Wednesday were welcome in most places, except where they <a href="http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/weather/entries/2012/01/25/central_texas_d.html">provoked trouble</a>: power out for a few thousand homes, hail damage, street and creek flooding, emergency rescues, and at least one tornado.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service, whose Internet radar images always seem to go down on these occasions when they&#8217;re needed, lost them again right on schedule. Our tax dollars at work. At least they recorded a healthy <del>five</del> three inches of rain at their official downtown gauge (more than five inches out at the airport east of town). Got almost three here at the rancho, northwest of downtown.</p>
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