Rachel bin Ray???

Dunkin Donuts pulled it's new TV ad this week featuring Rachel Ray. Why? Well in the ad, she's wearing a very "smart" little scarf....but apprently it's the same type scarf worn by Yassir Arafat, and a host of other Muslim terrorists.....oh and Howard Dean. Anyway....DD didn't want to be associated with terrorism...they thought it might slow coffee sales...so they pulled the ad.

I feel safer.

To surpass the achievments of your parents....

I know this might sound a bit odd coming from me, and rest assured, I really am not being sympathetic, but I was thinking.....since it should be the goal of every child to exceed their parents, and the goal of every parent to see their children do better than they did...where does this leave Chelsea Clinton. Let's assume for a moment that Hillary became President....that would mean that I am a child BOTH of whom's parents have achieve the title of "most power man in the world" (dig to Hillary). How do I beat that? How do you live in that shadow, and know in your heart that you could NEVER be President....twice!!!! Wouldn't that just drive you insane? Maybe she'll go mad, and decide that the only way to become more succesful is to do the exact opposite......maybe she'll decide that instead of being a super American.....she'll become a Super Villian, bent on world domination.....and she'll high jack a nuclear device....hold up in a mountain with all of her evil hench-men....and hold the world hostage for ONE HUNDREAD BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!! MMMMMMWWWWWWAAAAAHHHHHAAAHHHAAAA!

But then, she'll be reminded by her Number 2 that after 16 years of having a Clinton as president, one hundread billion dollars wont by you a Hyundai.

I really think this could work for her.....after all, by the time she's old enough, her father will certainly be able to fill the role of Fat Bastard!

Statistics Don't Lie....

Ok, the BBQ Fest is over, so let's take a look at the numbers.

Final Rankings:

• Ribs 22 out of 121
• Wings 50 out of 114
• Beef 30 out of 108
• Poultry 69 out of 95
• Exotic 29 out of 72

In the "plus" catagory:

• 75 cases of beer


• Some 15 gallons of liquor


• At least 2 bottles of "grape vodka" ?????


• One bottle of Jaeger


• Pretty sure we all got a contact buzz from the pot being smoked in the booth next door


• We placed 22nd in Ribs, out of about 130


• No one was arrested


• No cars were towed


• Rick worked on the grill for the first time in 10 years (sure it was just adding charcol, but you gotta start somewhere)


• And one pair of boobs exposed in the booth

In the "minus" catagory:

• The tatoos this year were made with the wrong graphic, so it was 2006 Costa Rica all over again


• One pinched nerve (mine)


• We had to borrow someone else's butt for first day competition


• Mike Yoste brought his own music


• No Bud Select


• There are STILL 84 damn stairs up to the parking lot


• Heather B's husband broke his ankle, ala Gary Cail


• Our Ambassador looked like Santa, ate like Santa, but didn't bring us shit in the way of information or help


• Our ribs for blind judging sat for nearly 2 hours before they were sampled


• and...only one pair of boobs exposed in the booth

There really wasn't much more bloodshed than is customary, and we had several "bbq" virgins this year (shout out to Evan, Stacie, Sam, Bill K) who all faired well. Maybe not Evan, but there's next year.

BBQ will be quiet for about 5 months, until Oxford.

Stories to follow....the Mid-South Fair now in Tunica, Michelle Obama doesn't like being picked on, and someone needs to tell Hillary the election is over for her!

Take Me To The River......

Well kids, blogging will be slow this week. It's that time of year again to gather my things and head to the river for the week. The Memphis in May BBQ contest. A whole week of beer, ribs, beer, wings, beer, yucca, beer, more yucca, beer, shoulder, beer....and beer.

I will check in again after the festivities are over......until then...."Meet me in Memphis".....

Return "The First 48" to Memphis

In another bone-head play, the Memphis City Council has decided to not allow "The First 48" to return to Memphis Homicide to film any longer. Their reasoning is that the show portrayed the city in a bad light, and businesses weren't moving to Memphis because of this show. HELLO! Folks are getting murdered regardless of whether it's shown on TV or not!

This show didn't show the problem, it showed the cure. Memphis Homicide had one of the best case-solve rates in the country, and this was a good image for memphis.

I've started a petition to get the City's attention....I'd ask you please join me and sign.

http://www.petitiononline.com/mem48/petition.html

Chill out dude....

Here's something you wont see on CNN or MSNBC!

There is some new, and literally hard, evidence today that all the worries over global warming may be overblown!

Mathematician Steve McIntyre writes on the Web site ClimateAudit.org that "data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Snow and Ice Data Center indicates world sea ice recently reached levels that were unprecedented for the month of April in over 25 years. '

This is the same agency that said sea ice had declined to record lows in 2007.

Now NOAA reports levels have rebounded, particularly in the southern hemisphere.

Now, wouldn't this fly in the face of the all the "end of the world" global warming-mongers?

We should free all the Gitmo Detainees right now!!!

Truly, we should, all those enemy combatants that are being imprisoned for NO REASON!



The horrible USA should let them all go now! they've done nothing wrong!!!



(Isn't that right all you liberals)



Well hold on, you might want to ask the famalies of the 7 people killed in suicide bombings back on April 30th in Iraq.



See, those bombings were committed by Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi



Who is he? Well up until November 2005, he was a prisoner at Gitmo. He was repatriated to Kuwait in and was free on bail there awaiting trial on charges he helped to raise money for Al Queda.



He was sent back to Kuwait, despite the military charges that he:

— That he deserted from the Kuwaiti army to participate in a jihad in Afghanistan;
— The Taliban supplied him with arms, including grenades;
— He admitted fighting with the Taliban, including engaging in two or three firefights;
— He was captured by coalition forces in the Tora Bora region, an area once thought to be a hideout of Usama bin Ladin



Maybe if we hadn't bee so concerned about the rights of a terrorist, 7 people would still be alive!

Cinco de my-ass.....

Why is the White House recognizing Cinco de Mayo? Don't answer that, I already know, it's because we're sucking up to the Mexican legal and illegal immigrants.

Here's my first problem, ask anyone on the street, and they will tell you that Cinco de Mayo is the Mexican Independance Day....WRONG!!!!!

Cinco de Mayo is a regional holiday that celebrates the Mexican victory over the French in one battle. It's not even a federal holiday in Mexico!!

The real Mexican Indy day is September 16th.

However, let's assume for a minute that May 5th was the actual holiday. Why are we recognizing it here? I don't see the Mexican's lighting up fireworks on the 4th of July in Mexico City to celebrate our independence!

This question can be asked over many issues, and the answer is always the same. This country has been corrupted into thinking that we have to give in and recognize everyone...and no one has to recognize us. We have to honor everyone, and no one has to honor us. We have to respect the traditions and diversity of the entire world....but no one has to honor our history or traditions.

We've been guilted into being ashamed or our own culture, and forced to pay homage to others.

The liberal twits that want to "one-world" this planet is determined to erase every aspect of the American way of life, and instead force use to accept those traditions of peoples who wouldn't give us the time of day.

Except, of course, until they need money or protection, then they come running to Daddy America so we can make everyting alright.

One banana, two banana, three banana...Gnarls?

Couple of weeks ago I caught a SNL where the musical guest was Gnarls Barkley. The singer was all dressed up in a 50's look, and I couldn't shake the feeling that I had seen this look somewhere before.

Then, while driving around aimlessly yesterday it dawned on me! He look like Fleagal from the 60s show The Banana Splits!

Take a look, and tell me you don't see the resemblance too!!!!