Am I Too Old For a Career Change?????

Probably, but I could use the cash about now.


Off to work to do battle with the Zombie Hordes in the ER.
H/T- BuzzFeed

From the, "Because Someone Has to Do It" Files .......

INTELLIGENCE chief Sir John Scarlett has been told that Saudi Arabia is ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran’s new nuclear site.

"The site is seen as a major threat by Tel Aviv and Riyadh. Details of the talks emerged after John Bolton, America’s former UN ambassador, told a meeting of intelligence analysts that “Riyadh certainly approves” of Israel’s use of Saudi airspace."

The American President ain't gonna be any help here Kids. But These, Not So Little Gems would certainly make this job a little easier. Major New Bunker Busters. Wow.

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Go ahead and laugh. How many books have you had published, Scooter?

This Shit is Interesting .......
Confusing, but interesting.
Doug Ross had this post last night and it brought back one of the questions I've had for a long time. WTF happened to the APB for the "Other Bombers" that were all over the news during the first day or so after the OKC bombing?

The recent release of security video from that day by the FBI just seems to add more questions. Somethings wrong with this shit.

Following the links at Doug Ross to Bob McCarty's site just confuses things further. There's 3 parts and they're not long so read them.

This doesn't help either. I'd heard of Jayna Davis' book a long time ago and had forgotten about it. I'm gonna have to get a copy now.

Very interesting all in all and something ya gotta wonder about.

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Winner of the - "Most Likely to Die in Prison" Award .....

Was a young kid who came in via EMS last night. Call went out for, "Suspected Overdose".
Not true. The boy was right where he wanted to be. High as a kite, but in no danger.

15 or 16 y/o with tattoos all over him already.
The kid has a long history of dumb shit and just got out of Juvenile Jail a few days ago.

This is not the first time I've seen him in our ER. I'm sure it won't be the last.

Sometimes you just look at these kids and you just know there's really no hope for them.
Don't know if it's bad seed, the wiring in their heads is crossed up, evil or what it is.
But whatever it is it's easier to see in some than others.

This kid? He's got, "Statistic" written all over him and may not even make it to prison.

What a waste.

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Teachable Moment ....
Ace has the story of how a young chowderhead learns a lesson of respect for well ....... a lot of things.

Flag burner pilloried in Valley Falls

"VALLEY FALLS -- Some veterans in this community resorted to some medieval punishment after a village man burned the American flag on a pole in front of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.

The young man, whose name was not released, was duct taped to the pole by veterans for about six hours last Sunday with a sign around his neck accusing him of being a flag burner."

It's a pretty cool story. My favorite part is that it seems they gave him a few "Options".

Go Read it all. Or read This version from the VFW site

And consider this part -
"He adds the man learned his lesson, and with that lesson learned, Normile now wants to protect the man from any violent retaliation."

Pretty classy.

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Lesson? Stay behind your cover.

I Find This Funny .....

Shit my Dad says
Some Kid just quotes his Old Man. Who has words of wisdom like this-
"Sometimes life leaves a hundred dollar bill on your dresser, and you don't realize until later that it's because it fucked you."

Perfect. I approve.

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OK, Students ......

POP QUIZ -- KNOW YOUR PROTESTERS

Go read the quiz and the followup and see how this squares with the news being reported out there.

H/T -Roger

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Happy Progressive Leftists out for a stroll on a nice Fall day.


Don't get bent out of shape about it though.

Cool Historical News About Monopoly ....

This is neat.
Silk Escape Maps Concealed in Game Boards Helped WWII Prisoners
"It's a story that will forever change the way you think of the phrase, "Get Out of Jail Free."

During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game Monopoly.

It was the perfect accomplice."

Amazing story.

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WTF?? Seriously, WTF ????

The Obama Administration plans to give $400,000 in funding to a Libyan charity run by the Gadhafi family, and U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) wants the grant withdrawn

"Kirk says the grants should be withdrawn in light of the recent return to Libya of Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdel Baset Megrahi. The terminally ill prisoner was released from in Scotland on compassionate grounds, and got a hero's welcome from Muammar Gadhafi and other Libyans upon his return."

He's right they should be withdrawn, but whose bright idea was it to give $400 Grand to the friggin Libyans in the first place?

Somebody needs a swift kick in the groin for this.

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Octoberfest Beer Wenches-

Got M-1 Garand ?????
Me neither. That's always been my, "If I had a lot of money" dream rifle.

Looks like a bunch are coming back from South Korea

"A total of 86,000 M1 rifles will be sold, and another 22,000 carbines -"

I still don't have a lot of money so it ain't gonna help me any. Bummer.

Feel free to add that to the Christmas list for me!

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Saw this at Doug Ross this morning

This is Just Nutz ......

ER nurse sues cop for handcuffing her during dispute over drawing suspect's blood

"A head emergency room nurse at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital has sued the city and a Chicago Police officer for handcuffing her and putting her in the back of a squad car during a dispute over drawing blood from a suspected drunken driver".

Hard for me to imagine this happening.
There is a very tight relationship between ER, EMS and Law Officers. We all have to work together and we count on each other for back up when the shit goes bad.

I can guarantee this wouldn't happen in a small town like I live in. Cops know that we in the ER are the ones that will be there for them if something ever happens to them out on the street.

We know that when we need them they will be there for us.

It's all good as and it should be.

This AssMonkey better hope he doesn't get taken to that specific ER if he's ever in need of help.
And all because he had to exercise his authority.

What a shithead.

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How Can This Be??????

Russian maker of AK-47 faces bankruptcy

"THE Russian producer of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, the world's most ubiquitous firearm, is facing bankruptcy owing to falling orders."

I guess it could be that it's such a craptacular rifle that the darn thing is too reliable for it's own good. Who would've thought it?

I really suspect that it's George Bush's fault.
Or Racism.

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For Those of You .....
Racist Bastards who still don't get it.

This Guy has created a chart so you knuckle dragging haters will get the picture.
As always, click to embiggen the picture.






There. See how it works?

Does it make sense NOW why so many media folks and politicians are calling you racist?

And if you're interested in what the next phase of this hate campaign is gonna be like like, check out the reasoned discourse from this guy - The Next Civil War is About to Begin

"In fact, these mobs are composed of overlapping hate-driven sub-groups including extreme racists, irrational xenophobes, ignorant secessionists, insane anti-abortionists, KKK loyalists without their dunce-headed robes, gun-crazy militants, and moronic malcontents who are inspired by hate-mongers like Douche Limpbra, Shame Hannity, Mickey Mouse Savage, Anorexic Annie Coulter, Moronic Malkin, and, of course, Brain-damaged Beck. They're increasingly incited by the FOX Noise Liars Club and encouraged by the Greed Over People (GOP) party (since all of these miscreants like to call people they don't like by names other than their own, I decided a while back that they deserve the same treatment)".

This BS isn't really new, but since, Nancy Pelosi started her crying jag about her fears of violence last week, this kind of shit seems to be popping up all over.

So get ready for the next wave of hate.

And you might as well go buy ammo now because they seem intent on creating a self fulfilling prophesy.

Off to work, Kids.
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And keep your beer safe!

The Funny .....



Hat tip to Og of Neanderpundit

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Major Monday Score ........
On Freecycle today. Freecycle is a pretty interesting group. Got something you don't need? Offer it up for free and give it to someone who can use it.
This was only the second time I've actually gotten anything from it, but it was cool.

Someone was redoing their garden and had a bunch of Asparagus roots. I got a BIG box of roots just for driving over there!

These are mature roots and will be ready to cut next year.

Now I have to go get an area prepped for planting them. To wet today, but we'll see later this week.

Sometimes you get lucky.

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Don't Forget .........

Tomorrow, September 19th is, "Talk Like a Pirate Day".

Do you need a better excuse to annoy your coworkers and family than that?
I hope not.

I can see wearing my eye patch to work tomorrow.
Those poor bastards.

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Worst part? He's blind in that eye.

Friday Night and All is Well.......
Just a quick apology for the lack of posts this week. Lots going on. Most of it is not bad if not all great.

Things will continue to be a bit slow for a few days as I work on some projects around "The GrumpyUnk Command and Control Bunker" so bear with me.

Oh, by the way, you're all still racists and potential terrorists.

Just in case you forgot.

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In other news......

"You'll put out an eye
with those things!"







One more thing.
Check out Joe Friday and his partner here-

You're a Racist ........
I figured I'd remind you of that just in case you haven't heard that enough in the last few days from the leftists and their Buttmunch media buddies.

Seems to be the only response they have for people who don't agree with the "Total Socialist Makeover" we've been getting.

As much as I detest the tactic, I think it's gonna be a good thing in the long run.

Well, that doesn't count for anything that really is racist. But as it is, none of these AssMonkees are really talking about ANYTHING that's really racist. It's just a tactic to shut up anyone who's not on board with the agenda in place right now.

They cheapen everything that really is racist and are gonna wear this out.

This is good except in cases where it is really appropriate. And it will screw things up where it matters as no one is gonna be listening when it counts.
That's the only downside, but it seems that's a tradeoff the leftists and their media shitheads are willing to make.

This is gonna get uglier as there doesn't seem like they're gonna back down on this tactic. REAL. BAD. MOVE.

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Depiction of the leftist mindset and their kiss of death

Quote of the Day .......

"No person should have to choose between health insurance and getting drunk."
Nick Gillsepie, Reason tv

Hat tip to- Ol' Remus and The Woodpile Report

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Patrick Swayze .....
Dancing in Heaven.

Damn, He was only 57

Pancreatic Cancer is a lousy way to die, too. From what I have heard from people who have met him, he was a genuine nice guy.

We have a saying in the ER. Rotten Bastards live forever and nice guys die of cancer.

Still seems to be true.

Back in the day, my daughter watched, Dirty Dancing about 500 times a week for a year or 2 and I resented Swayze for it. Ok, I know it wasn't his fault ......

Gratuitous Monday Night Feature-

Swayze as a bad ass bouncer in, Road House.
Which featured the music of the late, Jeff Healy.

Damn, they both died of cancer.

There's a correlation there, but I can't quite bring it together right now.

And there's always, "A Patrick Swayze Christmas"


Wolverines!!!!!!!!!!!!

September 11, 2009 .......
It's been 8 years. I'd be remis if I didn't say something about this terrible anniversay, but I'm tapped today.

I get very emotional about this subject and today I just don't think I can discuss this rationally.

So here's a post I made 3 years ago that still seems relevant.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Do You Remember When There Were No Airplanes in the Sky? ......

Yesterday I went to The U.S. Airforce Museum at Wright Patterson Airbase in Dayton, Ohio. One of my co-workers suggested the trip several weeks ago and it turned out to be just the thing to help pull me out of the funk I've been in.

Not that I'm all Hunky Dorry yet ......... But I needed the distraction. I love that place and have visited it 4-5 times in the last 10 years. It's absolutely huge. There is no way you can see all of it in 1 day. They constantly cycle new displays in so it's not like you'll get bored of seeing the same old shit every time.

But even that would be ok with me, because I never get tired of looking at the aircraft. It's all the little displays that take up your time. I took a bunch of pictures, but most of them are blurry as hell and suck. I'll have to go through them and find a couple that only suck a little and try to clean a few up with my photo editor before I post any. Maybe tomorrow.

Regarding the title of this post - Do You Remember When There Were No Planes in the Sky?
I happen to live on an approach pattern to a pretty good size airport about 60 miles Northwest.

Last night around 10 pm I was outside smoking, watching the planes on their final approach, while the dogs pissed all over everything in the area surrounding the house. The approach lane goes almost directly over my house and they hit the landing lights a couple miles South of my place. I've been watching this for 6+ years now and I can pretty much call it when the lights are gonna flip on.

It's a neat trick and it amuses me, but there's seldom much of a crowd out there with me while the dogs are leaving big turds in the yard to be stepped in later, so it doesn't have much practical value.

But it got me to thinking last night. I'm over 50 years old and for as long as I can remember, there have ALWAYS been planes in the sky. I grew up watching planes on approach to O'hare airport in Chicago.

BUT .... About 5 years ago. For about a week. There weren't any airplanes in the sky.

Right after 9-11-01

Remember? Sure you do.

I remember thinking about it back then, how strange it was not seeing them up there. Just one of the things you expect to see. Look up ............. And in a few minutes time, you should see an airplane somewhere up there. Everywhere I've lived. All my life. That's just the way it's always been.

Spooky when they're not there.

I do not wish to ever NOT SEE airplanes again.

I think it would be wise if we all remembered that time - When There Were No Airplanes in the Sky.

It would be equally wise to remember - Why There Were No Airplanes in the Sky. The folks who perpetrated the massacre on 9-11-01 haven't changed their opinion of us. Nor have their stated goals changed any.

You would be wise to remember this fact also - If you're breathing, they haven't finished their job yet. That's what they believe.

That's a fact. Keep that in mind the next time you're watching the news or reading the paper. The Bullshit is gonna get thick in the next few months with the elections coming up and there is a segment of our elected officials who would like you forget about the time - When There Were No Airplanes in the Sky.

Don't forget. Nothing has changed in their plans for us. They have unfinished business yet.

Don't forget that there is also a significant number of politicians and media who feel that your family's safety is secondary to reclaiming political power. That's right, I said it. The safety of you and your family is not their primary concern. I'm more than happy to question the patriotism of most of the Democratic leadership in Washington and their allies in the media.

You should too.

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No.

Never again.

Also - HERE is a little compilation of TiVo things that James Lileks made that morning. I'd not seen this before & it damn near made me cry.

Like I said, this day is very emotional for me. If you know me or have hung around here much you'd know that says a lot.

God love ya and good night.

Let's Hear it for Sheriff Boyer......

He's the Sheriff of Jefferson County, MO who received an angry email from a driver who was inconvenienced by the Funeral Procession of an US Army Sargent.

Read the whole thing here.

I can't add anything to this. Just go read it.

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This story is deserving of -

Interesting News Here ......

ACORN Officials Videotaped Telling 'Pimp,' 'Prostitute' How to Lie to IRS

Seems a young couple posing as a Pimp and his Prostitute went to the Baltimore, Acorn office and got some advice on how to get that good government money and tax breaks for buying a house.
The best part? They explained how the had thirteen underage girls from El Salvador that were being pimped out, too.
The helpful Acorn workers worked out all the legal and tax paperwork for them - while being videotaped.
Ooops.

You may not know much about Acorn, but they are the group that President Obama used to be a "Community Organizer" for.

Remember now?

This is the same group that was recently given over $5 Billion dollars in the Obama stimulus package.
Billion. With a B.

They are also the group being tapped by The White House to manage the 2010 Census.

I first saw this earlier this afternoon at Ace of Spades. There's been a couple of updates since then if you refresh the page.

There is a bunch more along with some of the video- HERE

As I understand it, Glenn Beck is the source for this, but I could be wrong, as I just really started reading through all of this myself.

Doesn't matter. Acorn is a criminal organization and all federal money should be halted and these crooks should be put out of business.

Now think about it. Acorn workers are helping secure Federal moneys, loans and tax breaks to set up a whore house where 15 year old sex slaves brought here illegally from a foreign country are being raped for cash.

Fortunately, it's a sting, but they didn't know that.

Sickening.

Just another example though of the type of people our President hangs with and promotes.

My guess? This will all get pushed down the memory hole and swept under the rug. Most of the media will just ignore it and maybe a few low level staffers will get in trouble. But not much and things will go on as usual in Washington DC.

I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.
BTW. Here's the videos.





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Glad I don't know this dude.

Things to Read on a Thursday .......

Here's a few things to read for you. You'll be smarter for it.

From The Peoples Cube comes this 6 part article written by a guy from the Soviet Union.

Obama Regresses to Cold War Mythology, Switches Sides
The Cube is a humor site that pokes fun of leftists and socialists mostly, but this is serious stuff from a guy who has lived it.

Next up is just something to think about as the 8th anniversary of 9-11-01 is tomorrow.
Is another 9/11 set to unfold?
I have no idea if this means anything, but given this guys track record, it makes you wonder.
BTW, the book mentioned there, "Heart of a Soldier"? I have a copy of that and highly recommend it.

Lastly, we have a funny ass commercial that has nothing to do with anything.


And Billy Idol as it should be.

White Wedding: Literal Video Version

Hat Tip to Tam for that last one.

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Must have been the Billy Idol input.

Public Service Announcement for Chowderheads .......

Hey Kids. If you value your manhood, think about NOT carrying your pistol like This Kid

"A 15-year-old Brooklyn boy shot himself in the penis Sunday after fumbling with a gun that had slid from his waistband, authorities said yesterday."

A 15 year old shouldn't have a pistol unsupervised anytime. There oughta be a law.

Oh wait. There already is.
My bad.

Shoulda blown his nutsack off and Darwinized his reproductive option, but alas, he only shot himself in the schwantz.

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PSA for our governmental representatives. (Click to make larger)



Addendum - This is why Baron Hill and all of his socialist takeover friends should pay attention.

Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,074,757 checks in August 2009, a 12.3 percent increase from the 956,872 reported in August 2008.

So far that is roughly 9,076,205 gun bought this year!

Update on Last Weeks Town Hall Meeting ......

I told you LAST WEEK about attending a Baron Hill town hall meeting and how he was an arrogant little prick?

Hey! Here's the exchange I was referring to with the little girl.
You decide.




This little video snip is all over the Interwebs now and that makes me happy. Now I understand why Baron Hill doesn't want his town hall meetings taped. He's a Putz.

The irony of this is killing me. In a good way. No need to edit or do anything here. Just let him shoot himself in the foot.

"Let me repeat that one more time ..... I'm a Putz"
I may have heard that wrong, but that's what it sounded like to me.


This Guy, The Hoosier Pundit is all over, All Things Baron Hill. Wish I'd have found him long ago. Better late than never.
He's doing God's work.

We'll see how things shake out as the 2010 midterm elections approach, but I'm planning to get busy and volunteer to work for .......... Anyone with a friggin pulse, as long as they are running against Hill.

Baron has yet to apologize for calling us, "Domestic Terrorists" either.

Gotta Go to the ER and Save Lives now.

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Flash ?????
Who the hell is Flash?
They were a band from the early 70's. My buddy Jeff and I smoked a lot of dope listening to these guys.
If they remind you of, Yes, there's a reason. The guitarist, Tony Banks played with Yes on their first 3 albums.

I was trying to describe them to my daughter earlier this evening and found this audio track of one of their songs on YouTube & figured I'd share it.

You may or may not like this kinda shit, but it brought back a lot of memories for me.

Enjoy.





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Yeah, there may have been an influence.

Government Run Health Care ?????

What could go wrong? From the formerly, Great Britain.
Man collapses with ruptured appendix... three weeks after NHS doctors 'took it out'

'I thought, "What the hell did they slice me open for in the first place?"

Good question.
Hey, since I'm busting on the Brits today, howz-about this Bullshit.
Britain's blade culture claims another victim ...Scouts' penknives

"Along with a box of matches and a piece of string, they've always been an essential part of a Scout's kit. "But now penknives are going to be restricted on scouting trips as a seemingly innocent tradition succumbs to concerns over the nation's blade culture."

Good Lord. What the hell is wrong with these people?
Whatever it is count on seeing this kinda crap here in the future as the Pansy asses continue to expand their control over the populace.

YerUnk does not approve of the continued Pussification of our nation.
As my motorcycle buddy, MrT says "Prisoners of Protection"
A pox on them all.

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A Proper Labor Day Tribute .....

To those who deserve it. Our Men and Women in Uniform.


Have a good day, Folks.

Obama's Science Czar .......
We should all be thankful that Glenn Beck is finally shedding some light on the people that out President has in positions of power in the White House.

Michelle Malkin has a "Top 10 List of nuttiest passages" from Science Czar John Holdren.

I gotta go get ready for work, so here's a quick example -

8. Forced abortions…

“Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.”

Ok. That's just crazy shit there.
You ready to start paying attention to these folks now?
Hey. Don't forget that these are the people who will be deciding just who and how you will receive healthcare under The Plan!!

Shit. I feel good knowing this kind of genius is helping to drive the bus in the White House!

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My advice?

Buy more ammo.

Slept in a Yurt .......
The other night.
QueenBuffness put herself in charge of lodging for our anniversary, Thursday.

How she found this place is beyond me.



The whole, Yurt Thing, started as a joke several years ago.
Goes to show you that Women never forget anything.

You young Fellas pay attention to that. It'll come in handy later.

It was a nice place. Way out in the middle of BFE in Southern, Indiana. The hosts were nice folks and cooked an ass kick breakfast Friday morning.

My vacation time is over and it's back to work this morning in the ER.
Glad I still have a job. Hope you do too.

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Not to self. Don't eat here.

31 Years Ago Today .....
YerUnk married the lovely, QueenBuffness.

She said to me the other day that "It sure didn't seem like it's been that long".
To which I replied, "You're right. More like 5 minutes. Held under water".

We're off to go celebrate.

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Town Hall Meeting .....
I went to a town hall meeting in Bloomington yesterday evening.

Other than the nice motorcycle ride over there, it was a great waste of time.

My Congressman, Baron Hill was there basically as a salesman for this mess. Being that this was Bloomington, home of Indiana University, the crowd consisted of a fair number of folks who support this notion of State Control over another aspect of your life.

Surprisingly, there were a pretty fair number who oppose this idea of the takeover of another area of our economy and our individual freedom.

Good for them.

Like I said, Baron was making a sales pitch for this thing and pretty much said he'll vote for anything that comes down the pike. No. He didn't use those words. He's much more eloquent than that. But his submissiveness to those who had real questions and concerns made it pretty obvious that he's all for some sort of - sounded like any sort - of health care takeover.

One of the things about the meeting that I and apparently others found odd was that video recording was forbidden.

He was asked about this by one fellow and as it was only a part of his staement/question, Mr Hill sort of blew it off with a short, " My Meeting. My Rules" type of answer.
A young girl, (high school age maybe?) asked again about it as she had planned to video and use it for a class project of some kind. She was rather outspoken and pressed him on the issue.

He responded rather forcefully (As some of the crowd was obviously delighted by this girl) again that - "This is MY town hall meeting & I set the rules". He repeated this shit a couple of times and a lot of folks were clearly unhappy with that answer.

His reasoning was that "Video get's put on YouTube and edited so as to show me in an unfavrable way". That went over big.

He kept a pretty tight control over things, which wasn't a bad thing and I'll give him credit that he shushed the crowd, right or left and made sure the questioners were able to speak.

Wasn't real impressed of his constant reference to "A Jerry Springer town hall" every time the crowd started to get loud. This is a serious subject and people want to be able to express there displeasure to the idea of ANOTHER government takeover of and area of life they have no business in.

I left about 5 minutes before it was scheduled to end as I'd heard enough of his Bullshit and sales pitch.
If he's a supposed, Blue Dog Democrat, he didn't sound like it to me. He sounded more like, Billy Mays selling Oxyclean than someone wishing to hear what his constituents had to say.

So I call Bullshit on Mr Hill's "Blue Dog" status. He's all in with this and we can tell where his vote is gonna go.

A pox on him and the rest of these Statist bastards.

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Get ready for it.