PRETALIATE (v.) to retaliate, but in a pre-emptive manner, to wit, to get someone back for what they were about to do, thus preventing the "original" offense.
Please feel free to use this word as often as you like.
Enjoy!
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Item du jour
Why are there pork rinds, but no beef rinds?
I don't have any problem with pork - I think it's delicious and nutritious (pork, it's neat!) - but I'm more of a beef man, myself.
When this country has a full array of rind products available from the bowling alley vending machine ("hmm, do I want the pork rinds, the turkey rinds, the frog rinds, or the beef rinds?"), that's when we'll know civilisation has well and truly come to these shores.
huzzah!
I don't have any problem with pork - I think it's delicious and nutritious (pork, it's neat!) - but I'm more of a beef man, myself.
When this country has a full array of rind products available from the bowling alley vending machine ("hmm, do I want the pork rinds, the turkey rinds, the frog rinds, or the beef rinds?"), that's when we'll know civilisation has well and truly come to these shores.
huzzah!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Stop Making Sense
I guess I'm living in a Talking Heads world. Somehow, moving jobs to a higher priced area, hiring people with less understanding, experience, and knowledge, makes for a more efficient process.
Heavens to ISO!
Holy Six Sigma, Batman!
Good Grief.
OK, just grief.
grr.
Heavens to ISO!
Holy Six Sigma, Batman!
Good Grief.
OK, just grief.
grr.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Are we all bozos in this country?
So now we've managed to keep an extra socialist in the Democratic race - who knew so many single women could be moved to vote by the sight of Hillary's tears? - and in Michigan there's a petition drive starting to amend the State Constitution to mandate universal health care.
Good grief - who's going to pay for it? All the out-of-work folks who are busily packing up and trying to sell their homes so they can move to another state where there are jobs?
Oh, we'll just raise taxes on the few who are left - they can pay for it all, right?
I hate to say it, but I seem to be living in a State of greedy, selfish morons.
grr.
Good grief - who's going to pay for it? All the out-of-work folks who are busily packing up and trying to sell their homes so they can move to another state where there are jobs?
Oh, we'll just raise taxes on the few who are left - they can pay for it all, right?
I hate to say it, but I seem to be living in a State of greedy, selfish morons.
grr.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Unintended Consequences
Most of you are probably unsurprised by this, but I have been fairly unexcited by the whole biofuels / E85 / gasohol furore.
Until recently, that is.
I was fully aware that food prices will be going up - significantly - because of the diversion of corn (maize) from food use to alcohol production. Now, I've never been opposed to producing alcohol from corn - in fact, I'm a bourbon fan, myself. Still, given that even were we to convert our whole corn output to alcohol, we would make at most a small dent in our petroleum imports, I remained unimpressed.
Then I realized that the food shortage will be selective. This looks like an organized, yet subtly disguised, attack on vegetarians (and especially vegans). After all, if we convert vegetable production to fuel production, shortages will fall disproportionately on the vegetarians.
Sure, we feed cattle with corn, but they are just as happy with other fodder (just ask our Canadian neighbours - after all, doesn't the Left think they do everything better in Canada?). And, as my new favourite young blonde country singer (whose name escapes me right now) asked: if God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?
Why indeed?
Until recently, that is.
I was fully aware that food prices will be going up - significantly - because of the diversion of corn (maize) from food use to alcohol production. Now, I've never been opposed to producing alcohol from corn - in fact, I'm a bourbon fan, myself. Still, given that even were we to convert our whole corn output to alcohol, we would make at most a small dent in our petroleum imports, I remained unimpressed.
Then I realized that the food shortage will be selective. This looks like an organized, yet subtly disguised, attack on vegetarians (and especially vegans). After all, if we convert vegetable production to fuel production, shortages will fall disproportionately on the vegetarians.
Sure, we feed cattle with corn, but they are just as happy with other fodder (just ask our Canadian neighbours - after all, doesn't the Left think they do everything better in Canada?). And, as my new favourite young blonde country singer (whose name escapes me right now) asked: if God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?
Why indeed?
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Immigration "Reform"
Just in from Washington: we're going to make it easy for illegal immigrants to become citizens. This means we're officially thumbing our noses at folks who tried to follow the rules and apply for entry and citizenship in accordance with federal laws.
This seems beyond ludicrous on its face (at best). Still, being a glass is 7/12 full kind of guy, I am looking at this development in a decidedly optimistic way. I figure that now that we've started rewarding (rather than punishing) law-breakers, we should start lobbying for the income tax to be next in line.
What exciting days are ahead for our republic (or whatever we've become) as we contemplate just how to reward tax cheats. Makes me think about filing an amended return, asking for all my withholding back!
grr.
This seems beyond ludicrous on its face (at best). Still, being a glass is 7/12 full kind of guy, I am looking at this development in a decidedly optimistic way. I figure that now that we've started rewarding (rather than punishing) law-breakers, we should start lobbying for the income tax to be next in line.
What exciting days are ahead for our republic (or whatever we've become) as we contemplate just how to reward tax cheats. Makes me think about filing an amended return, asking for all my withholding back!
grr.
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