'He Looks Pretty Healthy to Me'

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This is just sick. Don't they have child welfare authorities to intervene?

And you thought you had a bad smoking habit.

Ardi Rizal isn't even out of diapers, but he already smokes around 40 cigarettes every day, according to Metro.co.uk.

The 2-year-old Sumatran boy was given his first cigarette at 18 months by his 30-year-old father, Mohammed. Now, he throws tantrums if he's denied his two-pack-a-day habit, according to his family.

"He's totally addicted," said Ardi's 26-year-old mother, Diana. "If he doesn't get cigarettes, he gets angry and screams and batters his head against the wall. He tells me he feels dizzy and sick."

The overweight tot uses a toy truck to get around instead of being active with other children, according to the report.

The boy's disturbing habit hasn't escaped public notice in Sumatra. Concerned officials offered to buy the family a car if Ardi quits.

His father doesn't seem the least bit concerned.

"He looks pretty healthy to me. I don't see the problem," he said.

'I've Heard of Some Pretty Weird Games Like That But Not While Driving'

Is it just me or are kids getting dumber these days? What kind of idiotic stunt is this?

A bizarre game played by four teens ended with a crash Monday night. Police say everyone in the car was holding their breath, and the driver fainted. Investigators told us it's a game the teens have played before.

It happened on Scottsville Mumford Road around 9:45 p.m. Monday. Deputies say the driver, 19-year-old Bryan Parslow of Caledonia and three other teenagers were trying to hold their breath during the time it took to drive through the hamlet of Garbutt. Parslow apparently fainted.

You may have heard of the fainting game or the choking game. The goal is to get a high by cutting off oxygen to the brain. It's a game that has killed dozens of children and teens across the country. We don't know if that's what these teens were playing, or if it was just a dare to try and hold their breath. Either way, it has a lot of people wondering what was going on inside that car before the crash.

"I've heard of some pretty weird games like that but not while driving," said Tim Bayer.

He heard the crash. It happened right near his home.

"We couldn't really come up with any reason for why they would've gone off the road," said Bayer. "So now it makes sense."

Monroe County Sheriff's investigators say the car left the road, struck a tree and then hit a large boulder. All four teenagers were taken to Strong Hospital.

Family members say Parslow broke his right leg. We're told his brother, Sean who is 16, suffered a possible broken nose. David Fox, 19 of Lyons has a broken collar bone and ankle and Brian Sinclair, 19 of LeRoy was complaining about his shoulder and pain on his right side.

Another neighbor, Danette Porter called 9-1-1.

"It sounded like two big bangs and then glass shattering," described Porter.

Investigators say the two teens in the front seat were pinned and had to be extricated.

"It's scary to think that kids would play a game like that when they're coming down a road that's 55 miles an hour," said Porter.

Garbutt is a small hamlet about a third of a mile long, but it was too long for the driver, Bryan Parslow.

Neighbor are just happy no one was seriously hurt.

"Hopefully they'll get their thrills a different way after this," said Bayer.

Video: Chris Christie Versus Obnoxious Teacher

An update from last night's post about Chris Christie at a townhall in Rutherford, NJ.

Turns out the teacher in question was even whinier than we imagined.

Via The Right Scoop and Cubachi.

Obama Hits Record Low in Rasmussen Poll, Yuks It Up With Marv Albert

As the president hits a record low in the Rasmussen poll, he's busy yukking it up with Marv Albert.



He won't hold a press conference but he's got plenty of time to joke around and talk basketball.

Priorities.

What a disgrace. He knows nothing about SB 1070, but can fill you on Pau Gasol's footwork.

Phoenix Police Officer Shot and Killed

Curious how the authorities are not identifying the suspect, but let's say this much: There will be a sh-tstorm if an illegal alien did this. Obviously whoever did this deserves swift justice and the death penalty regardless, but if it turns out to be an illegal there are alot of people with blood on their hands.

A police officer was killed in an early morning in shooting in Phoenix Wednesday, and investigators said they do have a suspect in custody.

It happened at about 1 a.m. near a gas station and convenience store in the area of 19th and Fairmount avenues, south of Indian School Road.

It all started with reports of a suspicious vehicle driving with its lights off in the neighborhood. Somebody reportedly was trying to hide a Mustang in a carport or garage.

Details of what led up to the shooting were not immediately available, but the shots were fired as officers searched for that Mustang.

Other officers who were on the scene didn't wait for paramedics. They grabbed their wounded colleague and rushed him in a patrol car to St. Joseph's Hospital where he later died.

A witness who did not want to go on-camera said she heard what sounded like a car wreck not long before the shots rang out.

Aerial video showed detectives looking at the Mustang, which seems to be central to the investigation. The car had been partially covered with a tarp. When cover was removed, obvious front-end damage was clearly visible.

Video from the scene near the convenience store showed a trio of detectives with a gun in an evidence bag. It's not known if that gun belonged to the suspect or the officer.

In the course of the incident, the residents of several nearby homes were evacuated while police searched for a suspect, who was eventually found hiding in a shed.

Officers were still searching the area and collecting evidence hours after the shooting.

At this point, the Phoenix Police Department is not releasing any information about the officer who was killed or about the suspect in their custody. All Sgt. Trent Crump has said is that the officer was stationed at the Squaw Peak Precinct.

Here's a still shot of the suspect being led away:

Update: Suspect is from the Tucson area and has prior convictions.

Phoenix Public Safety Manager Jack Harris canceled a meeting in Washington, D.C., with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about immigration issues and planned to return to the Valley Wednesday. Central City Precinct has suffered several line of duty deaths in the past several years, according to the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association.

PLEA President Mark Spencer said the officer suffered heavy blood loss after the shooting from at least one gunshot wound.

Spencer said the suspect was a man in his early 30s from the Tucson area who had prior felony convictions.

Obviously he wasn't rehabilitated.

Update: The suspect is Hispanic, but police still won't identify him or whether he's legal.

The Hispanic suspect, who Crump said is in the country legally, was reportedly found hiding in a shed in a backyard and was taken into custody. A weapon was also recovered at the scene.

That suspect sustained injuries from a K9 bite and a rubber bullet, according to Crump.

Crump said there are no outstanding suspects at this time, but anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Spencer believes the suspect is from the Tucson area and has a criminal history.

His identity has not been released.

Dead Swedish Man Convicted of Assault

He should be considered permanently in absentia.

A Swedish appeals court convicted a man in absentia of assault in April. The man's absence turned out to be due to his untimely death a month previously and the prosecutor has now called on the court to re-open the case.

The then 26-year-old man was tried on charges assault in Stockholm district court on May 27th 2009. While the court found him not guilty the prosecutor elected to appeal the case.

When the date for the hearing arrived, on April 19th 2010, the court concluded after a delay that the defendant would not be attending, but it was decided that the matter could be dealt with in absentia.

The Svea Court of Appeal overturned the district court ruling and found the man guilty of assault, issuing a fine of 15,000 ($1,886) and setting a deadline date for an appeal of May 24th.

But information submitted to the court after the hearing indicates that an appeal is not to be expected as the convicted man died on March 25th 2010, details which were brought to the attention of the court first on April 26th, court documents show.

"Now the appeals court has in the meantime convicted a deceased person, without any prior convictions, which existing rules do not allow," Malmö chief prosecutor Jörgen Lindberg writes in a letter appealing the court's ruling.

In a statement indicating that the principle "all are equal before the law" extends only until death, Lindberg argues that had the defendant's passing come to light in time, the case would probably have been closed or simply dismissed by the district court.

Pathetic: Community Board Approves Ground Zero Mega-Mosque by 29-1 Vote

I guess the one voting against this abomination is a teabagging racist who hates diversity or something.

Angry relatives of 9/11 victims last night clashed with supporters of a planned mosque near Ground Zero at a raucous community-board hearing in Manhattan.

After four hours of public debate, members of Community Board 1 finally voted 29-1 in support of the project. Nine members abstained, arguing that they wanted to table the issue and vote at a later date.

The board has no official say over whether the estimated $100 million mosque and community center gets built. But the panel's support, or lack of it, is considered important in influencing public opinion.

Holding up photos of loved ones killed in the Twin Towers and carrying signs such as, "Honor 3,000, 9/11 -- No mosque!" opponents of the proposed Cordoba House on Park Place called the plan an insult to the terror-attack victims.

"That is a burial ground," said retired FDNY Deputy Chief Al Santora, referring to the fact that victims' remains were scattered for blocks.

Santora's 23-year-old son, Christopher, was the youngest firefighter to die that day.

"I do have a problem with having a mosque on top of the site where [terrorists] can gloat about what they did," said Santora, with his wife, Maureen, by his side.

About 150 people attended the emotional Greenwich Street meeting, were some shouted down others as they took their turns.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the head of the Cordoba Institute, which is in charge of the project, insisted that the site would help "bridge the great divide" between Muslims and the rest of America.

"We are Americans, we are Muslim Americans," Rauf said. "Many of us were born in the United States. We have no higher aspirations than to bring up our children in peace and harmony in this country."

Sure.

Mayor Bloomberg thinks this is a wonderful idea. Of course he says stopping illegal invasion of Arizona is national suicide. Glad to see he's got the best interests of his constituents in mind as he aids in our surrender.

Supporters trotted out little kids to make their case.

"I think it's kind of strange people are against the mosque just because a few Muslims were part of the attacks," said 11-year-old Jahanara Nares, a student at the United Nations International School, to applause.

Peru Frees Radical Marxist From Prison

I have to figure her next stop is a featured blogger spot at the Huffington Post or Media Matters, or perhaps as a chief fundraiser for the DNC.

New York radical Lori Berenson was sprung from a Peruvian prison yesterday after serving 15 years for aiding revolutionaries.

A judge in Lima said she had "completed re-education, rehabilitation and re-socialization" and demonstrated "positive behavior."

"I'm just amazed that it happened," her jubilant mother, NYU Professor Rhoda Berenson, told The Post.

"She knew and we knew that she deserved it. We're just happy they followed their own laws and did what was required."

She spoke to her daughter after getting the news via text message from someone in the courtroom.

"It's been very hectic since we got the news," Rhoda said at the family's East Side home.

"We have been trying to get her out from behind bars for 14½ years, so its been a lot of 'try this, try that.' "

Berenson's father Mark, a college professor in New Jersey, was overjoyed.

"I let out a shout that I think my daughter heard in Peru," he said.

He and his wife have been working tirelessly toward getting Berenson out of jail.

"There are lots and lots of people around the world who have helped us and who have been working so hard for Lori to be released," her mom said.

One of the conditions for Lori's parole is that she remain in Peru until 2015, the year her 20-year sentence is up.

She is expected to be freed before the end of the week and will work as a translator at the nonprofit Office of the Americas.

The 40-year-old left-wing activist was represented at her parole hearing by her lawyer husband, Anibal Apari Sanchez, a former member of the insurgent Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, or MRTA.

So nice to see she'll be spending time with the far-left Office of the Americas. Nothing like staying close to your roots.

The Office of the Americas is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the cause of international justice and peace through broad based educational programs. Founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, the Office of the Americas is a recognized source of documentation and analysis of current international events with a focus on the foreign policy of the United States.

Through its public education campaign, the Office of the Americas works to reach constituencies of students, religious and human rights organizations and all others concerned about issues of international justice and peace. Our goal is to end the long-standing international culture of militarism.

Here are their current campaigns.

Help civilian victims of the US occupation of IraqWe work to facilitate community actions that directly benefit injured Iraqi children and their families.

Witness Against Torture: Shut Down Guantanamo action
Watch this 6 minute video by Danny Burns about the witness in Washington, DC on that took place on April 18th.

The have a rather interesting recommended reading list.

I'm sure she'll be properly rehabbed reading Hugo Chavez books. Their website, naturally, links to all sorts of radical left groups, including Code Pink and ANSWER.

'You Are God Outside of New Jersey'

In New Jersey some find him to be the anti-Christ. Of course those are the layabout slackers in the unions who can't bear to sacrifice a paltry 1.5% of their bloated salaries to pay for their extremely generous health benefits. I always hear people talking about "the rich" paying "their fair share" yet these spoiled hacks can't pony up 1.5% toward their benefits?

Good grief, we need a reality check here.

From a woman who called him God outside of New Jersey, to two others who engaged him in near-shouting matches, Gov. Chris Christie faced a lively crowd today at a town hall meeting to discuss his agenda.

The Republican governor was often interrupted for applause as he discussed his plans to curtail the growth of property taxes, and reiterated his opposition to a tax increase on millionaires. But he also got confrontational with some questioners, including a teacher who criticized the governor's focus on teacher pay.

Christie spoke to about 100 people inside a church in Rutherford, in the third of his town-hall meetings to push for a 2.5 percent annual limit on property tax increases, as well as reforms to hold down public employee costs. He said voters deserve the chance to decide, through constitutional amendment, to cap their taxes after politicians of both parties have failed to control them.

"You couldn't do any worse, having it in your hands," Christie said. He also received applause when he criticized a record-breaking Statehouse protest on Saturday, where 30,000 to 35,000 people -- most from public employee unions -- criticized his reforms, as well as his budget cuts to schools, towns, libraries, property tax rebates and other areas.

"That protest on Saturday was the special-interest, me first rally," Christie said, led by those who want their pay and benefits to come before other taxpayers' ability to pay.

"You are God outside of New Jersey," Clara Nibot, a 65-year-old from Bergenfield, told Christie. "Let New Jersey be affordable ... We are the silent majority that's learning to speak out."

Then there's the whiny teacher, who mysteriously came from Kearny over to Rutherford to badger Christie. I guess she had the day off.

She was followed at the microphone by Rita Wilson, an English teacher who lives in Kearny. Wilson told the governor she was one of the educators he criticized as having a "me, first" attitude, but she's making a smaller salary than she would as a baby-sitter.

"I'm not a rabble-rouser. I'm a simple English teacher," whose students perform well, Wilson said. "I work really hard."

Wilson said she used the babysitter example to make a point as Christie has pressured teachers to take a one-year wage freeze and contribute at least 1.5 percent of their salary toward health benefits. She and Christie then testily talked over each other for several questions and answers.

"You know what, you don't have to do it," Christie said.

"Teachers do it because they love it," Wilson told him.

The governor said in a time of "economic crisis," teachers and their main union -- the powerful New Jersey Education Association -- should be willing to take the freeze.

After the 90-minute session, Christie said he welcomed the "spirited exchange."

These teachers just are not going to find any sympathy sniveling like this. They're paid very well in this state and have extremely generous benefit, not to mention about 12 weeks vacation. Time for a reality check, people. We're all making do with less in this economy. Tell your sob story to someone who can't find a job, or has no benefits, or is paying $700 a month for health insurance. Griping about a pittance of 1.5% just comes off as being spoiled. The idea she would make more money as a baby-sitter is absurd. How many baby-sitters get the entire summer off and pay nothing towards handsome benefits? Naturally, the reporter doesn't bother to question any of this.

GOP Senators Rip Man-Child Obama: 'He Needs to Take a Valium Before He Comes in and Talks to Republicans'

It's been a long, long time since I've seen some backbone from Republicans when it comes to standing up to the Democrats, and Obama in particular. Judging by his anemic poll numbers it appears they smell weakness and they're not buying his smartest guy in the room routine any more.

If President Barack Obama thought having a private lunch with Republican senators would ease partisan tensions in Congress, he grabbed the wrong recipe.

The president walked into a remarkably contentious 80-minute session Tuesday in which GOP senators accused him of duplicity, audacity and unbending partisanship. Lawmakers said the testy exchange left legislative logjams intact, and one GOP leader said nothing is likely to change before the November elections.

Obama's sharpest accuser was Bob Corker of Tennessee, a first-term senator who feels the administration undermined his efforts to craft a bipartisan financial regulation bill.

"I told him I thought there was a degree of audacity in him even showing up today after what happened with financial regulation," Corker told reporters. "I just wanted him to tell me how, when he wakes up in the morning, comes over to a luncheon like ours today, how does he reconcile that duplicity?"

Ouch. Way to go, Bob. Keep it up.

Four people who were in the room said Obama bristled and defended his administration's handling of negotiations. On the way out, Corker said, Obama approached him and both men repeated their main points.

"I told him there was a tremendous disconnect from his words and the actions of his administration," Corker said.

Yes, he does have a tendency to talk out of both sides of his mouth. About time these guys noticed.

Just words.

The fun continued.

"He needs to take a Valium before he comes in and talks to Republicans," Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., told reporters. "He's pretty thin-skinned."

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said he addressed Obama, "trying to demand overdue action" on the giant oil spill damaging Gulf coast states. He said got "no specific response" except Obama's pledge to have an authoritative White House official call him within hours.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Obama's 2008 presidential opponent, said he pressed the president on immigration issues. McCain said he told Obama "we need to secure the border first" before taking other steps. "The president didn't agree," he said.

McCain said he defended his state's pending immigration law, which Obama says could lead to discrimination. It directs police, when questioning people about possible law violations, to ask about their immigration status if there is "reasonable suspicion" they're in the country illegally.

At the luncheon, McCain said, "I pointed out that members of his administration who have not read the law have mischaracterized the law—a very egregious act on their part."

Burton said Obama told McCain that he has read the Arizona law himself, and his concerns remain.

I find that difficult to believe since his haughty staffers pretty much wear their ignorance of the law like a badge of honor. Since Obama is supposedly some super-genius lawyer, he can't possibly have read the law and still have any concerns.

His ignorance is showing.

Obama would prefer they all just shut up. But the days of just showing up and saying "I won" are a distant memory.

Besides, Obama has no time for the GOP. He's got money to raise for endangered Democrats.

As the Senate wrapped up its business Tuesday, Obama was flying to California to headline a fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer, one of Congress' most liberal members and a top GOP target this fall.

That didn't turn out so well the last time. I wonder if he'll be heckled again?

Speaking of fundraisers, while his administration crumbles in the face of the disastrous Gulf oil spill, his EPA chief sets off to raise money for Democrats. Glad to see they've got their priorities in order.

So much for change.

Surprise! Bloomberg Not a Big Fan of SB 1070

This little twerp grows more loathsome and detestable by the day. Just a few weeks ago he implied it was likely an opponent of ObamaCare who left the truck bomb in Times Square and then scolded people for an anti-Muslim backlash that never came. Today the mini-mayor decided it was his business to chime in on Arizona's law to try and control the immigration mess that the federal government won't take care of.

Get a load of this nonsense.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is blasting U.S. immigration policy, calling it "national suicide."

Bloomberg said Tuesday that Arizona would likely be hurt by its new immigration law. It requires authorities to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they're in the country illegally.

Bloomberg says countries that welcome immigrants prosper.

Of course we always have and always will welcome immigrants. Legal immigrants. Why is so difficult to understand the difference? Obviously the people of Arizona should have a say in their own laws, no? Well, 71% of them support the law, so dummy up, Mikey.

Naturally, he wasn't done smearing Arizonans.

He says the U.S. has had some "disgraceful" and "stupid periods" in which it tried to close its borders.

Added Bloomberg: "Fortunately, sanity prevailed."

Uh, Mikey, national suicide is leaving your borders open, not just opening the door to invading hordes of illegals.

Geez, even the clown in the White House is starting to slowly get the message. Is Bloomberg now going to snidely chastise Obama for trying to secure the border?

Profiling Nazi Obama Sends National Guard Troops to Arizona Border

Funny how Jan Brewer doesn't get credit for this. Rather it's some obscure Democrat Congresswoman. I wonder what Felipe Calderon will have to say about his puppetmaster Obama now?

The White House plans to send as many as 1,200 National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border.

A press release from the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., says that President Obama will authorize the deployment of up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the southwest border, and request that $500 million be included in supplemental spending legislation for enhanced border protection and law enforcement activities.

Giffords and other politicians, including Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., have been calling for troops to the border since Douglas-area rancher Robert Krentz was found dead on his ranch on March 27. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer also had requested troops deployed but didn’t want to use state funds to pay for them.

It’s unknown who killed Krentz but there is speculation that it was a drug smuggling scout who fled into Mexico, based on information released by Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever.

It’s unclear what the Guard’s role will be.

Probably delivering Meals on Wheels to the undocumented migrants who make it across the border and setting up water stations.

Curious how it's only taken Obama two months to spring into action. Probably got a look at his most recent poll numbers and realized what a loser opposing the commons sense SB 1070 law is.

H/T Exurban Jon.

Anthony Weiner Announces Investigation of Liberal Talk Radio Hosts

Well, at least he's being even handed.

Oh wait, he's ignoring them and just targeting Glenn Beck? How convenient.

Meanwhile, the slimy Stalinist wannabe was on with Bill O'Reilly Monday night.



Meanwhile, more inconvenient Weiner Facts continue to emerge. He really is an embarrassment to humanity.

Photo of the Day

My kind of guy.

Click to enlarge. I like the material on the left side of the vehicle.

Drilling Agency Staffers Using Meth, Watching Porn

Can't say any of this is a surprise. Doesn't seem to distinguish them from any other government employees.

Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography, according to an Interior Department report alleging a culture of cronyism between regulators and the industry.

In at least one case, an inspector for the Minerals Management Service admitted using crystal methamphetamine and said he might have been under the influence of the drug the next day at work, according to the report by the acting inspector general of the Interior Department.

The report cites a variety of violations of federal regulations and ethics rules at the agency's Louisiana office. Previous inspector general investigations have focused on inappropriate behavior by the royalty-collection staff in the agency's Denver office.

The report adds to the climate of frustration and criticism facing the Obama administration in the monthlong oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, although it covers actions before the spill. Millions of gallons of oil are gushing into the Gulf, endangering wildlife and the livelihoods of fishermen, as scrutiny intensifies on a lax regulatory climate.

The report began as a routine investigation, the acting inspector general, Mary Kendall, said in a cover letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, whose department includes the agency.

"Unfortunately, given the events of April 20 of this year, this report had become anything but routine, and I feel compelled to release it now," she wrote.

Considering this administration I'm surprised this report wasn't buried.

Obama Blows Off Arlington Visit on Memorial Day

Poor baby needs some rest, so he's going to Chicago. Will probably take in some relaxing fundraising and golf or something.

Another slap in the face to our veterans, but what do you expect?

With the long Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, President Obama is finally addressing one of the great broken promises of his administration: his early pledge to return home to Chicago every six weeks or so.

In 16 months at the White House, the Obamas have been back home just once - in February of 2009. But they plan to make the trip over Memorial Day weekend, an official said. After arriving on Thursday night, they will visit with friends and participate in private events.

On Monday, Obama will make remarks at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, south of Chicago - missing the usual tradition of presidents speaking at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.

At least this saves him the ignominy of seeing dead people this time.

I wonder if he'll take a bike ride around Chicago?



Update: Reader Robert points out the Blackhawks will be hosting Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday and Monday nights. How much you want to bet Obama finds time to show up at the United Center to glom some television facetime?

Memo to Prospective Paragliders: Read the Directions First

We may have an early front-runner for this year's Darwin Award.

A novice pilot - who had no training - broke his back in a terrifying crash after tethering his paraglider to a car and taking to the skies.

Roy Dixon had no experience of the dangerous pastime when he bought the paraglider for £300 from the auction website eBay.

The 45-year-old thrill-seeker admits he was only 'half way' through a book about paragliding when he decided to make his first attempt on Sunday evening.

Roy then made another disastrous decision - to use 50 feet of rope to tether the paraglider to his car in the hope it would act as an 'anchor'. Instead, it meant he was slammed into the side of a hill by a stray gust of wind, having lost control of the glider in seconds.

Roy was in the air for less than a minute before he plummeted 50ft to Earth, breaking his back in two places as his horrified family looked on.

Roy, of Juniper, near Hexham, said: 'I was in pain like you've never known. I was in a sitting position when I landed, so it just went straight up through my spine like a red hot poker. I tried to get in a position where I could land feet-first but I couldn't.

'I remember being up there and suddenly going "whoosh" over to one direction, and then "wham" straight down to the ground.

'It happened so quickly. I didn't expect to come down as hard as I did. I couldn't walk. I was in the foetal position and thrashing around in pain.'

Idiot is fortunate he's not paralyzed. I doubt he'll be trying this stunt again.

Obama Down to 42% Approval

The rats are jumping off the sinking ship.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -20.
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Overall, 42% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. That is the lowest level of approval yet measured for this president. Fifty-six percent (56%) now disapprove of his performance.

You know what ought to help him out? Talking some more basketball!

His few remaining defenders want to believe his horrible handing of the BP oil disaster isn't his Katrina.

I agree. It's his Waterloo.

Hit it, girls!

And They Want To Build A Mosque at the 9/11 Site...

For anybody who still doesn't get it, here is a gentle reminder of how Christians are treated in areas which fall under the influence of the Islamic regime from the country that Barry O spent some of his youth in.

After a series of protests by local extremist Islamic groups, the city decided to close the church and suspend the GKI despite the fact that the Christian group had all the necessary permits to build its church and practice its faith.

For some time, local Islamic groups had been protesting publicly and violently against Christians, accusing them of “proselytising”. They are certainly opposed to Christians having any building, even if the latter did not have a religious purpose.

Islam isn't a religion, it is a totalitarian regime which hides behind a veneer of religion to push it's goal of global conquest and a return to the good old days of the 9th Century Dark Ages.

In related news, an Atlanta suburb just denied the expansion of an Islamic center, which, of course, has all those good peace loving Muslim foot soldiers pitching a hissy fit.

Terrorists Are Not Gay

Strange, isn't it, what will get people all riled up?

The anti-gay bias is disturbing, also, he said.

"It's ugly, as well, and it's sorry to see anybody expressing such unfortunate and strong bias against gay people," he said.

That anti-gay bias he is talking about stems from a video posted by somebody, allegedly a soldier, although I can recall the video years ago, of some soldiers on patrol in Iraq and kidding around with some Iraqi kids. At the time it was an indication of the improving conditions in Iraq, because obviously our troops had too much time on their hands and were having some fun.

In one scene some soldiers can be seen bantering with the kids and one asks if they are going to grow up to be terrorists and the kids give a thumbs up. Everybody involved knows these kids didn't understand a word that was said, but what has the civil rights types all bollocks up like a constipated Marlon Brando, is asking the kid if he was going to be gay.

Yup. Asking or kidding somebody about their sexual orientation is much more offensive then accusing them of wanting to grow up to be a terrorist.

In light of the actions of the gay community and their supporters in California after the defeat of the gay marriage legislation I think the connection is fairly valid.

So anyway, another young service member or members are being called onto the carpet for doing something that their counterparts sitting in a college somewhere in America would dismiss as being really amateurish in light of the crap that goes on in frat parties every week.

You know, I am tired of all the people who have such thin skin that they get offended when the color of the bands in their rainbow doesn't meet their expectations and I wish people would just tune them out and leave them blathering to themselves in the corner of the room.

I guess it is okay to have gays in the US military but don't you dare accuse the terrorists of being gay. I guess this attorney is a big supporter of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Just for the record, suicide bombers do not discriminate based on sex, race, religion, sexual orientation or national origin. There is no such thing as a 'smart' IED.