This morning, the dogs raced out of the patio into the back yard, barking frantically. Damsel went out to see what the ruckus was about. When Damsel got out there and saw what it was, she raced back in the house to get the camera. She raced back out just in time to get this photo just before the thing disappeared behind the neighbor’s garage:

When I got home from work, I Googled “Psychedelic Blimp” and found a link to Soaring Dreams.

Interestingly, the behavior of our dogs with regard to things flying over is inconsistent; they bark at banner tows, blimps and flights of geese or ducks. They do not bark at airplanes or individual birds. Sorta weird - but Damsel points out that if we’re ever attacked by paratroopers or something like that, we have a built-in early warning system.

When confronted with a prod to run for California Governor, Rob Reiner seemed to call himself a “meathead.” From the Sacramento Bee:

SAN FRANCISCO - In town to blast a union dues initiative as “ultimately bad for our democracy,” actor-director-activist Rob Reiner found himself nudged Thursday to put his celebrity to work for the Democrats as a candidate for governor.

Reiner, at a town hall-type forum sponsored by the No on 75 forces, didn’t say no. He appeared to encourage the idea, in fact, in an exchange with former San Francisco Supervisor Doris Ward. She told Reiner, “I really wish you would one day run for governor because people want movie stars and television stars” in office.

“However good (announced Democratic gubernatorial candidates) Phil Angelides and Steve Westly are,” Ward said, “the way to beat (Republican Gov.) Arnold (Schwarzenegger) is with …”

“… is with a Meathead?” Reiner interjected.

Okay, so the Democrats in San Francisco believe that this ultra-liberal, pudgy, balding, scruffy-bearded guy -

Will be more popular and well-received than the Governor?

I think they should encourage Meathead to run.

And by the way, Californians, please vote YES on proposition 75 to eliminate political contributions from corrupt organizations such as teachers unions. It’s going to strengthen democracy in California, not “be bad” for it. The reason it’s not bad is that individuals, not unions, can determine whether or not to contribute politically, and to whom they contribute; simply put, exercising their individual democratic right to do so. Meathead apparently misses this point.

Ted Kennedy, Babs Boxer, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, The Clintons, Al Franken and many other Democrats’ habitual lying can be biologically explained: their brains are short of gray matter! The article “Liars’ brains make fibbing come naturally” from NewScientist.com discloses abnormalities within the brains of liars:

[T]he combination of extra white matter and less gray matter could be giving people exactly the right mix of traits to make them into good liars. These are the first biological differences to be discovered between pathological liars (ed. certain Democrats) and the general population (ed. the rest of us).

[P]athological liars are a distinct group who systematically manipulate others, lie or use aliases for financial gain or personal pleasure (ed. or political gain).

People who know that their fabricated stories may be challenged will sometimes practice telling their false tales. After a while, the made-up story may come to mind more readily than the true one.

Thus, we may now know why lying comes so easily to some Democrats and why they actually believe their own fabrications.

The Senate confirmed John Roberts today to be the Chief Justice of the United States. Congratulations to Chief Justice Roberts.

As predicted, our embarassing California Senators Boxer and Feinstein voted against the Chief Justice but not for the reasons they profess. Boxer, Feinstein and Hillary Clinton, along with 19 other abortion-lobby supported senators voted against the Chief Justice pretending that their opposition was for something other than keeping the abortions rights lobby’s monies. Tsk tsk - they are shameless liars, indeed.

Hat tip to Mark Noonan of Blogs for Bush for his live-blogging coverage.

Damsel knows why the earth is flat - at least around the Gulf and Southeastern U.S. “The hurricanes have kept it mowed flat for thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years!” she exclaims, “And ‘Global Warming’ hasn’t got anything to do with hurricanes! It’s obvious to me, and I’m not a science person.”

Image: St. Andrew Bay Entrance Channel to Perdido Pass, Florida Gulf Coast (USGS)

I agree with her; and I am a science person. When I was supporting a project in Florida, I learned that the highest elevation in the state was only 300 feet above sea level - the entire state. Similarly, low-elevation terrain is characteristic throughout the Caribbean, the Southeastern U.S. and the Gulf of Mexico - the precise area where hurricanes strike after they develop.

Some misguided scientists claim they can model global warming trends using tree ring evidence combined with only 20th century atmospheric evidence; this produces the leftist-touted ‘hockey-stick’ curve that seemingly proves the guilt of mankind in his reckless production of carbon dioxide. However, the errors of this analysis method are proven by David Legates in his article ‘Global warming smear targets’ in the Washington Times.

So if the ‘hockey stick’ hypothesis is incorrect, it must be discarded. Then, what actually caused global warming in the last few hundred years? The increase in so-called ‘greenhouse gasses’ in the atmosphere? No, apparently not; it seems to be our own SUN. And that makes sense too - the sun is the main driver for all Earth weather patterns. Arthur and Zachary Robinson prove this with real data in their article ‘Science Has Spoken: Global Warming Is a Myth‘ originally published in 1997 in the Wall Street Journal. They even go on to make a case that increased carbon dioxide is having a beneficial effect on the environment!

Unfortunately, moonbat celebridiots such as Barbra Streisand, and politically-driven, uninformed politicians like John McCain and Hillary Clinton continue to perpetuate the lies by vacuously making public statements about things they are obviously not qualified to evaluate. See GOP Bloggers article ‘John & Hill Show Take Global Warming Myth on the Road‘ for more about them.

Additional reading: ‘The Myth of Catastrophic Global Warming‘ by Steven Brockerman.

Tired of getting those offers for credit cards, wireless plans, investment schemes, mortgage offers and the rest in your snail-mailbox? Then you just may want to seek REVENGE on junk-mail perpetrators.

What do you call a left-wing-lunatic superhero vehicle?

Answer: a MOONBATMOBILE!

Thanks to Charles at LGF.

I have been running a beta test site for a few days in anticipation of a switch over to the WordPress® blogging tools and weblog platform. I hope the transition will be smooth, but nothing is for certain. Most older posts will be lost at first, but I expect to revive some of them in the long run.

So, please forgive the hiccupings over the next few days as I switch things around, and give me time to get back to full capacity.

The benefits will be many for me and hopefully for readers as well.

Thanks!

Today, I received an email message from Jane Harman (D - CA), my congressperson. It was addressed to me with the subject “Re: Your Message.” The message field was completely blank. I just couldn’t resist replying to the message:

Sadly, the mail was returned as undeliverable, which I presume is the case with most congressional mail robots. But I enjoyed the feeling I had as I sent it off to her. Perhaps I will figure out how to send it through her web interface form. (Insert heinous laughter here.)

Don Adams, born Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 - September 25, 2005), was an American actor of Jewish and Irish Catholic descent, best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV sitcom Get Smart (1965-1970), for which he also directed and wrote. Adams won three Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Max.

He served with the USMC during World War II and came down with malaria during the battle of Guadalcanal. He worked as a comic and mimic, taking the stage-name of Adams after marrying singer Adelaide Adams. His work on television began in 1954. After the success of Get Smart his later efforts were less successful, including the comedy series The Partners and three attempts to revive the Get Smart series in the 1980s. He continued to make the majority of his income from live work on stage and in clubs.

He also worked as a voice actor. His first work was in Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales (1963-1966), but he was more famous as the voice of Inspector Gadget in the initial run of that television series (1983-1985) and the Christmas Special as well as in later reprises. He also attempted a sitcom comeback in Canada with Check it Out! in 1985, but the show was not successful.

He stated in interviews that his famous “clippy” voice characterization was based on, and an exaggeration of, the speaking style of actor William Powell.
Hat tip Wikipedia for the mini-bio.

Europa, the dog from hell, dug up Damsel’s flowerbed and was summarily sentenced to watch CNN for an hour. Poor thing may take weeks to recover.