US Needs to Increase Oil Drilling

It's horrible what happened in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, but we can not let the BP oil rig explosion and oil spill be an excuse to stop future drilling off our own shores. Are the waters and shorelines around the United States anymore precious than waters around other countries' shorelines? If this happened in another part of the world would the people there consider closing off their waters to future drilling. Of course not! The US government, our radical green groups and their pandering politician friends are the only ones who would entertain such selfish thoughts. (This reminds The Skirt of our government's narrow-minded law to use people food and the world's precious farmland to grow fuel to power American cars, but I digress.) The United States still needs oil and gas and we need it to flow in from sources other than those in the Middle East. We must continue to place our land and our citizens at risk to obtain it. An opinion writer with USA Today is simpatico.

Update 5/27/10 : Read Uphttp://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/environmentalists_with_oil_on.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/obama-federal-government-charge-oil-spill-response/

Update 6/14/10: Here's the truth http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/obama_and_oil_greasing_america.html

Hey GM, Robbing Peter to Pay Peter Doesn't Count

This morning when The Skirt saw the CEO of GM bragging about having repaid the tax payer loan she knew something about that sounded fishy. Now it looks like they could be in trouble for false advertising. GM shouldn't have resorted to Blagojevich-style tactics.

Sorry, fellas this will only make your situation worse.

Update 5/25/10: A friend e-mailed me this YouTube video yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gq7J71VsDM&feature=player_embedded

TOTUS - The President's Wubby

The electronic security blanket

He Kept Us Safe

Thank you President Bush. Readers, you might like this.

It Was the Lobster

We are all tightening our belts in these times of economic tribulation, well nearly all of us. There is one among us that has landed a dream job that allows him to live it up on the taxpayer teat. That, of course, is Barack Obama. As a Montana boy, I grew up with a term that meant indulgence beyond expectation, "livin high on the hog". It simply meant that someone was affording themselves the sweeter meats. For example, having crates of lobster flown in to Belgrade, Montana for a well staged town meeting that was well populated by ACORN and SEIU individuals. I'm from Montana, and the first thing I said when footage of the crowd was shown was,"Those aren't Montanan's". If Obama was really a man of the people that he claims to be, he would done in Greece as the Greeks do, have some incredible Montana beef with real Montanans. It seems that the only worthy Americans in Barack's eyes are cynical socialists and communists that are bent on the destruction of our long held principles and the rest of us can just "eat cake". Any man that can claim to be in support of the little guy and treats himself and cohorts like royalty is not a man pure of heart, far from it.

Obama loves the opulence

Whose Side is President Obama On Anyway?

Did you hear about this? Here we go again. President Obama must not be totally against offshore drilling, just offshore drilling for the United States. What the H-E double-toothpick is going on?

Here's one of the things our president is promoting to get the U.S. off imported oil.

Commentary On Obama's Health Care Plan

Chuck McVey sent in this picture he took at the Wanderers Auto Club Show in Chewelah, WA. last Saturday. He said he thinks it might have won "Best Pickup in the Under Construction Class." (Not sure about that) The Skirt loves the the shovel! Guess that's for dealing with the chronically ill and grandma when she nears the end of her life. Like the president said, "those people are such a huge driver of health care costs, right?"

Corny Issues

We've been thinking about the commodity corn industry more these days and a customer drops off a copy of "King Corn." Strange how that happens. Maybe he reads this blog? Naw. "King Corn" is an entertaining, funny and very informative documentary about the hybrid (feed) corn industry in America. It gets you thinking about the whole tangled web of cheap food, farm subsidies, corn syrup, and feed lots.

Read Atlas Shrugged - We Are Meant To Prosper

The Skirt's copy of Atlas Shrugged arrived today, all 1168 pages and two 1/2 pounds of it. There has been a lot of talk recently about the book. A capitalist pig we follow said reading it will change your life. That intrigued me enough to want to read it. So, if you call or stop by the shop over the next few weeks, I'll probably have my nose stuck in it. By the way, there are long waiting lists for the book at most public libraries across the country.

A Story Worth Telling Again

We watched In the Shadow of the Moon this weekend, an unpretentious documentary about NASA's Apollo program. The movie consists of skillfully edited archive footage and interviews with some of the Apollo astronauts. It all unfolds in a relaxed, casual pace, but you can't shake this sense of danger, even though you know how it turned out. These crazy guys seemed to just take the danger part all in stride. I guess that's why they had "the right stuff." Put this movie on your list and watch for the unexpected and more pleasing part of the storytelling from astronaut Mike Collins, the man who orbited around the moon when Armstrong and Aldrin went off to stardom. Most touching is each man's soulful perspective of life on Earth upon his return. Mankind used to do such fascinating things. It makes you think about all the ridiculous stuff we are mired in these days. God help us.

Good Riddance 2008

Let's raise a glass of eggnog and "grid our loins" for 2009.

New Year's Eggnog

1 qt. ready-made dairy eggnog

12 oz. whiskey

1 1/2 oz. rum

Stir well, sprinkle nutmeg on top and serve in

4 oz. punch cups or glasses.

A greater quantity of liquor may be used, depending on one's preference.

Best results are obtained when all ingredients have been pre-chilled.

Merry Christmas From Rod Builders Inc

Recommended reading.

Blagojevich - A Cabbage Patch Doll or Fisher Price Little Person?

What do you think? Does the Illinois Gov. look more like a Cabbage Patch doll or a Fisher Price Little Person? The Skirt e-mailed an influential member of the media and asked him what he thought and he says Cabbage Patch. Ok, ok I agree he looks like this cabbage patch doll, but I am pretty sure they doctored up the doll's hair.

Click here for more on Blago

Counsel For the Average Man

If I have even just a little sense,

I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it.

Keeping to the main road is easy,

But people love to be sidetracked.

Keep your garden free of weeds,

Your pantry full

And don't over indulge.

And let's pray these robber barons have learned their lesson.

A rewording of chapter 53 of Tao Te Ching by The Skirt.