Unsurprisingly, I Had Fun.

Now, I talk a lot.

I'm just admitting my limitations; I talk a lot.

But usually I get to do this on the internet, fingers flying furiously as I hunt-and-peck with all ten fingers at 60 words per minute.

Every once in a while I snooker some gullible fool into calling me, and then talk their ear off.

So, I did that to one of my long-standing Multiply buddies today; completely victimized Lee and his lovely wife Janet, who has a sexy laugh that I will no doubt get yelled at in PM for mentioning.

...As it's one of MY evil schemes, I managed to get them to call me, so now I have their mobile number and can text message them with snark. (Didn't think of Caller ID, didja, Lee? Ha!)

Lee and Janet are good people, and I comment more frequently on Lee's blogs than on anyone else's really; I only rarely disagree with him, and when I do it's mostly based on his faith, and my faith, going in slightly different directions. (He's Christian, and I am "I believe there is a creator of some type but find it impossible to believe that a being vast and powerful enough to create the universe and everything in it with a single declarative statement gives a damn whether you eat red meat on Fridays" which are not entirely analogous.)

Lee discovered that I actually talk, well, just like this, only with rather more profanity laced into my conversation than really warranted, necessary, or even desirable; I discovered that Lee is a really funny dude, who has a Southern accent quite gratifying to my ear, being as I live in the sticks in Pennsylvania now and every here talks like, well, Yankees.

We tried - honestly, I know it's hard to believe - to stay away from politics, which we managed until the last 5 minutes or so of our alternating rants, miraculously enough. Lee had a time limit, being as he works in the morning tomorrow, and I don't go back to work until, well, night shift tomorrow.

I love night shift.

I'm not BEING sarcastic, why are you looking at me like that?!?

Anyway, we swapped stories, said hi to the wives, found out that we both met our wives on Yahoo - fuck y'all, internet dating does work - and generally cracked jokes and bullshitted.

...Again complying with the truth in advertising laws, I made the observation at one point that it is a good thing I work in a factory that makes diapers, because they have to have someplace to store most of the things that I say.

Anyway, good times.

We got done, and my wife informed me that we "talk worse than two women."

*Sigh*

Be fair, honey, that was just me. Lee barely got a word in edgewise.

Anyway, Lee asked me if I fully understood that i would be reading about this tomorrow.

...I got there first.

...Neener neener.

So, Someone Besides Me Can Add, Apparently.

And I'm going to share their wisdom; let's take a look, hmmm?

So, that looks... about dead on to me. I wish I had filmed these. Are there any questions from the math-challenged?

It IS About The Money, Right? Isn't It?

So, the government took over Chrysler.

Chucked it into receivership.

Parceled off part ownership - 17.6%, actually - to the United Auto Workers.

Forced by costs, they're closing dealerships left and right.

...Of course, as the costs are paramount, they will of course be throwing away the dealerships losing money, the dealerships with the highest costs, the dealerships with the worst track record, right?

Wrong.

In fact, the criterion they're using to determine which dealerships to throw away is far simpler, and more disturbing.

They're eliminating dealerships based on party affiliation.

Think I'm kidding?

I never kid. Of the Chrysler dealerships being liquidated, it breaks down as follows.

Seven hundred eighty-nine dealerships are closing.

Of the Chrysler dealerships that gave political contributions recently, 90% of the ones getting closed gave to Republican causes, charities, or candidates. Only 10% of the dealerships getting closed donated to Democrats or their causes. Only TWO dealers on the closure list was an Obama contributor, and they only contributed $200 and $250.

One of the dealerships getting axed belongs to a Republican Congressman - and has sold TWICE the dealer average for Chrysler every year. The GOP contributors are a long list.

Politicians meddling in business is bad enough.

Parceling out business to "acceptable" people based on political connections is Soviet-era communism. "Join the Party, komrade, or bad things happen to you."

Now we're forcibly eliminating economic competition based on political consideration; how long until the opposition goes in the gulag, instead of the poor house, hmmm?

New Zealand is getting more and more attractive.

Buyer's Remorse, Part 2.

Here's a video, from a lefty media mouthpiece. And her friends.

Rachel Maddow is a well-known liberal commentator. She's part of the media establishment that threw their entire support behind President Obama during the campaign.

Now...

Well, in strict point of fact, this video speaks for itself. I don't have a lot to add to this one, and don't need to.

The self-destruction is beginning; enjoy.

Buyer's Remorse, Part 1

Did you know there's a site where you can grade Congresscritters?

I didn't.

Did you also know that on that site, every single F belongs to a Democrat?

I didn't know that either.

Did you also know that every grade on there above a C+ belongs to a Republican?

I didn't know that either - but now I do.

See, the American people got snookered. They bought the idea that Obama's campaign rhetoric was just - and only - that; campaign rhetoric, to make his most rabidly commie supporters happy, and assumed that he didn't really mean it.

Only he did.

And now, they're starting to figure it out.

They bought the idea that if they elected a ton of Democrats, all the things the Democrats have been calling bad - war, poverty, people owning stocks, companies having profits, low tax rates - would go away.

And they elected a ton of Democrats.

And now, only the things we need to keep, are going away.

War is still around.

Poverty is still around.

Nobody got a free gub'mint pony yet.

Corporate profits are shrinking, though, and people's stock holdings sure are worthless.

Taxes are sure going to skyrocket.

And the best part? Signs are starting to show that the economy may be turning itself around, without the government's help - just as all the people who can add said would happen.

Less than 6% of the funds authorized by the gigantic Obama stimulus bill have been spent.

Maybe they should think about quitting while they are ahead? They won't - the bill is a huge wishlist for them - but we will be proven right about that bill at the cost of re-destroying our economy, in the name of saving it.

Why do I keep thinking of napalm and villages?

But now the truth is starting to show. Despite the media's constant drumbeat of "Success! Success! Yayyyyyy!" lefty media outlets are watching their viewership, their readership, what have you, melt away like ice in summer. Fox News Channel now has ratings higher than MSNBC and CNN COMBINED for every time slot between 6 AM and midnight. The American people weren't fooled for long. And soon that bill will come due; the Democrats have been handed enough rope to hang themselves, on a golden platter.

They are using it. It looks as though I am not the only one who's noticed that.

I am SO looking forward to the next few years.

Since We're Making This Tomorrow...

...Time for a home-made salsa recipe!

I know, I know. "About time, Dave, geez! You post Tex-Mex all the time, and no salsa?"

Well, here goes.

You will need:

Several tomatoes - numbers dependent on size. Cube half of them, puree the rest.
Three or four tomatillos - the little green tomatoes with the husk you peel off - pureed with the tomatoes.
One whole yellow onion, diced.
Several (to taste) serrano and ancho (dried poblano) chili peppers, diced but WITH seeds.
1/8 cup white vinegar.
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
The juice from two limes
One peach, diced
maybe 1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
White pepper to taste
Salt to taste

First, heat a dry, ungreased skillet, and roast the tomatoes for cubing, the peppers, and the onion, until lightly charred. Pour the lime juice over the diced onion in a cup, and set that aside to soak.

Cube the tomatoes, and strip the roasted skins off the peppers, and dice the peppers up too. (Throw out the skins. It's probably best to use gloves when handling the serranos, as they are hotter than jalapenos and the juice will burn your eyes if you get it in there.)

Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan with maybe 2 cups of water; bring it to a rolling boil, then reduce heat and simmer it for 30 minutes or so, until it's nice and thick.

Remove from heat and chill; overnight is best, but an afternoon will do. (The longer you let this sit, the more the chili peppers' flavor will soak into everything.)

This makes a nicely tart, but slightly sweet-edged salsa; the serrano and ancho peppers give kick, but don't boil your lips off, and the ancho peppers compliment the sweetness nicely.

For those of you who like it hotter, chop up and toss in ONE habanero pepper.

This is great with tortilla chips, or as a topping on EGGS!