tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:42:38 +0000Writing to learn.http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Fred)Blogger1137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-3205815946232799312Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:00 +00002009-11-03T08:46:42.660-07:00LanguagehumorI was laughing my lard butt off this morning when I read this article by Jay Nordlinger of National Review: As I often, maybe too often, point out, we Americans are seldom more ridiculous than in our language, and we are never more ridiculous than when our language is racial. You may remember an instance from the 2002 Winter Olympics. I have written about it more than once. An American womanhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/NL61_xTaZPs/black-and-beautiful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/NL61_xTaZPs" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/11/black-and-beautiful.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-5474019204718701320Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:46:00 +00002009-10-14T16:46:20.489-06:00humorSaw this on a blog I was reading today: I need more laughter in life right now! :-) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/1hjMKM1Y_MA/angry-wife.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/1hjMKM1Y_MA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/10/angry-wife.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-4950350416792378580Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:20:00 +00002009-10-10T13:24:50.262-06:00personalPiper, that stubborn but such a sweet kitty, passed away today. I love you, rest in peace.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/hPi5RQSsj0Q/piper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/hPi5RQSsj0Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/10/piper.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-7857520923308909800Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:05:00 +00002009-10-06T08:05:00.184-06:00EconomicsPolitics Clunkers in Practice One of Washington's all-time dumb ideas. Remember "cash for clunkers," the program that subsidized Americans to the tune of nearly $3 billion to buy a new car and destroy an old one? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared in August that, "This is the one stimulus program that seems to be working better than just about any other program." If that's true, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/2ZpAx-I7xb4/practical-clunkeria.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/2ZpAx-I7xb4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/10/practical-clunkeria.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-1439793371806511174Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +00002009-10-05T10:07:33.660-06:00PhotographyhumorThis site is insanely funny, featuring pictures of the strange people who shop at Wallyworld. The captions really put a cherry on top. Here’s an example: Have I been huffing what? Huffing paint? What? Really? Where would you get that?…….Okay yes. Yes I have. It makes the cat food taste better. Nevada http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/Dzy3zR9YSw0/people-of-walmart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/Dzy3zR9YSw0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/10/people-of-walmart.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-8128185521324684352Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:49:00 +00002009-09-18T09:49:00.604-06:00PoliticsQuote of the day: Obama doesn't lie. He merely elides, gliding from one dubious assertion to another. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/cilJk-WVrlc/he-merely-elides.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/cilJk-WVrlc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/09/he-merely-elides.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-130316500944221681Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:05:00 +00002009-09-16T08:05:21.684-06:00PoliticsHistory… is now the number one boy’s name in London, the West Midlands, the North-West and Yorkshire/Humberside. The once-mighty, once-roaring British Empire’s Lions slink meowing into the cave of obsolescence driven before the Islamic Horde. Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves. Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. Indeed. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/wiFz3nVRzD8/mohammed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/wiFz3nVRzD8" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/09/mohammed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-6777253293260511466Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:02:00 +00002009-09-15T14:02:31.462-06:00The KKK will ride again through the countryside if Joe Wilson isn’t censured. Suuuuure, you fatalistic, illogical piece of shit. Douche bag of the day: Douche Bag (D) Georgia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/lCLmquXW1SU/racialist-idiot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/lCLmquXW1SU" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/09/racialist-idiot.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-4974475546189435707Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:45:00 +00002009-09-11T05:00:08.106-06:00HistoryEight years ago, terrorists acting in the name of Islam hijacked commercial aircraft and flew them into buildings, killing thousands of innocent people.God keep those who lost their innocent lives in this dastardly act.The question that will shape American life and character for the next 50 years is, will we remember? Will we remember who these animals were? Where they were from? What they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/X5yMviEVTlc/will-we-remember.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/X5yMviEVTlc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/09/will-we-remember.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-6541620304824918941Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:15:00 +00002009-09-08T14:15:36.736-06:00PoliticsHistoryBill Whittle answers … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/9ZmK2F8pvdc/is-america-exceptional.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/9ZmK2F8pvdc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/09/is-america-exceptional.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-1828101492902873868Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:21:00 +00002009-09-03T09:21:49.028-06:00quotesPoliticsFrom Ann Coulter’s latest column on Obamacare: Liberals never, ever drop a heinous idea; they just change the name. “Abortion” becomes “choice,” “communist” becomes “progressive,” “communist dictatorship” becomes “peoples’ democratic republic” and “Nikita Khrushchev” becomes “Barack Obama.” Orwellian indeed. Whoever controls language controls thought. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/vccXvcUJHLM/heinous-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/vccXvcUJHLM" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/09/heinous-ideas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-3787731324125700467Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:10:00 +00002009-08-28T16:10:59.704-06:00MiscellanyThe news of the last few days is the death of Ted Kennedy. I wonder what he’ll have to say to that poor girl he killed just before They open the trapdoor to Hades … I’d give anything to be an angel at the Almighty’s side as He hears both sides, divine fingers gingerly playing with the lever. Knowing God (yes, I do!) He’d probably forgive and forget. Kennedy was a degenerate socialist elite http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/mO7xK6TP_wg/one-day-at-time-precis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/mO7xK6TP_wg" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-day-at-time-precis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-3803060850097397390Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:21:00 +00002009-08-26T08:21:05.384-06:00Sociology Out of that paragon of socialized medicine, the United Kingdom, comes the news that up to 4000 women have had to give birth in lifts (elevators to you civilized folks), offices, and hospital toilets. Brilliant. And still the push for the blind acceptance of socialized medicine continues—the narrative is strong. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/HpYiKA8Fcyw/narrative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/HpYiKA8Fcyw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/narrative.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-5142214198525198533Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:23:00 +00002009-08-25T08:23:53.658-06:00SociologyPhilosophyPoliticsmediaRaveHistoryBill Whittle has long been my intellectual hero and here, in one of his Afterburner segments, he takes on the narrative and how people like me (non-white, gun-toting conservatives) violate that narrative and thus are anathema to the prevailing liberal culture. Watching, you can tell he gets a bit heated about it, as did I. Brilliantly, he dissects the history of this narrative, exploring its http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/lsd2Z953-fU/you-cant-stop-signal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/lsd2Z953-fU" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/you-cant-stop-signal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-6314305509935450861Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:57:00 +00002009-08-19T09:58:49.957-06:00RaveI declare now that I love leather, but not in a “gimp” kind of way—you Tarantino lovers will know what I mean. Once, long ago, my aunt gave me a leather briefcase she’d grown tired of. It had “The Bridge” or something like that emblazoned on it which was perfect for me of course. It lasted about two years through High School until the metal part of the handle broke and I now classify my life in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/-szJR3NaybM/leather.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/-szJR3NaybM" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/leather.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-4593624369052714740Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:06:00 +00002009-08-12T15:06:12.164-06:00rantPolitics For anyone who feels like reporting me for “fishy” speech, here’s ammunition for ya: Barack Obama (AKA Body Odor) is a Modern liberal progressive Statist Fascist who plans to bankrupt Private Industry, beginning with his evil Healthcare proposals, which are a barely disguised finger-on-the-nuclear-button takeover of Life As We Know It. Odor’s email address is flag@whitehouse.gov and my name http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/-LyHVQz2BXE/fishy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/-LyHVQz2BXE" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/fishy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-5966880687072569337Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:30:00 +00002009-08-05T13:30:36.779-06:00MultimediaAviation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/WBxkMul5h_8/cloud-hopping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/WBxkMul5h_8" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/cloud-hopping.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-5834269297964846051Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:55:00 +00002009-08-04T12:00:43.713-06:00humorRaveDesign"I am sure there are some FBI people assigned to finding out who is behind this. This pres. is such a douche bag baby among other things, I picture him sitting behind his desk pounding his fist like a 2 year old demanding to know who is making fun of him. Waaaahhhhh!"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/WR-ERY9uIMw/jokerack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/WR-ERY9uIMw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/jokerack.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-2361557200603450946Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:04:00 +00002009-08-03T11:11:49.687-06:00PoliticsMan by nature is a political animal, yes. Body Odor is different. What adjective can one possibly conjure up to describe something more virulently animalistic than simply “animal”? Perhaps I will borrow from a name my brother used to hurl at me when I did something to him he didn’t like: beast. Body Odor is a political beast. A cunning, wry beast with slits for eyes; ever posturing for a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/9lIrjzziLH0/race-and-politics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/9lIrjzziLH0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/race-and-politics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-5075690583838731702Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:45:00 +00002009-08-01T08:45:00.393-06:00EconomicsI don’t know to which phenomenon to ascribe this to: complete ignorance about basic economics or outright jealousy. Either way, soaking the rich is economic suicide. To wit: 'Tax Burden of Top 1% Now Exceeds That of Bottom 95%'   [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Scott Hodge reports: Newly released data from the IRS clearly debunks the conventional Beltway rhetoric that the "rich" are not paying http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/C4K-B2y2zc0/fee-fi-fo-fum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/C4K-B2y2zc0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/08/fee-fi-fo-fum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-4126913773936293295Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:37:00 +00002009-07-30T11:39:43.701-06:00HobbyAviationIn “celebration” of achieving the rank of Captain, British Virtual Airways, I commissioned the following: Pretty nifty, eh?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/EG6yZj5qwwg/captain-fred-woodbridge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/EG6yZj5qwwg" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/07/captain-fred-woodbridge.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-2634274201659860110Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +00002009-07-23T20:00:01.426-06:00MusicMoviesRaveThis is one of my favorites scenes from one of my favorite movies: I seen 'em first! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/vwQurw5a3LE/i-seen-em-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/vwQurw5a3LE" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-seen-em-first.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-5699543133311127353Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:37:00 +00002009-07-22T08:37:41.129-06:00MusicRaveOrdinarily, I can’t stand women with husky, raspy voices. Not that anyone—particularly the female sex of the husky-voiced persuasion—gives a shit about this my particular form of neurosis, but there is one particular strain of husky-voiced females in which I allow this aberration: Spanish singers. Here presented for your listening pleasure is Bebe with her Malo: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/kI9Z-pjSosk/malo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/kI9Z-pjSosk" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/07/malo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-3392436152526716383Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +00002009-07-21T07:00:08.406-06:00humorHistory Steven Pressfield is a favorite author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel: A Novel. He writes a little article about how truly spartan Spartan humor was: zenpundit.com » “The Spartan Sense of Humor” by Steven Pressfield http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/pVb5QEhRdQ0/spartan-sense-of-humor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/pVb5QEhRdQ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/07/spartan-sense-of-humor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142620.post-7925257735058817388Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:26:00 +00002009-07-20T09:26:27.207-06:00TechnologyPhilosophyPoliticsHarry C. Alford makes the wonderful point to racialist pig in makeup, Barbie Boxer, that the relevance of the color of one’s skin to a discussion on energy policy is exactly nil. This is the problem with liberal Democrats: a trite illogic. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ifconfig/~3/phuyP-xxohY/barbara-boxed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Fred)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ifconfig/~4/phuyP-xxohY" height="1" width="1"/>http://ifconfig.blogspot.com/2009/07/barbara-boxed.html