This Week's Top Scrooge

Massachusetts to be emission-free Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:28:00 +0000

State residents asked by officials to not drive their cars as part of a 'Stay At Home Tuesday' go-green event

In an effort to cut down on the effect automobile exhaust has on global warming, Massachusetts state officials have asked progressive-thinking residents throughout the state to stay at home Tuesday (Jan. 19, 2010).

Dubbed "Stay At Home Tuesday," liberally-minded people of the land are also asked to GO GREEN and wear something green that day, like a t-shirt or something, to emphasize the green jobs still promised to come when they return to work on Wednesday ... if their boss lets them.

In other news, next month's election for the Senate seat left by Ted Kennedy has really heated up even though the election is still one month away. Republican candidate Scott P. Brown said he hopes all Massachusetts liberals will take heed on Stay At Home Tuesday.

"This Tuesday is a chance to save the planet, give peace a chance, and make love -- not war by staying at home," Brown said. "I can not think of more change that I can believe in, than a day not to make any errands to anywhere for a full day."

Democratic candidate Martha M. Coakley said that although she is reluctant to tell an entire state not to drive anywhere on Tuesday, she says "that's the thing to do."

"We would not have had to have a Stay At Home Tuesday if it were not for George Bush," Coakley said. "But I encourage all my supporters to go green, stay at home, and remember that because of you there's a whole lot less carbon monoxide going into the air on Tuesday."

Coakley said that the election on Feb. 14 will prove to be a dandy. "Voting on Valentine's Day for me will be a sweetheart deal," she said.

SNL nails Fox News

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Is it just me or do you detect some nervous laughter from the audience during Saturday Night Live's opening skit on Fox News election coverage?

This is must-see TV!

Funnny thing is SNL staff probably thinks they are really dissing conservative thought, but instead are spreading a little more truth!

Angry Mob Welcome Here!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:13:00 +0000

HEADLINES FROM THE SCROOGE REPORT

Jill and Kevin Dancing Down the Wedding Aisle

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:46:00 +0000

...and drive traffic to websites?

This is a test...this is only a test! (but it is a funny video!)

Poll: Will Trump Fire Miss California?

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51:00 +0000

Story: Will Trump Fire Miss California?

Miss USA! Miss USA! Miss USA!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:58:00 +0000

Recount!

Miss California: 'God was testing my character and faith'

USA Beauty Pageant Officials, Media Intolerant of Traditional Marriage View

Blonde and Conservative!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:52:00 +0000

So, this is what it's come to...you can be beautiful in America and win beauty pageants, but you can't win them if you don't tow the liberal line. Get to the back of the bus, beautiful conservatives!

The message: beautiful women opposed to gay marriage, and who are in support of traditional marriage are not pageant crown material!

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Tea Party Madman Holds Quasi-Militia Sign

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:52:00 +0000

CNN analyst suspects something sinister and dangerous amongst the tea party

Clueless CNN Analyst Afraid of 'Quasi-Militia' Movement

Jeffrey Tobin's headline at AC360 Blog:

Tea parties - political debate or diatribe?

He writes:

"The real mystery for me is whether this is just ordinary political grumbling, which is perfectly appropriate, or the start of something worse — a quasi-militia movement that could become sinister and dangerous."

My comment to Tobin:

I’ve got news for you: "quasi-militia" is already here. Those under that category just might be bolstered by a revolt of any kind. But to categorize the tea parties as such is just showing your ignorance. These are everyday people that want a voice…a loud one at that. They’ve discovered that Obama & Company are way too intrusive into their lives then they feel comfortable with. Remember the Bush "wire taps" that were such a fear mongering tool for liberals? Well, try on an Obama-style government that controls every facet of your life because they hold the purse strings, and are sticking their hands into your pocket. That’s fear you can believe in!

Top 5 Bowlers Knocking Down Elitist Pinheads

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:28:00 +0000

The top five blog posts on Bowlergate. A look at the Barack Obama Special Olympics "joke" on Jay Leno that only elitists can appreciate!

In no particular order:

• Obama the Insensitive: Makes a Joke on Leno at the Expense of the Special Olympics — Sarah Palin and Maria Shriver Blasta Obama — Does America Have Separate Rules for Race, Class, Gender and Another for Disability (Mental or Physical)? - ButAsForMe

• MSNBC Dives To Cover For Obama With New 'Special Olympics' Theory - NewsBusters

• Obama’s “Special Olympics” joke: The teleprompter made him do it! - Michelle Malkin

• Special Olympian to Obama: Bring It - The Word O'Wheaton

• No, Mr. President, it is most certainly not like the Special Olympics - HillBuzz

Hosted by This Week's Top Scrooge "Bush Inheritance Fund"

Obama says he inherited bad humor from Bush

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:16:00 +0000

Obama cracks Special Olympics 'joke' on Leno show

This from Associated Press:

BURBANK, Calif. — President Barack Obama might have rolled a gutter ball on NBC's "The Tonight Show."

Toward the end of the interview on Thursday, Obama told host Jay Leno he's been practicing at the White House's bowling alley but wasn't happy with his score of 129.

Leno complimented Obama on the score, but the president quipped, "It was like the Special Olympics or something," which prompted laughter from the audience.

Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president's offhand remark was not meant to disparage the Special Olympics, only to poke some fun at the commander-in-chief's bowling skills......

Not "meant to disparage the Special Olympics?"

How about not meant to be inconsiderate of people who are mentally handicapped and who are seen as stars by their families while they make efforts to perform to the best of their physical abilities?

Oh, wait, this just in...Obama supporters say the president inherited the mentally handicapped people problem from the Bush administration.

The president's supporters went on to say that humor that isn't humorous was also inherited from the Bush administration.

Question: Do you think it was good strategery for Obama to go on Leno?

Top 5 Bowlers Knocking Down Elitist Pinheads

Condoms Are a Bust!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:09:00 +0000

This from Concerned Women for America:

Record High Teen Pregnancy and Record High Money for Comprehensive Sex Education

WASHINGTON -- (Christian Newswire) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released 2007 data today reporting that the number of teen births is at a record high.

Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Director and Senior Fellow of Concerned Women for America's (CWA) Beverly LaHaye Institute, asks, "When over two-thirds of public schools (68 percent) teach comprehensive sex education and those programs receive more than four times the amount of federal funding than the amount designated for abstinence programs, it's time to ask Dr. Phil's question, 'How's that working for you?'"

Crouse declares, "The focus on condoms is obviously not working. When leftist ideology leaves so many of our teens pregnant, parents must speak out to the nation's policymakers to demand that our vulnerable young people have the opportunity to hear the truth.

Abstinence until marriage is possible and it is desirable. Abstinence programs teach our teenagers self-control and help them gain self-respect. They learn how to say 'no' and they learn to set goals for a bright and promising future."

"Most teens want to get married and have children," said Crouse. "They don't want to short-circuit their potential. Most of the teens that have sex tell pollsters later that they wish that they had waited. If given the opportunity, those teens can learn how to be in control of their future and realize their goals and dreams.

Those who tell teens to surrender to their raging hormones as long as they are protected by a condom ought to be there when that teenage girl has to tell her parents that she is pregnant and that her boyfriend is long gone."

Crouse concluded, "Everybody needs to call their Members of Congress to express outrage at the amount of money going to Planned Parenthood and other groups that are promoting comprehensive sex education and spreading falsehoods about the effectiveness of abstinence programs. We need to quit funding groups who give out false information that leaves our teens vulnerable in ways that affect the rest of their lives."

Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.

Ward Churchill: Ich bin ein Nut Job!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:16:00 +0000

*BREAKING NEWS: COURT COVERAGE OF HISTORY REVISIONIST, WARD CHURCHILL, FOUND ON THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM BLOG

Brief recap:

BOULDER, Colo. - A professor scorned for remarks about Sept. 11 victims vowed that his firing over allegations of plagiarism, falsification and other misconduct wouldn't end his 2-year dispute with the University of Colorado.

Denver Post Photo

By DAN ELLIOTT
Associated Press

"New game, new game," said a defiant Ward Churchill, referring to his intent to sue the university after the state Board of Regents voted 8-1 Tuesday to remove him as ethnic studies chairman.

Three faculty committees had accused Churchill of plagiarism, falsification and other misconduct in portions of his research. The allegations were unrelated to an essay he wrote that likened some victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks to a Nazi leader.

David Lane, Churchill's attorney, said his client's dismissal simply marks a change in venue for the dispute.

"We're out of kangaroo court and going into real court," he said.

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Eva Longoria Parker Helps Test Rule No. 5

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:43:00 +0000

Testing...testing...1...2...3!

Ever so shyly I place Eva Longoria Parker here, waiting for the accusations of sex ism, inappropriateness, and overall debauchery. I wince and go ahead, cut and paste, import and upload. After all, it's about hits...isn't it!?

Oh, I'll just blame it on some slightly tweaked conservative.

The Other McCain shares How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog in Less Than a Year

He writes:

Having promised an appropriate celebration of passing the 1-million-visitors Site Meter threshold Friday, I will do so by sharing the secret of my success.

After a quick read, I hastily focused on Rule No. 5. In part it says:

5. Christina Hendricks

Or Anne Hathaway or Natalie Portman or Sarah Palin bikini pics. Rule 5 actually combines four separate principles of blogospheric success:

A. Everybody loves a pretty girl -- It's not just guys who enjoy staring at pictures of hotties. If you've ever picked up Cosmo or Glamour, you realize that chicks enjoy looking at pretty girls, too. (NTTAWWT.) Maybe it's the vicious catty she-thinks-she's-all-that factor, or the schadenfreude of watching a human trainwreck like Britney Spears, but no one can argue that celebrity babes generate traffic. Over at Conservative Grapevine, the most popular links are always the bikini pictures. And try as I might to make "logical arguments" for tax cuts, wouldn't you rather watch Michelle Lee Muccio make those arguments?

Be sure to read B, C, D, and E as well as the rest of this worthwhile post. Seriously, there is some good stuff in there...as well as having some fun with it!

Meanwhile, I have to go pray!
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No. 5s Gone Wild!

• Evangeline Lilly gives At the Point Of a Gun legitimate reason to do background research.

• There's something about Danica Patrick for Badger Blog Alliance... enhanced or not enhanced!

• Megan Fox has distracted American Power from the usual commentary and analysis on American politics, culture, and national identity, U.S. foreign policy and international relations, and the state of education - from a neoconservative perspective!

• American Power must be testing Rule No. 5 again and again. Apparently, it's now a regular feature as evidenced by a visit from Paulina Porizkova... from a neoconservative perspective!

ReverendFun.com

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:19:00 +0000

'Tis the Season!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +0000

HEADLINES FROM THE SCROOGE REPORT

Shop and Save My Job!

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:47:00 +0000

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Shopping!

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Youth Group: A 50-Cent Parable

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:12:00 +0000

When Hate is Acceptable?

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:05:00 +0000

A West Hollywood Halloween display showing a likeness of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose has caused a furor among some residents who reported it as a hate crime, authorities said Monday. Los Angeles Times story

California's New Yes on 8 Supporter

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:16:00 +0000

(consider it "art")

Polling Joe Six-Pack?

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:45:00 +0000

Culture Wars and More

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:11:00 +0000

HEADLINES FROM THE SCROOGE REPORT

Elton John Dies in Rocketship...and Other Rockers

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:45:00 +0000

Top Ten Rock 'n' Roll Spam Headlines

I'll be honest...this is my junk blog...although in all "modesty" there's some nuggets in here on occasion. Speaking of which, I recently went searching for nuggets in the least likely of places: spam email subject headlines.

This spam headline in my email inbox at work not too long ago, Elton John Dies in Rocketship, had me laughing...and thinking: How much do those spam headline writers get paid?

Now, I know some of you will say "Ya, I get those, too! You know those erectile dysfunction spams and the like." Well, sure we all get those, but it is this rock 'n' roll play on stars, their song titles and lyrics that got me going.

So, around work we came up with some really good ones, like "John Mellencamp Crushed By Pink House," "Jon Bon Jovi Found Shot Through the Heart," "Bob Dylan Flattened By Rolling Stone," and "Otis Redding Found Floating Under Dock By the Bay."

My next step was to take this "assignment" to my buddies at BlogCatalog. We had lots of fun with it over there. Out of the more than 100 submissions, I decided to chose my picks for Top Ten. These are in no particular order and you'll see the winning BC member's blog name, linked up.

Without further adieu, here are the

TOP TEN ROCK 'n' ROLL SPAM HEADLINES

Joe Walsh Shot By an Ordinary Average Guy
McWriters

Making Love in an Elevator proves fatal for Aerosmith
Mattias Xpress

Big Shot Billy Joel arrested in Allentown with Uptown Girl
McWriters

Jefferson Airplane Collides With Starship
The Electric Egg Cream

Billy Joel Goes to Extremes but Says He Didn't Start The Fire
Of Cabbages and Kings

Ozzy Osbourne Run Over by a Crazy Train
Tommy Buettner Blogging Sports

David Bowie Abducted by Life on Mars
Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely

James Taylor Flattened by Steamroller
Real World Connections

AC/DC Bus Crashes on Highway to Hell
Rob's Megaphone

Cat Stevens Run Over By Peace Train
TheScroogeReport

Many thanks to all those who participated at BlogCatalog. There were many winners!

What's New with TBR?

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:06:00 +0000

This and That

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:33:00 +0000

It's been too long since I freshened things up in here...and too long since I updated you. So here we go! Be sure to check out Alexander, where you can really get into the devotionals by famous and not-so-famous Christian authors. I love them all, but let me recommend my Delayed Gratification post. Those of you in Alcoholics Anonymous or any type of recovery...or maybe even considering trying to kick an addiction should check it out!

The Scrooge Report is still rocking! Here's some highly recommended reading:
• The First Educated Opposition to Obama
• Mount Vernon Hosts ‘Expelled’ II
• Voting Out Alex

I will be having a health related blog soon. Meanwhile, you may want to check out MonaVie. It's something I've been drinking lately and its helped my health a lot. If you are not consistent with your premium fruits intake I highly recommend MonaVie.

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Sincerely,
Alexander

Bloggers Unite: Algeria and Christian Persecution

noreply@blogger.com (Alexander) — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:06:00 +0000

You still have a chance to visit the great work of bloggers in an effort called Bloggers Unite for Human Rights.

Here is my contribution:

Algeria: Carry a Bible, Go to Jail

While many of the cultural battles centered on religion in the U.S. involve legal positioning on church and state issues, very real physical persecution of faith exists in many other parts of the world.

A few websites monitor and report on these atrocities, many of which go with little mention or unreported in the mainstream media. Two sites whose mission includes reporting on religious persecution are Compass Direct News and Persecution Blog

Here’s a recent example of persecution. This from Compass Direct News:

ALGIERS, Algeria, May 9 – An Algerian Christian detained five days for carrying a Bible and personal Bible study books was handed a 300-euro (US$460) fine and a one-year suspended prison sentence last week, an Algerian church leader said.

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