July 9, 2009
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Three Stories from Lunch
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whester that I didn’t have anything I was dying to blog about and as such I had writer’s block. Then we went to lunch together. Now I have tons of blog fodder.
Story Numero Uno
We were listening to Mark Steyn sit in for Rush Limbaugh on the way to Quiznos. Steyn was making the point that under Cap & Trade, if you had carbon credits for sale, you’d want to sell them to the highest bidder. This would give mega corporations like Wal-mart an advantage over mom & pops because they could afford to essentially buy their competitors out of the business. In the words of Clueless Joe, “We misread the economy.” Oops!Question: If you’re a Wal-mart hatin’ environmental activist, which way do you advise your congress person to vote for Cap & Trade?
Story Numero Dose (of their own medicine)
Some guy called into the show saying he supported Cap & Trade because it would mean that we could get away from using oil all together.whester axed this question: “Why not put a clause in the bill that would tax if you didn’t use American-drilled oil?” And that’s when it hit me: The Smartest Guy in the Room (aka Our Dear Leader) missed a question on the math test.Suppose Our Dear Leader did indeed add the clause that
whester suggested. With the way that the Bamster has been driving our economy in the ground and his party opposes off-shore drilling, why, you could do a double-tax with Cap & Trade: cap the system and then tax corporations when they didn’t use a product that isn’t readily available. The misery index would skyrocket. Stroke of genius!Sadly, this idea is missing from Our Dear Leader’s energy plan. So much for being The Smartest Guy in the Room. Maybe he can earn a consolation prize for having the biggest ears.
Story Number Three
Sowhester and I are in line at Quiznos. The lady in front of us is griping to the Franchise Owner about how the edges of her bread were blackened by the toasting oven. The owner kept referring her back to the picture of the product, telling her this was the service that Quiznos offers. But this lady was hell-bent that she was served carcinogens (a cancer-causing agent for those of you in Crane Hill). She even said that she was going to call the 800 number and complain.My sandwich came out blackened around the edges. It was a perfect, aesthetic presentation fully of crispy and crunchy goodness. I am personally going to call the 800 number myself and compliment Quiznos and encourage them to continue doing what they are doing.
But here’s the kicker: this lady and her two children were morbidly obese.
whester and I ended our lunch break consuming two cancer sticks a piece.x-posted to
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Comments (19)
ROFL, epic fail ms. morbidly obese woman. Plus, just by living you’re exposing yourself to carcinogens and a little bit of charcoal isn’t going to harm you.
That’s worth a chuckle.
Some people just don’t get cap’n'trade. It’s good in theory, but horrible in practice. We’ll see how it works out.
@cmdr_keen - That’s worth a chuckle.
It was a goddamned belly-laugh. (No pun intended.)
Some people just don’t get cap’n'trade.
I can’t believe I’m sitting here giving the Bamster ideas when he’s supposed to be The Smartest Man in the Room. Maybe I should just “awe, shucks” and chalk this one up to Barry hanging around Clueless Joe too much.
@ProfessorTom - Or maybe Obama is feeling bad about being so smug and superior that he’s giving a tidbit to the masses to help make them feel a bit better about themselves
@cmdr_keen - With half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair…
@ProfessorTom - Don’t forget no access to electronic resources…
@cmdr_keen - That’s the half that’s tied behind my back!
@ProfessorTom - Gotcha. What else could you do to help him out?
@cmdr_keen - I reckon I could join ACORN and register dead people.
@ProfessorTom - That might work… how about volunteer to house Guantanamo Bay peeps?
@cmdr_keen - Jack Murtha’s already volunteered his district for that.
@ProfessorTom - But think of the tourism industry you could create that could then be taxed to the hilt for the betterment of everyone else but you!
@cmdr_keen - I’m not a tax and spend kinda guy like the Bamster.
@ProfessorTom - I meant that YOU’D be the one being taxed and OBAMA and his ilk would do the spending…
OMG. I don’t even know what to say about the woman. It sounds like the stupidity I run into everyday at my local grocery store. And then there’s the people that preach to me about doing my part to ‘save the earth’ and then mock me or scoff at me for using cloth diapers. Nice.
Please don’t give BO any more ideas. He’s dangerous enough with his own mind.
@DirtyAndShaken - Please don’t give BO any more ideas. He’s dangerous enough with his own mind.
But it amuses me to point out the errors of The Smartest Guy in the Room.
there’s the people that preach to me about doing my part to ‘save the earth’ and then mock me or scoff at me for using cloth diapers.
Hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Where are those comments on my protected blogs that you promised me? And where are all those blogs you’ve been promising?
Okay, I’m going to have to tell you the same thing I tell Paul: I’m building a baby here. I’m exhausted. What do you want from me?
I’m headed over to your blog now. We had to go get the car seat installed at the fire station, then I spilled water on Paul in the car, so to make up for it we had to go to Taco Mac since it’s pint night (they have a featured beer-of-the-month and you get a pint glass to keep with it). So now I have like 20 minutes before we run out again, which I will devote to commenting on your blog.
As for my promised blogs? Dude, I’m lucky I show up and have a pulse on Xanga right now. I wish I had the energy for ‘real’ blogging, but right now, my brain is mush. Kind of thought I was in early labor again today, but so far it doesn’t appear that way.
@DirtyAndShaken - We had to go get the car seat installed at the fire station
Is that some kind of fucked up law?
Dude, I’m lucky I show up and have a pulse on Xanga right now.
If you don’t have a Pulse, then your dead.
I’ll back off nagging you until after BB gets here. Sorry ’bout that.
@ProfessorTom - You’re not nagging me. You obviously don’t detect my humorous sarcasm in type : ) You’re fine.
The carseat – nope, not a law. But back when I was a firefighter/EMT, I saw too many tragic accidents with infants and small children being unnecessarily hurt or killed because the seat wasn’t installed correctly, and every seat and car is different. Fire departments have certified persons who will show you how to install the seats correctly. My Charger has enhanced safety features I’m pleased with. Paul’s co-workers gave him some ribbing about taking the time to go have it installed correctly and inspected. They can do what they want with their kid, but driving the interstates of Atlanta? I’d rather make sure it’s done right.
@DirtyAndShaken - I did indeed miss the sarcasm. I thought Mama Bear was taking a swipe at me.
I’m not sure that I’d be pleased with having a certified Firefighter install the seat either. Is that under Barry’s jurisdiction now? I totally agree with your reasoning. I hear Atlanta is terrible.