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A few points I wish my blogging brethren would all bear in mind over the next few years:

1. 0bama and the Democrats are not the enemy. Indeed, if one is to be judged by the quality of one’s enemies,

Very strange dream this morning.

I may have to start recycling some of my old “meme” puns.

Pissing people off isn’t going to make buy what you’re selling.

Every goddamn time I need a USB cable for some gizmo I only use once in a while, the only cables I can find have one of the two out of three connectors that won’t fit my gizmo.

Swami Salami is retired. For now, at least.

I’ll bet it’s not as boring as your grandchildren or your honor student.

The 419-style scammers—also known as “Nigerian” scammers—have hit a new low.

And you thought the relatuionship between the government and the press couldn’t get any more surreal.

It’s just another Wednesday night. Right?

...one that won’t cut off circulation in my legs if I use it on my actual lap.

Not a creature was stirring, not even a Bronco.

Why aren’t you asleep?

“Journalists”—cow-tippers of democracy.

It was a post about nothing. Now, not so much.

They have jackets for every activity!

Coweta County sure needs a mayo clinic…

That’s the Jingle Bell Rock!

Not quite the same as writer’s block.

Not bad. Not as good as the original, but not bad.

Stop it! Just stop it!

What’s Christmas in the 21st century without this gem?

Mallard Fillmore and the Electorate of Doom Hope™ and Change™.

Been wondering why the site looks different lately?

The story continues…

Don’t worry, I’ll still be making $#!+ up. Eventually.

Trying to get the American Revolution to adopt me.

Fun with stupid newspaper headlines, an ongoing series.

The second thing we do, let’s kill all the TV news “journalists.”

Let it snow. Come on now, snow. Snow, damn you!

Pay no attention to the big giant yelling disembodied head.

Ding, fries are done!

An unexpected rescue leads to an uncertain bargain.

Scribble, scribble, scribble.

Do this now. H/t Vodkapundit.

I may have to stop doing these if I can’t keep coming up with puns for the entry titles.

“Biden 2016”...? Riiiiight.

Some things would be better left unsaid, and if not unsaid by the left then said only by the left.

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. I’m thankful to still be able to travel across state lines without having to show an internal passport at the border.

Non-members may once again comment here.

In nature, stupidity is a capital offense. I think nature is wise.

Zawahiri can kiss my ass.*

Buh-bye, Ted.

Pardon our dust.

A driver goes missing and the whole world goes to hell.

Every single objection I raised earlier this year against having Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) join this year’s national ticket, played at least somewhat into the shitstorm she endured while running

While I don’t deny that 0bama Derangement Syndrome (ODS) is a very real concern, I would also caution people against falling prey to ODS Derangement Syndrome (ODSDS), which is the ultra-paranoid

To the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coasties—to all who wear or have worn the uniform of this great nation to serve in her defense, thank you.

I pray someday we can be worthy of such

The highest temperature ever recorded in Alaska was 100° F. on June 17, 1915; at Fort Yukon.

Fort Yukon is on the Arctic Circle.

If the global is warmening, shouldn’t the highest temperature ever

If anyone ever tells you that Sen. 0bama is “the 44th President-Elect,” kindly correct them. In actual fact, there have been only 35 presidents-elect including 0bama—while Grover Cleveland counts as

Say: “A guy throws his drum set out the window.” Then click the red button.

Shamelessly stolen from InstantRimshot.com.

A tale of two new bicycles.

I did not vote for Barack 0bama for president. I oppose his “progressive” proposals and disbelieve his moderate ones. All you need to know about what I think of him can be summed up in the fact I

I do plan to resume writing, either in “Dance” or in Play Rough, by next week. Still decompressing from that stupid political thing people insist on inflicting on themselves and their fellow

As far as politics goes, I’ve gone “John Galt.” The training wheels are off, America, just like you wanted. Be careful, have fun, and you know where the band-aids are.

I’ll be over here if you need

All politicians, political commentators, and politically inclined ordinary citizens, would you please be so kind as to leave me alone now?

I don’t mean just until the next campaign. I don’t want to

Somebody will, I’m sure. Some will blame McCain, whose main misstep in this entire campaign was, well, deciding to run in the first place, and then being himself. It’s hard to fault a man for being

Due to projections of a much larger than normal turnout and the fact so many polling places here are at schools, Coweta County opted to close the schools today.

Long lines at the county office

Less gripey, more votey.

I say “less gripey,” because being gripey plays right into their hands. Did I not tell you so?

Update: Remember, this is the most important presidential election of the

Rather than let the Media Wing of the 0bama Campaign do the same psy ops they tried in 2004, I’m going to spend tomorrow (technically, “later today”) away from my computer as much as possible.

I’ll

Suicide jumper’s note begs 0bama: “Take care of my family.”

Sure, why not? It’s not like he’ll have anything else to do.

Watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show on TV at home, alone, just doesn’t cut it.

His Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries set on the Navajo reservation in Arizona and New Mexico, have been some of the most enjoyable mystery reading I’ve done in years.

I’m sure there’s still a

The chill I’m feeling this morning is not merely due to the crisp autumn weather. A number of news items indicate a pattern of “free-world” governments—including our own, prodded by congressional

...when Stevens won re-nomination to his Senate seat by a two to one margin.

In the hours following a verdict that found Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of seven corruption offenses, Republicans and

Back in February, when Georgia held its presidential primary on Super Tuesday, I voted for Mitt Romney because Fred Thompson had withdrawn.

I hereby rescind that vote.

Former Mitt Romney

Bartender (Intended Prank Victim): “Hello?”

Prankster: “Uh, hi. I’m looking for someone who might have gone down there tonight, her name is Huggenkiss—“

Bartender: “Yeah, I know her. She got

Call it autumn fever if you like, but I’m not feeling much interest in blogging or writing these days. Does it seem to you that the election campaign has also gone on hiatus, or is it just that I’m

If you use Blogrolling.com, you’ve noticed that the blogrolls aren’t updating. Pings are refused (as they have often been, chronically, in the past year or so) and now you can’t even log in to

I’d call this unbelievable but it really isn’t. H/t Jeff G.

Update: More change we can believe in: Republican HQ Manager’s Home Shot Up Over McCain Signs and Mugger Mutilates Victim Over McCain

Before this election campaign is over, the only word that won’t be read as a “code word” for race will be “race.” Unless it’s a NASCAR race, of course.

The “socialist” label that Sen. John McCain

When you claim a name that carries fame, you also take the blame.

Went to jury duty as ordered, and was on a panel that included 50 of us—all for a single trial involving two defendants, one accused of murder.

Since there were only a few trials to take place, or

This is not me.

I never did finish pursuing this, but with the help of a local Sons of the American Revolution member—who is also, like me, a HODAR (Husband of a Daughter of the American Revolution)—I seem to be

Seems that a lot of people out there are starting to argue over what kind of condiment is best to put on the $#!t sandwich that an 0bama presidency would represent.

I assume “mayonnaise” would be a

They can’t say they weren’t warned.

Just how bad has the bailout plan been for Republicans in the House and Senate? Some senior Senate Republicans aides now believe that it’s not a far out idea that

Maybe eleven. Plus me. Starting a week from today.

I’ve been called to sit in judgment of some poor schmuck who’s run afoul of the law. I don’t know who or how or whether he did it or not. I’ll find

Idle hands dig up a mystery.

Four years ago, Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) waited until Election Day to start the panic-mongering among Republican voters, with exit-poll information cherry-picked from certain

Why pay for a newspaper, or watch ads on TV, when you can get the same caliber of information here for nothing? Anyway…

It occurred to me at dinner this evening that 2008 is the first time both

More to the point, will enough people care?

So Barack 0bama was a member of an extremist political party established by the Democratic Socialists for America, the Chicago New Party, and they cheered

”...we control the narrative. Do not attempt to adjust your thinking except in ways we desire.”

Knowing that the Republicans are attempting to distract voters away from the big issues of the day,

California is continuing to jockey for a multibillion-dollar emergency federal loan despite Friday’s congressional approval of a rescue plan for the nation’s troubled credit market.

“We’re not out

I am not blogging.

It would be impossible to refrain entirely from blogging through the month of October in a presidential election year, but the activity here is almost certainly going to be light between now and

Even the big-government Democrats knew it was going to be an albatross.

“All we needed was enough to potentially get us over the finish line, but we wanted the Republicans to be the ones to do it.

...to the Mainstream Media:

Be careful what you wish for.

Even more to the point, be careful what you risk your entire institutional reserve of credibility—such as it is—for.

I probably should have

Rude and distracted drivers in Coweta County—longtime readers of The McGehee Zone may already know about the tailgating and center-line crossing that goes on around here—have sent three rural mail

Via Charles R. Martin’s “Explorations” blog, where he quotes David Bernstein:

As co-blogger Jonathan reports below, the 0bama campaign has sicced its lawyers on t.v. stations that might air a

Via a comment at Protein Wisdom pointing to this post at The Patriot Room, this:

It moves fast, so use the Pause button if it gets ahead of you. Watch it to the end.

Update: That one’s gone, watch

Just watched another episode of “Sons of Anarchy,” the TV program I mentioned in this entry.

Another theme being prodded from time to time on the show is anarchism. Apparently Jax’s late father was

Six weeks or so from today, we should know how the elections have turned out. If we don’t, it’ll be nobody’s fault but the Democrat election examiners in counties with Democrat majorities for

A lethal encounter in the desert. With a bullet in his back, Caleb fights for his life against the elements, a determined killer, and his own fading strength.

The last couple of days I have not only not been blogging, I’ve been kind of remiss in writing.

You hadn’t noticed, had you? That’s why I’m mentioning it.

#67,312,645,346,567,589,342,387,656,904,578,234:

I’ve been having a number of frustrating problems with Firefox over the last few months, starting with a disturbing tendency for the browser to crash

Originally posted 9/15, re-updated and bumped.

I was interested in this when I saw it headlined on a well-known headline-aggregator’s website, but I held off because I figured if there was anything

...that slope is slippery.

In a change from the original proposal sent to Capitol Hill, foreign-based banks with big U.S. operations could qualify for the Treasury Department’s mortgage bailout,

...the letter AAARRRRRR!!!

Chris and I have recently become riveted to the new FX TV series “Sons of Anarchy.”

I read somewhere that there are parallels to Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the character relationships of Jax, his

...nope, it’s September 15, not April 1. So, my question about this is, when did The Penguin become the CEO of Google?

Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the

This news is almost as earth-shattering as the discovery that things thrown up into the air don’t as a rule tend to stay there.

Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your

As so often happens when somebody “upgrades” a service that works perfectly well, SiteMeter turned their hit-counter service into something completely unusable.

I don’t get more than 150 uniques per

So The Atlantic hires a certified moonbat to photograph John McCain, and although the cover shot chosen by the magazine is more or less conventional, the one she preferred is somewhat ... darker.

So

I stole the background image (file here in case I stop using it) from Andrea after she promised she was going to ditch it (she hates stripes).

I don’t mind stripes, but I don’t care for the color.

She had that high-heel strut thing going on in that video for “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”

Ike, on the other hand, just sloshes all over the place, blowing out windows and flooding

Says here Hurricane Ike could complicate Barack 0bama’s scheduled appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” I hope not.

I’m sure he would feel right at home with all the other Not Ready for Prime Time

...but taking second place in a caption contest is more like a cheesesteak with a pickle spear and a side order of nice, hot fries.

No, not the yesterday topic—the day before yesterday topic. So, if you’ve had enough of that one, don’t look below the fold.

Seven years.

I’d have to say that, all in all, our men and women engaged in the war on terror have done a pretty damn good job—as have the American people and most of the politicians who have been

Autumn’s coming, at least way up north. The trees in this parking lot at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have turned a brilliant orange.

You can see a live shot of this view and some others

I don’t care if 0bama meant to refer to Gov. Palin with his lipstick reference, since obviously most people saw it that way. I don’t think “I’m stupid” is any better a message for him to send than

Yolo Cowboy:

The world is run by those who show up.

» Time to double down

He’s talking about a local issue and local government, but it’s true at every level.

Does your congressman or Senator know

...but since I read those who do, sports follow me.

My Sacramento River Cats are playing (again) for the Pacific Coast League AAA minor league baseball championship.

Sorry about those RedHawks,

Must be seen to be believed. H/t: Jawa Report.

“Even in his seemingly calm mood, it was a chilling feeling, being looked at by Seth Scruggins.”

Chris at MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy notes,

Joe Biden tells a heart wrenching story on the stump… The trouble is, it isn’t true.

But read the first comment, the one by Rhymes With Right, for an

Jim Treacher asks,

Are there no idiots in the Ivy League?

Don’t you just hate rhetorical questions?

Patrick O’Hannigan looks at why political and media 0bamarrhoids attacking Sarah Palin have wandered—seemingly on purpose—into a hornet’s nest.

In making his point he refers to a book by Louis

Via Poor Schmuck—who was one of my first blogroll links, back in 2002—we find an alternately entertaining (for the answers) and maddening (when we think about what the questions must have been)

My mother, who was born and raised in Montana and would have been 82 yesterday, would agree I think with Howie’s mum. A lot (and not just because they share a birthday).

As you may have seen in the sidebar, I’ve put up a campaign magnet for Sarah! and that guy she’s got sharing her ticket with her. McTigh passed one test by naming her as his running mate, and then

A ride from a girl leads Wiley to big trouble.

Simple human decency from a progressive is like kryptonite to Sarah Palin. Fortunately the proggs on this planet have none.

Whose? Well, that depends.

The Palin-haters are in full-throated howl with innuendo as the main course, thoroughly seasoned with their insane preconceived notions of what kind of person could

This could be getting out of hand.

McCain taps Alaska governor

…for VP

All these interruptions! Jeez, what does a man have to do to get Prominent People Who Are Doing Important Things to let him get on with a puny little month-long nap?

Okay, so John McCain has picked

Jeffrey Lord writes of his experience on a cable TV show talking to the author of a House resolution apologizing for slavery.

With the Congressman in his Memphis district and myself in a

I started writing “Play Rough, Fight Dirty” months ago, and it just sat there for most of the intervening time with Chapter 1 still unfinished. In the last two weeks (or so) I’ve finished that and

Wiley gets a job and meets a girl.

We interrupt this blogging hiatus to bring you my reaction to breaking news:

Michael Dukakis named Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his vice presidential running mate early Saturday, balancing his

See the second question on this trivia quiz posted three and a half years ago.

Meet the characters and learn a little about the town where they live.

Me: “Uh, hi. I couldn’t help but notice you were looking my way just now.”

My neighbor’s trampoline:

Me:

My neighbor’s trampoline:

Me:

My neighbor’s trampoline:

Me:

My neighbor’s

I got curious tonight about an event I remembered from my childhood in Sacramento, the “Pig Bowl,” an annual benefit event in which sheriff’s deputies, playing as the Razorbacks, squared off against

I’ve got such a huge case of blog fatigue, I think I’m going to challenge myself to not blog at all during the month of August.

See you in September. (Or will I?)

Update: some of the best of

I’ve said numerous times that Ted Stevens would be re-elected to three or four additional terms even after he kicks the bucket. This will barely even make a blip on his chances in November.

When it

All that‘s been fixed now, and the lost version of the comment template improved upon rather than merely reconstructed.

To those who noticed, I apologize for the inconvenience.

Barack 0bama just keeps on healing division.

Jim Martin, one of the Democratic candidates vying to face U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, said Wednesday he voted for John Edwards after his runoff opponent

Tune in again next week. Or maybe the week after.

He claims he supports Barack 0bama, but with comments like this, I suspect a game is afoot.

Asked by Michael Dwyer, film correspondent of The Irish Times, if he was looking forward to “regime

Horrible dream the other night. In the spirit of “The Brady Bunch,” “Bewitched” and a whole mess of other recent movies, Hollywood had decided to do a movie remake of “Gilligan’s Island.”

They had

...with breaking broken news: Tony Snow, long a favorite reporter and commentator among those who like to see the usual leftward media slant at least slightly counter-balanced, has died.

Jeff

Today I blogged for the first time in five days. Except for absences from home—and those mostly before we had a laptop—I don’t think I’ve ever gone five days without posting something to whatever

The man Rush Limbaugh calls “Senator Grahamnesty” could be turned out of office—with the help of blue-dog Republicans.

“Sorry for the delay, Jim,” Bob Conley apologizes after calling just five

Uh-oh: John McCain is making promises. Again.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to promise on Monday that he will balance the federal budget by the end of his first term by curbing wasteful spending

If I wanted a picture to illustrate the “can’t help themselves” level of stupidity exhibited by some people, it would be the one associated with this old article I stumbled on while following some

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Nuisance wants to run for Governor in 2010. Check out the comments on the article—I think Phil Angelides had a better chance, and he was running against Der Guffernator.

Saturday evening, on our way to the fairgrounds, Chris and I saw a ten-mile-long backup on northbound I-85 due to a series of accidents not far from our own exit. Vehicles in the backup attempting

Back in the ‘70s, when “Doonesbury” was still occasionally funny, Garry Trudeau had fun with Jimmy Carter by imagining him with a Cabinet-level “Secretary of Symbolism.”

In keeping with the notion

That‘s. Just. Wrong.

I’m not gonna vote for the backstabbing, media-whoring son of a bitch after all. Instead, the Get Offa My Lawn Party will be nominating and supporting an entirely different son of a bitch.

Today at 2:00 p.m., hams across the country begin “Field Day,” a 24-hour activity designed to practice emergency-power operations, make contact with a lot of other hams far away, and if possible

To paraphrase Don Rumsfeld—and as proved yesterday—sometimes you have to choose your candidate for the reasons you have, not necessarily the reasons you want or wish you had.

I mentioned last month

Damn. Five-four!?

<long string of profanity>

Okay, McCain. You’ve got my vote.

You backstabbing, media-whoring son of a bitch.

Barack 0bama is “of the system. He’s going to be in the system,” Steele told a morning gathering of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials.

“Why are they attacking Michelle

Stolen from D.C. Thornton.

A bad week for friendships? Maybe—but this is just downright scary.

I kinda sorta care about these people, in my own snarky, anti-social way.

Update: LocalMalcontent’s grief explained.

I’d say, almost certainly to the left.

The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault. Eroding it is a dour powerlessness that is chipping away at the country’s

My Linux laptop is still stuck with Firefox 3b5—I can’t find a package for a more recent version, Firefox’s “Check for Updates” Help menu item is grayed out, and I never have figured out how to

Matt Drudge, here’s your sign.

Drudge has deemed it headline-worthy to point out that Phoenix could see a high temperature of more than 115°F.

Granted, such temps are undoubtedly more common in

I’ve been thinking about that whole “writing up my vacation” thing.

I’ve been home for over a week now, and still haven’t even started writing, let alone posting. The reason is, simply, that

Okay, anybody who favors building new nuclear power plants is actually almost potentially in danger of being considered for my vote.

Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new

Democrats in Congress want to nationalize oil refineries.

House Democrats responded to President’s Bush’s call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera

I think I must be unusually lucky in that I almost always manage to have an elected representative worthy of my respect.

Westmoreland said he was contacted by a constituent about a petition asking

In 1976, the American people invited Jimmy Carter to become president and mind the public’s business.

He wasn’t very good at it, so in 1980 the American people invited him to go home and mind his

...however much he may deserve it.

The recent cross-country drive was my first real long-distance opportunity to enjoy the use of cruise control. I already knew it wasn’t helpful on congested

For a more accurate characterization of my views on Sarah Palin, start here.

I was first introduced to the “Philly”-style cheesesteak while living in Fairbanks. Almost every “standard” cheesesteak I’ve ever eaten had melted Swiss cheese on it.

In 2004 I discovered—at the

My first real blog post was put up on May 3, 2002. I’ve been at this now for 73½ months, give or take.

On May 3, 2009 I will have been blogging for seven years. I think that if I ever for real stop

I think before I can write up the vacation, I need to get pictures posted. And that may mean I’ll have to not wait for my wife to do whatever it was she wanted to do with her pictures before they

It’s 90° here at Castle McGehee right now, and the humidity feels like 90%. And of course we left the A/C turned all but off during our absence, so guess what it’s like inside?

Thank goodness for

We’re in Chattanooga, as predicted. Our dog and at least two of our cats have deigned to recognize us. We have things to do tomorrow and then we cart the whole kit and kaboodle home on Tuesday.

I

Most election years, people watch for an “October Surprise.” I suspect that if Barack 0bama is elected, people should watch out for a December Surprise.

After which, the election outcomes in 2010

I’m very much ready now to be someplace where I know I won’t have to pack up everything and hit the road again anytime soon.

Tomorrow we get to Chattanooga, where we’ll stay a couple of nights with

Today while driving through Nebraska we saw some scattered storm damage. Our hotel in Lexington had been spared serious storminess last night as the line moving through the area parted almost

Earlier today I had the thought that I hope I never have to fly anywhere again. I had this thought a week and a half into a driving vacation. Go figure.

Anyway, I subsequently decided it isn’t

Last month I sized up the candidates for Coweta County’s state-court solicitor position, and decided to support the incumbent, Robert Stokely. Stokely liked the title of that post and has adopted it

I know I wouldn’t mind seeing the price of a tank of gas go down over the next week or so.

Finally, there is some good news about gas prices.

Last week, the price of crude oil futures actually went

Today (which, here in Wyoming, is still Sunday) we drove instead of hiking: to South Pass City. Of course, we had to walk around a little once we got there, but it weren’t no mile-and-a-half, and it

We have been doing scenic things—and taking pictures—but now the battery in Chris’ camera is dead and she didn’t bring the cable she normally uses to recharge it.

Yesterday we tried to hike to Popo

The economy will certainly have an impact on the 2008 election—in a way, it’s already begun.

Millions of dollars behind in raising money and unlikely to meet a fast-approaching final deadline, the

Sixth day of our trip. We have yet to take any pictures. We’re just enjoying. Today while we were in the hotel (indoor) pool, a hailstorm passed through. We watched with pleasure, because we weren’t