WARNING, WARNING, IT'S THE FRIDAY FOLLIES!

No, my arms aren't exactly flailing like the Lost In Space robot, but regardless, it's Friday and time to examine a few things:

1) Is It Any Wonder? Is it any wonder why Islamists blow themselves up on a regular basis:

No Jesus, No Christmas, No music, No television, No cheerleaders, No baseball, No football, No hockey, No golf, No tailgate parties, No Wal-Mart, No Home Depot, No pork BBQ, No hot dogs, No burgers, No chocolate chip cookies, No lobster, No shellfish or even frozen fish sticks, No gumbo, No jambalaya, No Beer, No wine, Rags for clothes and towels for hats, .Constant wailing from the guy next-door because he's sick and there are no doctors., Constant wailing from the guy in the tower, More than one wife, You can't shave. Your wives can't shave. You can't shower to wash off the smell of donkey cooked over burning camel dung. The women have to wear baggy dresses and veils at all times.Your bride is picked by someone else. She smells just like your donkey.but your donkey has a better disposition. Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better????! I mean, really, is there a mystery here?

And some recent Islamic outrages:

• A British school teacher in Sudan is convicted for blasphemy, FOR NAMING A STUFFED BEAR MOHAMMED??????!! (and NUMEROUS Islamic adherents are now clamoring for this teacher's death now. Lovely!)



• A Saudi woman who was cruelly and horribly gang-raped got sentenced to jail herself and 200 lashings, FOR BEING IN THE COMPANY OF UNRELATED MEN????! (I tell ya, Islamic justice is really something else!) And of course, her assailants got off real lightly.
  

2) In Memoriam: Evel Knievel 1938-2007: Wow, this took me by surprise! The notorious daredevil on a two-wheeler who cheated death hundreds of times over, succumbed to the ravages of diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis today at the age of 69. Like him or not, you had to admire the man for his originality, style and sheer fearlessness. More details HERE

3) To Any Nano-Technology Researchers That Are Reading: Could you PLEASE come up with a way for laundry to do itself?

4) Bizarre/Hilarious Ironies #19007: In Palermo Italy, a Mafioso, Michele Catalano was arrested at his house, get this, while watching a mini-series on TV about a Mafioso getting busted by the police!! The story HERE

5) And Lastly: I apologize for this rather brief and LATE edition of The Friday Follies, I've been juggling a few things here, mostly related to getting my upcoming CD ready for release very shortly, a separate blog post will cover that.

Happy Belated Friday Everyone, and as George Clinton and the P-Funk Mob exhorted us a few decades ago, THINK, THINK, IT AIN'T ILLEGAL YET!

Somebody's Gotta Say It Award Goes to Mike Huckabee!

I'm back, after a delightful Thanksgiving Weekend (with LOTS to be thankful for) and enjoying a tryptophan induced semi-comatose state which kept me from giving into the temptation of "Black Friday", The rest did me tons of good.

Three HUGE cheers for presidential candidate/former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee this past week. In completely unflinching terms, Mike Huckabee expressed his outrage and embarrassment at the fact that we are enslaved by Arab oil, and not to mention the fact he's just as outraged at the Saudi government's perversion of justice, more specifically, a Saudi court sentencing a VICTIM of a horrible gang rape to jail and lashings (for get this, being in the company of unrelated males, some horrific taboo according to Islam). The perpetrators, you guessed it, got off VERY lightly. And in relation to the oil thing, Mike said, if elected president would go after having us energy independent in 10 years, so we could tell the Saudi's you can keep your oil and your sand, we don' t need either. A TIME article HERE

And of course, the Bush administration has been notoriously silent on both issues (owing to Bright Boy's being buddy-buddy with the Saudi Royal Family, a relationship that if he had ANY decency or guts, he would TERMINATE IMMEDIATELY).

And it is this Owl's not to be quiet opinion that we DO NOT NEED SAUDI ARABIA, PERIOD!! We need to COMPLETELY and FOREVER terminate ALL relations with them, stop trading with them and do not give them one more red cent of our money so they can use it to train terrorists and violate the basic human rights of their own citizens so routinely while the Bush idiots look the other way. Yeah, you heard me right! We don't need them, they were NEVER our friends, they are NOT an ally and never have been. Saudi Arabia is an Islamic-terrorist state, period and must be dealt with as a terrorist state. Personally, I think we should've bombed them IMMEDIATELY after 9/11 occurred!

It does my heart good that at long last, people are starting to wake up to reality and see Saudi Arabia for the enemy they really are. We need more people like Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul who have the guts to challenge this disgusting status-quo.

What Is A REAL Conservative?

A REAL Conservative holds dear the rule of law, the principles laid out in the US Constitution and will DEFEND them, NOT UNDERMINE THEM, even in time of war. After all, the undermining of Constitutional liberties is EXACTLY what our enemies want, and unfortunately, we're giving it to them with ribbons and fancy wrapping paper.

A REAL Conservative believes that our military is first and foremost DEFENSIVE, must be in a constant state of readiness, properly armed and equipped with state of the art gear and MORE than adequate manpower and as much early warning as is possible. Anything less than this is NOT ACCEPTABLE. The idea of intervention in the affairs of other nations when we were not attacked or threatened by them is NOT ACCEPTABLE. As the Founding Fathers laid out and admonished us, be friends with other nations, trade with them BUT DO NOT GET INVOLVED IN THEIR AFFAIRS and avoid entangling foreign alliances, PERIOD!

A REAL Conservative believes in LEAN, manageable-sized government, personal liberty and the concept of personal responsibility for one's own actions. A real conservative abhors the idea that the government should manage and run every detail of our lives. It DID NOT work for Communist states and it WILL NOT work for us. Over-regulation kills innovation, economic and personal development and nothing good can come from it. The old saying is true, "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve NEITHER freedom nor security." It is the height of stupidity to think that the government should be our parents. The Constitution was written to RESTRAIN GOVERNMENT, NOT PEOPLE! This is at least one area where the Republicans went horribly wrong and STOPPED being conservative.

A REAL Conservative realizes that the idea of confiscating a portion of people's income under the guise of "taxation" is inherently Communistic. True, for an orderly government to function, it needs a source(s) of tax revenue (which could easily be accomplished with a simple flat-rate consumption tax on goods sold, tariffs, user fees etc.) but punishing people for their hard work is just WRONG!

A REAL Conservative abhors the idea of irresponsible government spending and "living beyond one's means". Deficit spending is the road to ruin. A real conservative holds dear the idea of living within one's means and managing what resources one actually has. The idea of printing money with NOTHING to back it up is just plain inexcusable stupidity to a real conservative. A real conservative would embrace the gold standard.

A REAL Conservative believes in the right of individual states to make their own decisions, laws and such as situations require.

A REAL Conservative believes that the punishment should fit the crime, and that criminals SHOULD NOT get special privileges, and that people should be responsible for their own actions, period and face the consequences of such, be they ever so harsh. Personally, i believe in reinstating the death penalty nationwide!

A REAL Conservative holds dear the idea of self-sufficiency, NOT DEPENDENCE on foreign oil, goods etc. The gas crunches of the 70's should have been a wake up and call to action for us. Sadly, we still choose to be dependent on Arab oil, sold by countries at exorbitant prices who DO NOT have our best interests in mind. A real conservative would be OUTRAGED at knowing a significant chunk of Arab oil profits fund terrorism and oppression and would move to cut off. We need to take a lesson from Brazil and how it has essentially achieved energy independence.

A REAL Conservative upholds the idea of a free-market system, and ABHORS the idea of regulatory overkill (not that we shouldn't have safeguards, but there is such a thing as EXCESSIVE, counterproductive and unnecessary regulation). A real conservative also holds to the idea that this should be a land of equal OPPORTUNITY, but also realizes and is OK with the fact that equal results and outcomes CANNOT and should not be guaranteed.

A REAL Conservative respects the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, upholds the idea of free speech, religion and press, plus the right to assemble, even if they don't agree with what's being presented. A real conservative realizes that free speech is NOT treason.

A REAL Conservative respects the 4th Amendment of the Bill of Rights guaranteeing that NO search is to be conducted without a warrant and that citizens have the right to be secure in their persons. A real conservative would be calling for the absolute annihilation of the Department of Homeland Security, which is just mere steps away from being the next Gestapo or KGB.

A REAL Conservative would be outraged at our questionable at best relationship with the Saudi Royal Family, knowing that this regime still supports terrorists by financial and material means, as well as brutal oppression of its own people. In addition to our unfortunate history of supporting dictators or other parties who in the end prove hostile to us. Is this not treason by definition? A real conservative would NOT TOLERATE the idea of supporting such evil when we claim to stand for all that is good and right. Again, the Founding Fathers STRONGLY warned us to stay out of other country's affairs completely for VERY GOOD REASONS!

A REAL Conservative examines all sides of the issue, reads, has intellectual curiosity, listens, investigates and researches, and gets their facts and such from more than one source, and doesn't look to get their ego stroked by the myopic Fox News or the equally myopic CNN for example, or worse by sycophants and clueless yes-men.

A REAL Conservative humbly goes about doing their duty, NOT grandstanding and constantly wondering about "their legacy" or where to build their presidential library

A REAL Conservative doesn't shy from honest in-depth discussion or debate but embraces it.

A REAL Conservative NEVER EVER says "Mission Accomplished" before the facts are in.

A REAL Conservative fights the real enemy headfirst, and DOESN'T get distracted by "shiny objects" or let themselves be swayed by misguided notions of "easy victory" over someone that had NOTHING to do with attacking you in the first place.

A REAL Conservative stands for and adheres to moral principles, and DOES NOT throw them out the window for the sake of expedience or a "win at any cost"

A REAL Conservative is man enough to learn from a defeat now and then and apply the lessons. IMO, if George Dubbaya gets his a$$ royally kicked on Iraq, it could be the best thing that ever happened in terms of lessons learned and hopefully NOT REPEATING an inexcusable debacle like Iraq. If the Democrats won in a landslide, it might be a blessing in disguise.

A REAL Conservative realizes that principle and conviction are best coupled with discernment and wisdom. It's one thing to be principled, but to be WILLFULLY ignorant, stubborn and ego-driven is quite another.

A REAL Conservative REJECTS the whole Neo-Con thing as spineless, weak and liberalism in denial. There's no such thing as being sort-of-dead or sort-of-pregnant, likewise, there's no such thing as being sort of conservative.

A REAL Conservative realizes that when going into war, one does NOT win by selective little bombings here and there and minuscule troop strength. Learn from WWII, the Germans and Japanese did not surrender because of selective bombing and little operations with a minimum number of troops, they surrendered because they got bombed back to the stone age (and in Japan' case, it took not one but TWO nuclear bombs) and superior forces.

The Random Owl

1) Sireeeeen Dijon Strikes Again: Does anyone find it more than a little crass and a bit of marketing overkill that Celine Dion is putting tickets to her, rather ironically titled "Taking Chances' tour on sale OVER A YEAR IN ADVANCE????!!!!! Advance reviews of the album seem to hold that Celine does anything BUT take any chances with her safe, calculated, glossy and sappy power-ballad thing. She's been packing 'em in at Vegas for the last several years at her own theater and now she's rarin' to hit the road. No, that's NOT an air raid siren you're hearing folks, it's just Celine caterwauling about L-O-V-E at the top of her lungs.. Yeah, she can yowl, wail and swoop 5 octaves at full air raid siren volume, change costumes and fly, but the real question is, CAN SHE SING?????????

2) Wise Old Owl Saying #95: Never drink anything that you could run a car or airplane on.

3) RE: The GA Drought: It's no secret that my state of GA and much of the Southeastern US is in a MAJOR drought. Our governor, one Sonny Purdue (no relation to chicken icon Frank Perdue), actually held a prayer gathering at the GA State Capitol Building to pray for rain. All well and good, but FWIW, I think the thing they REALLY should've been praying for was the wisdom and foresight to take PREVENTIVE measures before another drought strikes (things like building desalinization plants on GA"s coast, conservation measures, more aggressive pursuit of getting the Army Corps of Engineers to stop draining so danged much water from Lake Lanier, making arrangements with other states to import water in case of a drought, continuous airborne water drops on Lake Lanier, cloud seeding, ANYTHING!!! etc). Hindsight is 20/20 but foresight is immeasurable. I think God Himself is trying to teach us a lesson here.

4) Wise Old Owl Saying #25: If your company says there'll be no more layoffs, THEY'RE LYING!! It'll be a full out massacre!

5) Wise Words from The Gipper: "I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves" Ronald Reagan

More Friday Follies Than Humans Should Be Allowed

Happy Friday Everyone! Thought I'd do something slightly different this time out, no political rants and such, just some good old fashioned oddities and absurdities from different corners of this great and unique country of ours

1) 1960's Batman Absurdities: OK, I admit it, I LOVE the 1960's Batman TV series (how could you NOT love the thespian artistry of Adam West and Burt Ward?). But I must say, there's TONS of stuff in that series that makes even the casual observer go HMMMMMMMMM:

Everything being labeled to death with the prefix "Bat----"

Commissioner Gordon never noticing that Batman and Bruce Wayne had the exact same voice

It's always fall when the Batmobile roars out of the Batcave, and it's always summer when they pull up in front of Police Headquarters.

Ever notice that there's no one driving by when the Batmobile roars out of the Batcave?

Ever notice that no Batman stories take place when it's raining or during the winter? Do criminals take the winter off?

A major police force that couldn't solve a parking ticket.

Aunt Harriet never got suspicious of the electronic beeping of the Batphone, and never went into the study.

Villains get out of prison very quickly, even after committing major crimes.

The Bat-Computer only confirmed what Batman knew anyway, so why did he need a Bat-Computer in the first place?

There was a sleazy hotel right across the street from Police Headquarters (The Funny Feline Felonies/TheJoke's on Catwoman). Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Aunt Harriet never got suspicious of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson's extended absences

It seems odd that no on ever got suspicious and put 2+2 together when the Batmobile came out of a cave directly below Wayne Manor.

Commissioner Gordon never got suspicious that Alfred worked for both Bruce Wayne AND Batman, and that he sometimes answered the Batphone.

Impossible gadgets like the Automatic Tire Repair Device, Anti-Blast Powder, the Joker's Time Control Box, The Alvino Ray Gun(that turned Batman, Robin, and Batgirl into two-dimensional cardboard cutouts), The Three Dimensional Bat Restorer, The Joker's Surfing Knowledge Transferometer and Vigor Reverser, and the Bat-Memory Recollection Cycle Restorer, among others.

Batman and Robin going through a crowded room thinking that they would be unnoticed, or Batman thinking that by just standing at a bar (Hi Diddle Riddle/Smack in the Riddle) that he wouldn't attract attention.

Always having a really specific gadget or device for every situation or possible deathtrap.
A Batfight in complete darkness with invisible villains (The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra),Batman, Robin and Batgirl hitting the villains and not each other.

In the '66 Batman movie, after the big Batfight on the Penguin's sub, Batman and Robin, climb back onboard out of the water. When they enter the sub, their outfits are completely dry.

Funny, Batman said nothing about a Bat-Instant Clothes Dryer or Instant Drying Bat Outfits.

Amazing how Batman's ever ingenious butler Alfred always knew just what to pack in their Utility Belts that particular day, or do things like acid proofing the costumes (wonder how he knew that Batman would be in danger of being dipped in acid that day?) or inventing the Three Dimensional Bat Restorer!

Isn't it funny, in the 1966 movie, when Bruce Wayne and Miss Kitka/Catwoman were taking the carriage ride in the park, that she didn't notice that they were being followed by the Batmobile with its turbine engine whining full tilt?

In the 1966 Batman movie, during the big Batfight on the Penguin's sub, if you look carefully, you'll notice that one of the Penguin's goons went flying, and NOBODY hit him!!! Fighting by telekinesis maybe??

Commissioner Gordon never noticing that Batgirl and his daughter Barbara had the exact same build and voice

2) Taste The Vrooooommmmm!: I LOVE this!!! If you can't find a convenient outlet or extension cord, there's always gas power, and blenders are NO exception. See this bunch on this VIDEO put that principle to work with a gas-powered blender.

3) Bringing Back The Age of Steam: In Saskatoon Canada, one man decided to return to a simpler time and constructed his own steam-powered bicycle, modeled on the old Victorian era ones (yes, such beasts existed back then). Watch the NEWS STORY here for more info, pretty cool this Owl thinks.

4) Talk About Irritating The Neighbors: I don't think you'll hear the phrase "Every Home Should Have One" applied to having one of these any time soon. A man in Moorpark CA just happens to own a fully functional previously decommissioned Federal Signal Thunderbolt air raid siren and has it set up on his back porch. And for kicks, on one Friday a month at noon, he hits the button and let's that thing roar with its ominous "all Hell is breaking loose" sound. Watch it HERE.

5) A Piano Playing Cat: The VIDEO EVIDENCE iIS HERE. There is this cat named Nora who has been repeatedly filmed by her owner actually banging out audible figures on a piano, this is SCREAM to watch!

Holy Cutting Edge Science Batman!

This just made my day!

Some folks on the 1966 Batfan Message Board are discussing how the Bat-Instant Clothes Changer could possibly work. One theory has it that it was similar to the transporter on Star Trek, in which it would dematerialize just their clothes an rematerialize their Bat outfits on them. Another theory has it that it was Bat-Nano Technology in action, that the "costumes" were actually nano-robots controlled by a signal from the Bat Cotume Changer.

Still another theory has it that the Batpole was actually in 2 segments and that they went into adressing room (but if that's true, why them have the "Instant Costume Change Lever" at the bottom of the batpoles?

But in any case, read on HERE for a thought provoking discussion

A Few Improvements-----

Do ya feel lucky? Well do ya, GEORGE? In a VERY surprising turn of events at the Department of Justice, newly confirmed Attorney General Michael Mukasey and his staff have re-opened a long dormant and MUCH NEEDED investigation into the legality of George Dubaya's warantless domestic spying program, directed against American citizens who so much as make a phone call or write an e-mail to a foreign country.

Under the previous incompetent leadership of Alberto "Not So Speedy Gonzalez", those officially involved in the investigation were denied the proper security clearances to carry it out (presumably on orders from Bush). Now, in almost no time, they were given these clearances. And I bet 'ol George Dubbaya is shaking in his cowboy boots and will probably try to go Nixon on these guys.

My view, FWIW, it's about time that Bush's Constitution-shredding shenanigans came under investigation. The thought of a Bush prosecution/impeachment is delicious, but probably unlikely knowing how GUTLESS and wimpy Congress is.


In any case, hats off to Mr Mukasey and his staff for doing the right thing! The AP story HERE

You Mean It's Friday Already???????

Good Gawd Y'all!!! This Friday sure snuck up on me real fast! And it was not an uneventful week:

1) Attorney General Michael Mukasey Confirmed: Despite reservations by some in both houses of Congress, former judge Michael Mukasey was confirmed to be the US Attorney General for the remainder of the Bush administration's disaster-riddled existence. Overall, my view, FWIW is this; he may not be perfect but he's a VAST improvement over the WORST THREE Attorney Generals this country has been cursed with, the utterly incompetent and bloodthirsty Janet Reno, the self-righteous, sanctimonious and Constitution-shredding John A$$croft and the even more incompetent and utterly UNQUALIFIED Alberto "Not So Speedy" Gonzalez. AG Mukasey has never had previous associations with Bush (a HUGE plus!), nor has he been involved in Washington politics (an even BIGGER plus!). On top of it all, he is publicly promising to be an INDEPENDENT Attorney General, which if he really means it, is what the incompetence-riddled Justice Dept. needs right about now. (cue up soap opera organ music here) Will the Attorney General stay independent? Will George Dubbaya lose his last line of defense?, Will Dick Cheney dress as The Penguin at next year's Halloween party? Tune in next week for another exciting episode of Dubbaya's World! News story HERE


2) Holy Legalese Batman, Another Reason To Hate Lawyers: While so many vintage TV series have made it to DVD, why, oh why has the 1966 Batman series been kept in legal limbo for all these years? I hear so many possible reasons why, among which, having fair and equitable terms for $$ with the estates of many of the now deceased cast (Adam West, Burt Ward, Yvonne Craig, Lee Merriwether, Earth Kitt and Julie Newmar are still among the living though), Time-Warner's thinly veiled hatred of the 60's style Batman and probably a thousand other things. What's wrong with these guys, don;t they know that not only is there a large and enthusiastic fanbase, but the fact they'd make TONS of cash with DVD sales. C'mon you greedy swine, cut us fans a Bat-break here!

3) Further Proof That Pat Robertson Really Is Nuts: When he isn't pronouncing hellfire, brimstone and damnation on everything that moves, Pat seems to have REALLY gone off the deep end, he endorsed Rudy Guliani for president! WTH???????!!!!! The thing is, Guliani is the EXACT OPPOSITE of Pat on so many issues and his ohhh so liberal morals (or lack thereof) would send normal "conservatives" that align with Pat into raging, sputtering fits. Not here. Well Pat, all I can say is, have you been taking your meds?

4) Wise Old Owl Saying #23: Never eat anything you cannot pronounce the name of!



5) Favorite Quote from The Tick cartoon: "Crime has a bossa-nova beat!"

ON THE PLAYER:

Stan Getz/Eddie Sauter: "Mickey One" - Original Soundtrack

A gem from 1965, the soundtrack to an Arthur Penn film (starring Warren Beatty back when he could actually act) an Americanized French art-film if you will, about a Polish comedian who changes his name to "Mickey One" as he's on the run from the Mob for indebtedness and hanging around with the wrong blonde. The movie actually bombed at the box office, but strangely enough, due to the presence of Stan Getz, the soundtrack is still available. Combining Stan's amazing gift of melodic improvisation in nearly ANY musical setting, with the detailed colorful and WILDLY eclectic composition of Eddie Sauter (running the gamut from Bossa Nova to Polka, Stravinsky or Charles Ives-like jarring dissonances and even Las Vegas-Schlock to rock & roll, blues and tender balladry), this thing is a wild ride for the listener well worth taking.

10 Most ABSURD Laws In Great Britain EVER!

Just about died laughing at these, the 10 most ridiculous and absurd pieces of loony legislation that Parliament has ever enacted:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day

5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen

8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow

3 Cheers for Jerry Seinfeld (or The Emperor Has No Suspenders)!

Jerry Seinfeld, long a favorite of mine in the world of comedy, (especially for his pointed observational style of the comedic arts) earned 10,000+ extra bonus cool points this week for showing once and for all how inept, incompetent and utterly USELESS Larry King really is as a journalist and cultural observer (Mr King knows as much about journalism as a demolition expert knows about delicate brain surgery). While on the Larry King Live travesty, Jerry was asked one of the STUPIDEST questions to come from Larry King's trap, this regarding whether his top-rated series "Seinfeld" was cancelled. Unless you've been hiding under a rock, most folks know that Jerry decided to end the series while it was still doing well both creatively and ratings-wise. The last thing Jerry wanted was for his pride and joy to become an embarrassment or an anemic parody of itself. Jerry, more than a little indignant at King's utter ignorance of well-known facts ripped him a new one on live national TV, and as the camera cut away to a commercial, Jerry requested a copy of his resume for King to look over. Watch the VIDEO here for yourself and try not to laugh at this absurd spectacle, truly one for the ages. LK himself was like a deer in the headlights!

It just makes the absurdity of it all the more obvious, how does someone as shallow, egocentric and utterly ignorant and incompetent as Larry King get paid a gazillion dollars a year to singlehandedly destroy journalism (as if self-important blowhards like Dan Rather, Connie Chung or Sam Donaldson weren't enough)?

The world may never know-------

Batteries To Power, Turbines To Speed-------

This could quicken your commute, fry a couple unsuspecting pedestrians or poodles (when you kick the afterburner on), or maybe even get you labeled a threat to national security.

And no, VW does NOT offer it as an extra option either. Nope, this is NOT the work of some terrorist or malcontent, this is the work of a very well-adjusted individual by the name of Ron Patrick.

About 2004 or so, Ron got the idea to give his VW Beetle a little extra "kick" if you will. Relying on his considerable engineering skills to mount a jet engine in his VW (it was a Navy surplus 1350 horsepower turboshaft engine from a helicopter that was converted to a straight turbojet). After successful completion and tests, Ron took nearly ANY available opportunity to let 'er rip. In fact, he even got himself an appearance ( via satellite) on the David Letterman Show, and here is the VIDEO footage of this feisty VW in action at a small airport in Northern California. This has to be seen to be believed.

And at Ron Patrick's WEBSITE, he takes you on a guided tour of how he put this little marvel together.

Just one question, how's the braking on this thing? Is there an ejection seat?

Bizarre Ironies #5656

OK, so Hitlary, uhhh, I mean Hillary's looking like the front runner for the Communists, errrr, I mean the Democrats, and yet the femnists have mixed support for her (story HERE).

OK, could it be that's because of the rather public knowledge of her hubby Slick Willie's terminal case of wandering eye, skirt chasing and serial womanizing is coming back to haunt her? Is it an "affirmative action" vote? Hmmmmmm---

But you know what REALLY perplexes me, is that during the Clinton travesty, UHHHH, I mean presidency, why is it the normally EXTREMELY vocal and OBVIOUSLY man-hating feminist contingent was rather mysteriously silent at the constant revelations of Bill's inability to keep his pants on and control a certain part fo his reproductive anatomy.

Hmmmmmmm, the clot thickens.

Saturday Follies (or Asleep At The Switch)

Lock up the wimmen an chillun, get the canned goods, sound the air raid siiiiiiiirrrreeeeeeeennnns! The Friday Follies IS BACK, a day late though!

1) Source of PHONY Pre-Iraq War Intelligence Found: Amazing!! An Iraqi defector who was failing miserably in his Chemical Engineering major in college AND never even the prominent chemical engineer he tried to pass himself off as, became an "intelligence source" with the intent of seeking asylum in Germany. So, he just started making up stuff to get himself to safety. And our ever so insightful and discerning Bush Administration fell for it. Worse yet these phony reports were passed along second hand by German intelligence officers who fell for this guys nonsense. More details here, and this will also air on "60 Minutes" this coming Sunday night (11/4). Just confirms again how much of a gullible dolt George Dubbaya really is.

2) Bring Down The Curtain on Telemarketing?: Could it be? Maybe, just maybe now that we've had the Do Not Cal List for a few years, and now there looks to be a DO NOT TRACK list for the web, could annoying telemarketing be seeing its final days? One could hope at least, watch this VIDEO for another perspective.

3) In Memoriam: This past week or so we lost Robert Goulet (Broadway/Stage singing star) and country singer Porter Wagoner. The weird thing was, Porter Wagoner's death attracted SO LITTLE media attention, rather odd considering that he was the one who was instrumental in launching Dolly Parton's career. And also, Paul Tibbets, the brave pilot who took the controls of the B-29 "Enola Gay" that dropped the A-bomb on Japan bringing WWII to a close, flew from the planet this week. RIP

4) More Washington Stuff: Condi Rice is about to be subpoenaed in an espionage case, George Dubbaya's pick for Attorney General is barely treading water after his refusal to answer a simple question, is or is not waterboarding a form of torture? Nice going guys!!! Throw out the shovels and switch to a mega-sized diesel powered excavator, you're gonna need it! And under-secretary of state Karen Hughes is handing in her resignation. Good lordy, the body count just rises exponentially with this administration as the train heads for the cliff.

5) Wish I Said This #2281: "King Crimson is the only band I know that can play in 17/8 time and still stay in nice hotels". Bill Bruford

6) More Busted Rhymes: So you think that Rap/Hip-Hop and violent crime aren't connected still? Well check this out, Atlanta based rapper Da Brat just got herself busted for a ANOTHER VIOLENT ASSAULT, this time against a waitress in a nightclub using a rum bottle. You just can't take these rappers anywhere without violence breaking out, can you? (side note, it's not the first time this moron has gotten herself busted for such things, for instance, a pistol-whipping of a club patron in 2000, real class act this girl is).

AND ON THE PLAYER

Stan Getz -The Steamer

A classic quartet session recorded in ONE DAY in 1956 (a shame they don't make records like that anymore) with Lou Levy on piano, Stan Levey on drums and Leroy Vinnegar on bass. Stan's BIG tenor sound is in full evidence as he not just merely states the melody and solos, but really reconstructs the melody as he goes, not to mention his solos are melodic compositions unto themselves. "Too Close For Comfort" is worth the price of admission alone!