A World Gone Mad

Okay, maybe we do have a nanny state. I've seen lots of allegations to that effect, but THIS is the first hard evidence I've seen:

Folks in New York City are subject to fines of up to $2,000 – for having water in their bird baths! It's all part of an anti-West Nile Virus (i.e., mosquito) campaign.

Uh, New Yorkers? Birds are very good at keeping down mosquito populations. Just thought you should know.

Sheesh!

The Secret Service's Favorite Blog?

It's official! The all-time most popular post on Sempringham is the relatively recent What Happened to All the Prostitutes?, with 242 hits. It's still getting traffic from search engines long after other posts have faded into the ethers.

I'm sure it's because of the ground-breaking research and crisp prose.

From the Conservative Loony Bin

This video is of John Raese, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Joe Manchin. The text is just below the video, but you gotta listen to this guy's voice as he contemplates the holocaust of local smoking ordinances.



He says, in part:

I don’t want government telling me what I can do and what I can’t do because I’m an American.  But in Monongalia County you can’t smoke a cigarette, you can’t smoke a cigar, you can’t do anything.  And I oppose that because I believe in everybody’s individual freedoms and everybody’s individual rights to do what they want to do and I’m a conservative and that’s the way that goes.

But in Monongalia County now, I have to put a huge sticker on my buildings to say this is a smoke free environment.  This is brought to you by the government of Monongalia County.  Ok?

Remember Hitler used to put a Star of David on everybody’s lapel, remember that?  Same thing.

Okay, first sentence: "I don’t want government telling me what I can do and what I can’t do because I’m an American." The libertarian (a/k/a adolescent) position clearly stated. Personally, I don't mind the government (which, in a democracy, is an extension of us) telling other people what they can and can't do. Especially can't do. Like killing, raping, and pillaging. And running red lights. And spewing cancer-causing chemicals into the air and water. And so on and so on.

And because I am a grown up – pay attention, Mr. Raese, because this is really the crux of it all – because I am a grown up, I recognize that the same things other people can't do, I can't do.

Last sentence: "Remember Hitler used to put a Star of David on everybody’s lapel, remember that?  Same thing." Nooooooo, very, very far from being the same thing. And Hitler didn't put a Star of David on everybody's lapel, did he?

The saddest thing about this clown is that he is so much of a threat to unseat Manchin that Manchin now says he is "unsure" if he will support Obama for reelection.

Early Video of Mitt Romney Surfaces in Bain Files

Early video of a young Mitt Romney has surfaced in the files of Bain Capital. The video, taken at a Bain party thrown to celebrate the recovery of Bain Capital's investment in a company through a dividend recapitalization just months before that company filed for bankruptcy, featured skits performed by the senior partners of the firm.

The name of the person responsible for releasing the video to the press has not been revealed. Close inspection of the video, however, confirms that the performer is unquestionably Mitt Romney.

The lyrics to the song follow the video.



How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just doing what comes naturally.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just following my destiny.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just doing what comes naturally.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
How bad can I possibly be? 

Well there's a principle of nature (principle of nature) That almost every creature knows. Called survival of the fittest (survival of the fittest) And check it this is how it goes. The animal that eats gotta scratch and fight and claw and fight and punch. And the animal that doesn't, well the animal that doesn't winds up someone else's lu-lu-lu-lu-lunch (munch, munch, munch, munch, munch) I'm just sayin'. 

How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just doing what comes naturally.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just following my destiny.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just doing what comes naturally. 
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
How bad can I possibly be?  

There's a principle in business (principle in business) That everybody knows is sound. It says the people with the money (people with the money) Make this ever-loving world go 'round. So I'm biggering my company, I'm biggering my factory, I'm biggering my corporate size. Everybody out there, take care of yours and me? I'll take care. of. Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine. (shake that bottom line) Let me hear you say 'smogulous smoke' (smogulous smoke) Schloppity schlop (schloppity schlop) Complain all you want, it's never ever, ever, ever gonna stop.  

Come on how bad can I possibly be?  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
I'm just building the economy.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
Just look at me pettin' this puppy.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
A portion of proceeds goes to charity.  
How ba-a-a-ad can I be? 
How bad can I possibly be? Let's see. 
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) 
All the customers are buying.  
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) 
And the money's multiplying. 
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) 
And the PR people are lying.  
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) 
And the lawyers are denying. 
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) 
Who cares if a few trees are dying?  
(How ba-a-a-ad can I be?) 
This is all so gratifying.  
How bad. How bad can this possibly be!?

Reports that the backup singers were Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, and Rod Blagojevich have not been verified.