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The Battle of Wounded Knee Redux

Dede — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:26 +0000

One of my very favorite people on the interwebs, Jim Treacher, known on the Twit as @jtLOL, (click here to follow him, if you’re not on Twitter, well, damn Jed, I just don’t want to know you.) has to have surgery on his knee. For folks who don’t know who he is (and if you don’t you should be ashamed of yourself), he is a wonderfully funny blogger who gets paid by Tucker Carlson to be wonderfully funny at the DC Trawler. He was crossing the street one night, minding his own blogging business, when he was hit by a State Dept. vehicle. He’s had surgery and has a big scary scar and now he has to have more surgery. He’s bummed about it as you can imagine. So send him some love….do it for the children.

The Daily Caller is the Best Website in the World!

Kill Truck — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:53:29 +0000

Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann. I specialize in being wrong and angry and annoying and meanspirited. I stink.

Tucker Carlson, you so crazy! The Daily Caller has acquired KeithOlbermann.com. I don’t really know what it means either, except Keith Olbermann is going to be furious.

Update: Bipartisan sampling of internet commenters can’t take a joke. Keith Olbermann threatens legal action. Maybe he’ll finally take an interest in the Constitution.

Silly Cheeseheads, Federal Assistance is for the Irresponsible.

Enoch_Root — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:16:53 +0000

Eagle, WI – a couple of weeks ago, a tornado touched down in Eagle, WI

Story (video) here

The village of Eagle has since been informed that it should not hold it’s breath for Federal Assistance, despite Governor Doyle declaring the area a State of Emergency. Because it’s not coming.

The Village of Eagle, ravaged by a tornado last week that caused millions of dollars in damage, is ineligible for federal relief, according to Deputy Village Clerk Darlene Sterzinger.

Gov. Jim Doyle visited the village last week, declared a state of emergency, and said he was likely to request federal disaster relief.

The reason? Simple – the residents of Eagle, WI are too responsible.

…Sterzinger said the federal government requires a minimum number of uninsured victims and public property damage before awarding federal aid. Eagle has assessed that it does not meet minimum requirements, she said.

Oh. Ummm. I don’t even know where to begin. So, lemme get this straight: there aren’t enough homeowners who do not have insurance? I mean, the residents of Eagle have to foot the bill for their community being torn to hell because too many of them carry insurance? Wait. So, too many of the residents have insurance… and so the community doesn’t qualify for Federal assistance? Hang on: so, had the peeps in New Orleans had sufficient insurance, they wouldn’t have qualified for Federal Assistance? So there is an incentive to be… erm… I mean the Feds prefer, at least in terms of policy, to reward… irresponsibility?

Once again, shame on us who follow the rules and live responsibly. We are, alas, fools. Saps. Marks. Shame on us. When will the quaint people of Eagle, WI learn? The only way to benefit from the System is to job the System.

Right?

Is this thing on?

Yeah, that makes sense. To someone. Stupid Cheeseheads