As a recovering ex-resident of San Diego, I do follow-up on what's going on in that corner of the country. And as such, I've come across this bit of news...
Last week, a local San Diego news reporter interviewed Al Hallor, Assistant San Diego Port Director for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. During the interview the subject casually turned to whether WMD's have ever been intercepted at the local port. That's when the Public Affairs Officer monitoring the interview put in the breaks on the interview.
It is strange that no major newspaper in this country has picked-up this bit of news. The San Diego Tribune is all mum about the subject. To get the report, one has to go to Britain and its Daily Mail for coverage. Report: HERE.
The spin, and tergiversant obfuscation begins: Oh he was just nervous on camera, I'm sure of it.
The original interview is below:
The follow-up report is below (Please click on the image, as there is no embed code).
Move along and go back to sleep; for there is nothing to see here.
Many blogs are a-buzz on the fiasco that was the 10-2-10 Rally in Washington DC this weekend. I on the other hand, would like to give you all a first-hand view on the matter. You see - On August 28th I volunteered to work at Gelnn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally. The day prior to the rally, I went to what was once the infamous Vista Hotel in NW D.C., and got my marching orders for the day to follow. I was given a fluorescent orange dorky cap and sent on my way. My mission was to tend to a particular patch of ground in and around the Family Reunification Tent at the back end of the side green mall (pointed in red below).
I wish I could tell you much about my impression on the speakers of the rally, as it was happening live. But I can't, as I was too busy helping families reunite during and after the rally. All though-out, I must have handed hundreds of free water-bottles to the thirsty masses (It was 87º that day). And most important of all, I made sure that all garbage collection points were well stocked with empty garbage bags. For five hours, that's all I did. Every one, and I mean EVERYONE, neatly placed their refuse in the bags that policed. In all of that expanse not a single gum wrapper was to be found out of place.
(At least I got to keep three bottles as personal souvenirs from the occasion)
And who attended the rally? Salt-of-the-Earth Middle America; mostly Republican types - You know, the ones that the left loves to accuse of wanting to destroy Gaia by pouring oil on a duck and such invectives.
Compare and contrast what happens when lefty enviro-hypocrites gather at the Mall.
Next time I hear someone from the left bleating paeans on how much the love the Earth, and how much the right hates her, I am gonna scream!!!
While living in San Diego, one of my continuous sources of amusement was to listen to the way that you Gringos creatively managed to mangle my native language. As Southern California is peppered all throughout with Spanish and landmarks and sites. I have found that some go from the amusing the hilarious, to the infuriating.
The Infuriating: O.K. If you want to use Spanish for your Real Estate development fancy, PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE, use good grammar. That, IS a pet peeve of mine. In the nearby seaside village of Del Mar, there is a boulevard called Via De La Valle. O.K., in Spanish Valle (Valley), is a masculine noun. Thus, any articles referring to it must agree in number and gender. La, is correct in number (is singular) but NOT in gender. La is feminine. Thus, the correct name for that boulevard should be Via Del Valle. Now, the fathers of the city may have wanted to say it in Italian. Valle in Italian is feminine, but the usage of the articles again, would be all wrong. In Italian the correct usage would have been Via Della Valle. Nah - They wanted to be cute about their prowess in Spanish and failed all over. Grammatical manglings like that, were all over. So many time I just had to grin and bear the quiet insults to my sensibilities.
The Amusing: I could name many, but one that stick out is Tranca Canyon. I don't know why they chose Tranca to name that canyon, but Tranca in Spanish is that long sturdy iron pole that was used to stop the spinning gears in a grist mil. You would stick the pole in between the cogs, and the mill would come to a stop. Tranca is also one of the many names that is given to that *er* male member, when it is eagerly waiting in anticipation for a happy ending. Since now a days there aren't many grist mills around, Tranca is mainly used as reference to the latter anatomical feature.
The Hilarious: The city right up the road where I used to live is called El Cajón. In English it means The Crate (as in wooden packing crate). The grammar is used correctly, though I've come to accept that the "o" will not be accentuated. What is hilarious to me is on how you Gringos pronounce it. Below is a clip made by a local citizen where he continuously pronounce in a typical manner throughout the video.
You will say, BOQ - What's funny about it? You see, the way Gringos enunciate their vowels, the "a" in Cajón is pronounced all closed-up. Thus from your lips, El Cajón, sounds like El Cojón, in my Spic ears. Almost always this noun is used in its plural form - Los Cojones. Unless you of course, you are referring to Lance Armstrong, then you use the singular form El Cojón.
Which brings me to the reason for this blogpost. Yesterday, the former Governor of our 49th State, said that the current Governor of our 48th State has more Cojones, than our current President.
Was Gov. Palin refering to our President's lack of testicular fortitude, or the fact that he soon will need some Heavy Wooden Packing Crates to move himself out of The White House?
How does it feel, to have THIS MAN insert his designs on upon you? You see, in the quiet of the night, he made three *er* “itty-bitty” insertions. And they were so fast and hidden that hardly anyone did notice. Yet, when the product of these insertions is fully gestated, the resulting pain will be deeply felt by all. Bring out The Gimp! For we all have a collective date with pain starting on January 1st 2012.
You might ask yourself: BOQ what in the helk are you talking about?
What I’m saying is this… Out of the 384,000 words that comprise Obamacare, Congress inserted nine (9) innocuous looking words. These “harmless” words were arranged into three little lines, inside one little section amongst the 10,800 Sections that make up this legislative abomination. In the forced rush to pass this legislation, who would pay attention to these three little insertions, much less appreciate the havoc that they will create in all of us.
SEC. 9006. EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(h) APPLICATION TO CORPORATIONS.—Not withstanding any regulation prescribed by the Secretary before the date of the enactment of this subsection, for purposes of this section the term ‘person’ includes any corporation that is not an organization exempt from tax under section 501(a).
‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe such regulations and other guidance as may be appropriate or necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including rules to prevent duplicative reporting of transactions.’’.
(b) PAYMENTS FOR PROPERTY AND OTHER GROSS PROCEEDS.—
Subsection (a) of section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘amounts in consideration for property,’’ after ‘‘wages,’’,
(2) by inserting ‘‘gross proceeds,’’ after ‘‘emoluments, or other’’, and
(3) by inserting ‘‘gross proceeds,’’ after ‘‘setting forth the amount of such’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2011.
After New Years 2012 Section 6041 will read in part:
All persons engaged in a trade or business and making payment in the course of such trade or business to another person, of rent, salaries, wages, amounts in consideration for property, premiums, annuities, compensations, remunerations, emoluments, or other gross proceeds, fixed or determinable gains, profits, and income… of $600 or more in any taxable year… shall render a true and accurate return to the Secretary.
Currently Sec 6041 requires any for profit person to submit and itemize to the IRS a Form 1099 to register certain business transactions as wages, rents, premiums, etc. Starting on 2012 it will include any and all sales between businesses whose amount is over the $600 - Every single sale, PERIOD.
On behalf of all Americans, Barney, I must say: Thank-you for your insertions!!!
That's how I can best describe the groan that Mother Earth uttered this morning. My bed shook as I hear another set of sounds:
SCREEEE! Flap-flap-flap Thunk!
Not only did Gaia wake me from my slumber, but it freaked MY BIRD out of his mind. I get out of bed, fetch the bird up from the darkened room, and put him up back on his perch.
I get back in bed and notice that the clock reads 0505hrs. I try to go back to sleep, and wonder why did we just shake this morning, and the thought occurs to me:
You know the feeling you get when you are overwhelmed with the "Heebie-Jeebies"? That chill that goes up your spine and makes you shudder in repulsion? Well, over DC Land this morning, Mother Earth just had the heebie-jeebies.
You see, after so many promises by The Golden Child in which he declaimed:
... and then watching as he obstructed every effort to cap the Gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, I could almost hear her say:
"**SHUDDER**" After so high rhetoric, Barrack, and it took you 90-Days to plug that hole?
New Jersey's Governor Christie has proposed a state-wide plebiscite to cap property tax to a yearly increase of no more than 2.5%. The proposal is is being referred as CAP 2.5.
Never mind that he's not asking for a freeze in the increase, he is just making a modest proposal to cap it at 2.5. The usual suspects have gathered in force to crush this modest reform:
Let's sample some of the vitriol pointed his way (Video not apt for those with high blood pressure) :
Let's feast our eyes, and watch the Gov. shift his weight around. Oh yeah!
This morning, there was a close call at Washington National Airport. The GA Corps sure did put in some extra hours, today. How about seeing it from the point of view of the cockpit?
We all know the old line from the Soup Nazi "No Soup For You":
Well a restaurant near Lynchburg Virginia, who happens to be owned by an adherent of the Religion of Pieces, has garnered himself the title Pizza Nazi. The Crime for no service in his establishment?
I need for you all to go and buy yourselves some Dial Soap. Yes GO, and get you, yourself a bar of that golden Arizonan suds, and help clean the smears off that beautiful state.
The Liberals are busy pig-piling their fecal preconceptions upon The Grand Canyon State, and we need to wipe clean that stench-off
Let's take a quick tour around the hysteria that grips Liberal-Occupied jurisdictions across this country:
Boston
The self important District of Columbia
... You get the point, the crap is piling high and deep.
However, by actively buying Arizona products, we can all do our small part in helping right a wrong. You see, Dial Soap is proudly made by the good people of Scottsdale. There are other businesses that are based in The Great Copper State. Pet Smart, USAirways, UHaul, Best Western and Cold Stone Creamery amongst others.
It is a pitty that I can't legally own an M134 MiniGun, for it is also made with pride in Scottsdale. Dillon Aero makes such a purddy little thing:
(Go ahead - Click on the image)
Of course you can also plan your next vacation in that great state. How about Sedona, or The Grand Canyon, or Monument Valley. It trully is a beautiful state.
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