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FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Meet Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker, both born at 8:08 a.m. on 8/8/08, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces, in neighboring states.
Xander, born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the eighth grandchild for his mother’s parents. And he’s not the only one in his family with an unusual birthday: His 2-year-old brother, Kael, was born on 4/5/06.
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A 29-year-old Swan Creek Township man was in the Saginaw County Jail for “receiving sexual favors from a vacuum” at a Thomas Township car wash, police say.
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Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil when she was four. It punctured her cheek and part of it went into her brain, above the right eye.
The 59-year-old has suffered headaches and nosebleeds for most of her life.
Surgeons in Berlin were able to remove most of the pencil in a two-hour operation, but a 2cm section was so embedded it was impossible to remove.
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Scientists have identified an amazing collection of dinosaur footprints on the Arizona-Utah border in the US.
There are so many prints – more than 1,000 – that geologists have dubbed the site “a dinosaur dance floor”.
Located within the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, the marks were long thought simply to be potholes gouged out of the rock by years of erosion.
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Lastly… this one you simply have to go to the blog to see. Scroll down to where the weird coincidence with the $20 bill starts.
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The other day I was reading and came upon the site of 82 year old Helen ‘Philpot’.[1]
Helen wrote a rant about Sarah Palin, and titled it Sarah Palin is a Bitch. [2]
What happened next bewildered Helen a great deal. To date, there are 1,386 comments to her post, a great deal of which were comments cheering Ms. Philpot on.
I’d like to think it’s ok then, for me to write a post and title it Barack Obama is an Asshole.
Helen’s rant was largely opinion. Personally, I think it’s fabulous that she, at 82 years old, is courageous enough to get on the internet, blog, and voice her opinion. She is absolutely within her rights to do so and I would never fault her for that. I’m not even going to deal in Sarah Palin opinion. Truth be told, and though I’ve defended her in some ways previously, there are things about Palin that I don’t like either.
I’ve said all this, because I’d like to make clear, the intentions for this post.
Opinion.
Mine.
The Your Dictionary site defines the word opinion as pictured (and linked) here, a definition that concurs with what I’ve always known an opinion to be… not necessarily a truth, but what a person’s own judgement has determined something to be. Helen certainly made hers known, and I hope to do the same thing.
She called Sarah Palin a Bitch, and explained why she felt that way based on her own feelings, her opinion. I’m calling Barack Obama an Asshole and doing the same. I’d have called him a bastard, what some consider the equivalent to being called a bitch, but being my age, I’ve grown up understanding that to mean something else.
Asshole it is then.
I think Obama is an Asshole, because just like Helen thinks Palin’s a bad mom for having her baby on television at a late hour, I think Obama’s a bad father for displaying his kids on televisions at all.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for not respecting the Federal Statutes that have declared Campaign E-mails soliciting for donations fall under the category of “Commercial E-Mail.” [3]
I think Obama’s an Asshole for making a production of buying his wife roses for their Anniversary. And he bought them a day ahead of time? Like that wasn’t all about a photo op. Only an asshole uses his anniversary for a photo op.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for Acorn. Come on. You’re just stupid if you think that one’s ok.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for portraying himself as some kind of messiah. He’s not.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for leaning so heavily towards socialism. Yes, you all know damn well he does, but you’re all so scared of allowing another Republican a chance, you’ll drink purple koolaid if he tells you to. That’s the danger of socialism folks, it preys upon you when you think it’s the only answer because everything seems so messed up. Then… when it’s too late, it’s too late.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for replacing the huge American Flag on his plane with his own HUGE logo, and adding a token itty bitty flag to the side. Only an Asshole wants the country to think he puts it first when he can’t even put it first even figuratively.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for spending so fraccing much money on his campaign.
I think Obama’s an Asshole for ripping off the Presidential Seal, and then withdrawing it claiming his altered version was for a “one time use”. Use of it once was still wrong. Perhaps I should rip off one of his logos for a one time use? Perhaps we should all do so? Would that be ok with his legal department?
I think Obama’s an Asshole because just as Helen can list reasons to call Palin a bitch, I could tit for tat her on Obama. Many of Helen’s nasty comments about Palin are related to her looks, her glasses, her coming from a state with a small population, and she even makes the assumption that college isn’t important to their family based on the choices of the older two children. I wonder if Helen’s kids and grandkids ever made choices that she didn’t approve of? I wonder if Helen would like to be judged by whether or not her own kin ever did anything she didn’t approve of? I doubt it. Unless Helen’s family is perfect. We all know how some people actually have perfect families… right? It really exists. Sure it does. Nonetheless, Helen has a right to her opinion, and being her age and finding her way online to make it is nothing short of fabulous. I know lots of far younger folks who have let the internet intimidate them.
You know what though? You know what’s the beauty of all this opinion? I, like Helen, don’t have to prove a damn bit of it because after all, all of this is only my opinion.
I certainly hope I’m as free to post it as she was.
Pity though. It’s as though there really isn’t anyone to vote for at all.
And Helen? If you’ve found your way here to read this, I only have one thing to say to you.
If you really do believe you live in a country where people should be free to vote for whomever they choose to, you have to sit back and allow your friend Margaret to vote for McCain if she chooses to. Otherwise, you’re a hypocrite. You don’t have to like it, but if you bully her into voting for Obama because that’s what you think she should do, you haven’t allowed her to vote her own conscience.
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Addendum: Since I posted this, I’ve googled “Obama is an asshole” just because fracas likes to see if she gets on page one of Google for silly things like this. It’s a quirk, I’m allowed one. So what I found there with the top listing, was this two year old article over at Larry Flynt’s site. I almost peed myself when I read it. Seems some of you folks thought Obama was too much like Bush… until you had to choose between he and Hill. Suddenly, he’s uber-Democrat. Or perhaps it just means he’s good at not really being honest about anything?
ASSHOLE OF THE MONTH: Barack Obama
Fraccers is letting out a monstrous, window-shattering scream to let you know Halloween is less than two weeks away now, and it’s easier than you think to have a monster mash, blood-curdling, smashing event! I’d like to help you solve some of the more typical Halloween dilemnas, and so have put together some information to help you have a champagne Halloween on a beer budget.
So you’re not Martha Stewart and you don’t want to sew up some ingenious little outfit for you or your tot, yet… you need a costume, you need it quick, but… you also need it cheap.
I can help you with that. I’ve been scouring the internet looking for Halloween tips and tricks and fun and all kinds of goodies to offer you, and I’ve found something totally awesome.
This site not only has costumes at some really great prices, but it has costumes you can snap up for only $5.
That is not a typo. I did say FIVE dollars.
Each weekday morning, they put up five regular costume items for FIVE dollars, and sell them until they’re sold out. Be the early bird to click the button on the left, and you could snag yourself one awesome costume for less than the cost of lunch.
You probably think I’m full of something smelly right now.
You’re wrong.
The button I’ve created for you to click to get there, is a photo of an actual item previously put up as one of the $5 deals. She’s rather cute… isn’t she?
We all know there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but click that button and you could get yourself a costume for just about as close to free as a person could get.
To the left here, I’ve also included a sample of their shipping dates, to help you know how much time you have to order yours and have it delivered by Halloween!
Serving up frightening fare is easier than you think. Below are links to some awesome recipes that will help you have the most talked about party around.
A. Witches Brooms and Hats Recipe
B. Bleeding Human Heart Recipe
C. Butterfinger Eyeballs Recipe
D. Witch Finger Cookies
E. Spooky Spider Cookies
More Recipes for spooky party treats can be found here, here and here.
The following are ideas to help make your party the spookiest!
These sites ask for a small membership fee to allow you access to all the patterns, or they charge a small fee by the pattern. I receive no compensation from any of them and am listing them only to give you an idea of what’s possible. Sites offering free patterns are listed below these. Please check the free sites out thoroughly, since some have better patterns than others, and though free, there are some truly good templates available for free.
The following, are some sites offering free templates to help you carve that extra-special Halloween Jack-o-lantern this year!
I hope you’ve found something of value here, something that’s saved you some money on your Halloween celebration this year.
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