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Hard Shelled Detective Fiction by Edward Piercy

Posts tagged with "The Republic of Bullshit"

You Just Can't Keep a Good X-Files Fan Down





Evidently some people thought that the White House had deleted
one of their UFO related threads on the White House Facebook
page. Nonplussed, somebody comes back a couple hours later
and adds a new one.

Yes, the "truth is out there." And evidently the truth is
quite persistent. And has a lot of time on its hands.


LMAO.


Found here.



New U.S. Flag Idea



You know I have a great love and respect for our U.S.
flag -- the Stars N' Stripes. But let's face it, it
gets kind of boring seeing the same old flag hanging
from every pole in the country day after day after day.

So I came up with a new one. Sort of an "alternative"
flag that they could fly every Friday or whatever. You
know, when people get off work and are looking forward
to the weekend.




"The United States of Groove."

We could shine ultraviolet blacklight searchlights on it
at night and it would look really bitchin'.



(And my thanks to Gavin for suggesting that his own
country's flag might be made out of velvet, which
gave me the idea.)



Flame Was Too Hot to Handle!






"He figured she must be bad -- and he was right!"


LMAO.


But when she was bad she was very, very good.



Lou Dobbs Retires, Will Kill Mexicans



Lou Dobbs.



In a move that surprised most media talking heads, CNN commentator Lou
Dobbs
, whose career with the news network had lasted almost 30 years,
announced this week that he will be leaving CNN.

Dobbs said that he would "not be shirking his duty as a patriotic
American, but would be carrying it to a new level" by "traveling around
the country and shooting every illegal Mexican I come across."

Dobbs also said that his new agenda would in no way stop him from eating
at Taco Bell, which "I very much enjoy."

CNN said that they regretted that Dobbs was leaving, just as they regretted
pretty much everything he had said over the decades.




This post brought to you by Taco Bell.
"Make a run for the border!"




Yo Mamba!






I was watching this show the other night on PBS
about this woman who travels around Swaziland
hunting African black mambas, where they seem
to be a real problem.

The black mamba is the second largest venomous
snake in the world, averaging about 8 feet in
length. Unlike most snakes it is highly aggressive
and will strike without provocation, delivering
100-120 mg of deadly venom -- enough to kill a
human 10 times over.


Note To Self: Cross Swaziland off the vacation list.



Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home



"Let's put them kids to work!"



My mom was singing the song "Them Old Cotton Fields
Back Home" this morning to our dog Sasha.


Which seems very weird. My mom was raised in
the Midwest, not the South. And to the best of my
knowledge she has never worked in the cotton fields.
And of course there was the fact that she was singing
the song to a dog.


In any case the cotton fields mentioned in the song
seem to be in Louisiana:


"It was down in Lou'siana,
Just about a mile from Texarkana,
In them old, cotton fields back home."


I had to look up Texarkana. It's in Texas.


And of course we have to throw Arkansas into the mix:


"I was home in Arkansas,
People ask me what you come here for,
In them old, cotton fields back home."


But my favorite line has to be this one:


"It may sound a little funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them old, cotton fields back home."


You mean you can't make very much
money picking cotton?


Gee, go figure.



Vampire Supernanny




Nanny Morticia of ABC's popular reality
show, Vampire Supernanny.



I watched Vampire Supernanny for the first time
the other night.

And all I can say is that it's amazing just how
much more quiet and well-behaved a kid can be
when drained of a quart or two of blood.

Afterwards I watched the new spin-off series,
Werewolf Dog Whisperer. Now that one is rather
disturbing. I can still hear the pathetic squeals
of that one French poodle.

Last night I watched another reality show,
Zombie Politician. That one is good -- very true
to life.



Obama and Me



Keck Observatory, Hawaii.


I've been noticing lately that there seem to be a good number of
similarities between me and President Barack Obama.


  • Obama has X and Y chromosomes. As it happens, I also have X and Y
    chromosomes.

  • Obama is a fan of the Chicago White Sox. I also am a fan of the White
    Sox.



  • Obama owns a Blackberry. I own a Blackberry -- although my carrier is
    Sprint and not the National Security Agency.

  • Obama has a little girl named Sasha. I have a little girl named Sasha.



  • Obama went to Harvard. I studied with an archaeologist who went to
    Harvard.

  • Obama gets e-mail from Scarlett Johansson. I also get e-mail from Miss
    Scarlett -- in my dreams.



  • Obama is from Hawaii. My favorite telescope is in Hawaii, the Keck.

  • Obama looks great in his classy suits. I also looked great in my
    classy suit -- until it was eaten by moths.


Kinda eerie, isn't it?