Guard Dog

If you thought it jumped the shark after book 2.5...yeah..I suggest don't read anything written by his son with the abominiation that is KJA. Just don't. Yeah the reviews on Amazon agree with you for the most part. I think I'll pass.Too bad.

Now reading Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard. It's about the assasination attempt on James Garfield and the aftermath. It takes a talented writer to make a true story read like a WEB Griffin novel but Ms. Millard did a jam up job with this. Worth checking out if you have an interest in post reconstruction US history. I'm also reading A False Spring by Pat Jordan which is just one of the best baseball books ever written. I just ordered The Song of Achillies a modern retelling of the Illiad. I don't normally go for that but it has gotten really good reviews. Plus I was thinking about giving the Dune universe another look. I thought the series jumped the shark after The Children of Dune but Franks son has added a lot of "fill in" and pred-sereis work that might be worth a look. Have any of you read any of Brian Herberts additions?

Mitt wins in Puerto Rico. He ended up with 82% of the votes which is no suprise because Santorum said some really stupid and ill-informed things while campaigning there. Next is Illinois & Lousiana. Illinois looks pretty safe for Romney, LA could go either way. http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/18/politics/pr-primary/index.html

I can help you guys with the weight loss if you want. I'll be back in Hermasillo in three weeks, I'll send you some genuine bottled Mexican water. I guarantee it will take the weight right off and do it quickly!

This is the smartest and most accurate statement anyone has made in this thread, at least since Mes posted his spot on analysis of the candidates.

Screw the fishing, I'm in. I say Holmes, whats our first case!

Please read this: http://apnews.myway..../D9THF60O0.html Exceprt: When can we expect our apology? Our president was quick enough the grovel to them. It kind of puts things into a little perspective. Unless some of you think shooting US Marines in the back is ok. I have no doubt whatsoever some of you do. We are wasting our time there. Nation building is a fools errand that will only leave them nice new facilities when the Taliban takes back over and kills everyone once we do leave. We should have pulled once they were deposed. Everyone who died since then died for nothing once the inevitable happens.

You don't really want to get me started there do you?

Today is day six of my three week vacation. And it looks like a good day to go fishing.

Don't get into a big twist about Santorum, he's not going to get nominated. This little bit of political theatre will be done and over by the time we get to the election. He'll make some noise and probably end up with a cabinet job and you can forget all about him then.

Today I discovered Jameson Gold Reserve Irish Whiskey. It is not cheap, but it is smooth as a satin sheet with a hot redhead on it. I've got a glass in hand, one of several, and the Classic Vinyl channel on my XM radio blasting. All in all a pretty good day.

Yes, yes and yes again. I'd trade Obama for either Romney or Santorum right now hands down. I would not call either of them lunatics. Romney in particular is a very smart guy. I don't completely agree with either of them on much but either would be an upgrade. That Santorum bit of this post? Disgusting. Yeah it really pisses you off that somewhere in the wide world out there someone might have a different politcal viewpint than yours dosen't it. But then again you posted you don't really consider them people so... For what it's worth it pleases me to no end you find my opinion disgusting. I must be doing something right then.

No I don't think Iran or Syria should be invaded. The only reason I could see invading Iran would be if a nuclear weapon they created were to suddenly go off in a US city. Even if it were delivered by a terrorist group, all bets are off then. But short of that, no. I was opposed to invading Iraq in 2003, I was opposed to intervening in Lybia. But. GWB never asked me what I thought so... By the way, don't pick on Canadians, they'll be running things before too long: http://outfront.blog...ext-superpower/ Doing pretty good eh?

Federal cases of ID are unusual but if it comes to that this will be one of them They are talking (right now it is just talk) about using the lands along Cold Creek & the Hatchee River south of Fort Pillow park as an extended flood plain for when the Mississippi overflows. There have been no notices or news of court orders but when I got home from Mexico there were survey stakes on my property that were not there when I left. The whole thing has me very nervous. The Obama admin has not been shy about using ID out west in Colorado & Utah. Anderson-Tully is state land but the Hatchee River Management area (which I could throw a baseball into from my front porch) is federal land and flooded pretty badly last year.

Yes, yes and yes again. I'd trade Obama for either Romney or Santorum right now hands down. I would not call either of them lunatics. Romney in particular is a very smart guy. I don't completely agree with either of them on much but either would be an upgrade.

I have none in either of the main Republicans. In fact I dislike them both, one more than the other. But I do have a very personal interest in Obama not being re-elected. And it is not just being opposed to his politics (you can bet I am). My home sits on the border of a Federal Management area and is a potential target for an imminent domain land seziure. The current administration has been more than heavy handed in dealing with property owners when it decides it wants their land. I (and the other land owners) do not have the means for a protracted court fight and small chance of prevaiing if we did. I don't know if either of the alternatives would be better but you had better believe they won't be worse.

That will never happen. It's starting to look like Romney may be forced to choose Santorum as his running mate if he is to get the nomination at all. This is going to be a bloody mess. Obama is vunerable, beatable, and the repubs are making a huge botch out of it.

Nice win last night. The Leafs are a mess. The Caps managed to pull it out against the Isles so they stay one point back. Every game matters, every point, every goal, every faceoff. This is the best part of the season.

'fraid so. The biggest problem in the world today, in every country and clime, is that humans are just not capable of leaving the other humans alone. 'specially Americans. Ironic this comment comes from a guy in Europe where there is not a square centimeter of soil that has not been muddied with blood at some point because one bunch of f***ers tried to rule over a different bunch of f***ers. . Don't be a moron, Guard Dog. Europeans shed blood for good reasons in the past. Today, there's no reason to shed blood anymore. The Imperial times are over, there's plenty of food and wealth in the Western world. The US invades countries and murders people for no good reasons whatesoever (War on Terror; National security etc. my ass). Meanwhile, an US soldier kills 16 Afghani for no good reason whatsoever. The US has become a national security threat for the world. Ah gotcha. You're saying that because one guy went nuts who happens to be an American and shot a lot of innocent people that he is a representation of the US as a whole. You know better than that. As for the US invading other countries for no good reason, other than Iraq I can't think of one. Unless you are referring to France in 1944, Italy in 1943 maybe you think there was no good reason for those but I think everyone else would disagree. Or are you saying we should not even be in Afghanistan in the first place? If so I might agree with you there. We should have left once the Taliban was driven from power. There was a good reason for going, not so much for staying. Nation building is turning out to be a fools errand. Speaking strictly for myself I'd like to see the US adopt a latter day version of the Monroe Doctrine that includes the immediate termination of foreign aid to any country not in North or South America or the surrounding waters. Don't get me wrong I do not think we should pull out of NATO or abrogate treaties with Israel or Taiwan or others but apparently we're wasting our time and money in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Santorum has won Alabama & Mississippi. And it just goes on, and on, and on....

Cats & Leafs tonight! I have a beer in one hand and the remote control in the other. Cats need a win, the Caps are breathing down their necks and the Jets are not far behind.

Thats nuts. I transferred fo Florida Atlantic from Miami Dade Community College, I didn't have to do anything like that. But... FAU is definitely not Rutgers. Good luck!

Do you have to write that as part of an application for admittance?

Now reading The Illiad & The Odyssey. I've always meant to read this for myself and I've finally gotten around to it. I'm over 1/2 way through The Odyssey. I'm finding it slow going (the Iliad was rough but this is much better) but I am amazed the affect these stories have had on western language and culture some 2800 years later.