Home Schooling - This says it all

From FreeThoughtFortWayne:
New York Times featured an article about the popularity of football leagues for the home-schooled.  As they often do, the NYT also published a related slideshow.  The first photo from this slideshow:

Must Be A Cold Day In Hell!

Why? because today I agree 100% with Rep Michele Bachmann! I never thought it could happen! But today I agree with her not one, not one single constituent in the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota should complete the census form, they should all boycott it! In fact I think every Republican in America should show their support for Rep. Bachmann and her fight against tyranny by boycotting the census, that'll show 'em!!!

Taser Tag - Little Ol' Ladies

Texas cop Tasers great-grandmother
A traffic stop for speeding in a construction zone led to the tasering of a 72-year old great-grandmother by a Texas deputy. Kathryn Winkfein, 72, of Granite Schoals, Texas was then handcuffed, and taken away to jail for resisting arrest and detention.

The deputy said that when he asked Winkfein to sign the speeding ticket he issued, she refused, used profane language and became violent, at which point he tased her.

The great-grandmother admits to speeding, but denies the rest of the deputy's allegations, and has hired an attorney to represent her, she tells a Fox News reporter.

Regardless, it's difficult to fathom how a speeding ticket evolved to the point where a trained law enforcement officer felt the need to jolt an elderly woman with a taser.

Super Cooper! - BELLY FLOP

I must apologize, I have been grossly negligent in updating Cooper's blog, and it has not been for lack of material, it has been quite an adventure these past 4 months. Cooper is really a big baby who just has no clue how big he is, and he is definitely in those teenage trouble years.

He has found his way under the fence several times into the yard next door, fortunately he is not a runner and comes immediately when called. More landscaping ties will be going in soon!!! My only concern is doing just that side of the yard and will he then move his escapes to the back fence which leads to the pond..yuck....so we will do it all at once. He is very attached to our Daughter Molly and her best friend Kersten, must be wherever they are whenever possible.

As you can see from the picture above Cooper is enjoying the pool. He is doing great, he clearly had never swam before, he fell in the first time we went to swim before I could lead him in and I watched him sink to the bottom, for a moment I thought I would have to rescue me a Chessie, but he suddenly popped to the surface and started dog paddling..it was a pretty ugly stroke. He made his way to me at the stairs, 5 minutes of sweet talking him, he final let me lead him into the pool and he was off. He swam so much the first two days he sprained his tail, we learned it has a number of names, dead tail, cold-water tail, limber tail etc....good news, he was fine in a couple days and now is in puppy ecstasy when swimming and belly flopping and the stroke has definitely improved.

Cooper's other favorite past time is playing fetch, he loves to chase those tennis balls!!

Only in Texas

Having lived in Texas for about 15 years, nothing surprises me anymore

What A Nasty Witch

From Think Progress

During an interview with PajamasTV today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) falsely claimed that the last swine flu outbreak occurred under "another Democrat President, Jimmy Carter." Bachmann, however, insisted she was not trying to blame either man for the outbreaks:

BACHMANN: I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under Democrat President Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it is an interesting coincidence.

The only problem is that the last U.S. outbreak of swine flu did not begin under Carter. Rather, it began in February of 1976, when Republican Gerald Ford was president.

Doh !!!!

Sure it was a stunt to publicize a reality show, but is still kinda cool: