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February 28, 2006

So, what high school did you go to?

It's a St. Louis thing. Anytime a St. Louisan meets another St. Louisan, we want to know where that person went to high school. It just tells you something about that person.

I met David from The Glittering Eye last night for dinner. He is from St. Louis. I know what high school he went to! His lovely wife is not from St. Louis, but I know where she went to high school anyway.

I graduated from St. Joseph's Academy, but I also attended Villa Duchesne from kindergarten through 10th grade.

So, where did you go to high school? Even if you are not from St. Louis, I want to know!

Posted by Beth at 7:28 AM | Comments (29)

February 27, 2006

Off to Chicago

And naturally, I have not packed or anything and I have 40 minutes before I need to leave for the airport!

Going to have dinner with the Glittering Eye's David and his wife tonight. Looking forward to it!

Posted by Beth at 5:31 AM | Comments (3)

February 26, 2006

Can't miss this poll

I heartily endorse Emperor Darth Misha I's current daily poll. It is on his right sidebar.

Your answer should be something like "All of the above and a cupid stunt". Well, go to the poll, vote, let your voice be heard.

Posted by Beth at 10:15 AM

Baby Charlotte

In case you do not know,Charlotte is a little 2 year old girl who has some severe disabilities. She lives in Great Britain. Her parents have gone through absolute hell trying to get treatment for her. Basically, her life is in the hands of a few doctors and one judge.

Charlotte caught a cold in the hospital. The doctors have gone to the judge and obtained an order that pretty much says - don't treat Charlotte, her life is not worth living.

So please, keep this little girl in your prayers. Her only chance at life is prayer, because her doctors will not treat her infection. And pray for her parents, too - they have had quite a rough go of it. Michelle Malkin has a good post on this story.

Posted by Beth at 7:47 AM | Comments (2)

February 25, 2006

Oh boy

So much to do, as always. The bad thing about traveling is having to spend home time trying to get the house in order and laundry and stuff like that.

ick.

Posted by Beth at 9:49 AM | Comments (1)

February 23, 2006

airport blogging

For once I am on my way home on a Thursday night. Yay!
just to remind John, who likes to tease me about what time my flight comes in - I'll be there at 6:40.

Be there, or be in trouble!!!

Posted by Beth at 4:39 PM | Comments (1)

Just one more kvetch, maybe

Okay, commenter Carrie points out that Ms. DS has a post up complaining about Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In typical Debbie fashion, she is bitching because she doesn't like Julie's jewelry.
It seems that DS is under the extremely mistaken impression that the pin she is wearing is a "Mexican Eagle", not an American Eagle.

Well, aside from the fact that Mexico is in North America and therefore "American", it looks like Ms. DS is wrong, wrong, wrong.

Carrie actually left a comment on Debbie's post pointing out the fact that it is a Liberty Eagle pin, sold at the Library of Congress Gift Shop.

That is great investigative commenting, Carrie!

And naturally, Ms. DS is not correcting her post, even though the truth is obvious.

I know, who the hell cares about the jewelry someone wears - jewelry and clothes do *not* make a person.

But I do care about accuracy, and I think that in the interest of truth, these stupid errors and wrong conclusions should be pointed out.

Sorry, Ry - can't help it. Someone gives me some material, I'm gonna go with it!

Update: My handsome spouse, John, has discovered one of Carrie's original comments on Debbie Schlussel's post. He has also made a copy of the comment that Joanne Jacobs left there. You can find them both here.

Posted by Beth at 7:21 AM | Comments (27)

That port thing

1. For goodness sake, folks - calm down about this and let us look at the facts.

2. The MSM is not being honest about their reporting - this company is not currently in charge of port security nor will it be in charge of port security.

3. John of Argghhh! has the facts here and here.

Update - on further thought, I can't believe how dumb the President is being on this politically.

Posted by Beth at 6:15 AM | Comments (2)

Stole most of this from the Queen

How To Take A Shower

Like a Woman:

Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks.

Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.

Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone. Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins.

Wash your hair ! again to make sure it's clean.

Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced.

Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red.

Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash.

Rinse conditioner off hair.

Shave armpits and legs.

Turn off shower. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex.

Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small country. Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.

Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

Like a Man:

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile.

Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener #82 at her making the 'woo-hoo' sound.

Look at your manly physique in the mirror. Admire the size of your wiener #82 and scratch your ass.

Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits.

Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off.

Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.

Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area.

Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the soap.

Wash your hair. Make a Shampoo Mohawk. Pee.

Rinse off and get out of shower.

Partially dry off. Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time.

Admire wiener size #82 in mirror again.

Leave shower curtain ! open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on.

Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the 'woo-hoo' sound again.

Throw wet towel on bed.

For those of you who are wondering about #82, go here

Posted by Beth at 5:36 AM | Comments (26)

February 22, 2006

TV Commercials

So, I'm sitting here in my hotel room, watching a bit of TV whilst checking out my blogroll, and first I see that annoying Lean Cuisine commercial - where several women are at a skating rink watching a couple of great skaters and then sadly discussing what they had for dinner the night before, and then the woman with the sultry voice describes her lean cuisine dinner - and then, there was a Lunesta commercial - and I realized that it was the exact same voice of the woman with the good dinner.

Very annoying!!!!

Posted by Beth at 9:14 PM | Comments (1)

Carnival of the Recipes

Everyone, I have been terribly remiss at keeping up with the Carnival of the Recipes - my dear friend, Punctilious, has taken over management of the whole thing because of my crazy travel schedule.

To get your favorite recipe into the next carnival of the recipes, please blog your recipe, and then send the link to Recipe.carnival at gmail dot com by Saturday, noon.

Next week, the Carnival of the Recipes will feature Danish foods, recipes, etc., in honor of the fine country of Denmark - this is a chance to show the Danes that we support their refusal to bow before those who would limit free by sharing recipes that use Danish products.

Posted by Beth at 8:50 PM | Comments (1)

My excuse - I'm tempermental

I am really upset that the blonde bimbo has defamed Jay at Stop the ACLU.

Ask John - I never forget anything.

I look forward to the day when someone does an expose on the lies of DS.

hmmmph.

Also - some advice to people who need an attorney for whatever reason - first of all, check with the State Bar Association and see if they can recommend a lawyer who has experience in dealing with your issue. For example, an entertainment/sports lawyer is not likely to be capable of dealing with Constitutional law.

Second, get a contract, read it very carefully and sign it.

That is all.

Posted by Beth at 7:11 AM | Comments (11)

Chicago

I like Chicago. I think it is my favorite big city. I'm working here this week and then I come back again next week. I suppose I like it so much because people here have midwestern personalities . . . they are nice, friendly people who are just darn fun to work with!

And the fact that the best pizza on earth is available here in Chicago doesn't hurt!

Posted by Beth at 6:01 AM | Comments (6)

February 20, 2006

We need to send some pics to this site

http://catsinsinks.com/

Posted by Beth at 10:32 PM | Comments (3)

Blogging

I have been blogging for 2 and 1/2 years. Aside from the guy who stalks me occassionaly, I have never feared for my well being or health until now.
I've had heated arguments with people from the Daily Kos, and from Atrios, but none of the lefties have ever done more than called me a stupid moron - none of them ever threatened me or mine.

That's why it is surprising and hurtful that a threat would come from the right.
No names mentioned here, I'm not a total idiot, but I am afraid.

I have this to say about blogging. The strength of the blogosphere, the one thing that we bloggers do best is fact checking.

If someone, anyone - be it the MSM or a blogger or an advertiser makes any kind of claim, we, the little people, the bloggers, tend to look for proof. None of us should make claims without any supporting evidence. None of us.
No one should think that he or she is going to believed simply because he or she says something is so. Anyone who publishes anything and calls it fact, should expect to be questioned. And if you publish something as truth, and either can't or refuse to back that 'truth' with documentatin, then you should damn well expect one of us little, non-important 'tiny-brained people to take note and point it out.

Well, I'll not mention this again.

Posted by Beth at 9:49 PM | Comments (13)

February 19, 2006

Debbie Schlussel is a Twit

The definition of 'Twit' from dictionary.com:

1. The act or an instance of twitting.
2. A reproach, gibe, or taunt.
3. Slang. A foolishly annoying person

I am using the 3rd definition here.

I got another lovely, oh, so friendly email from her. I have to tell you, she writes like a 13 year old girl who is grumpy because no one asked her to the 8th grade party.

Well, first of all, here is my email to her after her last one to me:

Debbie,

Are you under the impression that I am married to Misha? That is funny - I take it back, you do have a sense of humour.

I was referring to the emails you sent to my husband, John Donovan. Perhaps you have never heard of my blog, She Who Will Be Obeyed, I'm only a "Large Mammal" but I don't see your blog anywhere on the Ecosystem or anywhere else. I'm only number 693 or so - my husband is at about #50. He has a pretty popular Milblog.

I had never heard of your blog, your talk show or your anything until you emailed my husband at johnbethd@yahoo.com - the email address we share - and you were very rude to him.
I think I shall publish it and the emails you sent me.

Are you under the impression that I am a naturalized American Citizen? Sorry, honey, but I was born here in the USA. I have even served our country in the Army Reserve - have you?
And my husband is a retired Army Officer who is the son of a retired Army Officer.

Also, I have never, ever used the C word anywhere in my blog and I have never, ever called anyone a whore or said anything about giving head- what on earth are you talking about?

Debbie - do you comprehend what you read? Are you capable of differentiating between one person and another, or do you get so many people who don't like your style that you just lump them all into the same 'person' - . You know nothing about me, not that it matters, but you are attributing words and statements to me that I have never said.

You think my post was hateful? Have you read your posts?

I asked you politely if you could back up your assertions about gas stations owned by Arab-Americans overcharging people in the '80s and sending the money to terrorist organizations on your blog. Your claim that you have information from the 80s from the FBI that no one else has. Sorry, I find that rather hard to believe. It seems to me that your utter hatred for all Muslims is coloring your writing.

If you would like to have a 'cat fight', we can do that, Debbie - only let's do it in public, on our blogs, eh?

Cheers,

Beth Donovan

And here is Ms. Schlussel's reply. Please note the "oh so mature" attitude of this dim-witted blond bulb.

I wouldn't dream of mentioning you on my site. 1) I know who your husband is. Where did I say it was Misha? You have this incredible ditzy ability to jump to conclusions and claim I said things I didn't. But your husband must be quite the (non)man if he needs you to defend him on your website, which is what you did. I guess your small, barely existent brain has a very small memory chip. I also never said you or your husband was 1) from Denmark or 2) was a naturalized citizen. Where did I say those things? You made them up. I said I'd happily trade your citizenship. Hello? . . . Anyone in there. You are in need of a "reading comprehension" course really badly. Ditto for your "brainy" husband who claims I said he was from Denmark. Where?

Let me say this to Debbie Schlossel or Schulessel or what ever her name is - I am eligilble to be in Mensa also, but I would not join because of people like you.

I am afraid that you are lacking in your reading comprehension skills, Debbie. And you most definitely need to learn how to write.
Go back and read your emails to me, Debbie. And read my original post and my replies back to you. Then sit down with a piece of paper and a pencil and see if you can figure out what you said and what I said.

I don't think you can do it.

Well, I got one more email from Debbie - and she threatens to report me to the FBI - why? I have no idea. I suppose because my opinions don't match her opinions.

You can have all the hunches you want. Who cares? You know nothing of which you speak, certainly in that case, and probably in most others. Keep reading my site. For someone who proclaims to hate me, you certainly seem to have some sort of obsession--you've cited several of my entries now--and I'm sure you will be returning often. I assure you I am NOT reading your site.

Are you sure you don't mean DENSA? In the attack on
achievement these days, a lot of groups are lowering
their standards, and if MENSA truly said you are
eligible, then they must certainly be lowering their
starndards, since IQ is the only standard they have.
But I'm glad to see that for someone who dislikes me,
you obviously read my bio, too. . . . Do I have to
warn the FBI about you, too?

technorati tag:debbie schlussel twit

Posted by Beth at 3:45 PM | Comments (30)

Got tagged

My friend, Ala, tagged me with a new meme.

1: Black and White or Color; how do you prefer your movies?

Color, color, color. I hate black and white movies!

2: What is the one single subject that bores you to near-death?

sports.

3: MP3s, CDs, Tapes or Records: what is your favorite medium for prerecorded music?

Umm - none - I like XM Radio.

4: You are handed one first class trip plane ticket to anywhere in the world and ten million dollars cash. All of this is yours provided that you leave and not tell anyone where you are going ... ever. This includes family, friends, everyone. Would you take the money and ticket and run?

Hmmm - well, tell means:
To give a detailed account of; narrate: tell what happened; told us a story.
To communicate by speech or writing; express with words: tell the truth; tell one's love.
To make known; reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes.
To notify; inform.
To inform positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work.
To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line.
To discover by observation; discern: could tell that he was upset.
To name or number one by one; count: telling one's blessings; 16 windows, all told.

So, I think I would not 'tell' John or Andy (and his girlfriend, Ashes) a thing - I'd just pack up their suitcases and drag them with me to Rome, Vienna, Lisbon, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark and Poland. I would never let it slip, believe me!

5: Seriously, what do you consider the world's most pressing issue now?

Terrorism.

6: How would you rectify the world's most pressing issue?

Fight the terrorists where they are.

7: You are given the chance to go back and change one thing in your life; what would that be?

I would have majored in biology and gone on to become a D.V.M.

8: You are given the chance to go back and change one event in world history, what would that be?

Mohammed would never have been born.

9: A night at the opera, or a night at the Grand Ole' Opry --Which do you choose?

Umm, I'll pass.

10: What is the one great unsolved crime of all time you'd like to solve?

Who stole the cookies from the cookie, cookie jar!

11: One famous author can come to dinner with you. Who would that be, and what would you serve for the meal?

That's a tough one. Arthur Conan Doyle and I'd serve Ribeye steaks, baked potatoes, sauteed mushrooms and onions and a nice salad with some good wine.

12: You discover that John Lennon was right, that there is no hell below us, and above us there is only sky -- what's the first immoral thing you might do to celebrate this fact?

I would not celebrate at all. Probably just go and get drunk or something.

Oh, gosh, I'm supposed to tag someone, aren't I? How about Pamibe and Barb and John and soon to be First Sergeant ,Keith?

Posted by Beth at 11:24 AM | Comments (6)

And yet again . . .

I don't think this is about cartoons anymore . . .

From Michelle Malkin:

MUSLIMS KILL CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA By Michelle Malkin · February 19, 2006 08:20 AM Committed "in the name of the prophet Mohammed:" Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.

Posted by Beth at 8:42 AM

The Religion of "Peace" strikes again

Iran's hard-line Islamic spiritual leaders have issued an unprecedented fatwa, or holy order, approving the use of atomic weapons against the country's enemies. Muslim clerics for the first time have questioned the theocracy's traditional viewpoint that Shariah law forbids the use of nuclear weapons. One senior mullah has now said it is "only natural" to have nuclear bombs as a "countermeasure" against other nuclear powers, a reference considered to be the United States and Europe.

(Source)

Now. Just try to imagine any other religion on earth approving not only the production of nuclear weapons, but the use of them!

Posted by Beth at 7:01 AM | Comments (1)

February 18, 2006

At Last

Hurray for the Rocky Mountain News! They published, correctly, cartoons aimed at a bunch of different faiths, including Muslims, Baptists, Catholics and Jews.

At last, an honest member of the MSM!

Posted by Beth at 5:30 PM | Comments (1)

Okay, so here is the story:

I had frankly never heard of Debbie Schlussel before John linked to Misha about Debbie's demand for a retraction and that retraction. I think I have all that outlined in this post.

Well, being a curious person, and wondering what kind of a conservative Ms. Debbie is, I went to her site and read her blog. I had a question about her supporting evidence for her story that

in the 1980s an FBI investigation uncovered Arab-owned gas stations throughout the Mid-West doing the same thing as the Dawoods (giving customers less gas than they were paying for). That money was then sent to Islamic terrorist Abu Nidal and his terrorist group of the same name. The money was used to finance Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israelis in the first Intifada ("Uprising").

in this post. I had never heard that story, so I searched all over trying to find some reference to her statement. All I could find was Debbie's statement.

So, I very politely asked her for her references in a comment on the post:

Hi, Debbie,
I don't remember the gas station owners sending money to terrorist organizations in the '80s - and I'm 52 - and it sounds like a really interesting story. Could you give me an idea where I can find some information on that? I've been searching, and I'm probably looking for the wrong thing.

Thanks!

Interestingly, she removed the link to my blog that was there. Apparently, she does not want any of her fans to find out how questionable her facts and her tactics are.

Sadly, this woman is a conservative. She doesn't seem to realize that I am also a conservative.

Anyway, here is the first email she sent me after I asked for some supporting documents:

> On 2/17/06, Debbie Schlussel < dschlussel@yahoo.com>
> wrote:

Beth:
I note that you posted a message asking me for information about one of my posts. In general, I think it's a bad idea to call someone on my website
"off-balance" and an "idiot" among an entire insulting (and completely mis-informed) post . . . and then have the gall to ask them for information and research.

Point of fact - I did not call Debbie an idiot - she called herself an idiot when she signed her last email to John. I *did* say that she appeared to be somewhat off-balance. And to anyone who read her email to John, I think you would agree with my characterization of the woman.

I wouldn't trust info from someone I openly considered "off-balance" and an "idiot." Besides, I'm consistent. I ALWAYS do my research. So I wonder why someone who doesn't when writing about me, suddenly wants the underlying info about my work. Looks like someone is a hypocrite, and it isn't me. Debbie Schlussel

Please note that Debbie claims she "ALWAYS" does her research. Well, as any lawyer should know, that research needs to be documented, and available for all to see to verify the veracity of any claims made.

Well, I was rather perturbed the Debbie did not have any links or references to her story - which again, I was interested in learning about, but I wanted to be sure it was true before I commented on it. So I replied to Debbie with this email:

Well, Debbie, Thank you for verifying for me that you don't have any references that indicate that gas stations were overcharging and sending the overages to terrorist groups in the 80s. Perhaps you are unaware that it is generally a good idea to link to a reference when one is claiming that something happened - I can't find any references to your FBI story anywhere, and I just wondered where you got the idea that this occurred.

And yes, I think you are off the charts in your lack of rationality. You
jump to all sorts of conclusions without any proof. If I state something as
a fact, I link to my supporting data.

You don't.

You just make all kinds of statements that are really out there. And what
really upsets me about your 'blogging style' is that you are a conservative,
like me, but you are making all conservatives look like crackpots.
Especially women conservatives like myself and many other women bloggers.

I understand that you are in Detroit and live among a lot of Arab Muslims.
I'm not terribly comfortable when I go there for business either, but not
all Muslims want to kill us all.

And if you had a sense of humour, I could probably be okay with your
shtick. But from what I have read, and from the emails you sent to my
husband, it appears that you are a bitter, mean, rude woman. Get a grip,
Debbie. Get a sense of humour. There is so much invective in your writing
that I might as well just go read the Democratic Underground. I would love
to see some logic in your thinking ... but I don't.

Before I sent that email, I went to Debbie's site again. And I noticed that she was comparing the American Citizenship of an Olympic Skater to that of an Islamic Terrorist in this post. so I continued my email to her:

How can you compare the Citizenship of a Canadian skater to that of an Arab terrorist? How unfair and illogical is that?

Oh, well. I have learned in my life (I'm a lot older than you are) that you
can attract more people to your point of view with facts that are
supportable, humour and kindness.

Obviously, you are a bright woman, but there is something just not right
with your way of expressing yourself.

Regards,

Beth Donovan

So Debbie didn't like what I had to say and within a few minutes, I got this email from her:

On 2/17/06, Debbie Schlussel wrote: I have confirmed NOTHING to you regarding my references. There is a reason I'm invited all over the world to talk about terorrism and am consulted by federal agents all over. They know I know what I'm talking about. I frankly don't need to prove it to you. And I certainly don't need to emulate what you do on your website, of which I never heard, and to which I went once, to see the screed you took great pleasure in writing on me.

Oh, golly, where do I start? First of all, Debbie has no proof that her claims are correct. She has absolutely no supporting references. And she says she doesn't need them because federal agents consult her? Really? More likely she calls them up.

Really? You do your research? Where are the e-mails you claim to have seen that I sent to Misha? Where was your research on that? Still waiting.

Umm, Debbie, I never claimed to see any emails you sent to Misha, though I have seen them now that Misha has posted them. I saw the emails you sent to my husband, John Donovan.

So first I am an "idiot" on your website and then I am "bright" in a private e-mail? You can't seem to make up your mind on me, and frankly, it doesn't make a difference. If you don't like what you read on my site, no-one is putting a gun to your head to read it.

I never called Debbie an idiot. I was quoting her email to John.

After your hateful post on me, you are worried what people think of conservatives and lecturing ME on "kindness"?! Hello? Look in the mirror, if you have one. That's where you'll see the hateful, bitter woman who spews venom and whose husband needs his own wife to defend him.

Yes, I think that Debbie Schlussel makes conservative women look bad. She is darned embarrassing - she even writes in all caps in people's comments and 'yells' at them. Indicates to me that she is not terribly web-literate.

But now I know that someone who claims to be conservative is soft on immigration and thinks we need special exceptions for ice skaters and everyone else.

I'm not soft on immigration. I merely pointed out to her that granting citizenship to a skater is not equivalent to granting citizenship to a terrorist (or who she determines is a terrorist, after all, the federal agents consult her on terrorism)

And thinks the kind of gutter language and utterances that sleazebags engage in is something worth defending, and a valid reason to attack me. I'd have happily supported giving Tanith Belbin U.S. citizenship if that means you have to give up yours.

Goodness, isn't that a terribly vile thing to say? For one, she seems to be thinking along the lines that I am not a native American Citizen, but a naturalized Citizen (not that makes any difference) - I think she thinks I'm married to Misha! Poor Misha's wife!
Secondly - she thinks I should have to give up my U.S. citizenship?
Just where does this woman (who, after all, is consulted by federal agents all over) get off thinking that she is capable of determining who should and who should not be a US Citizen? I have to wonder if she has served in the Armed Forces - I have.

Sorry, but it is NOT schtick to say people are "off-balance," "idiots," "cunts," "whores," get where they got because they "give good head," etc., merely because you don't agree with them about Denmark. Is
that the "humor" and "kindness" you are now lecturing me about? That's what you are defending AND engaging in, and yet YOU are worried what people think of conservatives from looking at MY website?

Okay, this pisses me off - I have never used any of the above words or statements anywhere on my blog - I have never, ever printed the "C" word until today - and it is a direct quote of this woman's.
She is, quite simply, lying.

52 years old and still not a lady. So sad. The kind of behavior you engage in tells me you need help very badly, not to mention some heavy duty prozac. And after all the sailor-talk and hate-talk you defend and engage in, perhaps some female hormones would be a better prescription for you than instructing me on how to be a conservative woman.

Hmmm. "sailor-talk and hate-talk"? I admit to occasional sailor-talk - I have used the "F" word in 16 posts out of 1,620 posts.

But hate-talk? I don't think so, Debbie.

Again, if as you claim, you do not like the way I express myself, why in the heck did you come to read my site? And then even post on it? So what was that you were saying about dishing it out but not being able to take it. Reading your letter below, you are the blackest pot I ever heard from.

Hmmm. Well. I came to read her site because I was curious as to why she was so rude to my husband. I posted about her because of that, too.

I have no idea why I am 'the blackest pot' she has ever heard from. My point is simply that this woman is quite rude to people, doesn't have references to back up at least one of her claims, and mostly that she embarrasses me because she is a conservative.

There are some conservatives who are so beyond the pale, that they make all of us look bad - Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan and now, Debbie Schlussel.

UPDATE: For more on Debbie and her reputation, check here.

technorati tag:debbie schlussel twit

Posted by Beth at 4:43 PM | Comments (18)

My Wardian Case

I think my first Wardian Case is mostly finished now. I am thinking about changing the waterfall into a fall plus river, but I'll have to make it from clay and fire and then glaze it, so it will be awhile before I make that change. I think the moss really makes it pretty, don't you?

Posted by Beth at 11:41 AM | Comments (4)

Too much to write about, not enough time

Let's see - I go to Chicago next week, I need to look up some bloggers there if I have a chance - and I'll probably be in Chicago the following week, also.

The week after that, I go back to Canton, Ohio - good people there, I like them a lot!

It's really, really cold out today - I think it is all of 5 degrees right now. Brrrrrrr.
It was a three dog, 4 cat night last night for John and I - when it gets cold, the herd gets cuddly.

I finally planted the moss in my Wardian Case and found a tiny little porcelain pony to graze in it. I'll put up a picture.

Debbie Schlussel has sent me some very entertaining emails. This woman, even though she is a conservative, is really a piece of work. I'll get to that later.

I get my hair done today. Any of those who know me personally know how I get a 'skunk' stripe when it's been 4 weeks since my last visit to the salon. Makes me want to wear a hat for a day or two.

Oh, and the inmates are not back taking care of the horses yet, so I have to go clean stalls again today - it takes me about 2 hours to take care of my beautiful boys every day, but leaves no time for riding them - it's a bit cold for that today, anyway! Poor John is going to have to take on the horse stall cleaning job next week while I'm gone!

On the other hand, since I have to care for my horses myself everyday, I am spending more time with them and meeting some new folks at the stable. That's a good thing, as I tend to be a bit of a hermit outside of work.

John is going to Korea the last couple of weeks in March and first week of April. I don't envy him that plane ride! And I'll surely miss him. I might have to see if Andy can come home for a week or two to keep me company!

Posted by Beth at 9:48 AM

February 15, 2006

Freedom of Speech

There are some extremist Muslim fundamentalists who would have us shut up when it comes to anything bad that is done in the name of Islam.

I find it extremely disturbing that the MSM has not seen fit to be honest about this story, and why they are suddenly so concerned about the feelings of a bunch of religious fanatics.

Go see Lost Budgie today - he has a great roundup on the Cartoon War.

Posted by Beth at 7:35 AM

Some people are a little, uh, sensitive?

Whoever this woman is, she is a little off-balance, methinks. And she is not very nice in her descriptions of people - but apparently she can dish it out, but can't take it.

Ms. Schlussel apparently hates Denmark, and Misha linked to her anti-Danish screed and fisked it in typical Misha fashion. Misha was born in Denmark, and has a great love for his country of birth, so he defends Denmark and in doing so is more than blunt about his ill-feelings towards Ms. Schlussel (who is a talk show host somewhere, not here!).

Ms. Schlussel pretty much says on her blog that Denmark deserves everything it gets from the Islamofascists.

Well, anyone who has been to Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler knows that Misha doesn't pull any literary punches when he is pissed off.

So Ms. Schlussel, who is not the nicest of people on her own blog, emails Misha and suggests that she might sue him.

Where do I get involved with this? Well, hopefully, I won't - I'm just reporting the story.

Anyway, John made a small suggestion to her on his blog, Argghhh!

The Rottweiler Emperor annoyed Debbie Schlussel, and she whined grumped to him about it [she made it clear to me in the email where she asks me if I blog out my ass that it wasn't whining. O.k.]. Mistake, Debbie. I stand by my advice, Debbie. If your note to the Rottweiler was like the tone of your email to me, that was just pouring gas on the flames. There's a *reason* Misha is called the Rottweiler. -The Armorer

Ms. Schlussel took offense that John linked to Misha and wrote him a very rude email.

I have printed that email in the extended entry.

--- Debbie Schlussel wrote:

I read your post about my "whining" to the idiot
rottweiler. Do you always blog out of your ass?
You
have NO IDEA what I said to the idiot because he
lied
and didn't post my e-mails to him. Why do you think
he changed what he wrote and posted a "retraction"?
I
NEVER threaten to sue anyone over being offended.
Believe me, his site, which I never before visited
and
won't again, is NOT worthy of my time and attention.

I've been called a lot worse by more worthies and
ignored it. But defamatory, LYING speech is NOT
protected anywhere, much less so in your precious
Denmark. I find it interesting that you are willing
to write a blog entry, when you haven't a clue and
you
never read my e-mail. Like a true idiot . . . .
Debbie Schlussel

Wow, this bitter woman gets pissed off pretty easily!
At least she signs her email with some truth:

"Like a true idiot ...
Debbie Schlussel"

Posted by Beth at 7:28 AM | Comments (2)

Around my blogroll

Kate at Electric Venom is going to Home School her son. Go over and wish her good luck! I admire anyone with the planning skills and dedication to home school. I never could have done it, I'm too much of a flake!

Posted by Beth at 6:18 AM

February 14, 2006

Warning, Warning

This links is *not* worksafe, but it is funny, but if you are at all prudish, you must not look at this link. You must not even look at the URL.

But for people with a sense of sexy humour , here is the link!

Posted by Beth at 8:11 PM | Comments (3)

February 13, 2006

Around my blogroll

I need to try to keep up with the folks on my blogroll. I'm not great at that - for example, I just learned that Margi had her precious baby boy a little on the early side - ok, a lot on the early side, but he is home and absolutely beautiful! See for yourself!

Sister Toldjah has really been following the Cartoon Wars.

Don't forget to check out the Valentine's Day Carnival of the Cats!

Laurence Simon has another blog - Catcall - on the Houston Chronicle - he's gone big-time, folks!

Oh, and the Carnival of the Recipes has been beautifully prepared by Physics Geek!

And John is commenting on Cheney's bad aim.

Update: Thanks to Angela for pointing out my error - I was not linking to Margi's site, but to a different site. I have no idea why I do these things, but it is fixed now and you can all go see Margi's beautiful boy!

Posted by Beth at 8:00 AM | Comments (3)

February 11, 2006

I love Saturdays like this

Today, we had a very Red-State kinda day.

First, we stopped at Horse Country, our local feedstore/tack shop to get some Purina Equine Senior Horse Chow and some nice pine bedding for the horses. Then we drove over to the Ft. Leavenworth stable to muck out our horses' stalls. It was snowing, and when I took Petey and Willie out to the paddock so we could clean up after them, they snorted and rolled in the snow and mud. Lovely - they are a mess now!

Then we decided to go to Waffle House for a very late breakfast, well, maybe more of a lunch (I made some coffee this morning, early, but didn't feel like cooking breakfast).

After that, we drove up to St. Joseph, Missouri and joined an indoor shooting range. A year long membership is all of $20 a person, plus $9 a day of shooting. And of course, we stayed to do some shooting.

I have only shot a handgun once before, and I really want to learn, so John taught me how to load and shoot an Ingles Hipower 9mm.

When we first got there, it was really cold, so I kept my coat on until the room warmed up.

At first I was pretty nervous, I have some problems with getting used to the recoil, and my aim can definitely use improvement. It's so much easier to aim with a rifle!

But in the end, I did manage to hit the target every time, just not in the center :)

But I think that I'd still damage an intruder pretty seriously!

Update - Mr. Completely linked to me here.

I have turned off trackbacks, but if anyone links to me, let me know, and I'll put the link in the post!

You can read John's side of the story here.

Posted by Beth at 6:22 PM | Comments (9)

February 10, 2006

And now, a moment of Kitty Zen

It is Friday, after all. And it's almost time for the Carnival of the Cats, Valentine's Day edition - so I thought this was appropriate.

RestStop and Orphan Annie are enamored of each other, this is a typical pose for them:

Posted by Beth at 3:41 PM | Comments (3)

Giggle

This is a funny video - best rap song yet!

Posted by Beth at 6:37 AM | Comments (2)

February 9, 2006

I thought I was buying a sofa table

We have a local store tha sells stuff from Mexico and the Southwest. We have purchased several furniture items and lots of cool other types of things from them.

I have wanted a sofa table for years, but just never got around to buying one. I drove over to the Mexican store and the owners gave me a really good deal on one, so I brought it home.

It was not in the house for 24 hours before it looked like this:

I was going to put something non-military/weapon on it, but John beat me to it.

Posted by Beth at 6:24 AM | Comments (6)

February 6, 2006

oh, gosh darn

It's Monday again. I had to take my laptop into the repair center at work because yet another keyboard screwed up.

Have you ever tried to type when the comma only works when you hit the darn key 3 times in quick succession?

Very annoying!

So, I drove the 40 plus miles into the 'campus' and waited while they gave me a new case for the laptop - this is case # 4 or 5, I think. I'm hard on laptops!

It is nice to be able to type quickly again, though.

Oh, I have pictures of my finished Wardian Case - I need to download them from the camera tonight. The moss makes it look great - and I put one of my little porcelain horses in it, and I think it looks pretty okay.

I have to go down to the basement after dinner tonight and drag some clay upstairs - I have an idea for a few things that I can work on that do not require wheel work (my wheel is in the basement, and I just don't like working down there). If I can get started on them, I think that I'll finally fire up my kiln and see what happens!

Posted by Beth at 7:07 PM | Comments (1)

February 5, 2006

American Papers and Editorial Cartoons

Here are just 3 of the many, many cartoons printed in many, many newspapers throughout the USA that comment on the Catholic Church.

The cartoons can be faulted for making gross generalizations about all Catholics and all Priests, etc.

However, all these cartoonists know that Catholics are not going to call for their beheading, or their death.

So the claim that much of the MSM has that it will not print cartoons which might offend a Muslem somewhere really tells me that the MSM is scared shitless of the Islamic fundamentalists who think they will go to heaven and get a bunch of virgins if they murder a cartoonist.

This whole thing is about fear, not about being sensitive to religion.

My source for these cartoons is here.

Posted by Beth at 11:21 AM | Comments (1)

February 4, 2006

These are cartoons, people

In free countries like the USA or Denmark, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Australia, we can say what we want. If we have an opinion, we are free to state it.
Editorial cartoons have a tendency to mock everyone - while making a point.

No religious figure, no political figure, no historical figure is exempt from being mocked in free countries.

If you emmigrate to a free country from a not-so-free country, you need to learn to accept the above facts.

Or go back to your not-so-free country.

People who threaten to behead people who are exercising their God-Given right to free speech are not deserving of respect in anyway. They have simply proved the point of the cartoons they are upset about.

Ala has more, so does Michelle.

Thanks to Ala for the below graphic with all the 'offending' cartoons showing.

Posted by Beth at 3:12 PM | Comments (1)

February 3, 2006

Hmmmm

I have never cared much for Hugh Hewett. Something about his attitude has always struck me as being rather haughty. Time is proving me right, I'm afraid.

Posted by Beth at 11:55 PM | Comments (2)

CNN - Chicken News Network

CNN refused to print the 'offending' cartoons that Muslims are all upset about.

I went to their "Contact Page" and left them this message:

I think you should show the cartoons that were printed in a Danish Newspaper.

You still have a photo of the Virgin Mary in Elephant Dung in your archives - obviously, as far as you are concerned, it's okay to insult Catholics, but not Muslims.

Of course, Catholics are not likely to run around calling for your editor's heads, either.

Here is the archived page on CNN with the picture of the Virgin Mary:http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9909/28/saatchi.book/index.html

So basically, the CNN editors are chickenshit and hypocrites.

Posted by Beth at 1:40 PM | Comments (5)

I'm so glad I am not in the UK right now

There are Muslems in London calling for the Beheading of those who "Insult" Islam.

Here is a picture:
Source

The "Religion of Peace" strikes again!

Update: Michelle Malkin has more.

Posted by Beth at 1:14 PM | Comments (3)

Sticks and Stones . . .

and apparently cartoons can hurt us. Or at least make Islamicists want to hurt us. Badly. Over cartoons.

The "Religion of Peace"(maybe they mean the religion of pieces) is having an International Day of Anger. Today.

Over a bunch of cartoons. Holy cow! What a bizarre bunch the Islamisists are.

And what a bunch of chickenshits our own MSM is!

Well. All I can say is buy Danish! The Danes make some of the most beautiful porcelain on earth - Royal Copenhagen. gorgeous stuff. Oh, and Dansk!

Posted by Beth at 7:13 AM | Comments (1)

Wouldn't it be great

..if someone could make gasoline out of pork fat?

Such Beauty.

Such Irony.

Such Vengeance!!

UPDATE!!! According to Pam, this can be done! Try googling pork fat into diesel fuel, and you will see!

Posted by Beth at 6:17 AM | Comments (2)

February 2, 2006

Much Ado About Alito

So, a bunch of conservatives are upset that Justice Alito voted to allow the 8th Circuit Court to review the death penalty in Missouri.
And a bunch of liberals are all excited about it.

But - I think he is doing exactly what a conservative and thoughtful judge should do.

I am a pro-life conservative. Hopefully, so is Justice Alito. Even though the crime committed by Michael Taylor was indeed evil and heinous, (I lived in Kansas City when Ann Harrison was kidnapped, raped and murdered, and it was just horrible) even though he confessed to the crime, and even though I would feel a certain satisfaction if this guys dies for his crime, I still think the death penalty is terribly flawed, and as a pro-life Catholic, I cannot defend the death penalty.

Now, it's okay with me if the murderer is put in a cage for life with some rocks and a pick ax and has to break them all up for the rest of his life. But I have a problem with the death penalty. When I look at other countries who have the death penalty, I see Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the Muslim world as a whole. I want us to be better than those countries.

Don't get me wrong - I want murderers to be locked away forever, I wouldn't mind if they were put in stocks so the citezenry can throw rotten tomatoes at them. I want them to suffer until they die a natural death. I want their lives to be as miserable as the lives of their victims' families.

So, I think that this vote does not prove Alito as a liberal - but as someone who values life.

Even the life of an evil criminal.

And hopefully, even the life of an unborn child.

UPDATE:

I don't expect my regular readers to agree with me. I just feel that in matters of life and death I must be consistent. As long as we can keep these horrid people behind bars and away from the rest of society, I think that is a better choice than execution.

Posted by Beth at 11:39 AM | Comments (4)