mikeintexas's Blog

The only way it can.

Thank God.

And he handles the situation with class.

"When they go low, we kick 'em." says Mr. "Fast and Furious",
the same bigot who said  "If you oppose what Obama and I do, you're racist."
and the frightening statement "Drone strikes against American citizens on US soil are legal."

The worst AG under the worst President ever.

 "All the hits, all the time - here on KMIT! Here's a request going out to Liz in Boston...a little birdie told us you were havin' a bad day, sweetie! Peaking at #5 on the charts all the way back in 1974, here's Redbone with "Come and Get Your Love"."

I see one of the resident leftists in here is whining that there are some "scary old GOP men".  It seems he agrees with that great astute political observer, Rosie O'Donnell (We REALLY need a sarcasm font in here!) who recently tweeted that Republican Senators Grassley and Hatch need to retire:

"grassley and hatch - too old- they should be done - come on - at thanksgiving we don't let the 85 year olds carve the turkey #retire."

Grassley is 85, while Hatch is 84 years old,  that's a fact, but several prominent Democrats are in the same age range; Dianne Feinstein is 85, Maxine Waters is 80, Nancy Pelosi is 78 and Bernie Sanders is a spry 77 years old.

Look up "partisan hack" and "hypocrite" in the dictionary and Rosie's ugly mug should be featured right next to the definitions...as well as that of anyone else who doesn't acknowledge the "age problem" on the Democrat side of the aisle as well.

From a yr. ago, but still valid since the mid-terms haven't yet taken place.

The Democratic Party has an age problem

Members of both parties in Congress are at their oldest average age in decades, but the average Democrat has about four years on the average Republican on Capitol Hill. The average Democrat was 61.0 years old at the start of this term, the highest average age for Democrats on the Hill in available data stretching back to 1947.

The average Republican was 57.2 years old. The gap between the two parties has been roughly four years since the 2010 tea party wave. For two decades before that, Democrats tended to be about one year older than Republicans, on average.

Also from a yr. ago:

The 115th Congress is among the oldest in history

Democratic leaders in the House are two decades older than Republican leaders.

The average age of the Democratic House leadership is 72 years old, whereas the average age of Republican House leadership is 48 years old. This trend continues in House committee leadership with Republican chairmen averaging 59 years old and ranking Democrats averaging 68 years old.

There are 44 congressional districts in which the age of the Representative is more than double the median age of their constituents. Of these 44 Representatives, 38 won their last election by more than 60% of the vote.

There are five representatives whose age is double or over that of their district's constituents and four of them are Democrats.

From Wiki: 

The youngest current U.S. senator is 41-year-old Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), who was elected in 2014. The second youngest senator now is Cory Gardner (R-Colorado), at age 44, also elected in 2014.

Looks to me as though the Republicans are injecting "young blood" into the party.  The Dems?  Not so much.  They're vampires, bleeding not only this generation dry, but that of future ones. They'll do anything to hold onto their power, even to the point of running this country into the ground.

But yes, many older Senators are Republican, there's no denying that, but let's look at the entire picture, not just focus in on one small part of it.

— Fifty-four senators are Republicans; 44 are Democrats, and two are independents (both caucus with the Democrats).

— The average age of a U.S. senator is 61.

— Nine senators are over the age of 80.

— Twenty-two senators are over the age of 70.

— Thirty-nine senators are over the age of 60.

— Add them up, and the sum is 70, or 70 percent of the U.S. Senate is over the age of 60.

So, it's not just the Republicans who "have an age problem". I'll call your "bunch of scary old GOP men" with some "scary old Dem women":  Feinstein, Waters and Pelosi and raise you one "scary old Commie" - Sanders...but wait, I'm not through... and finish my raise with Ginsberg - hopefully she won't crumble into dust as I'm throwing her decrepit old bones on the table.

If you or anyone else is fed up with "scary old" people in govt., you should be calling for her to step down IMMEDIATELY.  After all, she wields MUCH more power than a Senator.

NOTE:  I would have posted this under the blogger's own post, but it seems he's afraid for me to comment, afraid that I'll rip apart his BS opinions as I always do.  It's obvious he's scared of me - a conservative-leaning small "L" libertarian and not just "old GOP men"

I noticed another LP blogger had a post proclaiming Barbara Streisand as the "greatest female vocalist of all time." Now, Babs had a fine voice at one time, but in my own personal opinion, she never was #1 and has certainly been surpassed by other ladies who can sing much, much better.

And that's not just MY opinion, but one many others share, according to Ranker, which has "Babs" at #4, although 53% (including me)  think she should be lower on the list.

The Best Female Vocalists Ever

However, tastes in music are subjective and perhaps the blogger simply likes Steisand's style and her catalog of tunes. I'm fine with that, but it's also my opinion that B.S. (the initials are for her political opinions, not her singing) doesn't have near the pipes as does Adele (#5), Ella Fitzgerald (#7), Etta James (#18) or many others in the Top 20 on Ranker (and some ranked even lower). If a particular sound or genre is the criteria, then it's MHO that Karen Carpenter (#9) might very well have had the "purest" voice of any female singer. Tina Turner and Donna Summer (# 10 and #11 respectfully on the list) could certainly belt out a tune with the best of anyone and there's no denying Pat Benatar (#31) and Mariah Carey (#6) have unparalleled range with their vocals. And even as weird as is Lady Gaga (#30) there's no denying the little lady can sing!

Personally, I would put Amy Lee(#52), Diana Ross (#53) and Roberta Flack (#54) ahead of Streisand. While I'm not all that much on country music, I'd also put LeAnne Rimes (#97), Shania Twain (#35) and most definitely Patsy Cline (#27) ahead of her as well.

I don't have the time to do my own ranking of female vocalists, but I'd put Streisand far, far down the list, perhaps replacing any of the aforementioned singers...and moving them up the list, of course. I'd say swap her out with Lady Gaga @ #30 and it would be a much more accurate list. (although I don't think Lady Gaga is exactly right at #4, just that she deserves to be there more than does Streisand.

An LP friend of mine recently sent me a link to a singer I had not heard of, Glennis Grace. Again, just my humble opinion, but she's a much better singer than Streisand.

From Motus A.D.

Alyssa Milano says President Trump may be using cult-like powers to communicate to his followers and fill them with misinformation about the #MeToo movement.

"Do they agree with him or is he using some sort of like cult-like force to try and make them see that?" asked Milano

Read the rest of this great - and hilarious - article!

Found this in my blog from a post back in '09.  Hilarious!

I don't know if JibJab is still around, but I used to love to go in and upload cropped photos of my friend's faces and make videos of them dancing using templates the site provided.

"Contrary to popular belief...."

6:15 long, well worth watching!

*** Language Warning ***

Less than 3 1/2 minutes long, well worth the time spent watching.

Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm from High Society (1956)