I will be taking the week off in order to attend a conference in New Orleans, LA.  My schedule has very little down time, therefore, I will not be able to update the blog or approve comments. Essentially, I’m going off the grid for a week, and I’m hopeful I’ll survive sans Blogging, Tweeting, FB’ing, and Amplifying.

Of course, there will be photos and video to process when I return. Perhaps a story or two..it is NOLA.

Have a great week and I’ll see you next Sunday

Tania

PS: While I’m gone – chew on these tidbits:

Two (Dem) Council Members Give Staffers Raises :

City Hall belt tightening didn’t prevent two Council members from recently handing out raises to staffers. Councilman Bill Green this month gave raises to five of his staffers, including a $30,000 bump to his Chief of Staff Sophie Bryan, bringing her salary to $100,000. In total, Green increased his staff salaries by $42,500 and is now paying $354,720 to his 7-person office, according to city data.

Spend, Baby, Spend – Latest Philadelphia marketing slogan.

America, Optimism on Hold

We are not out of the economic woods just yet.

Click HERE to view more cartoons by Chris Muir.

It has been said that the truth will set you free, indeed, just as Hearst Corporation set Helen Thomas free

Best yet, this controversy allowed a crack journalist, Tommy Christopher, to ask a real hardball question regarding Helen’s comments during a White House briefing. I almost thought he was going to beg for Helen’s former seat, but instead he asked a well rehearsed spur of the moment question to Robert Gibbs.

It was not so long ago when Obama was singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to the elderly Thomas at the White House press room, now he won’t return her phone calls…

What a man!

Blogged at RedState: BREAKING: We Know Who Did It

Who paid Will Folks? He was allegedly offered money. A LOT of money. In fact, RedState now confirms through a whole heap of sources that he’s been trying to sell this story for a year.We know who bit.We know who didn’t bite.We know who paid Will Folks to push this story out there.

Will Folks denies it and lawyers up.

Erick promises to reveal all tomorrow morning:

You’ll have to tune into RedState in the morning for the answer. It’s taking a bit longer to translate everything into third-person prose.

For those coming in late to this story, let me get you up to speed on this drama. A South Carolina blogger, Will Folks, publicly revealed on his blog what he describes as an “inappropriate physical relationship” with gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley. Within nanoseconds the DNC began to push the alleged sex scandal and the lefty blogs had a collective orgasm over this allegation. Today, Erick Erickson threw an ocean of ice cold water on Will and the leftistas drooling over this alleged affair. Erick flat out stated he knows who is funding Will Folks to publish his allegation.

In anticipation of tomorrow’s revelation, who do you believe if funding Will Folks?

UPDATE: Via Erick Erickson on his big reveal: I have no clue if anyone is behind Will Folks doing this. He really could feel aggrieved for some reason and just want to take out Nikki Haley.

WTF?

At the end of this day, both boys have no real evidence to support their respective allegations. All Will Folks has posted is a selection of phone calls – 39 to be exact with 23 being out outbound calls. In liberal-land a phone call from a married female politician to her staffer equals adultery.

All we have is Will Folks claim, not specifically of sex, but as he describes an ‘inappropriate physical relationship’. That description could mean many things – she could have pinched his ass on St. Patty’s Day for not wearing green and that is what he meant by ‘inappropriate physical relationship’. His description and phone call list do not add up to adultery by any stretch of the imagination. At this point, I’m going to have to see genetic evidence or a video tape at this point. Even Monica Lewinsky had the sense to keep the dark blue dress and its ‘evidence’ as rock solid proof of an affair.

Erick’s tweets and red alert posting on Red State lead many to believe he had rock solid, conclusive proof – another smoking blue dress, so to speak. Alas, he had nothing but a suspicion and some rather telling circumstantial evidence.

I feel I was caught up in a spitting contest between two 12 year-old-boys in the schoolyard. Seriously boys, come back when either of you have conclusive proof. All the while, Nikki Haley is left battling the tide of public opinion in a conservative state.

Others blogging:

The Other McCain elaborates on the menage-trois amongst Will Folks, Andre Bauer and Rod Shealy.

Allahpundit is having fun skewering Erick Erickson.

Melissa Clouthier asks if Will Folks is a player or being played.

Dan Riehl has some choice words regarding Erick Erickson and Allahpundit.

Like the US Dollar, has the value of the White House fallen so greatly that a television series can preempt the State of The Union address?

Apparently so.

This is the movie that gives Al Gore and his supporters angina. Anne McElhinney and Phelim McAleer paint a human face on the cold reality of government mandated ‘climate change’ (aka Global Warming) policies. The film delves into the misinformation campaign against DDT and the global warming hysteria that is being fed to schoolchildren.

Sorry, Virginia, the Polar Bears and NOT dying..they are thriving!

Find as screening near you – Public Premiers of Not Evil Just Wrong

BREAKING NEWS:  Andrew Breitbart announces his new project at the post premier Q&A: Big Environment. This new venture will be headed up by Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer. This is going to get good folks!

Mike over at Flopping Aces makes a good point reminding us how wrong Al Gore has been on his environmental disaster scenarios.

Phelim uncovers more hypocrisy of the environmental left:

The Baucus Bill – bloated with rank dishonesty and very little health care. Click HERE to listen to House Republican Conference Vice Chair, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Congressman John Shadegg to give an update about the health care reform proposals before Congress. Photos by yours truly.

WH Communication director, Anita Dunn, displays her oral fixation of the bloody dictator, Mao Tse-sung.

An excerpt of the NRO essay on energy independence and related environmental issues authored by Sarah Palin

Drill

Those who oppose domestic drilling are motivated primarily by environmental considerations, but many of the countries we’re forced to import from have few if any environmental-protection laws, and those that do exist often go unenforced. In effect, American environmentalists are preventing responsible development here at home while supporting irresponsible development overseas.

MI-5 Chief, Johnathan Evans, defends the use of enhanced interrogation techniques – apparently it works:

Now, eight years on, we have a better understanding of the nature and scope of al Qaida’s capabilities but we did not have that understanding in the period immediately after 9/11,”

V: The Series is coming back to the small screen on November 3rd. I’m sure you all remember the series first aired in 1984 and featured lizard-like aliens that disguised themselves as human who offered peace, but secretly plotted the subjection of all humanity to their will? No? Okay, the re-imagined version is apparently being ‘softened’ – as reported by Tom Jicha:

The teasers running on ABC offer a hint of this. “They gave us hope. We gave them our trust.” Who does that bring to mind? Of course, the Visitors (hence the title), after promising things like universal health care and peace in a one world government, turn out to be totally evil. They attempt to seize control of the media, favoring those who don’t challenge them or ask probing questions about their real agenda, which turns out to be the annihilation of humanity. The heroes are everyday people, who form a grass roots resistance movement. Supposedly, the show is being slightly re-conceptualized to soften or remove events some might interpret as negative parallels to today.

Ohhh…I’ve got a new sci -fi show to blog about!

]]> http://midnightbluesays.com/2009/10/friday-blend.html/feed 5 http://midnightbluesays.com/2009/10/why-the-rams-suck.html http://midnightbluesays.com/2009/10/why-the-rams-suck.html#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:39:38 +0000 admin http://midnightbluesays.com/?p=2412 I’m not a fan of football – sorry – it’s like watching grass grow. Oh, wait, that’s baseball. Nevermind.

As entertaining as it is to watch the MSM regurgitate unsubstantiated statements attributed to Rush Limbaugh regarding his bid to purchase the Rams (who are on a collision course with last place, mind you),  it is more important to see how they really feel about diverse opinions. Politics and football are badly matched, and the libs in the MSM are making it worse for themselves.

My blogging buddy, Doug, over at Stix Blog had this to say on the issue:

… if Dave Checketts and Rush Limbaugh can bring the team from the depths of the NFL worst team, then by all means I say go ahead. Hell, if ALGore, Michael Moore, and Ted Turner wanted to buy the team and make the team a winning team again, I would be all for it.

Will Rush be making the team all hail Conservatism on the field???? Will the Rams games be broadcasting Rush over the jumbo tron forcing his politics onto the fans of the games????
Good Lord people, grow up. This is not about politics or Rush, this is about putting a competing team on the field every week.