Congratulations Philly

Well I guess I'll have to wait another year for a Dodger/Angel World Series. Last night the Phillie's overwhelmed the boys in blue by a 10-4 score and are headed to the Series. Congrats to Philadelphia and I'll have to see what happens tonight with the Yankees and Angels. Things are looking mighty grim.

To Sue or Not to Sue? – by Thomas Sowell

To Sue or Not to Sue? – by Thomas Sowell

I read David Horowitz's site, FrontPageMag, every day. This morning Thomas Sowell posted a thought provoking article about Rush Limabugh and whether he should sue over the LIES that were written and spoken about him last week. Of course the NFL ownership deal is dead in the water and many are wondering if it's even worth the trouble for Rush.

Thomas weighs in on the subject of sourcing and lies in his article. Sowell also points out some interesting facts about slander. Public figures have a larger burden of proof when it comes to lawsuits involving slander and libel. The same laws that protect the "real" media also protect the tabloids if I read this story correctly. IOW it's almost impossible to sue and win in Rush's case.

How else would the Enquirer, Globe, Star, and some of the other rags be allowed to go to print. Many, if not most of the articles in the tabloids are often (not) sourced by "pals", "insiders", "a friend", among other vague descriptions. This kind of reporting and protection is why in all likelihood, Rush will never sue. And yet Axleroid, Emmanual, and Dunn consider these fools who trashed Rush to be the "real" media while arrogantly dismissing FOX.

Helplessly Hoping...

Update: The Dodgers blew it in the bottom of the ninth and lost the game. It's back to the drawing board for L.A.

Okay, I admit that these days I'm one of those Baseball fans who usually only watches games during the playoffs. To me Baseball is game to be watched in person. It's not the same as the NBA or NFL. But - I have been attending Dodger games since the late sixties. I started going to Angel games in the late seventies. As a young teen I often watched televised Dodger and Angel games with my Grandfather. He was a huge Dodger fan until the day he died. So this year I'm caught up in play-off fever as I was in years past.

October 19, 2009...
Today the Angels and Yankees went extra innings in Anaheim with the Angels finally prevailing in the eleventh. As I type, the Dodgers and Phillies are going at it in Philadelphia. Both are/were good exciting games today. The Dodgers have just taken a lead after a big sixth inning and the Phillies are rallying in the bottom of the same inning. I am hoping against hope both Los Angeles teams will prevail and I will get to see something I have been waiting for since the mid-sixties - a Freeway series. Will it happen? It doesn't look so good right now. The Angels are down 2-1 in their series against the Yankees. The Dodgers, should they win, will even their series against the Phillies 2-2. If they lose it will be 3-1 in favor of Philly.

I've seen a lot of Baseball over the course of my fifty-five years....

The first Dodger series I can remember is the sweep over the Yankees in 1963. I still remember the heartbreak of the Dodgers vs Baltimore in 1966. We had to wait another six or seven years before the Dodgers were even a competitive team again while they rebuilt. Then it was the Steve Garvey, Davy Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey glory years. I can also remember seeing Willie Stargell hit a ball all the way out of Dodger Stadium in 1973 - the first time anyone ever did that. Yes - I really was at that game. The ball bounced once on top of the right field pavilion and then out into the parking lot. Awesome! I've seen the late Don Drysdale pitch in person. I was there for Fernando Valenzuela and the hoopla surrounding him as a rookie and the sting of shutouts he had in 1981. It was a great time to be a Dodger fan.

I've driven up to Chavez Ravine at eight in the morning and paid a scalper one-hundred dollars for four tickets in one of the worst sections of Dodger Stadium just to see Jerry Reuss pitch and win in the 1981 playoffs. And I was glad to get em too. We were so high up we had to use Scuba gear to breathe. It was worth the forty mile drive and the cost for the tickets. BTW, the Dodgers won the 1981 World Series too. And who can forget Kirk Gibson and the 1988 shot against Oakland and Dennis Eckersley. That was the last appearance in the Series for the Dodgers.

I've also seen Nolan Ryan pitch in person. That was a treat. I can remember the ultimate heartbreak of the Angels vs Boston in 1986 when they were one strike away from what would have been their first World Series when Donnie Moore made one of Baseball's most memorable pitches. Donnie's suicide a few years later was a horrible tragedy and one can't help but believe it was a lingering after-effect from the home run he served up to Dave Henderson ending the Angel season. I can remember Minnie Rojas and the auto accident that killed his two daughters and left him paralyzed. There was also Lyman Bostock and his tragic shooting death. The Angels have more than once been said to have suffered from some kind of jinx. I've often wondered if it was true. And I am NOT a superstitious man.

Now - if the Baseball Gods are willing to grant an old fart one last request, I'll be happier than a Clam at high tide. My memories of wonderful Baseball games past are etched into my brain forever. One last memory is all I ask.

Now it's time to slaughter a Lamb and say a small prayer.

Keith Olbermann Wins Double-Douchebag Award!

Just In from Disassociated Press! (c)
Olbermann wins Prestigious Douche Award!
Date: 12:30 AM, October 17, 2009
By Staff Writer Alan Smithee

It's time for the Fall Douchebag Awards! This year, the World Of Greasywrench has decided to give out a double award (sometimes refered to as the Stereo version) to Keith Olbermann. It's not often a candidate emerges that possesses the "Right Stuff" that qualifies him/her for the prize. Past winners have included Cindy Sheehan, Sean Penn, and Hugo Chavez. So.... without further ado we award the coveted prize to PMS-NBC's Keith Olbermann.

In the photo on the upper left Olbermann can be seen proudly displaying his lovely Douchebag trophies and straw-sipping his favorite beverage (Kool-Aid) from one of the bags. When he was reminded of the near icon status of the Douchebag Awards and that they weren't actually for drinking out of, he coyly shrugged it off and quipped "I was thirsty and couldn't find my Che Gueverra coffee mug".

Olbermann then said, before taking a hearty swig out of one of his Douchebags, "Mother Olbermann used to have one of these little red gizmo's and I could never figure out what it was for. She used to tell me it was an empty water balloon just to have some light fun at my expense. Now that I know how handy they are, I'll always have these keen little rubber jugs for my Shirley Temple Cocktails when I feel thuggish and go out clubbing".

According to Jim Dandy, publicist of PMS-NBC, Olbermann's selection "ranks right up there" with the Nobel Peace Prize award President Obama received last week. Dandy also said "We couldn't be prouder of Keith with this prestigious choice. He's done so much to earn this recognition. If anyone in the main stream media deserves to be associated with a Douchebag - it's Keith Olbermann".

Some Reactions to Olbermann's Douchebag Ceremony...
1. The lovely Michell Malkin had no comment.
2. Chris Matthews reportedly had fresh "tingles" running up and down his legs. Matthews denied they were fleas.
3. Ted Kennedy is still dead and couldn't be reached for comment.
4. House Speaker Nazi Pelousy was busy with Botox injections and unavailable.
5. Rush Limbaugh was last seen filing a legal brief.
6. Massengale feminine products was considering Olbermann as a new spokesperson.

The beat goes on and on and the clueless remain clueless.....

??? Nobel Peace Prize ???

Today the Nobel Peace Prize lost the last few shreds of credibility its selection committee may have once had by awarding Barack Hussein Obama this year's Prize. As many other bloggers, including Jammie Wearing Fool have pointed out, Obama had only been President eleven days when the deadline for selection expired. Just how in the world does the selection committee explain that? Have the standards and accomplishments for the Prize dropped so low?

The Nobel committee tried to defend their selection with this lame statement "Very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said in a citation. Once again - with the leftists of the World it's always about "how they feel" as opposed to something actually tangible.

Surely there has to be another Man or Woman in the world more deserving than a President who's done more to polarize his own country than any other President since Richard Nixon. What was once a prestigious prize has been reduced to being a popularity contest for one's politics.

This selection makes a mockery of the Award. Then again there was the Al Gore, Yassar Arrafat, and Jimmy Carter selections, among others who've won the Prize. Adolph Hitler was also nominated in 1939 so this is nothing new. It's going to be interesting watching the Nobel committee explain their selection process in the coming days. Can you say "spin" on a world-wide basis.

Political Correctness has now engulfed the entire World. I'm surprised Osama Bin Laden didn't make the finals if this is the criteria these days. What a sick and fucked up joke on anyone who has actually contributed to World Peace. This compares to the Neville Chamberlain selection right before WWII. Can anyone see an eerie parallel?

In a related blog post Michelle Malkin speculates on what Obama could possibly do with the Prize money that goes along with his selection. In all fairness to Obama he stated he "didn't deserve the award". But - if President Obama really feels this way he should refuse the award. After all - it's not like he solicited his selection.

Marxine Waters - "They Did it Too"

Fresh garbage from the Sage Douche of South Central.... (apologies to Larry Elder)

“Many members” of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms.

“I want to tell you, there are many members who, if you go back over all of their records, over all of the years, you’re going to find that there were disclosures that were not made,” Waters said during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday morning.

Marxine puked up this huge gem of a justification when referring to Cholly Rangel's problems with math. She responded by using an excuse we all probably used as children more than once. When confronted with Rangel's financial shenanigans she simply confessed that other members of Congress have "done it too" at one time or another. Isn't this the way a five-year old child responds when caught with their hand in the cookie jar? And this idiot is in Congress?

Outside of Nazi Pelousy, Harry Reid, John Murtha, and a couple of hundred other members of Congress, Marxine has to be the number one nitwit in Politics. Pay attention to some of the creative English used in referring to Rangel's lack of accountability. Terms such as...

• suffer from innocent lapses
• disclosures that were not made
• lapses in judgement
• failed to disclose
• disclosure issues

Isn't all the Pretzel Logic and semantical gymnastics above just a creative way of excusing dishonest behavior? And of course the most ethical Congress ever voted NOT to remove Rangel from the House Ways and Means Committee Chairmanship. I'm finding it harder and harder to capitalize the word Congress in my rants these days. They just don't deserve the respect. BTW, I hope Marxine doesn't decide to "probe" me for disagreeing with her support of a crook.

Thanks to Michelle Malkin for the link below.

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/07/maxine-waters-many-members-are-as-sleazy-as-my-friend-charlie-rangel/

Joe Friday Gives Polanski The Biz

If things were only this cut and dried in the real world. Imagine the following scenario being true and actually happening....

As I type...
Sgt. Joe Friday is now interrogating Roman Polanski in the interview rooms of LAPD's Hollywood Division. Is that a puddle I see running down Roman's leg? It looks like Mr Polanski is all wee wee'd up. Could Polanski be contemplating an intimate encounter in Folsom Prison with an inmate named Jim Bob? Roman is gonna need a whole lot of Qualudes to subdue someone larger than a thirteen year old girl.

Now the creative shakers and movers of Tinsel Town react...
Of course the good people of Hollywood were offended at the terrible treatment of Roman Polanski. A large mob was last seen storming the Hollywood Division headquarters in a valiant but vain effort to rescue Roman from the LAPD. The weapons confiscated from the angry mob included pink ribbons, coke spoons, whips, chains, dog collars, several empty bottles of Vicodin & Prozac, Syringes, and other assorted missiles.

Famous celebrities comment...
"Polanski must be saved" thundered an enraged Woody Allen in an interview after the failed rescue attempt. After all, the hulking Mr. Allen added, "Roman's a great artist". Just ask Harvey Weinstein, Whoopie Goldberg and Debra Winger. But after all - it wasn't "rape-rape" according to Ms. Goldberg.

Final thought - I wonder how many of Polanski's Hollywood defenders have thirteen-year old daughters?

Reallly, Really, Really Dumb Rant For Today

I often bitch about American advertisers and their sleazy marketing techniques. One consistent thing about marketers is their contempt for the intelligence of the average consumer. In fact, the entire American Marketing process is very much based on the ignorance of the customer base. That being said I'll launch into my rant for today.

Last week Mrs Greasywrench brought home a container of my favorite Dreyers "Peanut Butter Cup" Ice Cream. Since Summer finally arrived here in the Los Angeles area this month (so much for Global Warming) I had the urge for some Ice Cream. After only a couple of bowls of the Dreyers I noticed the container was half empty. WTF! I'm the only one who eats this flavor so I couldn't figure it out. Then I noticed the container was no longer the familiar one half gallon size. They're now one and one half quarts.

I immediately went on the Internet and did a google search and low and behold Dreyers has been doing this for some time. Lots of people have been bitching about this sneaky move by Dreyers. First they downsized the containers to 1.75 quarts and now they're 1.5 quarts. Of course this was done by Dreyers surreptitiously (Surprise).

Being the confrontational fellow I am, I immediately sought out the Dreyers website and fired off a flame to the Suits in charge. Their reply is below. I'm not sure if I read this response correctly but it appears the idiots at Dreyers are claiming the downsized containers doesn't really count as a price increase. What's the latest catch-phrase making the rounds on the web - "don't piss on me and tell me it's raining". Well, as far as I'm concerned the knuckleheads at Dreyers just took a huge leak and aimed it directly at my head.

Only in America would a company make a rationalization this fucking stupid and expect someone to swallow (pun intended) their ridiculous logic. The Dreyers response is below.....

"Dear Mr. Greasywrench, (name changed to protect the innocent)
Thank you for taking the time to email our company about our

new 1.5 quart carton. Let me tell you why we made the difficult

decision to change the size of our carton.

The cost of all dairy products has increased enormously over

the past few years, as have the costs of the sweeteners, nuts,

fruits and energy used to make our ice cream. Our ingredient

costs have risen by 30 to 60% over this time, but the average

price of ice cream has not really changed much.

We considered raising our prices to cover these costs, but at

some point, it just doesn't make sense to raise prices too high.

We suspect very few families would want to pay $7 or $8 for

a carton of ice cream. So as you know, we opted to drop the

size of our carton from 1.75 quarts to 1.5 quarts.

Dreyer's has been making ice cream since 1928. We hope we've

earned your trust over the years. Thank you for being so passionate

about our ice cream and for taking the time to contact us. We hope

you'll continue to invite our products into your home."

Sincerely,

Denise Hanson

Consumer Response Representative

Ref # N2252974

The lack of respect they (Dreyers) have for the American consumer is stunning. Now where's the Baskin Robbins?

Fresh Screed From Marxine Waters!

Marxine is bloviating again. Now she's calling on the Thought Police to "probe" opposing views. From The Hill.com comes this story.

Waters: Probe 'birthers and the teabaggers' at rallies for racist views
By Michael O'Brien - 09/16/09 12:10 PM ET

The media should investigate the racial views of conservative activists like the ones who descended on Washington last weekend, one liberal congresswoman said Wednesday.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said that it's not enough for African-Americans to levy allegations of racism against the right-leaning protesters, and that the media must look into their views."I want those people talked to; I want them interviewed," Waters told the liberal Bill Press Radio show in a podcast. "I want journalists to be all over those rallies and the marches with the birthers and the teabaggers."

"What I'm looking for is the very people who carry the signs who are referring to the policies in very, very strange ways like 'Obamacare' and 'Barry Obamacare with Kennedy,'" she said. "What I've been interested in is hearing from those people that everybody's referring to -- everybody on the Mall, in the rally."

I wonder if anyone in the Lame Stream Media has the guts to ask Marxine to define what she means by a "probe". Does she mean a few simple questions or could it be a political version of "waterboarding". Enquiring minds want to know. The scary thing here is Marxine wants people "probed" because they have the nerve to disagree with her - not because they've broken any laws or engaged in any type of civil disobedience. And yet she has tossed around the word Mcarthyism in the past with reckless abandon.

BTW, the word "probed" brings to mind a visit to the Proctologist, a large gloved hand, and a jar of Vaseline. I wonder how that would work for Marxine? Come to think of it, it might be just what she needs/wants. Now bend over and grab those rather ample cheeks Marxine. Let's see if you enjoy being "probed".

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the First Ammendment is to protect all speech - even unpopular and (according to Marxine) racist views, no matter how ugly they may be. When Hollywood was busy stroking itself about the movie "The People Vs. Larry Flynt" that was exactly the very point they were making. I guess free and unpopular speech is only worth protecting when it comes from the left.

Marxine Waters - the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you Marxine for providing the Conservative bloggers of America with such a rich and endless source of material.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/59015-waters-media-must-investigate-right-wing-protesters-for-racism

RIP Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze died of Pancreatic Cancer today at the age of 57. Patrick starred in one of my all time favorite movies - Red Dawn. Red Dawn was one of the few films in the last couple of generations to portray the U.S.A. as the good guys in a world of many dangers. Hollywood could take a few lessons on patriotism from the Director of Red Dawn, John Milius who also directed another favorite of mine - Big Wednesday.

Patrick Swayze was also the star of The Outsiders, Point Break, Ghost, Dirty Dancing and many other big Hollywood hits. Ironically, Patrick may well be best remembered for the Saturday Night Live clip he did when he danced off against Chris Farley while auditioning for a Chippendale's job. It was hilarious.

RIP Patrick Swayze. I thoroughly enjoyed your movies and will miss your many varied performances.

Marxine "Neanderthal" Waters Does It Again!

Well Marxine Waters has spewed out another gem. During last night's Obama speech on health care she reacted to Joe Wilson's "liar" comment on Obama. She actually had the balls to say "It was just something that nobody had ever witnessed before. We all felt embarrassed." I have a news flash for Marxine Waters - this HAS been witnessed before.

Excuse me Marxine but you aren't/weren't embarrassed by Charlie Rangel or William Jefferson and their creative accounting. Let's throw in William Jefferson Clinton for good measure while we're at it. Clinton getting gobbled in the Oval Office by an intern (sexual harrasment?) didn't seem to offend you. Neither did Clinton's lying to Congress and witholding evidence. Then again, while a Democrat gets a free pass, you refer to Republicans as Neanderthals - hence the morph gif on the upper left.

Marxine Waters and her double standard...
Were you embarrassed by the Los Angeles rioters in 1992? No you weren't. You actually called their actions "righteous" and referred to the riots as "rebellions" and "uprisings". Being embarrassed by the actions of murderers and thieves is not on your list. It's a ship that has already sailed. But then again the rebels and murderers composed a large part of your constituency. I guess you didn't want to piss off the voters in your district - right Marxine? I suppose one could say you're the Left Coast version of the RevRearend Al Sharpton.

Marxine - You are one of the major embarrassments in Congress with your ignorant statements to Oil Company Executives and your support of Communists such as the Castro Brothers. The next time you go to Cuba to grovel at the feet of Dictators do the U.S.A. a favor and don't come back. You can be very easily replaced. Remember, far left politicians are like dog shit in Kalifornia - they're on every corner.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090910/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_care_heckling

Van Jones - Becked Or Borked?

It's official. Van Jones has resigned from his Green Jobs Czar position. I used the term Borked in reference to the tactics the Democrats used on Robert Bork in 1987 during the confirmation hearings for his SCOTUS (unconfirmed) seat. The term Borked has become a verb in American lexicon. I suggest a new entry - Becked, in honor of radio and Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck.

Glenn Beck bit into Van Jones and held on like a Pit Bull until Jones was forced to resign his Green Jobs Czar position. And how did Glenn Beck accomplish this? He merely used Mr Jones own words and deeds. Mr Jones blamed his troubles on a "smear campaign" but the truth and the racist garbage emanating from Van Jones himself were his undoing.

Kind of off-topic but check out the clever little video below. To the older generation it may bring back a few memories of an old TV show - Dragnet.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_adviser_resigns

You Can't Make This Shit Up!

I ran across this article this morning while browsing Yahoo. Have we become this fucking stupid when it comes to common sense? This is breathtakingly ignorant! One would expect to see something like this in a Monty Python sketch.... not in real life.

"No thumbprint, no money, bank tells armless man...

MIAMI (Reuters) – A bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.

"They looked at my prosthetic hands and the teller said, 'Well, obviously you can't give us a thumbprint'," Steve Valdez told CNN on Wednesday.

But he said the Bank of America Corp branch in downtown Tampa, Florida, still insisted on a thumbprint identification for him to cash a check drawn on his wife's account at the bank, even though he showed them two photo IDs.

In the incident last week, a bank supervisor told Valdez he could only cash the check without a thumbprint if he brought his wife in with him or he opened an account with them.

"I told them I neither wanted an account with them and couldn't bring my wife in because she was nowhere close by," Valdez told CNN.

Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations."

Valdez said his treatment by the bank violated the U.S. Americans with Disability Act requiring institutions to provide reasonable accommodation to disabled persons."

(Writing by Pascal Fletcher; editing by Todd Eastham)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090903/us_nm/us_bank_thumbprint

Psychics or Psychos? Anecdote To Follow...

From Yahoo.... "Jaycee Dugard Abduction Case Highlights Failure of Psychics"

The link from Yahoo below points out a scientific fact that television and movies have conveniently ignored for many years. Psychics have never solved a criminal case. Period. I suggest you read the Yahoo article below before it disappears. My point is in the little story below...

About fifteen years ago I was employed in a small shop here in San Pedro working as a tech/shop manager. We had some odd customers and they were often a source of amusement. Think of the great television show Cheers only the setting was in a auto repair facility. Anyway, one day I had a timing belt to replace on a young woman's car. It was a simple job on a Ford Pinto with a four cylinder engine. The customer had nothing better to do so she waited for the car as I did the repair.

As I worked on her car she told me she was employed part time as an "Exotic Dancer" in one of the local strip clubs. She was a bit of an eccentric to say the least. As I worked on her car she also happened to tell me she had Psychic abilities. Now I, Greasywrench, believe in such things about as much as I believe in the Easter Bunny. But not having anything better to do as I worked on her Pinto, I humored her.

After some time listening to her brag about her "powers" she started blathering about Astrology. That's another subject I have no use for. Anyway, she began with the old "what's your sign" bullshit. "I'll bet I can guess" she said. After about ten incorrect guesses in a row she finally (thanks to the law of mathematical averages) hits on the right sign - I'm a Scorpio.

Well what the fuck does she do after finally guessing my sign? She started hopping up and down as if she had a jumping bean suppository up her ass and blathered "I knew it, I knew it". What the hell can you say to someone like that? BTW, in case anyone is wondering what she looked like here's a hint - she is/was a tweaker. I'm talking skinny enough to hula-hoop with a Cheerio. So much for talent.

So, IMHO - Psychics (and Tweakers) are about as useful as Balls on a Priest. Hmmm - maybe I should rephrase that last statement after all the problems the Catholic Church has had with Pedophiles... So what's my point? Click on the link below.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090831/sc_livescience/jayceedugardabductioncasehighlightsfailureofpsychics

Liberal Lion Lying Ted Kennedy: The Untold Story!

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/search/label/Ted%20Kennedy

I tried to lay off on Senator Kennedy in an earlier post out of some misguided sense of "respect" for his office and family.... but this story is just too revealing to ignore. Maybe it will offer some new insight into the mind of a man who very likely felt cheated by history when he failed to become President. Click on the links above and below and you may learn a few things you didn't (want to) know before.

Fresh from the pages of Jammie Wearing Fool .....
we learn a few new goodies about the late Senator Ted Kennedy. Or are they new? It seems the two people on the audio in the link have some prior knowledge of Senator Kennedy and his fine sense of humor.... when it came to jokes about Chappaquiddick and the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.

Due to their slobbering love affair with the Democrat Party I don't suppose these little anecdotes about Ted Kennedy will make the network news but there are sites on the net that still give a shit about honest, albeit, not always objective reporting. These sites are mostly Libertarian and Conservative blogs and websites. Don't expect to hear any of these amusing little tidbits about Ted Kennedy's sick and lame sense of humor on HuffPo or DailyKos.

Where is the outrage?