Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Guess the source


Can you guess which the biased left wing main stream media pundit said the following about VP Palin?
Palin is "obviously not qualified to be President," he remarked, describing her interview on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric as a "disaster."

...
"The man who would be the oldest to embark on a first presidential term has chosen as his possible successor a person of negligible experience."

why its conservative columnist George Will.

How about this one ...
Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.

Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there’s not much content there. Here’s but one example of many from her interview with Hannity: “Well, there is a danger in allowing some obsessive partisanship to get into the issue that we’re talking about today. And that’s something that John McCain, too, his track record, proving that he can work both sides of the aisle, he can surpass the partisanship that must be surpassed to deal with an issue like this.”

...

If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.

If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.

and this one is from Kathleen Parker of the National Review.

Friday, September 26, 2008

First Presidential Debate


One thing was made perfectly clear by this first debate - that John McCain is still fighting the Vietnam war. He repeatedly expressed that he didn't want to see the current US soldiers in Iraq to experience the sense of humiliation he felt from the failed war in Vietnam.

Senator McCain Iraq does not equal Vietnam.


Friday silliness



Some silliness to take our mind from the imploding economy.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

What is wrong with Alaska?


Watch CBS Videos Online

If this interview doesn't terrify you, I don't know what will. Sarah Palin is a twit! She has no business being a Governor, let along being the second in line for the presidency. She makes 43 look like a soaring intellect. And her assertion that she's just representative of small town America is just plain insulting.

If that is not enough, here's more of the interview.



She is completely ignorant about the most basic political issues and is a vacant, ill-informed, incurious know-nothing.

And it gets worse
... more evidence of just how shockingly incapable she is. That's more than just being inarticulate. It's exhibiting a complete inability to formulate a coherent thought about core issues.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Fall comes to the high country

This last weekend we went up to Mt. Evans one last time before the road closes for the winter on October 1. The road up to the park was decorated with the hint of Fall colors. In another week or so things should be at their peak.

Scientists Now Believe Dogs Know More Than We Think

New research, which was presented at the Canine Science Forum in Hungary recently, suggests that dogs understand the concepts of right and wrong. Scientists from all around the world have been testing the cognitive abilities of dogs in comparison to children and discovering that actually the crafty canines are indeed capable of quite a lot more than most people give them credit for.

Read the rest here.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Hike to Lake Agnes

Lake Agnes trail is located in the Crags section of State Forest State Park. This short trail starts at 10.320 feet and climbs another 1000 feet over one mile.



Nokhu Crags


Little Andy checking out squirrels.


First view of Lake Agnes.


Nice wild flowers surround the lake.





Far end of the lake.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Colorado State Forest State Park

The last week of August we took our summer vacation and went camping for a week in the Colorado Rockies. We went to a place we've gone before called the state forest state park. The state forest is located about an hour and a half west of Fort Collins, just over Cameron Pass. The park is famous for its moose population - although we've never seen one there.

This time we decided to rent a camping cabin since we had the puppy and we figured he might not do well with a tent. The cabin is located on North Michigan Lake.



The view from the cabin across the lake is quite nice. We saw a lot of folks fishing and the fish they caught looked great. Notice the brown pine trees in the surrounding mountains. This die off is due to an explosion in the Mountain Pine beetle. Except in the highest forests the die off is over 90%.



Inside the cabin was a pot belly stove, which we didn't use, for warming the cabin, a table and beds. Its was quite comfy for camping.




We got some great sunsets from the front porch. And the weather was quite moderate.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Flying carnivorous spiders, oh my!


This is Charlotte. Charlotte is an Orb Web Weaver (Araneidae) Araneus spider. she created a beautiful classic style web above our back door and has been actively munching on flys. It was a bit startling when we first saw her since she is over an inch in diameter! And those horns on her abdomen are quite dramatic. Orb Web Weaver's are nocturnal. During the day Charlotte hides under the eaves.