Unintended consequences?

Anyone think that a whole bunch of small firms that used to cover prescriptions for their employees are gonna drop their coverage. Soon?
Firms must pay for birth control, Michigan Civil Rights Commission rules : "Small businesses that offer comprehensive prescription coverage but fail to cover birth control are violating the state's civil rights act and could be forced to change their policies under a ruling Monday by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission."

The MSM kinda buried this one, eh?

Imagine if Kilpatrick was a white mayor. Would the MSM play it a bit louder?
Feud divides Democrats: "The feud between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's supporters and opponents remains a festering wound in the Democratic Party that could threaten its ability to deliver a strong voter turnout needed in Detroit to notch wins in statewide November elections."

Men in cell phone case still jailed

Men in cell phone case still jailed: "But the Palestinian-American men now each face one count of conspiring to traffic in counterfeit goods and carrying out an unlawful activity involving a financial transaction. They each could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the federal charges."

Way to go Jenny!

Camaro to be made in Canada: "General Motors of Canada announced Monday morning that GM's car assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, will make the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro."

Must read!

HH Blowhard: How To Negotiate With Terrorists: "This brief blog entry takes you through a series of negotiations over time between peacemakers and terrorists:"

"All the photos fit to faux"

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Thuggery & Trickery: How Islamic Terrorists Manipulate the Media: "In short, almost nothing that is purported to happen in the Arab world can automatically be taken at face value. Not even if it's captured in a photo."
What do we do when our American press so obviously sides with our enemies?

Doh!

SAUDI AIRLINES 747 OVERSHOOTS RUNWAY - NOSE DAMAGE

Gotta be tough being a democrat that doesn't root for an Al Qaeda victory

Kerry Calls Lieberman the New Cheney: "'I'm concerned that [Lieberman] is making a Republican case,' Kerry told ABC News' 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' in an exclusive appearance. "

MOMENT OF TRUTH By RALPH PETERS - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion

MOMENT OF TRUTH By RALPH PETERS - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion: "Things are going to get uglier east of Suez. And we're going to win. "

The choice is gettin' pretty clear.....

My Way News - Ford to Halt Production at 10 Plants: "The new production schedule will result in temporary shutdown this year at assembly plants in St. Thomas, Ontario; Chicago; Wixom, Mich.; Louisville, Ky.; Wayne, Mich.; St. Paul, Minn.; Kansas City, Mo.; Norfolk, Va.; and Dearborn, Mich.; Ford said."

Street Legal!

It's diversity, dude.... know what I mean.....

JS Online:Regents OK tuition raise for diversity: "The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse would charge students $1,320 over three years on top of annual tuition increases to expand and diversify its student body under a pilot program approved Thursday by the UW System Board of Regents. "
"If we charge it, they will pay"?

Friday Chronicle

"Fan Appreciation Weekend 2006" ad for Great Lakes Downs offers "All 16 Oz. Draft Budweiser Projects Only $2.50 All Weekend!"
Wouldn't Bud products sell better?

Would-Be Robber With Screwdriver Foiled - Examiner.com

"Is that a screwdriver in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
- Examiner.com

Oh, Mandy....

It's about time, eh?
My Way News -Barry Manilow to Have Hip Surgery
How much are they gonna add?

The Raw Story | Cunningham's wife tells all: Knives, guns, gay-bashing and delusion

The Raw Story Cunningham's wife tells all: Knives, guns, gay-bashing and delusion: "'When I was going to retire and become director of the Rhoades School, I made him promise to stop gay-bashing in public, because it might upset parents at that private school,' she said. She recalled when her husband addressed a group of men about his prostate surgery, he said his rectal procedure was 'just not natural, unless maybe you're Barney Frank.' Frank dismissed Cunningham's comment. 'I wouldn't list stability as his strongest personal characteristic,' he said."

Yar! Bobbleheads will roll!

Spartantailgate.com -: "In the past, the Pirates have moved their games in order to accommodate scheduling conflicts with the Panthers. But the Pirates aren't budging this time because 1. It is Jack Wilson Bobblehead Doll Night. 2. They expect a crowd in excess of 30,000 fans that night. 3. The conflict is Pitt's fault."

Fargo Wisconsin?

Horrible story but a great opportunity to sue the chipper manufacturer!
JS Online: DayWatch: "Man killed in wood chipper accident
A 30-year-old man was killed this afternoon when he was sucked into a wood chipper while trying to shake loose a piece of wood that had jammed it.

The man owned a tree service company working in the 8900 block of 26th Ave. in Pleasant Prairie, according to a Pleasant Prairie Police Department press release.

The man was using his foot to clear debris that had jammed the wood chipper around 5:20 p.m. when his foot became entangled in the machine, witnesses told police.

His coworkers tried to rescue him from the intake, but he was pulled into and through the wood chipper, according to the release."

Jerry Nadler is soon to be a planet?

Panel says solar system has 12 planets, including Pluto - The Boston Globe: "``I am thrilled,' he said."
So science is now about renaming and not discovery? Oh, and it's "so diverse".
Are my "Isles of Langerhorn" gonna be the next continent?
Gimme a break...dude....ya no watti meen...?

Judge: Boys can serve sentence after football season

Football been so good to me....
Sure woulda sucked if those dudes hadda taken rithmitik or reedin' instead of football....
AP Wire 08/16/2006 Judge: Boys can serve sentence after football season
KENTON, Ohio - A judge decided two teenagers can complete their high school football seasons before they serve 60-day jail sentences for a car crash caused by a decoy deer placed in a country road.
Judge Gary McKinley, a retired Union County juvenile judge hearing the case in Hardin County Common Pleas Court, said he knows his decision will be criticized.
When Robert Roby Jr. of Kenton swerved to miss the decoy, he crashed his car into a pole and fence. His neck, collar bone, arm and leg were broken, and he has undergone 10 surgeries. His passenger, Dustin Zachariah, has brain damage, Bailey said.
McKinley also placed the two teens on house arrest. They must pay fines and restitution, perform community service and write a 500-word essay titled "Why I should think before I act."
Zachariah now has the cognitive ability of a sixth grader..... The teens' medical bills have reached $700,000 and are expected to top $1 million...
The superintendent said he doesn't foresee any problems at football games, which typically draw about 4,000 fans. He expects the season opener Aug. 25 against defending Division IV state champion Coldwater to attract a large crowd.

Actor Bruno Kirby Dies at 57 - TMZ.com

Actor Bruno Kirby Dies at 57 - TMZ.com: "Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor who costarred in 'When Harry Met Sally,' 'City Slickers' and many other films, has died at age 57, his wife said Tuesday. "

Chicken question?

Another cute E-mail from a friend. I liked Rummy's response the best....
Subject: Fwd: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on "THIS" side of the road before it goes after the problem on the "OTHER SIDE" of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not takingon his "CURRENT" problems before adding "NEW" problems.
OPRAH: Well I understand that the chicken is havingproblems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DONALD RUMSFELD: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
ANDERSON COOPER/CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JUDGE JUDY: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth in front of your face? The chicken was going to the "other side." That's why they call it the "other side. Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like "the other side." That chicken should not be free to cross the road. It's as plain and simple as that!
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together - in peace. ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2006, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet explorer is an integral part of eChicken. The Platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^( C \..... reboot
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

Monica!

An E-mail that made me laugh.
A Special Birthday This Week ---
Can you believe it? Monica Lewinsky turned 31 this week. It seems like only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands and knees.
They grow up so fast.

WSJ.com - Welcome to Club Fed

WSJ.com - Welcome to Club Fed: "The closest thing to a lifetime sinecure in America is a federal government job, and now it turns out that it's also a very lucrative way to make a living.
New data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis confirm that the average federal civilian worker earns $106,579 a year in total compensation, or twice the $53,289 in wages and benefits for the typical private worker. This federal pay premium costs taxpayers big bucks because Uncle Sam's annual payroll is now $200 billion a year. No wonder that, with a per capita income of $46,782 a year, Washington, D.C. is the fourth richest among the nation's 360 metropolitan areas."

Eatin' heathy?

I just saw, on TV, a cholesterol ad where the drug sellin' chick asked me if I was "eating healthy?"
Can I buy "healthy" or do I "thank a teacher" for the corruption of our language?

I'm wondering...

I'm wondering when is the last time the AP titled a story "US successes in Afghanistan". And why not!
U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan: " (AP) As of Aug. 14, 2006, at least 263 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
Of those, the military reports 162 were killed by hostile action."

Where was this engine made?

MLive.com: Newslogs: "The ferry service has canceled operation through Thursday due to a repair of a broken gear in an engine drive."
I'm wondering how 3 years does it in?

Big surprise!

Luxury Spending Found in Legal Program: "The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half of its applicants for lack of resources. But that hasn't stopped its executives from lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven cars and foreign trips on themselves."

Hat trick?

Green Helmet Guy: Macho Mujahadeen

No big deal. He's a democrat....

From his website: Donovan Riley - A Democrat who will vote like one for the 7th District(http://www.rileyforstatesenate.org/)

The more you vote, the better you feel: "State Senate candidate Donovan Riley is a big believer in democracy.
So much so that he rarely misses a chance to vote.
And, in one case, Riley may have gone so far as to vote twice in the same election.
Yep, that's right - twice in the same election.
.......... Riley, a 69-year-old former CEO of the University of Illinois Hospital, voted twice in the 2000 general election, once in Chicago and then again in Oconomowoc (WI). A well-heeled liberal Democrat, Riley is running a vigorous primary campaign against state Sen. Jeff Plale, a conservative Dem from South Milwaukee.
Late Friday, Riley offered this stunning written response to the charges:
'My best recollection is that I was splitting my time between Wisconsin and Illinois, and it's possible I made a mistake. If the Elections Board decides to look into this matter, I will gladly assist.'
Not what you would call a vigorous defense.