Dateline Iran:

Well, Iran's puppet President Amadinejad and resident dufus promised to deliver a blow to the evil west (that's us in case you don't know) and "in a way that will leave them stunned".

So the big news is out.  Iran is enriching uranium to 20% purity.  Ok, time to be stunned:

Oh Gosh!  Gee whiz!  Never knew they had it in them! 

Is anybody stunned?  I wouldn't have been "stunned" if they had announced their first atomic test (on Tel Aviv).  On November 16th President Obama declared time was running out for Iran to come to Jesus.  Well, they're Islamic nut jobs, so coming to Jesus doesn't really appeal to them.  Everyone knows Iran won't take any deal.  Iran is betting on Obama's flaccid response, Chinese and Russian interference, and the influence of the United States to hold Israel in check.  Iran is a well known state sponsor of terror, and their particular view if Islam is laced with apocalyptic fervor.  It's the old adage of an ounce of prevention.  If we don't stop them now, stopping them later is going to probably cost millions of lives.   

So I say to Iran, no I am not stunned.  I am not even mildly surprised.  And guess what?  Israel has a contingency plan in place in case the US abandons them.  Yes I am quite sure it will be a military strike, and I doubt the new anti-aircraft missile system the Iranians are buying off the Russians will matter.  Iranians - invest in sunscreen, lots and lots of sunscreen.   If Obama does nothing, nuclear war will come to the middle-east, and soon.  What happens after will be anybody's guess.  And if my prediction comes true (shudder), I wonder if the Nobel people will ask for their medallion and prize money back.

Dateline Joey:

Well didn't we call Joe Biden a boob in our last post?  Uncle Joey is calling Iraq a "great accomplishment" for the Obama Administration!  We don't need to elaborate here except to say:  "Rolling on the floor laughing our ass off"

Dateline Obama: 

Obama is getting behind the Justice Department's claim that you and I have no expectation of privacy from the Government tracking our movements through our cell phone.  The ACLU is up in arms, and we happen to agree with them here.   A lay person does have a reasonable and fundamental expectation of privacy in their cell phone use.    The government made it illegal to listen in on cell phone conversations, fostering the sense that cell phone use is private.  Yeah I know, that is not a legal argument.  And there are those too.  The government wants the right to track you and me where ever we go whenever they feel like it without the benefit of judiciary review (search warrant).  Even though we have seen in the headlines over the past year how the FBI abused it's authority under the "Patriot" Act, and regularly hear of abuses by TSA people at airports and so on.  No, a Government formed by the people does not need this extraordinary level of monitoring the movements of the people.  It is a power certain to be abused.  They will have to find the bad guys without undermining the checks and balances that keep this nation from tipping into all out tyranny.

Dateline New Jersey:

The new Republican Governor has enraged the left legislature by using his authority as Governor to freeze state spending in the face of a fiscal crisis.  Among the sacred cows that outrage the left - freezing certain over-funded school district "surpluses" in a corrupt and thoroughly dysfunctional school funding system.  There have been a lot of jokes about the new Governor's girth, but in this case, at least he's using his considerable guts for the long-term good of the state.  

Dateline Pennsylvania: 

A guy got arrested for assault for spraying a snow plow driver with snow from his snow-blower.  The arresting officer declared that he knew the "victim" for "17 years", and therefore the evil-doer bought a trip to the slammer.  During yesterday's blizzard, a snow plow came along and left me and my snowblower in snow up to the top of my shins.  I am considering filing charges for assault with a wintery weapon.  It's all stupid.

Dateline Entertainment:

Reality TV Show American Chopper bites the dust.  I used to watch this show, but eventually got bored of the repetitiveness of the formula - build a bike, do goofy things to break up the monotony, and of course fight and bicker with each other.  It was inevitable that the nation would tire of the Teutul family just as they finally tired of each other.  Of their passing we can say this:  The family patriarch has "issues" and can't even see his own dysfunctional ways.  Namesake Jr. is something of a narcissist but doesn't strike us as pure evil - maybe success came too early for him and it went to his head - ok.  And Mike the younger.....direction less, seems a bit chronically depressed under it all, but we sense has more innate talent than the other two combined.   I fear for the future of OCC, now that the 1 hour per episode infomercial format where corporations could get their name and logo plastered on TV for an hour is gone.  OCC was an obscure 2 man operation before the TV camera's came along, and there is a strong probability that OCC will be a one man operation before long.

A barbecue restaurant in Kansas?  Out of your depth guys - way out of your depth.