TGIF. Again? My, How Time Flies!

TGIF is simply a remnant expression from past lives...every day is Friday at this stage in my life! Don't mean to rub it in, you know, but it is what it is! I used to look forward to Fridays with real anticipation, not simply because it was the end of the week, but because it meant the Usual Suspects at the work place would congregate after work at one watering hole or another. I miss those gatherings tremendously!

So, today's agenda includes cleaning up a not insignificant portion of eastern New Mexico that deposited itself in the form of fine grit and dust on every horizontal surface in my humble abode. It's the usual ritual after a dust storm, and one I'm still not used to. I never cease to be amazed at how much dirt manages to work its way into the house during these storms.

Here's a round-up of some of the best from this morning's reading...

The 20 Most Annoying Liberals in the US, 2005 Edition. John Hawkins, at Right Wing News. My favorite moonbat wins the “Most Annoying” title, well-deserved.

Green House Gasbags, or “Conspicuous conservation is a huge waste of energy.” A treatise on 4,000+ square feet dwellings that are “green.” You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. “Touch the earth gently,” indeed.

Here’s a good roundup of comment on the Alito hearings. Many tasty links to follow, including the one to John Hawkins’ blog (below), which merits an entry all its own. My favorite comment from this segment: “Attacking Alito is like eating Chinese food: An hour later, you're angry again.” Actually, this installment of “Best of the Web” has SO many good entries it’s hard to pick which one I like the best. Read it all!

The Kos Kidz Go After Alito’s Wife. John Hawkins, again. I haven’t been to dKos in a while, and that’s probably a good thing. Here are a couple of sample comments Mr. Hawkins dredged up from the sewer that is the comments section of dKos:

fugue: CRY...CRY...WTF???
My question. This is not some rated 'G' family oriented hearing. This is how the nation gives somebody the right to interpret it's constitution for the next decades.
WILL SHE INFLUENCE HIS ABILITY to JUDGE????
next thing we know, this guy will do whatever the wifey is crying for. (omg, omg, they are killing unborn baby...waaa waaa....)
WTF?
GO HOME...
This is the MOST blatant attempt to manipulate public emotion. She should go f*ck herself."


Maine Atticus: WTF is she doing there, anyway! She should be home baking cookies and making more home-made clothes!
Why do wives, or husbands for that matter have to hang around, looking like complete *sses at these hearings?
Another stupid cow married to another Nazi motherf*cker.
Cry, you cow. You moron. You sh*thead married to a man who would destroy this country!
Cry? You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Despicable. Simply despicable. Sometimes I'm at a loss for words after reading comments like these. Why must we demonize and insult each other? What's the point? The interesting thing about these commenters is most all of them use pseudonyms. Perhaps the discourse would be more civil if people were required to use their REAL names when commenting. Feh.