Fangoria’s top 20 Halloween haunts for 2009

These all look great, if I had the money I’d visit everyone of them!

1)  Netherworld – Norcross, GA (Atlanta area)
One of the most creative and ingenious Haunted houses ever created; movie quality special effects, elaborate sets, a powerful acting troupe and remarkably unique scares make Netherworld our #1 Haunted House in 2009!
http://www.fearworld.com/
2)  House of Shock - New Orleans, LA
The House of Shock is one of the most infamous Haunted Attractions in the world! A full horror pre-show features pyrotechnics, explosions and even a freak show.
http://www.houseofshock.com/
3)  13th Gate – Baton Rougue, LA
Louisiana takes 2 of our top 3 spots with 13th Gate coming in at #3 on our list.
Journey through 13 intensely detailed areas where your worst nightmares come true and anything can happen.
http://www.midnightproduction.com

4)   The Darkness - St. Louis, MO
With a total renovation for 2009 you’ll see props and sets beyond your imagination at this fright complex in the city under the arch.
http://www.scarefest.com

5)  Dead Acres – Pataskala, OH (Columbus area)
An all out extreme haunted house on the outskirts of Columbus, OH; Dead Acres is a full on sensory assault performed every night right before your very eyes!
http://www.deadacres.com/

See all the rest here…HALLOWEEN 2009: FANGORIA’S TOP 20 HOMETOWN HAUNTS

Glenn Beck, hated by both sides?

As I peruse my usual political sites everyday I'm noticing a growing trend of Conservatives lashing out against Glenn Beck. Didn't include the links here but anyone paying attention knows what I'm talking about but anyway...

For the life of me I don't understand all the hate, scorn & ridicule directed at Beck from the right side of the aisle. Your just helping the Far left, anti-American whack-jobs by hating on ole GB. In my opinion Glenn is doing the lords work. Yeah, he can be over the top and buffoonish at times and he freely admits he's a clown but all that aside. He is single handedly doing more to expose Obama & his socialist/communist puppet masters than any other person in America including Rush. If Beck keeps this up, pulling back the curtains to expose the real wizards pulling the levers, I fear he's going to be snuffed out. Every night I watch his show and as he peels the layers away from all the left wing, Soros funded progressive(socialist) groups I shake my head and think to myself: Dude, I sincerely hope you wear a bullet proof vest & have security for you and your family.

Scary for modern day America but that’s where we find ourselves in Obama’s quickly developing Airstrip One.

A future I want no part of

 

If we follow the path our living messiah is attempting to lead us down this could be our terrifying future.

January 20, Year 20 AO (After Obama)

Early morning sunlight flashed in Bill’s face, which wrinkled in irritation. He rolled on his back, leaving the worst of the light on his shoulder but too late; the sun had done its job. He was awake. He lay there for another minute or two but finally caved in to the inevitable, threw the heavy blankets aside and sat up, dropping his feet to the floor.
Brr. Freezing. He got up, the chill starting to sink in, and looked at his thermostat. 60 degrees. *SIGH* It was on days like this that he missed being able to set his temperature as he liked it instead of having a federally regulated thermostat set it for him. He knew a couple of tech-savvy guys who had hacked theirs and set it so that they were comfortable. Later they said it was almost worth the huge fine they had to pay and the public shaming. Almost. Bill had a sneaking admiration for them but realized, of course that carbon crimes were no small matter.
He opened his small closet and pulled out his robe and wrapped it tightly around himself , walked into his cramped living room and plopped down on the sofa, picked up the remote, hit the Power button and the TV actually turned on! . Excellent. Thank goodness for sunny days. Since electricity had started to get so expensive back in the early Change days most folks had done the only sensible thing and had gone green. Of course with any worthwhile endeavor there were sacrifices to be made and the fact that most green technologies were a bit, well dodgy, just had to be accepted. On a really cloudy day his rooftop sun collector produced about enough power to keep his refrigerator going and keep his quota of four, 60 watt max energy saver light bulbs on. But today he had heat and TV, too.

Rest here at Flopping Aces

They came for the smokers...

...and nobody cared. Now they are coming for the Obese. Anyone care yet?

Yup, it's official. Obese is the new Tobacco.

Known this was coming since the war on Cigarettes started. Wasn't exactly sure where our elected nannies and self appointed do-gooders would go next but now we all know. It's obesity.

Just thinking out loud here but how are all you fat...errr I mean Obese people feeling right about now?

The campaign against you is just ramping up, your starting to get blamed and demonized for every bad thing that's wrong with the health care industry now and why costs are spiraling out of control. Are you feeling at all like us smokers have for the past 20 years? Can't speak for all smokers but for myself it's always pissed me off that I've been treated worse than a leper with AIDS since the early 90's and been pushed further away from people in restaurants, Airports, hospitals and everywhere. Hell about the only place I can smoke is my home and I'll wager there are plans in the works by the smoke police to put a end to that too.

Like Rush has been saying this week, we have cut the number of smokers in the this country by more than 1/2 in the past few decades and where did it get us? Medical cost's certainly didn't go down, they are higher than ever. The only benefit that I can see is our life expectancy has increased which is great but that raises a question in my little pea brain. Is our increased life expectancy due to millions of people kicking the habit or the huge advances in medicines and medical procedures? Don't know the answer to that but suspect it's a bit of both.

Now I'm no idiot. I know smoking is bad for you but it's your choice to make. Just as what you eat is your choice. It's not mine nor a Government paper pusher who pounds back cocktails for lunch everyday.

It's none of our business what someone else eats, how fat they get or if they are smoking a pack of cig's while inhaling a extra large Pizza while downing a keg of Budweiser. The founders intended for us to be a free country and real freedom means having the right to make stupid decisions about our health. Punitively taxing legal products such as tobacco, fast food or unhealthy snacks just to control certain behavior that our elected asshats don't agree with isn't America. At least not the America I or my folks grew up in.

To be sure health care in America needs to be worked on, streamlined and you should pay for what you use. Not somebody else. I don't want to pay for my neighbor's Dr. visit's and I'll bet you don't either. Should the bureaucrats in DC take it over to supposedly fix it? ahhh HELL NO. Everything they touch turns into a disaster which leads them to do more to fix the disaster they created in the 1st place. Costs will go even higher while the care will suffer.

Anyone who deals with Medicare or the VA like I do almost on a daily basis knows the disaster we are in for if Obamacare comes to pass. God help us all if it does.

1982 PBS Documentary Featuring Walter Williams

Life has been getting in the way big time and other than twitter I haven't had a lot of time to post lately but I've seen these vid's on several sites and wanted to put them up here if nothing else so I could find them later. Also a huge fan of Walter's and he does a stellar job in this documentary explaining how the policies of good intentioned politicians have wrecked generations of black folks and I might add poor whites too. A must watch and all as true today as it was when filmed in 1982. Hell, things have only gotten worse.

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Independence Day 2009

After the Obama administration has run it's course who knows what kind of socialist hell hole we'll be left with but right here and right now this is still the best country on earth. Thank god for it.

Between fireworks and cookouts please take a moment to read our founding documents and you'll see what the fathers of the country intended is nothing like what we have and where we are headed.

American Founding Documents

RIP guys, all of you will be missed

After the last week of what seems like a icon a day kicking off this week just has to be better.

Ed McMahon (March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009) They'll never be another late night comedy duo like Ed and Johnny. They were the best and the current crop late night guys are just not that funny.

Farrah Fawcett (February 2 1947 - June 25 2009) Every boy in the 70's had a crush on Farrah and had this poster. I was no exception. Even had the plastic glass with this photo sealed in it. Still have to this day on display in our living room.

Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009)

This is the Michael I choose to remember...Not the sad freak show that he had become but what he was at his peak. To all the kiddies out there who might wonder why Michael’s death is such a big deal. Watch these videos and you’ll see why.

Billy Mays (July 20, 1958 - June 28, 2009)

Out of all the celeb deaths last week this one shocked the me most. MJ has been kind of sickly and scrawny a long time, Farrah had cancer for 3 years and Ed was 86 and in shaky health so not surprised there but Billy Mays!??! That guy looked strong as a grizzly bear. Don't know if the rough plane landing had anything to do with his death(AKA the Natasha Richardson effect) here's a link to it from FoxNews.

Update on Billy’s death: TV pitchman Billy Mays had heart disease, coroner says

Update 08/07/2009 - Autopsy Results finally in & there was a reason Billy was always ‘on’

Autopsy Shows Cocaine Contributed to Billy Mays' Death

Hiring Joe Legal versus Hiring Jose Illegal

Haven't received this email yet but I'm sure I will. Ran across it here

Some of those numbers like food and and rent per month seem a little inflated to me (maybe not for CA but I live in KY) But I think but the general message is exactly right.

Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California ...You have 2 families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California . "Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted.... "Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".

Joe Legal...$25.00 per hour x 40 hours $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year Now take 30% away for state federal tax. Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.

Jose Illegal...$15.00 per hour x 40 hours $600.00 per week, $31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes... Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00

Joe Legal pays Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage $1000.00 per month [$12,000.00 per year]. Joe Legal now has $19,231.00.

Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal makes too much money is not eligible for Food Stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays for food. $1,000.00 per month [$12,000.00 per year]. Joe Legal now has $ 7,231.00

Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.

Joe Legal pays rent. $1,000.00 per month [$12,000.00 per year]. Joe Legal is now in the hole minus (-) $4,769.00.

Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy. Jose Illegal pays rent. $500.00 per month (section 8 housing). $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $25,200.00.

Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.

Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family (and eat out!).

Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school. Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get a government sponsored breakfast & lunch, and they also qualify to be "bused to school" at tax payer expense.

Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal's children have to find a way to get to school and go home after school as, "latch-key kids" with no adult supervision.

Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.

Jose Illegal can send most of his money back home to build a new home for retirement, and have money to buy a new truck (and still have Medi-Cal benefits while living in a foreign country; until someone turns him in to authorities....if they ever find out!!)

Joe will be lucky if he has any money for retirement, a new vehicle, medical/dental benefits, or a place to live.

I have done the math, all you have to do is to look at it yourself. Don't hire illegal aliens.....Don't vote for any politician that supports illegal aliens.....And most important of all, write your politicians and let them know how you feel

PS: You forgot, Jose illegal's wife claims "single, no head of Household" and collects additional benefits that Joe legal's wife cannot claim.

No wonder our country is in trouble!! Think about it!

Jon Voight Torches Dear Leader

 

Everyone else is posting this so why not me and besides it's brilliant. This fellow should seriously consider running for office like NOW.

Memorial Day 2009

Been so busy with life in general it's my 1st post in awhile but I couldn't let Memorial day pass without saying something.

I chose the photos and links of the Korean War because my dad is veteran of Korea and right now he's in the ICU at the VA hospital with a very bad case of pneumonia. He's holding his own but the outcome is still uncertain.

Been spending a lot of time at the hospital and doing a lot of praying. Unfortunately don't think either of those will change anytime soon.

This weekend between the picnic's and barbeques please take the time to thank a veteran and say a prayer for all of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in keeping the US safe. I sure know I will.

• Korean War from Wikipedia
• Korean War
• Korean War Project
• Korean War.Info

O’Reilly talking points on the politics of ridicule

Haven't watched Bill O'Reilly much in the past year, maybe longer. Used to watch him without fail every night but got bored and frankly it seemed he was getting far too middle of the road for my tastes. I tune in now and again when I can remember (and wife will give me the TV long enough)

Maybe Bill is feeling Beck's heat & decided to kick it up a notch but whatever the reason he had a great talking points on last night. Keeps this up I might just have to start watching him again. 

O'Reilly On The Politics Of Ridicule & Alinsky's Rules for Radicals

Happy Mothers Day

I'm spending the day with my mom and mother in law and if they are still alive you should do the same. They won’t be here forever and you’ll wish you had when they are gone!

All you moms out there have a blessed day.

• Mother's Day From Wikipedia
• Mothers day on the net
• Mother’s Day history

Top Ten Reasons Blacks Should Stop Voting Democrat

Those are some damn good reasons……

by Lloyd Marcus
http://www.lloydmarcus.net/

10  The same problems Democrats have been promising to fix for 40 years are worse.
9  In 1950, 24% of Black kids grew up without dads. In 2009, 63%. Seven out of 10 are born out of wedlock. A result of Democrat encouraged generational government dependency.
8 The Black male high school dropout rate is 40%. Of those, 72% are jobless and 60% will probably be incarcerated. Another consequence of government replacing fathers in the home.
7  Amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, Democrat congressman William Jefferson used the National Guard to get home to retrieve $90,000 suspected bribe money from his freezer while New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops.
6 Despite documented proof to the contrary, Democrats tell blacks the shameful lie that America is racist and their only hope is to keep electing Democrats to level the playing field.
5 Despite high test scores by inner city black kids in the D.C. school voucher program, Democrats plan to shut it down to appease their voters in the teachers union.
4 Democrats continually seek to lower standards. Thus, proving their bigotry of low expectations from blacks.
3  Most blacks believe marriage should be between a man and a woman. The Democrat party aggressively supports gay marriage and proposes stronger "hate crime" laws that include protection for pedophiles.
2 The Democrat party strongly supports abortion on demand, including the murderous partial birth. A disproportionate amount of aborted babies are black. 50% of black babies are aborted. Some call this Black Genocide. BlackGenocide.org
1 And, the number one reason blacks should stop voting Democrat...INSANITY is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result!

Ann Coulter absolutely torches Joy Behar

 

heh…

Joy Behar: I want to know if you want to be water-boarded because Sean Hannity has volunteered to be water-boarded, but don’t see him sticking his head under the faucet yet.

Ann Coulter: No I don’t want to be water-boarded; do you want to be aborted? Because I think you support abortion. In fact, can we abort the terrorists instead of water-boarding them?

Quote of the Week: Ann Coulter Leaves Joy Behar Speechless

Savage banned from England, could sue

So this is the level of dhimmitude that the once mighty Great Britain has sunk to...tell the truth about radical Muslims and you get barred from entering the country. Sad to see what's becoming of a once great empire. Going by the state of the UK I think it’s a badge of honor to banned.

Conservative talk show host Michael Savage's commentary has offended groups from parents of autistic kids to Muslim leaders. But the San Francisco-based syndicated talker, who made a "name and shame" list of people banned from entering Britain, may have been shocked himself to find some of his opponents, including civil libertarians, defending him.

On Tuesday, British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith published the names of 16 of 22 people banned from the country since October for allegedly fostering extremism or hatred. Along with Savage, who has called the Quran, the Muslim holy book, "a book of hate," Muslim extremists, jailed Russian gang members and a militant Israeli settler were banned. Smith cited "public interest" reasons for not disclosing six of the names.

• Britain's ban of Savage decried by detractors
• Savage response: barred shock jock vows to sue

Chrysler won’t payback bailout money

Not surprised at all about this. I contend it was never planned for them to pay it back. Auto bailout was never about saving the car companies but about saving the UAW.

The entire multi-act play of not allowing them to go bankrupt in the 1st place, bailing them out then insisting they go bankrupt was a brilliantly orchestrated plan to turn majority control over to the UAW and it worked to perfection. Next stop…GM

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Chrysler LLC will not repay U.S. taxpayers more than $7 billion in bailout money it received earlier this year and as part of its bankruptcy filing.

This revelation was buried within Chrysler's bankruptcy filings last week and confirmed by the Obama administration Tuesday. The filings included a list of business assumptions from one of the company's key financial advisors in the bankruptcy case.

Some of the main assumptions listed by Robert Manzo of Capstone Advisory Group were that the Treasury would forgive a $4 billion bridge loan given to Chrysler in the closing days of the Bush administration, a $300 million fee on that loan, and the $3.2 billion in financing approved last week by the Obama administration to fund Chrysler's operations during bankruptcy.

CNN Money: Chrysler won't repay bailout money

RIP Jack Kemp 1935-2009

Jack Kemp 1935-2009

• Jack Kemp, an original pillar in Republican 'big tent,' dies at 73
• Jack Kemp the Football Player: A Star the Hard Way
• Friends, Colleagues Remember Jack Kemp
• Jack Kemp, footballer and supply-side advocate, dies at 73

Arlen Specter flips, now a Dem

 

Only comment on I have is big farking whoop. Only thing that’s changed is he’ll have a D by his name instead of R and since he votes with Dem’s most of the time we won’t notice a damn thing.

Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter announced Tuesday his intent to switch from the GOP to the Democratic Party, earning him the support of President Obama in next year's re-election campaign.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday Obama will raise money and campaign for Specter if asked.

Despite winning election to the Senate five times as a Republican, Specter has jumped ship faced with the prospect of a strong challenge from conservative Pat Toomey in the GOP primary and Pennsylvania trending Democratic.

Longtime GOP Sen. Specter Joins Democratic Party

RIP Pontiac 1907-2009

It's a very sad day. No, nothing to do with Swine Flu or Obama rocketing us toward socialism at breakneck speed or the fact I'm out of a job in 4 days. That stuff is important yes but pales next to this....and it's the death of Pontiac brand.

End a of era is so overused but for this it's true as can be. For the making the Firebird/Trans Am alone Pontiac should be saved and yes I have my own selfish reasons. Don't most? Least I'm honest about it. Anyway....

Just mentioning Trans Am to me instantly transports me back to the summer of 1977. Being 9 years old at the time I went with my best friend Charlie & his sisters to the local twin cinema's to see this new flick called Smokey and the Bandit. Truthfully I didn't have any idea what it was about but as we were walking in I noticed a poster up in front of the theatre:

At the time CB's were all the rage and I knew some basic terms like  Smokey referred to a cop, 99% of the time a state trooper.

Was like, ok. Yeah, that looks cool. We went in got popcorn, some candy (think Ju-Ju B's and m&m’s) and sat down in the darkened theatre. About 90 minutes later I stumbled out into the sunlight trying to make my brain digest what I had just seen. At that moment I knew that nothing else on Earth mattered but this: I wanted to be Burt Reynolds & I HAD to have a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am with the Georgia License plate on the front. The one with the confederate flag.

32 years have elapsed since that day and now. My thinking and life has a changed a lot. I no longer want to be Burt but still think he's a cool dude and good actor. The closest I ever came to owning 1977 Trans Am is a couple hot-wheels cars & a Revel model I put together(long since destroyed) You never know but perhaps someday I’ll be able to afford a blacker than night 1977 Trans-Am replete with the screaming chicken on the hood.

Ran across the below photo of Burt, Sally & the Trans Am on a random website. Looking at it takes me back to much simpler, sane time…the summer of ‘77 when it was still cool to smoke, still cool to drive a beast of a car with a Confederate flag on the front and not care a whit about political correctness. Amazing what a simple photo can do, isn’t it?

• From Edmunds: Pontiac History
• From Edmunds: 3 decades in a Black Trans Am
• Pontiac: Through the Years
• From Pontiac.com: History & Heritage

Google map of Swine Flu & links

View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map

Posting this mostly for a bookmark for myself but could be useful for others if they stumble across it.

If your on twitter (and who isn’t) a good hashtag to track is #swineflu That’s how I found the map.

Will add more links as I run across them.

• Center for Disease Control
• World Health Organization
• 5 Things You Need to Know About the Swine Flu
• Flu Wiki
• US Declares Public Health Emergency in Wake of Swine Flu
• US prepares for possible swine flu epidemic as global cases rise
• World Races to Contain Swine Flu Outbreak
• Swine flu death toll exceeds 100 as pandemic fears grow
• What is Swine Flu? How Does an Animal Disease Spread to a Human Host?
• First swine flu cases confirmed in Britain
• 40 swine flu cases in US; agents checking borders
• Mexico Raises Swine Flu Death Toll to 149
• WHO raises its pandemic alert level on swine flu
• 14 Things You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe
• Swine Flu Fun Facts
• 6 swine flu cases confirmed in Texas
• Swine flu's ground zero? Residents say nearby farm
• Swine flu: Hospital hygiene critical
• Up to 45 swine flu cases connected to NYC school
• US has first death from swine flu in Texas
• Pig-headed Napolitano wants to rename swine flu
• Swine Flu news search from Google