Rick Perry gets a message from God

Chillageddon 2011 claims first victim

News item: A winter storm taking aim at the Midwest has caused the Illinois Pork Producers Association to reschedule its 2011 Pork Expo.
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With praying having solved all of the world's problems, why the hell not?

Choir director in Ohio to pray for cheaper gas
June 20, 2008 10:53 EDT

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Rocky Twyman would disagree with anyone who thinks consumers don't have a prayer against high gasoline prices. The choir director from the Washington, D.C., area has come to Toledo with what he calls his "Pray at the Pump Movement." Twyman says politicans have been unable to do anything about rising fuel costs, so it's time to ask God to intervene and lower prices.

He planned to lead pray-ins Friday at two local service stations, followed by a 12-hour prayer vigil at Toledo First Seventh-day Adventist Church. Church Pastor Mike Fortune read about Twyman and invited him to come to town. Twyman also has led campaigns to nominate Oprah Winfrey for the Nobel Peace Prize and to encourage African Americans to donate bone marrow.

Gomer wishes K-Mad a Merry Phokking Christmas!

Diseases you didn't know about (cont'd)

Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act - Vote Passed (260-154, 2 Present, 16 Not Voting)

The House passed this act to help prevent cases of "popcorn lung," a disorder found in popcorn plant workers.

Rep. Janice Schakowsky voted YES

The Deciderer

Tancredo: Threaten to bomb Muslim holy sites in retaliation

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo’s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.
“This shows that we mean business,” said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. “There’s no more effective deterrent than that. But he is open-minded and willing to embrace other options. This is just a means to deter them from attacking us.”
On Tuesday, Tancredo warned a group of Iowans that another terrorist attack would “cause a worldwide economic collapse.” IowaPolitics.com recorded his comments.
“If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina,” Tancredo said. “That is the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they would otherwise do. If I am wrong, fine, tell me, and I would be happy to do something else. But you had better find a deterrent, or you will find an attack.”
Tom Casey, a deputy spokesman for the State Department, told CNN’s Elise Labott that the congressman’s comments were “reprehensible” and “absolutely crazy.” Tancredo was widely criticized in 2005 for making a similar suggestion.
–CNN Associate Producer Lauren Kornreich

Welcome to the Not Me Decade Where No One is Responsible.

Josh Hancock's father is suing not only the bar where he was drinking the night he killed himself, but also the company that owned the tow truck that his drunk ass ran into, the driver of the tow truck, and the driver of the car that the tow truck was assisting. So let's see, the bar offered to get him a cab and he refused, but it's the bar's fault he drove drunk? The owner of the car that stalled should have kept the car in good enough condition so that it wouldn't stall requiring a tow truck to stop, the tow truck driver should have put flares in the road because drunks can't be expecting to see the flashing lights of the tow truck, and done the job more quickly so that there would have been nothing for the drunk to crash into. I imagine they'll add the woman to whom he was talking on his cell phone to the lawsuit because she distracted him from driving. But what do you expect to happen when inbred Mississippians and lawyers collide.