the Night That I Called President Nixon

Yes, as a seventh grade student I made a phone call to Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon while they were in Peking (now Beijing) on their historic China trip. A little background is in order, especially as I have posted a picture of the Kenilworth Police Station at the top of this post. That is where I spent part of the evening. During Junior High a few of us figured out how to make free long distance phone calls by switching some wires in a box on the outside of what was then the Chicago & Northwestern (now Metra) train station in Kenilworth, IL. We could then use the outside phone booth for free and the bills went to Chicago & Northwestern. This was a fairly big deal during the early '70s as phone rates were both regulated and very high. We really didn't have anybody to call outside of our area code except during the summer. During the summer we could call friends at camp and friends visiting out of town relatives.

Well during a boring February evening (the town ice rink must've melted) a few of us got the brainstorm to call Nixon and Kissinger while they were in China. Yeh, I know, hopelessly political. So we headed over to the train station, switched some wires and soon I was on the line with a long distance operator asking for a person-to-person line to Peking. Well the operator asked a very reasonable question, "Pekin, Illinois?" No I answered, Peking, China. We knew the hotel that the American delegation was staying at so I asked for that hotel and requested a person-to-person connection to either Henry Kissenger or President Richard Nixon.

Needless to say this prank got some attention at AT&T and the local Bell, they called the railroad to report the phone calls, the railroad promptly called the Kenilworth Police who quickly crossed the street to find two scrawny seventh graders making phone calls from the outside phone booth. Well we spent about an hour explaining to the police how we had rigged the phone booth for our use and how we had figured it out in the first place.

I was reminded of that bit of childhood hijinks by this hysterical story about an Icelandic high school student who called President Bush on a private White House line. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Time Magazine Gets "News" From La Rouche

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La Rouche people in Chicago


Last week I ran across some folks involved with the despicable Lyndon La Rouche passing out their propaganda at the Fullerton El stop (Red, Brown & Purple Lines) in Chicago. As always I had to get their pamphlet to see what nonsense that group is peddling this year. Well Mr. La Rouche has become a big fan of Vlad Putin, the tyrannical former chief of the Soviet secret police (KGB) and Mr. La Rouche believes that the US must align itself with the dictator in order to salvage anything for our nation.

Just one week later the Gateway Pundit has the story of how Time Magazine, once a decent publication, has now done La Rouche one better. In this article they use an image of a Russian helicopter that "saves" the US from Iraq. Thank you Time Magazine for reminding why I stopped reading your publication decades ago.

The La Rouche fool pictured above claimed that Mr. La Rouche's conviction for selling unregistered securities was the fault of, are you ready - Bush. The old man of course. Apparently those geniuses believe that the former President Bush forced the La Rouche group to market securities that were not registered. I had a good laugh at their expense and belittled the guy some more before he stated that I must support "the evil Dick!" After a few more guffaws and figuring that the guy was not talking about Dick Nixon I told him that not only do I not support "the evil Dick whatever that is, I'm not even gay." Liberal protestations aside they are seemingly very interested in the sex lives of others. Well Mr. Pythagoras told me that the "evil Dick' is none other than Vice President Richard Cheney.

So Time Magazine has now sunk so low that it's bs political rhetoric matches that of the looniest of the loons; my question is, why didn't the Daily Kos beat them to the punch?

Note, the photo above was taken on my IPhone.

Nobel Bimbo Williams - "Whoops I Did It Again!"

In the previous post I wrote about a fascistic Nobel Peace Prize winner from Ireland who told a goofy "peace" conference of hateful women that she wants to kill President Bush because he is standing up against the sadists and fascists of our world. Well the fantastic Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs fame has linked to one of his posts from last year that relates how the Nobel winner Betty Williams told a group of school children that she wanted to murder President Bush while speaking at something called Earth Dialogues in Brisbane. See here for the Flying Debris take on Ms. Williams and her fellow travelers.

Irish Nobel Peace Prize Winner Supports Fascists

Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams has declared her desire to kill President Bush "nonviolently". Ms. Williams wants to murder President Bush because he has had the audacity to support the freedoms and liberty of others who are less fortunate than Ms. Williams and her fellow Irishmen. If this despicable woman actually supported peace she would be lined up behind George Bush supporting the American efforts to rid parts of the world of people who systematically abuse others. Ms. Williams and the other ahem, "peaceful" women at the bizarrely named International Women's Peace Conference in Dallas who applauded the homicidal rantings of this woman are not "peacemakers", in fact they clearly are not even peaceful women.

If you cannot even rhetorically stand up for the freedom and liberties of others, you are in fact supporting the fascists of the world and should reasonably be considered a fascist yourself. If you are supporting the fascists of the world in order to regain power in the United States, you are a fascist. If you state your desire to murder the man standing up for the oppressed of this world, even if you desire to murder in a "nonviolent" manner, you are a fascist. If you cheer for a woman who would murder the man standing against fascists, you are a fascist. The only reasonable defense that those Dallas socialites have is that they were intoxicated on hairspray.

Hat Tip: Drudge

Update: It appears that she has previously vocalized her fascistic, murderous fantasies.

Bush Appoints Bolton as Envoy to Islamic Group

Bush spoke today to members of the Organization of Islamic Conferences at the Islamic Center of Washington and announced that he would be the first US President to appoint an envoy to the Organization. After the Presidential speech a White House spokesman affirmed rumors that the President would appoint former UN Ambassador John Bolton to the newly created post.

Warning: The above is satire. Let's face it, if Bush appointed Bolton very Democrat would be up in arms, heck they may even take up arms. Oh that's right, they loathe guns.

Rosie O’Donnell: Bush Built the Grassy Knoll

New York City, March 30 - Rosie O’Donnell, a host on ABCs the View continued to make controversial comments about President Bush on her television show today saying that the Bush family was involved in building the infamous “Grassy Knoll” in Dallas’ Dealey Plaza. O’Donnell further stated that a Bush family entity named BushCo had done the design and later the landscaping work in Dealey Plaza that resulted in the Grassy Knoll. “I’m not saying that Bush killed Kennedy” O’Donnell said, “but just look at the history, his fingerprints are all over it.” O’Donnell went on to say that the current President can be seen in the background of the McGruder Film walking behind a lawnmower while cutting the grass on the knoll just seconds before a sniper’s bullets took the life of President John F. Kennedy. O’Donnell went on to explain that BushCo was formed in order to give young George and his brother Jeb a little spending money and to keep them out of trouble (“fat chance” the former comedian said). According to O’Donnell BushCo was later transformed into Halliburton, the giant oil field services firm.

A White House spokesperson refused to comment but did ask off the record “have they let that poor lady out of Bellevue again?” A spokesman for Halliburton had no idea who Rosie O’Donnell is but had a good laugh at her expense anyway. The spokesman said that Halliburton was formed in Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1919 and was listed on the NYSE in 1948. The spokesman reiterated that Halliburton has nothing to do with the Bush family or any entity named BushCo. The spokesman also said that although Halliburton was headquartered in Dallas at the time of the shooting, Halliburton had nothing to do with any construction in Dealey Plaza; he even wondered if the plaza’s contour is a natural feature and added “we’re an oil field services company not some landscaper.”

Warning: The above is Satire. I hope.

Thanks again to Dr. Sanity for inclusion in her Carnival of Insanities.

The Magnificent Moronic Mile

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Last Tuesday evening Chicago’s local leftists held their annual anti-war protest by marching down Michigan Ave., the “Magnificent Mile”. I knew that I would be downtown Tuesday evening so I figured what the heck; I grabbed my camera and printed up a sign that read “You Are the Enemies of Freedom and Liberty”. I went down to Michigan Ave. and stood across from the Allerton Hotel (the old Tip-Top-Tap is no longer on the top of the Allerton) facing the crowd and I had a grand old time playing “witty comebacks to stupid remarks”, but I digress. As I posted Tuesday night the crowd was small compared to last year’s extravaganza, the local papers estimated the crowd size at 4000 people, a little more than half of last year’s rather small turnout. To put that in perspective there are 9.4 million people in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

I was considering titling this post “Stupid White People March Against the War” because the only African-Americans I noticed at that march were members of the Chicago Police Dept. The lack of African-Americans was striking for among other reasons that they make up 36% of the city population and are well represented in many of the suburbs. For the time being I will leave that tidbit for others to analyze although the fact that African-Americans have been so successful in the military likely plays a part. There was of course a wide variety of communist groups represented, International ANSWER being prominent among them and of course there were some groups marching in support of various pan-Arab and anti-Israeli causes. A group of college kids who had a pro-Syria chant was really a sight to behold. As with all of these marches the strange supporters of Che Guevera were in attendance, however the Pol Pot supporters wisely attended incognito. My sign brought out a variety of emotions in those who happened to notice it but shock was part of most reactions. Those people were shocked that someone could conceivably say that they did not stand for freedom or liberty. One woman came up and questioned me, she was in such a rage that she did not seem to even notice that she sometimes deals with me at work; I sometimes trade for the company that she works for and have known her for years. Not only did she not seem to realize that she knew me but she may have also been oblivious to the fact that the small group she was marching with held signs for the Workers World Party, a communist group not exactly known for their support of liberty. In part so that I can get my trades properly cleared I did not clue her in to the fact that we know each other.

This march, like the other organized anti-war marches here in Chicago featured women passing out propaganda along the edges of the march; some of the leafleters were attractive, some not so much. It is worth noting that some seemed to be literally reliving those heady days of the Viet Nam war, dressed up like their Raggedy Ann dolls and pleading with passerby to “come see our veterans speak at Daley Plaza!” The March organizers had a few veterans marching at the lead of the parade dressed in white camouflage so that we couldn’t miss the seven or eight of them and apparently it was up to those vets to “change people’s minds”. It is as if I haven’t been bombarded with those people’s delusions for the last four years. No, make that my entire adult life.

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I noticed no Code Pink ladies this year and blogger will not let me re-upload my favorite photo from last year, this Code Pink lady and her Dick Cheney hunting sign. I was having more fun responding to barbs than anything else Tuesday night and my photos suffered for it.

-Thanks to the wonderful Dr. Sanity and her Carnival of Insanities for inclusion again this week.

Chicago Anti-War March Smallest Yet

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The sign says " Nurses and Doctors say No Oil War". As always the Bush with horns sign was a crowd pleaser.

Although it was much smaller than the previous Chicago Anti-War marches it was much bigger than the Chicago Help People Overcome Tyranny march. Of course the later has yet to step off. The parade used the southbound lanes of Michigan Ave. and was considerably smaller than the same parade last year. I really missed “the Chomsky Guy” who traveled the route and passed out Marxist propaganda on a 1971 Schwinn Varsity during the event last year. There weren’t really any floats unless you count the lame trailer that two guys stood on at the lead of the parade but there were many other amusements. For instance there were many Che Guevara signs, there were many ANSWER signs, and there were many Impeach Bush signs; however there seemed to be much less anti-Israel sloganeering at this parade, which may explain the low turnout. Don’t get me wrong, there was plenty of the anti-Israel stuff (and even a pro-Syria chant!) at a few points during the parade but there was less of it and I really do think that the smaller parade size is the reason rather than the “progressive” movement banishing those sentiments. At the start of the parade and along its route the guys on the trailer were extolling passerby to join the parade so the turnout had to be a disappointment as it was a nice evening, and certainly no worse than last year.

Pelosi to Witness Mayan Priests Sacrifice Virgins after Bush Visit

Guatemala City, March 10. A group of Mayan Priests accompanied by American Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) today announced that the Priests would sacrifice two virgins to the Mayan Gods on an altar at Iximche, a holy archeological site. Saying that the “spirit guides of the Mayan community” had informed the community’s leaders that the holy place needed to be cleansed of “bad spirits” and that two virgins would be required. The ritual sacrifice will be carried out soon after Bush’s Presidential visit on Monday and will be witnessed by the American legislative leader who sounded eager to see how such a ritualistic cleansing takes place.

Speaker Pelosi stated that she has been trying to rid her office of “bad vibes” ever since a Bush visit early this year, “we’ve tried everything from a Shaman to Wavy Gravy and nothing will rid those offices of that curse.” Stating that although her grandchildren describe the offices as having “cooties”, a few of her employees “have actually found numerous vortexes in the storage room.” Speaker Pelosi also complained that San Francisco heartthrob and former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir won’t “come within two miles” of her office. Pelosi referred to last month's Guitar Fanatic Magazine interview in which Mr. Weir complained of being harassed by the late Jerry Garcia and the late Bill Graham for his “lame-ass beard” while visiting with the Speaker in her office. Speaker Pelosi also played down the possible use of virgins in her office cleansing by repeatedly reminding the gathered reporters that her office “is in no way a holy place.”


Warning: the above is satire! I hope.

The above piece was inspired by this Washington Post article reporting that Mayan Priests will perform a ritual cleansing (btw, no virgins were mentioned in the article) after the Bush visit on Monday.

Hat Tip: Drudge.

Thanks to the wonderful Dr. Sanity for inclusion in this weeks Carnival of Insanities.

Bush Killed Kenny!

Kenny is of course the animated South Park character who meets an unfortunate demise by the end of each episode. The Michigan Daily has reported that a “9/11 truther” group was belittled at the Michigan Union by the university’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. The student group stood outside the door of the “truthers” meeting wearing tin-foil hats and chanting inanities such as “Bush Causes Cancer” and the ever popular “Bush Killed Kenny!” Popular Mechanics debunked these “truther” folks two years ago.

Hat Tip: Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs.

the Walk Out of the State of the Union

The coverage on FOX was great, they showed Bush's entire walk out of the chamber and turned up the sound during the last few minutes, it was fascinating. It is always strange to watch adults ask for autographs but Bush has long been happy to oblige. The fascinating part was watching his interaction with the congressmen; celibrity is so important that some very liberal Democrats looked like enthralled school girls. Rep. Denis Kucinich (D-Oh.) got two chances to shake Bush's hand, I think that Bush asked him, "Dennis, are you coming at me from both the laft and the right?" Bush and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL.) had some sort of good natured banter back and forth, some of it seemed to involve Jesse Jackson Sr.As they got out of the chamber into the hallway Bush spoke briefly to Russ Feingold (D-Wi.) who seemed to quickly back off when he realized that there were television cameras taping the scene. I have heard that Feingold is a pretty good guy so his first instincts are probably to be nice to people, especially other nice people. Bush Derangement Syndrome can be a sad thing to watch.