the mullet

it's a landslide

2006-11-08T16:44:00.000-05:00

had to take few minutes to exult in the sweeping democrat sweeping midterm victoy and King Cobra's resignation.

finally, a new dawn and direction for the country. the last six years have been painful indeed.

my head hurts

2006-10-12T12:13:00.000-05:00

for the extravagent sum of $64,000 what's wrong with this script?

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DECLARE @strRoleName sysname

SET @strRoleName = XXXXXXX -- username here

DECLARE tables_cur CURSOR FOR
SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES

OPEN tables_cur

FETCH NEXT FROM tables_cur INTO @strTableName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN
--PRINT @strTableName
SET @strSQL = 'REVOKE SELECT ON [' + @strTableName + '] FROM [' + @strRoleName + ']'
EXEC (@strSQL)
FETCH NEXT FROM tables_cur INTO @strTableName
END

CLOSE tables_cur
DEALLOCATE tables_cur

random thoughts

2006-10-12T11:52:00.000-05:00

I've selected a few of the random things swirling in my head to share with you all, mostly because the mullet is too lazy to actually post anything meaningful:

--Preznit Bush (R-ADHD) sounds more and more like a bumbling fourth grader than the leader of the free world. seriously... little man mullet, who is only three, has a better grasp of sentence structure and train of thought than our commander in chimp

--the mullet is really NOT looking forward to oil changes in the middle of january. it's just too damn cold to roll around underneath the war wagon

--does anyone actually care about Nick Leche anymore....if anyone ever did?

--muzzleloader opens in two days, and the weather promises to be cold, wet and windy

--microsoft certification exams suck

--the older the mullet is, the more sarcastic and snarky the mullet becomes

--Jack Daniels remains the magic elixer to cure all ills

--Vince Neil was probably the worst vocalist of the entire 1980's

--the Dallas Cowboys will once again miss the playoffs, and deservedly so

the mullet will save a few for later. please feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.

waiting in line

2006-09-29T13:31:00.000-05:00

so, the mullet is waiting patiently in line at the bank (who shall remain nameless for their protection) to pay the mortgage. it's a pilgrimage the mullet must make for the next twenty plus years, until casa de mullet is acutally mine and not the bank's anymore.

while waiting patiently, the mullet is subjugated to perhaps the worst torture imaginable:

dolly parton warbling "And I Will Always Love You" of whitney houston fame

it was, perhaps, the most painful thing the mullet has ever had to endure.

progress

2006-09-06T20:34:00.000-05:00

little man mullet received his official certificate of achievement yesterday, congratulating him on his ability to pee in a potty. those of you who are parents know what this means, and it's no small feat. there was much rejoicing in the mullet home, and little man has been dry for FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

not bad for someone who just turned three less than two months ago.

the mullet and mrs. mullet are most proud of him.

lazy again

2006-08-21T20:42:00.000-05:00

the mullet (in his best william-shatner-drawn-out-dialogue) just..has..no..time.
time for this, time for that. jeebus, the mullet is already more than a week behind schedule in prepping for the next certification exam. sooooooo, in the spirit of laziness (and to try something new), the mullet presents the latest in his lazy-ass posts:

You Have Your Sarcastic Moments

While you're not sarcastic at all times, you definitely have a cynical edge.
In your opinion, not all people are annoying. Some are dead!
And although you do have your genuine moments, you can't help getting your zingers in.
Some people might be a little hurt by your sarcasm, but it's more likely they think you're hilarious.

How Sarcastic Are You?

while the mullet doesn't appreciate the feminine implications and picture, there's some neat stuff to piddle away your time.

sooo tired

2006-08-18T15:01:00.000-05:00

typically, the mullet listens to NPR on the long commute to the rockpile. mostly to keep up to date on world events. also because the mullet has pretty much two radio station choicesfor music, and they both SUCK.

given that, I don't ever want to hear these tunes again.

ever.

Hotel California --The Eagles
Shook Me All Night Long -- AC/DC
Hear She Comes Again -- The Cars
Rebel Rebel -- David Bowie
Jamie's Crying -- Van Halen
Wonderful Tonight -- Eric Clapton
Born to Run -- Bruce Springsteen
absolutely ANYTHING by Tom Petty
Sweet Home Alabama -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
Radar Love -- Golden Earring
Rock 'n Roll Hootchie Koo -- Rick Derringer

It's not that they're bad tunes (except The Cars makes the mullet's eyes bleed), but fer cryin' out loud, the local yocals played these tunes out years ago.

duh

2006-08-16T20:34:00.000-05:00

note to Joe: you even have to ask?

jeebus, this is like watching a train wreck. it's a truly horrible sight, but you just can't... seem... to... look... the... other...way

editor's note: since it's youtube, the rockpile proxy servers won't bring it down. if yours will, it's a work-safe link

oh happy day

2006-08-16T20:20:00.000-05:00

seems k8 has managed to escape the rockpile, only to go over to the darkside.

the mullet fears the new Grand Inquisitor, and trembles at the thought of much questioning and accusation. the mullet, ever mindful of the ravaging hordes of the dark robed army, follows his P&P to the letter.

still, after a torture session with the dark lords, the mullet cannot help but feel icky and violated. just thinking about it makes we want to shower with kerosene and steel wool.

maybe a hearty "congrats" will mean a shred of leniency in the dungeons...

busy, busy

2006-08-14T14:06:00.000-05:00

the mullet apologizes to the masses, who doubt hang on every word written here, for the lack of posts this weekend.

Nana and Pap Pap (a.k.a. grandma and grandpa mullet) were in town, and much family time was had by all. the mullet will have pix at some point, whenever mrs. mullet finds the time to download and tweak them.

please enjoy the fabulous links to the right.

iraq-o-rama

2006-08-11T11:40:00.000-05:00

let's take a quick walk down memory lane, circa June 20 2005:

"I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time," Cheney said. "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."

yep, they sure are. a truly stunning intellect that mans has...

theories, we've got theories

2006-08-11T10:04:00.000-05:00

unless you've been under a rock that last coupla days, the mullet is sure you've all heard about the terrorist plot and arrests in the UK yesterday. basically, besides the shrieking heads on Faux News, the mullet offers these two theories... both of them a wee bit frightening:

-- this plot is the diversionary one, willingly offered up by Al Qaeda, to conceal and implement The Big One which the world will only learn about after the fact.
-- the mullet is willing to bet a whole quarter that there are at least six more such pronouncements of terror plots or terrorist cells broken up/foiled/etc. PRIOR to November's midterm elections.

I'm sure many of you are thinking the mullet is dellusional or paranoid. nothing could be further from the truth. considering everything this mis-administration has done since 2000, would YOU put it past them when fear-mongering and hysteria are all they have left?

'nuff said.

we're having a heat wave

2006-08-07T21:09:00.000-05:00

BST posts on of the funniest things the mullet has read in a long time....and yes, the mullet obviously doesn't get out enough.

Let's get this summer bullshit out of the way. This mess where I can just stand out on the carport and watch the sweat bead out of the pores on my arm just won't do. I am over it. Seriously, I've worked hard to put those liquids and fats into my body, and I can't afford for some overworked climate condition to let me sweat Crisco all over the carport

BWAHAHAHAHAAHA!

*sniff*

no such thing as a free lunch

2006-08-07T20:57:00.000-05:00

seems yahoo doesn't like it if you don't log in to check your email address for a while.... like four months. jeebus, it's like they don't enjoy offering goods and services absolutely free.

my goodness.

anyway, apparently my recent hiatus was a bit longer than I had planned, so any emails sent to the link at the right are toast. please accept the mullet's apologies, and the yahoo mail account has been reactivated. you may commence fowarding your porn spam and hatemail forthwith.

Bush Bash

2006-08-07T11:21:00.000-05:00

over at DailyKos, the mullet found this tidbit in amongst all the Lieberman/Lamont kerfluffle. now, the mullet detests the current misadministration, as anyone who has read this blog can attest. that said, there are some valid points to consider here, no matter how frustrated you are with the current situation on the potomac:

...And that's what bothered me about George W. Bush. The man is a phony.

His biography explains a lot. He is the scion of a wealthy New England establishment family. His grandfather and father were wildly successful, both in business and politics. He is likely not one who learned to take "no" for an answer. His journey through the Ivy League was preordained and funded both financially and academically by family tradition. His military obligations were dealt with as such families deal with those things: Calls were made, strings were pulled, outcomes were secured. Even irresponsibly walking away from the commitment was rewritten and covered up. Later, various ill-starred business failures were cushioned, resolved and reversed by the omnipresent family retainers...

yeah, it's so easy to depise Dear Leader, but sometimes you need to look beyond that to get to the heart of the matter.

read the whole thing.

wingnuttery

2006-08-04T14:05:00.000-05:00

via Pandagon, we learn that the young wing nuts are gathering together for their annual bloviation party.

looks like a great place to setup an Armed Forces Recruiting station....

White House Follies

2006-08-04T12:44:00.000-05:00

seems Our Dear Leader, in an obvious effort to rebuild a tenuous relationship with the national press corps, has decided to redecorate the press room at the White House.

to the mullet, it's most comforting that Dubya is able to keep his priorities straight in these uncertain times.

it's that time again

2006-08-04T07:16:00.000-05:00

deer hunters in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

your doe tag applications MUST be in the mail this weekend!

remember to make your check payable to "county treasurer" and do NOT forget your yellow envelope will need TWO stamps folks, one to get it to Harrisburg and the other so they can send your tag back to you.

lots of folks forget the two stamp thingy...

that concludes this public service announcement.

I'm back

2006-08-02T20:33:00.000-05:00

the fog has lifted, the earth has shifted...

actually I'm back for a while, not forever. basically, the mullet has passed the first of four exams required for microsoft certification. *ducks*
I'm taking a few days break before jumping into preparation for the next one, so I'll post when I have time. props to k8 and salty for not giving up hope that the mullet would, some day soon, return in all my snarky glory.

one of the mullet's fellow troopers from the rockpile is taking a trip via Harley to the Great Sturgis Bike rally. he has begun posting on the epic trip, and will update (with pix) when he can find a reliable hi-speed line. you can follow his adventures here.

solid.

traffic sucks

2006-08-02T07:15:00.000-05:00

the mullet hates traffic... hates slowpoke kettleheads who won't get out of the way. you know, the ones who only do five miles an hour over the speed limit, but won't move out of the inside line for anyone or anything. ever since little man mullet has started day care, the mullet has had to adjust his hours at the rockpile in order to drop off the little guy, which places me smack in the middle of rush hour traffic at the end of an 80 mile drive.... both ways.

ah, the price of parenthood.

showing my age

2006-08-01T21:04:00.000-05:00

Good Vibrations -- Beach Boys
Soul Man -- Sam and Dave
September -- Earth, Wind and Fire
Back Door Man -- The Doors
Ramble On -- Led Zeppelin
Women are Smarter -- The Grateful Dead, off of any bootleg
Monkey Man -- The Rolling Stones
Try -- Janice Joplin
Aquarius -- The 5th Dimension
Low Rider -- War

that about covers it

politics as usual

2006-07-31T20:42:00.000-05:00

so, the mullet has a coworker at the rockpile, we'll call him Hillbilly. he's one of those 'Pubs... you know the type:

--always has a fist full of links to "facts" and researches completely via Google
--uses the RNC talking points faithfully
--uses standard RNC tactics, such as strawman arguments, bait and switch, slander then change the subject
--the "document dump" which consists of four or five pages in 6 point font that would take hours to sift thru

yeah, he's one of those Hannity-nation types, only not as virulent. every week or so, he'll throw a propaganda bomb out via email in an effort to stir the pot. usually, the mullet is the only one to pick up the gauntlet. the mullet, familiar with these tactics, blows through them easily and usually silences him after seven or eight posts.
today however, I think I was PMSing, or was just really, really, crabby. whatever the reason, when Hillbilly stirred the pot this afternoon, the mullet went atomic.

and not a tactical nuke either, we're talking strategic baby.

it wasn't pretty, and the mullet is not proud of himself. I think I've reached the end of my rope with stupid people... even if they are my job security.

let the hosannas ring

2006-07-31T13:34:00.000-05:00

after an initial horrible showing, the mullet has passed the exam.
funny thing about microsoft and real world work experience:

they don't match

seems knowing what you should do, versus what the book says you should do are two entirely different things. In this case, the mullet failed the first go around, but rallied mightily to pass the second chance.

the mullet, MCP

only three more to go...

on hiatus

2006-04-04T04:20:00.000-05:00

the mullet apologizes for not posting this earlier, but I reckon I'll be taking a mini-vacation from blogging. this is for those of you who might care, or haven't already figured that out, since it's been three months since the mullet's last post.

the mullet is prepping for this.

first exam is less than a month away, but the mullet registered under the special "buy one, take it again for free" deal.

comments

2005-12-23T09:06:00.000-05:00

looks like blogger is on the fritz, since the comments have vanished.
the mullet has double checked his template, and checked Haloscan account.
comments are there, but aren't showing up on the blog page....

aaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhh

Update: looks like Haloscan changed their code. after updating template from Haloscan site, comments are back. anyone else having same problem, or is it just the mullet?

shameless plug

2005-12-17T14:56:00.000-05:00

first, a shameless kodak moment, little man mullet in all his glory:

you'd never know it to look at him, but every word right now is "no", or the ever popular "no, don't think so". when they're at this age, they march to the beat of their own drummer, which is seldom in sync with mom and dad's plans. ah, such is parenthood.
secondly, much props are due to mrs mullet, who this week received confirmation that she passed her national accreditation exam. you may now address her as:

mrs mullet, NRCAHA

it's been a long journey for her these last several months, but she has accomplished much. the mullet is very, very proud of her, and offers this small tribute of congratulations that are well deserved.

Vote Now!

2005-12-16T10:43:00.000-05:00

checking in on rock music's reigning queen, we see our liege desperately needs our undying support.

The number to call is 1-800-342-5688. You will get a busy signal many times. Be persistent! You will get through! Press 1 to make a request. Then press 2-7-4 for the first three letters of Ashlee's name. You will be given three options. Press 2 for Ashlee! Follow the recording after that to leave a message. That's it! It takes less than a minute to do! So, vote now through the phones AND online.

the mullet demands you vote now! vote often!

the fate of the free world is at stake!

the antidote to commercial crap

2005-12-16T09:55:00.000-05:00

the mullet was driving home from work the other nite, listening to a little LedZep, when it occurred to me that John Bonham is still the best off-beat, single bass drummer of all time.

ever.

just listen to Good Times, Bad Times. holy jumpin' catfish can the man play the skins. the mullet has read opinions that Zep, particularly Jimmy Page, were sometimes kinda sloppy while in the studio. as much as the mullet loves his Zep, he has to admit it's true. Page's solo in In The Evening is as sloppy as it gets, and there are other examples as well. but Bonham simply drives LedZep like an armored Panzer division: powerful and unstoppable.

in these days of computer driven beats and feeble pop-radio-drivel, it's important to pay homage to the gods that brought REAL rock n' roll.

Road Rage

2005-12-15T08:12:00.000-05:00

as most of you know, the mullet commutes to work every day... 160 total miles on Interstate 90. Having done this for the last 14 months, there are a coupla observations the mullet would like to share, for the benefit of all involved:

in winter, it snows.

a lot.

this may come as a shock, but during winter, driving conditions occasionally suck.

so.... if you're only gonna do 30mph on the interstate, take a FREAKIN' ALTERNATE ROUTE! fer cryin' out loud, these people are more of a menace than the tractor trailer drivers, who at least will keep a constant speed. if yer gonna drive like a blue-hair, stay OFF the highways.

secondly, do NOT tailgate the mullet on the highway. it's a surefire way to guarantee I will open a econo-size can of whoop-ass. trust the mullet, he is always in a bigger hurry than you, and will drop the hammer as soon as the slowpoke muttonhead in front of me gets out of the way...

snack of the day

2005-12-14T12:34:00.000-05:00

in lieu of cookies, since salty came up empty and k8 has made promises of tomorrow, the mullet presents today's snack: these absolutely rule

when the mullet swung a hammer for a living, she was my lunchbox mistress...

you can't make this stuff up

2005-12-13T21:18:00.000-05:00

it's been several years since the mullet has been to Sam's Club. as I recall, it's several acres of shelves, holding everything imaginable, short of engine blocks. literally, miles and miles of supersize consumer products, from groceries to plasma televisions.
so how, the mullet asks, can a person spend an hour in such an establishment and come away with only milk? said person had one mission.... only one:

christmas cookies

milk... fer cryin' out loud, you go the corner packie store for milk.

the mullet was, suffice to say, terribly disappointed.

salty escapes

2005-12-12T13:20:00.000-05:00

somehow, Salty McGavin has managed to escape the giant, sucking maelstrom that is CRM. the mullet is uncertain how he managed to do this, but methinks it's entirely possible, since no one really seems to know what IT is he does.

congrats salty, run away while you still can.

pot, meet kettle

2005-12-09T15:44:00.000-05:00

the mullet nearly blew coffee out through his nostrils when he came across this tripe in the local OpEd page. read the whole thing. really. you can't make this stuff up:

This, dear readers, is a classic case of liberal projection. Like CNN executive Jonathan Klein, who derided Fox's audience as full of "angry white men, and those men tend to be rabid," and liberal comedian Bill Maher, who also railed that "Republicans need anger management" and are possessed with a "vein-popping, gut-churning rage that consumes the entire right wing," Ms. Garafolo crossly blames the Right while denying the pathological wrath and fury that characterize the unhinged Left.

Who are you calling angry, Ms. Garofalo? You want political road rage? Let's start with Al. Take your pick: Sharpton. Gore. Franken. Yearrghh!

malkin continues on with her diarrhea of the mouth about how angry liberals are, then populates her column with what(for her) pass as examples of how "unhinged" the left has become. but wait, there's more...

"It wasn't rabid conservatives who gloated over Ronald Reagan's death or John Ashcroft's pancreatitis."
no, just everyone else in the country who despised the missouri helmethead former USAG who spearheaded the drive for the much loathed Patriot Act

"It wasn't hate-filled Republican officials who reportedly screamed "faggot" and "fruitcake" and "I'll break your nose" at their political opponents..."
you're right, but it was O'Reilly, Hannity, Savage and their ilk who have said all sorts of things that would cause them to spontaneously combust if they stepped foot inside a church.

"It isn't fanatical conservatives joking about the assassination of President Bush and the execution of his Republican aides..."
um, if uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff starts to cooperate with federal authorities, those folks will most likely wish they WERE dead.

oh, and about calling other folks unhinged...

um, yeah... 'nuff said.

tunes I ain't heard in a while but wish I had

2005-12-09T15:02:00.000-05:00

who's behind the door -- Zebra
this flight tonight -- Nazareth
raise a little hell -- Trooper
last in line -- Dio
jailbreak -- AD/DC
down on me -- Jackyl
black betty -- Ram Jam (possibly the best rock 'n roll name EVER)
tear it down -- Def Leppard
run to the hills -- Iron Maiden

Dawson's Creek

2005-12-08T13:08:00.000-05:00

admitting you watch Dawson's Creek.....

might as well wear a sign on yer forhead that says knock me down and take my lunch money.

opening day blues

2005-11-29T21:59:00.000-05:00

so, the mullet was in the woods on opening day of deer season. the wise, wrinkled old hands always say the best chance to take a deer is opening day. see, everyone and their mother is out on opening day, so that kind of pressure keeps the deer moving, which greatly increases your likelihood of seeing and taking one.

so mullet, what's the problem?

in the mullet's neck of the woods, a legal buck must have four points to one side. a brow tine can only be considered a legal point if it's a least one inch in length.
needless to say, the mullet saw several bucks on opening day, but not a legal one in sight, except the two the mullet saw other hunters dragging out. this would include the bachelor party that stopped fifteen yards away from the mullet's spot. it's like they have radar and know where the mullet has posted up, so they can stop and taunt me.
the other problem is the PA Game Commish has been selling record numbers of doe tags in the past four years. this, coupled with a concurrent two week rifle season has greatly reduced the doe population on state lands. also, restricting legal bucks to four points in no way guarantees those animals will reach eight points past their second year, so the trend now appears to be plenty of illegal bucks and no doe.

tomorrow is the last day of the regular rifle season, so if the mullet doesn't bag one tomorrow, it's over until next fall. hopefully by then, the mullet will have one of these, which will allow the mullet to hunt while it's still relatively warm.

um, someone forgot to ask Rummy

2005-11-23T13:07:00.000-05:00

seems at a recent session of the senate armed services committee, we learn that all of Rummy's crap about sufficient troop strength in Iraq-o-rama is just that: crap, crap and more crap

"We wanted the view from men who had been on the tip of the spear, and we got it," said John Ullyot, a Warner spokesman who declined to comment on what was said at the meeting but confirmed that some Capitol Hill staff members were also present. According to two sources with knowledge of the meeting, the Army and Marine officers were blunt. In contrast to the Pentagon's stock answer that there are enough troops on the ground in Iraq, the commanders said that they not only needed more manpower but also had repeatedly asked for it. Indeed, military sources told TIME that as recently as August 2005, a senior military official requested more troops but got turned down flat. (emphasis mine)

so, seems pretty clear Rummy has either stopped taking his happy pills, or couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it. neither of these choices is especially heartening. the mullet is suffering from righteous-indignation-fatigue due to this mis-administration, but this sorta thing only aides the terrorists.

why are our troops so unpatriotic?

freakin' users

2005-11-23T12:14:00.000-05:00

Open Enrollment is killing the mullet today.

failure to plan on your part does NOT constitute an emergency on my part.

the meltdown has begun

2005-11-17T16:21:00.000-05:00

seems pretty clear why Dubya has been sneaking meds from Laura's stash. must be because they can't even pass their garbage bills thru the house.

the house fer chrissakes.

if you've lost the house, it really IS over.

bats in the bellfrey

2005-11-16T13:14:00.000-05:00

via Kevin Drum, we see some reports the Our Dear Leader has possibly fallen off the wagon. which is not to surprising, considering his approval numbers are in the tank.
the mullet is sure that if he promised the country he would restore honesty and integrity to the office of the president, only to find your honesty and approval rating below that of Bill Clinton during the same time frame of his second term, the mullet would be drinking like a sailor on his last shore leave too.
things will only get worse for Commander McChimpy as the '06 elections probably sweep the 'Pubs from majority in at least on chamber (senate most likely). at that point, Dubya's presidency is effectively toast. without both house under tight control (a problem already clearly in evidence over the whole torture amendment), any Bush initiatives are dead on arrival.

thought for the day

2005-11-15T16:26:00.000-05:00

beastie boys shred. Sabotage has been stuck in the mullet's brain for days, and I kinda like it.

the Bucks

2005-11-15T16:07:00.000-05:00

recently in the past several weeks, both k8 and salty mcgavin have tried to temp the mullet with the 'Bucks. starbucks. the evil empire, the imperial deathstar of coffee-like substances. the mullet will admit the temptation, but here's the issue:

when all you drink is regular coffee, most mullets couldn't even fathom the array of choices something like the 'Bucks offers. and the lingo? jeebus.

grande, super grande, giganto-grande?
latte? iced-latte? punkin-spice latte?
what if you don't wanna latte, then what? 50 other caffeine delivery vehicles with names the mullet cannot pronounce?

it's entirely too difficult to make choices when your options are so overwhelming and you don't even know what half of it means.

so mullet, what did you do?

what any other mullet would do: straight java, cream and sugar.
nothing fancy, no unnatural "spice" of any sort.

java, black gold, joe. that'll do it for me.

soooooooo tired

2005-11-11T17:20:00.000-05:00

yes, believe it or not (said in best Jack Palance voice) the mullet is back again, but only briefly. R4 goes live this weekend, so the mullet will be mondo busy. this sucks, since the mullet was gonna go a-huntin' tomorrow.

a few housekeeping things:

- little man mullet is no longer sick, but now won't sleep. no one in the mullet house has had more than four hours of uninterrupted sleep in three weeks. mrs mullet and I dunno what the problem is, if it's a problem or just part of the terrible two's. it is extremely difficult to be patient with little man when he fires it up at 4am.

- work (a.k.a. "the rockpile" as k8 calls it) is totally out of hand. the mullet will be lucky to see the light of day this weekend.

- the mullet needs some beastie boys this weekend, coupled with gallons of bourbon

'nuff said.

where you at?

2005-10-22T06:48:00.000-05:00

I'm sure many of you are wondering where has the mullet been lately?
well, let me enlighten you with three words:

little man mullet

see, little man has been sick for the last coupla months, necessitating several trips to both pediatrician's office, the emergency room and one trip to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh as there are no pediatric GI specialists in all of erie county.

when your child is ill and suffering, everything else can wait and the world suddenly changes. priorities shift drastically, patience wanes, sleep is nonextistant and all other tasks suffer.

this is the price of parenthood. little man mullet is (knocks on wood) out of the woods for now, and appears to be doing well. at least as well as can be expected considering what he's been thru since July. there will still be some rough patches before he has completely recovered to his normal self, but mrs mullet and I think we've made it through.

katrina

2005-09-02T11:51:00.000-05:00

by now, everyone has seen the devastation and suffering caused by Katrina. the mullet has only two things to say:

1. a flyby in Air Force One at 1,700 feet on freakin' wednesday is not "surveying the destruction"

apparently, when Karl changed Dubya's mind (those are red states George!) and cut Our Dear Leader's vacation short, our esteemed commander in chimp swung by New Orleans on his way back to the capital. reminds me of Dubya being whisked away to a secure location on 9/11, only to muster enough gumption to return many hours later for photo ops with FDNY.

2. why is Michael Chertoff giving all the press info about relief efforts, and where is FEMA head Mike Brown (besides pissing his pants)?

WTF does homeland security have to do with relief efforts? if it is intimately involved, then this nation is truly screwed come the next terrorist attack. where are the waves of helicopters, national guard troops, leadership and coordination required for the relief effort that is so desperately and obviously needed?

the mullet thought he had reached the rocky bottom of expectations from Commander McChimpy and his band of Mayberry Machiavelli's. clearly, there is much, much worse to come. anyone remember My Pet Goat?

the mullet is away

2005-08-29T11:52:00.000-05:00

currently, the mullet is away from home and work for a coupla days.
a few reflections though, to tide you over...

-- why do people choose to live in florida or other gulf coast states when the wrath of God hits them every year during tropical storm season? is it a mental deficiency or just plain 'ol sadism?

-- is all the hype regarding Kelly Clarkson really justified? sure, she's got better than average pipes, but she's no Aretha Franklin.

-- crude oil hit $70/barrell today. swell. the mullet predicts $100/barrell before christmas.

-- little man mullet spent yesterday and last nite away from home. the mullet misses him something fierce. work has pulled the mullet away from home life this weekend, and the mullet has much making up to do with little man. perhaps the playground later today, or maybe just some kickball in the backyard.

-- meatloaf is an oustanding food during the summer-fall transition. the oven has not been fired up in three months at casa de mullet, so it's good to know cooler weather is coming.

-- small game season opens in six weeks. solid.

be sure to visit any of the fine links to the right whilst the mullet is away.

metal rules

2005-08-23T20:16:00.000-05:00

mullet warning: long, rambling post

recently, the mullet had the, um, pleasure of watching VH1's 40 most awesomely bad metal songs ever. always one to pontificate about all things metal, particularly 80's big hair metal, the mullet has several bones to pick with the brain trust that determined the list. to wit:

the worst metal song of all time? Europe's Final Countdown. I'll admit, this tune will catch you unaware at first, but it after hearing it a few times, it will grow on you. sorta like fungus, only not as bad. certainly anything by Accept or Man-o-War is waaaaaaaay worse than this (can you say Armored Saint? I knew you could).

with the exception of Chris Cornell of Audioslave, you just don't hear those kind of vocals anymore. the vocals of twenty years ago have been replaced by the guttural wrenching of Godsmack and the like.

the point mullet, get to the point...

the mullet agrees with most of the list, especially Poison's craptastic Unskinny Bop and the Crue's Without You. *barfs*
there are a few other points of contention. for instance Britny Fox's Girl School.

stellar vocals or guitar work? no.
deep lyrcial content? no.
basic three chord construction? sure, but AC/DC has been doin' that for almost three decades without a problem. the point is this tune has it: the hook
so many bands were churned out thru the 80's that most of them missed the point entirely, or never had a clue in the first place. it's gotta have a hook. even lame-ass crap will make it if it has a decent hook (Jesus Jones anyone?).

and another thing. Dokken's Breaking the Chains on the list? sure, Donny's lyrics have always sucked, and he could never wail longer than a forty minute set. but (and it's a big but) George Lynch has always been, in the mullet's opinion, one of THE best axemen of the entire movement. just listen to Mr. Scary from Back for the Attack and you to will believe.

Amen to that.

gas prices suck

2005-08-09T20:44:00.000-05:00

nuthin' like seeing crude prices hit an all-time-high of $64.27 a barrel.
for those unclear on the subject, the mullet drive 160 miles each day to get to work. with oil changes every four weeks, that works out to about $300 a month, just to get to work.

rock 'n roll at the whiskey bar

2005-08-06T01:10:00.000-05:00

holy crap is billmon on a tear.

first, there's this fabulous bit on the prince of darkness hisself, Bob Novak:

Network executives acted Thursday after Novak's body staggered to its feet in the middle of a joint interview with the mummified remains of James Carville, and vomited a noxious heap of its own decomposed organs directly into the lap of CNN host Ed Henry. The reanimated corpse then lurched off the set, leaving a trail of wriggling maggots and liquified fecal matter behind it.

then there's this post about the commander in chimp taking yet another freakin' vacation:

The August getaway is Bush's 49th trip to his cherished ranch since taking office and Tuesday was the 319th day that Bush has spent, entirely or partially, in Crawford -- roughly 20 percent of his presidency to date.

just how much brush is there in crawford anyway?
lastly, there's this:

Personally, I think Dubya's fate is to be THE case study in foreign policy failure for the next two generations -- or until another president from Texas blunders into an unwinnable land war in Asia, whichever comes first. A generation of bright, eager Kennedy School grads are going to learn the secret to presidential leadership: Study everything Bush the Younger did, then do the exact opposite.

if the mullet only had half the wit and style of billmon...

parenthood rocks!

2005-08-06T00:26:00.000-05:00

look at how proud of himself little man mullet is!

he's just beaming, isn't he.

for those of you who aren't parents, this is what you have to look forward to. they will all do this, now matter how you try to prevent it. children are very, very resourceful.

yes, that's the entire roll of toilet paper.

lunch with the king

2005-08-06T00:18:00.000-05:00

salty mcgavin questions burger king's latest craptacular product: chicken fries.

there is just something wholly unnatural about these. the mullet has never seen a chicken in these shapes, and if it's chicken you want, then go and get a by-god fried chicken.
personally, the mullet detests all things BK. of all the fast food offerings, BK is at the bottom of the mullet's list.

yeck.

'nuff said.

mullet phrase

2005-08-02T20:23:00.000-05:00

all that and a bucket of chicken

meaining: outfreakingstanding

yeah, I know it's a reach, but it's been a long day. it's only tuesday. three more mondays to go before the weekend...

chemical dependancy

2005-08-02T20:16:00.000-05:00

it's official, k8 is addicted.

tolerance is hell.

space cowboys

2005-08-02T20:11:00.000-05:00

the astronauts currently aboard Discovery are planning an EVA tomorrow, to repair what NASA officials call gap filler.

The stiff, thin pieces of ceramic-treated fabric act as spacers, keeping the shuttle's delicate insulating tiles from crunching together during the rattling ascent and as the shuttle's body expands and contracts in the extreme heat and cold that it experiences in flight. The repair will take place during an already-scheduled spacewalk early Wednesday morning.

sixten billion dollars and they couldn't hire a good tile guy? jeebus, the guy down the block from the mullet only charges $35 an hour, I reckon that's a steal.

there's still time

2005-07-29T20:33:00.000-05:00

pennsylvania deer hunters, this post is for you:

doe tag applications are due in Harrisburg by monday morning.

you still have time to run out and get your general hunting permit, and then get your doe tag application in the mail tomorrow.

don't forget to fill out both sides of the yellow envelope, and don't forget you'll need two stamps, one for the outside, and one for the inside so the county treasurer can mail it back to you.

blah, blah, blah

2005-07-29T20:26:00.000-05:00

the mullet is fresh outta gas today, partly the result of a truly hellish week at work. thinking a good rant would help, the mullet shifted thru the lefty blogs and SCLM for the makings of a good seething verbal blowout, but I gots nuthin'...

not to leave you without words of wisdom and following BSTommy's lead (see the post below), here's what's on the mullet's mind right now:

-- if the mullet no longer has one, why does he continue to call himself the mullet?

-- if the rocket scientists at general motors had to spend just 15 minutes servicing what they designed, the mullet guarantees they would change their ways.

-- rachel ray needs to lay off the crystal meth before taping her shows.

-- is periwinkle really a color? really?

-- will karl rove actually do time for his felonious plame-name-dropping?

-- does anyone acutally listen to this man? the mullet wouldn't even buy a used car from him, let alone take his advice.

failing that for discussion starters, go to your book shelf, pull out the third book from the left. open it to the fifth chapter and give the mullet your openeing sentence. here's mine:

Howard's men jumped out off their gliders and began attacking the trenches around the bridge, where the German defenders had come alert and started firing.

check this out

2005-07-29T20:24:00.000-05:00

BSTommy is answering life's questions.

fer cryin' out loud

2005-07-27T20:30:00.000-05:00

this would be pee-your-pants funny if it weren't so sad:

The Bush administration is retooling its slogan for the fight against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, pushing the idea that the long-term struggle is as much an ideological battle as a military mission, senior administration and military officials said Monday.

Three subquestions arise just from the lead. First, this is the administration's solution to the spike in terrorist incidents, the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan, and the politico-military deterioration in Iraq—to retool the slogan?

Second, the White House and the Pentagon are just now coming around to the idea that the struggle is as much ideological as military? This wasn't obvious, say, three or four years ago?

Apparently not. Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the Times reporters who co-authored the article, note:

Administration and Pentagon officials say the revamped campaign has grown out of meetings of President Bush's senior national security advisers that began in January, and it reflects the evolution in Mr. Bush's own thinking nearly four years after the Sept. 11 attacks.

It took four years for the president of the United States to realize that fighting terrorism has a political component? It took six months for his senior advisers to retool a slogan? We are witnessing that rare occasion when the phrase "I don't know whether to laugh or cry" can be uttered without lapsing into cliché.

holy crap.

holy, holy crap.

the mullet always knew Our Dear Leader was intellectually challenged, but jeebus.

over 1400 killed in Iraq-o-rama, another 10K to 15K wounded, and this is the focus of the mis-Administration? these botards oughta be drug outta town by their short curlies.

I'm stunned. I gotta go lie down.

interesting

2005-07-26T20:33:00.000-05:00

turns out, a coupla folks the mullet works with also rant and rave on Blogger.
the latest the mullet discovered is salty mcgavin over at pearls of swine. keeping in the spirit of his post, the mullet humbly offers...

five tunes for mullets
let's get it on -- digital underground
hot rockin' -- judas priest
slither -- velvet revolver
run to the hills -- iron maiden
flick of the switch -- ac/dc

mullet, no halen on the list? certainly you jest.

nope, halen discs are on hiatus right now. the mullet is on a heavier kick these days, with some dokken and older priest records topping the play list.

the donkey grows a spine

2005-07-26T20:21:00.000-05:00

looks like the DLC has finally figured out that being a sack of wussies don't accomplish much. witness today's piece in today's NYTimes:

The Democrats, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, also sharply criticized Republican fiscal policies, denouncing the rising national debt after the booming economy of the years when Bill Clinton was president. They spoke at a meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council, a prominent group of moderates who helped send Mr. Clinton to the White House in 1992...

Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia said, "Today's Washington fiscal conservative is someone who thinks that deficits can go on forever and that you can make the cost of the war go away simply by moving them off the balance sheet."

Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana accused the Bush administration of "false bravado" and "incompetence" in the way it handled the war in Iraq and its aftermath. "It's obvious that they had no plan for winning the peace," Mr. Bayh said.

Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa criticized the administration as "not sharing with us the true reasons for going to war or the true price we would have to pay to continue the war."

ouch, that's gonna leave a mark in the morning. the wingers were quick to respond:

Republicans immediately fired back at the criticisms, mocking the council for reaching out to Mrs. Clinton, whom conservatives have long derided as a symbol of liberal excess.

"The fact that the centrist organization of the Democrat Party would anoint Hillary Clinton anything, exemplifies just how far left the Democrats have gone," said Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.

um, let's just take a stroll thru the record, for those wingers who are
factually challged:

Economic Data Shows That the Economy Grew 4.2 Percent in 1999 the fourth consecutive year of 4+ percent growth. This is the longest period of 4+ percent growth since the early 1960s. At the same time, America has created more than 20 million new jobs since President Clinton came into office, enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years...
4.2 Percent GDP Growth In 1999 GDP growth in the fourth quarter was 5.8 percent. This brings the growth rate for the four quarters of 1999 to 4.2 percent -- the fourth year in a row of 4+ percent growth for the first time since the early 1960s.
Inflation Is the Lowest It Has Been in 37 Years. In the fourth quarter, the GDP price index rose 2.0 percent at an annual rate. For 1999, the GDP price index grew only 1.4 percent. In the last two years, GDP inflation was lower than at any time since 1963.

alrighty then.

someone shoulda done some readin'

2005-07-24T20:50:00.000-05:00

it's an all to familiar story...
frustratedk8 and folks were out toolin' in the mud... unprepared... and found themselves stuck. now, since the mullet has been buried past the rockers panels on more than one occasion, it's always essential to have the proper gear.
if you can't afford rockwell axles, 40" meats and other assorted goodies, one thing everyone should have is a good winch.

today, he got stuck in some insane ditch thing, with the rear end of the truck sitting on the edge of the ditch. so basically, anything we tried to do to get him unstuck didnt work because the rear was stuck on the ground and the front tires were buried in some mucky/watery mudhole. oh, and, the left rear tire was on a hornet's nest. in the 1000 degree heat. and all we had to help us out was some crazy ass hodunk hillbilly named harley

yessir, some high pinion axles, a few more ponies and some appropriate skins might have saved them from the hodunk hillbilly. alway be prepared, always have friends nearby, never go wheelin' alone and always carry spare parts.

Patriot Act

2005-07-22T20:56:00.000-05:00

as usual, Billmon at Whiskey Bar is on a roll regarding the current legislative wranglings over renewing the craptastic Patriot Act. read the whole post, it's definitely worth it. the mullet particularly likes these bits...

This is probably a good time to remind people what Section 215 gives the government the power to do:

Section 215 allows the FBI to order any person or entity to turn over "any tangible things," so long as the FBI "specif[ies]" that the order is "for an authorized investigation . . . to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities."
Section 215 vastly expands the FBI's power to spy on ordinary people living in the United States, including United States citizens and permanent residents.
The FBI need not show probable cause, nor even reasonable grounds to believe, that the person whose records it seeks is engaged in criminal activity.
The FBI need not have any suspicion that the subject of the investigation is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power.
The FBI can investigate United States persons based in part on their exercise of First Amendment rights, and it can investigate non-United States persons based solely on their exercise of First Amendment rights.

for those unclear on the concept, here's a
reminder:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

why is it the conservatives, the ones who shout the most about strict constructionist judges and paying homage to the Constitution are the quickest ones to trample it?

Join the Team

2005-07-22T20:48:00.000-05:00

DO IT NOW!

Ashlee Simpson will be making a big splash with her debut album and her own MTV show.

Be in on the know - join Ashlee's Insiders today for all the latest news, exclusive content, and awesome prizes - all for members only. Be the first on board to rock out with Ashlee!

the mullet will be joining the Street Team *barfs* immediately. you will too, or the terrorists have already won.

little man mullet

2005-07-22T09:59:00.000-05:00

little man mullet (formerly known as baby mullet) turned two years old on wednesday. he's extremely opinionated and outspoken. When he wants something, he will raise hell and high water to get it. In his world, volume is the great equalizer to only being two. that way, the entire neighborhood will know he wants something, so he obviously thinks his odds of getting what he wants will improve the more people that know about it.

parenthood has been the biggest and most demanding adventure the mullet has ever taken, and I wouldn't trade a single second of it.

Java

2005-07-22T09:25:00.000-05:00

the mullet like coffee.

lots of coffee.

the mullet drinks gallons of the stuff on a weekly basis. it is nectar from the gods. the mullet literally cannot start the day without it, and will typically drink a pot before leaving the house for work, and two pots while at work. none of the fancy gourmet stuff either, it's Folger's all the way baby.
frustratedk8 raises a coupla interesting points:

as i was driving to starbucks this morning, i realized that i am a starbucks addict. no, not a coffee addict... STARBUCKS addict...

there is an argument to made for quality versus quantity, but the mullet would need three jobs to support a Starbucks habit, if I had one. the large three pound cans of coffee you see in the grocery store? the mullet blows thru one of those in a week. frustratedk8's next point:

my conclusion: coffee houses (not just starbucks, that is just my favorite) have to put some kind of highly addictive narcotic in their brews to be able to boost thier sales past beer...

ah, caffeine is indeed a wonderful thing.

blah, blah, blah...

2005-07-22T09:06:00.000-05:00

those of you who were frequent readers of the mullet before I took the site down a about a year ago remember why I pretty much stopped posting. mostly, it was a time constraint and duty issue, where working out of state and new responsibilities on the job consumed every last minute of free time. folks like Jo Fish and BSTommy said:

"don't quit mullet, just post less often.

I don't think they had once every coupla months in mind when they said that, but that's about the limit of spare time these days. those of you who twitch with anticipation for the mind drippings of the mullet have certainly moved on to better things, despite what the 'ol site meter says.

Iraq-o-rama

2005-05-30T22:36:00.000-05:00

jeebus, Krugman is brutal, even if he's stepping off the reservation of his economic domaim. to wit:

But the Bush administration, which was ready neither to look for a way out of Iraq nor to admit that staying there would require a much bigger army, simply threw out the rulebook. Regular soldiers are spending a lot more than a third of their time overseas, and many reservists are finding their civilian lives destroyed by repeated, long-term call-ups.

Two things make the burden of repeated deployments even harder to bear. One is the intensity of the conflict. In Slate, Phillip Carter and Owen West, who adjusted casualty figures to take account of force size and improvements in battlefield medicine (which allow more of the severely wounded to survive), concluded that "infantry duty in Iraq circa 2004 comes out just as intense as infantry duty in Vietnam circa 1966."

The other is the way in which the administration cuts corners when it comes to supporting the troops. From their foot-dragging on armoring Humvees to their apparent policy of denying long-term disability payments to as many of the wounded as possible, officials seem almost pathologically determined to nickel-and-dime those who put their lives on the line for their country.

Now, predictably, the supply of volunteers is drying up.

the mullet wants all of the wingers out there (and you know who you are) to contact your congressional delegation and senators and demand some accountability. and I don't wanna hear any guff outta ya neither. look who the mullet has to call.

you're just jealous cuz the voices only talk to me

2005-05-30T22:05:00.000-05:00

BSTommy has a bad case of writer's block.

Will it never end?

2005-05-30T21:58:00.000-05:00

always makes the mullet's heart twitter when his most favorite, um, musician *ducks* is nominated for such as prestigous award as the TCA!!

for a minute there, the mullet thought her overwhelming talent might be overlooked, but there is still hope.

vote now!

Road Trip

2005-05-30T21:40:00.000-05:00

SKB has been on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. check out his post, complete with lots of really great pix.

at one time, it was a dream of the mullet's to go there before he was 30. since that ain't happening, maybe before I'm 50 and can still hump a trail or two.

wrasslin'

2005-05-30T21:28:00.000-05:00

the mullet thoroughly enjoyed watching Chris Benoit whomp on Edge. I've said it before, but the Rabid Wolverine is utterly fearless, tireless and supremely motivated every night.

in the midst of tripe like the WWE Diva Search, the Raw/Smackdown lottery and poorly developed characters, Benoit remains a can of old school whup ass.

jeebus, Triple H is still around, and he's almost my dad's age. the mullet looks forward to Hell in a Cell next week when Batista will get some badly deserved payback on The Game.

wisdom for the ages

2005-05-29T21:09:00.000-05:00

please take a moment to reflect on the stunning depth and insight in these words:

You make me wanna la la
in the kitchen on the floor
I'll be a french maid
Where I'll meet you at the door
I'm like an alley cat
Drink the milk up, I want more
You make me wanna la la

um, you make me wanna what? la la?
sheesh... la la? sounds like something little-man mullet says when he drops a load in his diaper...no wait, isn't that Teletubbie? the mullet longs for power chords and 800 watt Marshall stacks.

I have only two words to offer in rebuttal: george lynch

axle tech

2005-05-29T20:51:00.000-05:00

one of the most important things to consider in your project build is axles. let's face it, they transfer the power and torque from your drive train to those fat meats. since Rockwells, the holy grail of axles, are beyond the fiscal reach of most mullets,consider a Dana 70.

you never know where you'll find one.

reading material

2005-05-29T20:39:00.000-05:00

THIS is what the mullet is reading these days.

I wish it was something more profound, but duty calls. going back and forth between Microsoft GUI and Unix command line is going to be the death of me. see, Unix and DOS use there slashes in opposite direction, so the mullet is always messing it up.

at least the wildcards are the same...

Iraq-o-rama

2005-05-29T20:31:00.000-05:00

nice to see that things have calmed down in Iraq. I can here ol' Scotty McClellan telling the poodles that we've got them right where we want them. to wit:

At least initially, the crackdown in Baghdad appeared to have met with a stiff, coordinated response by the insurgents that brought the toll to about 700 from the intensified rebel attacks this month. In particular, the day's heaviest battle, which raged across the districts of Abu Ghraib, Amariya and Khudra in western Baghdad, suggested that Iraq could be in for a summer of violence as Shiite religious leaders heading the new government seek to impose their authority on insurgents who find refuge and support among the dispossessed Sunni Arab minority.

In the space of 30 minutes in midafternoon, the insurgents responded to attempts by government forces to cordon off the capital's western districts with a sequence of attacks. They appeared to catch Iraqi forces by surprise, and prompted commanders to call for back-up from American troops garrisoned nearby. Iraqi witnesses said Apache attack helicopters with loaded missile racks swooped overhead as the insurgent attacks flared into protracted gun battles below. Some witnesses said they had seen the helicopters firing, but no confirmation of those accounts were available from the United States military.

yessir, right where we want them.

Interesting

2005-05-29T20:22:00.000-05:00

haven't had but one post in a coupla months, but sitemeter still shows over one hundred hits, including a coupla government URL's.

have I made the terrorist watch list?

It's been a while

2005-05-19T07:19:00.000-05:00

yes, I know it's been months since the mullet has posted, but life has a way of rearranging your priorities. first and foremost, when little-man mullet (he's looooong past the baby mullet stage) decides that going to and remaining asleep at night no longer is a priority, everyone suffers.
couple this with the long hours of a DBA and a 160 mile daily commute to work has made thing, um, exhausting. There simply has been zero time to do quality posting. there's been zero time for much of anything for that matter, but posting has definitely dropped on the list of important matters.

the mullet will endeavor to do better.

talk about yer big blocks

2005-03-19T20:59:00.000-05:00

jumpin' catfish!!
the mullet has found the king of crate motors:

World Products is in the super-size game, too. The company's line of big-block Chevy-style Merlin engines has worn size "XL" tags for years. Now, however, World Products has dropped all pretense of building simply a larger-displacement big-block crate engine; they've developed the Monster Merlin of almost unfathomable dimensions--632 cubic inches.

geez o' pete.

sixhunnertandthirtytwo cubes.

damn thing probably costs more than my house...

today's rant

2005-03-19T20:48:00.000-05:00

most of you know by now the type of music the mullet craves: 80's metal.
ma and pa mullet thought is was a phase, but that was a coupla decades ago.
(c'mon mullet, get to the point...). times have changed, but not for the better. whenever the mullet cruises thru MTV land, it's either JLo, Greenday or these raging botards. (props to big stupid tommy for that phrase)

jeebus. the mullet sees Nick driving a stake thru her heart inside of five years. she's dumb as a post.

really.

the mullet double-dog dares anyone to sit thru an entire episode of this drivel.

Iraq-o-rama

2005-03-19T11:59:00.000-05:00

as the catastrophe that is the war on terra continues, we see that not everyone supports Dear Leader's excellent adventure.

In Georgia, Sgt. Kevin Benderman, 40, whose family ties to military service stretch back to the American Revolution, filed for conscientious-objector status and learned that he will face a court-martial in May for failing to report to his unit when it left for a second stint in Iraq.

I won't even touch on the series that ran on NPR this week about BAMC and wounded soldiers recovering from what's called traumatic amputation. nearly 15K casualties and counting...

Dubya Speaks

2005-03-18T10:47:00.000-05:00

I'm sure by now, everyone is aware of the Terry Shiavo case. our Dear Leader weighed in with his unique wisdom yesterday:

...Yet in instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life...

rather ironic, coming from the Texecutioner himself. 136 death sentences carried out during Dubya's term as governor.

the mullet may be partisan, but pointing out glaring hypocrisy isn't. pointing out that one's prior record does not support one's current rhetoric is fact, not partisanship. unfortunately, we have four more years of this to look forward to.

March Madness

2005-03-17T22:06:00.000-05:00

the mullet must admit he hasn't paid too much attention to all the hoopla regarding the big roundball tourney taking place this weekend.

even though the mullet is a Syracuse Alum, my pick is North Carolina.

interesting question

2005-03-17T21:51:00.000-05:00

over at Say Uncle, there's an interesting proposition.

SU really has a way of getting to the core of things without to much diddybopping around a subject.

Ebbers convicted

2005-03-16T08:01:00.000-05:00

Looks like Bernie Ebbers maybe going to prison:

Former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers, accused of masterminding a massive accounting fraud that led the telecommunications giant into bankruptcy, was convicted on charges of fraud and conspiracy by a US court.
Ebbers was found guilty of conspiracy, securities fraud and making false filing with regulators in the $11-billion fraud case by the jury on Tuesday, which invites a maximum punishment of 85 years.

Fortunately for Big House Bernie, the Supremes recently struck down federal sentencing guidelines in the last coupla weeks, so the judge in this case has more discretion than in the recent past.
Somehow, I don't think the judge will be too lenient here...

trouble for The Hammer

2005-03-15T20:37:00.000-05:00

according to the WaPo, the continuing ethics saga of Dennis Hastert will continue to plague the current congress. It would appear as though the donkey has grown some spine. to wit:

Democrats said they do not plan to allow the ethics committee to organize until Republicans repeal a series of rule changes they pushed through in January, making it more difficult to initiate an investigation unless at least one Republican member supports the probe...
The standoff followed a Washington Post report that DeLay accepted a trip to South Korea in 2001 from a group that had registered as a foreign agent. House rules prohibit members from taking gifts from such groups. The ethics committee has admonished DeLay three times in the past year for official misconduct, and some ethics experts believe that the latest revelation could trigger another investigation...

(emphasis mine)

yep, nuthin' like a little graft to get their tighty whities all in a snit. read further and you'll see this:

The 10-member House ethics panel, formally the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, is unique among committees in that it is split evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Democrats are resisting rule changes the House made in January that make it more difficult to open investigations. Until January, a tie meant that an inquiry was automatically triggered, now a majority must approve it.

and finally, there's this gem:

Ron Bonjean, communications director for House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), said it was unclear last night how the logjam could be broken. "Democrats have chosen to shut down the ethics process," he said. "It's up to the House Democrats to put the ethics process above partisan politics."

the mullet sometimes wonders what they're somking up on the hill. bipartisan commission, but it's the Crats who are, um, partisan, or mean, or something.

the mullet wants

2005-03-14T21:02:00.000-05:00

one of these.

giddeeyup.

so much has changed

2005-03-14T20:50:00.000-05:00

so, the mullet has been gone for nearly a year. there has been many trials and tribulations, not the least of which are preparations for leaving the mullet's home town due to a work induced relocation.
since the mullet now has to drive nearly 200 miles a day to get to work and back, I will not have much time to post during the week. I'll do most of my venom spewing on weekends, assuming baby mullet is ok with that.

don't weep for me argentina, there'll be plenty of rhetorical bile to come.

Sooooooo Tired

2005-03-14T11:56:00.000-05:00

baby mullet, also known as Conan (as in "the destroyer") was awake this morning at 2AM, and didn't go back to sleep.

at all.

the mullet and mrs. mullet are very, very tired.

Iraq-o-rama

2005-03-13T21:11:00.000-05:00

from today's NYT comes late breaking news that the looting of weapons caches back in April 2003 was a little more, um, organized than Rummy's untidiness.

The Iraqi official, Sami al-Araji, the deputy minister of industry, said it appeared that a highly organized operation had pinpointed specific plants in search of valuable equipment, some of which could be used for both military and civilian applications, and carted the machinery away...
"They came in with the cranes and the lorries, and they depleted the whole sites," Dr. Araji said. "They knew what they were doing; they knew what they want. This was sophisticated looting."

seems to me they were mighty tidy. smirk... lorries. indeed.

more social security

2005-03-13T20:46:00.000-05:00

let's take a moment to elaborate on the previous post, shall we?
first: in order to fund private accounts, you must divert current SS revenue to fund those accounts. how, if the mullet may be so bold, is one to pay for the current SS commitments? the answer is simple: borrow
depending on who you listen to, estimates range from one to four trillion (yes, that's trillion with a "T").
I like how nathan newman puts it:
So here is what social security privatization means for young workers:
(1) Your guaranteed benefits will be slashed and if your personal account goes south in an Enron-style mess, you will be eating cat food in retirement.
(2) While it sounds like free money, you will actually be paying for those private accounts through increased income or other taxes.
(3) Therefore, the scam is that young workers get to pay double taxation, for present retirees and again to cover the costs of their own accounts.
Cute bait and switch, huh? The GOP gets to sound all progressive and pro-young worker, when they really are screwing them as thoroughly as possible.

see, this is where credibility, or Dubya's lack thereof, comes into play. when all you've got is smirky rhetoric (WMD's anyone?), you've got nothing else if your plan is simply to borrow boatloads of money. oh, and lest we forget, we're already borrowing enough money now to finance current government spending to finance several small countries. jeebus, the preznit couldn't even put the cost of the war on terra into this year's budget, like it was a surprise or something.

Social Security

2005-03-13T11:53:00.000-05:00

Just in case you were wondering, all the hoopla over social security is ridiculous. It's actually very simple: Dubya will cut benefits at the first opportunity. Everything else is lace on a turd.

no matter how you dress it up, a turd is still a turd.

Today's rant

2005-03-13T11:45:00.000-05:00

For those who don't remember, and it' been a while, the mullet loves his metal. Ratt, Dokken, Iron Maiden and so on. A throwback to the 80's glory years, a veritable dinosaur in the current realm of pop drivel. "The point here mullet?" I'm sure you're asking yourself...

does anyone truly believe that she would have any type of career if her sister didn't have such huge, um, talent...

the mullet is all a-twitter with anticipation of joining her street team.

just a test...

2005-03-13T11:06:00.000-05:00

Yes, it's been a while, but the mullet is back.