If I don't tweet, does that mean I didn't use my brain?

In the mornings, I'll look at the previous day's tweets and expand them. Or expound on them.

But, when I went to do that this morning, I found that all my tweets were the automatic ones from blog posts, or were retweets of others' tweets.

Which means I had no original thoughts yesterday.

Or does it?

It might ... if I ever tweeted an original thought.

Then, again, maybe I just wasn't paying attention.

Bottom line, I don't have a morning post.

So here's that Eduard Khil video:

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Pick the SNL sketch

Here's a quiz:

Which one of these videos is a sketch from Saturday Night Live, and which is a video of a real-life event?

Video number one:


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Video number two:


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Could you tell?

Both are funny, but for different reasons.

One is an Academy Award-winning actor playing a dumbass who has no concept of numbers. The other is a United States president actually being a dumbass who has no concept of numbers, saying that insurance rates would go down 3-thousand percent under his plan.

Comedy writers could imagine the first. No one could imagine the second. Except it's real. Sadly, sadly real.

But it does help explain why I've been saying that everyone who voted for Obama is a dumbass.

Taxation without representation

Remember that phrase? "No taxation without representation!"

The health care bill that the Democrats are attempting to use to Slaughter the Constitution.

I think this is an example of your being taxed without being represented.

Taxation without representation.

How'd that work out last time it was tried?

Not too good...


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The best and hardest job in the world

Some blog friends are entering a new stage in their life.

Frank J. and SarahK are having a baby!

Actually, SarahK is going to have the baby. Frank was there for the conception, so the hard part's over for him.

And, if you're a parent, you know that's not the case at all. The hard work is just beginning. But, it'll be worth it.

Congratulations to the soon-to-be parents.

Cartoons: More Obamacare

Several cartoons covering different aspects of the Obamacare bill...


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[Source: Dick Locher]



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[Source: Steve Kelley]

Obama, Matt Damon ... and other asses

A Native Hawaiian government? If they give part of Hawaii its own government, can they include the hospital where Obama was born? And, if they do, will Obama then suddenly discover he was born in Kansas?

Matt Damon's Green Zone movie had a poor showing. That could have been prevented if they had done a tie-in that included Rumsfeld action figures.

Despite reports that Obama was not a "Professor," he actually was. If that's short for "Professional Agitator."

Yesterday ... actually, the entire weekend ... was focused on one thing: a colonoscopy. I was going to live-Tweet it, but, really, you didn't want that, now did you?

They wouldn't let me use my BlackBerry anyway, during the procedure. Plus, when the anesthesiologist started her drugs, I said, "Oh, yeah, the drugs are starting to..." And that's all I remember.

After it was over, the doctor said I need to more vegetables. Macaroni and cheese is a vegetable, right?

I was groggy from the anesthesia for a while afterward. I tweeted that. And the BlackBerry spell-check didn't recognize "groggy" as a word.

"Groggy" is a word, though, isn't it? If not, it should be. 'Cause that's how I felt.

When I left clinic, the wheeled me out the back door. You know. Away from the paparazzi.

I thought about posting a video of the colonoscopy. But I wasn't sure if anyone wanted to see it. If you do, watch this.

Who knows what other medical procedure I might tweet in the future? You can, if you follow me on teh Twitter: http://twitter.com/basilsblog

Obama's womanly leadership

The reports of Obama's "womanly" leadership made the rounds yesterday. Michelle Malkin has a report, plus a roundup from others covering the story.

In case you missed it, here's the excerpt ... followed by video evidence that it's not just his leadership that's "womanly"...


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Video sources: Daily Beast video, Schnittshow, Associated Press, iOwnTheWorld

Also: The Javelina Bomb has a related Top Ten (plus the inspiration for the video)

The 2309-page reconciliation bill

The reconciliation bill was introduced today. It's 2309 pages long.

Want your own copy?

Here you go, courtesy of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA-a) ...


Click the image to open your own copy in PDF format. Right-click to save a copy.

Cartoons: Obamacare

Two views of what's required to pass Obamacare...


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[Source: Michael Ramirez]

Both end well in that Democrats lose. Both end badly in that America gets this abomination enforced upon them.

Update: Don Surber has a related cartoon.

If Democrats starred in Futurama

Ever notice that some people seem to be the inspiration for certain characters on television? No? Well, then, you aren't paying attention.

For example, several Futurama characters seem to have been inspired by leaders in the Democrat party...


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I'm sure there are many other TV characters that are based on politicians. Aren't there?