Kadizzle VS Pheasants today

Old Kadizzle is shot up pretty bad with back pain, but he may take the old Commander out with Shanika to do some hunting. Shanika has been our old hunting buddy for years. Shanika will bring one of his many dogs witch will be handy. Hopefully the Kadizzle clan will be able to return to the southwest with Shanika in a few weeks for one more good hunt. Kadizzle is not the killing type, but one must keep in mind that the Pheasant is not native to our country. Shooting a pheasant is actually dealing with illegal immigration from China. The other nice thing about pheasants is you only shoot the males. Supposedly one male can take care of ten females. Apparently the pheasants are Mormons.

Hoopleheads and Facts don't mix

Lord Kadizzle has developed a bad habit of arguing with Hoopleheads on blogs. One thing that is as predictable as the sun rising is how a Hooplehead will react when you back them into a corner with facts. Without exception the Hoople will say your source is unreliable. If you cite the New York Times, the Hoople will call it a left wing rag or something derogatory. Kadizzle stumbled across what he thought was a bullet proof source for the Hooples. It turns out the CIA publishes a fact book. It is called THE CIA FACTBOOK. Lo and behold when Kadizzle used facts from the CIA, the Hoople claimed it was biased. Of course the Hooples easily forget the CIA was used by Cheney to justify going into Iraq. If you take the time to peruse the CIA fact book you will find the United States ranks very poorly in the world in many categories. The Hooples insist we are number one in everything and don't have much truck with the CIA saying otherwise. Ironically Kadizzle was put onto the factbook in regard to the health care debate. The CIA figures show what bad shape our country is really in compared to the rest of the world for health care. This drives the Hooples nuts.

Kadizzle expert Deer Tracker

This is Scott with his Buck
On the way back from Fargo the cell phone rang. It was Scott and he wanted Kadizzle to come up to Lake Sakakawea in the Dark on Mallard Island and help him find a deer he shot with a bow. Kadizzle fortunately realized the folly of this venture and said no. However, Kadizzle and The Commander did journey to the island in the morning to track down the deer. Scott was excited he had shot good sized buck and badly wanted to find it. Scott thought the deer did not get far, but Kadizzle suspected it made it some distance. With his expert tracking skills Kadizzle found a blood spot about four hundred yards from where Scott made his shot. Kadizzle had the right trail and Scott found another blood spot in another fifty yards. Kadizzle walked by the expired deer once withing about 75 feet. Scott finally spotted it and we put it in the boat and returned to the mainland. It was about a two hour effort, but an interesting way to spend the morning.

Kadizzle Perfects musical machine from plumbing parts

Hooplehead Kryptonite

Read this New York Times article. Every Hooplehead loves to say the American Health Care system is the best in the world. It is just a blatant lie by the Republicans. Read the real statistics and then repeat them for the Hooples at the coffee shop. You will get the classic Hoople come back. "Well that's from the New York Times". You will get this from some idiot that relies on The Bismarck Tribune.

Back Pain strange

Lord Kadizzle never suffered much back pain in his life, but in the last three months there have been two serious episodes. Strangely these onsets happen at 2:30 A.M. The last episode seemed to be related to getting on the sailboat in an awkward fashion. What brought on this one is a mystery.

More than anything the pain makes Kadizzle wonder how people make it when they have cancer or some other major problem. This back pain is bad enough, but if someone had to go through this for weeks at a time it is hard to imagine how they endure.

Sleeping is impossible once the pain comes on. Taking pain medication means you will be in a semi daze all day long. There are those who surely would say that is already the case.

Whats Wrong with District 33?

Last night I attended a District 33 Democrat Party Meeting. We puzzled about how the Democrats could take back the District. Jim Kusler did an excellent presentation of his analysis of the voting patterns of the District. In the middle of the night I woke up with back pain and started thinking about what has changed in this area. Why can't we elect Democrats? The number of votes needed is small, under three hundred with the right circumstances. Jim pointed out that with the right effort it could be done. Late at night it hit me what the change was. It may seem preposterous, but religion in my mind had a lot to do with it. When I moved here in 1976 the communities were primarily Lutheran, and Catholic. These are fairly middle of the road religions with relatively rational people. However, when the big construction projects brought thousands of outsiders to the area, many of the locals along with the outsiders became infected with fundamentalism. Baptist churches and other new strains of religion to the area began to crop up everywhere. Drive around Beulah, or Hazen, and you will see numerous off brand churches that never existed before the boom. What does this have to do with the election of Democrats? All of us recall how the Republicans took advantage of the fundamentalist. The Republicans successfully demonized Democrats. Voting Democrat has been given the taint of sin in these churches. You don't have to talk to one of these fundamentalist preachers long to realize they basically feel Democrats are inherently evil. Speak with the followers of these people and you will soon find they are not going to vote for a Democrat. Ask them why, and they cannot answer you. It is just a faith issue that you are not going to overcome. Most of these people firmly believe God is a Republican. I could go on and give you details of conversations I have had with these preachers, and I can assure you they have a firm grip on their parishioners, and their vote. There is one ray of hope. The fundamentalist slowly came to realize how they were abused by the Bush administration. I think reaching these people is next to impossible, but would be key to winning an election.

Daughter Megan finds job in Japan

Watermelon hanging on the Vine

This is an old song from the hills, and it is required song knowledge to hear it push this link. Now here are the lyrics you have to learn. Sing along by playing the highlighted link.


Watermelon on the Vine

See that watermelon smiling through the fence
I really wanna eat that watermelon fine
White folks sure am foolish, They haven't got a lot of sense
Or they wouldn't leave that melon on that vine

Chorus
Hambone is sweet, chicken is good
Rabbit is so very, very fine
But give me, oh give me, now how I wish you would
That watermelon hanging on that vine

You may talk about your apples, your peaches and your pears
'Simmons a-growing on the tree
But bless your heart my honey, you am the gal for me
Or they wouldn't leave it hanging on that vine

I went to get that melon, it was on one Sunday night
The stars they had just begun to shine
When I left that old man's field, I left there in a run
But I didn't leave that melon on that vine
Listen to this song

This Song Clip was recorded in the key of G. (Click below to play.)


A song from the Mountain Music for Everyone Song Collection from the ToneWay Project. Our website has lyrics to nearly 400 traditional songs common

A Walk on the Wild Side

Brother-in-law, Bob Good took a nice photo of some mushrooms, I believe they are psychedelic.

Excellent NPR Story about women caught in sex trade

Can you identiby this old tool invented by a Republican

First Click on the picture and enlarge it. Now for the answer

Tobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s – 1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily thte resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum. The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up one’s ass.” :-)

This old tool has been used in Washington DC by the Republican Party for years. Are you finally starting to feel it?

Met a real Hooplehead Yesterday at City Hall

Lord Kadizzle wishes he was lying, but he met a genuine Hooplehead at city hall yesterday. Kadizzle has known the man for years, but did not realize how bad his hooplism has become. Spindly Riddle says Kadizzle is a portly short, but this Hoople was a portly large. To top it all off the Hoople was dressed as a Hooplehead. With a few minor changes he looked and was dressed like the picture above. He had on a baseball cap with little lapel pins in it. Best of all he had on bib overalls. Right away he launched into hoople talk about how bad Obama is. Next he demanded to know where Obama's birth certificate is. Kadizzle said "Oh No, your a birther?". Of course the hoople had no clue what a birther was. Then he called Obama the "N" word a few times. Also he made the mandatory comment about socialism. The poor Hoople had no idea what socialism was, but like most Hooples he knew it was bad. Kadizzle remarked to the Hoople that his son turned out so well and it was amazing he had a Hoople for a dad. At about that point the fellow asked "What is a Hooplehead?". Kadizzle explained to him where the term came from and how he resemble the simple minded gold miners in Deadwood that the term was coined for. Back to his son. It turns out his son is a fine young fellow, and very civic minded. Kadizzle asked the Hoople how his son turned out so well. The Hoople explained that his son was 95% from his mother. What a blessing for the kid. Next the Hoople tried to explain that he was not really that dumb. The Hoople claimed he was on a nuclear submarine. Kadizzle figured he was the janitor. Kadizzle asked the Hoople what submarine he was on. Sure enough it was classified. A little later Kadizzle wanted to get a picture of the Hooplehead for this article. The Hoople threatened poor old Kadizzle and Kadizzle thought it best not to have a fight break out at city hall. Kadizzle will see if he can find a good resemblance to the hoople and post it with this article. Will search under the bubba catagory.

Moon River = Answer to Photo Below