Amazing Pheasant Population

The southern boys from North Carolina are here. Lord Kadizzle has been leading them into battle with the vicious pheasants. The numbers of birds in the southwest is almost beyond comprehension. Every field has hundreds of birds. When you go into a big farm yard tree row the birds pour out by the hundreds. The group had some good shooting. His Lordship had an excellent turkey shoot. The birds were coming faster than he could load.

The Most Vile Rat of them all

Once in a while I tune the car radio to Rush Limbaugh. Lord Kadizzle just likes to hear the most vile rat on earth spew his venom. How any one could take the man serious is amazing. He contradicts himself in every sentence. He is the worst spinner ever put on Earth. On my list of people I could kill without an ounce of guilt or remorse he is there beside Pat Robertson robbing old ladies. Any one who has an once of belief in Rush, does not have an once of respect from Lord Kadizzle. At a time when the country is trying to go forward that bloated corpse is on the radio spewing hate.

You must read the article with this picture

http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/title/?ei=5070&emc=eta1
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I was just at the bank talking with the unrepentent Repupublicans. This article says it all. It is amazing that the current urban legend making the rounds in Hazen it that we are going to lose our guns. Idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nation Finally Bad Enough To Make Social Progress

WASHINGTON—After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome.


Faced with losing everything, Americans took a long overdue step forward and elected Barack Obama.

Although polls going into the final weeks of October showed Sen. Obama in the lead, it remained unclear whether the failing economy, dilapidated housing market, crumbling national infrastructure, health care crisis, energy crisis, and five-year-long disastrous war in Iraq had made the nation crappy enough to rise above 300 years of racial prejudice and make lasting change.

"Today the American people have made their voices heard, and they have said, 'Things are finally as terrible as we're willing to tolerate," said Obama, addressing a crowd of unemployed, uninsured, and debt-ridden supporters. "To elect a black man, in this country, and at this time—these last eight years must have really broken you."

Added Obama, "It's a great day for our nation."

Carrying a majority of the popular vote, Obama did especially well among women and young voters, who polls showed were particularly sensitive to the current climate of everything being stolen by the rich. Another contributing factor to Obama's victory, political experts said, may have been the growing number of Americans who, faced with the complete collapse of their country, were at last able to abandon their preconceptions and cast their vote for a progressive African-American.


After enduring eight years of near constant trauma, the United States is, at long last, ready for equality.

Citizens with eyes, ears, and the ability to wake up and realize what truly matters in the end are also believed to have played a crucial role in Tuesday's election.

According to a CNN exit poll, 42 percent of voters said that the nation's financial woes had finally become frightening enough to eclipse such concerns as gay marriage, while 30 percent said that the relentless body count in Iraq was at last harrowing enough to outweigh long ideological debates over abortion. In addition, 28 percent of voters were reportedly too busy paying off medical bills, desperately trying not to lose their homes, or watching their futures disappear to dismiss Obama any longer.

"The election of our first African-American president truly shows how far we've come as a nation," said NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. "Just eight years ago, this moment would have been unthinkable. But finally we, as a country, have joined together, realized we've reached rock bottom, and for the first time voted for a candidate based on his policies rather than the color of his skin."

"Today Americans have grudgingly taken a giant leap forward," Williams continued. "And all it took was severe economic downturn, a bloody and unjust war, terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan, nearly 2,000 deaths in New Orleans, and more than three centuries of frequently violent racial turmoil."

Said Williams, "The American people should be commended for their long-overdue courage."

Obama's victory is being called the most significant change in politics since the 1992 election, when a full-scale economic recession led voters to momentarily ignore the fact that candidate Bill Clinton had once smoked marijuana. While many believed things had once again reached an all-time low in 2004, the successful reelection of President George W. Bush—despite historically low approval ratings nationwide—proved that things were not quite shitty enough to challenge the already pretty shitty status quo.

"If Obama learned one thing from his predecessors, it's that timing means everything," said Dr. James Pung, a professor of political science at Princeton University. "Less than a decade ago, Al Gore made the crucial mistake of suggesting we should care about preserving the environment before it became unavoidably clear that global warming would kill us all, and in 2004, John Kerry cost himself the presidency by saying we should pull out of Iraq months before everyone realized our invasion had become a complete and total quagmire."

"Obama had the foresight to run for president at a time when being an African-American was not as important to Americans as, say, the ability to clothe and feed their children," Pung continued. "An election like this only comes once, maybe twice, in a lifetime."

As we enter a new era of equality for all people, the election of Barack Obama will decidedly be a milestone in U.S. history, undeniable proof that Americans, when pushed to the very brink, are willing to look past outward appearances and judge a person by the quality of his character and strength of his record. So as long as that person is not a woman.

Bladizzled, and waiting for the president of France to call

The blizzard has struck, The Commander is sick with a terrible cold,and the North Carolina boys are coming today. They will get their little southern tukasas shocked when the step off the plane in Bismarck. The roads here are a mess. Do you know Africa is a continent, not a country? If you do please call Alaska 911 and let Sara know. That simple minded idiot also thinks she got a call from the president of France. Of course in the best tradition of the McCain campaign when Sarah knew for three days she was going to get a (prank but she did not know it) call. Her side never bothered to relay the message to the McCain side. Surely even those dingers would have told her to check it out. So she takes the call and proves once again she is an idiot.

Wonderful musical video, YES WE CAN

YES WE CAN

Arthur Little said it all in high school

Lord Kadizzle went to High School in Wheeling, West Virginia. In our high school there were a hand full of black kids. For the most part they were all great kids. Arthur Little was a small black kid Lord Kadizzle had gym class with. We would pretend to box. Arthur could hit me twice before I could land one punch. Once in a while just out of the clear blue sky Arthur would break out and recite Emily Dickenson.

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

Arthur said it so eloquently. I was a poor kid, and felt like a social outcast, so it really hit home with me. To this day I feel so bad about what those black kids had to go through. They were troupers. They were in the school plays, and sang like angles. Having black kids in school was one of the greatest blessings in my life. There were no black kids until I got to high school. One day Arthur invited me to his house in Triadelphia. Arthur lived in an old coal mining camp. For wall paper there was just newspaper. When I realized how hard these kids had it, and how they managed to keep their heads up, I found it awful hard to feel sorry for myself. To this day I can hear Arthur just coming up to me and saying "I am nobody, who are you?" I am so happy for Arthur today, and I am so dismayed by the people I know who would have thought for one moment to deprive him of what has always been his, a right to be somebody.

Neighbors suffer from genetic defect, fail to vote Democratic

They did not vote for McCain, and they did not vote for Obama. They thought they were safe voting for Ron Paul, but the rath of God came down on them. Hopefully their pinheads will return to normal. Unfortunately many Republicans may never recover.

A Blizzard in Hazen

No work today, the first Blizzard of the year is here. It will be nice to sit home and waste a day. Lord Kadizzle and The Commander both now have the double episodic. Reading the New York times this morning his Lordship saw a quote from a European that the election was like the Berlin wall coming down. In so many ways it was. A friend called last night and asked me what I was going to bitch about now. Good question, the dunderheads still provide plenty of fodder. It would be so nice if North Dakota was not populated by so many gumples. My dear friend Gertie has not stopped by for wine in a while, but she is sure Obama is a terrorist. Gertie's husband told me he was terrified Obama would get elected. I can just see him sitting in a corner scared to death. What scares me the most is the wreckage left by Bush. My savings have been devastated, and the Bush mess will take a generation to clean up. The spinners will blame everything on the Democrats within a month. Did you hear about Palin having a phony conversation with what she thought was the president of France. She out did herself in the nitwit category, and her staff proved even dumber.

Lord Kadizzle installs new door in his house for Republicans

Last night after the election returns I got a call from a good Republican friend. I asked my old friend how he felt when he saw the tears in the eyes of the black people in Chicago at Obama's acceptance rally. My friend said " I really feel small". He went on to say that seeing the pride and happiness of the young black kids made him feel an inch tall, and he wished he had never voted for McCain. I tried to cheer him up by telling him about the new door we just installed for people like him.

Rats caught in their own trap

The witch is dead, the wicked witch is dead. Praise be unto Jeeesus.

They live in a small world

I don't know how anyone could watch the crowd in Chicago celebrating the defeat of racism, and small minded Republicanism and not feel the ultimate joy. The crowd in Chicago was full of people of every race and age. The McCain bunch portrayed exactly who they were, a bunch of rich white people with a sense of entitlement. My main feeling for the people who supported McCain is sorrow. An old friend of mine used to say "He lives in a small world". The sadness of living in a small world driven by greed, racism, urban legends, Rush Limbaughs, and Bill O'Rielly's is truely a punishment these people have inflicted on themselves. The big world they don't get to experience is a wonderful place where people are unshackled from stupidity, fundamentalism, and materialism. I just thank god I did not have to look into the face of a black person crying with joy in Chicago, and know I voted for McCain. I have never in my life felt better about a vote I cast than right now. If Obama is a complete failure as a president, he has done more for the world by simply getting elected than the Republicans have since they made the terrible mistake of of electing Ronald Reagen

The Sun Also Rises

Maybe I am wrong, but I strongly feel those obsessed with greed, selfishness, racism, and ignorance are going to crawl back in their caves today. In the cave they can read urban legends, hide from terrorist, listen to Rush, watch Fox News, and do what they do without ruining the country like they have for the last eight years.

Nothing is going to restore my confidence in this country more than the election of Barrack Obama. Americans are going to rise up and show they can overcome the propaganda of those who favor a select few at the expense of so many. My car used to have the bumper stick. "Never have so few, taken so much, from so many, for so long" I pray today "So Long" is over.

A moving video, with a great story

Watch this video and it will bring tears to your eyes. If you watch and still vote for McCain, you should have tears in your eyes because of what you did. Click Here

Who can dance, Obama vs McCain

Obama challanged McCain to a dance off see who won. Click Here

Bismarck Tribune "Were stupid, and we are proud"

Today Lord Kadizzle came home from a wonderful weekend only to see the Bismarck Tribune endorsed McCain. What an embarrassment, apparently the editors don't read anything but the Rush Limbaugh news letter, and the National Inquirer. The editors seemed to totally overlook the fact that Sarah Palin is a certified idiot. What about Colin Powell's wonderful endorsement of Obama? Did they read it, or see it? What about William F. Buckly Jr. jumping ship? Never have so many prominent people jumped the Republican ship, but our local idiots just don't get it. The week before this they ran dozens of abortion letters, daaa. Of course they also gave prominent play to the gun guys. It is truly an embarrassment to have the Bismarck Tribune dropped in front of my home.

Blue States Cecede from Red States

Dear Red States,


We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're
taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware, that
includes Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Illinois, New York, and all of the Northeastern states. After this
election, we'll be adding Colorado and New Mexico. We believe this split
will be beneficial to the nation, especially to the people of our new
country - Nuevo California.


To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states; we get
stem cell research, the best beaches, and the best ski resorts. We get the
Statue of Liberty; you get Dollywood.

We get Intel and Microsoft; you get WorldCom. We get Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Cal Tech, MIT and
Columbia; you get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of America's venture capital
and entrepreneurs; you get Alabama.

We get two-thirds of the tax revenue; you get to make the red states pay their fair share.
Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than that of the
Christian Coalition, we get a bunch of happy families and you get a bunch of
under-educated single moms.


Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and
we'll need all of our citizens back from Iraq at once.
If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They apparently have
kids they're willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't
mind if you don't televise their kid's caskets coming home. We do wish you
success in Iraq and hope that those Weapons of Mass Destruction turn up for
you, but we're not willing to spend any more of our money in Bush's
Quagmire.


With the Blue States, we will control 80 percent of the country's fresh
water, 90 percent of pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh
fruit, 97 percent of America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at
your state dinners), 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech
industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias
and condors, and all the Ivy League and Seven Sister schools. We also get
New England, the Great Lakes and Yosemite, thank you very much.


In the Red States, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese
Americans and their projected health care costs, 92 percent of all U.S.
mosquitoes, 100 percent of tornadoes, 94 percent of hurricanes, 99 percent
of Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, as well as Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bob Jones University, and Clemson.


Additionally, in the Red States, 38 percent actually believe Jonah was
swallowed by a whale; 62 percent believe life is sacred unless it involves
the death penalty or gun ownership; 44 percent claim that evolution is only
a theory; 53 percent insist that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11; and 61
percent of you crazy bastards believe you have higher moral standards than
those of us on the left.


By the way, we're taking all the good pot, too. You get that dirt weed from
Mexico and Kansas ditches.


Peace out,
The Blue States

Old whistle dick here couldn't get laid in a mortuary!!

Years ago with my brother Colin I worked for old Lutrel Davis. Lute as they called him had some old country sayings that have stuck with me my whole life. One was the term "Whistle dick". This morning I decided to look up the definition and came across the quote above. During my time since working with Lute, most of my problems have been caused by whistle dicks. Another saying old Lute had was "Don't strain your milk". Colin or I would start to lift something heavy, and Lute would say "Don't strain your milk". The other day I was working in yard and my neighbor used the term. It was the first time I have heard it in forty years. Remembering my brother Colin I thing of the time he renamed a Christian crusade. A bunch of fundies started a movement called "Dare to be Great". The fundies were running around the south ripping off the ignorant. Colin called the group "Dare to be Stupid". Vote for McCain, and you can join the movement.

Talking to my friend the Old Goat

Last night I spoke with my friend the Old Goat on the phone. The Old Goat is famous for his quote "Education just confuses people'. The Goat says he is "scared to death" Obama will be elected. Even though he has been forced to downsize from two houses to one, even though his son in laws brokerage business has been devastated he is worried about Obama. What could Obama do to him that George, and the Republicans have not already perfected. Mrs. Goat also spoke to me. She was still sure there is some sort of terrorist conspiracy behind Obama. Even though I personally took Mrs. Goat to the sources of the lies, Mrs Goat is sure Obama is pallin around with terrorist. If Satan were a Republican the Goats would vote for him over Jesus. I think Jeeesus was palin around with twelve terrorist according to urban legends in Hazen, that would be the rumor if Jeesus was running as a Democrat. Of course sharing has now been relabeled socialism.

Stuck in the Past

The saddest thing in this election are the people stuck in the past. The people who cannot bring themselves to go forward. After the ultimate failure of Republican stupidity it is so sad to see people still willing to give it another try.

One thing that is being marched out at the last moment is the old abortion jazz. As I have said before if the Republicans really wanted to do anything about abortion, they clearly could have when they controlled everything, but they want to be able to march it out like they have in the last few days to bring the faithful in line. It is like old faithful for the terminally stupid.

Goldfish funeral

Want a laugh, watch this little girl dig a grave for her goldfish. Video

Quinn cost Obama Election

Click on this Video

Looking Back from Russia

What six hundred tons of rebar looks like

This is a view of the rebar in the chimney we poured at the Minnkota Power plant

Education just confuses people

No one ever summed up the Republican position better than my neighbor when he told me "Education just confuses people". He could have added it also makes people very uncomfortable. Recently I tried to engage several old right wing friends in a dialogue about the merits of Barrack Obama, versus McCain. When they could not respond with logic, and knew the only bastion they had was emotions, they ran like chickens in the barnyard. My daughter and I both were inspired by Colin Powell. In a country that purports religious freedom, we have a party that is making it shameful to be a Muslim. We have a party that is encouraging hate and fear. I think it is time to take a stand when people like McCain and Palin put out a message that make Muslim children feel they are not part of the American dream. McCain and Palin want to make it clear "He is not like us". McCain had a Freudian slip when he called Obama "That one" in the debate. That remark said it all. No matter how hard they try nothing seems to stick. First he was a terrorist, next a socialist, and now a communist. When the government paves the way for money to go to corporations it is just good economic decision making. But when government sends the money to the working man it is evil socialism

Video

See the video of our big cement pour

Minnkota Video Click on this link to see the concrete pour at Minnkota which kept me up all night. This was the biggest continous concrete pour in the United States in the last ten years.

Socialism, the new scare word, will it work

Socialism is the new buzz word McCain has pulled out is Socialism. Here we go, next lets move to calling Obama a communist. No one seems to mind socialism when the wealth is redistributed to the rich.

Rich, Racist, Republican, Guns, Gays, God

Six words that say it all about the conservative spin. Will it work this time? In desperation the McCain bunch is trying to march out the old standby's. They shot them self in the foot with Sarah Palin, and Joe the plumber may blow up in their face.

Fox News or F*** News

Fox News is such sorrowful propaganda it is beyond belief. Calling itself news is the first major misrepresentation. The poor people on that show have had so much shot out from under them they just don't know which way to spin. Dealing with Colin Powell and Sara Palin. What can they do? Yesterday they did a half hour show trying to imply Obama was part of the weather underground. They are hopelessly nuts. Anyone who cannot see thru their game would have a great time in Nazi Germany. Nothing adds up on that channel. When they use Rush Limbaugh to dis Colin Powell the spin is so obvious, and their hopeless state is so evident. When you have to use Rush Limbaugh as a source you are hurting.

Danced, and peed my pants

I was so delighted Colin Powell endorsed Obama, I got up danced and almost peed my pants. Colin Powell did such a wonderful job of putting his thoughts into words. Only the most hard core idiot would vote for McCain after they heard Colin Powell.

Explosion

William F. Buckly's son has split with the far right and endorsed Obama. Buckly blast Bush. This is like the Devil endorsing Jesus. Below is part of a Washington Post article.

In that piece, Buckley said that he has known McCain since 1982 and once wrote a speech for him but that the senator has changed, airing "mean-spirited and pointless" attack ads and -- "What on earth can he have been thinking?" -- picking Sarah Palin as his running mate. While the result was "genuinely saddening" and even "tragic" for the country, Buckley wrote, he had concluded that Obama has a "first-class temperament and a first-class intellect" and could be a great president. That is, "assuming anyone gives a fig" about his views.

Banking nit wit

Yesterday, the good Lord Kadizzle attended Judge's retraining in Bismarck. A sorrowful mousy man of a banker made the comment that yesterdays gain in the stock market was the largest ever. I pointed out to the nit wit that it would have to happen every day for a week for us to get back to normal. Imagine a ship that sinks and goes aground on a reef. The ship half fills with water. The tide goes out and the water level in the ship goes down. Now some idiot says the ship is repairing itself. My hat is off to this simple minded Republican banker who can't see the forest for the trees.

Perhaps the tide has turned.

The high school students in Beulah the small town to the west of us have split evenly on a mock vote for president. The dingers seem to be awakening. After being hit with an economic 2 x 4 it seems like the dunder heads are starting to see the light. The worst knuckle heads on the planet, the North Dakota knuckle heads seem to be coming around. If you look at the stock market and cannot see Bush written all over the mess you don't have a chance of ever becoming conscious. The dream of all dreams may come true, the Red state of North Dakota could get blood to the brain and activity may be detected at the poles. Probably just a dream, but hope springs eternal

Sarah Palin doesn't read, but if you do read this

The New York Times has some dyanmite editorials today. you can see them on line. Be careful education just confuses people, perhaps that is why Sara stays away from that stuff, but if like to use your head "For more than a hat rack", as my mother used to say, read it and have a good time.

Republicans myth busted

Anyone who still thinks the Republican myth of welfare for the rich still works please call. For years Lord Kadizzle has been saying you cannot run an economy where one percent of the population gets 33 percent of the income. The chickens have come home to roost. If you still believe in this Republican trickle down disaster call me I want to know who the hard core idiots are. The total nonsense promoted by Bush ect has now fully exposed itself. This country had a surplus when Bush came into office. Please, please, tell me how you are going to blame this on anyone else. Now, McNasty tells us he is going to continue the tax cuts for the rich! Are we insane?

Hot New Book

We need "That One"

McCain showed his colors last night when he called Obama "That One"'. I cannot believe anyone with a functioning mind could not see the clear intellectual superiority of Obama in the debate, but remember, Sara Palin has made using your mind a bad thing. Remember those Eastern intellectuals. As my old Republican friend up the street says "Education just confuses people". The McCain camp seems to now be using secret race innuendos. McCain showed his meanest possible side and may as well have said "That N word". What a scum, and what would you expect from someone who would chose Palin?

The Real McCain

Either Rolling Stone is quite a liar, or this is an amazing tale. You got to read Make Believe Maverick

This blows the lid off the McCain nonsense.

Are we a country of idiots?

The Sarah Palin phenomenon has done more to destroy my faith in our country than anything I have experienced in my adult life. That such a simple minded person could be chosen to run for the vice presidency, and the fact that so many people could be taken in by this ploy has made me doubt what Americans read, what kind of education they have, and confirms how easily Americans can be sold a bill of goods. At one time I might have been able to rationalize voting for John McCain, however the fact that he has chosen Sarah Palin to run with him has totally shocked me about his desperation to win office. McCain could have chosen from a wide range of people such as Bloomberg, or even the Morman. Choosing a total nitwit to engage the NASCAR, Joe Six Pack, Hockey Mom, bunch is incomprehensible. If you are considering voting for McCain please let me know something about how your mind works. I wake up everyday feeling like I am on another planet that has a far greater population of uneducated than I ever believed in my worst nightmare. The percentage of people that still think Iraq attacked the World Trade Center is the benchmark for American Stupidity. I think the last survey said forty percent of Americans believe it was Iraq that attacked us. I like to think 28 percent of Americans are hard core stupid. We could live with that number, but I fear the number is far greater. Out of curiosity I try to ask a lot of people who they are going to vote for. Every time I deal with a McCain supporter I ask "Why?" Each time I get a blank stare and no answer. The number of prejudiced people is amazing. They cannot say it out right, but they make a strong hint they cannot vote for a black person. The classic was a fundamentalist friend who said at my kitchen table, "I could not vote for a black or a woman for president', and this man claims to be a hard core Christian. For eight years we have lived with another total idiot as president, a man who cannot speak the language, a man incapable of telling the truth, and a man who has destroyed the American economy at the same time he has wasted countless American lives. If we risk the possibility that an even worse mental disaster like Sarah Palin could become president, who should we blame. I suggest we blame the people who failed to speak out as the train heads toward disaster. There were people in Germany who saw Hitler for what he was, and remained silent. If the disaster occurs, and we have the ultimate embarrassment for vice president, and old McCain goes south from cancer, I will send you this email again. I spoke out before we elected the last idiot, and it did no good, but I am willing to give it another try.

Fox spin beyond belief with Palin

Sarah Palin thought the supreme court was a food court when she was talking to Katie Couric. Now, they pumped that moron full of supreme court cases and sent her to Fox news to recite her vast knowledge. A week ago she did not know ONE supreme court case she disagreed with, and now magically she can reel them off. If this doesn't expose her and Fox News as the biggest pile of crap, give me a break.

A "Shout out for Sara Palin"

What an idiot! Did you see the debate? How could anyone with a brain want someone to be president that cannot answer a question to save her life. This woman is hopeless and an embarrassment to women. Lets have a "Shout out" for anyone impressed by this sorrowful Mrs. Joe six pack, who as my wife pointed out is a fundy. A fundy promoting Joe six pack?

Palin is an idiot, plain and simple

How easily people can fall for a ditzy airhead is amazing. Oh! she is so cute, love the glasses, but she is an idiot. How could anyone take a chance on her becoming president? Walking about on the planet I have asked many people who they are going to vote for. It is amazing the number of people who say McCain, but when I ask why they look with a blank stare. Are they afraid of black people? All they can answer with it, "It just feels like I should". Everyday I wake up and it feels like I should eat, but I shouldn't. The dumbing down of our county is beyond belief.

New Yorks Times editorials are burning up Palin and the simple minded

I am sold on idiocy

My emotions have taken over and I am going to vote for the woman with the neat glasses. Anyone who can shoot a moose, can surely defend me from a liberal that wants to take my gun, my Bible, and force my children to learn about sex. Voting emotionally is great, you just let yourself get scared, and the rest is downhill. Emotional voting involves no reading, no thinking, and all you have to do is get a few urban legends from your friends that are dumber than you are and the rest is down hill. Bush is my kind of guy, he talks like a bubba, and runs the country like a bubba. He is a guy I can relate to. Palin is the best bubbett a NASCAR husband could have. One thing I learned in school is that those people who read a lot and study complicated issues just make it hard on the rest of us. Palin is the kind of gal who can protect us from those people who make their decisions based on research. We all know there is no global warming, and Sarah knows it to. Just because people are educated doesn't mean they know anything. They never shot a moose or ran a small town. McCain is an old guy, but he has the neatest cheerleader ever, Obama just has that Biden guy, and we all know Biden never shot a moose or ran a small town, besides there is nothing spiffy about him. We all need to band together and vote for the first cute vice-president ever. Lets show the world we are not going to be fooled by science, liberal journalist, and reality peddlers. It is time to stand up against intellectualism, and vote with the way you feel. If it looks good, it probably is, thats all the farther you need to go. Don't let the left wing liberals trick you into reading stuff that may confuse you. If it seems right it is right

Politics is making me sick

As I see the imbeciles in our country swallowing the Republican nonsense it makes me sick. Palin was just on the nightly news, what a crock of shit. She was interviewed and failed to give an answer to anything. It was so obvious she was spitting out party lines she had memorized. The Republicans are going to get away with it. They will pull out the old guns, gays, and god, jazz and add to it Sarah Palin with the spiffy glasses, and every num-nutted idiot in the country will say, "Lets give it a try". This is the party that has raped the country and destroyed our future, and they are going to use the same pathetic trick to do it again. The dumbing down of our country is beyond my belief. Anyone who can read and do math could find out how the middle class has suffered under the welfare for the rich economy Bush has developed, and McCain has assured us he will continue. To walk amongst breathing humans and have them say they are going to fall for the same trick for the third time is unbearable. What does it take to make people see the fallacy of Republican thinking. We now have the highest national debt ever, inflation, thousands dead in the wrong country, and real wages gone backwards by twelve percent. Millionaires are doing better than ever, and the average working person just can't figure it our. By scaring the simple minded one more time Bush, I mean McCain will win again. Sickening, just plain vanilla sickening.

Meg and Kim Lake Sakakawea

Megan and her friend from Texas, now New York City went on the bikini cruise.

Megan and Kim hit the water

The Good ship Sovereign headed west to Berthold to sleep under the stars, and then back to Whitmeyer for another night. Megan and her friend from the big city had a good time splashing, and having a cool one.

Puke Time

Just read McCain's vice president is an evangelical. Make me puke, the same old Republican fundy trick. No, No, No, it just can't happen again. The old guns, gays, and god trick. Please, please, tell me it just aint so.

Read Krugman today in NYT

Megan is home, and we are about to embark on a sailing weekend. Megan got a nice article in Nylon magazine. Just read some of Kruman's article in NYT today. As usual excellent. Hope everyone has a good weekend and get ready to work for the future. Electing another Republican will be the biggest giant step the country ever took backwards. Are people really that dumb, seems like a lot of local are lost in space ready to follow the conservative lemmings over the cliff.

One more load of concrete

Day after day the concrete gets poured. Someday the new exhaust pipe for Leland Olds Power plant will be done and making the air cleaner. Meanwhile we have started again at Center.

The Square Dancers

Harvey held the big barn dance, and Taylor and The Commander dressed for the occasion

The Great Arturo

After many years of hard work Don Paul has finished Gypsy. Cissie went to Edgley for the big celebration. Hopefully Teresa and Don will be on the road in their new camper, formerly owned by The Great Arturo, a circus hire wire specialist of the twenties.

The Fleet is on the Lake

This year the boats finally got organized and are heading West. Although our good ship is not with them we hope to sail West and meet them coming back on Friday. Hopefully they are having a good journey up the Missouri toward Four Bears Casino. A few storms over the weekend got everyone off to a good start.

The Commander has had a fantastic garden this year. For some strange reason we did not till the garden, and it is producing a bumper crop of everything including the garlic above.



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Ray put it all together

Most of our out of state visitors to North Dakota get to meet our artist friend Ray. Ray has spent at least a year revamping a garage in Stanton into another one of his works of art. If you get to Stanton be sure to stop in and look at his masterpiece, not only the wonderful exterior, but also the cabinet work inside. Ray does more in his sleep than most of our coffee clutch gang in Hazen gets done in a lifetime. If more retired folks would get off their ass, and commit to some community projects just think what we could have. The Commander and Lord Kadizzle had the pleasure of helping Ray harvest some of the lumber that went into his project. If you need a building get an artist, if you need a saw horse hire a carpenter.

Life in the Dakotas

Work, work, work, poor old Lord Kadizzle has been working hard to make the country safe for democracy. Democracy means among other things refitting all the power plants with new exhaust pipes. Today I found out I will be involved in another power plant retrofit in Center North Dakota. The Commander has been having a major battle with one rabbit. After two days improving the defenses of the garden perimeter she may be able to keep the one rabbit out. If she succeeds she will be called to the Mexican border. Looks like sailing for the weekend.

Midget Pirates subdue the King

Amongst midgets Lord Kadizzle is know as "The King". Under the false impression he was anchored in a safe harbor, Lord Kadizzle rested briefly on the good ship. Small midget pirates carefully made it onto the boat and subdued his lordship. Fortunately pirates of this size can be easily thrown overboard, and often make good bait.

Jasper Littlebottom happy with Garden

Our gardener Jasper Littlebottom has already had an excellent harvest, and it is just mid July. Among other things, Jasper did not till the garden this year. As this is written Jasper is chopping up fresh huge onions, that will be baked with young tators. Later today Jasper's tators and onions will join some steak on the back of the good ship Sovereign. It is a perfect day and Miss Littlebottom is delighted with her produce.

Al Gore Versus Dunder Head

July 18, Al Gore gave an excellent speech on the climate. Either read it or watch it on youtube, but it is a must. Watching Gore deliver his speech one could only dream about the world we would have if Dunderhead had not become president. Dunderhead has no speaking ability, except the ability to make up words. The wasted years are so obvious when you listen to someone who can put two thoughts together, instead of Dunderhead, and his constant "Were workin hard to put food on your family" crap. Even as the economic ship is sinking Dunderhead just doesn't get it. If you are reading this and you still believe in Dunderhead, please let me know, I want to see exactly what an idiot looks like.

Read Thomas Friedman today Thomas Friedman must be drinking the same coffee I am. After I wrote my little ditty, I came back to the kitchen and The Commander had his article up on the computer. Of course he is much more erudite and than I am about the idiot we have for a president. It is a must read, plus entertaining.

Real Gandy Dancers

One of my pleasures in recent days has been watching real gandy dancers. Out on the big construction job it was necessary to move some railroad track. Normally this would all be done with magical modern equipment. However, for some reason the crew doing the job is doing it all with hand tools the old fashion way. Building a railroad is not easy task. Watching these people work makes me wonder how they get people to do it. Pulling spikes by hand and moving huge ties with tongs is no easy task. Strangest of all in North Dakota is see a crew of big whites guys all under the direction of one big black guy. Seems weird, but it is good to see time are changing. It's like someone turned something inside out. The white guys are playing the role of the dumb brutes and the black guy is telling them the way it's done.

Elk in Evergreen, Colorado 2

These are the Elk in Erin's yard

Lord Kadizzle's Project

If you want to see a video on the great exhaust pipe his lordship is working on follow this link
When you get to the Basin site click on the little video button.

Follow up on Summer Sailstice

Check out the link to the the article Latitude 38 did on our summer sailstice trip

Let Them Eat Cake

Todays reading assignment NYT. Phil Gramm says there is no problem, its all in you head. I am doing fine, so what are you whining about? Typical Republican morality.

Pink - Dear Mr President Live In Wembley - I'm Not Dead Tour

Listen carefully as Pink sings about the man who has done more to harm our country than any terrorist ever could

The Commander Heads North to Canada

With great trepidation Lord Kadizzle sent The Commander to Canada in search of music and relaxation. In order to insure her safety his lordship bought her a new pickup truck to pull her camper. The old one was too small. If all our recreational toys come back from the folk festival in Winnipeg intact it will be a great blessing. Although his lordship is not a religious man, a little praying may be in order. Do to a minor snafu The Commander has no license plates on the truck. She does have a dealer sticker. She may get into Canada, but never get back.

My Friends the Warriors

For some strange reason it is a tradition that Indians are iron workers. Indians have a special sense of humor. One of my good Indian friends always calls me posing as the IRS. Yesterday while walking out on the rebar at work, one of the Indian iron workers called me over and asked " Mike, what has 75 balls and screws Indians?", I thought for a minute, and said I gave up?. My iron worker friend said " Bingo ".

Freedom is Just another word for nothing left to loose

If the fourth of July is about freedom, the Kadizzle's had a wonderful dose of freedom. Freedom from work, freedom from rain, and freedom from getting up early. The good ship sailed west on Friday to the mouth of Berthold Bay. The fleet gathered and sailed on to Bear creek at the mouth of the Little Missouri. Good rains have made the landscape along the lake green and very springlike. With a perfect wind and reach the Sovereign boomed west and stayed near hull speed all day. It was a fast and enjoyable sail. Saturday night was spent in Heaven Bay, and on Sunday we sailed back to swim with Uncle Bill at Little Hooter Bay.

Just Make it Up

Yesterday I sat down to have a typical political argument with a hard core. My hard core friend told me "Obama is a Muslim plant". Hard core told me Obama was a secret plant by the Muslims in their war against the U.S. Stunned I asked him if he really believed this? "Yes", he said. Figuring this was the next urban legend I asked where the information came from. Hard core admitted he just made it up. This gave me great relief. For awhile I thought Hard Core was in much worse mental condition than many right wingers are. Of course when I walked in Hard Cores office he was listening to Rush Limbaugh. Now anyone can see how urban legends are started. Some simple minded hard core just makes up a story they like, and the next hard core believes it without asking where the information came from. Magic rays emit from the Limbaugh show that neutralize the neurons in the brain. This is my urban legend, pass it on.

Keep the change

Iraq is estimated to have 100 billion in oil revenue. Remember when George and his buddies were going to have Iraq PAY US BACK FOR THE WAR? What happened? Just more bullshit from the Republicans who have bankrupted the country. Why does Iraq currently have 30 billion in the bank, yet the United States is still paying for everything? Our gutless simple minded idiot of a president went into the wrong country and now refuses to have the "liberated" people of Iraq donate to their liberation. How can we be so stupid as a country. Are there people out there who would vote for McCain so we can continue this stupidity? It just can't be so. No one could be that stupid, except perhaps my older brother.

In the morning

Woke up early and could not sleep, so I took pictures of the yard.

Never have so few, taken so much from so many for so long

That is my bumper sticker. The bumper sticker sums up the philosophy of the Republican party so well. Many times I have parked my truck in a large parking lot and watched puzzled people try to figure it out. Some have even asked. It is not unusual to see someone bend their head sideways and look at it as it that would help. So few words sum up the American delima so well.

Cheech, Chong, and Tatoo

Now that Lord Kadizzle is back in the saddle in the construction business it is time to tell some construction stories. One thing that lightens up the work on a construction job is the radio banter. Someone is always trying to say something in an amusing way for the benefit of the worker bees. Our company has two laborers that look like classic leftovers from the sixties. Both of them must be in their fifties. Normally they work together as a crew. It was a good belly laugh when the foreman referenced them as Cheech and Chong. Another one that kept me laughing was Tatoo. You must remember that old TV program that has the little Asian guy they call Tatoo. Another laborer looks just like him and of course has earned that nick name. Hopefully if Lord Kadizzle gets assigned a name it will not be too bad. One guy at the mine took great pleasure in calling me Turtle Tits.

Help Wanted: Ugly Nurse

Construction company desires ugly nurse to take care of employees at job site. Poor hygiene a plus. Nurse must be able to repel those that are not really hurt. Body mass a plus.

Out at the job site the other day another safety specialist like Lord Kadizzle came up to him and asked Lord Kadizzle if he knew of any ugly nurses looking for work. You got to be kidding I said to Jack. No I am serious Jack replied. Jack went on to tell me that if a construction nurse was decent looking everyone would get minor injuries just to see the nurse, so the custom is to hire ugly nurses.

Dowd Slams Karl Rove in NYT, read it.

The Granny Flip

Like every good hillbilly, my grandmother was a tough lady. Sometimes she would get fired up, take a stiff drink and do a flip. In honor of my grandmother I do a flip off the back of my boat every summer on the solstice. The earth may stand straight up, but I like to help get it spun back the right way.

Why not North Dakota?

Since Lord Kadizzle has been working with a lot of out of state people in the construction business he has been surprised how many of them really like North Dakota. Walking on the shore of the lake last weekend it provoked the thought " Why doesn't this state promote itself better?". Many of the workers are considering moving here. Part of the answer may be that many of the North Dakotans have never even seen their own state. I know it took us years to visit ever part of the state. We lived here thirty years before we ever went to the only pine forest in the state.

The War nobody noticed

Good article in the NYT today about Bush's little adventure in Iraq. For the first time in history our country has put a war on our credit card and we are going to hand it to our children.

Summer Sailstice

The fleet came together at Berthold Bay for a wonderful weekend. A few brave souls went in the water, and others hiked the countryside. Good winds up and back.

Stolen Rocks found in Stanton Pyramid

Featured above is a prime suspect in the theft of rocks from our yard. He goes by the name of Ray the rock jock. Since he has been spotted in the Dakota's Mt Rushmore has been on high alert.

Up and up

Every day we pour more and more concrete. There seems to be no end of the foundations that need to be poured. The rate rebar can be placed and concrete poured is astounding. The barometer on site it the chimney. The chimney is now half way up. That is three hundred feet. Another three hundred and they will be done. The steel contractor is on site and the first building will soon begin to rise on the foundation our company built.

The diagram above may give you some idea of how they pour the chimney without stopping. The chimney is going up at about one inch an hour.

Rock Thieves

Years ago when Lord Kadizzle worked at the coal mine he remembers someone calling him on the mine radio. The urgent call said someone was stealing rocks on the west end of the mine. The story seemed to ridiculous to be true. However, there was some guy with a wheelbarrow removing rocks. Now this the equivalent of someone steeling weeds out of you lawn. Rocks are not considered a good thing in North Dakota. Farmers go to great lengths to get rid of them, so a rock thief would be a precious commodity.

Now, all of a sudden the market for rocks has matured. The Commander hired some nit wit to landscape the yard. The nit wit had one of his helpers haul a truck load of rock from 150 miles away. Now this is like shipping snow to Eskimos. Everywhere there are piles of field stones farmers have been fighting for years. Rocks are now being sold. This is the equivalent of selling bottled water. Americans would pay for air if you told them it was flavored.

There is hope

Lord Kadizzle has been pleasantly surprised by some of the things he has been hearing from his right wing friends. People are fed up with Bush, and it looks like change may be in the wind. Again yesterday Lord Kadizzle had to tell a Republican he will be looking for a star in the East. Within a week two hard cores have said they are getting pretty close to choosing Obama. Remarkable. Lord Kadizzle had a long conversation with a conservative yesterday and was dumbfounded, when his friend said the magic words, "We need change". Only the very dullust, and dumbest, have not had the curtian raised. There is hope. Your reading assingment today is the NYT

Sea trials a questionable success

After a good conversation with an old sailing friend along with some very good French sausage, cheese and wine, the good ship set out to sea. Lord Kadizzle had no crew, so he was a bit apprehensive. Knowing the treacherous channel out to the main lake his lordship made it a point to watch the depth meter carefully. As the sea gods would have it the minute his eyes were diverted from the depth meter the good ship went from fifty feet of water to hard aground. The usual procedures produced no results. In frustration another ship was hail. His lordship instructed the other captain to make a pass in front of the good ship Sovereign at which point he tossed them a rope. The goal was to spin the Sovereign around and back into deep water. However, this was not to be. The rescue ship went aground on the same reef. After some struggling both boats managed to free themselves. It seems to be a first sail day tradition to go aground. For the past several years it has managed to happen. Last year the boat was aground right after it came off the trailer. In the end it was a good sail the weather cleared up and the wind was about perfect, so all is well that ends well.

California has been calling

In the past couple of weeks Lord Kadizzle has had a couple calls from California about sailing in North Dakota. When people search sailing and North Dakota, Lord Kadizzle is about all they get. Today the magazine Latitude 38 called. They had someone signed up in every state but North Dakota to participate in The Summer Solstice Sail, so they called me and asked me to sign up. Anyone who wants to join me on the longest day of the year to sail the lake is welcome. Check out their website http://www.summersailstice.com/

Last week someone from the same area called and wanted to know how his boat could be launched on the lake. Lord Kadizzle is the unofficial sailing ambassador for Lake Sakakawea, and the self proclaimed admiral of the North Dakota Navy.

Megan drops the temperature in New York

Megan was not happy with her main squeeze when he left her without the air conditioner working. The simple solution seemed to be asking the neighbor to install the air conditioner in the window three stories above the streets of New York. The neighbor came over and put the air conditioner in the window, but apparently he was under the influence of buzzweed. After the neighbor returned to his apartment to continue watching a movie Megan jiggled the air conditioner while on the phone to the neighbors girlfriend. Aforementioned air condition began its journey to the pavement below. Quick thinking Megan grabbed the cord before the unit completely left with both hands. Although the quick stop did burn her hands on the cord she had the air conditioner by the tail. Luckily she also managed to keep the phone up to her ear. She instructed the neighbor to quickly send Mr. Lefthanded cigarette back to help pull in the catch of the day. The two nittus wittus managed the feat, and the impaired neighbor rewired the unit. Megan is now cool, buzzweed is watching his movie, and life in New York is more comfortable now that the temperature has dropped, but not all the way to the pavement.

Looking for a picture for this blog, Lord Kadizzle came across the following story, which he hopes Megan reads: Yesterday morning, a 51 year old woman was hit by an air conditioner unit that fell out an East 104th Street window. The Post reports Lynda Kneish had been walking on the sidewalk when the AC tumbled from the third floor, and her "right leg was crushed, the bone shattered. She also suffered broken ribs, a broken pelvis, fractured vertebrae, and internal bleeding." Yikes. Kneish's husband, who was waiting for a friend nearby, said, "I came around and saw the police. I asked them what happened and then I saw my wife lying on the floor." It turns out maintenance men had been working on the AC, and it also turns out the Kneishes are "contemplating legal action." You know, if you're working on the AC unit, especially window units, isn't the number one thing to do is make sure it's totally secure?

Perhaps the Big Launch

Poor old Lord Kadizzle has been laid low by some bad food or something. For the first time in years food had come out the same place it went in, however today his lordship is feeling better and the plan is to rig the good ship Sovereign and launch. If The Commander can manage to get her petuit out of bed the whole process could proceed. A sailboat is like the difference between a car and a horse. You can't just get on a sailboat and go. You have to hoist the sails, and work the wind. About half the time with a sailboat mother nature will not let you make a direct approach to where you want to go, but that is what sailing is about. Sailing is a puzzle. When you sail, you don't just point the boat where you want to go. Sailing means you stratigize with mother nature and see how you can win. Mother nature has two winning hands, heavy wind, and no wind. If all goes well maybe we can unfurl the head sail, and hoist the main today.

The Saudi Arabia of Stupidity

The United States is to stupidity what Saudi Arabia is to oil. If we could export stupidity, our problems would be solved. Lord Kadizzle is perpetually amazed at people who are walking around breathing air, and are completely clueless about life on this planet. A conversation with a young right winger today was a classic. He asked if McCain was the "Republican". Is the Pope Catholic? The next time you are out and about engage someone in a conversation about the simplest topic, and find out for yourself what a mess we are in. A couple of weeks ago Lord Kadizzle made it a point to talk a little politics with every clerk he encountered. What an eye opener. A lot of them could not tell you what year it is. The most frightening thing about this mess is how easily these people can be frightened. It is a given this election is going to be just one more round of scaring the stupid with urban legends and the guns, gays, and God routine. Americans have back slid so far it is amazing. The fundamentalist churches that have sprung up everywhere are the most prominent sight that people don't want to think, they just want to be bamboozled.

Racism and Religion, and the super stupid

Racism is alive and doing well in our country. Speaking with people I am perpetually amazed by the number of people who so readily say " I could not vote for a black, or a woman". What really pisses me off are the people who say this and think they are great Christians. One reason I am very sour on Christianity, and all religion for that matter is the meek nonsense put out by preachers. If a preacher had an once of God in him, he would tell his congregation that racism and religion don't mix. The gutless wimps that preach every Sunday don't have the balls to lay down the rules to the people who are paying them. The number of people who think it is just fine to go to church and see themselves as superior to blacks and women is just mind boogling. Most of the time I send you to the New York Times, but today read Richard Cohen in the Bismarck Tribune. Cohen says "Those voters don't even know enough to lie....". He is talking about the people who so openly expose their ignorance by admitting race is the reason they will not vote for Obama. These people are going to get exactly what they deserve.
Yesterday as I wandered out to the work site, I thought I saw someone I recognized. It was an old coal mine friend. Somehow we got on the topic of the election and what a hopeless waste the Republicans are. My friend who is old fashioned hillbilly dumb said his son was going to vote Republican, because Obama would take our guns away. Super dumb said to his son " My guns have already been taken away, so I am voting Democratic". Stunned his son said "Who took your guns away?" Dad replied to son " You did you got all my guns". Sometimes you can be so dumb that you vision becomes clear. The whole thing reminded me of what idiots we are. One more time the Republicans are going to use the old Guns, Gays, and God crap. It will probably work.

Megan enjoys a little sea food in France

Megan has been living the good life. With a French friend from high school Meg has a nice meal.

McCain will be Bush all over again

Yesterday Lord Kadizzle had a conversation with some hard working construction people. They have no use for Bush, and hopefully McCain, but Obama will be a big change, and it is hard for them to get used to the idea. I hope Clinton joins Obama, and we are off to the races.

Music at the Pocket Part Tonight

If you have time and the weather cooperates, come on down to the pocket park for some outdoor music. There will be food. The park is in full bloom and ready to go.

Lord Kadizzle can't get ahead

After Lord Kadizzle took his new job he started thinking about all the goodies he was going to by himself, then he had a wake up call. The Commander put the spending into high gear and contracted with a dinger to paint the house. Now the out go is nicely outpacing the income. It feels like paying taxes on money you won at the casino.

Pop Over to Pook's blog

Meg and Model Dog are having a great time in Paris, pop over to Pooks blog and read all about it. Lord Kadizzle loves her new hair cut. Leave it to the fashion lady.

Dowd puts a shot to the head

Maureen Dowd has been off her mark for awhile, bur her latest column fires a nice rocket where Lord Kadizzle likes to see them land, right up the exhaust of Bush. Read her spin on the latest defector in the Bush camp, New York Times.