After all… Lying to Congress is a crime…

“Lying to the Congress of the United States is a crime, and if the Speaker is accusing the CIA and other intelligence officials of lying or misleading the Congress, then they should come forward with evidence and turn that over to the Justice Department so that they can be prosecuted. If that’s not the case, I think she ought to apologize to our intelligence professionals around the world. You have to understand, John, we treat prisoners, detainees, prisoners of war better than any country in the world. And our intelligence professionals have done a marvelous job in doing their job – keeping Americans safe. And when you think about the fact that we lost 3,000 of our citizens on September 11th, we’ve lost nearly 5,000 of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting for our safety and security here in America, all of this information that helps our soldiers, that helps our border security people, all comes from our intelligence professionals around the world. And instead of criticizing them, instead of accusing them of lying, we ought to be patting them on the back and telling them, ‘job well done.’”

So let’s see… If Nancy Pelosi were truly lied to, then bring forth some kind of prosecution of the liars.

It won’t happen.

She wasn’t lied to.

She just never thought that she could stand at her podium and lie and that anyone would dare call her out on it and make her prove her case.

This morning I kinda got annoyed with Donald Trump in my post about the finale of Celebrity Apprentice. Frankly, by picking Joan Rivers, he earned some scorn and for all his talk about professionalism, integrity, and business sense, he picked the old broad because she was feisty.

Today, however, he stood behind Carrie Prejean and basically told all the folks clammoring for her crown to be taken to shut up because her horrid right wing evil homophobic views (that’s sarcasm for you slower folks out there) were no different than the stated views of God’s gift to mankind, President St. Barack Obama. You have to love this:

At a press conference addressing Carrie Prejean’s disputed title in the Miss USA competition, pageant owner Donald Trump compared Prejean’s stated views on gay marriage to Obama’s.

“It’s the same answer that the president of the United States gave,” Trump said. “She gave an honorable answer. She gave an answer from her heart.”

In her own remarks moments later, Prejean echoed Trump’s statement, telling reporters: “The president of the United States, the secretary of state, and many Americans agree with me in this belief.”

Damn effing right they do. I’m not one of them, but all the folks talking about how she doesn’t “represent” California with her views need to realize that the anti-gay marriage stupidity, Proposition 8, passed by 5% in the November elections, proving that more Californians agree with her than that heterophobic piece of crap Perez Hilton.

I for one support gay marriage. Not civil unions; all out gay marriage. I think it is a matter of equality and I think it is a stupid thing to fight over. That being said, the constant harassment, belittlement, and strong arm tactics the gay lobby is using to try and arm-wrestle equality in are doing nothing but alienate people, and some of them even support the idea (like me). I’ve never hated the people on my side of an issue as much as I hate the heterophobic hetero-bashing gay lobby pushing for marriage rights.

It doesn’t have to be this way, and it shouldn’t be.

Last week we were in the cold and dark days of winter. There seemed little hope. We were doomed to shiver until our hearts could shiver no more. We trudged through the cold weather, the lack of warmth, and the oppressive forces trying to hurt us.

We banded together bringing warmth and happiness to each other in hopes that one day things would change.

Today is a day of change.

For the first time in a week, my car has heat, and I have Prestone to thank. It turns out I just needed some anti-freeze, and they sell it in convenient pre-diluted form at Pep Boys.

I was hoping for warmth. Its arrival was a welcome change.

Now there’s some hope and change we can believe in.

via Cute Overload

UPDATE: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar for calling her “sweetie” during a campaign stop Wednesday in Sterling Heights.

Obama apologized in a voicemail he left on Agar’s cell phone at 3:16 p.m:

“Hi Peggy. This is Barack Obama. I’m calling to apologize on two fronts. One was you didn’t get your question answered and I apologize. I thought that we had set up interviews with all the local stations. I guess we got it with your station but you weren’t the reporter that got the interview. And so, I broke my word. I apologize for that and I will make up for it.

“Second apology is for using the word ’sweetie.’ That’s a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all kinds of people. I mean no disrespect and so I am duly chastened on that front. Feel free to call me back. I expect that my press team will be happy to try to make it up to you whenever we are in Detroit next.”

Source

I’m not usually moved by words, but this really got me…

“Ever since China was awarded the Olympic Games and pursued them as a national prestige project, the flame no longer stands for fairness and peace. It now also symbolizes a repressive regime which battles ambitions for autonomy like in Tibet, which hurts human rights and suppresses dissenting opinions.

“That is why demonstrators in London and Paris hurled themselves at the runners bearing the torch around the globe. They want to extinguish it. Beijing is seething with anger and talking of ’sabotage.’ It wanted to use the Olympic Games as a stage to present itself in the best light. Now it must look on dumbfounded as it loses control over the organization of the spectacle outside its own borders. The party officials are helplessly watching the protests in Paris and London that are likely to be repeated in San Francisco and Delhi. The torch relay is turning into a political symbol, the damage to the image is increasing with every kilometer.”

“The pressure on China is mounting. But so far it appears incapable of finding a way to deal with this challenge.”

Der Spiegel has a few more choice quotes here.

Thank you, sir. I wish there were more leaders with the courage to do what you’re doing.

So, I was listening to Munchcast, the excellent junk food podcast hosted by Leo Laporte and Cammy Blackstone. The episode was for Easter, and on it Cammy mentioned an Easter Bunny cake she had been making forever and ever, so I decided to give it a go since it sounded like such a cool idea.

First step, make two 8″ yellow cakes (I did it from a mix).

When they’re done cooling (and do make sure they’ve completely cooled, or you’re likely to make a massive mess), cut one of the cakes as demonstrated below:

After you’ve done the necessary cutting, assemble the pieces as shown below:

Next, slather on a healthy dose of frosting appropriately colored for an Easter Bunny. I chose pink…

Then, since my frosting came with some sprinkles, I decided to decorate his tie appropriately.

Finally, just touch up the bunny with some eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and so on. For the nose, I stuck in one of my Cadbury Creme Eggs, my favorite part of Easter…

Voila. Instant Easter Bunny.

A piece of fair warning, though. I did use almost two cans of frosting for the two cakes. You could probably do this with two smaller pans and only use one mix and one can of frosting. At least I know for next time

Thanks to Cammy and Leo for the inspiration. I never would’ve tried this if they hadn’t given me the idea!

It’s funny because I was watching a page with a demo of YouTube’s new higher quality videos, and I saw this little gem nestled in it. Great stuff…

via

Well, I’m sold.

How about you?

Yep. We got her.

And I did it a little Cloverfield-y.

Hillary Clinton is having none of Saint Barack and the love-fest that’s following him from city to city…

“You know, today Senator Obama used President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to criticize me. He basically compared himself to our greatest heroes because they gave great speeches.

“President Kennedy was in Congress for 14 years. He was a war hero. He was a man of great accomplishments and readiness to be president. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a movement. He was gassed. He was beaten. He was jailed. And he gave a speech that was one of the most beautifully, profoundly important speeches ever written in America, the “I have a dream” speech.

“And then he worked with President Johnson to get the civil rights laws passed, because the dream couldn’t be realized until finally it was legally permissible for people of all colors and backgrounds and races and ethnicities to be accepted as citizens.

“I’m running for president because I believe that there is not a contradiction between experience and change.”

And just like that, she proves how empty Mr. Obama really is.

Well-put.

Angie Naron on Flickr uploaded this insanely cute pic:

I know it’s been making its way around the interwebs lately, but it just makes me smile every time I see it.

I always get all choked up when I see two happy people doing their first wedding dance as a couple… Reminds me of my own wedding…

via Trish

My first ever cooking video, and to demonstrate my n00bishness, I nearly burnt down the kitchen. Okay, not exactly, but I did start a fire…

My dad sent me the story, and then a few hours later I found this video online. This is absolutely brainbending.

One thing concerning me, though, is his willingness to sell to a big company. Some oil company will undoubtedly hear this and buy it and bury it. Let’s just hope that doesn’t happen.

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Mika Brzezinski, news anchor on Joe Scarborough’s Morning Joe show refused (no matter how insistent the producer was) to lead a news break with a story about Paris Hilton.

Good. Kudos to her.

Frankly, the media amuses me. Most of them fein surprise that she’s popular and they act like they can’t “figure it out,” and yet at the same time every time the girl farts, they’re there to analyze the content of it.

Can you tell I hate the media?

Anyway, kudos. She understands that any news story going on that day was probably more important.

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Oh man… Just… Oh man… Penelope Cruz and Shakira…

(runs to another room to grab a bucket to catch the drool)

via X17

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