Fear in the print industry

So we get this "CHANGE" president who promises the world on a plate and within minutes of his inauguration begins changing things alright. Changes like reducing your rights, increasing your taxes, manipulating private commerce, building an enemies list that would have made Nixon blush. Change huh?

So now, if you're a member of the military, you're a suspect. If you own a pickup truck, you're a suspect. This should come as no surprise to all those people who are out there "clinging to their bibles and guns". So Mussolin....er, Obama is vowing to get the trains to run on time and the automakers to build "green" cars that we all will line up for (like dutiful little drones). He's murmuring about a mandatory volunteer corps (C'mon, you HAVE to love that term!) Will we all be issued brown shirts? And every day, another new surprise.

So in honor of our new dictator...uhhh, president... I crafted the following sticker. I thought it would be nice to have the "chattering class" have a nice symbol of where America is today. I sent the design off to several printers and was told "We don't want to print that". I asked why and got varying responses such as "We're too busy" ( This from a printer who had pestered me for months about giving him some work) to the more honest answer of "You gotta be crazy if you think I'm putting my ass on the line printing that!"

WOW! Screw the 1st amendment, this administration has sent a clear signal that dissent will NOT BE TOLERATED. Sure, go ahead and print it and see how long it takes for the eye of government to swing around your way..

Gee whiz! I'm starting to sound like those "conspiracy nuts". Only thing is that there's no conspiracy here, this is and has been the plan of the left for decades. They finally got their wish.

Well, I know you're all holding your breath in eager anticipation so without further ado, I'll present the offending image. Please cover the children's eyes;

Yes, I know, seditious...

So I thought, "Well, maybe it's too over the top. I'll tone it down a bit".
They didn't like this one either;

So it seems that accuracy and content have also fallen victim to the purge. Maybe if I put a halo on his head?

How handsome I've become

I recently decided to enter a photography contest online. One of the requirements was to provide a photo of myself taken by someone else. Hence the shot you see here, taken by my son.

It's astounding how much I haven't aged. I looked like this in grade school. Just like a fine wine, better with age unless you leave it uncorked and then it just turns into vinegar. The blind pimple on the tip of my nose was luckily just blossoming when the photo was taken so you can get that rich sense of color that is so perfectly captured by the Canon 5D MK II. This way, even though I'm not much of a drinker, I can have that "Fieldsian" Rosacea like glow to my proboscis. Perfect!


Oh and the contest? Not even a mention. I was beaten by a girl who had been knocked to the ground by the photographer who then snapped her photo as she lay stunned on the grass see;

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdn9/3644491203/)

Personally, I think he photoshopped her eyes open as she is clearly unconscious.

I should be a millionaire!``

Let's see, I started this blog so long ago that had I had the sense of a paramecium and continued on, I'd probably be all the rage and hitting the talkshow circuit. But I had other things to do and allowed this blog to be neglected and fall into disrepair.

So now, I have this sudden burst of energy and feel like I should write something. I guess I'll just start out with copies of all the rants and musings that I periodically send to my representatives (who I'm sure throw them right into the spam filter....ain't technology grand?).

Oh, yeah, Funny how my gas prices post of several years back still is relevant today. Was I some sort of seer? Holy Cow! I should be worshiped for my prescience!

I also want to get this thing back up and rolling so that I can be considered an enemy of the state again. Usually it's the leftists and liberals who worry about such things. But now, with our progressive marxist, socialist, communist administration, it's the regular folks who actually LOVE America that get put on the 'watch' list.