The Witty Lizard

Ramblings of a grilling, drinking, black flag hoisting father and philosophical eclectic.

The Witty Lizard - Ramblings of a grilling, drinking, black flag hoisting father and philosophical eclectic.

Inmates Are Running the Asylum

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally …you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven-year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher’s “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

Happy Independence Day

Today is one of the greatest days in the history of planet earth. I love the 4th because I am proud to be an American. I grew up in a military family and today is the reason for all the fights my family has been a part of going back to the Revolution.

Thank you to all have served to preserve the ideals set forth by the Founders in the Declaration of Independence, signed on this day in 1776.

Now on to the beer and explosives….Which is the other reason for celebrating this day. Good times with good friends and blowing shit up in the name of fun and freedom.

Thursday Links

This needs to be read aloud on the floor of Congress… MotherJones

It’s a brave new world… The Economist

Please, just one or two, or thirty… NY Times

“Sources of Federal Tax Revenue” tells the whole story here… MotherJones

Baahahahahaha, that’s all I got… NY Times

Death to Word = fawesomwe… Slate

Read this, please… Stop Stealing Dreams

I just don’t understand the Republican problem with this… The New Republic

Why shouldn’t people have health insurance? The New Republic

Intriguing thesis, God and America, duh… The New Republic

The original was a classic, this shorter update sounds good… Grantland

Wes Lunt = The Man… NewsOK

I wish I was “just a guy”… Pistols Firing

Sucks for everyone else in London… O’Colly

It’s about time someone did a story, well done Larry… NewsOK

Mr. Tannehill pay attention… The Big Lead

This just in, these guys are GOOD… BBTIA

Helluva a future… Star-Telegram

Solid but not spectacular, which is what they need… Blogging the Boys

No imput or relevance, that’s epic, but I hope He’s being honest… Cowboys Gab

Excitement and commitment… Just Blog Baby

2012 schedule is not easy, but is any in the NFL? Silver and Black Pride

He is a great soundbite… Grantland

Thursday Links

I have always hated saves… Grantland

I’m starting to think Lunt may be the man… Tulsa World

Blake Jackson might be the best of the class of ’12… ESPN

OSU baseball is flat terrible, time to make a change… NewsOK

Axl Rose is a douche (and I love GnR)… LA Times

Political reform? The hell you say… The New Republic

The world is shrinking… The Economist

A cure for hangovers would be amazing… The New Yorker

Population and tax revenue are directly related… Mother Jones

Damn these were fun days… NewsOK

Pretty solid guesses… NewsOK

Absolutely awesome, and impossible… Kegs ‘N Eggs

Very intriguing… The Economist

Will never happen, although it should… The Economist

Wow, that’s all I got… Slate

I’m pretty stoked by these moves… Star-Telegram

I really hope this works out, for many reasons… Sports Illustrated

More good advice from Mark Cuban… Blog Maverick

CJ Wilson is an idiot… BBTIA

Spending is a bit out of whack… Mother Jones

 

State Testing

Today is day one of state mandated testing. Basically that means I do nothing for 4 hours and then we watch movies for 4 more hours.

Testing is a joke. Education is broken. The industrial education system is outdated and needs a total overhaul.

Unfortunately, until a radical thinker is actually electable, nothing will change. Americans are married to the idea that because it’s always been that way, it should stay that way. status quo is the way of the dinosaur and will ultimately been the downfall of our great nation.

Just because this is the greatest nation on earth does not mean we are invincible. Every great nation has fallen in on itself. The reason is inevitably maintaining the status quo. The idea is because we have been great forever, why would we change anything?

To bad that everything changes. Unless we change our paradigm, we are destined to end up like the Romans or the Egyptians.

Thursday Links

Yu know you were waiting on this… Yahoo Sports

Robin Ventura returns to the game… Yahoo Sports

Josh to center seems like a bad idea… BBTIA

Interesting notes here… TR Sullivan

Play the best player Ron not the most experienced… Hardball Talk

The lead is awesome here, I love the springtime… Baseball do…

The Thunder are scary good, and improving… Grantland

Best show ever, worst ending ever… Grantland

Rickie is my favorite golfer, who doesn’t love those orange Sunday duds?… Pistols Firing

Arguments are why these list exist, right?… Pistols Firing

Another reason to love spring, spring football… NewsOK

Sad and spot on… NewsOK

I hate all things Baylor… ESPN

I always like Michael as a person, but why throw away your future?… NewsOK

Just makes me sad they are so bad… OK State

I have to get a fucking tablet… NY Times

My mother would be proud… Copy Blogger

Keep it moving forward Gundy… ESPN

This will get worse, totalitarian regimes can’t last… The Economist

Did I mention something about needing a tablet?… The Economist

I don’t  understand giving millions to people who don’t want it… The Economist

This site is amazing… Craft Beer

Sluts Unite, what a great title… Slate

Republicans really don’t have a clue do they?… Slate

The FCC also doesn’t have a clue… The Economist

George Lucas is awesome, this is yet another reason… Grantland

Pretty good weekend I think… NY Times

The current Republican candidates…tend to speak in the language of conservation, not progression… The New Yorker

Republican candidates (really, any candidate) making stuff up for self-serving purposes? No way… The Economist

…lead Israel into an age of fundamentalism and xenophobia?… The New Yorker

 

 

 

‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World – NYTimes.com

‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World – NYTimes.com.

We are no longer the most progressive nation in the world, we are a country of right wing religious nuts holding on to the past as though it were some sacred relic, ironic huh? Thomas Jefferson said that constitutions should be rewritten every 19 years because the government should belong to the current generation… Ours belongs to a generation that’s been dead for 180 years…