must read: Dave Barry’s Review of 2013, the Year of the Zombies

hattip Rick Moran at AT

This is TOO funny not to share.  Check out Dave Berry's wrap up of the zombie apocalyptic year that was 2013.

An excerpt:

"It was the Year of the Zombies. Not in the sense of most of humanity dying from a horrible plague and then reanimating as mindless flesh-eating ghouls. No, it was much worse than that. Because as bad as a zombie apocalypse would be, at least it wouldn’t involve the resurrection of Anthony Weiner’s most private part."

"We thought that thing was out of our lives forever, but suddenly there it was again, all over the Internet, as Weiner came back from the political grave like the phoenix, the mythical bird that arose from the ashes to run for mayor of New York and use the name “Carlos Danger” to text obscene photos of its privates to somebody named “Sydney Leathers.”

"We miss 2012."

"But getting back to the zombies: It wasn’t just people who came back alarmingly in 2013. The Cold War with Russia came back. Al-Qaeda came back. Turmoil in the Middle East came back. The debt ceiling came back. The major league baseball drug scandal came back. Dennis Rodman came back and went on humanitarian missions to North Korea (or maybe we just hallucinated that). The Endlessly Looming Government Shutdown came back. People lining up to buy iPhones to replace iPhones that they bought only minutes earlier came back."

"Were there any new trends in 2013? Yes, but they were not good. Kale, for example. Suddenly this year restaurants started putting kale into everything, despite the fact that it is an unappetizing form of plant life that until recently was used primarily for insulation. Even goats will not eat it. Goats, when presented with kale, are like, “No, thanks, we’ll just chew on used seat cushions.”

Another annoying 2013 trend was people who think it is clever to say “hashtag” in front of everything. Listen carefully, people who think this is clever: Hashtag shut up."

READ THE REST HERE... SOOOO funny... #ShutUp all right!

Bye bye 2013, you were el stinko. Let's make 2014 a BETTER damn year...  Shall we?!

Super sonic civil servant Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Yesterday at lunch while at work, I warmed up some tomato soup and listened to a bit of Queen at my desk.  Are you a fan?  They have so many great songs, like this one:



A little later in the day I checked on the news online, as I am wont to.  I heard Texas freshman Senator Ted Cruz had taken the senate floor to filibuster the upcoming cloture for defunding Obamacare.  He wants the 46 Republicans in the senate to stick together, vote NO to cloture and not "allow" a 51 vote but to decline and force the standard 60 vote needed (larger majority) for important votes in the senate. 

Hash tags were flying on Twitter as news spread Cruz was on a roll. 
#MakeDCListen
#DefundObamacare
#StandWithCruz
#Cruzing

He ended up speaking for 21 hours - all night into today - all without a teleprompter, too.  He was eloquent, passionate and funny - at one point reciting Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham directed at his young daughters who he knew were watching.  Some on Twitter were amazed he made Dr. Seuss so enjoyable and captivating. 

DON'T STOP ME NOW! HEY HEY HEY!

Richard Kantro points out he is a Cruz Missile:

"Describing the denial of medical care, the crushing rise of oppressive IRS enforcement, and the emerging horror stories all barreling towards America as Obamacare's socialized provisions take hold, Cruz is both enlightening and harrowing in his thorough mastery of what's wrong with this legislation, and the mindset which wrote it, forced it through, and supports it. Eschewing pessimism and the mocking hostility of the press -- which calls defunding "hopeless" -- and disdaining the Senate's tactics of exclusion and cloture, Cruz is calling for holding true debate; for hearing the genuine sentiments of the American people; and for unabashedly rejecting socialized medicine, which he is not afraid of calling by name. And returning repeatedly to the stirring mantra he has established for this most heroic of demonstrations, that we "must make D.C. listen."

Ted Cruz this morning is standing for all the people of this nation. One day, in a more serene and less polarized America, even those who are his opponents today will look back with relief and gratitude, and thank him for what he has done on the Senate floor today. His inspirational signature response throughout this magnificent performance will itself deserve to be remembered by future patriot-legislators when they muster the courage and strength to truly represent those who elected them: "I am happy to yield for a question without yielding the floor."



The smart, passionate and conservative Senator Cruz definitely puts the serve back in civil servant!

They work for YOU America.  Not the other way round.  Get it yet?

Nancy Mace for SC Senator 2014

Time for RINO Lindsey Graham to GO.  Nancy Mace is challenging him for 2014 - SC Senator.

YEAH Nancy!!!

Support her at NancyMace.org.  From Nancy's site:

"Mace said, “I grew up during the Reagan years. I believe our fortieth president understood what being an American was all about. He was proud, resolute, and he was an eternal optimist. Our friends knew he would be steadfast and our enemies respected him. President Reagan helped regain our national pride, but he also left us with a powerful warning. He said, ’Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction.’ He said ‘we must fight for it, protect it, and defend it.’ I think those words ring true now more than ever.”

Nancy Mace spoke to the Berkeley County GOP breakfast this morning about why she decided to run for office.

“It’s simple, really. I believe this government is out of touch. Washington thinks it knows better than the people. The federal government has worked its way into nearly every corner of our lives, trying to solve every problem for us. And yet, we are still not better off for it.”

“Running for political office was not my focus growing up. However, in the last decade or so, our government has taken a significant turn for the worse. Americans are waking up to the fact that our freedoms are being threatened. There are powerful forces in Washington that consider individual liberty passé and the Constitution dead letter. I believe our state desperately needs new leadership—someone who truly understands the challenges before us and what’s at stake and is willing to fight for the principles that make America great.”

Liz Cheney for Senator in Wyoming

Liz Cheney running for the Senate in Wyoming:



The run for 2014 mid terms begins.

Go Liz! ! ! !