$50. Bet

$50 Bet
  
Jack, a handsome man, walked into a DC sports bar around 9:58 pm. He sat down next to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the bar and stared up at the TV just as the 10:00PM news came on.
 
The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump. Alexandria looked at Jack and said, "Do you think he'll jump?" 
 
Jack says, "You know what, I bet he will." Alexandria replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Jack placed a $50 bill on the bar and said, "You're on!"
 
Just as she placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off of the building, falling to his death. She was very upset but handed her 50 dollars to Jack, saying, "Fair's fair... Here's your money." 
 
Jack replied, "I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o'clock news and knew he would jump."
 
Alexandria replies, "I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again." 

 With that, Jack took the money and Alexandria headed back to her work at the US Congress.

Just when you thought CT couldn't suck any more

HELP. !!  The Arctic Blast is coming.  Temperatures are going to sync to 16 below zero. I can't wait to get back to good old southern Florida. just another reason why this state can't suck any more.

Roger Stone arrested

Maybe you've heard that long time Trump supporter and advisor Rodger Stone has been arrested. He wasn't just arrested ,he went out in very classic style. 17 police cars arrived at his fort Lauderdale home where 29 armed FBI agents with automatic weapons rapped on his door at the crack of dawn upsetting his wife and getting his animals fired up and arrested him. Maybe you saw it on TV. So let's boil it down. The man was wanted because he lied to the Mueller investigation. Boy what a response for somebody who told a lie. Wonder what would have happened if he stole a piece of candy out of the candy jar. Anyway the big thing is you probably saw it on CNN. How did CNN know that there was going to be a pre-dawn raid at Mr. Stones house?? Obviously there is a leak in the Mueller investigation. Somebody tipped them off so that they could be there to televise and embarrass Mr. Stone and his family. He was released in about an hour ,made bail and walked out. Normal procedure for a minor case such as this ,especially against a prominent member of the community, would have been for them to phone Mister Stones attorney, and he would arrange for Mr Stone to surrender himself the next day. But in their constant attempt to belittle anybody associated with our president they chose to go the other route.  It must be nice to have your own TV network to answer your calls.

Surprise, Surprise

You remember Andrew Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee that lost the governor's race in Florida. Well like most Democrats, they just now found that he was taking big money from lobbyists. That's a violation of election law in the state of Florida, and the state ethics board is now investigating.

2 votes failed today

More proof that the Hippocrates on the Democratic party are not looking to get the government open.  They have been given many opportunities by our president to accept offers that he has made. They forget that they were hired to do a job by the constituents in their states. And those people are getting upset. They are going to follow Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer right down the toilet drain. When it comes time for their reelection , the people will let them know that they expected them to do a job for them and not for Nancy and Chuck and the Democratic party.

Why I love JetBlue

Flying tonight from CT to FL. We were supposed to depart at 8 pm. Then 10. Then 11:35. Then 12:30. Then 2 am.  My brother had warned me that they did that to him once and then cancelled the flight because the crew had timed out and had to rest. I asked if that was the case and they said that it very well could happen but they were doing their best to not cancel. They told me if I wanted to purchase a ticket on another airline ,they would reimburse me for it and credit me for my flight. I still had faith in them. They brought out refreshments and then bought a cart full of pizzas from Domino's. They found a crew at JFK and put them in a limo to drive to CT. Our plane ,which was delayed for mechanical reasons, went from St. Thomas to San Juan and then came to BDL in CT. Our crew arrived, plane was cleaned, and we departed for FL. So many people had cancelled, but they flew an Airbus 320 all the way to Fort Lauderdale for only 42 of us. Then they told us we would be receiving an email voucher for at least a hundred dollars.  I'm a faithful fan of JetBlue and they didn't disappoint. 
A special shout out to JetBlue supervisor Jose, Lead gate agent Kristina and gate agent Tanya.  They listened to a ton of crap from many people mostly looking to get something but smiled and we're polite through the entire ordeal. They were outstanding.

They can dish it out but can't take it

The Democrats have done absolutely nothing but obstruct President Trump since the day he took office. It's gotten worse since they took over the House and put the Alzheimer's dementia Pelosi as Speaker of the House. But the Republicans still control the Senate and the White House. So why are they shocked when FL governor DeSantis removed the elections supervisors from Palm Beach and Broward counties. These are the 2 places that botched the midterm elections that prompted a recount. Then he removed Sheriff Israel of Broward county. It was his piss poor handling of the Parkland shooting that cost more lives. The buck stops with him and heavy is the head that wears the crown. Did I mention that all three of those I mentioned are Democrats ?  Go figure.

An absolute must watch

https://youtu.be/_wmLRE4Xnfo

Amazing group of people

I'm up in Jacksonville Florida for a few days and met a phenomenal group of people. It's a small world people say. I met probably the only Republican from the Sandy Hook area of Connecticut who also hates Murphy and Blumenthal as well as the rest of the Connecticut Democratic regime. Also a guy who is an unbelievable fisherman that has a wife that's a TV personality , a yacht broker from Long island New York and a transplant from Maine to the Florida keys. Great guys , we had fun. Thanks for the good times.

Democrats are still hypocrites

Hate to say it BUT I told you so

Hey remember back in September and October of 2018 during the Connecticut gubernatorial campaign ? if you go through my past blogs I'm sure you'll find several references I made to now Governor  Ned Lamont in Connecticut saying that he was going to drive his own small personal car in order to save the state money. I said then that the state police would never allow it,  and that he would never be driving his personal car. Well if you read the Hartford Courant, the other day they printed that the state police nixed  the idea of him driving his car stating that they must drive him around for safety reasons in a big SUV. I told you so. There will surely be more of my predictions coming true.  All Democratic campaign promises are bullshit. 

Over inflated sense of worth

I'm at Governor Lamont's inaugural ball. As a professional people watcher, I observe lots of different behaviors. This is actually funny see people wearing suits that you know they probably put on once every five or six years, unless they have  a funeral to go . Some are wearing their canvas shoes that can't take a shine . And then there's the over achievers , these guys are in rented tuxes with rented shoes and aching feet. And that's just the guys. The women look like overstuffed sausage casings. They all look  as if they are valuable members of the democratic party in Connecticut , when  actually  they paid $200 per person to be here and listen to shity music around a bunch of shity people. This little event cost a fortune. Half of the Hartford Police Department and 100 state troopers are all here. They had to set up magnetometers to screen everybody that comes in and out. I went to President Trump's inaugural ball  2 years ago and didn't have to go through as much BS as these people are going  through. They all look phoney as hell. Celebrating another 4 years of taking it up the butt.  Congratulations,.

The Chuck and Nancy show

Once again Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have shown us how out of touch with reality they are. They say they have a plan to reopen the government while allowing border security talks to go on. Well , they've been going on for two years and these fools have no intention of solving it fast. They don't realize that they are the problem. They talk about more sophisticated equipment to detect stuff at the border crossings . Hello, we're not talking about border crossings at entry points, we are talking about those places with no border control at all , where you can walk across a line and be in another country . We need a barrier. Both Pelosi and Schumer agreed to billions of dollars for a border wall when Clinton was President and again when Obama was President. They just don't want it now that Trump is president.

Connecticut still sucking.

I just learned that the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has named a new Director of the Boating Division and a new Colonel of the Law Enforcement Division. The old saying that whoever is seen by you often and kisses your ass will get the rewards is true. The law enforcement division had a couple of very qualified candidates ,who have achieved the rank of Captain and we're already running a district office with many in their command. Instead they chose the guy who took the easy way out to stay in Hartford everyday, who has not had any field command experience at all ,and made him the division colonel. Same thing with the boating division. They had many qualified people that worked right in the boating division ,or within the agency that knew the job well that lost out. Instead they chose somebody from the office of long island sound programs who's a great environmentalist ,but again has no clue what a boating division does or many of the programs that it's involved in. What's wrong with that state ?  They just keep making the same mistakes. My advice to all of those who lost out,. Just do your job, but don't train your new director. Let their incompetence shine through. 

60 Minutes

Did anyone watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 60 Minutes ? She's a good looking girl but that's all she's got going on for her. She is so far off the charts with Bernie Sanders ,talking about how people should pay more taxes so that everybody can have free college education and health care and all kinds of nice things. She didn't say anything about working for them . This is why 29 year old girls, that are bartenders ,should not be in Congress. But then again she's a Democrat, and she's a minority , so there you go.

Nancy Pelosi's house

THIS IS PELOSI'S HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO...  THERE SEEMS TO BE A WALL IN FRONT AND ON THE SIDES.

LAST WEEK I COULD HAVE SWORN SHE SAID WALLS ARE IMMORAL.

Vomiting

Nancy Pelosi is so full of shit. Listening to her speak makes me want to vomit. As I look around the chamber I see a bunch of dinosaurs. It looks like a bunch of corpses that keep getting reelected by name recognition. We really do need to clean out the house and put some new blood in there. She is too far to the left . And she's a puppet to Chuck Schumer. She's been speaker for about 3 minutes now and she's already starting her crap at the podium.  Gun control, climate change, more wages, LGBTQ, Obamacare, immigration and on and on.

Past Pleasure

Way back in 1972 I had the great pleasure of punching the speaker of the house of Representatives in the jaw.   I wish I could have that pleasure again with our new speaker today

Who had a happy new year ??

We know that President Trump didn't. He stayed at the White House hoping to finally make a deal for the wall and immigration control and border protection. He put out the Olive Branch to the Democratic party and the way they answered was Nancy Pelosi jumped on a plane to Hawaii for vacation. This shows you how committed she is to us, the American people. There is no question about it, the next couple of years are going to be tough. Back in Connecticut they've got a new attorney general named Tong,  he swears to be the toughest on gun  control that we've ever seen. That state sucks.  New Governor Lamont swore that things would be better. That he was going to lead in a different fashion. Then why hasn't he muzzled Tong already. even though they haven't  taken office yet and they're already dictating how much worse they can make things. I am very happy to be a Florida resident. Although I still own property in Connecticut, as soon as my wife retires that's gone to. It seems like if you are a democrat in Connecticut, then you are part of a winning team. If you call getting screwed out of money that you earned, to hand to people that don't earn it, Then you're a winner. Which makes you a loser. you enjoy saying that you're a Democrat because that makes you part of a winning team but when you're using duct tape to hold your shoes together, eating fast food and living  paycheck to paycheck  that makes you a loser.  Go ahead and Google the net worth of all your Democratic heroes in Connecticut. See if they live the way you do. Even Chris Murphy who supposedly came into the Senate as a poor man is now very well off. I wonder how that happens on a government state salary.  Open your small, closed minds and just think of what the Republican party is trying to do. You will live a better life. You will be safer. And you will have a few bucks in the bank.

The previous post

The last post about police in morning was pretty popular. It was posted on the Lexington Police social media feed. Apparently many other police departments around the country responded to them sharing their grief. Krispy Kreme sent them a message as well, stating that they feel their pain and are sending them more donuts . They're on the way.

Police in Mourning

Nothing sadder for those who wear the blue than a burned truck full of donuts. You have to feel bad for this officer who is showing an open display of grief.

Born in the 50's. You'll love this

Lost Words from our childhood:

  

Mergatroyd!...  

Do you remember that word? Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word Mergatroyd?  

Heavens to Mergatroyd!  

 

The other day a not so elderly (I say 75) lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy and he looked at her quizzically and said "What the heck is a Jalopy?"  

He never heard of the word jalopy!! She knew she was old..... but not that old. Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and chuckle.  

About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology.  

These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," "Carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung out to dry."  

Back in the olden days we had a lot of 'moxie.' We'd put on our best 'bib and tucker' to' straighten up and fly right'.  

Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley!  

We were 'in like Flynn' and 'living the life of Riley'', and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China!  

Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time anything was swell?  Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes and pedal pushers...AND DON'T FORGET.... Saddle Stitched Pants.

Oh, my aching back! Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore. 

We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, Well, I'll be 'a monkey's uncle!' Or,  This is a 'fine kettle of fish'! We discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent, as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards.

Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink, and they're gone. 

Where have all those great phrases gone? Let's all go to the beach Saturday"...  

Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Hey! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper.

Well, Fiddlesticks! Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Wake up and smell the roses.  

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! ("Carter's Little Liver Pills" are gone too!)

We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeable times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the advantage of remembering there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. It's one of the greatest advantages of aging. 

Leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth...  

See ya later, alligator!    "Okey Dokey”   or “After While Crocodile”.

 

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FABULOUS 50'S...NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN...WE WERE GIVEN ONE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFTS.

Happy New year everyone