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<title>The Wife Likes Playing With My Wenis</title>
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<description>When the wife arrived home late this evening the first thing she did was to start playing with my wenis. It is pretty dry and cracked so it feels pretty good when she starts rubbing it but she did so...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the wife arrived home late this evening the first thing she did was to start playing with my wenis. It is pretty dry and cracked so it feels pretty good when she starts rubbing it but she did so in front of the children. Is that legal?</p>

<p>Sometimes she plays with my wenis in public as well. It makes me nervous when she plays with my body parts in front of other people.</p>

<p>Sometimes I will rub it with this thing in the shower that's got like a sandpaper substance on it to get rid of the built up skin. Then I put moisturizer on it.</p>

<p>I hate it when my damned <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wenis">wenis</a> gets all dried out, but the elbow is a tough part of your body so it can take a bit of abuse...</p>

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<description>Hey! Here is this week&apos;s Blogs For Borders Video. A day late or so but I eventually repost them for you guys. Our weekly vlog -- podcast on illegal immigration and border security. In this week&apos;s edition... Media Malpractice: What...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey! Here is this week's Blogs For Borders Video. A day late or so but I eventually repost them for you guys.</p>

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Our weekly vlog -- podcast on illegal immigration and border security. In this week's edition...</p>

<p>Media Malpractice:  What has the LA Times tap dancing about hate crimes in their neck of the woods?</p>

<p>100% Preventable! Innocent children continue to pay the violent price for open borders! When will the madness end?</p>

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<p>Until next week -- be vigilant, be vocal, and be unrelenting -- we've got a country to save!</p>

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<description>Just got home from Open House at the kid&apos;s school and saw a report where the crime lab technicians went back out to Caylee Anthony&apos;s grandparent&apos;s house this afternoon. Being as how both of the other posts were getting a...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just got home from Open House at the kid's school and saw a report where the crime lab technicians went back out to Caylee Anthony's grandparent's house this afternoon. Being as how both of the other posts were getting a bit long I am going to close comments there and start updating this thread instead with any new information.</p>

<p>According to the Orlando Sentinel:</p>

<blockquote>Crime scene technicians and investigators working the Caylee Anthony disappearance just arrived at the Anthony's home.

<p>A couple of the Orange County Sheriff's Office crime scene vans pulled up to the house on Hopespring Drive shortly after 2:40 p.m. The technicians walked out wearing blue gloves and carrying a box resembling a tackle box. They also carried a roll of black paper or fabric into the home.</p>

<p>When asked what they were looking for, one of the detectives told reporters, "We're working on it."</blockquote></p>

<p>Not a lot to work with but it sure does give one plenty to think about. Either they are just fishing for evidence or they have reason to believe there is more evidence at the house we don't yet know about.</p>

<p>The story has been updated at the Sentinel and according to Sgt John Allen of the Orange County Sheriff's Department they had just finished executing a search warrant and left with five or six bags about half an hour ago.</p>

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I was torn this evening. Watch the news channels while blogging or let the kids watch the new Spongebob. Spongebob and Patrick won out and now I am having a hard time holding my attention on what I am doing. Doh! Yeah, my level of humor is right around the fifth grade. </p>

<p>Besides, I sat watching the news channels last night and it's the same old crap anyway. It's like a flashback from when Natalee Holloway went missing. Greta Van Susteren and Nancy Grace running their yaps showing the same old tired crap over and over. Nancy Grace sucks anyway and the thing is, they are just regurgitating stuff that's been on the Internet and local news channels for days or weeks now.</p>

<p>I was reading a really well-written <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-maxwell0608aug06,0,5611027.column">commentary at the Orlando Sentinel by Scott Maxwell</a> earlier this afternoon and I felt like it really pointed a few things out that I mentioned during the Natalee Holloway case. I was really interested in that one and posted several times over the months about it. What I really found interesting was the fact that the post that got the most attention was one I wrote entitled "What if Natalee Holloway Was Poor and Black?" It wasn't even really a post. More like two sentences but it garnered more hits and comments than anything I have ever written on any of my web sites. People were calling me a racist, calling each other racists and just generally carrying on. A bunch of trolls and asshats is what most of them were.</p>

<p>Basically Scott just points out that all of the media hullabaloo isn't really helping anything. His very first line says "I'<em>m watching Nancy Grace -- and having trouble understanding why anyone else would do the same</em>". Damn, that says it all don't it? When my wife walked through the room and saw what was on she was amazed that I was even watching the moron but there I was watching the "experts" and talking heads all discussing the case. Shit, the commenters and myself  apparently know more about the case and have a greater understanding of what's going on than most of them do.</p>

<p>He also mentions that we are participating in a media circus. To that I will agree and I guess I'm guilty of it just as much as he was when he was writing the commentary in the first place. The he writes something that brings a tear to my eye:</p>

<blockquote>Yet, all I can think about is little Caylee's birthday.

<p>She's supposed to turn 3 this Saturday.</p>

<p>Right now, Caylee should be deciding which princess dress she wants to wear.</p>

<p>She should be pressing her nose against the glass of the bakery counter, trying to figure out which cake has the most icing.</p>

<p>She should be holding big crayons in her tiny hands to color invitations.</p>

<p>But Caylee doesn't even seem to be the focus anymore.</p>

<p>Rather, this is crime as entertainment. A simple-minded distraction.</blockquote></p>

<p>He's right you know. Does that mean I am going to stop writing about? Hell no. If we keep the case in the public eye long enough and there is any slim chance in hell that Caylee Anthony is still alive then I want every damn person in America to know her face and call when they see her.</p>

<p>I don't think she's alive though unfortunately. As I mentioned in my other posts, I think Caylee is worm dirt now. If there are angels then she is with them and if Casey Anthony had anything to do with it I hope she rots in jail to a ripe old age. Killing's too good for her.</p>

<p>I've emailed Scott Maxwell. Just to thank him for the article. It really points out some things about today's media. Are we (bloggers) imitating the media or is it the other way? Loose accusations and statements with no backup information are a couple of examples. I expect that from non-paid normal folks but I guess I am a bit old fashioned and expect the truth from the "descendants" of Walter Kronkite, Tom Snyder and other folks like that.</p>

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<dc:date>2008-08-06T17:45:15-05:00</dc:date>
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<title>Wordless Wednesday: Satan Fish!</title>
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<p>(<a title="http://mojo11.blogspot.com/" href="http://mojo11.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">mojo</a> on
Aug  6, 2008  6:25 AM)


I've heard of walking catfish before, but never one that could walk on water!  Very cool shot!  Almost 3-dimensional.</p>
<p>(<a title="http://www.inthespiritofdance.com" href="http://www.inthespiritofdance.com" rel="nofollow">vien</a> on
Aug  6, 2008  7:44 AM)


is that for real? so nice!!

Here's mine.

http://www.inthespiritofdance.com/2008/08/wordless-wednesday-no5-jump-jump.html

Happy WW!!</p>
<p>(<a title="http://ckgoplaces.blogspot.com/" href="http://ckgoplaces.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">CK Go Places</a> on
Aug  6, 2008 10:14 AM)


I wanna have that for dinner! Have a wonderful WW! :)</p>
<p>(<a title="http://www.dcrblogs.com/" href="http://www.dcrblogs.com/" rel="nofollow">dcr</a> on
Aug  6, 2008 10:33 AM)


I don't know if you want to meet up with that fish in a back stream somewhere.  ;-) Nice shot.

Looks like it was maybe an albino?</p>
<p>(<a title="http://momgrind.com/" href="http://momgrind.com/" rel="nofollow">Vered</a> on
Aug  6, 2008  1:15 PM)


Wow, I'm impressed. It's a big one!</p>
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Aug  6, 2008  2:19 PM)


Very nice shot. I've never seen a fish like that - and I've seen a lot of fish. 

Thanks for commenting on my site. Happy WW! :)</p>
<p>(<a title="http://gremlinwrangler.blogspot.com" href="http://gremlinwrangler.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">carrie-the gremlin wrangler</a> on
Aug  6, 2008  3:40 PM)


that's a hefty looking fish!

and I love the way the water looks. nice.</p>
<p>(<a title="http://meandalvis.blogspot.com" href="http://meandalvis.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Alvis</a> on
Aug  6, 2008  7:21 PM)


Very nice picture.  I like it a lot.  It's one of those 'catching life in action' pictures as I like to call it.</p>
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<dc:date>2008-08-06T05:36:23-05:00</dc:date>
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<description> Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford performs a pre-load check July 28 on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to ensure the cable that releases the bomb is operational....</description>
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332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

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Senior Airman Kimberly Bickford performs a pre-load check July 28 on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to ensure the cable that releases the bomb is operational.</center></I></p>

<p>These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday.  For that, I am proud to call them Hero.<br />
<FONT COLOR=red><FONT SIZE=2>We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived</FONT SIZE></FONT COLOR></p>

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<description>[Holder Blogging] THought I&apos;d be dumber: I am 23% Idiot. I am not annoying at all. In.. Link...</description>
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I am not annoying at all. In.. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5pkwjl">Link</a><p><a href="http://www.shadowscope.com/archives/2008/08/tweet_878839475.php" title="Continue Reading: Tweet (#878839475)">Continued reading Tweet (#878839475)...</a><p class="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #333333; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 4px; display: block;"></p>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T20:58:43-05:00</dc:date>
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<description>Watching Nancy Grace Pontificate...bwahaha...</description>
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<description>I think that Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana said it best. Do you want our government to have the ability to track where you went, how you went, how you got there and when you got home? It would be...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana said it best.</p>

<blockquote>Do you want our government to have the ability to track where you went, how you went, how you got there and when you got home? It would be naïve for someone to think this information will not be abused in the future. Virtually every decade these kinds of files have been used to violate people's privacy.</blockquote>

<p>Back in the nineties during the Clinton era a National ID was bandied around. As a matter of fact it snuck it's way into an appropriations bill but was subsequently dumped. Most folks I know hated the idea of a national ID and the possibilities that come along with it. I am afraid of what abuses might occur should the federal government have a clearing house where all of our information was readily available to anyone to abuse. Talk about serious identity theft.</p>

<p>Since 9/11 the REAL ID act has been slowly rolling out and people that would have considered it unthinkable a decade ago find it quite OK. What the fuck is up with that? Wasn't it Ben Franklin who said "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither"?</p>

<p>Over the last couple of years several states have started to oppose the REAL ID. For the most part it is because of financial and planning reasons but some of it is because our state governments feel that it is not in their best interest to be the policemen for the federal government in matters of taxes and social security.</p>

<p>Just as in the National ID stuff of the 90s that never made it to fruition the Real ID Act of 2005 was passed by Congress not as it's own standalone act but as part of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 PL 109-13. It was basically snuck in as a stealth measure. Because of everything else the bill entailed Congress pretty much considered it a must-pass.</p>

<p>It doesn't just create a federal driver's license, it gives the information to the Department of Homeland Security and calls for the creation of databases of information on everyone. It makes the state DMVs spies for the federal government. There is nothing in our Constitution that gives any branch of the government this kind of power. So here's what happens when it goes into effect.</p>

<p>Without a Department of Homeland Security approved conversion of your driver's license into a Real ID you can't board an airplane, get a passport, enter federal buildings or do ANY kind of business withe the government of the United States.</p>

<p>What about some of our elderly folks that weren't born in hospitals and have no birth certificate? It's a real problem for some of them. Take James Scotts for example. He lives in New Jersey and they imposed a six point ID verification program to begin complying with the Real ID Act. He is 81 and was born at home in South Carolina. Scott, a former WWII veteran brought his photo-id issued by Passaic County and his social security card in to renew his license and since he didn't have a recent passport or birth certificate they wouldn't renew his driver's license. It's now expired and he can't drive. </p>

<p>There is also the possibility of RFID chips being embedded into the Real ID cards. With those suckers you can track anything, anywhere. Fuck that noise.</p>

<p>Last year my state (Georgia) passed a bill allowing the state to delay implementation of the Real ID until protections can be established that guarantee the economic privacy and biological sanctity of Georgia Residents. Hopefully that will never happen and we will just keep on putting the Federal government off.</p><p><a href="http://www.shadowscope.com/archives/2008/08/michael_chertoff_threatens_the_governor_of_montana.php" title="Continue Reading: Michael Chertoff Threatens the Governor of Montana">Continued reading Michael Chertoff Threatens the Governor of Montana...</a><p class="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: #333333; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 4px; display: block;"></p>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T18:38:01-05:00</dc:date>
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<description>Obama basically just said he doesn&apos;t support term limits but does like unions. Damned liberal....</description>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T16:33:36-05:00</dc:date>
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<description>A 7-month-old baby was inside of an SUV when it was stolen from the 2300 block of West Church Street just before 2 p.m. this afternoon, according to Orlando police. The SUV, a 2006 blue, four-door Nissan Pathfinder, and the...</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>A 7-month-old baby was inside of an SUV when it was stolen from the 2300 block of West Church Street just before 2 p.m. this afternoon, according to Orlando police.

<p>The SUV, a 2006 blue, four-door Nissan Pathfinder, and the child were found about 15 minutes later in the 600 block of W. Tampa Avenue, but the suspect had fled the scene, police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones. The baby was not injured.</p>

<p>The baby had been left unattended in the SUV when it was stolen. Police are looking for the suspect.</blockquote><br />
<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/orl-stolen-car-080508,0,4384122.story">Orlando Sentinel</a></p>

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This would be a pretty damned horrific thing to have happen but it begs the question, what kind of a stupid fucking idiot would leave their car idling with the baby inside? Was it in their own driveway perhaps? I've probably done that. Or was it in front of a business somewhere?</p>

<p>Judging from the Satellite view over at Google Maps it looks like a residential area so I suppose it could have been stolen out of someone's driveway. How many times have you forgotten something and run back into the house to grab it while your car was running? With the kids in it? Shit, that's scary...<div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/b9af3ff8-c886-458a-ac77-3f6bf859dfcb/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=b9af3ff8-c886-458a-ac77-3f6bf859dfcb" alt="Zemanta Pixie"></a></div></p></p>
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<description>Earlier in the week I decided that I was tired of the fact that my neighbor won&apos;t do anything about his Yellow Jacket nest in the back corner of his yard so I took the fight to their territory. Gasoline...</description>
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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowscope/2735751803/" title="Yellow Jackets 003 by rmiles, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2735751803_a50cb0ba25.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Yellow Jackets 003" /></a></center></p>

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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowscope/2735751899/" title="Yellow Jackets 004 by rmiles, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2735751899_6e5d481b7f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Yellow Jackets 004" /></a></center></p>

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<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowscope/2735751997/" title="Yellow Jackets 005 by rmiles, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2735751997_5cd6bd1c1c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Yellow Jackets 005" /></a></center></p>

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If you look real close you can see the little mother fuckers buzzing around the bricks on the edge of my flowerbed. I don't have a lens good enough to get a really good shot and I damn sure am not gonna get out there while it's ninety degrees and the fuckers are already excited.</p>

<p>Not on my fucking flowerbed you don't...</p>

<p>I will be making a trip out to their new home this evening with more Sevin dust and maybe gasoline as well. Details to follow!</p></p>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T15:59:48-05:00</dc:date>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T15:49:30-05:00</dc:date>
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<description>Screw your &quot;people plan&quot; Obama......</description>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T15:46:53-05:00</dc:date>
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<description>State Prosecutors have filed formal charges against Casey Anthony in the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter. More updates to follow at Shadowscope...</description>
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<dc:date>2008-08-05T15:45:32-05:00</dc:date>
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