<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184</id><updated>2011-12-04T09:59:33.183-06:00</updated><category term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><category term='French Arrogance'/><category term='Conservatism'/><category term='The Big Zero'/><category term='Socialism'/><category term='Republicans behaving like Democrats'/><category term='Juan McAmnesty'/><category term='God'/><category term='Taxes'/><category term='Economics'/><category term='Mrs. Bill Clinton'/><category term='The Iron Lady'/><category term='Illegal immigration'/><category term='Sarah Palin ROCKS'/><category term='Hypocrisy'/><category term='Science'/><category term='Islamofascism'/><category term='American Exceptionalism'/><category term='Media bias'/><category term='Cold War'/><category term='Texas Politics'/><category term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category term='2010 elections'/><category term='Global War on Terrorism'/><category term='Communist Olympics'/><category term='Paulaholics'/><category term='Religion of Global Warming'/><category term='Fairness Doctrine'/><category term='Love'/><category term='History'/><category term='Ronald Reagan'/><category term='Movies'/><category term='Liberalism'/><category term='Books'/><title type='text'>The Light Bulb</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>369</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4576818988176734836</id><published>2011-10-30T20:17:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T20:23:05.007-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Iron Lady'/><title type='text'>Socialism is an inherently wicked idea</title><summary type='text'>Excellent quote from Claire Berlinski's There is No Alternative, page 7.What she managed to do, more effectively than any other politician in history - including Ronald Reagan - was to convey a very particular message about socialism. It was not only that socialism was an economically inefficient way to organize human societies. It was not only that communist regimes had in the twentieth century </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4576818988176734836&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4576818988176734836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4576818988176734836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/socialism-is-inherently-wicked-idea.html' title='Socialism is an inherently wicked idea'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8575661679771794939</id><published>2010-11-19T10:14:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T10:16:48.909-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><title type='text'>Tick Tock</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8575661679771794939&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8575661679771794939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8575661679771794939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/tick-tock.html' title='Tick Tock'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4372171513355389525</id><published>2009-07-06T07:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T07:45:13.084-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Sweet, Cornyn gets booed</title><summary type='text'>Senator Cornyn gets booed at a Tea Party.This man voted for the bailout and dares to talk about fiscal responsibility. How I wish I could have been there to hurl insults at him.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4372171513355389525&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4372171513355389525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4372171513355389525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/sweet-cornyn-gets-booed.html' title='Sweet, Cornyn gets booed'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4881353951932813483</id><published>2009-06-02T04:45:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T04:56:34.398-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 elections'/><title type='text'>You know it's bad when Pravda gives you advice about capitalism</title><summary type='text'>Yes, that Pravda. It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breathtaking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4881353951932813483&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4881353951932813483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4881353951932813483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/you-know-its-bad-when-pravda-gives-you.html' title='You know it&apos;s bad when Pravda gives you advice about capitalism'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4506907220152624439</id><published>2009-05-25T10:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T10:41:01.048-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Memorial Day</title><summary type='text'>Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.— John Adams</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4506907220152624439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4506907220152624439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4506907220152624439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-memorial-day.html' title='Happy Memorial Day'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1359233580084298491</id><published>2009-05-04T18:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T18:00:00.101-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet</title><summary type='text'>The fearless and lovely Ann Couler puts this rapacious whore in her place.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1359233580084298491&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1359233580084298491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1359233580084298491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/sweet.html' title='Sweet'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-883539881543753200</id><published>2009-04-28T19:33:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T19:55:09.164-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's about time</title><summary type='text'>Arlen Specter finally admits what the rest of us have known for a long, long time. Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year that will also push Democrats closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority."I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans," </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=883539881543753200&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/883539881543753200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/883539881543753200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-about-time.html' title='It&apos;s about time'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-950214987224414225</id><published>2009-04-25T14:50:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T15:03:52.450-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Media bias'/><title type='text'>For the record, waterboarding is NOT torture.</title><summary type='text'>I continued to be amazed at all the drive-bys who think waterboarding is torture. Here's a perfect example:Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyThanks to the brainiacs at the Power Line for the video, and I also thank Liz Cheney for standing up for America and the truth. And the truth is that waterboarding is not torture. As Ms. Cheney so logically put it, we (</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=950214987224414225&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/950214987224414225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/950214987224414225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-record-waterboarding-is-not-torture.html' title='For the record, waterboarding is NOT torture.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1058206240486097610</id><published>2009-04-17T21:16:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T21:24:39.970-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Politics'/><title type='text'>39% Perry must have an election in his future...</title><summary type='text'>...because he's starting to sound like a conservative. Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!"An animated Perry told the crowd at Austin City Hall -- one of three tea parties he was attending across the state -- that officials in Washington </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1058206240486097610&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1058206240486097610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1058206240486097610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/39-perry-must-have-election-in-his.html' title='39% Perry must have an election in his future...'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8311925338079513609</id><published>2009-04-10T07:31:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T07:35:41.982-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The excreable Johnny Sutton has resigned</title><summary type='text'>At last, a minute measure of goodness in this case. The San Antonio federal prosecutor at the center of a politically charged case against two Border Patrol agents convicted of covering up their role in the shooting of a drug smuggler resigned Thursday.U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton submitted his letter of resignation to President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, said Shana Jones,</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8311925338079513609&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8311925338079513609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8311925338079513609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/excreable-johnny-sutton-has-resigned.html' title='The excreable Johnny Sutton has resigned'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8737164583716977300</id><published>2009-04-09T17:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T17:30:00.224-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Exquisite illustration of government debt</title><summary type='text'>This video is outstanding.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8737164583716977300&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8737164583716977300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8737164583716977300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/exquisite-illustration-of-government.html' title='Exquisite illustration of government debt'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1987380053160098862</id><published>2009-04-07T07:18:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T07:21:11.288-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>The Audacious Polarizer</title><summary type='text'>Hope and Change. For all of his hopes about bipartisanship, Barack Obama has the most polarized early job approval ratings of any president in the past four decades. The 61-point partisan gap in opinions about Obama's job performance is the result of a combination of high Democratic ratings for the president -- 88% job approval among Democrats -- and relatively low approval ratings among </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1987380053160098862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1987380053160098862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1987380053160098862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/audacious-polarizer.html' title='The Audacious Polarizer'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7782722470388025649</id><published>2009-03-31T20:51:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T21:09:19.660-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>A rookie president, indeed</title><summary type='text'>Here are the thoughts of our nation's most brilliant thinker, Dr. Thomas Sowell, concerning The Big Zero's lack of experience. Someone once said that, for every rookie you have on your starting team in the National Football League, you will lose a game. Somewhere, at some time during the season, a rookie will make a mistake that will cost you a game.We now have a rookie President of the United </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7782722470388025649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7782722470388025649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7782722470388025649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/rookie-president-indeed.html' title='A rookie president, indeed'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1379549564749876947</id><published>2009-03-20T08:39:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T08:48:59.527-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>Change you can believe in: The Big Zero insults the disabled on his first talk show appearance.</title><summary type='text'>Hope and Change. President Obama, in his taping with Jay Leno Thursday afternoon, attempted to yuk it up with the funnyman, and ended up insulting the disabled.Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he's gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley.He bowled a 129, the president said."That's very good, Mr. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1379549564749876947&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1379549564749876947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1379549564749876947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/change-you-can-believe-in-big-zero.html' title='Change you can believe in: The Big Zero insults the disabled on his first talk show appearance.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7446617161721340993</id><published>2009-03-10T17:13:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T17:26:36.333-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>Looks like the shine is wearing off the halo</title><summary type='text'>Hope and Change.The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 38% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. With just a few exceptions, that number has remained steady on a daily basis between 38% and 42% since Inauguration Day.Thirty-two percent (32%) now Strongly Disapprove of the President’s </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7446617161721340993&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7446617161721340993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7446617161721340993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/looks-like-shine-is-wearing-off-halo.html' title='Looks like the shine is wearing off the halo'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SbbogjGTfzI/AAAAAAAAAKw/82s3kb32QyU/s72-c/obama_tracking_090309.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7978325833047780663</id><published>2009-03-05T18:01:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T18:01:00.962-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>Since they have TVs in England, might it be considered a regift?</title><summary type='text'>Hope and Change. He had put clearly great thought into giving the U.S. President lavish gifts to signify Britain's 'special relationship' with the U.S.During his historic trip to Washington, Gordon Brown gave Barack Obama an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet - once called HMS President.The unique present delighted Mr Obama because oak from the</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7978325833047780663&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7978325833047780663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7978325833047780663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/since-they-have-tvs-in-england-might-it.html' title='Since they have TVs in England, might it be considered a regift?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-9222128963273025204</id><published>2009-03-04T05:25:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T05:25:00.483-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Chief Tax Cheat to go after tax cheats. Seriously.</title><summary type='text'>Because that's what Hope and Change is all about. The pot has issued the kettle an ultimatum: tax dodgers beware.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who was forced to fork up $34,000 in unpaid back taxes, told the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday that the Obama administration will be going after people who avoid and evade taxes.As Bob Dole famously asked, "where is the outrage?"</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=9222128963273025204&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9222128963273025204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9222128963273025204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/chief-tax-cheat-to-go-after-tax-cheats.html' title='Chief Tax Cheat to go after tax cheats. Seriously.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7598489992461430477</id><published>2009-03-03T04:40:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T04:43:53.916-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Another day, another Defeat-ocrat tax cheat</title><summary type='text'>Hope and change. Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk, who is President Obama's nominee to be the U.S. trade representative, failed to pay almost $10,000 in taxes during the past three years because of a series of mistakes, the Senate Finance Committee said yesterday.Kirk's errors involved honoraria from speeches, on which he should have paid taxes; the cost of sports games, for which he deducted too </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7598489992461430477&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7598489992461430477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7598489992461430477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-day-another-defeat-ocrat-tax.html' title='Another day, another Defeat-ocrat tax cheat'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4937099413608887618</id><published>2009-02-17T18:02:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T18:17:10.804-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Compean and Ramos are free!!!</title><summary type='text'>At long last. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean have been released from federal prison after serving more than two years in solitary confinement for the non-fatal shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler.But, for some strange reason, they're not completely free. Ramos and Compean were unable to comment Tuesday as they are under a gag order until they are released from federal custody</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4937099413608887618&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4937099413608887618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4937099413608887618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/compean-and-ramos-are-free.html' title='Compean and Ramos are free!!!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-378597037473024758</id><published>2009-02-14T18:12:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T18:18:05.131-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><title type='text'>366 people were kidnapped in Phoenix, Arizona in 2008</title><summary type='text'>Second in the world behind Mexico City. More ransom kidnappings happen in Phoenix than in any other town in the United States, according to local and federal law-enforcement authorities. Most victims and suspects are connected to the drug-smuggling world, usually tracing back to the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, Phoenix police report.Arizona has become the new drug gateway into the United </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=378597037473024758&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/378597037473024758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/378597037473024758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/366-people-were-kidnapped-in-phoenix.html' title='366 people were kidnapped in Phoenix, Arizona in 2008'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-6543440485951618868</id><published>2009-02-10T06:00:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T06:00:01.686-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>Fiscal Reality Central</title><summary type='text'>If you watched The Big Zero's press conference last night, you heard him say that there is virtual agreement from the economic community on the need for government spending. Yet another lie. Please visit the Cato Institute's Fiscal Reality Central and read their full-page ad listing hundreds of economists who disagree with The Big Zero.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=6543440485951618868&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6543440485951618868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6543440485951618868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/fiscal-reality-central.html' title='Fiscal Reality Central'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SZDtuqJ7O2I/AAAAAAAAAKU/HUqzlZP8_sE/s72-c/ad.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-878544852405518249</id><published>2009-02-09T19:59:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T20:07:55.814-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>He said it! The Big Zero LIED in front of the world!</title><summary type='text'>Did you catch it? It was in response to the first question he took. We are going through the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression.LIE!!! And he did it so effortlessly. Can't wait to hear a reporter challenge him on it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=878544852405518249&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/878544852405518249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/878544852405518249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/he-said-it-big-zero-lied-in-front-of.html' title='He said it! The Big Zero LIED in front of the world!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5862859053141133270</id><published>2009-02-09T17:52:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T17:55:59.979-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>The Big Zero's address tonight</title><summary type='text'>Dear Reader, during The Big Zero's prime time press conference this evening, if you hear The Big Zero use a phrase like this: "...this is the worst economy since The Great Depression..."make sure to scream "Liar!" at the television. This is most assuredly NOT the worst economy since The Great Depression. It is, however, the worst economy since The Carter Years.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5862859053141133270&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5862859053141133270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5862859053141133270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-zeros-address-tonight.html' title='The Big Zero&apos;s address tonight'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4338732299292712970</id><published>2009-02-06T06:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T06:00:02.216-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>The sky is falling! The sky is falling!</title><summary type='text'>Hope and change. President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that failure to act on an economic recovery package could plunge the nation into a long-lasting recession that might prove irreversible, a fresh call to a recalcitrant Congress to move quickly.Poor guy. He's never been a leader before, so he wouldn't know this, but it helps to be optimistic instead of pessimistic when you're trying to get</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4338732299292712970&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4338732299292712970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4338732299292712970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/sky-is-falling-sky-is-falling.html' title='The sky is falling! The sky is falling!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8224118451691737226</id><published>2009-02-05T06:00:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T06:00:00.688-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The dumbest of them all</title><summary type='text'>Really, what else is there to say?Bug Eyes takes the cake.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8224118451691737226&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8224118451691737226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8224118451691737226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/dumbest-of-them-all.html' title='The dumbest of them all'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2153783725859883038</id><published>2009-02-04T07:17:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T07:25:28.295-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Is there anyone patriotic in The Big Zero's administration?</title><summary type='text'>Hope and Change.Barack Obama on Tuesday gave up his nomination fight for Tom Daschle and a second high-profile appointee who failed to pay all their taxes, fearing ugly confirmation battles that would undercut his claims to ethical high ground and cripple his presidency in just its second week. "I screwed up," he declared."It's important for this administration to send a message that there aren't</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2153783725859883038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2153783725859883038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2153783725859883038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-there-anyone-patriotic-in-big-zeros.html' title='Is there anyone patriotic in The Big Zero&apos;s administration?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1319557406193281935</id><published>2009-01-22T06:51:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T06:52:23.784-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Exactly how many letter "O"s were removed from Executive Office keyboards this past Tuesday?</title><summary type='text'>Just wondering....</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1319557406193281935&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1319557406193281935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1319557406193281935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/exactly-how-many-letter-os-were-removed.html' title='Exactly how many letter &quot;O&quot;s were removed from Executive Office keyboards this past Tuesday?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7448385326268933262</id><published>2009-01-21T06:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T06:00:00.804-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Somebody needs to tell Joseph Lowery that racism is over</title><summary type='text'>Hope and change.Evidently, he didn't get the memo.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7448385326268933262&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7448385326268933262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7448385326268933262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/somebody-needs-to-tell-joseph-lowery.html' title='Somebody needs to tell Joseph Lowery that racism is over'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5427208231878808802</id><published>2009-01-20T18:12:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T18:21:02.506-06:00</updated><title type='text'>O.K. liberals, it's ALL yours now.</title><summary type='text'>Yes, liberals. You now have complete responsibility. You lead all three branches of government. For years and years you've talked about how you'd fix the country if only... Well, "if only" is now here. Let's see it happen without delay.By the way, President Reagan inherited a much worse situation from Jimmah Carter: double-digit inflation, double-digit unemployment, and sky-high interest rates. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5427208231878808802&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5427208231878808802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5427208231878808802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/ok-liberals-its-all-yours-now.html' title='O.K. liberals, it&apos;s ALL yours now.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2102994940665206218</id><published>2009-01-19T16:05:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T16:11:10.560-06:00</updated><title type='text'>FINALLY!!!</title><summary type='text'>Compean and Ramos have had their sentences commuted. It's about time, and long, long overdue. Of course, he had to be stubborn about it and do it on his last full day in office. And, showing Carter-like obdurateness, it's not a pardon, it's a commutation. They won't get out of prison until March.Nevertheless, after more than two years, he finally did the right thing.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2102994940665206218&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2102994940665206218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2102994940665206218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/finally.html' title='FINALLY!!!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5093359430817304397</id><published>2009-01-19T10:19:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T10:47:41.022-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, President Bush. Now please go away.</title><summary type='text'>President Bush, thank you for keeping us safe after the September 11 terrorist attacks. You have been vigilant in defending our nation, and we are thankful. Moreover, you have brought honor and dignity back to the Office of the President. And you correctly pressed for and got tax rate cuts passed that kept our economy growing after the terrorist attacks. Thank you for these things.But you have </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5093359430817304397&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5093359430817304397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5093359430817304397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/thank-you-president-bush-now-please-go.html' title='Thank you, President Bush. Now please go away.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-553201950858439340</id><published>2008-11-18T06:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T06:43:19.871-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>Stupefying</title><summary type='text'>It's been almost two weeks since the election. I would have thought by now, that I would have gotten over the feeling that I was in a bad dream. But I haven't.It seems as if the words "hope" and "change" hypnotized a majority of the populace into believing that Socialism, inexperience, and a lack of accomplishment, examination, and qualifications were all good things. I keep trying to think of </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=553201950858439340&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/553201950858439340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/553201950858439340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/stupefying.html' title='Stupefying'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4351931108816724477</id><published>2008-11-17T07:37:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T07:56:23.434-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion of Global Warming'/><title type='text'>Dude, can I copy your homework?</title><summary type='text'>Dr. James Hansen, Algore's top Global Warming hysteria henchman, was caught, red-handed, cheating on his homework. The error was so glaring that when it was reported on the two blogs - run by the US meteorologist Anthony Watts and Steve McIntyre, the Canadian computer analyst who won fame for his expert debunking of the notorious "hockey stick" graph - GISS began hastily revising its figures. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4351931108816724477&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4351931108816724477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4351931108816724477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/dr.html' title='Dude, can I copy your homework?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-196420672521161547</id><published>2008-11-08T08:43:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T08:48:48.602-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>Change you can believe in: The Big Zero insults Nancy Reagan at his first press conference.</title><summary type='text'>Hope and Change. At a news conference in Chicago, Obama said he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepares to take office in January. Then he smiled and said, "I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances."The 87-year-old former first lady had consulted with astrologers during her husband's presidency. But she did not hold conversations with the dead.Obama </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=196420672521161547&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/196420672521161547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/196420672521161547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-you-can-believe-in-big-zero.html' title='Change you can believe in: The Big Zero insults Nancy Reagan at his first press conference.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3525084695687402119</id><published>2008-11-05T07:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T07:26:09.298-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Racism is now, officially, OVER!</title><summary type='text'>One of the few good things on this depressing morning is that racism in the United States of America is now, officially, over. No more can anyone cry "racism" and be believed. An American of African descent has been elected to our nation's highest office. If anyone does cry "racism" from now on, laugh at them. Loudly. Ridicule them in public for the complete and utter fools that they are. There </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3525084695687402119&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3525084695687402119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3525084695687402119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/racism-is-now-officially-over.html' title='Racism is now, officially, OVER!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1471746425253372768</id><published>2008-11-04T21:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T21:55:35.481-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Big Zero'/><title type='text'>Start praying</title><summary type='text'>Can it really be true? Have Americans become so utterly stupid as to vote into office an unexamined, unaccomplished, inexperienced, unqualified socialist as their chief executive? Apparently so.Part of me wants to not care, to just watch the repugnance spread and corrode our society. To have He-whose-middle-name-must-not-be-spoken try to stand up his "National Civilian Security Force" and watch </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1471746425253372768&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1471746425253372768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1471746425253372768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/start-praying.html' title='Start praying'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1587454934354193728</id><published>2008-10-06T20:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T20:14:35.810-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans behaving like Democrats'/><title type='text'>"I saw your post today regarding Senator Cornyn’s vote..."</title><summary type='text'>This is rich.I got an e-mail October 2 from a member of Cornyn's campaign in response to my post about him (and Hutchison). Here 'tis: Sir-I saw your post today regarding Senator Cornyn’s vote on the Economic Stabilization Act.I want to point you to some quotes from notable conservatives….“This is a time in our country when politics needs to go out the window,” Senator Tom Coburn told CNSNews.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1587454934354193728&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1587454934354193728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1587454934354193728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-saw-your-post-today-regarding-senator.html' title='&quot;I saw your post today regarding Senator Cornyn’s vote...&quot;'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-6652804792842287578</id><published>2008-10-02T18:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T18:03:08.461-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>"Why I'm voting democrat"</title><summary type='text'>A couple of years ago, my brother told me the story of a political discussion he had with a fellow employee. My brother was trying to explain his views of limited government to the employee and was getting nowhere. So he decided to switch things up. He asked the employee to explain his view of politics. Here's a paraphrase of what the employee said:I just think that when Republicans are in power,</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=6652804792842287578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6652804792842287578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6652804792842287578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-im-voting-democrat.html' title='&quot;Why I&apos;m voting democrat&quot;'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4242545448955513987</id><published>2008-10-02T07:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T10:14:59.517-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans behaving like Democrats'/><title type='text'>Both John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison voted for Socialism</title><summary type='text'>It's true. Both senators from the Great State of Texas voted FOR Socialism.Kay I can understand. She has no spine. A light breeze will sway her to any position she can justify.John's vote is truly disappointing. When I called his Houston office yesterday, I told the person who answered the phone that I didn't want John voting for Socialism. The person agreed. So I asked if John was on the record </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4242545448955513987&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4242545448955513987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4242545448955513987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/both-john-cornyn-and-kay-bailey.html' title='Both John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison voted for Socialism'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2049577742901414269</id><published>2008-10-01T21:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T10:14:27.145-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans behaving like Democrats'/><title type='text'>How disgusting</title><summary type='text'>Seventy-four senators voted tonight to usher in Socialism to the United States of America. And in typical, bi-partisan, senatorial form, it's loaded with pork. With each permutation, the bill has steadily grown in size. Treasury’s initial plan was about three pages long. The House version, which failed, stretched to 110. The Senate substitute now runs over 450 pages. And tucked away in the tax </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2049577742901414269&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2049577742901414269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2049577742901414269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-disgusting.html' title='How disgusting'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5689264734045354224</id><published>2008-09-30T17:35:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T18:01:35.796-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>Defeat-ocrats are the ones who voted down the "bailout" bill</title><summary type='text'>One more thing that is truly bugging me about all this and most assuredly hasn't received the attention it needs.Republicans are not the ones who voted down this bill. Defeat-ocrats are the ones who voted down this ridiculous "bailout" bill. 218 votes are needed for a simple majority. There are 235 Defeat-ocrats in the house. Notice how 235 is greater than 218? Not one single Republican vote was </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5689264734045354224&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5689264734045354224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5689264734045354224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/defeat-ocrats-are-ones-who-voted-down.html' title='Defeat-ocrats are the ones who voted down the &quot;bailout&quot; bill'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5146107489143594702</id><published>2008-09-30T17:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T17:32:19.107-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservatism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><title type='text'>Yesterday, we almost became France</title><summary type='text'>I haven't seen a lot of mention of this today, so I want to make sure to get it in black and white.We almost became France (or Russia or Venezuela) yesterday with this stupid, government-purchasing "bailout" of Wall Street. The Federal Government would have purchased mortgages. If the Federal Government purchases something, it can direct what happens with that something. This is a frightening </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5146107489143594702&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5146107489143594702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5146107489143594702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/yesterday-we-almost-became-france.html' title='Yesterday, we almost became France'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3078448840563475598</id><published>2008-09-30T07:12:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T07:27:49.312-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><title type='text'>Sweet</title><summary type='text'>When I heard that Boehner had agreed to the deal, I was really concerned. Thankfully, the rest of the Republicans stayed strong. And even more thankfully, Bug Eyes is the most ineffectual Speaker of the House in modern history. This black-hearted, swill-spewing, ultra-partisan hag couldn't even count the members of her party before having a vote. She wound up needing eleven more Defeat-ocrats to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3078448840563475598&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3078448840563475598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3078448840563475598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/sweet.html' title='Sweet'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-163360250415918290</id><published>2008-09-27T18:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T18:08:19.379-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><title type='text'>House Republicans, just continue to say "NO"!</title><summary type='text'>Please, please, please, just say "no" to any bailout bill that comes forward. We need to educate the public about the Defeat-ocrat lies that the bailout needs to be bi-partisan. If the Defeat-ocrats want this ridiculous bill, the Defeat-ocrats can vote for it and pass it all by themselves. They do not need any Republican votes to get it done. The only reason that Bug Eyes wants Republicans to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=163360250415918290&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/163360250415918290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/163360250415918290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/house-republicans-just-continue-to-say.html' title='House Republicans, just continue to say &quot;NO&quot;!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3763940865083901179</id><published>2008-09-26T07:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T10:14:44.586-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans behaving like Democrats'/><title type='text'>Need money on Wall Street?</title><summary type='text'>There's a one very simple thing to be done. It will solve a whole lot of the problem, and it will prevent the need for taxpayers to reward gamblers. Here it is: eliminate the Capital Gains tax. Then get out of the way for the flood of money that will come pouring back into the country. No taxpayer bailout will be needed.Of course, this isn't about solving the problem. It's all about Defeat-ocrats</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3763940865083901179&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3763940865083901179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3763940865083901179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/need-money-on-wall-street.html' title='Need money on Wall Street?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7468911319906674380</id><published>2008-09-24T19:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T19:18:02.541-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What Bush SHOULD say tonight</title><summary type='text'>From Scrappleface via The Power Line:“To sustain this shining city on a hill,” Mr. Bush said, “we need to rescue the ignorant, irresponsible folks — from Wall Street to Capitol Hill to Main Street — who got us to where we are today. We must guarantee that no American suffers the soft bigotry of being forced to live with the consequences of his bad decisions.”The president, in remarks to the news </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7468911319906674380&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7468911319906674380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7468911319906674380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-bush-should-say-tonight.html' title='What Bush SHOULD say tonight'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7507670793652446099</id><published>2008-09-24T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T19:11:43.958-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans behaving like Democrats'/><title type='text'>Text of President Bush's address to the nation tonight seeking support for government takeover of part of the economy</title><summary type='text'>We already know what he'll say:Mo money!Make me sick.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7507670793652446099&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7507670793652446099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7507670793652446099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/text-of-president-bushs-address-to.html' title='Text of President Bush&apos;s address to the nation tonight seeking support for government takeover of part of the economy'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8694698888490377117</id><published>2008-09-12T11:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T11:26:43.572-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah Palin ROCKS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><title type='text'>Sarah Palin ROCKED Charlie Gibson's world, and he may realize it in a week or two</title><summary type='text'>From their summary of the Gibson-Palin interview at The Power Line: One of the problems with this type of interview is that the reporter—here, Charlie Gibson—thinks he is "vetting" the candidate on behalf of the people. But if you read the interview, you can see that the candidate's IQ is 30 or 40 points higher than the reporter's, and Gibson doesn't do a particularly good job of keeping up. It's</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8694698888490377117&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8694698888490377117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8694698888490377117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-rocked-charlie-gibsons.html' title='Sarah Palin ROCKED Charlie Gibson&apos;s world, and he may realize it in a week or two'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-6728554603015918865</id><published>2008-09-08T07:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T07:19:54.184-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><title type='text'>Hot damn! Sarah Palin ROCKS!</title><summary type='text'>Before I continue, let me be perfectly clear: I love Mrs. Light Bulb. Second only to my salvation, Mrs. Light Bulb is the most valuable gift Almighty God has ever given to me. She is the best friend I have in this world, she is my exotic-eyed lover, and a wonderful wife.But did you see Sarah Palin last week? Hot damn! I'm truly beginning to believe some of the little known facts about this </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=6728554603015918865&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6728554603015918865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6728554603015918865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/hot-damn-sarah-palin-rocks.html' title='Hot damn! Sarah Palin ROCKS!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1254196967397449933</id><published>2008-09-07T21:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T10:16:37.908-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>"In a world..."</title><summary type='text'>I love voice talent, partly because I have a (very) little bit of it, but mostly because I appreciate it so much. Wielding voice talent can be a thing of beauty, so seemingly simple, yet so very difficult to do well.The king of voice talent, Don LaFontaine, passed away last week.Watch this:</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1254196967397449933&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1254196967397449933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1254196967397449933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-world.html' title='&quot;In a world...&quot;'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5364360525217864084</id><published>2008-08-09T10:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T10:33:00.094-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Communist Olympics'/><title type='text'>ChiCom Olympics begin with murder</title><summary type='text'>How could such a terrible thing happen in the glorious People's Republic of China?A knife-wielding Chinese man attacked two relatives of a coach for the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team at a tourist site in Beijing, killing one and injuring the other on the first day of the Olympics on Saturday, team officials and state media said.The man then committed suicide by throwing himself from the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5364360525217864084&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5364360525217864084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5364360525217864084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/chicom-olympics-begin-with-murder.html' title='ChiCom Olympics begin with murder'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SJ24iKrHeoI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/GF-A8ftrm4U/s72-c/610x.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2272793047376789425</id><published>2008-08-08T17:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T17:03:39.653-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>John Edwards enhances his resume</title><summary type='text'>While he was out campaigning to be the country's next president, John Edwards and his family knew he had cheated on his wife. John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today....Edwards said he told his wife, Elizabeth, and others in his family about the affair in 2006.Edwards made a </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2272793047376789425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2272793047376789425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2272793047376789425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwards-enhances-his-resume.html' title='John Edwards enhances his resume'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8286467273867439194</id><published>2008-07-29T06:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T06:49:46.039-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Awful news from the Fifth Circuit</title><summary type='text'>It looks like the Bush Administration got to them. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed the major counts against former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, reversing only a minor obstruction of justice count.Despite the prosecution admitting to the appelate judges that their drug-smuggling witness lied on the stand, despite the fact that "It was never the intent of </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8286467273867439194&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8286467273867439194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8286467273867439194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/awful-news-from-fifth-circuit.html' title='Awful news from the Fifth Circuit'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8499767778900077913</id><published>2008-07-16T07:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T07:14:02.618-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American Exceptionalism'/><title type='text'>Just in case you need a reason to be thankful that we're no longer under the rule of Great Brittain...</title><summary type='text'>Here's a headline from The Daily Mail. Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judgePraise God for our founders and their desire for self government.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8499767778900077913&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8499767778900077913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8499767778900077913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-in-case-you-need-reason-to-be.html' title='Just in case you need a reason to be thankful that we&apos;re no longer under the rule of Great Brittain...'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8768203104014115134</id><published>2008-07-14T07:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T07:44:24.394-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Bill Clinton polarizes the election and then warns us that politics has become polarized</title><summary type='text'>The left's unwillingness to face their own short comings knows no bounds. Look at this headline from USA Today: Bill Clinton warns of political polarizationIs that absolutely astonishing or what.Of all the human beings converting oxygen into carbon dioxide that this moment, William Jefferson Blythe Clinton dares to warn people about politics becoming polarized. Former President Bill Clinton </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8768203104014115134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8768203104014115134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8768203104014115134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/bill-clinton-polarizes-election-and.html' title='Bill Clinton polarizes the election and then warns us that politics has become polarized'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1402316465882780196</id><published>2008-07-10T07:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-10T07:41:37.876-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Exquisite Hypocrisy</title><summary type='text'>Behold the Reverend Jesse Jackson.Why is this man still taken seriously?</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1402316465882780196&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1402316465882780196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1402316465882780196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/exquisite-hypocrisy.html' title='Exquisite Hypocrisy'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2169456692142531984</id><published>2008-06-25T21:34:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:13.250-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>Stephen Breyer, protector of child rapists</title><summary type='text'>In a Supreme Court opinion released today, the contemptible Stephen Breyer concurred with the excrable Anthony Kennedy in saying:Evolving standards of decency must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule. See Trop, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion). As we shall discuss, punishment is justified under one or more of three </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2169456692142531984&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2169456692142531984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2169456692142531984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/stephen-breyer-protector-of-child.html' title='Stephen Breyer, protector of child rapists'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SGMMdKtlK4I/AAAAAAAAAHA/FHF4Zb6yjgo/s72-c/Stephen_Breyer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2577266879089156652</id><published>2008-06-25T21:32:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:13.439-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>Ruth Bader Ginsburg, protector of child rapists</title><summary type='text'>In a Supreme Court opinion released today, the wretched Ruth Bader Ginsburg concurred with the excrable Anthony Kennedy in saying:Evolving standards of decency must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule. See Trop, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion). As we shall discuss, punishment is justified under one or more of three</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2577266879089156652&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2577266879089156652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2577266879089156652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/ruth-bader-ginsburg-protector-of-child.html' title='Ruth Bader Ginsburg, protector of child rapists'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SGMMPMcxY8I/AAAAAAAAAG4/P8EBPRmEYBU/s72-c/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2308569937401063957</id><published>2008-06-25T21:29:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:13.678-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>David Souter, protector of child rapists</title><summary type='text'>In a Supreme Court opinion released today, the vile David Souter concurred with the excreable Anthony Kennedy in saying:Evolving standards of decency must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule. See Trop, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion). As we shall discuss, punishment is justified under one or more of three principal</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2308569937401063957&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2308569937401063957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2308569937401063957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/david-souter-protector-of-child-rapists.html' title='David Souter, protector of child rapists'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SGMMqrFiasI/AAAAAAAAAHI/vMep_mNyvu8/s72-c/David_Souter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2368366281818658248</id><published>2008-06-25T21:26:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:13.809-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>John Paul Stevens, protector of child rapists</title><summary type='text'>In a Supreme Court opinion released today, the miserable John Paul Stevens concurred with the excreable Anthony Kennedy in saying:Evolving standards of decency must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule. See Trop, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion). As we shall discuss, punishment is justified under one or more of three</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2368366281818658248&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2368366281818658248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2368366281818658248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/john-paul-stevens-protector-of-child.html' title='John Paul Stevens, protector of child rapists'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SGMJ36XPqXI/AAAAAAAAAGw/qhmwBiC1fio/s72-c/John_Paul_Stevens.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5962650323489505760</id><published>2008-06-25T21:23:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:13.953-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>Anthony Kennedy, protector of child rapists</title><summary type='text'>In a Supreme Court opinion released today, the excrable Anthony Kennedy said:Evolving standards of decency must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule. See Trop, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion). As we shall discuss, punishment is justified under one or more of three principal rationales: rehabilitation, deterrence, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5962650323489505760&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5962650323489505760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5962650323489505760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/anthony-kennedy-protector-of-child.html' title='Anthony Kennedy, protector of child rapists'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SGMHpJZQInI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ilKODUB8DTw/s72-c/Anthony_Kennedy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4796559987991996800</id><published>2008-06-21T01:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T01:23:27.425-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I love Thaddeus McCotter</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4796559987991996800&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4796559987991996800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4796559987991996800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-love-thaddeus-mccotter.html' title='I love Thaddeus McCotter'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-763281514044663132</id><published>2008-06-17T18:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:14.134-06:00</updated><title type='text'>This could be the one</title><summary type='text'>If all goes according to plan, this could be the Light Bulb family's new home.There's still much to be done. Including an FHA inspection on our existing house. Keep praying for us.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=763281514044663132&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/763281514044663132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/763281514044663132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/this-could-be-one.html' title='This could be the one'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SFhCZN7QBwI/AAAAAAAAAGg/CXnDvGEX-kw/s72-c/new_home.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5219498644956528293</id><published>2008-06-02T15:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T15:35:35.159-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><title type='text'>If Harriet Christian says it...</title><summary type='text'>then it's gotta be true.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5219498644956528293&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5219498644956528293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5219498644956528293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/if-harriet-christian-says-it.html' title='If Harriet Christian says it...'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-9096046523889953676</id><published>2008-05-04T15:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:14.264-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Rabbits</title><summary type='text'>The following poem comes from the eight-year-old brain of my darling daughter, the Princess Daffodil. RabbitsRabbits are caged,Rabbits are wild.And in their habitat the weather is mild.They jump all around,Without any sound,And then they dig a hole in the ground.No one knows the secrets of rabbitsWith their funny habits.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=9096046523889953676&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9096046523889953676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9096046523889953676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/rabbits.html' title='Rabbits'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SB4fLQ-xl8I/AAAAAAAAAGY/dQxVLXxeaX4/s72-c/HPIM9471.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3899700467110438141</id><published>2008-05-04T07:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:15.180-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Our government's troubling answer to question 87</title><summary type='text'>A couple of weeks ago, Michelle Malkin posted about the "civics flash cards" given by the Department of Homeland Security to immigrants wanting to become citizens.Question 91 was egregious.I'm not making this up. Go see for yourself. Anyway, Michelle's readers went to work creating some alternative flash cards, and a couple are really good.I decided to take a look at the whole deck. And I got to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3899700467110438141&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3899700467110438141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3899700467110438141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-governments-troubling-answer-to.html' title='Our government&apos;s troubling answer to question 87'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SBvRlg-xl4I/AAAAAAAAAF4/df7My5etSHs/s72-c/q91.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4836727369778601419</id><published>2008-05-03T07:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T07:31:02.975-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Media bias'/><title type='text'>Let's play a game - Name That Party!</title><summary type='text'>First, watch this video.Now, what political party do the high rollers belong to?Hint: if they were Republicans, the story might have looked like this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4836727369778601419&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4836727369778601419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4836727369778601419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/lets-play-game-name-that-party.html' title='Let&apos;s play a game - Name That Party!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4288722659915871096</id><published>2008-05-02T17:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:15.412-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion of Global Warming'/><title type='text'>If a Religion of Global Warming follower asks you why the US won't sign the Kyoto treaty...</title><summary type='text'>show them this graph. It should shut them up immediately.Hat Tips to Red State and WILLismsOf course, it probably won't shut them up. So make sure you have a copy of the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators: 2008 report written by Stephen F. Hayward at the Pacific Research Institute.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4288722659915871096&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4288722659915871096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4288722659915871096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-religion-of-global-warming-follower.html' title='If a Religion of Global Warming follower asks you why the US won&apos;t sign the Kyoto treaty...'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SBs_-w-xl3I/AAAAAAAAAFw/udXnD352_h0/s72-c/why_not_kyoto.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-6613375557415899141</id><published>2008-05-01T20:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T20:01:00.342-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Bill Clinton'/><title type='text'>It's 3:00 a.m. and you need a cup of coffee...</title><summary type='text'>Make sure you don't call this woman to get it for you.Seriously, how could I NOT post this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=6613375557415899141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6613375557415899141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6613375557415899141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/its-300-am-and-you-need-cup-of-coffee.html' title='It&apos;s 3:00 a.m. and you need a cup of coffee...'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-6880607838487429024</id><published>2008-04-28T22:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T22:03:15.049-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Ladies, it's never O.K. to pose topless. Ever.</title><summary type='text'>Really, it isn't. Especially if you tell people that you're a Christian. In a caption with the image in the magazine, Disney's Hannah Montana star tells VF: "I think it's really artsy. It wasn't in a skanky way. Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought that was really cool. That's what she wanted me to do, and you can't say no to Annie. She's so cute. She gets this puppy-dog look and </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=6880607838487429024&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6880607838487429024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/6880607838487429024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/ladies-its-never-ok-to-pose-topless.html' title='Ladies, it&apos;s never O.K. to pose topless. Ever.'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2075330064210424590</id><published>2008-04-27T02:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:15.433-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Please help Raging Cindy get on the November ballot</title><summary type='text'>If I lived in San Francisco, I'd sign this:Peace activist Cindy Sheehan wants to snatch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat from her in November, but first she's going to need the help - and signatures - of 10,198 friends and supporters.Sheehan was at San Francisco City Hall on Friday to take out papers for her independent run for Congress, but without those signatures from voters in </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2075330064210424590&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2075330064210424590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2075330064210424590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/please-help-raging-cindy-get-on.html' title='Please help Raging Cindy get on the November ballot'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-28653612154762182</id><published>2008-04-25T21:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T22:04:35.650-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>God Bless You, Linda Daves</title><summary type='text'>Linda Daves, North Carolina Republican Party Chairwoman, has told the Troll to go jump in the lake, figuratively speaking.State GOP Chairwoman Linda Daves reiterated in a statement Thursday that the ad will run.“There has never been any intention to pull the ad and it will air,” she said. “The ‘Extreme’ ad has garnered attention around the country. I want to thank the people across North Carolina</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=28653612154762182&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/28653612154762182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/28653612154762182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/god-bless-you-linda-daves.html' title='God Bless You, Linda Daves'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2758783151532180038</id><published>2008-04-23T20:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:15.668-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taxes'/><title type='text'>Happy Tax Freedom Day!</title><summary type='text'>After today, we have worked enough days to pay our Federal Income Taxes for 2008.Just another warm fuzzy moment for you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2758783151532180038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2758783151532180038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2758783151532180038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/happy-tax-freedom-day.html' title='Happy Tax Freedom Day!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SA84cA-xl0I/AAAAAAAAAFY/3JEpNcoWkFU/s72-c/2008_tax_freedom_day.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-836019946439542012</id><published>2008-04-21T22:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T09:35:22.960-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Swim Team season has begun</title><summary type='text'>(I know, I know. I said a few days ago that I was busy getting the house ready to sell because we're moving and that I wouldn't have time to blog. Deal with it.)Today was the kids' first Swim Team practice of the year. It's a little hectic, getting them fed and ready to be at the pool by six. But it affords me the opportunity of ninety minutes of reading time. Yes! You see, I can't be at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=836019946439542012&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/836019946439542012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/836019946439542012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/swim-team-season-has-begun.html' title='Swim Team season has begun'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8549594943275904892</id><published>2008-04-18T07:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T07:23:26.779-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taxes'/><title type='text'>2008 Houston Area High School Rankings</title><summary type='text'>Did you know about this? An organization called Children at Risk publishes a yearly ranking of Houston area high schools. Check out the top ten:YES Prep Public Sschools — YES Prep Southeast CampusHouston ISD — DeBakey High School for the Health ProfessionsHouston ISD — High School for the Performing and Visual ArtsFort Bend ISD — Clements High SchoolKaty ISD — Cinco Ranch High SchoolSpring Branch</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8549594943275904892&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8549594943275904892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8549594943275904892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/2008-houston-area-high-school-rankings.html' title='2008 Houston Area High School Rankings'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2714758329530929514</id><published>2008-04-17T07:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T07:41:49.288-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny</title><summary type='text'>Debra Wilson and Will Sasso in Mad TV's "Big John's Shirt and Tie Barn".</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2714758329530929514&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2714758329530929514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2714758329530929514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/funny.html' title='Funny'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1882876860043149300</id><published>2008-04-16T07:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:15.974-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>Typical Liberal Snob</title><summary type='text'>From Michele Malkin.Beautiful.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1882876860043149300&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1882876860043149300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1882876860043149300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/typical-liberal-snob.html' title='Typical Liberal Snob'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/SAT16FcbzkI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/Hgwb7ReerXk/s72-c/snob.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-566452092912175149</id><published>2008-04-15T07:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T07:55:45.605-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taxes'/><title type='text'>Happy Tax Day 2008</title><summary type='text'>Have you completed your tax forms yet? Of course, it's more costly than last year.Tax season became a little more taxing this year, with the average person spending more than a day and more than $200 collecting, calculating and compiling those numbers for the tax man, according to a report based on Internal Revenue Service figures.If it's any consolation to the individual still trying to get </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=566452092912175149&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/566452092912175149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/566452092912175149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/happy-tax-day-2008.html' title='Happy Tax Day 2008'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2716875116447875744</id><published>2008-04-14T06:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T06:53:45.303-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm going to be busy for a while</title><summary type='text'>If you've noticed scant activity at the Light Bulb lately, there's a reason. The Light Bulb family is in the process of moving, and most of my non-work and non-compulsory family time is concerned with readying a house for the market and preparing to find the next one. It is misery and leaves little time for blogging.Oh, there are so very many things I have wanted to write about these past few </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2716875116447875744&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2716875116447875744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2716875116447875744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-going-to-be-busy-for-while.html' title='I&apos;m going to be busy for a while'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-9057294107220530341</id><published>2008-04-13T17:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T17:58:41.965-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><title type='text'>Note to FBI, pay no attention to Mayor Phil Gordon</title><summary type='text'>Dear FBI,I have read recently that the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, Phil Gordon, wants you to look into whether or not Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has violated civil rights laws by having the gall to arrest illegal aliens and treat them like the criminals they are.Please pay no attention whatsoever to this buffoon, Mr. Gordon. His views do not represent those of normal, law-abiding American </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=9057294107220530341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9057294107220530341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9057294107220530341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/note-to-fbi-pay-no-attention-to-mayor.html' title='Note to FBI, pay no attention to Mayor Phil Gordon'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3243926342731727844</id><published>2008-04-01T21:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T21:02:34.379-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Bill Clinton'/><title type='text'>Chelsea Clinton, yet another arrogant Defeat-ocrat in the making</title><summary type='text'>Peggy Noonan has described Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife's arrogance as "breathtaking gall." Unfortunately, Her Vileness has transmitted this trait to her daughter.The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was first confronted with a question about the infamous intern while campaigning at Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind., on</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3243926342731727844&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3243926342731727844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3243926342731727844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/chelsea-clinton-yet-another-arrogant.html' title='Chelsea Clinton, yet another arrogant Defeat-ocrat in the making'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1826535020650511711</id><published>2008-03-28T21:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T21:14:50.737-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We need to bring back shame</title><summary type='text'>There is no shame in the world anymore. If there were, so many things would be so very different.Take Client 9, for example. If he knew shame, he would not have had numerous dalliances with prostitutes of the years. If he knew of shame, his resignation statement would have contained a modicum of contrition.If he knew of shame, he would not have tried to publicly smear his political rival. Former </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1826535020650511711&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1826535020650511711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1826535020650511711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/we-need-to-bring-back-shame.html' title='We need to bring back shame'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3380059124118765816</id><published>2008-03-12T17:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T17:07:02.548-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Humility, Client 9 style</title><summary type='text'>Here's the transcript of Client 9's resignation statement.In the past few days, I have begun to atone for my private failings with my wife Silda, my children and my entire family.The remorse I feel will always be with me. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the love and compassion they have shown me. From those who much has been given, much is expected. I have been given much — the love </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3380059124118765816&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3380059124118765816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3380059124118765816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/humility-client-9-style.html' title='Humility, Client 9 style'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1359234610224223672</id><published>2008-03-10T17:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-10T17:54:04.663-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>"Client 9" works on his resume</title><summary type='text'>For Defeat-ocrats, this kind of thing is supposed to be resume enhancement. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer promised voters he would clean up the state's corrupt political ethics, but a report on Monday that he is linked to a prostitution ring is threatening to derail the career of a man once considered a political star.The 48-year-old Democrat has blazed a national reputation as "Mr. Clean," </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1359234610224223672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1359234610224223672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1359234610224223672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/client-9-works-on-his-resume.html' title='&quot;Client 9&quot; works on his resume'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4400063348730965674</id><published>2008-03-05T17:10:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-03-05T17:11:48.278-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Politics'/><title type='text'>District 130 voters to the Republican Establishment: Go away!</title><summary type='text'>Way to go District 130 voters! You told the RINO crowd to get lost. You were not persuaded by all the outside-the-district campaign contributions. You told the Austin big-wigs that passing the largest tax increase in Texas history is not a Republican thing to do. Thank you for sending that message to the Republican party. I'm sure we all hope someone's listening.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4400063348730965674&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4400063348730965674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4400063348730965674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/district-130-voters-to-republican.html' title='District 130 voters to the Republican Establishment: Go away!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-3543029982036708799</id><published>2008-03-04T12:10:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:16.230-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Have you voted today?</title><summary type='text'>It's your duty. American men and women have given their lives to assure us the privilegde of voting. Don't waste the treasure they have purchased.And if you don't vote, I don't want to hear you complaining!</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=3543029982036708799&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3543029982036708799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/3543029982036708799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/have-you-voted-today.html' title='Have you voted today?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/R81n8t1-WsI/AAAAAAAAAFI/kerhYTFOvSg/s72-c/uncle_sam_vote.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1577183087832056067</id><published>2008-03-02T13:23:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-03-02T13:23:57.721-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='He whose middle name must not be spoken'/><title type='text'>"What are Barack Obama's legislative accomplishements?"</title><summary type='text'>Simple question.Perhaps Senator Obama is the Defeat-ocrat version of Ron Paul, although I'm certain we're allowed to speak Ron Paul's middle name.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1577183087832056067&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1577183087832056067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1577183087832056067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-are-barack-obamas-legislative.html' title='&quot;What are Barack Obama&apos;s legislative accomplishements?&quot;'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2417641160001348495</id><published>2008-02-29T07:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T07:17:32.058-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Politics'/><title type='text'>Voting recommendations</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Light Bulb kindly asks for your consideration of the following candidates in the following races:House District 130 - Please vote for Alan Fletcher. The incumbent, Corbin Van Arsdale, is no where to be seen, except now that he's in serious jeopardy of losing his house seat he's all over the place. Van Arsdale voted for the largest tax increase in Texas history, he voted for the Trans Texas </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2417641160001348495&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2417641160001348495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2417641160001348495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/voting-recommendations.html' title='Voting recommendations'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1546416957594205438</id><published>2008-02-28T07:19:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T21:23:36.743-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economics'/><title type='text'>Lower tax rates lead to higher revenues . . . in Hong Kong</title><summary type='text'>Yet another example of the demonstrated effects of lower tax rates.Hong Kong's financial chief said Wednesday he will cut salary and corporate taxes and abolish duty on beer and wine after a booming economy pushed the city's budget surplus to a record high.In his maiden budget speech, Financial Secretary John Tsang said he would increase spending on health services and introduce measures to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1546416957594205438&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1546416957594205438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1546416957594205438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/lower-tax-rates-lead-to-higher-revenues.html' title='Lower tax rates lead to higher revenues . . . in Hong Kong'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4661986711669757441</id><published>2008-02-27T21:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T21:51:01.402-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservatism'/><title type='text'>William F. Buckley Jr. - 1925-2008</title><summary type='text'>The leader of modern conservative thinking has passed away.He died while at work; if he had been given a choice on how to depart this world, I suspect that would have been exactly it. At home, still devoted to the war of ideas.And what a warrior he was. See him slay the dragon of "too much conservatism is a bad thing":Now, David Gergen was the Director of Communications at the White House for </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4661986711669757441&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4661986711669757441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4661986711669757441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/william-f-buckley-jr-1925-2008.html' title='William F. Buckley Jr. - 1925-2008'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-9137141533473251907</id><published>2008-02-14T10:07:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T22:22:16.572-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>On Valentine's Day</title><summary type='text'>Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.— Proverbs 31:30How I love you, My Beautiful One.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=9137141533473251907&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9137141533473251907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9137141533473251907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/on-valentines-day.html' title='On Valentine&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FUfUcFz8NkY/R7RngCI4UjI/AAAAAAAAAFA/tW-kariDOk8/s72-c/s_red-tulip1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-9215255471855230536</id><published>2008-02-09T13:18:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T13:17:25.254-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><title type='text'>What kind of crazy talk is this? Music can NOT change the world?</title><summary type='text'>First we find out Botox is not perfectly safe, and now this? Canadian folk rock legend Neil Young said he has lost all hope that music can change the world, as he presented a documentary about his 2006 anti-war concert tour at the Berlin film festival on Friday."I know that the time when music could change the world is past. I really doubt that a single song can make a difference. It is a reality</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=9215255471855230536&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9215255471855230536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9215255471855230536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-kind-of-crazy-talk-is-this-music.html' title='What kind of crazy talk is this? Music can NOT change the world?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-2107866266369813967</id><published>2008-02-08T19:15:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T19:15:34.480-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><title type='text'>What? Botox might not be perfectly safe?</title><summary type='text'>I'm stunned. The FDA is reviewing the safety of Botox. Regulators said on Friday they were reviewing the safety of Allergan Inc's Botox and a competing product after reports of deaths and serious reactions in some patients.This is incredibly puzzling. Botox might not be perfectly safe? Botox, a form of Botulinum toxin, might not be perfectly safe? Botox, made from one of the most poisonous </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=2107866266369813967&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2107866266369813967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/2107866266369813967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-botox-might-not-be-perfectly-safe.html' title='What? Botox might not be perfectly safe?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-7687097630665377508</id><published>2008-02-07T18:20:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T18:20:03.038-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juan McAmnesty'/><title type='text'>We are doomed</title><summary type='text'>Mitt Romney's "suspension" of his campaign all but guarantees Juan McAmnesty as the Republican candidate. John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering campaign. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives."If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=7687097630665377508&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7687097630665377508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/7687097630665377508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/we-are-doomed.html' title='We are doomed'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-136263885097490211</id><published>2008-02-05T22:10:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T22:11:36.146-06:00</updated><title type='text'>What in the world is going on?</title><summary type='text'>Huckabee?Are you kidding me? He's still around?It's bad enough that Juan McAmnesty has won a number of states. But how in the world did Huckabee win more states than Romney? Good grief.I'm sorry to say it, but we're doomed.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=136263885097490211&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/136263885097490211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/136263885097490211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-in-world-is-going-on.html' title='What in the world is going on?'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-4933890919934086746</id><published>2008-02-05T17:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T17:18:27.222-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Bill Clinton'/><title type='text'>Quick! Somebody get this woman some HillaryCare, now!</title><summary type='text'>Follow these simple directions:Go to your local Department of Healthcare station (much like the Department of Motor Vehicles)Fill out the "Cough Suppressant Requisition" forms, in triplicate, of courseFill out the "Doctor Exam Requisition" forms, again in triplicateWait three weeksReceive call notifying you of doctor appointment time, in four weeksVisit doctor at scheduled appointment, receive </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=4933890919934086746&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4933890919934086746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/4933890919934086746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/quick-somebody-get-this-woman-some.html' title='Quick! Somebody get this woman some HillaryCare, now!'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-5726794573541646116</id><published>2008-02-03T16:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T21:50:41.447-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juan McAmnesty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Bill Clinton'/><title type='text'>Ann Coulter nails it</title><summary type='text'>I won't go as far as voting for Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife, but I certainly can't vote for McCain. And Ann gives some compelling reasons:She (Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife) is more conservative than is McAmnestyShe is smarter than he isShe lies less than he does (when he's caught in a lie, he doesn't know to stop telling it)She hasn't taken a stand on closing Guantanamo, he has</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=5726794573541646116&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5726794573541646116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/5726794573541646116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/ann-coulter-nails-it.html' title='Ann Coulter nails it'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-9061821047577784093</id><published>2008-02-01T02:44:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T21:51:24.224-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juan McAmnesty'/><title type='text'>I know this is a bad thing - Rick "39%" Perry has endorsed McCain</title><summary type='text'>He endorsed Rudy. But now that Rudy has withdrawn, he's backing the McCainiac."He and I may not agree on every issue," Mr. Perry said of the Arizona senator. "But we do agree that this country cannot flinch when it comes to the war against the Islamic terrorists."Mr. Perry's move followed by hours California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's endorsement of Mr. McCain at a joint appearance on the West </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=9061821047577784093&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9061821047577784093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/9061821047577784093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-know-this-is-bad-thing-rick-39-perry.html' title='I know this is a bad thing - Rick &quot;39%&quot; Perry has endorsed McCain'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-8961726133007257419</id><published>2008-01-31T03:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T21:51:40.255-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juan McAmnesty'/><title type='text'>Rudy has gone . . . to the Dark Side</title><summary type='text'>This is a painful post to write, but one I must if I want to be intellectually honest with my readers. My first choice for the Republican Presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani, has dropped out of the race. How I wish I could stop right there. But I can't. Rudy has taken the unfortunate further step of endorsing . . . wait for it . . . John McCain.It's like a nightmare that you can't wake up from.</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=8961726133007257419&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8961726133007257419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/8961726133007257419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/rudy-has-gone-to-dark-side.html' title='Rudy has gone . . . to the Dark Side'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742184.post-1488500427567497175</id><published>2008-01-30T21:50:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T21:55:19.534-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008 Presidential Race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juan McAmnesty'/><title type='text'>Florida votes for . . . McCain? Really???</title><summary type='text'>Here are some of McCain's Greatest Hits: Member of the Keating FiveCo-leader of the Gang of 14McCain-Feingold Campaign ReformMcCain-Kennedy Amnesty for Illegals ActMcCain-Lieberman Greenhouse Gas ActMcCain-Anything, which most assuredly represents a compromise of Conservative principlesVoted against the Bush tax cuts - twiceThis man represents the epitome of RINO behavior. Make no mistake, if </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26742184&amp;postID=1488500427567497175&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1488500427567497175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26742184/posts/default/1488500427567497175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelightbulbblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/florida-votes-for-mccain-really.html' title='Florida votes for . . . McCain? Really???'/><author><name>Mr. Light Bulb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641162787965930921</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1285/2802/1600/Lightbulb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
