Author: Fuzzy Curmudgeon

Just heard on Fox that State has sent out a “warden’s message” (not sure I heard that correctly) to all consulates and embassies to warn citizens abroad to be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice.
I’ll throw a link in here when Fox has one.
UPDATE: Here’s the link.

Here’s a great breakdown of the judge’s ruling in the McDonalds vs. fatasses case. Milloy isn’t exactly thrilled by it (and frankly neither was I; I still think it should have been dismissed with predjudice).

Lady Ann Coulter, in her inimitable way, deconstructs Democrats on race discrimination as practiced in our nation’s universities.
And she’s absolutely right. Dems must just love to discriminate.

but I agree in principle with this article by Matt Hayes on “Rethinking Citizenship“.
I really don’t think that a child should receive U.S. citizenship just because it’s born here. One or both of the parents should have to be full-fledged U.S. citizens for that to occur.
I was thinking about this with regard to children born here to parents who just never bothered to become citizens, and at first it bothered me — it’s not the child’s fault that it was put into this situation — but then I decided that if the parents don’t care enough to become citizens of this great country of ours, then their children, even if born here, can bloody well go through the citizenship process later if they want the benefits of citizenship. Till then: NADA.
So it’s probably time to tighten up our immigration and turn back pregnant women who are trying to enter the country for this purpose alone. That’s harsh, but the Roman Republic/Empire diluted its citizenship, too; and for this and other failings, it ended up on the trash heap of history.

Sell Amtrak to the highest bidder and let it go private. This has gone on far too long and it’s holding up the prospect of both regional and high-speed national rail.
Maybe one of the airlines would consider buying Amtrak? It’s not the most ridiculous notion. They’ve got flight attendants and all kinds of support personnel who are looking layoffs in the face who could probably switch over to rail service with a minimum of retraining (no pun intended). Airlines already have computerized ticketing, mileage awards, etc, etc…the only difference is that trains run on tracks instead of flying through the air.
And then CUT OUT all the God-damn milk-run stops and use terminals in major cities ONLY. I’m sorry if you live in Podunk, Ohio, halfway between Indianapolis and Columbus; you’re probably better off driving (or taking regional rail instead, which should run on separate, light rail tracks, and can afford to make milk run stops). A train that goes from, say, Chicago to Miami, probably should stop ONLY in Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Atlanta, then maybe Savannah, Jacksonville, Orlando (gotta make Mickey happy) and then arrive in Miami. Or whatever. I’m looking at a map and that looks reasonable for that route. It’s a crow-flight trip of about 1400 miles and that a stop, on average, about every 200 miles. If the train is able to average 60MPH, that’s somewhere in the neighborhood of every 3-1/2 hours, and the entire trip (and I know my mileage numbers are off because it won’t be a straight line trip) would take around 20-24 hours, not including stops. But since I’m not stopping at every podunk wide spot on the railroad, stop time will be limited.
And the beauty is that you don’t even have to involve TSA. At least if someone blows up a train, it’s already on the ground.
Maybe I’m just a dreamer.

My God. Some sanity breaks through in this crazy mixed up world of ours:
Judge Dismisses Obesity Suit Against McDonald’s

U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet said the plaintiffs, including a 14-year-old girl who is 4-foot-10 and 170 pounds, failed to show McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) products presented a danger unknown to consumers. He also cited concerns the case could “spawn thousands of similar ‘McLawsuits”‘ against all types of restaurants.

Unfortunately he didn’t dismiss it with predjudice. But hooray for our side. My doctor told me to get in shape…well, round is a shape. And it’s not fast food’s fault that I’m round. It’s MY fault.
Kind of like it wasn’t Big Tobacco’s fault that my dad had emphysema. Dad chose to continue smoking long after the cigarette companies admitted that cigarette smoking was dangerous to your health. In fact, he was smoking the day he died, and we put his last pack and his Zippo in his pocket when we buried him.
Hand me that humidor…I need a puff.

I see where Garry Trudeau (great Canadian name…maybe he should relocate his sorry ass), the King of Recycled Comic Strips, is rerunning some of his 2001 Enron strips. That dog don’t hunt no more, comrade.
Unfortunately I’m talking about the dead strips on tree — er, sorry, Freudian slip, the “strips on dead tree”, not the ones online, so I don’t have a link for you.
But talk about a guy who should have given up years ago. He’s not even funny when he tries to be, anymore.

but man, that’s got the potential to be cool.
(Via the Corner.)

We need to be doing the same damn thing here in the States. In particular I love this bit:

[Abu Hamza] said: “They should have brought somebody independent while they are searching because how do we know they haven’t put it there themselves?”

You guys just think you’re smart. You won’t think so when you’re swinging by the neck or lying strapped to a gurney with two needles in your arm and a finger poised over a button. Lucky for you Britain doesn’t have the death penalty.
(Via LGF.)

Jim Geraghty at NRO with the scoop on how the Dumbs are trying to hose the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Sen. Roberts sounds like he would have made a great Majority Leader.