Sunday, January 26, 2014

Ted Cruz gets off a good one!




He is not my favorite candidate but every once in a while he hits it out of the park. In this video from one of the Sunday shows he asks if Obama will apologize for lying in the last State of the Union.

Now we know that he will never do that. But wouldn't it be cool if a bunch of Republicans stood up and yelled "You Lie" when he puts out another whopper. I know they will never do that but man it would be cool.

I would love to have the Republican response be something like "Hey he lied when he said you could keep your policy or you doctor. What lies did he tell this time."

40 comments:

chickelit said...

The President will maintain that it was just a white lie intended to obtain something greater.

Cody Jarrett said...

It actually wasn't a lie because he completely believed it at the moment he said it.

Ted Cruz is a wonderful person. So far he's stood on principal every time--which Rand Paul--who I like--can't say.

The Dude said...

Funny post - I had that same thought last night - what if a mess of them critters jumped up outta they easy chairs and yelled at that lying sumbitch. Wouldn't that be a hoot.

Speaking of hoot, just got back from walking the dogs and heard a nearby owl, again. That's a nice thing to hear.

Cody Jarrett said...

There's a giant owl that lives in the old spruces just behind the barn. He has a very melodious greeting. In the summer he'll fly over to the tree limb closest to the bedroom window and sit, staring at me. So I hoot back. And we chat. Until I say something wrong and he flies off, silently.

The Dude said...

It is impressive how quietly they can fly - I saw one that must have had a wingspan of 3 feet or more and it was silent as it flew past.

windbag said...

About a month ago, one was sitting on a tree limb overhanging our road. Little guy, maybe six or seven inches high. It was daylight, which quite startled me. Sometimes at night, one swoops down across the road when I'm coming home. Always a treat to spot them.

Cody Jarrett said...

Mine used me for a pick a while ago. He was after a squirrel in the maple out back. It was just getting dark and the squirrel was trying to get back to the barn. But while he was watching me...he forgot about the owl.

Bye squirrel. Bye bye.

MamaM said...

So I hoot back. And we chat. Until I say something wrong and he flies off, silently.

Lol! And the helluvit is, there's no going back, no reparations!

windbag said...

I hate squirrels. Tree rats.

The Dude said...

I like squirrels - hawks and owls have to eat, too, you know.

Trooper York said...

The was a kid in my class in grammar school who was sort of an albino. His nickname was "White Owl."

I may make him a character in "Joey Gallo's Lament."

windbag said...

Good point, Sixty. My son's cat killed three in one day. The last one, he only ate the face. I guess he was full.

ndspinelli said...

The sounds of owls, wolves and coyotes @ night are haunting and beautiful. I spoke w/ a gay guy walking a little dog in Palm Springs. Where I stayed was @ the southern fringe of the city near an Indian Res. He said coyote's have been eating cats and dogs lately. I couldn't help but think of Titus and the rare clumber.

Cody Jarrett said...

Sometimes. The howling is cool--there are several packs in the woods around me, and when they get going you can hear them in the house with the television on.

But there's another thing they do where they sound like hyenas, and that's just...that's a bad, bad sound. Especially at around 2AM.

ndspinelli said...

That hyena sound might be when they're fucking.

Cody Jarrett said...

Heh. If it is they're having orgies cuz there's a lot of carrying on.

MamaM said...

To put ND's effen fantasies to rest, the window for orgies is a small one: Female coyotes are monoestrous, and remain in estrus for two to five days between late January and early March, during which mating occurs. Once the female chooses a partner, the mated pair may remain temporarily monogamous for a number of years. Coyotes also practice alloparental care, in which a wolf pair adopts the pup or pups of another pair

As for the sound, here's a matching description:

It starts with a few falsetto yips, then blossoms into something resembling maniacal laughter, the yips stringing together into chattering howls. It's an attention-grabbing sound, and an eerie one: coyotes howling, usually in the evening or at night...It has several functions. One is to call the pack—really a family group—back together again after a period of individual hunting. A second reason that coyotes howl is to advertise their presence to other packs, essentially warning those other family groups against trespassing across territorial boundaries.

Sort of what goes on over here, without the 2 am sex.

Cody Jarrett said...

Yep, that's it, MamaM.

Because there are at least 4 families or packs right near me. And they're the sleekest, fattest biggest damn coyotes--my shepherd is 65 pounds or so, and they're bigger than he is. We've all come more or less face to face a couple of times. We all just look at each other and that's that.

rcocean said...

Owls are cool. Coyotes aren't. There's a reason ranchers used to shoot them on sight.

ndspinelli said...

MamaM, Your description is superb, but do you know where I can buy any coyote porn? My 88 year old uncle in Vt. calls them "Coy dogs."

chickelit said...

C.O.Y.O.T.E.

MamaM said...

do you know where I can buy any coyote porn?

For you ND! Meet "Angie"

Everyone has been asking what I have been doing with myself. I found a creative, way to express myself, my emotions and the symbols that represent my experiences. My art work allows me to reflect, providing a therapeutic outlet and allows me to remain indoors :-)...George Zimmerman

chickelit said...

Oh, I hope Zimmerman does test that sort of "infringement" in a court of law. Hundreds if not thousands of artist would like the answer to that question fleshed out in legalese.

Is TOP on the case?

MamaM said...

I didn't look over there yet. I found it on Drudge and thought of ND's request, because it includes a pinch of coyote ugliness in addition to giving a nod to strange cracks that let the light thru (and vice versa), while affirming the power of "art" in the form of a painted image to give another form of media a run for their money.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I saw an interesting show on coyotes on PBS. Despite open seasons, no bag limits, and relentless warfare on them--coyotes and coy wolves are thriving. The coy wolves are from Ontario (only Eastern wolves will breed with coyotes--Western wolves kill coyotes when ever they get the chance) and have moved south even to Central Park in NYC. Their main thoroughfares are railroad tracks.

The coy wolves are interesting. They are about in-between the size of coyotes and wolves, but smarter than either (at least at adapting to humans).

They estimated 2000 coyotes in Chicago city limits alone.

ndspinelli said...

MamaM, You have steered this thread in a unique and interesting way, as only you can. The Queen of Tangentia.

Cody Jarrett said...

Apparently CBS edited out a lot of stuff Cruz said. It's on drudge. He blasted Barry for abuses of power.

ricpic said...

It's a mice holocaust out there!

Chip S. said...

I think Ted should start calling his tweets Cruz Missives.

Cody Jarrett said...

And a lot of the old hunter types I know around here are convinced that most of what's called "coyotes" here are actually undocumented wolves (there are reasons to not claim wolves exist in your area) and also that some of them are the product of released wolf hybrid dogs mating with coyotes.

Cody Jarrett said...

Roderick Neely...the "blow torch rapist"...serial rapist...captured when a victim fought back...guess what complexion...

RACIST!

Fuck Crack.

The Dude said...

Even his wife wouldn't do that!

Cody Jarrett said...

If the story is true...she called the cops and said "there's a black man in my house"

That'll leave a mark.

The Dude said...

Mark of Cain, yeah!

Cody Jarrett said...

Cain? That's racist. Mayonaise is white by god!

chickelit said...

Notice how Meade never steps up to defend his wife against Crack's attacks. I don't see this as evidence of Meade being a wienie -- I see it as evidence that Crack is a fraud -- a complete utter fraud in collusion with those two.

Cody Jarrett said...

pretty much, chickenlittle

MamaM said...

a complete utter fraud in collusion

Sort of like a blogger version of the knock out game? Who can you playfully sucker into the vortex and then slap with the label of racist, h8r, homophobe and splooge stoodge?

Cody Jarrett said...

Exactly like.

chickelit said...

Sort of like a blogger version of the knock out game? Who can you playfully sucker into the vortex and then slap with the label of racist, h8r, homophobe and splooge stoodge?

Thanks, Cody and MamaM.