The TSA thugs now have a union...

thank goodness I don't have to fly anywhere.

I have sympathy for those who must...

TSA Workers Ratify Union Contract

Last week TSA (Transportation Security Administration) screeners voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement, creating America's newest union.  According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, the vote was a landslide; 17,326 to 1,774 members voted to ratify the agreement.

According the TSA press release, the agreement will begin December 9 and remain in effect for three years.

A TSA decision memorandum cited poor employee, "morale and engagement" as reasons for pursuing unionization, stating, "employee engagement and security are interrelated, and therefore directly affect our capacity to effectively carry out our mission."  read the rest

 

S510, TSA, Open Borders, Government Waste, Vacuum Sealers, Preparing, Smart Pills, and Salad Bars - Oh my...

My husband voted this the top "go to" link of the day.

Reaganite Republican brings us

TSA Enhanced Screening Procedures . . . 

and we thank him (notice RR is using my trademark three little dots... called an ellipsis.)

And while TSA agents are feeling up your daughters, the Muslim terrorists are walking across our southern border along with the drug dealers.  

Obama Administration Plans to Pull Back National Guard From Much of the Border
(new link)

I have one question for the people that appear on the view - Why?  And the same question goes for the "brains have turned to mush" people that watch this drivel dribbling from the mouths of these vile women. 

Joy Behar Lectures Pastor About Homosexuality on 'The View', Insists Biblical View Leads to Bullying

Mind Numbed Robot has a top-o-the line follow-up post, bringing us more facts and figures on something I posted about yesterday - S510 and we thank him!

FDA Boot up the Small Farmers’ A$$ Act of 2010

This just makes sense:

We live in North Idaho. It gets cold here, but thankfully not as cold as some places like Minnesota.  When we bought our current house one of the first things we did was install an efficient wood stove.  One winter the electricity was off for three days.  While we remained warm and even cooked meals on top of the stove (the great outdoors became our refrigerator) - neighbors living in big fancy houses were cold and miserable. Water heated on the stove became our "bath" water, and our kerosene lanterns brightened our evenings.  

People today are woefully unprepared for the unexpected.  In particular city people who think that every time they hit a switch their world will "light up", suffer during times of emergency.    It's just common sense to be prepared.  Our parents knew this and so should you...

Vacuum Sealers

And to answer Quite Rightly about what type of vacuum sealer I use - it's the Food Saver (the highest rated vacuum sealer on the market.)  I purchased one at Costco years and years ago.  It paid for itself the first time I used it.  We purchase much of our food in bulk or at least larger quantities.  For instance:  cheddar cheese in five pound chunks purchased at Costco is about half the cost of the grocery store (and it's better cheese.)  The chunk is cut into 3 or 4 pieces, each of which is vacuum sealed.  It's good for many, many months.

Spices purchased in bulk are decanted into pint canning jars, vacuumed sealed, and can last for years.  When I make meatballs it is usually by the hundreds.  They are frozen on trays and then vacuum sealed.  I buy whole tri-tip roasts for about $3.00 per pound less than pre-cut.  I cut up the steaks myself and vacuum them for the freezer.  One tri-tip gives us steaks for about a year.  Time investment?  About one hour to save hundreds of dollars.

One year I kept careful track of everything I purchased at Costco, plus any sale items from other stores, and compared it to the equivalent cost at our local grocery store.  My savings for that year was approximately five thousand dollars. What could you do with an extra five grand?  

Beck TV Background Guide to Food Storage Preparation 

“Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”

"This proverb offers an important piece of advice, especially for today’s uncertain times.  As Glenn explains on his Thursday Fox News 5 p.m. broadcast, it’s important for you and your family to always have hope for the future, but to be prepared to face life’s uncertainties.
Are you prepared?  Here’s a useful guide from Glenn on what you can do:" read the rest

Thanks to New Zealand blog for this little video that expains government spending to boost the economy and why it doesn't work.  It backs up the most important lesson I ever learned about running a successful business:  There is money coming in and money going out.  What's coming in better be more than what's going out.  Simple!

Which brings us to Fuzzy Logic and the Socialist-Progressives' Millionaire Phobia Dilemma.


Unemployed to go without turkeys this Thanksgiving?

Maybe if we defunded crap like Planned Parenthood there would be money to help the unemployed.  Ya think?  Pundette brings us:    Pence: Let's defund Planned Parenthood

Or how about de-funding NPR?  Another Black Conservative brings us House fails to eliminate NPR funding


This is something I knew nothing about, but thanks to my favorite Bunni, I do now...

Another Bitter Pill, Watch and Learn!

And while our president has once again escaped the confines of DC, his crazy wife is wanting to put salad bars in schools.  I say give the little brats a brown paper bag with a PB and J sandwich and call it lunch.  Take all those cafeterias out of the schools.  I'm tired of feeding everyone's kids. And I don't want to hear from any bleeding heart liberal about the kids that are starving.  That can be handled locally by the school purchasing some peanut butter and a loaf of bread at the day-old bakery outlet where, as a matter of fact, I purchase my bread.

White House to put up to 5,000 salad bars in schools 

It's Saturday, November 13 and your money is worth less than it was last Saturday...

thanks to the feds.

I've spent the week butchering pruning my trees.  Every day I think it will be my last day of working outside, but the next day finds me out doing even more work.  I've moved into doing what I call "spring" work.  I'm hoping this leads to an easy summer that I can spend landscaping my new pond. 

Some updates in the blogosphere:

The wonderful Smitty of The Other McCain is off to Afghanistan for a year.  His one request that he made in his final post Cogadh No Sìth

"If I’ve done you any favors, I’d ask that you make this the single most linked post in this blog’s history." read the entire post - it's excellent! And don't forget to link back to his article.

It has been an honor and a blessing to get to know this man.  His kindness, gentlemanly behavior, and exceptional writing skills has been an inspiration.  A year without Smitty is going to be very, very long, indeed!

T.L. Davis, who blogs at Washington Rebel as well as his own personal blog,  has a new name and a new look.   Find T. L. at his new digs, T. L. in Exile.

RightKlik's fine post,  Graphic Government Warnings reminds us who we really have to fear.


Rather then repeat the hard work of others (for which I am eternally grateful) take time to Peruse the Conservative Blogosphere at Reaganite Republican.  His lineup up of links is outstanding - and we thank him.

The BlogProf:   Video: Seven Top Dem Senators Admit “Obama Has No Idea What He’s Doing”

Of course, we've known that since waaaaaaaay before the election.  What's truly frightening is there are still people out there who think he's the second coming of Christ and ObamaCare will reduce the deficit.  Kool-Aid anyone?

Pundette:    Obama trips over his ego in Asia




Naked body scanner and out-of-control TSA employees... 

Can't wait to see what the grabby TSA agents will do when a Muslim opts out of the body scanner and refuses a pat-down.  Sure glad I don't have to fly anywhere...
 
From: American Thinker

Line Up to Give Up Your Rights 
by Wesley Clark, MD 

 Airline travelers are now standing in security lines around the country for the opportunity to pose nude for the Department of Homeland Security. "Naked body scanners" are just the latest development in the field of Man-Caused Disaster prevention, a part of the Overseas Contingency Operations (War on Terror) in which the actions of a handful of suicidal terrorists, almost exclusively of a certain religious persuasion, have led to a massive government assault on the freedoms of all Americans. Since 9/11, the declared objective of al-Qaeda to destroy our society and our way of life has been implemented mainly by our own ruling class. read the rest

From CNN:  Growing backlash against TSA body scanners, pat-downs


Since I am such a cheap thrifty person, purchasing two brand new books at Costco yesterday was way out of my comfort zone.  Living in North Idaho guarantees the books will be on a long waiting list at the library and so in a moment of "got to haves", I grabbed them both.