Atlantis Hotel (The Palm) Dubai

This is very cool. One of these days.

Atlantis, The Palm is the flagship resort on The Palm Jumeirah - the first resort to open its doors on Dubai's revolutionary island. Created by Kerzner International Holdings Limited, a leading international developer and operator of destination resorts, the stunning new 1,539-room resort first welcomed guests in September 2008.

Check it out here.

Oh Yeah

Chavez Calls Obama 'Ignorant'

Well maybe he is, but he is our Ignorant President.

"We ask only for respect for Venezuela, nothing else,"
Chavez said. "If Obama respects us, we'll respect him. If Obama tries to keep
disrespecting Venezuela, we will confront the U.S. empire."

My problem is, I think Obama will do what ever he can to earn the favor of Chavez and Venezuela. Me personally, I have had enough of that little fat bastard (Chavez). I don't understand why the State Department can't grow a pair and put this little pig in his place. Wait, Hillary can't grow a set of onions, right?

The rest of the story here.

Obama’s Communist Mentor!

He was known as "Frank" in Barack Obama's memoir Dreams from my Father.

In his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about
Obama's life as a "secret smoker" and how he "went to great lengths to conceal
the habit." But what about Obama's secret political life? It turns out that
Obama's childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, was a communist.

In his books, Obama admits attending "socialist conferences" and coming into contact with Marxist literature. But he ridicules the charge of being a "hard-core academic Marxist," which was made by his colorful and outspoken 2004 U.S. Senate opponent, Republican Alan Keyes.

Just another example of who we have in the White House. You can find the rest of the story here.

China to USA in 4 days!

SHIP FROM CHINA - The Emma Maersk

What a ship....no wonder 'Made in China' is displacing North American goods big time with this floating continent transporting goods across the Pacific in 4 days no less!





Additional info:

Country of origin - Denmark

Length - 1,302 ft

Width - 207 ft

Net cargo - 123,200 tons

Engine - 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP)

Cruise Speed - 31 knots

Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 ft3)

Crew - 13 people

First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006

Construction cost - US $145,000,000+

Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom reduces water resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel per year



Ok, here's the best part. A recent documentary in late March 2008 on the History Channel, noted that most all of these containers are shipped back to China , EMPTY yep you heard it right. We send nothing back on most of these ships. What does that tell you about the current Financial State of this country!

THE STIMULUS IS A STEP TOWARDS A SOVIET AMERICA

Senator Coburn recently gave this speech on the floor of the Senate]

We are going in exactly the wrong direction. We ought to be standing on the
principles that made this country great. There ought to be a review of every
program in the Federal Government that is not effective, that is not efficient,
that is wasteful or fraudulent, and we ought to get rid of it right now. We
ought to say, Gone, to be able to pay for a real stimulus plan that might, in
fact, have some impact.

I didn't see this speech on many blogs. Maybe it was my lack of looking, or my ADHD. Anyhow, you can find the rest of the speech here. Coburn seems to have his shit together.

I miss my Tele Prompty!

Thanks, S. Weasel