Halloween at Work

Our Chief Merchant is demanding that senior leaders dress up for Halloween.  Here's me:

Like I had nothing better to do with two hours of my time this morning...

Benghazi - Cowardice, Followed by CYA

As additional facts come out, and as the Obama administration continues to obfuscate, it is getting clearer and clearer that this is the biggest known scandal to hit a presidency since Watergate.  

See the timeline of events here

The facts are clear in this case:

• A call for help from Benghazi came and was received at the highest levels of the government.  Military assets could have been brought into the mix within hours.  They never mobilized, and our team on the ground was left to die
• The story the administration tried to sell, over and over again, that this event was tied to a video.  Even when they knew that was not the case.

For both facts above, there is a simple question: why?  

And yet, save for the blogosphere and Fox News, NOBODY is covering this story.  

The administration is covering up what happened, and the traditional media is actively helping them.  And the only reason for them to do so that makes sense is so that Obama can win the election. 

American citizens and soldiers were murdered.  And this is how these institutions behave?

Ladies and gentlemen, we live in very scary times...

Hunting With Kin, 2012 Minnesota Edition

My two cousins recently visited us at the duck camp for the annual Southern Invasion Duck Hunt.  Lies got told, college football got watched, whiskey got drunk, shots got missed, food got consumed, laughs got laughed, and memories got made.

Oh yeah, some ducks got harvested, too:

We got treated to one pretty spectacular sunrise:

Web harvested a Black Duck - extremely rare for Minnesota.  More on that to come in a future post:

Web got these sons-a-bitches about 9:00 this morning:

Hey, wait...

Overall, a good time was had by all.  

Only three more months before the Yankees return the favor and head south for the 2013 bayou version of Hunting with Kin.  I can't wait.

An Update on the Book

Here is the latest update on the book: It's, It's a Dog Named Blitz is in its final edit and is about half done with that critical step.  The cover is in development, and is also near completion.  

Next big step will be to get the completed package into Lulu.com for hardcover production, and publish of the e-book version.
I hope to have all of this completed by the second week of November.

Stay tuned for more updates.

"If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?"

My Dad had dozens of little catch phrases that he use to posit about life, business, or just to entertain.  In this election cycle, I've been thinking a lot about one in particular.  

The Obama administration, the media, and the entertainment community have been extremely active at trying to paint Mitt Romney as an out-of-touch rich guy.  His success is something to consider as a liability, and something with which to attack him.

Excuse me, but don't we want an elected official that is successful?  Doesn't that make sense?  Why in the world would one be criticized for their success?

Which gets me to Dad's quote.  He'd often opine, "if you're so damn smart, why aren't you rich?"  

Romney didn't get rich via luck.  Indeed, he grew up with money, but how many stories have been repeated over and over of rich kids squandering their inheritance?  No, Romney's riches were earned.  Hard earned.  He was and is intelligent, productive, and successful.  

Aren't those the same qualities we want in our leaders?

He's damned smart.  He's rich.  Duh.

Wisconsin Leads Nation in Binge Drinking

From the "reporting on the obvious" file, Scientific American released a recent study which shows that Wisconsin is leading the nation in binge drinking. 

They should have never conducted their study the day after a Packers loss....

History of Social Media

From Copyblogger comes a really nice infographic on the history of Social Media.  The amount of change in the past years, and the impact it has had on our society, is staggering:



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Borrowing a Buddy's Dog

A couple of weeks ago I was hunting with Fuzzy and his dog.  My dog was not paying attention. She was quite content to just walk around and eat deer poop.  Fuzzy's dog, on the other hand, was hot on a bird to my right.

I tried to get Fuzzy to move up into position.  He didn't get going.  I stayed with his dog, and the rest, they say is history.

Rule #1 in pheasant hunting - if your dog is birdy, stay with him.

Rule #2 in pheasant hunting - if your buddy's dog is birdy, stay with him

Rule #3 in pheasant hunting - dogs that stop to eat deer poop don't flush too many birds

Thanks for letting me borrow your dog, Fuzzy