Oh well I guess it’s better than *some* state mottos.

“A state lawmaker wants to peel Idaho’s standard license plate of the legend ‘Famous Potatoes’ in a battle over whether the lowly spud should symbolize a state whose major export is high technology.

Frank Muir, president of the Idaho Potato Commission, is irked over the proposal, which he says undercuts the spud’s considerable contributions to the state. After beating back the onslaught of low-carb diets in recent years, the last thing the Idaho potato industry expected was to be mashed at home, he said…”

Hey, have you ever eaten an Ice Cream Baked Potato?

Idaho’s image becomes hot potato:

Excellent analysis about the Anti-Gun mentality.

“…You don’t need to have a gun; the police will protect you.’

‘If people carry guns, there will be murders over parking spaces and neighborhood basketball games.’

‘I’m a pacifist. Enlightened, spiritually aware people shouldn’t own guns.’

‘I’d rather be raped than have some redneck militia type try to rescue me.’

How often have you heard these statements from misguided advocates of victim disarmament, or even woefully uninformed relatives and neighbors? Why do people cling so tightly to these beliefs, in the face of incontrovertible evidence that they are wrong? Why do they get so furiously angry when gun owners point out that their arguments are factually and logically incorrect?

How can you communicate with these people who seem to be out of touch with reality and rational thought?…”

Clayton Cramer has the link.

So… why isn’t the Mainstream Meadia reporting this?

“…’The short answer to the question of where the WMD Saddam bought from the Russians went was that they went to Syria and Lebanon,’ said John Shaw, former deputy undersecretary of defense, in comments made at an intelligence summit Feb. 17-20 in Arlington, Va.

‘They were moved by Russian Spetsnaz (special ops) units out of uniform that were specifically sent to Iraq to move the weaponry and eradicate any evidence of its existence,’ he said.

The conclusion?

President Bush was right. We had to invade to disarm Saddam — otherwise, he would have completely reconstituted his chemical, nuclear and bio-weapons programs when inspectors left.”

Power Line: “Saddam Had WMD”

Amazing photos of a Pot Farm, hidden underneath a guys House.
Click the link for all the photos.

“…This grow was underneath a
house in a cave. The entrance was through a secret hydraulic door in the garage that led to a concrete ramp that went about 50 yards into the ground. Inside the cave was living quarters and a secret escape hatch that led you through a tunnel that exited via another hydraulic door that opened up a rock on the outside. It was very elaborate… “

phishhook.com

Correct me if I’m wrong:

Didn’t people donate money to send this guy to the Olympics?

Didn’t he eliminate somebody that had their own Olympic Dream?

Didn’t he twist his ankle playing Basketball… right before his race?

Did the U.S. just send him there to party?

“…’I just did it my way. I’m not a martyr, and I’m not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here,’ Miller said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press soon after he skidded off the slalom course in his fifth and final race, completing an 0-for-the-Olympics…”

“…”Look at what happened to Rahlves. He was holed up in his RV, he’s probably the fittest guy out here and he made a point of talking about how important the Olympics were to him,” Miller said. “And then look — a little bad luck and he’s got nothing to show for the whole thing.

“Me, it’s been an awesome two weeks,” Miller said. “I got to party and socialize at an Olympic level.”

Unrepentant Bode: ‘Man, I Rocked Here’:

The Mayor of Mitchieville loves the Metric System.
Hey, he convinced me.

“…Metric is great for our police departments because it is a giant cash-cow. When Americans hit our freeways, many of them believe they must be on the Autobaun, because they see a sign that says 100km. So, many Americans will go 100mph. The coppers love this because that equates to about a $250 fine, which has to be paid on the spot. God bless America, and God bless you for not figuring out that we are a metrics peoples…”

Mitchieville: Embrace Metric:

Yeah, really.

In light of that news, I offer a timely conversation.

Oh it’s Old… but New again.

A Brief Conversation Between a Pro-Choice Activist and a Fetus

Would you let your toddlers ride on this?

Occasionally I will post a little quiz to check your discernment.

Is this person a Conservative or Liberal?

All the regular Blog Idaho visitors are pretty hip.
They have seen all the latest Internet memes.

Here’s something for the first-time visitors:

QuickTime vid of Tom Killing Oprah.

Mrs. Geezer and I both took pictures of the sunset from our back porch.

I think they were taken about a day apart.

Which is the better shot?

Why?

The winner gets a Treat.

(Yeah, I know the traffic is going backwards, it’s the only gif I could find.)

A Roundabout is a traffic circle that replaces an intersection. They are popular in Europe, which should be enough to make me question their value.

I don’t remember hearing anything positive about them from friends who had them installed in their neighborhoods. I think their complaint was that when trucks got in the middle, they had trouble getting out safely. Here in I-Dee-Ho, we have trucks pulling 2 and 3 trailers.
Not to mention ungainly farm equipment.

How about all you Big-City-Folks telling us what you think.

“…There are no traffic signals and entering traffic yields to circulating traffic, which always keeps moving. A study by the Institute for Highway Safety indicates roundabouts reduce crashes by 75 percent at intersections where stops signs and signals were previously used…”

KBCI 2 Boise, Idaho

Here’s the Wiki entry.

Gee I hope admitting that I (kinda) watched the Ice Dancing doesn’t make me seem too gay.
Uh…. I know… I was rebuilding my Harley on the kitchen table at the same time.

Whew.

Anyway, the commentators were dissin’ the pair from Israel because they were skating to the music “Bolero”.
If you’re still here, you’re probably asking yourself… why?

The reason they were OFFENDED was because back in 1984… you know OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO… Torville and Dean skated to the SAME SONG.
B.F.D.
Guess What… They aren’t competing against Torville and Dean. Who Cares?
I wish I had a penny every time I heard someone sing “New York, New York” in an audition. Seems like it’s a pretty popular Skating Song also, along with Phantom of the Opera and Hello Dolly. Man I wish those songs would be banned.

The Americans looked good and had fun with excellent chemistry. They eventually won the Silver Medal.

When the Fwench couple came onto the ice, I told Mrs. Geezer “I bet they are skating to Les Miserable”.
She was amazed when that proved to be true.
Hey, Les Miz is my all-time-favorite Broadway show. I recognized the look of the costumes.
(I bet that revelation pegged the Gaydar meter.)

The Italian couple were pissed off and didn’t even look at each other until their dance.

I’ll stop now.

Imagine Ping Pong played with Matrix Skilz.

Yeah, I know it’s old.

It’s still pretty neat.

You better watch it a couple of times.

Download it.

H/T Elemenohpee and the Ketchup Dudes.

H/T Kelso.

This comes under the heading of Public Service Announcements.

Don’t got no rhythm?
Can’t get no Babes?
Learn to Dance, Suckah.

You’ve seen these guys on the dance floor with the hot chicks…
Now learn how to
Do.
Their.
Moves.

Hilarious QuickTime video about Honky Dancin’.
It’s about 5.5 megs.

Check out the other Vids at http://www.giantketchup.com/

H/T Elemenohpee.

Occasionally, Egyptian Crocodile god, Sobek, treats us to another Blogger Interview. They crack me up.

Even though Sobek now resides *in Las Vegas*, he isn’t *of Vegas*.
After reading the Six-Meat-Buffet Interview, scroll down and read all the rest.

“Welcome to yet another SobekPundit Blogger Interview, a more-or-less regular feature that I use to while away the dreary hours of my seemingly interminable existence. This week I’ve asked Preston Taylor Holmes of Six Meat Buffet to join me, and he kindly accepted. And by ‘accepted’ I mean ’screamed at the top of his lungs because Dave from Garfield Ridge can’t lord it over him anymore.’…”

SobekPundit:

I wasn’t too impressed with this guy anyway after he said that he didn’t like guns.

His name should be changed to James Bland.

Now he can star in the remake of “Dr. No (teeth)”

“…The new James Bond, Daniel Craig, has already failed to make the grade as a tough guy – after a villain knocked out two of his teeth in his FIRST fight scene.

Craig, 37, was in Prague filming the remake of Casino Royale when the stunt went wrong.”

THE NAME’S BOND.. BROKE BOND

City workers in Cincinnati, Ohio, are getting ‘Chips’ implanted under their skin.

“…The chips are the size of a grain of rice and a doctor embedded them in the forearm just under the surface of the skin, Darks said.

They work ‘like an access card. There’s a reader outside the door; you walk up to the reader, put your arm under it, and it opens the door,’ Darks said…”

Not to get all Religious on you but… Dang.
Isn’t this mentioned at the end of the Bible, in the book of Revelation?

The Digital Brownshirt: Workers get “chipped”: