Leaders and Best.

Check the punk move at 1:30. Nice.

Is this a great time or what?

From the internets:

Obama's Victory--A British view
A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the US mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style o ver substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.

A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros, Moore, and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion.

Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and eaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.

Congratulations America !

Retail Insanity (or a clear case of he who hesitates is lost. Depends on your perspective).

I freely admit that I made a mistake. I had several opportunities to purchase a snow blower earlier this winter. I had one in my hand, and in a moment of financial panic, let it go.

But, seriously, the big box stores are now stocking lawn mowers? Lawn mowers? We talkin' about lawn mowers? It's January. In the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes. Nobody is going to be cutting grass for 3 months, at the earliest. I need a snow blower now. What is the deal? Who makes these decisions? What is the sound reasoning behind this policy?

Maybe this country can't spend it's way out of this "financial crisis" because people can't buy the products they actually need (leave the internet and speedwaysales.com outta this. I have a strong aversion to having an item this large shipped and the price is still pretty steep).

I wonder how many people are turned away. After foolishly convincing themselves that shoveling is healthy and better for the environment or not buying a snow blower in July and decide to go the store to get one, only to find it's not possible.

Unreal.

This video is amazing.

wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.