RSSFrank Perdue dies at 84
These are just coming too fast and furious this week, unfortunately.
Chicken magnate Frank Perdue dies at 84. Best known for his quirky yet catchy commercials has passed.
Perdue, who became famous for his folksy television pitch “It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken,”
However, I best remember him for his line, “Because no one likes a dirty bird.” He was a character and one of the best owner front-man for a company ever.
Just Limin Man
It is a beautiful day and for some reason I am finding it near impossible to think about politics or anything else that would be beneficial.
Maybe tomorrow. No Worries, Man.
We are going to Skinny Legs for dinner. The owner and namesake I have know for over 20 years. For some reason that is scary and very reassuring.
It is a fun site that does capture the essence of the island. My favorite place is on how to drive on the island. It is pretty ironic, driving directions from a bartender.
KEEP LEFT! GO SLOW! We drive on the left. Why? We’re not sure but everybody else does so we do too. Skinny Legs suggest you drive slow (within the speed limit-still 20 mph) and keep left. Many locals drive in the middle of the road and are usually driving pretty fast. Taxi buses are big and have a lot of momentum. Water and cement trucks are bigger and have even more momentum. So watch for them, we do. We learned the benefits of driving slow years ago. First; things hurt a lot less when you hit them slowly. Second; if you do go off the road, you won’t fall as far, that is providing you hit the bushes. But be careful getting out of the vehicle. We had a friend who drove off the road. The car got caught in the brush about 20 feet off the road. They got out of the car and fell another 30 feet. And remember, It Is Better To Yield Than To Receive.
I don’t remember that from my driving exam, but down here it is great advice.
Oh, Limin is the art of hangin’ out. The kids callin it chillin’.
New Republic Gives George W. Bush His Due On Democracy, New Republic?
Martin Peretz has a brilliant article on George W. Bush and the lack of credit he is given for his bold and controversial ideas he has taken the initiative on in the Middle East. The Liberals and Democratic Party just give him no credit. The beginning of Martin’s article sounds like it was ripped off the pages of Scared Monkeys; however, it is coming from the New Republic. hardly a right wing media outlet.
If George W. Bush were to discover a cure for cancer, his critics would denounce him for having done it unilaterally, without adequate consultation, with a crude disregard for the sensibilities of others.
This is a must read article, GIVING GEORGE W. BUSH HIS DUE ON DEMOCRACY. I watched the review of this earlier this morning on SPAN with Brian Lamb. Listen here (Washington Journal Entire Program 4/1/05, Go to minute 32.40) its worth listening to Liberals make idiots out of themselves.
Here are some poignant passages. This is one of the best reads I have seen in a long time. Who would have thought from The New Republic.
The achievements of Bush’s foreign policy abroad represent a revolution in the foreign policy culture at home. The traditional Republican mentality that was so perfectly and meanly represented by Bush pà ¨re and Baker precluded the United States from pressing the Arabs about reform–about anything–for decades.
The Clinton administration seized on every possible excuse–from the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, right through the atrocities in Kenya and Tanzania, to the attack on the USS Cole–not to respond meaningfully to Osama bin Laden.
History has never traveled in the Middle East as fast as it has during the last two years. In this place where time seems to have stopped, time has suddenly accelerated. It may be true (more likely, it is not) that a deep yearning for democracy has been latent throughout the region for a long time.
The fine fruits of the Bush administration’s indifference to international opinion may be seen now in Lebanon, too. What is happening there is the most concrete intra-Arab consequence of the Iraq war.
In one of the most honest comments I have heard come from a Democrats mouth in a long time, as hatred toward GWB and regaining Democratic Party power have blinded them to the fact that they are supposed to be American’s first; the following dead on correct.
None of this happened by spontaneous generation. Yes, there were lucky breaks: Yasir Arafat died, Syria conspired somehow to have former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri assassinated.
It is simply stupid, empirically and philosophically, to deny that all or any of this would have happened without the deeply unpopular but historically grand initiative of Bush
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Pope’s Status
Pope John Paul II condition’s remains the same, clinging to life regardless of the rumors.
More from Fox, Pope condition worsens.
And from AP
From the BBC, Heart Failure
UPDATE: More and video from Political Teen
ITALY’S SKY ITALIA QUOTING VATICAN SOURCES SAYS POPE’S BRAIN, HEART STILL FUNCTIONING… Drudge
News outlets had earlier reported that the Pope had passed; however, The Vatican has denied claims and all outlets have retracted the initial announcement of the Pope’s passing. The Bronze Door has not yet been closed.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has all the most updated information and much more on Pope John Paul II
My Pet Jawa also following story very closely
UPDATE: Apr 1, 4:44 PM (ET) Vatican: Pope John Paul II Is Near Death
