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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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There Goes The Undefeated Season
Notre Dame managed to get its first loss out of the way as soon as possible -- and as badly as possible. Georgia Tech came to South Bend and stomped the Irish, 33-3, in the worst home opener loss in school history. The offense fumbled twice and allowed seven sacks on Evan Sharpley, who must have longed to have Brady Quinn back on the field instead. If Charlie Weis doesn't turn this debacle around fast, he may want to start asking Ty Willingham for some career counseling ....
Would Early Primaries Allow More Donations?
Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot believes that candidates will benefit if primaries and caucuses get pushed into 2007. A loophole in campaign finance regulation appears to allow an extra $2,300 per donor for candidates if those elections are held this year. Be sure to check out Jim's analysis, and the surprising candidate that may benefit the most.
When Tom Met Jeralyn
One of the interesting aspects of politics is finding out that opponents are people, too. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft met Rep. Tom Tancredo backstage at NBC's studios, and found him more likable than she had anticipated. Perhaps it was their mutual interest in Dog, The Bounty Hunter ...
Joe Lieberman A Right-Wing Nut?
That's what CAIR says, according to Joe Kaufman. He has a link to a CAIR official's blog post that calls Lieberman, along with John Bolton, former CIA director James Woolsey, and the Heritage Foundation's Peter Brookes as "extremists". Affad Shaikh also calls Dick Cheney a "fat bastard of a liar," apparently not meant as a pop-culture reference to the Austin Powers movies. (via Let Freedom Ring)
Broadband Homelessness
The Japanese have made homelessness more efficient, and more Net-friendly, too. Their Internet cafés have become homeless shelters for the struggling manual-labor sector. The problem has grown into such a problem that government intervention will shortly become a political priority.
Found My Law Firm
Power Line links twice to this story regarding an attorney at Faegre & Benson who refused to become a victim and helped capture a very dangerous man. Keith Radtke is a partner in the firm as is Power Line's John Hinderaker. Radtke is listed in satisfactory condition after getting shot in the back, but that didn't keep him from locking up his attacker in a wrestling grip until police could arrive. I don't know about you, but that's the kind of man I'd want as my counsel ....
Don't Click That YouTube E-mail
The latest in spam seems to be redirections from YouTube links in e-mail to IP addresses without domain names. They attempt to entice people by making it seem that they have been inadvertently YouTubed. I'm sure most people can see through this scam, but just in case, you've been warned ....
Rick Moran Escapes The Floods
Rick Moran has kept us up to date on his travails along the Algonquin River. Yesterday, the police showed up to get him evacuated before the river flooded his home -- but today, Rick finds that a minor miracle has taken place, and that his house survives ... at least for now. Keep Rick in your prayers, and keep checking in at Right Wing Nut House for updates.
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
Comments (14)
Posted by RBMN | September 3, 2007 12:25 PM
I think he'll get more in, but he won't keep it very long.
Posted by bad cat robot | September 3, 2007 12:32 PM
Extrapolating from my foggy memories of *Scottish* Gaelic, I believe he is saying "That's not water, that's (something unpleasant and disgusting)"
S'e bochd sin ...
Posted by Lord Whorfin | September 3, 2007 12:36 PM
Is the water poisoned?
Posted by Only One Cannoli | September 3, 2007 12:36 PM
Could it be "Don't drink the water, it's full of cow ...." ;)
google knows all
Posted by Carol Herman | September 3, 2007 12:45 PM
A diplomat has written a book, too; not yet published. About how the art of translation doesn't really give you "word for word."
In one example? Said in English, about "looking backward over a long career, the post in paris was the best." Came out translated into french, "my backside has two parts, and I enjoyed paris, the best."
Well, word for word, that's how it goes.
In another "event" an American diplomat was speaking to koreans. When the translator lost it. To cover up that he was not following along, he just said, "this is the part where the diplomat tells you a joke. So when he stops be sure to laugh and applaud." And, so the audience did as it was told.
There's also a Lincoln joke. Lincoln really loved "off color humor." Anyway, he tells the story of Ethan Alan. Who went to England. And, at his host's house, he excused himself for the out house. Where his host had hung a picture of George Washington. This was supposed to insult Ethan Alan.
Instead, when Alan got back, inside, he said to the host; "ya know, that was a smart idea, hanging George Washington's portrait in your outhouse. Nothing makes an English shit faster than seeing that portrait!" BINGO
Or, maybe, what the french would say: Viva-la-difference. (I learned this one, years ago, when there were two babies, each one looking into their diapers.) Gee, the differences are sure noticed "early."
Posted by unclesmrgol | September 3, 2007 12:54 PM
Captain,
That's a pretty shitty joke!
Posted by JimK | September 3, 2007 12:54 PM
Something about whiskey, knowing it was an Irishman.
Posted by mcg | September 3, 2007 12:57 PM
It's not much of a challenge with Google at the ready!
Posted by Charlie | September 3, 2007 3:28 PM
"Do not drink from there; it is full of cow shit!"
Posted by daytrader | September 3, 2007 3:28 PM
Babel Fish talks it out.
The internet is dead, long live the interweb.
Posted by J. Gocht | September 3, 2007 4:48 PM
Easy one Ed...!
Don't drink the water, it's full of cowshit.
Olde soldier sends...
Posted by Carol Herman | September 3, 2007 7:27 PM
Excuse me, but how would a cow know to go shit in the lake? First, she goes to the lake. Sticks her tongue in. And, takes a slurp.
And, then she turns around? And, it flies out of her ass.
We all drink water that's been processed clean. Doesn't mean it wasn't once "dirty water, either."
And, you can tell it's an Irishman and an Englishman, because no one's offering to buy the other one, a beer.
Did you know Lincoln loved Burns? He had no trouble with the cadence. The rhythms. And, the dialect. He memorized oodles of poetry. And, he loved (and told) toilet jokes. So, this stuff is in good company.
Posted by Captain Ed | September 3, 2007 8:41 PM
Danged Babelfish! Danged Google!
Good job, everyone. Hope you enjoyed a little laugh on Labor Day. As several of you have posted, the phrase "Na ól an t-uisce, tá sé lán de chac bo!" means "Don't drink the water, it's full of cowshit!"
Posted by Cionaodh | September 3, 2007 10:58 PM
Ceartúchán beag:
Ná hól an t-uisce . . .