1. There is adult objection in some quarters to Virginia students watching the President of the United States give an address on individual responsibility? Imagine that. In Virginia. Imagine that anywhere.
2. The rage on the Right is…well…rage.
3. The euphoria on the Left wanes.
4. One million Virginians woke up without health insurance this morning. Same as yesterday. Same as tomorrow.
5. Town halls? I don’t think so. Town squalls, maybe.
6. The “thesis” is not “macaca.” “Macaca” was a slip.
7. British Petroleum announced another 10-year oil dependency find in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. Brazil owns twenty percent of that? WTF?
8. We spend twice per capita on healthcare, leave 50 million uninsured, and rank in the mid-forties in the world, in terms of life expectancy and infant mortality. Behind Cuba on both.
9. The governor’s race won’t turn on the “thesis.” It will close, but it won’t turn. It will take something else.
10. To be ‘bourbon,’ it must be made in Kentucky. Originated there in Bourbon County-a dry county now. Some dry holes are productive.
barnie, i don’t know how many people are uninsured. no one really knows. some people are uninsured by choice.
take this woman for example: she has no insurance because she says she can’t afford it. however, she owns & insures 3 motor vehicles. she is taking her whole family to Disneyworld for Christmas.
personally, i don’t want to pay for her health insurance if she doesn’t give a SH*T about it herself.
RE: Number 1 — I’m trying to imagine President Barry giving a speech which is not completely politically self-serving…..
Nope. Can’t do it.
James, try breathing into a paper bag for a few minutes. And Kelly…aah…well. Never mind.
Barnie, I don’t know about #10. This from the Evans Williams website:
What makes a whiskey a Bourbon?
By law, Bourbon must be made up of at least 51% corn and aged a minimum of two years in a new charred white oak barrel.
Bourbon can be made anywhere in the United States, though nearly all brands are made in Kentucky, and Kentucky is the only state allowed to put its name on the bottle. Bourbon is not Bourbon unless the label says so.
You are correct Bwana. Though I was liquored-up this morning when I wrote that error, it is no excuse. It can, technically, be made anywhere and has been produced in any number of places. Probably 95% of the world’s bourbon production is made in Kentucky. Tennessee produces only ‘whiskey,” and only two of those–Jack Daniels and George Dickel. And while we’re into this discourse, the sour mash process is much like the sour dough bread deal, in that live yeast culture is forwarded batch-to-batch in both, the oldest sour mash being Old Crow (my favorite), dating to the 1830s–a relatively cheap, bottom-shelf brand owned now by Jim Beam, but concocted originally by a Dr. Crow. An’ a’nother thang–us red-blooded Amaricuns spell it “whiskey,” while the uppitity Scotch and Irish drop the “e” and go with “whisky,” but in the case of Jameson’s I forgive them. Finally, there is some technical dimension to the “straight” of “straight bourbon” but I don’t know what it is. If I ever get sober again, I might look it up. Best. BKD
Virginia Gentleman is the only bourbon that is appropriate for game day in the Commonwealth, whether it is officially bourbon or not. It comes in a convenient plastic bottle that is both utile and safe. I would make an exception for personally-distilled and small-batch Virginia whiskeys, however.
“Take a breath,” Barnie? I’ m not really sure what that means. But I guess it’s easier than addressing the point that Conservatives have good cause to suspect that President Barry will misuse the occasion to his political advantage.
Let me preface this by saying I am stone sober typing this, so I have no real excuse for getting it wrong…but my understanding is that “straight bourbon” is made with a mash that is primarily fresh corn (plus some barley,wheat) and some previously used mash (that is devoid of alcohol) in order to insure a certain chemical reaction.
Further review idicates that the sour mash process itself was created by a Dr. James C. Crow.
This is different from “Sour Mash Whiskey” like Jack Daniels or George Dickel, which goes through a charcoal filter step (unlike straight bourbon) before it is casked. This type of whiskey is called “Tennessee Whiskey” and the filter process is the “Lincoln County process”.
Yeah, I do like research…