My very busy week

Well this was one week I am happy to see the end of! I had something pretty much going on every day this week, including the first issue of the weekly racing paper I work for, cooking 40lbs of rigatoni, preparing for a fundraiser, HAVING the fundraiser, opening night at Motordrome, and having to go into work for a few hours on Saturday to test out the new system. I'm ready to drop! But the paper went well, the rigatoni got cooked, the fundraiser was successful and the races were ran. Opening night is usually crazy, and Friday was no different. Lots of big wrecks and destroyed equipment. But congratulations to Bobby Henry in Late Models, Adam Kostelnik in Mods, Dink Colarusso in Street Stocks, Denny Keller in Chargers & Matt Sever in Super Compacts.

Well, that was my week.. Now time for my rant! (Thought you got out of it, huh?) I'd have to say the only thing that really got my goat this week was the total attack on the Tea Parties and the conservatives by the media and my good buddy Janet Napolitano. First the Tea Parties.

I understand that the media has NO CLUE how to handle a peaceful protest by quite a few unhappy people that do not agree with our President or the administration (this one and last), but my goodness, what was that? Between highly underestimating the amount of people that showed up for these things, there was that horrible woman on CNN that was just plain OBNOXIOUS to that man and his kid. I was shocked when I saw that replay! I hope she's ashamed of herself for that performance. Is that journalism? Sheesh. And there were so many others that were just having a field day making fun of the people that took the time to show their displeasure. I hope everyone took notes and boycotts the networks and journalists that were behind the attacks. Janeen Garafolo called us racist & rednecks (sorry chick, but Murtha already called me that). I'm not so concerned about her comments only because she's a waste of my time. Someday Hollywood lefters will learn that they really are not that important and no one cares about your hateful nature. And Nancy Pelosi, well... she's just plain clueless to think that the Tea Parties were a product of the rich that don't want to pay taxes. Sorry, didn't see Tim Geitner or Tom Daschle in any of the crowds, did you? I think it's time for the media and ALL members of Congress to wise up (thanks O'Reilly) and start paying attention to the citizens of this country. They are kicking the dog too many times, at some point it's going to bite.

Then Napolitano. That leaked memo about veterans being influenced by right-wing extremists was beyond the pale. That whole memo was awful, but now we attack veterans??? Did anyone else notice her "apology" on Fox only happened when they asked her? (And notice they were the only ones that interviewed her that even ASKED if she should apologize). I really don't feel that was much of an apology anyways, because she basically said it was worded incorrectly and in Washingtonese. LAME! And last time I checked, I didn't think I was a terrorist because I believe in the 2nd amendment and take issue to abortion. What the heck? So now I'm a right-winger.... So let me get this straight... I'm conservative and registered Republican, so that makes me a racist, redneck right-winger that is possibly a threat to my community and country? WHAAATTT!!!!! This administration totally frightens me in how easily they can all insult and write-off a huge chunk of the American population. I'm just astounded at these things. I'm still willing to give our President a chance because we cannot afford to have him fail, but it's time that everyone in DC wakes up and starts listening. There are more conservative "nutjobs" like I apparently am out here and if they continue to treat us like this, they are going to find in a couple of years that they are back home wondering where their cushy jobs went! There might not be official term limits, but we get to vote for them all every couple years. This time around might not be so easy on them.