MORE BAILOUT – Alright, the Bailout is law… POTUS signed it and let’s hope it does something. Now… over the weekend… I overheard a table of patrons at a local watering hole discussing the issues of the day. I’m not usually that nosey, but one person in the group leading (if you mean lead by yelling) the discussion… brought up a point I haven’t gotten out of my head. He was going on about gas prices and then started rant about the bailout. Then he went all black helicopter and talking about how the end of this country is near. “Where’s the outrage, huh?” He said. “$3 dollar gas? We bailed out a bunch of millionaires? Where’s the f’ing outrage?” He slammed his shot and said, “Shit, we’ve been more outraged for less… remember those guys in Boston? The King taxed tea and they went nuts… for taxing f’ing tea! Where's the outrage?” You know… this guy might be on to something…
COMING SOON TO THE ALLEGANY COUNTY COURTHOUSE – Seriously QCI-ders… If I were Ben Rothelisberger, I’d be taking the offensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers to court for assault charges. Good Lord. Also, is it me on this? How hard were they hitting last night? Damn…
F’ING CHIEFS – Urgh… well since my favorite team is going to be hell bent on sucking this year… I’m gonna take a look from the pitcher half full crowd… at least we can get a higher draft pick to possible trade for a quarterback…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Happy Birthday to my little sister April! Hope you have an awesome one.
‘PALOOZA - Shout to all who attended the annual shin dig… holy crap… I think we had a good time. Actually, I think the whole town knew we had a good time… Still. Trying. To. Re. Cover… Is this what 31 means?
ROUND 2 – The Presidential Nashville Star? Possibly… look for fireworks tomorrow. Thoughts?
JUDGE WANTS TO DEBATE PALIN – I say bring it. Listening to her rant reminds me of my favorite Chris Farley skit… when he was Stormin’ Norman. The similarities are numerous between the two… I can hear her now… “I WANT SARAH! I WANT SARAH! YOU’VE SEEN HOW MUCH WE CAN SCREW UP FLOOD RELIEF! NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT I CAN DO IN DEBATE! ATLANTIC CITY! JUDGE/PALIN! THE WAR ON THE SHORE!!!” Funny thing is Lt. Guv Judge… why you were cracking jokes and yuking it up at the annual JJ Dinner, there are still folks in tents in Cedar Rapids… nice work out of you.
THEY DID IT AGAIN – Well… another major news story… another way to raise money for Mike Huckabee… and they used the most ridiculous and dirty salutation again in their fundraising appeal… a sample from the email:
Dear Huck PACkers-
I wanted to write you to convey my disgust with the passing of this 451 page bailout bill. Wall Street has gone trick-or-treating in Washington a little bit early this October. Wall Street is getting the treats and America is getting tricked. The “Axis of Arrogance” has tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the Main Streeters and in doing so hid a sty full of pork in a bill whose constitutionality is questionable at best. Friends, the folks in Washington continue to treat your wallet as their tip jar and this has to stop.
If you are going to continue to spam me with fundraising emails every other day… Stop. Using. Dear. Huck. PACkers. Now. Please…

AND FINALLY… Let’s keep today’s tune of the day simple… as in Simple Minds… crank it!

Kind of enjoyed the format of yesterday… let keep at it…

RAIDERS – Lane Kiffin is out at Oakland… here’s the deal… there are 2 organizations in the world that become 500% better when their leader dies… Fidel Castro in Cuba and Al Davis with the Oakland Raiders…
BASEBALL – Alright…So we have the postseason set up ready… Anyone rooting for some Chicago on Chicago action in the World Series? I don’t know if the Windy City can handle it… but, would be an interesting showcase for their Olympic bid.
NO ZIMA IN UTAH – Not that’s the first thing you think about when rolling to Utah… but if you feel like a Zima… you’re gonna have to bring your own.
NO LINKY – So I forgot to post the link of some revamped logos… courtesy of ESPN. It’s a few weeks old… but still cool.
THE BAILOUT – A buddy of mine passed along an observation about Monday’s vote: “I wonder if some witchdoctor is opened Congress with the grunting invocation: "Smell of burning money -- pleasing to the Gods!"
DINOSAURS – Checking it out tonight… wonder how big the leashes are for those monsters… bet they’re made out of some heavy material.
DEBATE – Nice one Presidential Commission… my cousin’s puppy can pump a pillow better than you can recover a fumble like this friggin’ mess that only can be the product of lightweight beltway hacks…
MORE ON THE BAIL OUT – Alright… I am a self admitted non-economist. But everyone is talking Frannie this and Freddie that… maybe this has been said already by some late night host somewhere… but is anyone thinking this thing is a really twisted geeky Mother Goose story? “The Story of Frannie and Freddie”… except this is one of those where all the King’s men couldn’t put them back together again?
OLD BAY – Love the stuff… although, my pals out East have enjoyed it for years.
FOR THE DO IT YOURSELFER – You good with your hands? (not like that…. sickos) Nah, do you build stuff? Live in a fixer upper? If you don’t use this place already… learn it. ReStore. Cheap hardware… lumber… and everything in between. And you’ll helping a good cause and be just a little greener.
AGAIN – Just listened to the Big Show. Let me answer this for everyone. No, John McCain does not support subsidies. That included ethanol… and anything else that receives subsidies… oil, ect. He believes in renewable sources of fuel and energy… it’s a national security issue. If you have any other questions… email me.
MORE SPORTS ART BRAIN CANDY – Dudes… this goes out to you hockey fans. Check out Icethetics. You can literally get lost on this site… it’s that good.

AND FINALLY… your tune of the day…

IN THE ABSENSE OF LIGHT, DARKNESS PREVAILS

QCI IS BACK! Whew… what a week. The World’s Crappiest Blog… returns and has some stuff with a side of garlic mash potatoes. OK, how about some cottage cheese. No? OK, how about a side salad… don’t have any bacon… alright here you go.

CONVENTION RECAP – There’s tons of stuff out there with about this week all about the State Convention. Krusty had the preview, smoker hating Emily at Battleground had some crap, Uncle Ted chimed in, and John Deeth live blogged the day.

THE UGLIEST SIDE OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN IOWA – No matter what faction or side or movement you are for… if you don’t believe this was one of the ugliest faces our party has put on in the past few months, I want to sell you the Locust Street Bridge.

I’m all for anyone who wants to do anything. Run for this or run for that. Spend all of the energy and enthusiasm you want to get there. Have at it hoss. I know that politics is a blood sport, but for once, in an election year, how about using all of this energy towards winning elections. Think about this QCI-ders, if we were as good as we are about feuding, running convention campaigns and whatever else trips your trigger as we are in getting active in campaigns… think about how many offices we would have in power. More questions (that I know the answers to) as one delegate put it, “Why can’t we have just a choice? Why does it have to be I have to vote for someone else because the other one is bad for whatever reason? Why not vote for someone because they would be good at it?”

Now that the dust and manure have settled after this convention, my hope is that we unite to do what is really important… um winning elections. Oh yea, the whole reason for forming a party anyway. (Sigh)

CONVENTION SHOUT OUTS – While I wasn’t there for the whole thing (I was getting ready for 9,600 of my closest friends to see the ‘Stormers take Quad City to the woodshed) there were tons of good shout outs. Thanks for reading and saying hey.

QUICK NOTES – Here’s some quick notes from this last weekend… all at random. Will have some more updates and comments about the StateCon. Here’s a few to get you going for the week.

3M – good crowd, nice Ambulance… where’s the college republican kid dressed as John Edwards to chase you at parades? Nice work.

HUCKABEE – Didn’t catch a lot of the speech, but heard the nice shout out to Johnny Mac. Also, did he just endorse Bobby V during his speech? Hmmm… Looking forward to his book that comes out AFTER the November election… hmmm…

More for you soon. Chat about all of this stuff. The StateCon, the new QCI look… weirdest and coolest stuff from this weekend… the merits of the Designated Hitter… I’ve got more coming. Until then, it’s too nice out not to grill. And if you’re gonna grill… you gotta have some good tunes. Here’s some good stuff from Buckwheat Zydeco.

Let’s see here. There’s not much buzz going on out there… the Districts have come and gone. We have a new State Central Committee and the weather is showing some signs of summer… all is good in the Republic today. So in honor of a bunch of my old NIACC buddies I ran into at the tailgate yesterday, I busted out the old Goose. Choose NIC-NAC Thirst! Oh the old days… great to see you dudes… when the party at Pink Apartments this week?

APPROACHING 6,000 HITS – Again, thanks to all who are dropping by and hitting me upside the head when have a lack of posts. When I first started this thing, I figured… “Is anyone really gonna ready this thing.” You are and I annoy my loyalist of readers when I slack off for a few days (or a week). Got some good advice from some media types and bloggers on how to get a little better at this. If I’m not posting THE hottest scoop of the day… rest assure I will amaze you with my better than average wit, charm and some random ass movie that I know by heart. And no more Jared Allen posts, because I’m over him.

CAMPAIGN PEEPS – I’m talking to you. Many campaigns in the state are embracing “new media” and have added me to their press release lists. Keep ‘em coming. When it comes to the spin of the day, I’ll give you my guarantee that I firm but I’m fair… if I’m not posting your stuff here, there are 3 situations why: 1) someone else posted on it all ready 2) you sent me a release from Captain Obvious (ie: FLASH – The Sun Also Rises in the East) or 3) you can call it triple A grade laziness. So for you loser campaigns out there (loser meaning, you don’t want your stuff on the world’s crappiest blog?) add grantyoung72@hotmail.com to your press list.

FALLON V. BOSWELL – This is a hell of a race to watch… because it’s getting nasty and hotly competitive. I mean. Ole GMLB has his peeps out there hitting the streets. Fallon has a great hard core base from his Gov run. Oh and in case you missed it, Fallon won the entire 3rd District in that campaign. From my view in the nose bleeds, it looks like Fallon has attracted a lot of folks from the Obama organization.

I don’t know if I have mentioned this before, but have seen some of the franked mail coming out of Boswell’s official office? Environmental pieces? For real? Must be nice to run a campaign at taxpayers’ expense. Stay tuned to this one QCI-ders.

MAC BACK IN DES MOINES – Yea, I know this is completely late to talk about, but I just wanted to give a shout out to all my peeps at Team Straight Talk. Great to see all of weary warriors and volunteers who didn’t surrender during the dark days of late summer. Your dedication and enthusiasm paid off… now, let’s put him in the White House.

WHERE THE HELL IS SKANKS? Now that Krusty is back... where is the complete set of Krustacians? Yoda is always in the house. Cedar is always bringing the east coast party, 'cause the east coast party don't stop. But, where is that hilarious poster who had the handle called "Skanks for the Memories." Damn that was some hilarious stuff. Skanks- I'm calling you out you dirty SOB. I know you're all out there... need a place to go? Stop at QCI!

ANYTHING WITH JIMMY PAGE EQUALS DAMN GOOD – Yea, even the one he did with P. Diddy. But to get you on your lazy Sunday or Monday Morning reads… here’s a great one with Page and the Black Crowes doing “Ten Years Gone.”

1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!!!!!!!

Yea, I know... just posting random pictures of Doc Brown.

Working on some stuff, please be patient. Oh, and way to man up Hershel! Glad to have you back and your stuff is great as always.

I'm off to the local drug store to purchase platonium... as it has been available there since 1985.

LIBYANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!