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July 2008
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How Smart?
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Isn't this so cute? As the Major Media has much of the populace fooled into believing whatever they print or say or YouTube, I can't wait until these Smart Fortwo cars, at $15,000 a whack, begin to get whacked by illegal aliens driving 1990 white Lincoln Continentals and Crown Victorias. (But do get a look at that gorgeous Arizona sky!)
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Car and Driver magazine writes of the Smart Fortwo in a recent test, "Our test vehicle got a disappointing 32 mpg overall, not the 50 or 60 mpg it looks like it should deliver."
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 I don't care what the DeMedia may publish, the death rate in accidents in these little bastards is going to be high.
I can recall three friends who got into accidents in normal sized vehicles: 1) a load of roofing material fell on her car. Result: no injuries, car totalled. 2) pulled out in front of a cement mixer going in the same direction. Result: no injuries, car totalled. 3) head-on while on the I-17, full sized pickup truck pushed over wall into a full-sized 1990s rear-wheel drive Cadillac. Result: serious injuries, car & truck totalled.
I'm thinking they should make these Smart Fortwo's in a Woody-type outside finish. That way they could also serve as the dual purpose container they actually are, and save the survivors another eight grand by not buying an oak casket for the deceased pilot.
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July 2008
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UFO Arachnid
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I photographed this giant tarantula, obviously grown to hideous size (due to exposure to radiation in the 1950s) as he ravaged the landscape. If you look closely in the background, you can see the UFO that is controlling him.
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July 2008
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Peccary Hide & Seek
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The other night I saw this guy walking along the side of the road so I slowed to take his photo, but being bashful he kept as much of himself as he could behind this bush.
Whenever I see any kind of pig I am reminded of my five foot tall, Uncle Izzie taking me to see one of his sons, 'The Pig Farmer.'
And while Izzie observed the lone boar pig in his pen, he turned to me and said in his highly German accented English, "Look at the balls on that thing!" Then he paused and added, "And you eat that stuff!"
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July 2008
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A Screamer
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When I lock up the tennis courts late at night, I can hear creatures at the water hazard screaming with such ferocity that one could think that a portal to Hell had been opened up. Which, given where I am employed could certainly be the case.
I found this gentleman on the tennis courts practicing his two-armed backhand in the pitch black. I escorted him out, that is, I carefully picked him up from above, tweezer-like, so that when he emptied his bladder, he would do it into the simmering summer breeze and not onto me or my clothes. (They are not called toads for nothing.)
I was delighted when I heard this guy start burbling, screaming, uh, croaking, so to speak, for now I know one voice in the chorus of the water hazard damned.
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July 2008
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Blending In
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I was about to toss down a dwarfing nickel next to this guy as he was hunting on the sidewalk, but he saw me and charged off like a Beijing Olympic's sprinter.
You can see how well scorpions blend into their surroundings, which makes them so dangerous to us human type people, as this is the variety that can put a grown man out of action for twenty-four hours.
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July 2008
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Dumb Ass
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Here is another dumbass Democrat voter. The "Had Enough? Vote Democrat" bumpersticker
is about as uninformed as it gets.
Let's see, Democrats have a majority in both the Senate and the House. Five of the nine Supreme Court Justices would vote to free Obama, I mean, Osama bin Laden from Guantanemo, if he was there. Dork, who the hell is running the country if not the Democrat Looney Left?
And the chili peppers tied on the upper rack are a very nice touch. Probably didn't take more than a couple of hours to do that. Looks quite gay.
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July 2008
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Crushed Ride
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Here is another case of how Illegal Aliens enliven our Valley of the Sun neighborhoods. This obviously totaled Mazda finds a second life with a straw buyer, sans mandatory auto insurance, and an Illegal Alien driver. Mechanically and emissions-wise I'm sure it is in excellent condition.
See that catalytic converter (right ahead of the chrome tail pipe) down there? That will soon be gone. Hack-sawed off by yet a different Illegal Alien to sell to the metal recycling junkman, en Español: "el hombre junkero".
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July 2008
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First One
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All the way to the middle of July before I see my first tarantula. Not good, to me that means too many are being slaughtered by vehicles, the bug-men and tarantula wasps.
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July 2008
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Going Green
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 In the first place, "It's not easy being green" or "Easy going green." However these two, on their way to work at Starbucks, in an effort to lower their webbed carbon footprint decided, in a way, to car-pool
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July 2008
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Here's Something
I Don't See Everyday
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Yes, I am an old geezer, I guess. In my day, the only people who had tattoos were either criminals or fresh out of the Navy. Any women who had 'body-art' were assumed to be prostitutes. Times have changed. But for the better?
Here is a Phoenix beat cop I saw the other day (face blacked out) who has as many tattoos as a WWF wrestler. No doubt he's fresh back from Afghanistan or Iraq and God Bless Him for his service. Twice.
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July 2008
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Ouch
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A new high dollar amount for a single fill-up, which thank God wasn't mine.
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http://angelfire.com/az/nativebob/08_0708_gasoline_100dollars.jpg
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July 2008
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Three Things
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As I studied the photo on the following page  from Wednesday morning, I noticed three things that concerned me. One was that this is a Phoenix police officer making a stop on the freeways which are patrolled by D.P.S. cruisers. I also note that this is not any old police officer, it is one with a K-9 police dog partner. The last thing that concerned me is that you can see the officer's hand resting on his sidearm.
With all the Illegal Aliens in town, Phoenix has become such an exciting place, eh?
The yellow stuff on the dirt to the right? That's hay.
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http://angelfire.com/az/nativebob/images5/08_0701_i17_k9_stop.jpg
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July 2008
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'Spensiver
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Gasoline keeps going up, and only Mr.Wonderful knows why. However, a little less than two years ago, in July of 2006, even then I thought it was outrageous to spend 57 bucks on a fill-up.
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July 2008
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Fire Mountain
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Years ago, myself and my hardy off-road motorcycle  buddies, used to make the all-day journey up to Crown King, Arizona, from the Prescott side using the 1800s Pony Express Trail.
No, you haven't done it. Don't say you have. And no, a quad could not make it, as the trail is not wide enough for pussy quads, because, oddly enough, the 'Pony' in the title of the trail, refers to horses, and horses don't need a trail six-feet wide.
Knowing the area intimately it simply kills me to see that some dumb-ass loser started this 9,400 acre blaze now being fought by over 600 hundred fire fighters.
Apparently the selfish son of a bitch lost trekker thought burning down the forest with a signal fire was worth it, if only HE would be found and rescued.
Care to take a wild-ass guess on who this moron will be voting for in November of 2008?
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http://angelfire.com/az/nativebob/images5/08_0702_crnking_fire.jpg
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July 2008
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Runners
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Sometimes you'll see two road runners together, this is a picture of three that later in the day grew to five.
These are evil creatures who eat my friends, the snakes and the lizards.
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http://angelfire.com/az/nativebob/images5/08_0701_3rrunners.jpg
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