10 for 10
People wonder why America is fat. I am hear to tell you it is not because of beer or booze. It is not because of McDonalds and their super sized meals.
I blame it on the local food store. They give you bargains that you can't afford to pass up. This week, I can get 10 gallons of premium ice cream for just $10. And I do mean premium. As in Edy's.
How can I not pass up a deal like this?
Well, easy. It is only March. Not quite the prime ice cream eating time. Any time is ice cream eating time, though it may not be prime time.
But I can't help to wonder where I would put all of this ice cream. I am tempted to take the tape measure and calculate the square footage of my freezer to see if it can handle it all. If not, I may have to eat 2 gallons of ice cream for supper.
Then again, how long would it take me to eat all of that? Couple of months? I could be getting down to the last couple of gallons just to find out they are freezer burned or turned rubbery. Not good.
But it is a deal. How can I pass this up?
Wow. I just wrote about ice cream. Is this what has become of me? At least I am on the downside of my trip to Hell. Once this month is over, I expect April to go by quickly.
On the newsfront, Milwaukee apparently made headlines for a having a huge Latino rally against "anti-immigration" legislation. This was big that even Fat Dan knew about it. I caught this on the news last night and was a bit confused over exactly what this was about. I remembered the Chicago event a couple weeks back and was thinking "wait, a bunch of people that shouldn't be in the country are protesting their right??? Um, why not just round them all up right then and there?". I thought about it some and was then thinking that apparently immigrants should be able to thumb their nose at the process we currently have in place and accept all the public benefits from the city that taxpayers are footing the bill for. That those who go through the legal channels are just plain fools.
I knew I would read more about it this morning mainly so I would be informed. The article in the Milwaukee Journal is kinda funny. They point out what the bill is trying to accomplish and who is behind it:
Ok, that seems logical to me. If they are not suppose to be in the country, we should tell them to go home but come back on this day so we can send you back to the country you came from. Yeah, like everyone is going to come back. You need to keep them detained otherwise they will disappear. The part of increasing penalties for improper entry is kinda meaningless. How are you going to collect? Same with sending them to prison. Where are they going to find room?
One guy calls the legislation "racist and divisive", the mantra of liberals everywhere. How is this racist? It calls for all immigrants, not one particular race. Divisive? Yes, if you consider dividing the country into those who obey the law and those who choose not to.
If you choose to come to the United States, you must follow our laws. You must go through the proper channels to stay. If we have no procedures in place, who knows what kind of scum is coming into the country. We are at war. We need to do everything we can to keep the borders safe.
Let's look at the flip side of the coin. I am sure the majority of the people that may get the boot (around 10 million they estimate) are good, hard working people. It is said they do the jobs that most Americans do not want to do. Sad, but true. They may be a benefit to their community as well.
But it does not allow them to skirt the law. Actually, I wonder if those protesting truly understand what the bill is trying to accomplish. This doesn't stop immigrants from coming to the U.S. It doesn't kick out those who are citizens. It doesn't call children terrorists. It does protect the our country.
Part of this hoopla comes from a Wisconsin law that was just passed that makes people show proof of legal residency in order to get a drivers license. Funny how you need to show that proof to get a license but not to vote.
But maybe the worst part of this event was the Milwaukee Common Council taking a vote on this FEDERAL bill. WTF?!?!? Why the hell are you wasting your time on items like this? This isn't your issue. I don't care what your opinion is. You should be concerned about CITY issues, not federal. We elect our congressman and senators to take care of these items. Let them do their job. No wonder the city is so fucked up.
So fucked up that you can get 10 gallons of ice cream for $10. Man, that is a LOT of ice cream.
I blame it on the local food store. They give you bargains that you can't afford to pass up. This week, I can get 10 gallons of premium ice cream for just $10. And I do mean premium. As in Edy's.
How can I not pass up a deal like this?
Well, easy. It is only March. Not quite the prime ice cream eating time. Any time is ice cream eating time, though it may not be prime time.
But I can't help to wonder where I would put all of this ice cream. I am tempted to take the tape measure and calculate the square footage of my freezer to see if it can handle it all. If not, I may have to eat 2 gallons of ice cream for supper.
Then again, how long would it take me to eat all of that? Couple of months? I could be getting down to the last couple of gallons just to find out they are freezer burned or turned rubbery. Not good.
But it is a deal. How can I pass this up?
Wow. I just wrote about ice cream. Is this what has become of me? At least I am on the downside of my trip to Hell. Once this month is over, I expect April to go by quickly.
On the newsfront, Milwaukee apparently made headlines for a having a huge Latino rally against "anti-immigration" legislation. This was big that even Fat Dan knew about it. I caught this on the news last night and was a bit confused over exactly what this was about. I remembered the Chicago event a couple weeks back and was thinking "wait, a bunch of people that shouldn't be in the country are protesting their right??? Um, why not just round them all up right then and there?". I thought about it some and was then thinking that apparently immigrants should be able to thumb their nose at the process we currently have in place and accept all the public benefits from the city that taxpayers are footing the bill for. That those who go through the legal channels are just plain fools.
I knew I would read more about it this morning mainly so I would be informed. The article in the Milwaukee Journal is kinda funny. They point out what the bill is trying to accomplish and who is behind it:
One of the targets of Thursday's protest was a sweeping federal bill sponsored
by U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) that would keep illegal immigrants in
jail until they are processed for deportation, increase penalties for improper
entry into the United States, and provide mandatory minimum sentences for
illegal immigrants convicted of re-entering the U.S.
Ok, that seems logical to me. If they are not suppose to be in the country, we should tell them to go home but come back on this day so we can send you back to the country you came from. Yeah, like everyone is going to come back. You need to keep them detained otherwise they will disappear. The part of increasing penalties for improper entry is kinda meaningless. How are you going to collect? Same with sending them to prison. Where are they going to find room?
One guy calls the legislation "racist and divisive", the mantra of liberals everywhere. How is this racist? It calls for all immigrants, not one particular race. Divisive? Yes, if you consider dividing the country into those who obey the law and those who choose not to.
If you choose to come to the United States, you must follow our laws. You must go through the proper channels to stay. If we have no procedures in place, who knows what kind of scum is coming into the country. We are at war. We need to do everything we can to keep the borders safe.
Let's look at the flip side of the coin. I am sure the majority of the people that may get the boot (around 10 million they estimate) are good, hard working people. It is said they do the jobs that most Americans do not want to do. Sad, but true. They may be a benefit to their community as well.
But it does not allow them to skirt the law. Actually, I wonder if those protesting truly understand what the bill is trying to accomplish. This doesn't stop immigrants from coming to the U.S. It doesn't kick out those who are citizens. It doesn't call children terrorists. It does protect the our country.
Part of this hoopla comes from a Wisconsin law that was just passed that makes people show proof of legal residency in order to get a drivers license. Funny how you need to show that proof to get a license but not to vote.
But maybe the worst part of this event was the Milwaukee Common Council taking a vote on this FEDERAL bill. WTF?!?!? Why the hell are you wasting your time on items like this? This isn't your issue. I don't care what your opinion is. You should be concerned about CITY issues, not federal. We elect our congressman and senators to take care of these items. Let them do their job. No wonder the city is so fucked up.
So fucked up that you can get 10 gallons of ice cream for $10. Man, that is a LOT of ice cream.
posted by StB at 6:59 AM
10 Comments:
Do they have a bourbon flavored ice cream?
You know, those illegals help out the country by doing jobs that noone else wants to do. Also a drug dealer helps out Detroit when he buys an Escalade. Since he is helping out the country maybe they should let him get a license to sell.
I could comment on the treatment of us illegals, but then they could find me, so I better keep my mouth shut.
I will however off any of my 3 freezers as refuge for any superfluous ice cream you may have.
I have a solution...Ice Cream Drinks. Not only the classix
like the grasshopper and brandy alexander but new ones like "pink panties" pink lemonade, gin, ice cream, and strawberries the" dirty bananna" coffee liqueur, banana liqueur and pineapple juice. or the "frantic nuts" hazelnuts, ice cream and hazelnut liqueur
Awe, there is Southern Comfort ice cream but that is misleading as it is the name only; no SoCo in the ice cream.
Um, Erik? which part of the in Hell part did you forget?
Checking back in before I head out for the weekend and noticed the clock was under 20 days.
I will try to pick up your slack again this weekend, but it will be hard.
That is way too much fucking ice cream.
I think that next year for Lent you need to give up ice cream and hit the sauce extra hard to make up for this year. 40 days is too long to be sober.
I wish WE were at the Mansion with the other boys :(.
Double hell. Sobriety and knowing that those other bloggers are going to the Mansion. Hell, they're starting their weekend in Vegas, and THEN going to the mansion. I guess my life sucks.
Interesting take on the illegal immigration issue. Living in one of the most impacted border regions, San Diego, I've always wondered how people can have a problem with this issue, given the "illegal" descriptor in their title. And no, I'm not concerned about "Mexicans" or other latino races. There's enough latinos here that arrived legally that it's not an issue of racism. It's security. They recently closed down a tunnel that went from a house on the outskirts of Tijuana, under the Tijuana River, and came up in a warehouse in one of the business parks just on this side of the border. It was fully improved with ventilation, lighting, and other such amenities. That would make it way too easy for a terrorist to pay a coyote several thousand dollars to get him into the US. Should be an interesting debate.
And I agree with the others, that is way too much ice cream.
Damn... another Erik wannabe. I'm geting too trendy here...
Luckily it's not the gallon size of ice cream, but the 16oz. container of Edy's. Way more ice cream than I'd eat in a month, but not as horrific. I'd still rather have Leon's or Kopp's frozen custard, tho. Damn that's good stuff.
Leons rocks! They have the best custard period. End of story.
The ice cream would definilty get freezer burn, and freezer burned ice cream is worse than no ice cream.
As for the protest, I agree. Why in the hell would this not make sense to people.
I also have 3 freezers... If you need to stock up!!! Trust me Nick won't eat any... wink wink... I must agree with the erik on Leon's ... working across the street is a baaaaad thing ;)
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