"Welcome To The Twenty First Century...................."

.......so said our daughter recently. The old bazookaman finally caved and had Direct TV installed, replacing the old antenna. I personally do not care for what is passed off as "television entertainment" today, but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do for those around you.

What I can't figure out is why, with all of our supposed technology available, they can't come up with some system where you only have to pay for what you want.

I guess we're gonna get around a hundred channels or so, only about FIVE that I would ever watch, wife might watch a half dozen beyond that......but you have to pay for ALL of it.

I've watched a few of these so called "sitcoms" at other people's houses, and don't find them funny at all. That's why they have electronically injected laughter after nearly every line of dialoge, so that we bumbling moronic boob-tube watchers know when to laugh.

In today's sitcoms, the kids get to badmouth the parents, make them look stupid, while the "perfectly normal" gay guy in the family is out trying to hustle up a date with another one. Except for the "F" word, all other language seems to be ok for family viewing........this is comedy.

Welcome to the 21st century.

There are about a dozen major news networks on today's television, but I still have to listen to the radio to get the truth (which is why the liberals want it banned).

Welcome to the 21st century.

See the large front page photo of Ricardo Pineda in this morning's Boise 'Bama Booster? The guy looks more like a terrorist than the head of a consulate.................DON'T START..........DON'T START.........I'm not saying he IS. Pretty soon we'll have a Chinese consulate, a Russian consulate, a French & Iranian consulate.............wouldn't surprise me to see a consulate for convicted felons somewhere down the road.

Speaking of felons, they can get operations free of charge. You can't.

They can get a college degree without tuition. You can't.

Illegal aliens can get free medical care. You can't.

Welcome to the 21st century.

If YOU steal from your employer, you get fired, but if you steal from Fannie, Freddie or AIG, your "severance" is worth millions.

Welcome to the 21st century.

Beheading an American is "part of their culture", but thumping a terrorist for information is "barbaric."

Welcome to the 21st century.

Mexicans demonstrating in the streets even to the point of replacing an American flag on a U.S. Post Office flagpole is mere;y an "expression of their heritage.", but a guy flying a Confederate flag in his own backyard is a "racist."

Welcome to the 21st century.

Uncle Sam trusts young men with machineguns, flamethrowers, tanks and F-15's when they're fighting for the freedom of others, but here in their own "land of the free", they aren't trusted with a 22, without paperwork and record-keeping. And they"re LOOKING to take THOSE if they can.

Welcome to the 21st century.

Attempting to fire a cop is an "abuse of power", very UN-Vice Presidential and absolutely a MAJOR issue, but anti-American teachings, association with known terrorists (even at 30 and 40), and monetary support for ballot manipulating (ACORN) aren't issues at all, they are dirty tricks by the racist conservatives who just want to stray from the real issues.

Yeah..........welcome to the 21st century.

This is just the surface, but I haven't got all day. There's no wind to speak of, and it's an excellent opportunity to put a few rounds through an old 30-30 deer rifle of mine, that I haven't shot in awhile.

One of the characters running for president would probably call it a "stealth 1894 lever action assault rifle that uses Sheriff-killer bullets." The jerk.

Welcome to the 21st century.

I love our daughter dearly, and I know she means well. Unfortunately, SHE, like so many others, was barely of voting age when the 21st century came to be, and doesn't know how things once were here.

But "Thank you anyway, sweetheart, but I'm gonna drive my old 56 Olds until there's no more gasoline, I'm gonna take my hat off when our flag passes by, watch Charlie Chan and Humphrey Bogart on my old black & white DVD's, blow a big gaping hole through anybody (foreign or domestic) trying to break into the house,, and do whatever I can to help keep the White House out of Obama's reach."

And that LAST one, I'm doing for YOU, your mom, your hubby and the grandkids, because I love you all.