Friday Snark

Oh where to begin...

How about the fact that it's not even 9am and I can barely breathe because it's so gross outside? Nah, that's too typical for the swampland. It's a three day for the husband, maybe that's why I'm not as snarky this morning. And he actually made a pot of coffee this morning. And I feel like I could snark about politics so let's just go there for a minute.

(Full disclosure for those that don't know me, I'm a conservative and make no qualms about it. If you have an issue with my stance, feel free to comment, roll with it or just simply don't read what I have to say.)

I'm still amazed how certain media outlets decided to amend O's words to make it seem like he totally knew that Charleston, Savannah & Jacksonville are not on the Gulf Coast. Shocking, I know. Guess what? He said it, he didn't imply that those cities weren't on the Gulf Coast, and Jay Leno just went with it. Ummmm... Didn't the media jump all over Sarah Palin for geography gaffes not that long ago? Eh, whatever, she's just a silly woman from Alaska, what does she know right? (For the record, I'm not a huge Palin fan but do think that people greatly underestimate her) But here's the bigger thing, while I was flipping through the channels I heard something interesting that has been neglected from some media glare about O's Leno appearance. He actually said that the federal government doesn't do domestic spying. Sure he tossed around that NSA collects emails and such but it sounded like he was downplaying it. Although I really shouldn't be surprised seeing as how that along with Benghazi (a whole post unto itself) and the IRS targeting conservative groups are phony scandals that are detracting from the "real" issues at hand. Really? Because we all know how concerned this administration is about the economy as growth is still sluggish, a new report came out saying that jobless claims as risen again, albeit a slight raise the fact is it still went up. But I digress, back to the spying at home. So you've got NSA collecting data on citizens however we go back to my man Rand Paul. You know, the guy who stood up and did a legit filibuster in the Senate for 13 hours? The Senator from Kentucky who went on a rant and let people know that drones could be used and abused on US soil if the administration deemed it necessary -- even if it violates the Constitution (do they still teach the Constitution in schools today?). Well come to find out that the FBI has initiated 10 warrantless surveillance drones within the US over the last several years. Personally, this scares me. There should be a warrant with a specific threat involved before the FBI or any government agency deploys a drone to conduct surveillance on any American citizen on American soil. The fact is, I wouldn't be surprised if a drone took out an American citizen sipping a latte at a Starbucks here in America with no warrant, no warning, nothing if this practice is continued like Senator Paul suggested in that epic filibuster. Then again, I'm just a stay at home mom so what the heck do I know?

Oh well... I'll try to find something better for y'all next post. Like Beyonce cut her hair or the Redskins cave to pressure from the PC police and rename their team. But now I've gotta go play trains with my kiddo before there's a toddler coup in our house. Happy Friday!