Every home an audit; law under the climate bill.

O, holey moley, this one is a real lulu and very, very hard to believe, but I’ll pass it by my astute readers for them to tear apart, word by word, to show this is a fraud, fear-mongering type of hype, right?

Under the RESNET standards for a home audit, the following procedures will become law under the climate bill. (emphasis mine).

704.1.2.3 The Home Energy Survey Professional shall request copies of utility bills or written permission to obtain the energy use information from the utility company, and use them to produce an estimate of generalized end-uses (base, heating, and cooling).
704.1.2.5. Minimum Procedures for an In-Home Energy Survey:
704.1.2.5.1.1 R-values of wall/ceiling/floor insulation
704.1.2.5.1.2 Square footage and approximate age of home
704.1.2.5.1.3 Type of windows: glazing type(s) and frame material(s)
704.1.2.5.1.4 Type, model number, and location of heating/cooling system(s)
704.1.2.5.1.5 Type of ductwork, location and R-value of duct insulation, and any indications of previous duct sealing
704.1.2.5.1.6 Type of foundation is crawl, basement, or slab
704.1.2.5.1.7 Checklist of common air-leakage sites indicating likely opportunities for leakage reduction
704.1.2.5.1.8 Estimated age and efficiency of major appliances such as
dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and dryers
704.1.2.5.1.9 Number and type of hardwired light fixtures and screw-in bulbs in portable lamps suitable for energy efficient re-lamping
704.1.2.5.1.10 Visual indications of condensation
704.1.2.5.1.11 Presence and location of exhaust fans, and determination of whether they are vented outdoors
704.1.2.5.1.12 Number and type of water fixtures (e.g. faucets, showerheads)
704.1.2.5.1.13 Presence and type(s) of combustion equipment; identification of visually identifiable evidence of flame rollout, blocked chimney, and corroded or missing vent connector.

It really looks like we’re going to have to put the home invaders up for the night because it doesn’t look like they can fulfill this laundry list of requirements in a day, ya know?

Now listen, this is probably just an internet hoax. If it were true, our Friends of the American Way of Life would be all over this piece of shit sure-fire intrusive attempt by home invaders to enter the privacy of our homes, for cripe sake’s!

So, I’m not worried about this, yet.   Are you?

Outrage continued..

Getting back to the neoBeverlyHillbillies Ohbama’s gifts to the Queen (see previous post).

The Queen responded in a rather flat: “How delightful.”

Link: National Review Online

In case you’re wondering, the Queen bestowed the following exemplar gifts to the Ohbamas, from the same source above:

In a private ceremony with Queen Elizabeth, Her Royal Highness bequeathed to the Obamas one of the earliest known copies of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. She also presented him with the framed orginal sheet music of John Newton’s “Amazing Grace.” To the Obama daughters, the Queen gave a dollhouse-sized replica of Windsor Castle with a functioning train station in the year of the compound. They also received a prize Shetland pony. Mrs. Obama was given a ruby ring commissioned and worn by Queen Victoria.

DID YOU GET THAT!?!  That is truly a travesty of presidential policy and procedures – who threw the Book of Protocol into the bloody fire.. place?   You know, there should be someone in the WH that is beet red by the unpolished, uncouth, Filene’s Basement of the Elite Sphere, chintzy way of entertaining their Betters.

Oh, well, what the bloody ‘ell, let’s look at it on the bright side, at least the Ohbama’s realize the Brit’s pecking order: Prime Minister Gordon Brown got a gift of a set of DVDs (not a set of BVDs thank God! ;) and they left the shopping bag of party favors with the Queen!  They say the Brit media was appalled and furious about the lack of traditional protocol the Prime Minister endured while in Tinsel Town.  Well, you get the gist..so..

TA TA!

‘ave a ‘ellava bloody good day!

Does anyone know where Outrage went?

It’s very possible that Outrage was with Helen Thomas when she called out the bogus BS of bizness going on with the prezObey badministration.  I think she was eluding to the canned laughter pontification and hotair evacuation from behind the podium by Gibberish.  Okay, so now we have Obey&Co. doing pre-packaged infomercials around the nation at any venue that can withstand the high degree of hotair emitted by the lineup.  I mean, really.   Is this where our government is going in relation to “reality”?   I’m beginning to think that we are being snookered – in that Obey&Co. is actually a Reality sitcom put on by ABC.   Really.  I mean, there is a cast of characters doing the silly sausage routine, some slapstick, tap dancing around Issues and Promises.   And you know, it might help thinking this administration is a Reality Show so we can endure the next several years using laughter alone.  I’ve been told that laugh therapy can cure cancer and many serious illnesses, so from now on we should view the pre-packaged “shows” as a comedy skit  instead of losing our minds believing it’s all real.

I mean, really.  Having a prezCo. with a sidekick called TOTUS doing interviews, conferences, and pressers while working the prez’s mouth like a puppet next to it, prez’s daily face time on TV, Twitter, tricksy titters, with the “little people” of America, reminescent of a dictator like Castro haranguing in the town square for hours on end surrounded by thousands of his “followers”, the appointment of his arch enemy (keep your enemies close!) Hilarious ramRodham as Secretary of State!, appointing one tax cheat after another to high office, reneging on campaign trail Promises, the unbelievable lack of protocal of international statecraft “official” gifts, like handing a shopping bag to the Queen! which contained an airport paperback copy (from WH Smith shop at airport) of Dreams of My Father (but hey! he signed it, should be worth millions [of pesos]) some day , a bottle (hysterical laughter) of Johnny Walker Scotch (black Label), a CD of ABBA’s greatest hits still in its shrink wrap 2-for-1 sticker plastered on it (YES!), and,..and.. wait for it,

10 bags of M&M’s with (sniff) the prezdementia seal on them!!!,

YES!!!!,

and, to be continued..

So here I was, thinking earlier today, was I the only one who noticed that Pez Obeyme reached the bazillionth-times mark for personal appearances, caught in the act of lecturing, pontificating or posing in front of the camera, accompanied by his side-kick, TOTUS.  Nothing against TOTUS – after all, he’s the brain in that outfit.

Knowing a little bit about how one prepares for on-camera appearances, and narcisstisizing in general,  the preparation for these photo phlops often take hours, and the Pez is on-camera 24/7.   Okay, I’m exaggerating a wee bit , but he does seem to be on one of the networks almost daily. What I’m beginning to think lately is that the Pez is on a lecture circuit and he’s delegated his numerous duties to a rogue element who does just what it is used to doing.  Chicago style.

So basically I want to know who’s running the show. It appears he has more than enough issues on his plate, and yet, he’s primping and preening on-camera, telling everyone what to do – and say.

We gotta problem in River City.

Obama: Government will go broke if we don’t fix health care!

The government will go broke if health care is not fixed! Hear ye! The government will go broke if health care is not fixed! The government will go broke! The government will got broke! (i.e., if we don’t go to war, we’ll see a mushroom cloud* rise on the horizon!) If health care isn’t fixed the government will go broke!!

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Country.
Country who?
Country tell the government is already broke?!?

Edited 6.19.09 to add “cloud” after mushroom (above).  When I noticed the omission, I cracked up at the thought of a giant mushroom rising on the horizon.  heh heh

Wow! I didn’t think it would ever *get* here! *rolling eyes*

Lest anyone forgot, today is National Pipeline Safety Day! I’m torn; there are many ways I can celebrate the mighty mention of today’s worth.  Some of you will probably celebrate by finally fixing that dern leak under the sink; then there’s those who will use the pipe as the Day’s weapon of choice. As for me, due to the magnitude of this resolution finally passing the House, think of it folks, the pipe, yipes, pipe day!  I’m going to trek through the jungle of my own home, catch a vine, swing down the hallway into my den where I’ll light *one* up in my finest meerschaum.

I don’t know how the sponsors of this resolution will celebrate National Pipeline Safety Day but rumor has it, the sponsors have been hitting the pipe all day.  Surely, this is celebrating to the max with hearts on fire.  And, finally:

“Previous generations certainly ask themselves, Where were you when
President Kennedy was shot? But in my district, people literally ask
the question and know the answer to, Where were you when the pipeline
exploded? It had that much of an impact in my district.”

Newsweek editor Evan Thomas re Obama: “..he’s sort of God.”

Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s
Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: “I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God.”

Well, that settles it then.  Today, I became an atheist.  Carrion.

Come home, Susan Boyle!!

“Boyle’s dowdy frock, frizzy hair and angel-like voice have earned her a rapid following.”  “In her first performance last month, judges who’d raised eyebrows at Boyle’s dowdy image..”  “The “Britain’s Got Talent” breakthrough star goes from dowdy to, um, a little less dowdy.” “Brit singer Susan Boyle—who’s gone from dowdy unknown to dowdy international sensation..”  “Susan Boyle – the dowdy Scottish woman..” “dowdy” “dowdy” “dowdy.” ENUFF ALL READY !!!

I’m putting an APB out for you, Susan Boyle, to come “home” to a loving place for dowdygirls where you will be loved for the fabulous (unpretentious) songbird that you are.. I welcome you with loving arms, angel.  Come. *pat* *pat*  So nice of you to grace us with a song, too.

Let’s hear it for thatdowdygirl!
Pip! Pip! Hurray!

Memorial Day sentiments

Ordinary men
act extraordinary,
fierce purpose prevails.

A band of brothers
fight to the death for each other
and the world-at-large.

War, like it or not,
determines one’s survival.
“Life” does not take sides.

Peace is an ideal;
easier said than done, right?
Honor our fallen.

Life is war with peace;
there is no Peace-permanent
’til heaven’s on Earth.

All Armed Services
remind me their loyalty:
one Band of Brothers.

Stark reality
sinks in – strangers died for me!
It’s Life’s greatest gift.

Nation under God,
One Purpose, One way of Life:
All Brother’s Keepers.

I bow to fallen
soldiers past, present, future:
Reverence unfolds.

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Copyright © Janet Leigh, 5.25.09. All Rights Reserved.

Decisions, decisions.. the precision of decision

Deciding which of my other blogs to shut down is NOT an easy decision to make, my little lovelies, but this human crabapple has too much on its plate, presently, and needs to scale down time in ‘Putertown.  I think it’ll be easier to blog the occasional poetic endeavor here among the verbiage otherwise known as my own personal planet.  Quite unlike the celestial angelic Little Prince, I can kick anyone off in my own little world.   My candidates are lining up..  quite quickly. ;>