Daily Archives: July 5, 2007

Earl Pomeroy, Part Time Patriot

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It seems that the only time I ever see Earl Pomeroy is when there’s some sort of photo op or grandstanding opportunity. That’s the nature of politics I suppose, since our congressmen are busy………well, I’m sure they’re busy doing SOMETHING.

Here we see Earl the Pearl walking the Mandan July 4th Parade. With his experience at moving BS, he should actually be working behind some of the horses! Yet he had the guts to walk in the same parade as our brave National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers…this after voting against American soldiers on a resolution that could have boosted their morale. Yet he pretends that never happened when he comes back to North Dakota.

Once again I caught a glimpse of good old Earl at the festivities at the State Capitol. While they played the Armed Forces Salute, Earl took the opportunity to clap and glance around at the folks behind him (he was in the first row). Mr. Pomeroy, you had a chance to show North Dakotans how you feel about the proud men and women who serve this country. You failed miserably by sticking with your leftist cronies and voting against a resolution to support those soldiers and give them a morale boost.

The PDF of the resolution he voted against, HR 861, can be found by clicking here. All the resolution did was give our troops a little morale boost by declaring that we WILL be victorious. That was too much for a dedicated liberal Democrat like Earl Pomeroy, yet he still wants to play like he’s a good patriot when he comes back home for the PR opportunities. That’s the perfect picture of hypocrisy.

The people of North Dakota should bounce this hypocrite out of office at the nearest opportunity.

July 4th in pictures: the Mandan parade, Symphony, and Capitol fireworks

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You’d be astonished how many hits I get on this site from out of state. Most are folks that left North Dakota, some many years ago, and are still looking back. It’s for you guys that I knock myself out to provide a little bit of the feel of July 4th here in Bismarck-Mandan. I’ll provide a few somewhat witty captions for context.

We’ll start with the Mandan July 4th Parade:

Fred Flintstone was there. Those arm tats must have been applied after the show was cancelled – they don’t look like Hanna-Barbera work.

What could be….well, cooler than a motorized cooler? Obviously one with nitrous, but that’s probably still on the drawing board.

First of the ninth, seventh pocketbike cav. First on the ground and keeping the throttle pinned wide open.

I’m no horseman, but I’m guessing it takes an exceptional combination of horse and rider to spend hours on top of the trailer. Here are two. Just think, nobody has to go behind them with a shovel! But I wonder if the occasional “dropping” makes the top of the trailer slippery…

“Vote for me, and I’ll continue to support the proud citizens of Massachussetts…er, North Dakota. You know, all that anti-war, pro-abortion, high-tax, big government stuff that I campaigned on.”

Next year, they’re going to bring the BIG one.

Midwest Business Systems demonstrates their technique for getting an S-10 to wheelie: tongue weight. I’m not charging them for the link, btw.

Hostile and Abusive Bus. Making someone walk three miles in a hockey jersey in this heat, now THAT is hostile and abusive. GO FIGHTING SIOUX!

These are the guys that the aforementioned cowardly Earl Pomeroy voted against last year. Don’t worry guys, we spectators were clapping and shouting thank-yous. Makes you wonder who Earl Pomeroy is representing, doesn’t it?

Thanks to Mandan’s leveling of many of its historic buildings, there’s ample parking. Maybe that could be a new city slogan! “Come to Mandan…at least you can park downtown.” They’d have a definite advantage over Bismarck there.

Amen.

“Seriously, kid…I once caught a Gundar this tall…”

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. -James 2:10

Now let’s shift gears to the state capitol. My wife, boy, and I arrived at the show a little late as we had other things going on this evening. No worries, we were able to hook up with our friends in time to catch the second half of the performance by the Bismarck Mandan Symphony. The show was hosted by Kent Conrad, who could walk to the festivities from the apartment building he owns (if he actually lived there). Anyway, here’s the pics:

Even my new wide angle lens couldn’t capture all the folks who brought camping chairs and staked out a spot to enjoy the evening.

The capitol mall was pretty full too, although I think there were more people last year. The good news: the mosquitos were scarce!

Ladies and gentlemen: the Bismarck Mandan Symphony!

Doctor J. Plastic surgeon, weekend weatherman, soloist.

Bugler’s Holiday.

Hypocrite Earl Pomeroy, looking around to see if anyone sees him clapping in the front row during the Armed Forces Salute. “Maybe they’ve forgotten that I voted against our soldiers last year!” Not likely.

The fireworks started before it got dark, but they still put on a good show. I would have a ton of pics here, but we had little PJ with us. This was his first time seeing fireworks, so we cuddled on a blanket with him and watched his big eyes and expression as he marveled at the sight. He’s SO handsome! So I snapped a couple of shots, put the camera in the bag, and enjoyed the finale of July 4th with my family. I hope you had the opportunity to share the day with yours!