In honor of the 44th President of the United States a new Ice Cream Flavor

has been introduced,  Barocky Road ..

Barocky Road is a blend of half vanilla, half chocolate, and surrounded by nuts and flakes. 

The vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient. 

The nuts and flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow.

The cost is $92.84 per scoop...so out of a hundred dollar bill 

you are at least promised some CHANGE..!

When purchased it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, 

but after you pay for it, the ice cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you at no charge.

You are left with an almost empty wallet, staring at an empty cone 

and wondering what just happened. 

Then you realize this is what "redistribution of wealth" is all about.

Aren't you just stimulated?

Spencer - a very worthwhile read

I found this a short time ago, when you have time, read it all .... I just did .... it is well worth the time.

A VERY GOOD READ

If it looks like a duck ...................

"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.”

"If it looks like a candidate, acts like a candidate, talks like a candidate, is perceived like a candidate, has the charisma of a candidate, then it probably is a candidate," or, even, a President.

Perception, how are the candidates "perceived"? What is your perception of them?

WHY does Romney think he looks "distinguished, presidential, cool, a man of the people" when he wears those damn jeans and an open necked shirt? I would think that with his money he could afford a suit. He even could get some appropriate attire at his local Goodwill Store.

He doesn't LOOK like a candidate, he doesn't ACT like a candidate, he TALKS and says whatever is appropriate at the time, he has NO charisma, and I, for one, don't perceive him as a candidate.

Insurance .... ads on TV

Oh, hi Jan, I know it's been tough on you since your husband died.

Yes it has, Lillian, we were together for so many years, living alone is not easy. Oh, look, my insurance check is   here already, it will come in handy.

That was sure fast, have you had the policy long?

No, Ken just got it a few months ago, then I found out he had been going out with his secretary, and he had another policy with the same company that all went to her....... This crummy check is only for one thousand dollars, his love life there gets over fifty thousand, and the bitch even gets the house.

Why is that, Jan?

I guess they have been going together for quite some time, Lillian, and he had three children with her, and I have heard that he had policies on all of them, to pay for their college and all. Ken was so thoughtful, and she just loved this house.

What company is that, Jan, I am going right home and give them a call, I want to see if Harry has any other policies with them. Does it cost much.

Less than a postage stamp a day Lillian, of course that only gets you four hundred bucks, but you can have a nice night out with that. Good by Lillian, I'll let you know where I move to.

Just wondering ...........

HOW do you create jobs? I thought that demand created jobs. Every politician involved today made a statement in reference to creating jobs. Jobs produce something that is sold, either a product or a service. Creating jobs just for the sake of creating jobs makes no sense to me. It is a nice statement, sounds politically  correct, but I really wonder what, when, where and why those jobs are created.

Prediction. I think if Romney loses in Michigan we are going to see a Gingrich resurgence. Let's face it, Obama got elected for one reason, charisma. It cannot be bottled or put in a can. It is just there, and you either have it or you don't. Now, he hot only has that charisma, but he and his staff have had four years to formulate their "war" plan, To me, that makes him unbeatable. The only candidate left with any measure of charisma is Newt, and he is a great debater. Santorum is getting some bad advice on what to say and has to do too much damage control each day.

Gas Prices. Heading to $5.00. Why? If Obama woke up tomorrow morning, let the world know that all government vehicles were going to convert to NATURAL GAS .... we would soon, be paying $2.00 a  gallon in no time at all. WHY are they making moves to make gas prices go up?

One school in Columbus, Ohio has gotten the message, they are teaching Chinese, wonder what they know that we don't

Gingrich: Romney Should Quit If He Loses Michigan

By Amy Woods


Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says that, if he, Mitt Romney, or Rick Santorum lose their respective home states in the upcoming primaries, “you have, I think, a very, very badly weakened candidacy.”


Gingrich, appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” said Romney in particular would face a setback if he lost the Michigan primary on Feb. 28. 


“Here a guy who’s been running for six years . . . has outspent all the rest of us . . . if he can’t carry his own state . . . I don’t see what he says the next morning to his donors to stay in the race,” the former House speaker said.

Italian police seize $6 trillion of fake U.S. bonds

By Elisa Forte and Gavin Jones | Reuters

POTENZA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police said on Friday they had seized about $6 trillion worth of fake U.S. Treasury bonds and other securities in Switzerland, and arrested eight Italians accused of international fraud and other financial crimes.

The operation, co-ordinated by prosecutors from the southern Italian city of Potenza, was carried out by Italian, Swiss and U.S. authorities after a year-long investigation, an Italian police source said.

It began as a investigation into mafia loan-sharking, but gradually expanded as prosecutors used telephone and computer intercepts to unearth evidence of illegal activity surrounding Treasury bonds.

The fake securities, worth more than a third of U.S. national debt, were seized in January from a Swiss trust company where they were held in three large trunks.

The U.S. Embassy in Rome thanked the Italian authorities and said the forgeries were "an attempt to defraud several Swiss banks". It said U.S. experts had helped to identify the bonds as fakes.

President's Day-A Washington Memo

George, would you believe, your country is $15.416,904,67,664.00 in debt and growing every minute. Now, let me explain who is President right now. Well, you remember those slaves that some people had, well, one of them is President, I can't explain it to you, it just happened, and he may be a Muslim, do you remember hearing about them, way overseas?

What, well yes, we have had a little trouble, well, hard to explain. We took the country back, then the North and South had a battle, then we took on Germany, then in the next one we took on Germany and Japan and some other countries, then a problem in Korea, then Viet Nam, then some Arab countries, and then, well, we've had some problems with what we "call terrorists."

What George, well a terrorist doesn't really have to do anything, they just have to threaten. Oh, they've done damage, flown airplanes into some tall buildings, well, George, we have really tall buildings now, much bigger and taller than your place. George, you can not believe all that has happened to this country since you were elected.

But, we did set aside a day for you, well, over the years there have been man presidents, actually, so we have one day for  all you guys. Well schools are closed, banks are closed, government offices are closed, and, so is the post office. What, well they deliver mail, to everyone, yea, at their homes. Expensive? Yea, well they are having a little trouble..

But, this day we set aside for you, and the other presidents. Well, I think we take a wreath to your tomb. A wreath is flowers in a circle, and a tomb, well, that is where you are buried. Well, they decided that Washington was a better place than your place, I guess.

Ever wonder about a group of Baboons. 

They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons???
Believe it or not ……. a Congress!

Why Me?

Show an abused dog or cat and there is a public outcry. Newsmen say, "These next scenes your family may find objectionable," and then they show scenes of animal abuse.

So, WHY, is it OK to show Alligators being hooked, drugged and then shot, point blank, in the head, and there is a whole series devoted to this scenario. Another one shows hunting and killing wild hogs. I must admit I have not seen that one, but saw the promos. I have not watched the Alligator show either, but came across parts while channel hopping.

Some schools have an Alligator as a mascot, whey have they not said something.

Are networks that hard up for shows? How about a live show from a slaughter house showing how they kill all those cows each day? Where are the animal rights activists when you need them?

Well, so much for that .............

Obama poised to win 2012 election with 303 electoral votes: The Signal Forecast

By David Rothschild & Chris Wilson | The Signal

With fewer than nine months to go before Election Day, The Signal predicts that Barack Obama will win the presidential contest with 303 electoral votes to the Republican nominee's 235.

How do we know? We don't, of course. Campaigns and candidates evolve, and elections are dynamic events with more variables than can reasonably be distilled in an equation. But the data--based on a prediction engine created by Yahoo! scientists--suggest a second term is likely for the current president. 

This model does not use polls or prediction markets to directly gauge what voters are thinking. Instead, it forecasts the results of the Electoral College based on past elections, economic indicators, measures of state ideology, presidential approval ratings, incumbency, and a few other politically agnostic factors.

A must see video ...........

Most in a foreign language, but the point certainly comes across.

It is certainly worth watching ......

WATCH NOW

Record Sale at $88 Million

The most expensive apartment in New York has passed from the hands of a retired American banker to the family of a Russian billionaire, setting some new milestones in the Manhattan real-estate market.

The sale for a penthouse with a wraparound terrace at 15 Central Park West owned by Sanford I. Weill, the former head of Citigroup Inc., closed on Wednesday, brokers said.

The price paid, as expected, was $88 million, 66% above that the previous record sale.

The purchase was made in the name of a trust for Ekatarina Rybolovleva, a 22-year-old college student and daughter of Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian now based in Monaco who made a fortune in potash fertilizer.

Hall F. Willkie, the president of Brown Harris Stevens, confirmed that the sale had closed at the full asking price. He said that he understood that the buyers would keep the custom-designed space as is, including an oval bedroom, and a study paneled in Brazilian rosewood.

The sale generated close to $2.5 million in city and state taxes, and produced what brokers said was a record commission on a residential sale of about $3.5 million for two brokers at Mr. Willkie's firm. Kyle W. Blackmon represented Mr. Weill, while Maria Torresy represented the Rybolovlevs, brokers said.

The marquee sale shows the growing footprint of international buyers in New York in the past few years. Many of the units at One57, a new 1,004-foot tower under construction on West 57th Street, have gone to Russian and Chinese buyers, brokers said.

Rainy day thoughts .........

Funny what rain will do. A  variety of thoughts have been racing through my mind this rainy day, Sitting here with the laptop, Google Maps, took a trip to Klamath Falls, Oregon, Reno, Nevada, San Diego, California, Dayton, Ohio and some other spots. It is a source of amazement to me that I can sit here, in Newark, Ohio, and look at a place where I used to eat in San Diego. Even more amazing that some things are still standing, after almost sixty years.

Looked at some old places in Dayton, Ohio. My old house is gone in favor of a "freeway." Some of the adjacent streets are there, but could recognize very little.

Then, after all these years something made me think of Skidoo, I can still smell the aroma of that cleaning product, Jessie, my Mom, used it on everything. Every sink had a can of Skidoo nearby.

Some ad copy I found: Vintage cream and navy blue Skidoo cleanser tin. The household creamy cleanser. The scouring soap. Use on kitchen sinks, enameled ranges, cooking utensils, pots. etc...The cleanser with the creamy lather. No dust, no waste, no untidy odors, keeps hands smooth and lovely.... The Skidoo Co. Columbus, Ohio Copyright 1938.

Funny, the things you remember on a rainy day.

One last word ..................

Everyone is so concerned about the plans for Whitney's burial, the church, the fans, the family, the community.

Where were all these doting people in her life when she needed them the most. About the only element that has been silent is the medical profession and doctors, doctors who perhaps gave her all the prescription meds that she wanted, not needed, wanted. Where were all these "friends" then. My guess is that many, not all, where there for her while the money held out. If she had any "true" friends, she would probably be alive today.

It is not easy to be a true friend. True friends tell people things that they do not want to hear, and have them do things they don't want to do. I imagine that a true friend to some, is almost like an enemy to them. I suppose too, that true friends have a tendency to give up and walk away. Really true friends are hard to find.

A number of people come to mind, who would be alive today, if only they had the one true friend.

True friends are exceptional people, and, we rarely hear of them.

Some questions to answer for me .........

My question is this. "Who can use a school facility for an event.?

Recently I have noticed some politicians using school facilities for meetings. A community meeting is being held soon at a local high school to discuss "fracking." Not sure who is sponsoring it.

I wonder what it costs, who do you pay it to, who pays for liability, who pays utilities, who pays for staff to clean up after a meeting, who, who, who?

Can anyone rent a school?  If so, what rooms within the school?

One more question, why does the county pay the owner for sheep that are killed? Where does that money come from? If a lamb gets hit and killed by a car, does the county pay then?

If a dog comes on my property and kills my dog, will the county pay me?

All good questions, any answers?

Send all answers to dooleyobserved@yahoo.com. Thanks.

Man Suffers Severe Injuries After E-Cigarette Explodes in His Mouth

A Florida man is recovering at a local burn center after suffering severe injuries from an electric cigarette that exploded in his mouth.

Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, Fla., was smoking the e-cigarette Monday night when his wife heard an explosion from their study. She reportedly said it sounded like a firecracker had exploded in the house and she heard him scream, one of Holloway's neighbors told ABC News affiliate WCTI.

Chief Butch Parker of the North Bay Fire District responded to the call. He said a faulty battery inside the electric cigarette likely caused the accident. Parker described the explosion as if Holloway was holding a "bottle rocket in his mouth."

"I have never heard of or seen anything like this before," Parker told ABCNews.com.

A Sad Story --- The Loving Husband

A man had two of the best tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, another man comes along and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him..

"No", he says, "the seat is empty."

"This is incredible!" said the man, "who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event of the  football calendar and not use it?"

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. My wife was supposed to come with me, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven ' t been together since we got married."

"Oh... I ' m sorry to hear that. That ' s terrible. I guess you couldn't find someone else, a friend or relative or even a neighbor to take the seat?"

The man shakes his head...

  ......"No. They ' re all at the funeral."

Chuckle for the day......

We were watching TV this evening, and a commercial came on, one that we had often seen, and the same thought entered by mind.

The "Fonz," Henry Winkler  talks about "Reverse Mortgages." Talks about their good and bad points, explains a bit about them. I imagine they use him to appeal to his audience, the elderly.

During his explanation he states, "It's guaranteed by the government." I have to chuckle every time I hear him say that. That used to mean something, years ago, if it was "guaranteed by the government," it was good as gold, etched in concrete, no worry.

Today, when I hear that, it means NOTHING. I, personally, have no faith in the government, and my guess is, that permeates through the general public.

Much like "political promises," none of the "guarantees" by any government agency seem to have much meaning any more, my faith is gone, and I think I am not alone. I think I would rather see guarantees by Bill Gates, or T, Boon Pickins, or maybe even the Bank of China. Guaranteed by Microsoft or Dell, I would feel more secure.

I went to Emerson School, Oakwood Junior High School and Oakwood High School. for twelve years, and I cannot recall one day that we did not have school, or were let out early. Almost every day, on TV, some school has been let out for one reason or another.

We weren't close to a bank, so that accounts for no "lock downs," just in case a bank robber robbed a bank nearby. We never closed for "Weather" related occurrences. We even had a parade pass the school one day, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles Kettering and Orville Wright, and had to watch it from a window.

I walked to school every day, all those years, but, I did not have a ten pound backpack to lug, I just carried the needed books. I did have a motorbike, and rode that some days, and I did drive one year or two.

It seems like anymore a school bus has a wreck, a school closes for some reason or other. I never rode on a school bus, rarely ever saw one. The backpack might have been easier though.