Why I go To The Iowa State Fair

 
I grew up here in Iowa and the only consistently big deal here, besides apparently the Iowa Hawkeyes,  is the Iowa State Fair. You can find just about anything you want to see at the Iowa State Fair if you look hard enough and the food is all deep fried and on a stick for the most part. People Watching is one of those things that's universally entertaining and while I like it, that's not why I go to the fair. Tradition dictates that you do certain things at the fair depending on how your family trained you and it really is about tradition. The photos below are the things that I find fascinating at the ISF.  For instance, this is a chicken.

You can't even see it's face and it is somewhat chicken shaped, but really, is this what comes to mind when you think of chickens? Most likely not. This is the thing about the fair...variety. Now for some normal chickens.

The one above looks more like a black road runner or a Cornish game hen with ostrich legs.

Need to throw in a couple of odd ducks.

Then there's the horticultural building. First, a cow sculpted from butter.

The rose competition.

The Arboretum outside the Horticultural Building

Then there is the biggest of everything. Here's a couple of shots of a ton of bull.

The bull is an Angus from Indianola, IA. He did not mind in the least all the people staring at him and taking pictures. I guess if you're a star, you are used to that. You would think that the next one below would be a real ham, but he seems to be sleeping through his fair visit like it's a real boar.

I really wonder if he can even stand up and if his belly drags when he walks.  the final pic is of the largest squash, euphemistically referred to as a pumpkin. It seems grossly deformed and overfed like many fair goers.

I also generally like the exhibits in the cultural center, particularly the photography and paintings. Among the paintings, there were a couple of disturbing works.

Please note the automatic weapon in the man's hand. I believe his hotel room is about to erupt into violence. Then there is this:

Please forgive the quality of the photo. This is an artist's rendering of an  apparent murder or suicide. It's hard to see here, but there is blood steaming from her temple, down her jaw line and onto her neck. I've never seen art like this at the fair. It made me uncomfortable. Perhaps it was suppose to.

There was also the prize quilts at the Varied Industries Building  and

some swans at the DNR Building.

In all, I enjoyed my trip to the fair. I ate a double bacon corn dog. It was good, but is it wise to eat things that have been fried twice? I was sitting on a bench eating it at 9 AM and an old lady walked by and said, "is that what you're having for breakfast?" I said, "it's ok. It has bacon." She shook her head.

I also had some nitorgen frozen ice cream at a place in the grandstand. It is the best ice cream I have ever eaten. It is very dense and flavorful. Not full of air like other ice creams. Blue Sky Creamery was running the display and selling the ice cream. It is wonderful.

If you haven't yet done so, go to the Iowa State Fair.

Another Weekend..Another Lone Nut Shoots Up a Sikh Temple...or was it 4 lone nuts?

So what's the story? A witness at the scene says there were 4 white gunmen dressed in black that entered the Sikh temple and started shooting. The mainstream media reports 1 lone veteran, neo Nazi gunman.

Come to think of it, there was a witness in Aurora that offered an alternative version of events from the one that eventually congealed in the media and became official. As I recall, he said that before the theater shooting, a man in front stood, took a cell phone call and then went to the exit. Not long after that "someone else" came in the exit. Outgasing tear gas canisters appeared in 4 equidistant points of the theater and than the shooting began.

I sense a false flag event in both cases. Right now there is more evidence in the Aurora shooting, but they are both shaping up to be controlled events. (For more interesting perspectives, look up James Holmes' father - Up to his neck in the Libor Banking scandal. There's a creep.) Both shootings stink of Monarch mind programming.

Why would your government do these things to you? So you will beg the government to protect you and surrender your rights. Watch the witness interview below. It's short. Is he wrong? He was there. Just sayin'.

The Symbolism Behind the Opening Olympic "Ritual" Ceremony

I Have To Ask...(and this is politically charged)

Do you remember Jared Loughner? He's the one that shot the congresswoman in Arizona. Does seeing his photo alongside James Holmes' pic, the alleged Dark Knight shooter from Aurora, CO, give you a creepy sense of dejavu?

It's the smile. It's not right in either case. Derangement is not out of the question. That's a lot to draw from two photos, but neither one looks quite right. Schizophrenia of maybe bipolar disorder?? What do you think? I also get a sense of their smug and self satisfied attitude. They seem quite pleased with themselves.

Back during the 1960's and early 70's, the CIA had programs where they would create mind controlled individuals for intelligence purposes; i.e., assassinations and general spying. The programs went by the names of MK Ultra and Project Monarch. Please do not take my word for it. Google them and also Google "the Church Committee" which exposed all of this and other nefarious activities by the CIA.

My question is this. In order to get public approval for signature of the UN Small Arms Treaty  which would effectively repeal the 2nd amendment of our constitution, would the more secretive elements of our government stage a false flag event with a mind controlled individual in a gun controlled city like Aurora, CO? You all probably know by now that I am cynical enough about the state of our government to say yes to that question.

Our government has been wanting to disarm the American people for several decades now. This treaty which is due for signature on July 27th is an international attempt to deny the people of the world the right to defend themselves and their families. It has nothing to do with preventing crime because everyone knows that criminals will always be able to get there hands on guns and ordinance. Rather, it has more to do with putting the law abiding majority at the mercy of a government that wants them dependent for protection and unable to defend themselves against tyranny. Gun ownership is generally the last door that gets closed before martial law begins.

If Aurora had been a conceal carry city, this incident would not have happened or would have been much smaller in scope. Someone would have taken him out. There would be no trial for James Holmes because he would be in the morgue instead of isolation in the Aurora jail.

Just another Ground Hog Opinion...think about it while you watch the Olympics next week. That could be interesting too. There are 17,000 British troops in London for the event with missile batteries and roof tops dotted with anti aircraft weaponry. What do you think they are expecting? The Luftwaffe?? Something more than James Holmes or Jared Loughner I suppose.

Ads You Will Never See Again

Please forgive my absence. I've been derelict in my duty. I found these while I was trolling the internet for the latest conspiracies. They are not conspiratorial, but they are funny. The ads below come from a simpler time when men were men, women were housewives, gay meant happy and things that are vices were virtues, or at least useful and not evil. Please enjoy them in the spirit intended.

Bad Joke Friday

Two Greeks met in California. One started to greet the other in the language of their mother country.
The other motioned for him to stop and said, “We’re in America now. Speak Spanish!”

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5,
Ryan 3.
The boys began to argue over who would get the
first pancake.
Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral
lesson.
“If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my
brother have the first pancake, I can wait.’”
Kevin turned to his younger brother and said,
“Ryan, you be Jesus!”

A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell’s Angels bikers walked in.
The first walked up to the old man and pushed his cigarette into the old man’s pie, and then took a seat at the counter.
The second walked up to the old man and spit into the old man’s milk, and then he took a seat at the counter.
The third walked up to the old man and turned over the old man’s plate, and then he took a seat at the counter.
Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, “Humph, not much of a man, was he?”
The waitress replied, “Not much of a truck driver either. He just backed over three motorcycles.”

A man absolutely hated his wife’s cat and decided to get rid of the animal one day by driving him 20 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park. As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway.
The next day he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away. He put the kitty out and headed home. Driving back up his driveway, there was the cat!
The man kept taking the cat farther and farther and the cat would always beat him home. At last he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right until he reached what he thought was a safe distance from his home and left the cat out there.
Hours later, the man calls home to his wife: “Jen, is the cat there?”
“Yes,” the wife answers, “why do you ask?”
Frustrated, the man answered, “Put him on the phone, I’m lost and need directions.”

A man walks into a Silicon Valley pet store looking to buy a monkey. The store owner points towards three identical looking monkeys in politically-correct, animal-friendly natural mini-habitats.
“The one on the left costs $500,” says the store owner.
“Why so much?” asks the customer.
“Because it can program in C,” answers the store owner.
The customer inquires about the next monkey and is told, “That one costs $1,500, because it knows Visual C++ and Object-Relational technology.”
The startled man then asks about the third monkey. “That one costs $3,000,” answers the store owner.
“3,000 dollars!!” exclaims the man. “What can that one do?”
To which the owner replies, “To be honest, I’ve never seen it do a single thing, but it calls itself a consultant.”

Bad Joke Friday

Redneck Condominiums

Two rednecks decided that they weren’t going anywhere in life and thought they should go to college to get ahead.
The first went in to see the counselor, who told him to take math, history, and logic.
“What’s logic?” the first redneck asked.
The professor answered, “Let me give you an example. Do you own a weed eater?”
“I sure do.”
“Then I can assume, using logic, that you have a yard,” replied the professor.
“That’s real good!” said the redneck.
The professor continued, “Logic will also tell me that since you have a yard, you also own a house.”
Impressed, the redneck said, “Amazing!”
“And since you own a house, logic dictates that you have a wife.”
“That’s Betty Mae! This is incredible!”
The redneck was catching on.
“Finally, since you have a wife, logically I can assume that you are heterosexual,” said the professor.
“You’re absolutely right! Why that’s the most fascinatin’ thing I ever heard! I cain’t wait to take that logic class!”
The redneck, proud of the new world opening up to him, walked back into the hallway where his friend was still waiting.
“So what classes are ya takin’?” asked the friend.
“Math, history, and logic!” replied the first redneck.
“What in tarnation is logic?” asked his friend.
“Let me give you an example. Do ya own a weed eater?” asked the first redneck.
“No,” his friend replied.
“You’re gay, ain’t ya?”

Redneck Calamari

One day, finding a wasp had entered the house, a wife shouted to her husband, “There’s a wasp in here. Do we have any spray?”
He told her there was a can under the sink.
“Honey,” she called. “This is ant-and-roach spray.”
“Well,” her husband replied. “Don’t show him the label.”

Keepinercool

A computer giant decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial project. In the specifications, they set out that they will accept three defective parts per 10,000.
When the delivery came, there was an accompanying note:
“We, Japanese people, had a hard time understanding North American business practices. But the three defective parts per 10,000 have been separately manufactured and have been included in the consignment. We hope this pleases you.”

These two deer hunters were out on a hunt, and they were lucky enough to bag a really big buck with a nice set of antlers.
Excited and eager to get their trophy home, they grab the buck’s tail and start pulling the carcass out of the woods. They pull and pull, but the big buck just won’t budge.
Another hunter comes by and says, “Excuse me, but you might find it easier if you drag that buck from the other direction. That way the antlers won’t dig into the ground.”
The two hunters thank the other man for the advise. They each grab an antler and start pulling.
A little later the man passes them once again. “How’s it going?” he asks.
“Great!” the hunters reply. “Just one problem. We’re getting farther and farther away from our truck.”

Following the recent sex scandal involving the Secret Service during the president’s recent visit to Colombia, the agency has issued new rules of conduct for agents:
Henceforth, agents can no longer get drunk, procure prostitutes or go to strip bars. If agents feel compelled to engage in such behavior, they must run for public office like everyone else.