Matzo Brie and the Observer
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Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Thursday, December 22, 2011. Our alien friend, Scotty, the Observer, is in town today. He came across an interesting report produced by Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn that he would like to share with us.
He has asked us to prepare some Matzo Brie this morning. This dish happens to be a favorite on his planet. You will need 3 matzos- broken in half, 2 large eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon butter. Soak the matzos in cold water for a few minutes and drain. In a large bowl, mix matzos with beaten eggs, milk and salt. Fry on both sides until golden brown. Top with honey, syrup, cinnamon and sugar or jelly. Wrap up breakfast and head for my house. Scotty will greet you at the door, relieve you of your Matzo Brie and hand you an Irish Coffee. See you soon.
Welcome one and all to POP's house. Thank you for coming and of course thank you so much for this wonderful meal. While we are munching, let me tell you about a report aptly called "Wastebook". Sen. Coburn wants all of you to know what your government is doing with your tax dollars. Here is just a small sample from his report, but I assure you it is a real eye opener. You will not be thrilled to learn that $550,000 of your money was spent to produce a documentary about how rock music contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Another $48,700 of your hard earned money went to fund a festival promoting Hawaii's chocolate industry. I guess the Obama's will be "chowing down" on chocolate during their 17 day vacation that you will be contributing to, as well. Let's not forget the 10 million dollars spent to remake "Sesame Street" for Pakistan's children. I am sure that will pay off in a big way. You won't be happy to learn that $764,825 went to study how college students use mobile devices for social networking.
The list goes on and on and on, but I am quite sure you get the picture. This alien is incredulous. Your deficit keeps rising, your Congress can't do a thing to address the problem, your president believes in more spending and all the while your tax dollars are being thrown away on ridiculous projects. It is not cool to threaten seniors about their Social Security checks and their healthcare while your Congress appropriates $113,000 for a video game preservation center. What kind of government do you have? To an alien like me, I see a Congress that cares more about the preservation of video games and their jobs than the preservation of their seniors.
Sen. Coburn's report details more than $6.5 billion in wasteful spending! This is completely unacceptable. May I suggest that you contact your representatives about this issue. Bombard them with e-mails and letters and let them know how disgusting you think this situation is and how disgusted you are with them. Let President Obama know too. How dare he suggest that you tighten your belts while your hard earned money is being "frittered" away.
Before anyone in Washington dares to raise your taxes, I suggest they take a red pencil and cancel all of this insane spending. This situation is insane, truly insane. The inmates are running the asylum...NA, NU, NA, NU...SCOTTY...NU, NA, NU, NA...POP...
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Good morning Tom,
Hail Hail Rock and Roll...Now that's funny! The elimination of wasteful spending would be a very far fetched fairy tale, indeed! See you at the Inn.
POP: What is the usefulness of knowing whether or not Rock Music contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union? So, what is Senator Coburn doing about this? Identifying is one thing; how about stopping it! How much did this study cost us?
Congress is so out of touch, and so is Obama. I am sick of them all.
I'm off to the bar. Tree decorating time. This year we are using empty bottles to don the tree, so drink up!
Save me a seat....
Just a shining example of how congress can just stick their hands into the public treasury for needless spending just because they can. Like Sesame Street is going to to wonders for pakistan!! Speaking about garbage congress and garbage politians, I cannot believe the stupidity of congress over extending the social security tax cut. What a--hole thinks a two month extension is the way to go? Why, to still kick it around in two months? Extend for a year. Period. And the democraps blame the repubs. But I don't hear the repubs screaming about the fact the senate voted for a 2 m onth extension! Washington is a waste. I need to wet my whistle. BARTENDER..........
BPop,
What an eye opener! I knew there were many stupid and inane things our government spends money on, but well, just wow! I think I heard recently about a study where shrimp were put on treadmills to learn...I am not sure what. Yikes!
I will be contacting my representatives about this issue, you can bet your boots!
Thank Scotty for me and please save me an Irish Coffee!
Bobbi
Good morning Pino,
The Senator publishes this report every year and spreads it around. I agree he needs to make a bigger deal out of it. He needs airtime, that is for sure. But having said this, now that we know, we can do something to. We are the bosses. See you at the Inn. I'll bring a pile of empty bottles and order some more!
POP: I don't think you get it. Don't bring any bottles - we drink and then hang them on the tree. I'm certain we'll have enough to fill every branch with our group.
Oh, and about Scotty - he really does retain his tan, doesn't he? I really like that shade of blue!
See you at the Inn.
Good morning breakfastpop, this Wastebook sounds like depressive reading and a clear reflection that our government does not know what to do with the money it takes from us. It's all pure pork barrel.
Dear taxlarry,
The Dems are using the Republicans refusal to pass the 2 month extension against them. The Republicans had better get their strategy out there before it comes back to bite them. Truth counts for nothing anymore. What a disgrace. I'll be at the Inn early tonight. See you then.
Dear moonstruck,
The idiotic waste of spending is much larger than what I wrote. There is simply no excuse for this and Congress should be held responsible. They need to explain this travesty to the American people. See you at the Inn.
Dear Pino,
The only thing I get is that we are in trouble. As for Scotty, he also turns red and green and orange. Strange guy!
Dear Cassie,
You bet, tons of pork at our expense. See you at the Inn. I won't be having pork chops tonight!
Breakfastpop:
You are always a live read. If a mere half of our congressmen or elected officials thought like you, and a HUGE part of everyday America I might add, maybe... and just maybe our economy and sense of trust in government would improve. Until then, I'll have a libation or two... Continue on your food-prepping ways. Have a blessed Christmas and holiday season.
Good morning Rob,
Thanks so much for your support. For now we will have to console ourselves with some holiday libations, because clearly Washington just can't get its act together. Merry Christmas!
Cheers! Cheers!
Dear Rob,
Clink!
Why am I not surprised by this governmental wasteful spending, bp? Probably because I realize our nation is being led down a one-way street to devout socialism and misery via an inept community organizer who purchased enough votes (one way or the other) to become our (?) leader. Remember in November!
Dear drbj,
Well said. We are in an incredible quagmire, There are so many people who have been duped and simply can't see the truth in this mess. The evidence is out there but it takes a very motivated person to get to it. Despite all of this, enjoy the holiday.
Tom Whitworth Level 5 Commenter 5 months ago
Pop and Scotty,
Outstanding and useful observations again. When I first heard about the influence of Rock and Roll on the Soviet Union I spontaneously started singing the Chuck Berry classic "Hail, Hail Rock and Roll".
Maybe for fairy tale Friday sometime Pop can tell us a story about how we elected a government that eliminated all waste!!!!
Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm buying.