Sunday, November 7, 2010

Barrio Chino Review:Killer Margarita's...Literally!

I love hot & spicy food & love to find beverages with some heat in them. Some years back I discovered the Blood Orange Jalapeno Margarita's (some heat...lots of flavor) at Stanton Social. Alexis at Poco mixes some great tasting drinks with some heat as well. However...if you want to both torture yourself & see what you got...then you need to try the Habanero Grapefruit Margarita at Barrio Chino on Broome St in the LES. In all fairness...they are tough to drink at first. The host actually questioned if my cousin & I really wanted them because most people send them back! I had one once before...yet I didn't remember them being so HOT!!! At first my lips lit up on fire...I tried putting them out with coffee w/cream while waiting for the food to come...worked about as well as it sounds. Eventually I started getting used to it & once the ice started to melt to water it down it got pretty good & I liked it (my cousin managed to finish his after adding half a glass of water to it...but he did finish it). So...if you like very spicy & want to try something different I would say give one a whirl...but do not say you were not forewarned...they are brutal upfront! Plus keep in mind they have a large selection of flavors for you & the other girls to drink instead (in this case in all fairness...you may actually want to Lady-up...seriously this drink is only for fellow- fire-breathers)

In regards to the food it's really good across the board. I had the Enchiladas Verde con Pollo & my cousin Rich & buddy Mike had the Chilaquiles Rojos con Bisteca. We shared a few sides including chorizo, spinach & mushrooms(needed something healthy) & the Copa Mexicana which was my favorite. Strips of watermelon, cucumber, & jicama with lime juice, salt & a pinch of chile. Simple...yet so delicious. While they don't have any brunch specials the food is all moderately priced & really good.

In regards to atmosphere it's a pretty cool little place with a long bar, community table & mix of tables for 2 & 4. While the food is all Mexican the place is decorated as if it is Chinese...I think it was a Chinese "on the fringe of Chinatown"deli in a past life. This is also one of those places that always gets a lot of good looking girls...all the time. As for the male population...you'll have to ask the 3 good looking girls sitting at the table across from us (or the 2 heavily tatted ladies across from them) if they felt the same about the male population...especially the table to their right...;)  

Friday, November 5, 2010

I Endorse Nancy Pelosi for Democratic House Leader/MSNBC

I implore that all of you contact your Congressmen/women & urge them to keep Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic House Leader. It is with Nancy's leadership that the Democratic party is where it is today! It is with Nancy's ability to hear what the American people really want & need that the Democratic party is where it is today! It is with Nancy's ability to reach across the aisle & work with the Republican party that the Democratic Party is where it is today! It is with Nancy's otherworldly negotiating skills to move bills through the House that has moved the Democratic party where it is today! Does anyone believe the Democratic party would be where it is this very day without Nancy's leadership! Join me in endorsing Nancy Pelosi for Democratic House Leader!*

As a side note for those of you foolish enough to believe that MSNBC is biased in any way whatsoever towards either party in any way...please see below to set the facts straight!

MSNBC suspends Olbermann for political donations (AP) - 1 hour ago
AP - MSNBC has suspended prime-time host Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for contributing to the campaigns of three Democratic candidates this election season.

*P.S. If you have any desire whatsoever to keep Obama in the White House, maintain the hold on the Senate & take back the House...you may want to rethink keeping Nancy on...

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead/They were just Local Elections/The God Who Bleeds

For a change of pace I'm going to do brief write-ups on yesterdays election results from the Conservative, Progressive, & Independent points of view...& then of course my recap.

Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead

Nancy Pelosi...you're FIRED! In an historic election the GOP with strong Tea-Party backing have taken back the House, made major progress in the Senate & won significant Governorships that will greatly impact the elections in 2012. The American people have sent a clear message to the President & his Administration...You need to "change"...we "hope" you understand you are elected to serve "We the People" & not your partisan interests.

They were just Local Elections

Once again the American people have spoken & they have made it clear that they want & support Obama's agenda to change! Yes, of course there were some local elections that have had a modest effect on the House. The sad thing is that there are still many uneducated, poorly informed by FOX, full of fear, ignorant Americans that want to continue to cling to their religion, guns & hard-earned wages that they are too stupid to know how to properly spend so "We" need to tax it away from them.  While Party Leader Pelosi will no longer be Speaker of the House (now that it's full of Idiots who would want the job?) she can now concentrate on more important Party matters. With Harry Reid's slaughter of his rival in Nevada the Party remains strong! Of course a few Governorships in backwater states went to the GOP, but much like 09 when they won the Jersey Shore Garbage Soprano state of NJ & Scott Brown stole the election in MA...the real story was the HUGE win of NY23 by our party! This election has proven that we are moving the country in the proper direction & that 2012 will be a lock. It's almost not worth having the election other then to humiliate the GOP internationally with the historic landslide victory that yesterdays elections have clearly assured. More importantly though...will be come 2012 we will repeal the must misguided & reprehensible amendment ever passed...the 22nd Amendment! Once 22 is repealed we can continue re-shaping American in our glorious image!

The God Who Bleeds

In Kipling's classic The Man Who Would Be King an English Adventurer is mistaken for a God & treated as such. When it turns out that he can bleed & thus not a God...the people turn on him & he falls into a chasm. Well it looks like Obama can bleed. We "hoped" for "change" & voted for it. We didn't quite get the change we are looking for. Yesterdays elections gave us the chance to say so. We didn't just vote against Obama & his policies we voted against Washington.  As did many others. The current Administration can no longer push through change that "We the People" do not want! They will need to learn to work with the House or come 2012 they will hear our voice again! Furthermore, now that the GOP has the house...they need to step up. They need to come up with real ideas that will contribute to fix our Economy. If not...they will hear from  us as well! Government is elected by the people to serve the people...NOT the other way around!

I hope you all enjoyed my slightly over the top versions of how yesterday was likely viewed. From my humble point of view this is how I see it. A message was clearly sent to Obama that we are less then happy about what he's been up to & needs to change his direction. A message was also sent to the GOP. Get your act together & step up. More importantly I think most of us are sick to death of partisan politics. Our elected officials are elected to represent us...not what they think is good for us. The House win & Governorships were huge for the GOP & I'm glad the Democrats held onto the Senate. This both puts things in better balance & they have to work together. Plus with the Senate in Democratic hands Obama can't blame everything on the GOP if the Economy is still in the gutter. A real question here is can he pull a Clinton & "triangulate"? I'm not a fan of Slick Willie's..but you have to be a total fool not to respect his capabilities as a Politician. I don't know if Obama wants to in the first place or if he even can. I don't think he can do either. I would be fine if he proved me wrong.

Some other key things to take note of are:

40% of Americans are saying that they are with the Tea Party. I guess it's safe to say it's not a fringe movement & it's not going away so fast. Remember, it's named after the Boston Tea Party where we rebelled against "Taxation Without Representation". I hope ALL in Washington on either side of the aisle took note. Dismiss them at your own peril. 

The Governorship wins do not bode well for the Democrats in 2012

Even most Republicans are still pissed off at the Republican party

Only a third of the seats were even up in the Senate in the first place

Californians voted to keep Barbara Boxer a Left Wing Zealot in while the state is bankrupt but shot down  Proposition 19...are they all on crack?


Harry Reid kept his seat...which I think in the long run was a good thing. I'd rather have Harry in charge of the Democrats then Schumer...:) 


I think Marco Rubio was clearly the rising star of the night...but was pretty impressed with Manchin as well. 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Cuomo & hoping he brings change to NY. He could wind up with a star next to his name as well. 



In the end we showed the world why we are the Greatest Nation on Earth. The American people spoke & they spoke loud. We elected "change" & 2 years later put it on notice. Now...as a very wise man once said "The game is afoot"

Monday, November 1, 2010

Get Up...Get Out...& Vote!

I'm not going to presume to tell you who you should vote for...but I sure as hell will tell you to get out there & cast your votes! Why we take this right for granted is beyond me. The percentage of Americans who vote is embarrassing...in 2008 it was 61% & that was considered high (it was 55% in 2004...yes that heated election got barely over half)! In Iraq they voted in the 62+%(down from mid-70's in previous election) & in Afghanistan about 40-50%...& they had to risk & in some cases lose their lives to do so!

Our Founding Fathers as well as our Grand & Great Grandfathers came from countries where they could not vote! They were ruled by a bunch of inbred deformed derelicts (generally only not completely retarded due to arranged marriages with the children of foreign rulers over treaties) who came to power by being born into it after their fore-fathers took land, the lands natural resources & woman to breed with by force. These same rulers claimed they ruled by Divine Right and were backed up by the Religious Leaders of the Church (now you know why if not before why we separate Church & State here).

As I have stated before talk is cheap & actions speak louder then words. Everyone is speaking their mind one way or another about what's going on with Unemployment, Financial Reform, Healthcare, etc...well now is your time to have your say & cast your vote for which way you think things should go. Also a few key things that I though everyone was aware of...but have found many are not...

Regardless of how you are registered...Elephant, Donkey, Indie...you can vote for whoever you want party wise

You do NOT have to vote for only one party across the board...if you don't like who is running for a particular role then either vote for the other parties candidate if you like them or to send a message. Vote for an independent or other if you don't like either of the two primary parties candidates 

You can only vote for those in your State. So whether you want Nancy out or you want her in you cannot vote either way for her Senate seat unless you live in CA . However how you vote for those running for house seats will determine if she keeps her role as Speaker of the House (please note; I was asked by a friend-family member whose name shall remain anonymous to protect the guilty if they could vote for or against party leaders. Nancy P simply makes the best example. This applies towards any & all others regardless of role or party. The only exception is the Presidential Election which of course is National). 

If you're not going to vote...then when it comes to Political issues...feel free to keep your thoughts to yourself.

You have no excuses...you speak your mind all day long about this, we hear about it all night on TV from the pundits & read all about it in the morning paper. Unlike many others around the world you can have your say...so speak up & vote this Tuesday!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Smoke on the Siene

 Sacrebleu (Sacrebleu is an old French profanity, meant as a cry of surprise or anger)!!! Can you even believe that the evil Vichy government of France is planning on raising the age to retire from 60...all the way up...to...62! The real question here is how did it actually manage to get this high in the first place. I'm guessing as long as it was just in the 50's the French were too busy munching on croissants in between drags of their gauloises & sips of their Bordeaux to even notice it was moving up to 60. Then when it hit 60...& they could no longer retire in their 50's they went bat-shit. Now that Sarkozy wants to start moving it up they are rioting in the streets lighting shit up on fire. Please note, for the rest of the EU it's 65 & here in the US it's 67 (must be our superior healthcare).

There is concern that riots like this may start to spread from Europe (they went bat-shit in Greece when they found out that they were bankrupt) to here in the US of A. Now while the "current" Administration seems to believe in a more European style of Government...I think between the riots in France, PIGG countries blowing up financially, Iceland both financially & literally blowing it's stack, & of course the Germans coming out saying...that multi-culturlism is not working out so great for them...that many here kinda want to stick to the "American Way". I just don't believe that rioting in the streets & lighting them up on fire is going to catch on here. For one reason...while we love to protest...we seem to like to do it with signs & chants. That might be due to the whole free speech thing that we embrace. We also may not want to mess with our Police forces here. They are well trained...highly disciplined...& quite effective. Plus...if things got so out of hand that the National Guard gets called in...are the Unions & Students really going to want & mess with them? I think not. Remember the National Guard these days are not made up of ROTC guys & local Hunters...but battle hardened vets from the "stan" & "raq"...not the best guys to mess with. Plus it would be a debacle for the Unions who are losing local support. Can you just imagine if some Union workers threw a Molotov cocktail into a bank and ended up killing a few people including a pregnant woman (it happened in Greece during their riots...I hope they caught him & lit him on fire...hosed off...repeat as necessary) ... it would not be received too well. If we can manage to do million man marches, tea-parties, anti-war, anti-mosque, protests etc...I think we can manage to keep excersing our freedom of speech to bring about change...& when that doesn't work...vote...(I'm pretty sure most in Government are aware of our 2nd amendment if they try & mess with our First Amendment :)


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I'm running for Guv'nor of NY!

Dear Readers,

I am running for Guv'nor of NY & will need your help & support to hope to bring about change. Please note I'm not talking bout a senior position of Gov'nor over Mayor in 4 square here...I'm talking about Gov'nor of NY. I will running under the No-Longer-Funemployed-But-Still-Blogging-Party. Now while I may lack the experience & Law degree of Andy C, lack the Military & Martial Arts training of a Jimmy McMillian (Rent Too High Party), the connections, business success, insanity of a Paladino, or the total lameness of a listless Lazio I do have some super awesome ideas & am more then capable of making others laugh while making a fool of myself. Which seems to be what you need these days to get on the ballot. The changes I hope to bring about are...

I will outlaw Street Fairs! They do nothing but totally screw up & clog up streets which results in massive traffic congestion & re-routed buses. So find somewhere else to buy socks, sheets, sausage & funnel cake....like a store or mall! 

Legalize Ganja...but tax the hell out of it! While I'm not a user I'm sorry but it's not the gateway drug, alcohol is...and if the Fed comes after my booze...I will break out my 2nd amendment rights! Seriously...I will be able to fund every program we need off of this.

All other drugs...will come down like hammer of God on you. If you sell drugs to kids...u get executed (read: impaled)

Ban Unions. I'm sorry but the days of locking doors so men, woman, & children stuck in fire traps are over for the most part (there still are sweat shops). The Unions protect no one. All they do is guarantee people jobs even if they don't do them properly & then give them raises & pensions. Those days are over. Earn your jobs & get screwed ever when you are excelling at your jobs like the rest of us poor slobs in the Private Sector. Private sector jobs are down...Public are up...Private earning are down...Public are up...need I say more?

Pedophiles - Executed. No desire to try & reform or understand monsters with screwed up wiring. A cyber team aimed at hunting them down within the NYPD will be formed.

Enforced Exercise - All will be required at least 45 minutes 3X per week. That's 45 mins of exercise...not looking at others butts in the mirrors. I don't care if you run, lift, swim, play basketball or racquetball...you will do something to keep in shape. Your ancestors did so for survival...we are built & wired for it...you will JUST DO IT!You will feel better, look better, work better & will save millions in Healthcare. Feel free to smoke, eat sugar, salt etc...but you will work it off fatso!

Free Ice Cream Wednesdays! That's right...you exercise...I tax weed...everyone gets a free scoop! 

I will solve the homeless problem. I will deport them to the Western States. Plenty of open free land. Basic skills will be taught by the Army so they can build homes, hunt & farm.

I will annex the beaches of the Jersey Shore & execute the cast, writers, producers & directors of Jersey Shore (being green...impaled on used but cleaned up iron rods). Since I will have the 10th largest Army in the world at my disposal...might as well use'em & I'm a big beach guy. Again, only the beaches...those of you from NJ...can keep all the rest of your lovely state

I will invade Canada. Again, the NYPD is the 10th largest army in the world...use it or lose it. Canada has loads of natural resources, great beer, & loads of beautiful B level actress's (ie Pam Anderson & the like) who end up on US TV shows or strip joints. Plus as an added bonus...greater national security with Joe Arpaio the former Arizonian Sheriff manning up the Canadian border for me.

Mexico...that will depend on how negotiations go with Washington DC in it's current state of disarray.

So vote for me on the  No-Longer-Funemployed-But-Still-Blogging-Party on November 2nd!

I am Hunter's Deep Thoughts...& I endorse this message