Boy hidy, thankfully that weekend only comes around once a year. I know I'm backed up a recipe and I've got a great one for you all who need an easy side to accompany some supper meat or fish. This is a nice pasta dish that you can make in a few minutes and requires little in the way of ingredients. Perfect for those of us who are busy and needin' to throw some supper together in a pinch. But first....

I will spare you all the ribald details of the 2006 Annual Boys Weekend in Vegas, suffice it to say that I did my level best to stimulate the local economy and it repaid me handsomely by paying for my trip and givin' me a little spending whipout on my return. Most of that windfall was produced by football wagering and even though Pancho Palica the Polish Mexican made his last stand on Saturday during the Massacre at the Mirage, yours truly was able to ride out the storm thanks to late bets on Texas, Cal and Tennessee. I also had Iowa, Ball St., Florida and Michigan outright winners. Lost a couple of parlays with Arky St. and North Texas. We also won a couple over/unders with the over on Rice/Tulane and Nebraska/Iowa St. Also lost Kent St., Notre Dame, Wake Forest over, Texas Tech and Kentucky. All in all a brutal day with a lot invested and little gained.

Fortunately Sunday was a different day at the office and I went 7 out of 10 bets but even one of those was not a complete loss since I made the difference up plus on a teaser with the 49ers and where the Saints came through late. Nice day at the bank. Only 51 more weeks until the next trip. By then the Polish Mexican's liver might have forgiven him. Of course while we wasted away our days in Vegas, all was not well in the foreign department and that usually means but one thing, we can thank democrats for yet another global pile of steaming dog excreta that it will be up to the rest of us to fix.

I speak of course of the news that North Korea has reportedly, (maybe) tested a nuke. Seems they aren't sure whether it was a full blown bomb or a fizzle. Seein' as how most of their rockets look like something from the Estes Weekend Rocket Club Picnic and BBQ I'm willing to bet that a full blown nuke might have been a little out of their technological reach yet. I say yet because they sure as hell made a good effort there to tick us off and naturally we wouldn't be in this fix if good ol' IMPEACHED ex-president Clinton hadn't been selling off our nuclear secrets to the Chinese and sending Jimmah "Never met a dictator I didn't like" Carter to negotiate with a bunch of inscrutable gangsters who haven't negotiated in good faith since Confucious was a corporal. For those of you in Sun Valley, thats a helluva long time.

Let no American forget that it was our grand IMPEACHED ex-president who sold out our interests to the North Koreans back in 1994. Sell out literally. Americans sent billions, (Yes that's with a B) in subsidies that we knew would be used to build up North Korea's armed forces under the pretense that it was for humanitarian aid. Check, like any of that aid ever made it down to Jong six-pack in the street. Whats worse, we agreed to finance a portion of their nuclear technology as long as they promised to keep the nuclear development peaceful. Check. Do you believe that? It's like buying an armed robber a gun and asking him not to stick it to you. Thats after you testified against him the last time. With deals like this struck, who needs enemies? We've got them right here and they are democrats...

So tell me friends, do y'all really want to hand the car keys and a bottle of good whisky to the teenagers? If you do, the hangover just might hurt you more than it hurts them...

Smilin' Paul Villa U.S. Senate 2010
cyber-Congressman, R-Reno
Proud Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and 2 SUV Family