September 30, 2006
Party ID, or, Why Republicans are a bunch of gutless trash
Exhibit A is a picture of one of Congressman Mike McCaul's (R-Clear Channel Communications) signs. However, my camera literally broke into pieces as I snapped the photo. Thus, those of you outside of CD 10 will not have the pleasure of seeing MCCaul's cowardice on a 4x4. See, much like Martha Wong over in Houston, Mikey forgot to add on his party ID. Mikey, like Martha is using the 'we use two different signs. One for Primary and the other or General excuse'. We'll be sure and add that to our ever lengthening list of Lame Republican Excuses. I do wonder if maybe all the Republicans in East Texas are just not up to speed on things you should do... they don't seem to have a problem with party ID.
In the meantime, it's up to you, dear readers, to make sure EVERYONE in CD 10 knows that Mike McCaul is another no good, spineless dipshit Republican.
And if you feel like putting a Republican sticker on his sign... go for it.
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September 29, 2006
Happy Birthday, VD!
We at McBlogger would like to wish our friend, DU's own Velma Doo a very happy birthday!
How old are you anyway?
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Caught not in bed, but a live boy nonetheless
Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigned from Congress on Friday, effective immediately, in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former page."I am deeply sorry and I apologize for letting down my family and the people of Florida I have had the privilege to represent," he said in a statement issued by his office.
Foley, 52, had been considered a shoo-in for re-election until the e-mails surfaced in recent days.
Campaign aides had previously acknowledged that the Republican congressman e-mailed the former Capitol page five times, but had said there was nothing inappropriate about the exchange. The page was 16 at the time of the e-mail correspondence.
Foley's election opponent, Democrat Tim Mahoney, has called for an investigation.
The page was a 16 year old boy. In one exchange the Congressman asked him to send a picture. The boy then forwarded the email to a colleague in another R Congressman's office and used the word 'sick' 13 times.
I'm left wondering why this couldn't have been a creepy Texas Congressman like Lamar Smith or Jeb Hensarling?
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Damn. Wish I'd thought of that...
A Wisconsin businessman was detained when he tried to go through airport security with a message scrawled on his plastic bag of toiletries.The message, "Kip Hawley is an Idiot," was on the plastic bag carried by Ryan Bird, whose ire was aimed at the director of the Transportation Security Administration.
Yeah, Mr. Bird. I know how you fucking feel.
"Way too many of the TSA rules are knee-jerk reactions to noncredible threats," Bird said Thursday in a telephone interview while traveling. "Bottled water was never a threat, toothpaste was never a threat."
The insane part? Sherrif deputies inteviewed him for 25 minutes after TSA called them in. A TSA supervisor told Bird he had no free speech rights in an airport security zone. Here's to the hope that Bird will sue the holy hell out of TSA and the supervisor individually. Oh, and KIP HAWLEY IS A FUCKING IDIOT.
(hat tip to Somervell County Salon)
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"WTF? I endorsed WHO?!?!?!"
(What follows is the official press release from Izzy, the lame mascot of the Atlanta Olympics, regarding the endorsement of Kinky 'Matzo' Friedman)
"I sincerely regret the endorsement of Kinky Friedman announced early yesterday. I have recently discovered that I have a substance abuse problem and will be seeking treatment. Additionally, my longtime relationship with Liz Smith has caused severe psychological damage and I plan to seek counseling while in treatment at The Betty"
This leaves few celebrity endorsements open to Matzo as Verissa, a fluffy angora bunny and Princess Stephanie have already committed to Bell. We should have some Strayhorn and Perry endorsements up soon as well.
(Don't get me wrong... I'm still pissed. However, endorsement BS is just the kind of thing I need to cheer me up. And a scotch)
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Traitors
In the supersize I am posting all the Texas Delegation votes on the bill that seeks to gut the individual rights of Americans and destroy the Constitution of the United States of America. Make no mistake, that WAS what happened yesterday, 'detainee/torture bill' be damned. The Congress of the United States decided to unilaterally end the rule of law which has existed for 217 years in this country and opted to surrender an unprecedented amount of power (functionally, dictatorial power) to the Executive Branch and it's current occupant, George W. Bush.
Every Republican and Democrat who voted for this is a traitor who violated their oath of office, betrayed their constituents and are now active participants in the effort to destroy the United States from within. While we can not vote against the supposed servants this year, we must NEVER FORGET THEIR BETRAYAL. That means we must re-elect the Democrats this year and we must eliminate them in the Primary. We simply can not trust Republicans, so it's essential that we re-elect these men and women. However, we must get rid of them in the next primary (for the members of the House of Representatives, in 2008 and for members of the senate in 2012).
The Democrats who allowed this to happen are the scum of the earth. Instead of protecting the people of the United States they, out of fear, turned their backs on us and handed power to a madman.
Mr. Bush attacked Democrats for voting against the legislation even before the vote began, signaling Republicans’ intention to use it as a hammer in their efforts to portray themselves as the party of strength on national security.
We would have stood behind you. We would have shouted down ANY Republican with the guts to defend this bill. Now, if didn't need your miserable asses, we would abandon you en masse. Unfortunately, we need control of Congress restored to the people so we will support you against the Republicans. For now.
This can not be forgiven. Not by a long shot. No excuse is good enough. There is no salve that will heal the wound inflicted on the citizens of the United States. My only hope now rests with the Supreme Court. May they strike down this wicked law and restore Constitutional rights to the citizens of the United States.
In the House of Representatives of the United States of America:
NAY Votes(TRUE AMERICANS):
Lloyd Doggett, Charles Gonzalez, Al Green, Gene Green, Rubén Hinojosa, Eddie
Johnson, Solomon Ortiz, Ron Paul, Silvestre Reyes
NV:
Sheila Jackson-Lee
YEA votes (TRAITORS):
Joe Barton, Henry Bonilla, Kevin Brady, Michael Burgess, John Carter,
Michael Conaway, Henry Cuellar, John Culberson, Chet Edwards, Louie Gohmert,
Kay Granger, Ralph Hall, Jeb Hensarling, Sam Johnson, Kenny Marchant,
Michael McCaul, Randy Neugebauer, Ted Poe, Pete Sessions, Lamar Smith, Mac
Thornberry
In the Senate of the United States of America, both Senator Cornyn and Senator Hutchison voted FOR torture, FOR rape, AGAINST the Constitution and AGAINST their constituents, the people of Texas by voting YEA on this bill.
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Cut-and-Paste Republicans
There's nothing I hate more than political sloganeering, especially when it's boiled down so much it doesn't even make sense anymore. From a CNN headline today.
President Bush counterpunched at Democrats on Thursday, saying their criticism of the war in Iraq has turned their party into one of "cut-and-run" obstructionists.
Ok, that doesn't even make any sense. In order to obstruct something, you have to block it, keep it from moving, in short, you are very much staying still and not budging. On the other hand, to cut-and-run very much would give on the sense of movement, fleeing, or leaving the general vacinity of a situation.
So how then, pray tell, does one be a "cut-and-run" obstructionist? Do you block policy by stealing it and holding on to it for dear life while you scamper away with it? Um, bullshit- now the President's just making up words again like a drunken 4 year old.
And how does one 'counterpunch' a political party? Was it giving the Prez too much sass so he grabbed it by its frumpled trashy hair and whamed it good against the formica tabletop? Is that a counterpunch?
Of course, nevermind the fact that 2 inches over from that impossible configuration of the English language was a story headline calling out
Poll: Nearly two-thirds say Iraq in civil war
Better be careful Bush. So much of the country is cutting and running that it's obstructing the bowels of democracy. Or some shit like that.
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Hates me some TTC
For those out there who have asked, "Is there not a better way to fufill out transportation needs?", the simple answer is Yes. TTC is not it.
I recently talked with Hank about the TTC and asked how he'd replace it. As many of you know, Hank is getting some blowback for taking a stand against TTC as a waste of money, time and land to build a road no one wants. Except maybe Perry, some contractors, a foreign company and the DMN, though I can't imagine why they want it. Other than a possible interest in a company that stands to benefit from road privatization.
That's what all this is really about... road privatization or, if you prefer, selling off our transportation assets (don't be fooled by the word 'lease'... I'm in the mortgage industry and a long term lease-hold is as good as ownership to us).
The perception in the media, played herein by people at the DMN and AAS (yes, Gardner, I'm looking at you) is that the only way to meet our transportation needs is to build out a project today that will not even be fully utilized for 50 years, to do it with 'private financing' (a lie) and allow a private contractor to make money off the construction of the project, THEN make money off it's operation. The dirty little secret? As Eye on Williamson has already figured out, it's that if traffic and revenue projections aren't met, the taxpayers of Texas will be on the hook for the bonds. Not the private contractor, in this case Cintra-Zachry.
Where I come from, private enterprise should bear risk for their reward. The way TTC is structured, even if the revenues don't live up to projectsions, the contractor is guaranteed not to lose money. You know, because taxpayers will make it all OK for them and insure them against losses. That's like telling Dell to make some ridiculously expensive computer and telling them that if they don't make any money on it, the government will pay off their losses.
Yes, we need roads. We also need rail. In fact, we need to rethink how transportation works in this state. However, the TTC isn't an answer unless the question is "How can we squander our resources and screw up our state?". This is where Hank comes in...
Current plans for the TTC are to the east of 35, paving over some of the most amazing farm and ranch land in the country. Land that can't be replaced. Land that's been in families for generations and land that will be worth far less once it is divided. This will severely damage agriculture in Texas (one of our largest industries) and the primary reason Hank is against the project. The problem is, many in the media have made an issue of Hank's opposition, as if he were anti-transportation when in fact nothing is further from the truth.
The solution? For one thing, the gas tax needs to actually be spent on transportation. Further, the people of Texas should have the right to choose, at the polls, whether they want tolls or gas taxes. If it's to be tolls, then let's keep private ownership out of the game. By adding in a private operater, you add in to the cost their necessary profit. Make no mistake, toll roads can be operated by the state just as cheaply as they can by Cintra-Zachry. The state can also issue bonds. In short, many of the 'innovative' solutions being touted by the pro-TTC crowd CAN be done without having to hang Texas taxpayer's to twist in the wind.
Want some proof? Don't forget that CAMPO estimated that all the toll projects in Travis County could be converted to free roads by increasing the local gas tax by only 2.4 cents if the roads were run by the state. TX DoT estimated it would cost 17 cents. Their calculation of 17 cents was based on the total revenue from the tolls and replacing profits to the contractors. It that doesn't wake people up to how expensive privatization is for Texans, I don't know what else will. Private enterprise is great at a lot of things but running roads is not one of them obviously.
The problem that Hank and the vast majority of Texans have with the TTC (aside from the waste of money and land) is that so much of it is secret, held from our view by a Governor that thinks he can get away with anything and certain Legislators who think of public office as their own personal piggybank.
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September 28, 2006
Burka loses his mind... thinks Shapleigh is in trouble
Oh, this is just dumb. Paul, back off the bong!
In all honesty, Shapleigh needs your help but so does every other Democrat. You could start by writing Congressman Reyes a nasty letter. Just sayin' is all.
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Where President Bush really wants to go...
Friends, this is a President George W. Bush Buttplug. That bears repeating... A PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH BUTTPLUG.
The President wants to be all things to all people. Now, he'll get to be a butt plug to some lucky folks. You can buy one here and the next time we run into one another and you've got an ironic smile on your face, just say 'hello' and explain 'I can't talk right now. I've got the President up my ass'. The President also wants to know what they are thinking and saying. Can you think of a way to get any closer than up someone's ass? I'm all the time saying that I'm about jump up someone's ass if they don't do what I want.
And no, I don't mean it in a sexual way. It's like when I call someone a cocksucker. I have to explain to fellow 'mo's I call cocksucker that I don't mean it in that 'let's have dinner and drinks, then hook-up' kind of way. I mean it in the 'Oh my God. Do you ever suck!' kind of way. When I say 'I'm about to jump up your ass if you don't get this done' you should think of what that gerbil did (supposedly) to poor Richard Gere.
The best part about using the President George W. Bush buttplug... shitting the damn thing out. Just wish the country could do the same thing to the jackass in office. By the way, anyone want to chip in to buy one for Tinafish, Perry or maybe Staples? You know, for Christmas...
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Oh, sure Rick. Like anyone believes you now
Dumbass Perry sent out a campaign email yesterday through the RPT which is apparently still operating under the pall of Tinafish. They are trying to breathe some life into the idiot's moribund campaign by announcing his five point plan of shit he'll do if re-elected. I'm posting the bullshit in the supersize because it's pretty damn funny and by funny I mean pathetic and stupid.
Mr. Perry, you've had six years and in that time you've done little more than put a bandaid on school finance that is already starting to fall off the wound. Oh, and you stopped the threat of gay marriage from effecting ABSOLUTELY NO ONE. You're a useless, miserable failure.
Texas is last in so many bad categories it's not even funny. I guess it would be if I lived in another state. However, I live here and you've had long enough to fuck things up. Time for you to, as they say where I grew up, move on down the road.
Perry Outlines Budget Reforms
5-Point Plan Would Lead to Less Government Spending, More Accountability for Taxpayers
DALLAS - Gov. Rick Perry today outlined a sweeping, detailed plan for budget reforms that will promote fiscal responsibility in state government.
“Today I am announcing five key budget reforms that will restrain spending, open the state government checkbook to the public, and end the disingenuous money-shifting shell games that allow funds to be spent on priorities other than what was promised,” Perry said. “I believe it is time to create a state spending limit in Texas that is real, that requires fiscal discipline and that more closely mirrors population growth and inflation costs.”
Perry said he is proud to be the only Texas governor since World War II to sign a budget that reduced state spending. He has also line-item vetoed more than $2.5 billion in proposed spending since becoming governor, nearly six times as much as the last four governors combined. The governor said his budget reform initiative is needed to ensure that state government is fiscally responsible with taxpayer dollars.
Perry’s 5 point plan would:
* Impose a real spending limit on state government. “It is time to create a state spending limit in Texas that is real, that requires fiscal discipline, and that more closely mirrors population growth and inflation costs,” Perry said. “The spending limit in effect today is hardly a limit at all because it is tied to personal income growth. Tying how much we spend to how much we make is a recipe for runaway spending.”
* Require dedicated funds to be used as intended, or refunded. “It is time for a truth in spending initiative that ends the fraud where money raised for one purpose gets spent on something entirely different. If you are charged a fee for a specific purpose, the money ought to go to that express purpose or be returned to the taxpayer who has been fraudulently charged,” Perry said.
* Require detailed budget line-items instead of lump sum line items. “Hiding wasteful expenditures behind worthwhile expenditures is a budgetary sham that makes government more bloated, less accountable and less transparent,” Perry said.
* Require all state agencies to publish expenditures online in a clear, concise and consistent format. “I have a simple philosophy about transparency in government: if the taxpayers are picking up the bill, they ought to be able to look at every item on the receipt,” Perry said.
* Amend the constitution to allow the state to return surplus revenue to taxpayers.
“If Texans elect me to another term as governor, I will fight to end the budgetary games, the funding diversions that charge a fee for one purpose and fund another purpose and I will stand for an effective spending limit that requires Austin to budget like working families do everyday,” Perry said.
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I'll take care of it. Thanks.
This marks probably the one and only time I will ever link to The Washington Times. I'm sure by now you've all had a chance to hear about what Rep. Rangel had to say about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's comments about President Bush...
"You don't come into my country, you don't come into my congressional district and criticize my president," Mr. Rangel, a Democrat, told stunned reporters on Capitol Hill.
Hugo, hermano, I like you. But don't confuse that with carte blanche to insult the leader of my country while you're here as our guest. Believe me, I detest the man more than you. Why don't you just let American's take care of this? Believe it or not, we're doing a pretty good job of tearing him down on our own.
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Izzy, the lame Atlanta Olympics mascot, endorses Matzo
And so the November election endorsement announcements begin. Yesterday, Halloween Marshmallow Peeps endorsed Matzo. This follows the posthumous endorsement (announced by Liz Smith) of Ann Richards. Which Smith later admitted she totally lied her ass off about and retracted. Today, comes the most shocking endorsement of all, that of Izzy, the mascot from the Atlanta Olympics.
Speculation has abounded in the last few days over whom Izzy would endorse. Originally, Bell was the expected endorsee because Izzy (being queer as a three dollar bill) 'fucking hates that douche Perry'. Then the Bell campaign made a serious error by not actively seeking Izzy's endorsement because it's, you know, an imaginary character. This turn of events opened the door to Matzo and OSB with OSB representative OSB Son #1 making several trips to Atlanta to secure the endorsement.
In the end, Izzy, clearly making the decision while stoned out of his freaking mind, opted to endorse Matzo with this simple statement.
I've known Boyd Richie for years and he is, in my opinion, the best person to lead Texas Democrats to victory.
When asked what the hell Boyd Richie had to do with Matzo, Izzy replied, "Boyd? Aw, shit. Sorry about that man. I've been trippin' balls for like a day and half. I meant 'Kinky' instead of 'Boyd Richie' and 'Bad Writers' instead of 'Democrats' ".
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September 27, 2006
Dregs : NIE Online; More on John Davis; Arctic ice sheet dilutes the drink
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New Flavors from Mexico
You love their illicit narcotics, cheap prescription dugs and chiclets. Now you can enjoy some of their quality meth, even better than the bathtub gin like shit made here in Texas by meth heads.
It's methamphetamine, hecho en Mexico and it's coming soon to your local dealer.
...Grits has been sounding the alarm for some time - the crackdown on bathtub-gin style homemade meth handed the lucrative market to Mexican smugglers. The stuff they produce turns out to be purer and even more addictive. Whoops!
Apparently, some of the big boys have set up great meth cooking operations just across the border and are making a high quality product that meth heads here in Texas, accustomed to stuff made with Drain-O, are totally digging. Grits for Breakfast has a full post up on it with a pointer to Rep. Pena who has been concerned about this for a while. Just another example of 'get tough' policies implemented by stupid people that have failed miserably.
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Freaks...
Really, less is more. Wouldn't you agree?
(hat tip to Pink Lady)
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Feeling Minnesota
(I wrote this late Monday... sorry about the delay in posting. Getoverit.com)
Oh, I like you wouldn't believe. My day started early... breakfast with my boss, a trip to orientation (hello, diversity training... it's been soooo long since last we met. So good to know that my addition to the organization is going to make y'all look even better!), then a trip to the Maul of America (which sucks, BTW... seriously, it's a goddamn mall... I expected that damn thing to be made out of gold and for it to
shower you with candy and gifts). Needless to say, it did not live up to expectations and it's only real impressive feature was it's size. By impressive I mean it TOOK FOR-FUCKING-EVER TO WALK THROUGH THE DAMN
THING. We had lunch at a place which shall remain nameless but featured rather mediocre food and abyssmal service. Even my boss, coworkers and our EVP were pissed and they picked the restaurant.
Then it was on to a meeting at our main office, actually a series of them. First there was the EVP, then the SVP. I'm starting to get the impression my new company is rather top heavy with management. Still, they must be doing something right as everyone looks very prosperous. Very Prosperous.
Finally, I finished the day back at MSP waiting for my plane. I even ate at Subway which wasn't nearly as gross as I'd imagined it would be due to the use of bread that didn't suck, lots of cheese and cautioning the sandwich technician to LAY OFF THE MAYO. I then went shopping, a tedious
experience in an airport and picked up a snowglobe FILLED to the brim with water and a bottle of water which the asshole who scanned my boarding pass told me I had to throw away. Why? I asked as well.
See, when I bought the water and the snowglobe I asked the salesperson if I would have a problem with it. He said, and I quote, "No, as long as you buy it in the terminal you'll be OK". However, GateKeeper SuckAss told
me that TSA's ban was still in effect... UNTIL TO-FUCKING-MORROW. I asked if it would be OK, if he'd look the other way if I stowed it in my carry on. He told me no, that if I did that he'd have to put me off the
plane. Dickhead. You know, it's not the money, it's the principal of the thing.
I've developed a new hatred for TSA and the teen's who work there. You guys suck ass. Nasty, smelly, unwashed ass that's crusted with cornshit. That's how I feel about you folks and your masters at Homeland Security. Because of you 'tards (liquid explosives... seriously, you people are dumber and more useless than a bag of hammers) you've made travel in this country a pain in the
ass. I actually had a fetus sitting at the x-ray machine chastise me for the fact that part of a cable from a transformer was hanging over the laptop and it made it difficult to see. It was the fucking tip and it covered less than 2% of the computer. I need some 'tard kid to tell me I didn't put my stuff in the plastic tray the right way? Yeah, much like I need a lobotomy... maybe I should have asked who performed his.
Curious, isn't it, that TSA now decides to lift the ban on liquids, gels, etc.? Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Republican's are polling badly, could it? Yeah, I thought so... TSA is a joke. A huge, unfunny, stupid-uncle-with-bad-one-liner's kind of joke. I hope Democrats dismantle the whole stupid, frustrating, money wasting thing and fire the lot of them. Maybe then we can get back to being Americans and quit worrying about what terrorists may or may not do.
In the end, it all worked out OK... being back in Austin feels great and I gotta say I LOVE MY SNOWGLOBE.
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September 26, 2006
Changing opinions and saying you were wrong...
I hate being wrong. I mean, I really hate it like a motherfucker. However, 'someone' at BOR has posted more from Matzo's 1980 performance. Last week they posted audio clips which actually did (out of context) sound like satire. Granted, extremely unfunny and lame satire, but satire nonetheless.
However, now they have some more of the show posted up and the only thing I can say is I was wrong. This ISN'T satire, this is playing to a fucking racist crowd and using almost every ridiculous racial stereotype under the sun. As for the oft repeated "it was an equal opportunity offender", a white, Jewish, racist homophobe is still a white, Jewish, racist homophobe even if he IS on a fucking stage.
I can't say I'm disapointed... to be honest, I'm glad this hasn't come back on the folks over at BOR or others in the TexasRoots who weren't quite as willing to give Matzo the benefit of the doubt. I'm glad that in context the whole argument about it being satire falls on it's ugly, smelly face. Much like Matzo after a fifth of Jamisons. I'm not happy that we've all had to listen to it, but I am happy it's out so people know who and what Matzo really is before they cast a vote for him in November. I never liked Matzo as a person or a candidate but I never thought he was a racist mostly because in my eyes that's a heavy accusation and one that I think made far too lightly.
I know there are some readers out there still thinking of supporting Matzo. All I'll ask of you is that you follow the link and listen to the audio. Originally, I too thought this was just some bad satire. Again, it's not. Go have a listen.
I've always thought Matzo was a miserable, mean, talentless old drunk. I guess we can add racist as well.
You suck, Matzo.
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Bush and Karzai show... dumb and dumber
The President had a press conference with Hamid Karzai. Actually, calling it a press conference is extremely charitable... it's more like a 30 minutes of terror, Terror and more TERROR!
Voice of America has a reporter at the White House? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Voice of America a US GOVERNMENT AGENCY? She DID ask a decent question about all the great smack coming out of Afghanistan. Karzai is explaining how profitable it is for farmers to grow. That's a bit like someone explaining they use the phone because they need or want to talk to people who aren't in the immediate vicinity and left me wondering why reporters aren't a little more snarky with their subjects. Can you imagine me with a press pass? Of course, not... not only am I a mediocre writer (though, admittedly, better than Dick) but I'm also not a male prostitute. Prostitute's are paid for their services.
So Bush gets the question about Clinton's statement that he was asleep at the wheel regarding Bin Laden during his first nine months in office. Prior to this, the President was combative, peevish and condescending. However, as soon as this question rolled out of "Jennifer's" mouth, it's all about 'not assigning blame', 'letting history decide' and 'look at these keys'. The answer to the question is No, he didn't have meetings and did, in fact, ignore terrorism until September 11, 2001. Some would argue that he's ignoring terrorism again today with his stupid ass invasion of Iraq. However, there was not direct answer to the question and NO ONE FOLLOWED UP ON IT.
Basically, the President can be summarized as follows... yada, yada, yada, fight them over there, they attacked us, yada, yada, yada. In other words, the SAME HORSESHIT HE'S BEEN SHOVELING FOR A FUCKING YEAR.
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Dumb Ass Headlines
From the "Poop smells like shit and tastes like it too" department of research and writing comes this STUNNING headline from today's Daily Texan.
Gubernatorial candidates securing endorsements: Anti-abortion group backs Perry, AFL-CIO supports Democrat Bell
OH MY GOD NO FUCKING WAY!!!!!
Next thing you know they'll be shocking us with tales of Republicans supporting tax cuts and Democrats helping the poor.
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September 25, 2006
Malkin makes Coulter look sane
It's been a while since we last visited the retarded world of Shelly where right is right and left is treason. Let's just say we've had better things to do like focus on the Texas Governor's race, start a new job and develop an affinity for another brand of scotch.
It's damn rough being me. Thank God for the Rude Pundit. The Mayor sent me this link last night because he knows how much I like it when someone else writes about the particular brand of brutal idiocy that's uniquely Shelly.
Oh, fuck, at this point, can anyone point to a reason why the cruelly snarling Malkin shouldn't be interned without charge or trial for the duration of, well, hell, let's just say for the duration? 'Cause lately, the vicious she-beast (who lives by the dictum: "If you think Ann Coulter is crazy, watch me eat my own poo") has been practicing cuntistry at such a fevered level that it's like watching humping wolverines.
Oh yeah, it gets better...
9/20/2006
Why Michelle Malkin Ought To Be Caged Like a Rabid Shih-Tzu, Part 782:
Oh, fuck, at this point, can anyone point to a reason why the cruelly snarling Malkin shouldn't be interned without charge or trial for the duration of, well, hell, let's just say for the duration? 'Cause lately, the vicious she-beast (who lives by the dictum: "If you think Ann Coulter is crazy, watch me eat my own poo") has been practicing cuntistry at such a fevered level that it's like watching humping wolverines.
As Glenn Greenwald points out, ideological consistency is as important to Malkin as a long-term mate is to a black widow spider. While Malkin has essentially said that anything the Bush administration does to torture, maim, or deprive of rights anyone merely tangentially suspected of having passed by an Islamic radical in the street is a-o-fuckin'-kay, she's got her vinyl thong in a crotch twist over the death sentence of three Catholics in Indonesia convicted, at a trial, no less, of having masterminded a massacre of 200 Muslims. See, apparently some of the evidence was "rejected by the court" and some witnesses weren't allowed to testify. So the condemned are appealing to the International Criminal Court.
And one day later, as in today, Malkin's linking to nutzoid right wingers who think that anything approaching rights for terrorism suspects is capitulation to the point that we may as well be growing our beards and blowing up our Christian idols now. For instance, here's one of Malkin's links, the National Review's Andrew "Not the St. Elmo's Fire Guy" McCarthy in USA Today on the case of Maher Arar, the innocent Canadian arrested by the U.S. and renditioned to Syria for torture. Malkin calls Arar "the new liberal cause celebre." McCarthy opines of the Arar error, "[W]ith the lives of 300 million Americans at stake, the United States cannot make national security policy based on individual anecdotes about government roguishness."
One imagines that while Arar was being held for ten months in a cell the size of a casket in a dungeon in Syria, only taken out for torture sessions, he must have been thinking, "Man, all these electrodes on my nuts, regular beatings, and things shoved up my ass really suck for me, but, hey, if it protects 300 million Americans, I'm willing to take one for the team." Yeah, those anecdotes, it's too bad they have to be made of flesh sometimes.
Malkin also agrees with the detention of AP photographer Bilal Hussein. Hussein, whose photos of the real violence occurring in Iraq made him a target for right wing blogs, has been held without charges for five months now by the American military, who suspect him of collaborating with insurgents or "terrorists." AP and Reporters Without Borders have asked that he be charged or, you know, set the man free. Malkin will have none of that kind of pussy-ass assertion of rights for a fucker like Hussein. Screeches the she-beast, "Well before I reported on Hussein's capture, military bloggers and media watchdog bloggers had raised persistent questions over the past two years about Hussein's relationship with terrorists in Iraq and whether his photos were staged in collusion with our enemies."
Malkin is blaming AP for suppressing the story. She and her flying monkey bloggers have already convicted Hussein. Unlike the three tried and sentenced Catholics in Indonesia, who were no doubt victims of an unfair process, no trial is needed when the religion of the person is the wrong one.
// posted by Rude One @ 12:22 PM
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What a DICK...
Oh, we've no love for Sal Costello. Sometimes we've been on the same side but more often that not we've been on opposing teams. It really doesn't suprise us that he's trashing Bell, mostly because he'll trash anyone. It also doesn't suprise us that he's supporting OSB for governor. Why? Well, because he likes to lose.
Keep your chin up, Team Bell. The guy's a mook. Instead of supporting candidates who have a chance to win and will actually kill toll roads in Texas (you know, like Hank and Chris), he's supporting OSB. That makes him a bad choice for those opposed to tolls.
This Bell video is honestly one of the best I've seen this year. THIS is the Chris Bell that millions of Texans need to see. There's still time to change those ads, and this is the way to do it... LET CHRIS BE CHRIS.
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Texans... what real leaders look like
Hank Gilbert, Barbara Radnofsky and Congressman Al Green.
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Greetings from Minnesota...
Many of you (read:one) have written to wish me well while traveling. Thanks for that. I am currently in an interesting place called MINN-E-SO-TA. Yeah, that's what I said upon arriving after a not altogether tedious, but rather slightly annoying flight. What made it annoying? Onion Boy in front of me. Yep, BO continues to haunt my travels. I do have to say I like my new employer so far... the HR person who called to confirm my flight actually asked which airline I'd like to fly and the time I'd like to leave. Rock!
I've seen Minnesota portrayed in movies and much like movies about Texas can say they are pretty much spot on. People DO talk the way you'd think and on the whole are very friendly. And fat. At least from what I've seen so far. There's also some gigantic maul nearby which I'm told we'll be visiting before I leave manana.
So, enjoy your day in nice, warm and comfortable Texas while I am in a place where September is colder than it should be and feels more like late October in Texas. Lighting cigarettes with matches thanks to the diligent work of the fine people of TSA at Austin-Bergstrom.
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September 24, 2006
Oh----THAT'S why the hell not!
I am impressed. The anti-Friedman offensive launched by our friends over at Burnt Orange Report may be the first intellegent move made by the Texas Democrats in this sorry election year. This puts an end to the free ride Kinky's been getting from the media, which has been by far his greatest asset. He's no longer the "wisecracking, unconventional candidate", he's now the "candidate who has repeatedly come under fire for his racially insensitive remarks". If that isn't changing the dynamic of the race, I don't know what is.
Of course, being Democrats, we're now arguing amongst ourselves. Some say that Friedman is being Swiftboated; others are fretting that this may yet backfire on us.
Is Kinky a racist? It's hard to know what's really in a man's heart, the best we can do is judge him by his words and actions. And if someone makes a career of telling racist jokes for twenty or thirty years and then, when someone calls him on it, instead of apologising denounces his critics as "cockroaches"... he might just be a racist.
Could this backfire? I think anything you do in politics can potentially backfire if your opponent has the skills to deal with your gambit. But Kinky doesn't have Karl Rove, all he has is Kinky Friedman. So he responds with a couple of more jokes, says it was probably something he said when he was drunk or high (another smart move, Kinkster!) and calls anyone who brings up his past a cockroach. Are we going to change the minds of his hardcore supporters? No, nothing will. They are beyond reasoning with. But this can change the minds of Dems who've been thinking that Kinky is funny. Sure he's funny. But that doesn't mean he should be governor. In fact, everything he does shows how unqualified he is.
We've been waiting all year for him to self destruct, and it hasn't happened. Thank goodness someone on our side has finally pushed the red button.
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More Texas Governor's race bullshit
The NYT has a write up on the governor's race. It's a pretty decent story but I gleaned a couple of quotes that are entertaining as hell.
“We can’t pay you enough, but we try,” Mr. Perry told Monica Ferguson, a fourth-grade teacher at Oleson Elementary school in north Houston last week.
Can you fucking believe that? He apologized so lamely? I wish I could write that Ferguson then beat the hell out of his lying, excuse-making ass. But she didn't. My mistake was in thinking that part of being a fucking leader is that you should FIND THE SOLUTIONS AND PAY PEOPLE WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. There isn't a soul in this state who thinks teachers aren't worth more. The vast majority would even pay higher taxes to get better schools. However, our governor makes a fucking excuse because he's too much of a goddamn coward to stand up to non-Texans like Grover Norquist and fund the fucking schools.
You are a gutless eunuch, Mr. Perry. I feel bad for your kids having such a spineless, grasping embarrassment for a father.
Then there is this from the useless moron and obligatory libertarian (oh, me too!) Weiner.
“This will be won by anyone getting 38 to 40 percent of the vote,” Dr. Jillson said. With even 2 percent of the vote, Mr. Werner could pull enough from another candidate to make a difference, becoming the Ralph Nader of Texas, 2006.“I would be pleased if I could cost any of my opponents the election,” Mr. Werner said.
So you're not running FOR anything, you're just running to be a spoiler, the ultimate dick. I hope you set yourself on fire, Mr. Weiner. People like Weiner are the most asinine members of society; too stupid and ineffectual to actually accomplish anything other than getting in someone else's way.
I'm going to do everything I can for Bell. I'm tired of having an embarrassment for a governor. Say what you will about Chris (and we've said a lot) at the end of the day he's honest and geniune two things that can't be said of Matzo, OSB, Weiner or The Miserable Failure.
Yep, I'm a Bellian. Though it would be easy to say I'm voting against the other four clowns, its far more accurate to say I'm voting FOR Bell. Out the current lineup, he's the only one with a chance of winning who will actually do a good job.
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September 23, 2006
Ted Turner : Invading Iraq was dumb
I can't really say I've always admired Ted Turner... I always thought he was kind of a geek. However, I find more and more that I agree with what he says.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq has caused "incalculable damage" that will take 20 years to overcome "if we just act reasonably intelligently.""It will go down in history, it is already being seen in history, as one of the dumbest moves that was ever made by anybody. A couple of others that come to mind were the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the German invasion of Russia," Turner told the forum.
I'm posting the full text in the supersize
Published on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 by Reuters
Ted Turner Says Iraq War among History's "Dumbest"
by Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK - The U.S. invasion of Iraq was among the "dumbest moves of all time" that ranks with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the German invasion of Russia, billionaire philanthropist Ted Turner said on Tuesday.
The founder of CNN and unabashed internationalist also defended the right of Iran to have nuclear weapons and the effectiveness of the United Nations and, in a jocular mood, advocated banning men from elective office worldwide in a Reuters Newsmaker appearance.
Alternately combative and humorous, Turner spoke nine years after his pledge to donate $1 billion to the United Nations over 10 years and on the same day President Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly a mile away.
The U.S. invasion of Iraq has caused "incalculable damage" that will take 20 years to overcome "if we just act reasonably intelligently."
"It will go down in history, it is already being seen in history, as one of the dumbest moves that was ever made by anybody. A couple of others that come to mind were the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the German invasion of Russia," Turner told the forum.
"It literally broke my heart. You don't start wars just because you don't like somebody. ... I wouldn't even start a war with Rupert Murdoch," Turner said, referring to his onetime cable network rival.
Often contrarian, Turner called it a "joke" that Bush demanded that Iran abandon any ambitions for nuclear weapons while at the same time hoping to ban all such bombs.
"They're a sovereign state," Turner said of Iran. "We have 28,000. Why can't they have 10? We don't say anything about Israel -- they've got 100 of them approximately -- or India or Pakistan or Russia. And really, nobody should have them.
"They aren't usable by any sane person."
POWER TO THE WOMEN
One way to reduce such dangers in the world would be to leave women in charge, said the former husband of Jane Fonda.
"Men should be barred from public office for 100 years in every part of the world. ... It would be a much kinder, gentler, more intelligently run world. The men have had millions of years where we've been running things. We've screwed it up hopelessly. Let's give it to the women."
In the meantime, the United Nations represents the best hope, Turner said.
While the world body is ridiculed as ineffective and irrelevant by its harshest critics and often criticized by its strongest advocates, Turner offered what was then one-third of his net worth to the world body nine years ago.
"I am absolutely certain we would not have made it through the Cold War without the U.N.," Turner said. "When Khrushchev at the U.N. took his shoe off and hit podium he was so mad, but he had a place to let off steam. If the U.N. hadn't been there, that would have been war right then."
When a questioner from the audience challenged Turner on the United Nations's value, Turner shot back.
"The war between Lebanon and Israel and Hizbollah would still be going on if it hadn't been for the U.N., and that's only in the last two weeks, Bubba."
© Reuters 2006
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September 22, 2006
Things to do this weekend...
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Matzo, would you like some cheese with your whine?
Listening to the blow back from the Dick campaign is just irritating as hell. I know Stromberg is just doing her job, but don't talk about another candidate being in diapers. We all know that Chris Bell is younger and more vital than your decrepit wreck of a candidate, Laura, but you really shouldn't point that out so aggressively.
Molly Ivins once said (and I'm paraphrasing so don't get angry if it's not perfect, " Texas politics have never been an ice cream social". Truer words have never been spoken. Sure, for the last few cycles Democrats have acted like a bunch of candy asses. Not so much anymore and EVERYONE better get good and goddamn ready, even a certain terrible comedian who lamely defends his excremental 'performance art'. I've seen old drunks throwing up on the street that are more entertaining that Dick. No, I'm not talking about Leslie.
"It was an equal opportunity offender. To pull out one joke is not fair because there was homophobic stuff, there was sexist stuff. There were Jewish jokes and there were Hispanic jokes," said Friedman, who is Jewish.
That's not an excuse... Dick, bad comedy is bad comedy and comparing yourself to Richard Pryor or Lenny Bruce is just whack. Your comment was nasty, insensitive, hurtful and you did it for no other reason than shock value. It's schtick, nothing more and what's worse is that it wasn't even funny. The only way you could get laughs was by working racist 'satire' that really wasn't all that satirical. Hang it the fuck up, hermano. I know funny and you ain't it.
As for being a Governor of the second largest state in the country? Oh.God.No.
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This is the part when vomit comes out of my mouth...
Perry's ads suck cock, but they are pretty good at agitating the hell out of people who are already pissed off and in no damn mood to hear a bunch of bullshit excuses and lies from a miserable failure like Rick Perry.
OSB's ads are probably the biggest dissapointment. Message to Brad: Find the people that did those ads after the election. Then kill them.
Dick (or Matzo as I've taken to calling him) has those feel good 'Of Mice and Men' ads with all the damn animals. I felt like at some point he was gonna ask if it was OK to pet the bunny.
THEN THERE'S GODDAMN BELL.
Everyone else has dropped themselves in the grease with their television, but Team Bell doesn't learn from their mistakes. Come ON! These ads suck ass. Chris, you CAN be funny and wonky at the same time. Ever heard of self-deprecation? Even showing some personality would have been nice.
The thing that pisses me off is that if Bell wins, awful media like this is going to get a lot of the credit.
I'm going to drink my way into a coma now.
I will say this one is better... but it's still so ordinary.
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Matzo's not a racist...
He's just a talentless fucktard. Here's the quote that has everyone up in arms...
Then I come down to Houston, I went to a bowling alley. I couldn't go bowling, there were no bowling balls. The people here throw 'em all in the sea, thought they were nigger eggs…thought they were nigger eggs.
Offensive? Absolutely. Does it mean he's a racist? Not really. Funny? Only if your brainstem doesn't connect, you know, TO YOUR BRAIN.
We've said it before and we'll say it again... the guy is a talentless buffoon. Any comedian who has to work bad racist jokes is just a loser.
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September 21, 2006
Oceans rising faster? Oh, say it ain't so...
Apparently, when you heat water it expands. Who knew? Also, when ice gets warm, it melts which was a real shock to me. Seriously, most of the time my glass is empty before the ice has a chance to really melt.
The present prediction of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, from its third assessment report in 2001, is that global sea levels will rise by between 9cm and 88cm by 2100, depending on a number of factors including how far emissions are controlled, with a best guess of about 50cm over the century.
Previous projections weren't near that because scientists using data developed in 2001 did not anticipate how fast warming would accelerate, thus raising ocean levels (threatening London and Bangledesh...oh, and New Orleans) through heat expansion and... ice melting.
Last week, two American studies showed that the melting of the winter sea ice in the Arctic had accelerated enormously in the past two years, with a section the size of Turkey disappearing in just 12 months.
At this point I'd like to take a moment to remember Myron, who now looks like the dumbass of the universe. Myron said that sea ice wasn't melting! Myron was wrong because Myron's a paid shill and a remarkably stupid person.
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What a drag it is getting old
Scientists have long predicted that the living creatures left after a nuclear holocaust will be cockroaches and Keith Richards. Recently the rock legend revealed he had stopped using drugs... because you just can't get the good stuff anymore.
The Rolling Stones guitarist complained dealers and chemists have reduced the power of his favourite narcotics.
And he doesn’t like modern drugs like ecstasy because they “mess with the brain”. Former heroin addict Keith, 62, moaned: “I really think the quality’s gone down.
“All they do is try and take the high out of everything.
“I don’t like the way they’re working on the brain area instead of just through the blood system."
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September 20, 2006
Mainstream media notices: Kinky is a dumb, racist cracker
Sez the AP
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gubernatorial candidate and professional wiseacre Kinky Friedman was accused Wednesday of making another racially offensive remark _ this time in a year-old interview in which he said sexual predators should be thrown in prison and forced to "listen to a Negro talking to himself."
The independent candidate already was under fire for referring to Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Texas "crackheads and thugs." Some black politicians from Houston took that remark as a slap at black victims of the storm.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Houston Chronicle have reported on an interview with Friedman that aired on CNBC last year in which the country singer and comedian was asked what to do with sexual predators.
"Throw them in prison and throw away the key and make them listen to a Negro talking to himself," Friedman said. He also called "Negro" a "charming word."
Wait! This is déjà vu all over again! I just know I've read this story before... back in March on BOR. Well, it's still a good thing when readers of the print media finally hear about stories that have been floating around the blogosphere for months. Don't fret, Washington Post: we'll always have Watergate.
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Energy Update : Problems with Cuba, GM Cassava
The DOE-JGI itself acknowledges that cassava is an excellent energy source which "is grown worldwide as a source of food for approximately one billion people, raising the possibility that it could be used globally to alleviate dependence on fossil fuels."According to the South African-based African Centre for Biosafety, these admissions mark a "dramatic about-turn from previous commitments to address hunger and the nutritional needs of people in developing countries."
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Burka:Strayhorn is dead in the water
OK, so now that MOTO is saying it can we all agree? As for you folks out there who are voting for Dick, let's talk. Seriously, because I think some of you believe Kinky stands for something other than politics as usual. Problem is, he's really just the last in a long line of gimmick candidates going way back in Texas politics. They've all sucked ass.
The recent poll shows one thing clearly... Perry will be re-elected is nothing changes. The Bellraisers will blame the Dicky-ites. The Dicky-ites will blame the Bellraisers. The end result will be the same, a worthless, piece of shit governor will have been re-elected.
So, it's time to get down to brass tacks. I like Bell. Yeah, I think he's cheesey as all get out. However, I think when it comes down to it, he's the best candidate for the job. He's smart, articulate, and has some great ideas about education, business development and infrastructure improvement.
I think Dick is a joke. What will he do, if elected, to see that infrastructure in this state is renovated and expanded, maintaining the freeway system that has helped Texas grow into the economic power it is today? Was he serious about that 'five general's plan'? You see, I have real problems with what Dick wants to do. I do NOT want the Ten Commandments in public places. I do not want prayer in schools. That's NOT the damn problem with the schools and anyone who thinks it is should TALK to educators before listening to ANY of the candidates.
Not to mention that I think Dick's gross.
So, let's talk about this... I want to know why you're supporting him other than 'novelty'. Help me to understand... if not, maybe I can persuade you to vote for Bell. One way or the other, we have to start talking.
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Oops... my bad!
Recently I posted something about Suze Orman and used the wrong picture. The picture was of an Australian Dingo, not Suze Orman. I apologize for the mistake.
But I'm not changing it. I think the picture I used was appropriate.
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Budding alcholism or a brilliant path to more money?
We've not posted a reader guide in a long time, mostly because we've been drinking a lot lately. Why? Because we recently developed a theory that more drinking=more money. Lo and behold, research by some, I don't know, scientists or something, shows us to be right.
Oh, by we I mean me and by us... it's me again as well. It's creative license bolstered by an assload of yummy scotch.
Two economists argue in a study to be released today that social drinkers tend to have more charisma, a fatter Rolodex and more friends than those who abstain or drink alone. That garrulousness, they say, translates into higher income — 10% more for men and 14% more for women.
So, how many 'social' drinks does it translate into? Apparently, 35 per week. More than that and the pay increase disappears, mostly because it's offset by the inevitable trip to The Betty.
So, here's the McBlogger Guide to a Better Career
35 drinks per week. No, you probably can't handle it but you can work up to it. It's 5 drinks a night, every night. Why not start now?
Oh, and develop a taste for scotch. That's the real secret.
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September 19, 2006
It's a 12 point race
Survey USA has a new poll out showing Perry at 35%, Bell and Dick at 23% and OSB at 15%. We need half of Dick's support to take out Perry...
No information on the crosstabs, but there was a limited supporter breakdown...
Perry is backed by 56 percent of Republicans, 57 percent of those identifying themselves as conservatives, and 42 percent of voters over age 65. Friedman's support is strongest among independents, men and young voters. Bell is supported by 55 percent of black voters and 55 percent of Democrats. Strayhorn's support is concentrated among women, voters over age 50 and moderates.
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Dregs : Amaranth and TRS?, Coal isn't dirty, damnit!, John Davis ethically challenged
CapAnnex also has a post up about some retard newspaper beating up on Laura Miller and Bill White for fighting against these new pollution generators.
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Thus spoke The Idiot and more!
The President addressed the UN. Here's a snapshot of the audience
Look like some engaged people, no? Seriously, I saw people LAUGHING at him around the time he once again said 'NUKULAR'. Basically, he said
"My country desires peace," Bush told world leaders in the cavernous main hall at the U.N. "Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror. We respect Islam."
Damn! So I guess he IS looking at the polling data which means we'll be leaving Iraq soon, no?
Addressing Iraqis specifically, Bush said, "We will not abandon you in your struggle to build a free nation."
Damn. Guess he's decided to ignore the polling. Huh. Talk about mixed messages.
He then went on to talk about Iran's nuclear program. And Sudan. Honeslty, I'm not sure what the rambling thing was about. However, that doesn't mean that the ambassadors weren't listening...
He was wrong, but still forged ahead with war against Iraq without the support of many other nations. And he is still trying to rebuild credibility with the body, experts say."The sense outside of the U.S. is that the United States is responsible for many of the failures in Iraq, first by going in mostly alone and then by incompetent administration," said Jon Alterman, a Mideast expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"The problem with the way he's talked about democracy in the Middle East is not that people see it as undesirable," Alterman said, "it's that people see it as naive. He needs to persuade cynical people that not only is he sincere, but it's achievable, and here's what they need to do to make it so."
No worries, folks... we think he's an unrealistic nut as well.
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Suze Orman offers "Don't get divorced quite yet!"
Just when you think you've got it all figured out, along comes Suze Orman to kick you in the gut and remind you that, you know, she's like a genius compared to your retard ass.
On today's obligatory CNBC pre-commercial blurb, Suze decided to talk about social security... as many of you are no doubt aware, you have to be married to someone for 10 years or more to qualify to receive half their benefits upon their death and provided you are, of course, still alive. Suze mentions this by way of pointing out that "some of you..." (I presume she's talking to viewers who aren't myself since I can't get married) "...are with someone you're thinking of divorcing. If you're close to that 10 year mark, you might want to wait".
Practical relationship advice from Suze Orman? Oh, yeah... she's just full of suprises (and I hear, much like a pinata, with delicious candy as well)!
Seriously, is it just me or is this a little cold blooded?
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Sometimes when Grimace is feeling fat, Travis County is the place to be
Travis County rules for fat people. Maybe.
From the Houston Chronicle:
Grimace is fat. But morbidly obese? Shit, better start eating some more Double Quarter Pounders.AUSTIN — Travis County is considering a pilot program to offer weight-loss surgery to its employees after a review suggested the move could save money in the long run. County commissioners may decide today whether to pay for up to 15 bariatric surgeries per year during a five-year trial. The surgeries, which involve reducing the size of the stomach or rerouting the intestines, would each cost about $15,000 to $25,000, the county said. "Unfortunately, the program is obviously very needed," County Judge Sam Biscoe said. "We do have more than our fair share of employees who qualify."
To qualify, county employees would have to be diagnosed with morbid obesity and go through one year of monitored unsuccessful dieting and exercise. The county estimates that 300 to 400 of its 4,100 employees would be eligible for the surgery.
That shit looks hot like hades.
