I can't decide if the GOP's Norm Coleman is the foil to the Democrat's Rod Blagojevich. Do they cancel each other out in terms of douchebaggery? Are they both equally huge drags on their respective parties? Tough questions to answer.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
When stupid meets smart
Here's a great example of why stupid people should keep their mouths shut unless they are asking questions with the intention of learning. But like most stupid people, instead of knowing that he is stupid, Joe Scarborough gets on his soapbox and professes his ignorance ever more loudly, all the while attempting - and failing - to demonstrate that Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski doesn't know what he's talking about with regards to the Middle East Peace Agreements, even though Dr. Brzezinski knows volumes about Middle East negotiations, given that he brokered the Camp David Accords.
Money quote: "You have a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on [with the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations], that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you."
Money quote: "You have a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on [with the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations], that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you."
The Sky in Motion
This site - The Sky in Motion - has a collection of some of the most stunning videos created by assembling thousands of high resolution time lapse photographs. (Click on "Playlist" on the left for the whole collection.)
Just amazing! What I wouldn't give to be able to see the world like this with my own eyes.
Just amazing! What I wouldn't give to be able to see the world like this with my own eyes.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Clean Nukes?
Strange (or is it?) that the Corporate-Run Media isn't picking up on the story of Thorium, a safer nuclear fuel.
The short story of Thorium is that it was explored along side Uranium as a fuel for nuclear bombs, but wasn't as efficient for making weapons-grade Plutonium. But proponents of Thorium back in the Cold War days were focused more on energy, but the rest of the world was focused on bombs. So Thorium got deep-sixed. But there are tons of this stuff in cold storage, and some smart scientists are making the case to bring this stuff back out and use it for safe nuclear energy.
If you have an hour to spare, watch this video from Google Tech Talks.
The short story of Thorium is that it was explored along side Uranium as a fuel for nuclear bombs, but wasn't as efficient for making weapons-grade Plutonium. But proponents of Thorium back in the Cold War days were focused more on energy, but the rest of the world was focused on bombs. So Thorium got deep-sixed. But there are tons of this stuff in cold storage, and some smart scientists are making the case to bring this stuff back out and use it for safe nuclear energy.
Enter Thorium. Half a century ago, a different kind of nuclear reactor was invented, one that burns Thorium - an inexhaustible supply of fuel, and much cheaper than the enriched-uranium fuel used by current reactors. It can even use the nuclear waste from other reactors as fuel! The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor, or LFTR for short, operates at low pressures, so it could never explode like the reactor at Chernobyl, and its liquid-fuel design makes it physical impossible to overheat, like the reactor at Three Mile Island.
If you have an hour to spare, watch this video from Google Tech Talks.
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Could not have said it better
It's no secret that I think David Gregory, the replacement for Tim Russert on MTP, is a complete tool. However, I haven't had the time, nor the inclination, to waste on explaining just why. But thanks to the inimitable Glenn Greenwald, I don't have to. Glenn sums up quite well exactly why Gregory is ridiculous and pathetic.
Thanks, Glenn.
Several months before he was named as moderator of Meet the Press, David Gregory went on MSNBC
to categorically reject Scott McClellan's accusations that the American
media failed to scrutinize the Bush administration's pre-war
claims. Gregory vigorously praised the job which he and his "journalistic" colleagues did in the run-up to the Iraq War -- the period which Salon's Gary Kamiya called
"one of the greatest collapses in the history of the American media."
Proclaimed Gregory, with a straight face: "Questions were asked. I
think we pushed. I think we prodded. I think we challenged
the President. Not only those of us in the White House Press Corps did
that, but others in the media landscape did that." Most revealingly of
all, Gregory said:Indeed.
I think there are a lot of
critics who think that . . . . if we did not stand up and say this is
bogus, and you're a liar, and why are you doing this, that we didn't do
our job. I respectfully disagree. It's not our role.
Perish the thought that a reporter should point out when government
officials are making "bogus" claims and are lying a country into a war.
Thanks, Glenn.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Star Farming
While it has seemed an impossible goal for nearly 100 years, scientists now
believe that they are on brink of cracking one of the biggest problems in
physics by harnessing the power of nuclear fusion, the reaction that burns
at the heart of the sun.
In the spring, a team will begin attempts to ignite a tiny man-made star
inside a laboratory and trigger a thermonuclear reaction.
Its goal is to generate temperatures of more than 100 million degrees Celsius
and pressures billions of times higher than those found anywhere else on
earth, from a speck of fuel little bigger than a pinhead. If successful, the
experiment will mark the first step towards building a practical nuclear
fusion power station and a source of almost limitless energy.
Whoa.
Pale Blue Dot
"That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar", every "supreme leader", every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there - on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
-Carl Sagan
Be humbled.
Plagiarized Messiah
All those Bomb-bomb-bomb Iran, Bible-thumpin' neo-cons might be a bit disappointed to learn that those Persians had their own Jesus 600 years earlier. You could almost say that the Christians plagiarized the Persians, and took all of the stories of Mithras and applied them to Jesus.
The Christian Father Manes, founder of the heretical sect known as Manicheans, believed that Christ and Mithra were one. His teaching, according to Mosheim, was as follows: "Christ is that glorious intelligence which the Persians called Mithras ... His residence is in the sun" (Ecclesiastical History, 3rd century, Part 2, ch. 5).
Friday, December 26, 2008
Goodybe Shelfari, Hello Good Reads!
It seems that Shelfari has a bias towards Mormons and against Atheists.
In a discussion between atheists in a book group (a group named
Atheists on Shelfari), some Mormons asserted themselves into the
conversation, then apparently had their feelings hurt because their
arguments couldn't stand up to logic and reason. So they whined to
Shelfari (Amazon.com), which resulted in some members of my group
being banned.
If a person of religious faith enters into a discussion between
non-believers, then obviously that religious person is looking for a
fight. But to then go whine and complain to the host that someone from
that group hurt your feelings, is absolutely pathetic. Shelfari has
completely overreacted, especially in choosing sides in this dispute.
Fairness would dictate that if any member was to be banned, it would be
all of the members in the discussion. But banning members from
exercising their rights to free speech because the feelings of another
group were hurt is morally shameful. Indeed, that a site based on the
open exchange of ideas and readers' opinions about the books they read,
and the subject matter contained within these books would suppress the
free speech of its members is astonishing. The irony is breathtaking.
Time to leave Bezos to twiddle his Kindle. I want nothing to do with any service or organization that engages in censorship.
Hello GoodReads.com
Follow up:
Making the switch was incredibly easy. I just exported my library from Shelfari as a .xsl file, then imported it into my GoodReads.com library. It even captured my ratings and other notes I had written.
In a discussion between atheists in a book group (a group named
Atheists on Shelfari), some Mormons asserted themselves into the
conversation, then apparently had their feelings hurt because their
arguments couldn't stand up to logic and reason. So they whined to
Shelfari (Amazon.com), which resulted in some members of my group
being banned.
If a person of religious faith enters into a discussion between
non-believers, then obviously that religious person is looking for a
fight. But to then go whine and complain to the host that someone from
that group hurt your feelings, is absolutely pathetic. Shelfari has
completely overreacted, especially in choosing sides in this dispute.
Fairness would dictate that if any member was to be banned, it would be
all of the members in the discussion. But banning members from
exercising their rights to free speech because the feelings of another
group were hurt is morally shameful. Indeed, that a site based on the
open exchange of ideas and readers' opinions about the books they read,
and the subject matter contained within these books would suppress the
free speech of its members is astonishing. The irony is breathtaking.
Time to leave Bezos to twiddle his Kindle. I want nothing to do with any service or organization that engages in censorship.
Hello GoodReads.com
Follow up:
Making the switch was incredibly easy. I just exported my library from Shelfari as a .xsl file, then imported it into my GoodReads.com library. It even captured my ratings and other notes I had written.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Quote of the Day
"The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al
Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a
propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an
identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the
TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war
against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US."
Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook
Jerry Brown is a hero!
He's fighting the Good Fight!
(I voted for Jerry Brown against Bill Clinton, and I wonder where this country might be if he had won.)
(I voted for Jerry Brown against Bill Clinton, and I wonder where this country might be if he had won.)
Animal Farm Friday - Super Holiday Bonus: Wet Pussy!
Another one that just couldn't wait. It's way cool, and I couldn't resist the double entendre.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
We are NOT all Georgians!
Though it would be hard to tell that it was Georgians - and not Americans - who got their asses kicked by the Russians in South Ossetia by all the U.S. military equipment, machines, uniforms, and supplies left behind.
Konashenko pulls a green compass out of his shirt pocket and opens it. It’s a U.S. military model. “This is a little trophy — a gift from one of my soldiers,” he says. “Everything that the Georgians left behind, I mean everything, was American. All the guns, grenades, uniforms, boots, food rations — they just left it all. Our boys stuffed themselves on the food,” he adds slyly. “It was tasty.” The booty, according to Konashenko, also included 65 intact tanks outfitted with the latest NATO and American (as well as Israeli) technology.
Another reason why I hate the Third Way
Creepy posts like this one where the acting-CEO of Center for American Progress more or less attacks one of her employees, none other than the awesome Matt Yglesias, and did so on his blog. The impression I get is that some cry-baby Third Way idiots strong-armed her into it, but it's about the least professional thing she could have done.
Death to Third Way!
Death to Third Way!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Animal Farm Friday - Cute Overload
I'm looking forward to a snowy weekend, and to someday getting a Wheaten Terrier, so here's a little of both! The Wheaten Snowplow! (Thanks, Kitten!)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Monday, December 15, 2008
And there is no statute of limitations for war crimes.
The Senate's bipartisan report,
issued with no dissents, reiterates and adds factual context to what we
already know. And there is no equivocation in the report.The person who authorized all the abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib,
the man who gave the green light to the abuses in that prison, is the
president of the United States, George W. Bush.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday Funny - Too bad he missed!
George W. Bush is an impotent dog! He ruined this country, and he ruined Iraq. At least this one Iraqi had the courage to make a strong statement about it!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Glenn Greenwald and Rachel Maddow talk Gitmo
I knew Glenn had been interviewed by Rachel many times on Air America, but I was surprised to have not seen him on her new show on MSNBC. Alas, here he is, and the talk is good! They are two of the most thoughtful, honest, and substantive journalists/commentators out there. It's refreshing to see this level of discourse on American TV in prime time.
Glenn also sat with my journalist hero Bill Moyers Friday night. I have DVR'd the show but haven't watched it yet. You can see it and read more on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.
Glenn also sat with my journalist hero Bill Moyers Friday night. I have DVR'd the show but haven't watched it yet. You can see it and read more on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.
Glenn Greenwald and Rachel Maddow talk Gitmo
I knew Glenn had been interviewed by Rachel many times on Air America, but I was surprised to have not seen him on her new show on MSNBC. Alas, here he is, and the talk is good! They are two of the most thoughtful, honest, and substantive journalists/commentators out there. It's refreshing to see this level of discourse on American TV in prime time.
Glenn also sat with my journalist hero Bill Moyers Friday night. I have DVR'd the show but haven't watched it yet. You can see it and read more on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.
Glenn also sat with my journalist hero Bill Moyers Friday night. I have DVR'd the show but haven't watched it yet. You can see it and read more on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.
Glenn Greenwald and Rachel Maddow talk Gitmo
I knew Glenn had been interviewed by Rachel many times on Air America, but I was surprised to have not seen him on her new show on MSNBC. Alas, here he is, and the talk is good! They are two of the most thoughtful, honest, and substantive journalists/commentators out there. It's refreshing to see this level of discourse on American TV in prime time.
Glenn also sat with my journalist hero Bill Moyers Friday night. I have DVR'd the show but haven't watched it yet. You can see it and read more on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.
Glenn also sat with my journalist hero Bill Moyers Friday night. I have DVR'd the show but haven't watched it yet. You can see it and read more on Glenn Greenwald's blog on Salon.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Animal Farm Friday - On Wednesday
'cuz this can't wait for Friday.
As the economy goes down the toilet... a-hem.
As the economy goes down the toilet... a-hem.
Monday, December 8, 2008
MTP Epic Fail?
Or just what we need? David Gregory as the choice to host Meet the Press means I won't be watching the show anymore because I can't stand that guy (apparently, nor do a lot of others). But maybe his vapidity will accelerate the demise of the network talking heads.
Friday, December 5, 2008
The Goog v MS
I wouldn't have been able to articulate the Google advantage over Microsoft in this way. Indeed, it is a bit of an a-ha, although I had a bit of a sense of it. What I can articulate is this: Google makes my life easier; Microsoft makes my life more difficult.
Perhaps it's generational, but Google products seem to work with the way I naturally expect them to. In the rare instance that this doesn't happen, the learning curve is usually slight. MS, on the other hand, is a massive pain. It's like they don't want you to use their products. There are obstacles thrown at you at almost every step, until you a forced to conform to the confusing user-interaction standards they have designed. Google's designs are smarter, if not just as visually unappealing (hey, neither is Apple). Their UIs are deftly layered. Rather than shove every option available in your face at once, Google gives you what you need to do the basic job the app is designed for. You want more features? They're right there. You just have to expose them.
I could go on, but suffice it to say that I think Google's asymmetrical approach to problem solving and business solutions will soon propel them to the top, leaving MS struggling to keep up. The ability to anticipate what people need, and then be able to make it easy to use, and quickly modify and adapt those products based on user demand is absolutely essential. Too bad MS is still struggling to figure this out. They continue to develop the next "[random cool product] killer" instead of creating the products that every competitor wants to kill. Meanwhile, the only killer products they develop are products their customers want killed.
Perhaps it's generational, but Google products seem to work with the way I naturally expect them to. In the rare instance that this doesn't happen, the learning curve is usually slight. MS, on the other hand, is a massive pain. It's like they don't want you to use their products. There are obstacles thrown at you at almost every step, until you a forced to conform to the confusing user-interaction standards they have designed. Google's designs are smarter, if not just as visually unappealing (hey, neither is Apple). Their UIs are deftly layered. Rather than shove every option available in your face at once, Google gives you what you need to do the basic job the app is designed for. You want more features? They're right there. You just have to expose them.
I could go on, but suffice it to say that I think Google's asymmetrical approach to problem solving and business solutions will soon propel them to the top, leaving MS struggling to keep up. The ability to anticipate what people need, and then be able to make it easy to use, and quickly modify and adapt those products based on user demand is absolutely essential. Too bad MS is still struggling to figure this out. They continue to develop the next "[random cool product] killer" instead of creating the products that every competitor wants to kill. Meanwhile, the only killer products they develop are products their customers want killed.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Roger Ebert demolishes Ben Stein
I love it when fools are dragged into the public square and humiliated before the mocking gaze of their peers.
Ben Stein is only getting warmed up. He takes a field trip to visit one
"result" of Darwinism: Nazi concentration camps. "As a Jew," he says,
"I wanted to see for myself." We see footage of gaunt, skeletal
prisoners. Pathetic children. A mound of naked Jewish corpses. "It's
difficult to describe how it felt to walk through such a haunting
place," he says. Oh, go ahead, Ben Stein. Describe. It filled you with
hatred for Charles Darwin and his followers, who represent the
overwhelming majority of educated people in every nation on earth. It
is not difficult for me to describe how you made me feel by exploiting
the deaths of millions of Jews in support of your argument for a
peripheral Christian belief. It fills me with contempt.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Rolling Stone: NO on 8 ran a lousy campaign
Yes, blame Mormons. Blame Catholics. Blame Blacks. But also blame general complacency on our side, and those who ran the campaign against Prop 8.
From Rolling Stone:
From Rolling Stone:
Election postmortems have been quick to scapegoat minorities for
the loss. The right pointed out that African-Americans voted
overwhelmingly against gay marriage; the left blasted Mormons who
obeyed an unprecedented dictate from the church's leadership in
Salt Lake City and donated 45 percent of the funds for a campaign
to pass Prop 8.But evidence of entrenched homophobia and religious intolerance
obscure a more difficult truth. Prop 8 should have been defeated
— two months before the election, it was down 17 points in
the polls — but the gay-rights groups that tried to stop it
ran a lousy campaign. According to veteran political observers, the
No on Prop 8 effort was slow to raise money, ran weak and confusing
ads, and failed to put together a grass-roots operation to get out
the vote."This was political malpractice," says a Democratic consultant
who operates at the highest level of California politics. "They
fucked this up, and it was painful to watch. They shouldn't be
allowed to pawn this off on the Mormons or anyone else. They
snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, and now hundreds of
thousands of gay couples are going to pay the price."
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Close your PayPal accounts now
Last week my PayPal account got hacked, and my bank account was completely wiped
out, which put me in the hole for $600 in overdraft coverages, plus another $200 in overdraft
fees. This was despite PayPal's assurances that the transactions would
not post to my bank account, since the fraudulent activity was
supposedly caught in time. It has been a week now and there has been no
refunds or any efforts towards restitution from PayPal. They tell me
that as far as the overdraft fees, the best I can do is to go to my
bank with a letter from PayPal and hope that they will honor it.
This is not the first time I've been screwed by PayPal, but I guarantee it will be the last.
If you think your PayPal account is safe, you are seriously mistaken. I had a very strong password of a long string that included numbers and capital letters, and that didn't help.
I
highly encourage anyone with a PayPal account to close it. PayPal may
be convenient for you now, but just see how convenient PayPal is when your
bank account gets wiped out.
out, which put me in the hole for $600 in overdraft coverages, plus another $200 in overdraft
fees. This was despite PayPal's assurances that the transactions would
not post to my bank account, since the fraudulent activity was
supposedly caught in time. It has been a week now and there has been no
refunds or any efforts towards restitution from PayPal. They tell me
that as far as the overdraft fees, the best I can do is to go to my
bank with a letter from PayPal and hope that they will honor it.
This is not the first time I've been screwed by PayPal, but I guarantee it will be the last.
If you think your PayPal account is safe, you are seriously mistaken. I had a very strong password of a long string that included numbers and capital letters, and that didn't help.
I
highly encourage anyone with a PayPal account to close it. PayPal may
be convenient for you now, but just see how convenient PayPal is when your
bank account gets wiped out.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Real Americans DON'T TORTURE!
Because it doesn't work, and because it is completely immoral. (Strange that the most religious of the developed nations is so confused by the definition of morality.)
Animal Farm Friday the following Monday
Friday was a down day, but to make up for it, I present you an example of a cat entertaining itself.
Change you should be afraid of
Benji is co-opting Obama's brand in a pitiful attempt to remake his own image. If this ass-clown succeeds in getting back into power in Israel, we're all in a lot of trouble.
New blog of worth
UPDATE:
Another great atheist blog and post on the Christianist attack on free speech. Then there's this total WTF website.
Hooray, an atheist blog! And a brilliant post.
I think it's high time atheists had a community organizer to demand equality and respect, just as the GLBT, Blacks, and Hispanics had.
Of course, getting the respect of those who still believe in magical beings and fairy tales might be too much to ask for.
Another great atheist blog and post on the Christianist attack on free speech. Then there's this total WTF website.
Hooray, an atheist blog! And a brilliant post.
I think it's high time atheists had a community organizer to demand equality and respect, just as the GLBT, Blacks, and Hispanics had.
Of course, getting the respect of those who still believe in magical beings and fairy tales might be too much to ask for.
AMERIKA: Rising Police State - No. XI
How does 20,000 trained soldiers on American soil sound to you? It sounds like America is becoming more and more like the Soviet Union, nay China, every day.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
WTF?
Why is the thumbnail graphic for this post on prostitution showing an image of Michelle Obama, especially when the referred article has no such image?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Animal Farm Tuesday - Cuz Friday Can't Wait
Our robot overlords seem to be dominated by their own kitty overlords. OH NOZ!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Equal Rights for Equal Love
Clarice and me at the protest Prop 8 rally Nov 15. More later...
equal love
Originally uploaded by kagejumper
equal love
Originally uploaded by kagejumper
Friday, November 14, 2008
Clinton as SoS a curious move
Not for Obama, but for her. Josh Marshall makes a good point:
Clinton may just be angling for some time in the spotlight perhaps. As a junior senator, it's going to be a long time before she gets any cherry committee positions. While she would have a great chance at shaping the future of the country through legislation, that's going to entail a lot of hard and not so glamorous work. But as Secretary of State, she'll also have an opportunity to help shape the future, especially considering how precarious the world stage is right now. And just look at Condoleeza Rice's experience in the spotlight.
Of course, if Hillary were to go cowboy and try to push her agenda over Obama's, she could find herself out on her ass in a heartbeat, and with nowhere to go. So it would be a big gamble for her, but not one that would be without its rewards. Think of all the places she'll get to travel, and all the sniper fire she'll get to dodge. ;)
Ultimately, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other. I think Bill Richards would be better at the job, considering the breadth of his experience getting the bad guys to the table during his time in the Clinton administration. But Hillary would do fine as well, I'm sure.
Secretaries of State don't usually last more than a single
presidential term. And sometimes they don't make it that long. So, for
the life of me, I do not understand why Hillary Clinton would want to
give up what is in all likelihood a senate seat for life to run the
State Department for Barack Obama.Late Update: This post, not surprisingly, has generated a
big response. And a few of you have suggested that this is a way for
Hillary to angle for another shot at the presidency in 2012 or 2016.
But that strikes me as deeply, deeply improbable. Never an easy thing
to challenge a sitting president of your own party, next to impossible
to do it from his own cabinet. I don't have an answer on why either
party would want this appointment. But that ain't the reason.
Clinton may just be angling for some time in the spotlight perhaps. As a junior senator, it's going to be a long time before she gets any cherry committee positions. While she would have a great chance at shaping the future of the country through legislation, that's going to entail a lot of hard and not so glamorous work. But as Secretary of State, she'll also have an opportunity to help shape the future, especially considering how precarious the world stage is right now. And just look at Condoleeza Rice's experience in the spotlight.
Of course, if Hillary were to go cowboy and try to push her agenda over Obama's, she could find herself out on her ass in a heartbeat, and with nowhere to go. So it would be a big gamble for her, but not one that would be without its rewards. Think of all the places she'll get to travel, and all the sniper fire she'll get to dodge. ;)
Ultimately, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other. I think Bill Richards would be better at the job, considering the breadth of his experience getting the bad guys to the table during his time in the Clinton administration. But Hillary would do fine as well, I'm sure.
Post-election Pessimism
Having been completely emotionally overwhelmed after the election, and despite being incredibly joyous at Obama's victory, I was equally humbled by the Prop 8 vote. I had been hoping to draft a recap of the entire experience - just cathartic, if nothing else. Perhaps I will eventually, but for now I can't seem to get motivated.
Since the election, my anger over Prop 8 has intensified beyond belief. I'm surprised at my own anger, but I am just as hopeful about what appears to be a new civil rights movement awakening as a result.
What I can't get past right now is the garbage that is all over the news. I thought the country was f-ed up before, and I thought we had hope after Obama's victory. But since the election, Palin has grabbed as much - if not more - national air time than our President-Elect.
Sorry, Ms. Wasillabilly, but you LOST. You didn't lose because of McCain, McCain lost because of you. Please, just do us all a favor and say something outlandishly stupid on par with most of the other stupid things you've said, and hopefully the country will tire of you as fast as every other moronic celebrity.
I'm also way past being over all the ridiculous speculation about Obama's cabinet picks, and the drama over the leaks/non-leaks. Seriously, who cares?!?! First of all, maybe Obama can honor his campaign pledge for transparency and just be fucking open about his plans. Put it all out there and there won't be anything to leak!
It's not like it matters anymore, Barack. You WON! It's not like your staffing picks are going to change any of that. What's up with the Cheney-like secrecy? What the hell do you think that's going to buy you, besides a little more media speculation? Is that what you want? To stay in the headlines? Are you trying to be Palin, or just keep up with her?
There may be a strategy to what Obama is doing. That may be an understatement, actually. Either way, I don't care, and I'm sick of hearing about it, as much as I am sick of the weak-kneed Democratic response to Lieberman, and their pathetic habit of putting partisan friendliness ahead of rule of law (No impeachment, no war crime prosecution, Lieberman, etc., etc.).
What I would be happy to see is an aggressive approach by Obama to not only undo most of Bush's damage, but also prosecute those in his administration for the wrong-doings, which would have to be part of mitigating that damage.
Obama, stop playing patty-cake with the Republicans and let them know that there's a new sheriff in town, and if they want to do business, they need to come to you with hat in hand. Just don't sidle up to them with your pants around your ankles.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Filibuster-Proof Fantasy, and Why Joe Must Go!
Three words: BLUE. DOG. DEMOCRATS. Look it up. There are 44 of these Conservative Democrats who vote more often with Republicans - and against Democrats - on important issues. Blue Dogs sided with George W. Bush almost as often as John McCain.
Let that sink in.
Now, can we all just stop going on and on about the myth of the filibuster-proof majority?
Certainly, there are some moderate Republicans who vote with Democrats, but there are not that many of them. Also, having a strong majority of Democrats in Congress is a good thing, no matter how you slice it. The more the better. But filibuster-proof majority? Not even close. So just stop it.
Please, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and all other bone-headed pundits who should know better. Stop it.
Now that we're past that, I say it is time to bury Joe Lieberman. He offers nothing to Progressives beyond being a massive thorn in our collective ass. This isn't about payback. We're tough enough to withstand a traitor hurling scurrilous lies our way and still kick ass, so I don't really care about what the Connecticut Turncoat said on the campaign trail. This is about the powerful positions Lieberman still holds, positions where he can actually be more damaging to Democrats if he is allowed to stay on. These committees:
- Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Committee on Armed Services
Evin Bayh fears that if Lieberman gets the bitchslap he deserves, that he might just take his toys and run home crying, leaving open the opportunity the Republiscum governor would appoint a fellow Republiscum to take Joe's place. That's fine. One more Republiscum isn't going to make a heckuva lot of difference in the Senate thanks to the Blue Dogs. But more importantly, and at the heart of my argument, is the point that the incoming Republiscum won't be heading up any of those vaunted committees that Lieberman will leave vacant. Those can go to responsible senior Democrats, while Lieberman's replacement will start out by wiping Mitch McConnell's ass.
Given this, can anyone offer me any logical reason that Lieberman should stay with the Democrats? I can't think of any beyond that old tradition of crooked politicians scratching each other's backs.
Review the 501(c)(3) status of The Church of Latter-day Saints
It is unconscionable that a religious group once persecuted for their unorthodox marital beliefs would now persecute others for their marital beliefs. Furthermore, that the LDS church would abuse is tax-free status to affect an issue that is a matter of state, they should be stripped of that status, and forced to pay taxes retroactive to the time they began their lobbying efforts to affect legislation.
Sign the petition to force the review of the Mormon church's 501(c)(3) status, for their flagrant violation of this important law, and make the Mormons pay!
Sign the petition to force the review of the Mormon church's 501(c)(3) status, for their flagrant violation of this important law, and make the Mormons pay!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Protest H8 Saturday Everywhere
Saturday is D-Day!
This will be the time to get up and on
your feet, raise your voices, and shout and cry and tell the world
you're not going to stand by and let others trample on your civil
rights!!!
Stand in solidarity with California, and with everyone whose rights are being threatened by hateful and intolerant people!
Find a city: http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.
SF LOCAL: http://protest8sf.wordpress.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Over it, beyond words
Hence forth, I will refuse to read any Blog post that mentions Palin,
or watch any news or pundit show segment on Palin unless the piece is
about her being impeached, recalled, or somehow publically humiliated.
She went way over her limit in the national spotlight in the election,
and now she is irrelevant and useless to anyone other than the
Republiscum man-boys spanking it to their broken Pygmalion in their
circular jerking squad. It is time the media and bloggers relegate the
Wasilla-Billy back to her former status as an unknown.
Maybe Bill Kristol can follow.
Letting them die
Glad to see I'm not alone in believing the US auto-makers need to go bankrupt. I wonder what Obama's problem is with seeing this?
It's the same with bailing out the financial institutions. It may be painful for a while, but pain builds character by teaching hard lessons. If the pigs at the trough keep getting fed, they just keep coming back to the trough. Cut 'em off! Let 'em starve. Thin the damn herd! What's so hard about seeing the logic in this?
It's the same with bailing out the financial institutions. It may be painful for a while, but pain builds character by teaching hard lessons. If the pigs at the trough keep getting fed, they just keep coming back to the trough. Cut 'em off! Let 'em starve. Thin the damn herd! What's so hard about seeing the logic in this?
Tired of bailing out rich people with your taxes?
A great way to keep those rich Wall Street vultures, and the over-bloated US auto industry from stealing any more of your money via bailout plans is to simply not pay your taxes. Certainly a few people can't make a difference that way, and definitely not without risking penalty of jail. But imagine the response we'd get from our lawmakers is suddenly a million or so Americans decieed collectively to just stop paying taxes.
First of all, the government, Federal and State, would be too underfunded, and too overwhelmed to do anything about it, apart from going after the low-hanging fruit. But I'm willing to risk taking one for the team if it means that our Congress finally stops taking sides with the evil corporate overlords, and starts listening to their constituents again.
So who's on board with me?
Signs of weakness?
Apparently, the other morning Harry Reid said that Joe Lieberman votes with Democrats more than Harry Reid. That tells me that Harry Reid needs to have his bony ass booted from the Senate first, and then he can take his good buddy Joe with him.
We all know why Joe must go. He's garbage, and not the kind that can be recycled, but the kind that belongs in landfill. Harry Reid is worse, because Harry Reid is the guy who enables garbage like Lieberman's rotting soul to desecrate the halls of Congress. Neither of these bastards has done much worth being proud of from the Democratic perspective. They've both either been lifting their skirts for Republicans, or have been actively bending over and spreading for them.
By not booting out Lieberman, Reid has given his best demonstration yet as why he is a worthless, ineffective Democrat. It should be no mystery that almost every senator or congressional leader is not actually interested in their parties' platforms nearly as much as they are interested in the power of their office. Most of them should be thrown out on their sorry asses for robbing us peasants to pay off their corporate and financial masters, the same bastards that have been robbing us blind for the past decade or so. That's no real surprise, though.
What is surprising is that our new President-Elect has decided to be magnanimous and has suggested that Democrats be nice to Ol' Joe. I have no problem with that type of grace, and I think on some level it is a sign of strength. But in this case, it demonstrates glaringly Obama's naiveté that Lieberman warned about. Obama may think he's being graceful, but he's being played like a fiddle.
Of course, it's not even about magnanimity, it's more likely about Obama still trying to prove he's friendly with the Jews, as with his Rahm Emanuel pick. That's going to be his death knell. Because if I am seeing signs of Obama's weak effort of trying to appear like he's being diligent and shrewd, when in fact he's still making it up as he goes along, falling back to Clintonian hacks instead of brandishing young guns who are highly capable and very contemporary, then just wait until Gingrich and the Right get hold of him.
I wasn't seeing this at first, but Obama taking the side of Lieberman just shined a big light on the fact that Obama isn't bringing real change to Washington, he's just bringing Washington back to where it was before Bush.
Yes, the Clinton era was incredible compared to the past eight years. But I can vividly recall that those years weren't as great as everyone likes to think they were. It is only by comparison to the Bush years that they stand out. But the Clinton years paved the way for Bush. By capitulating to the Right, and to the so-called Center, the Democrats boldly admitted that progressive and liberal policies were wrong. So that part of the country that paid little attention to politics got the signal that being Conservative - nay Republican - was good, so they voted with Republicans.
Obama is sending out those same signals and he's not even in office yet. I'm not ready to cry "buyer's remorse" just yet, but I am starting to get worried.
I'll be watching Obama closely, and I will do so with a critical eye. I'll be doing my damnedest to keep him - and the country - from moving right. And I'll continue making the case that Reid, Pelosi, Lieberman, and Feinstein must go, along with their buddies.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Mars Phoenix farewell letter
Cheerfully heartbreaking!
Just as Doug McCuistion from NASA said on the news conference
today, it's certainly more of an Irish wake than a funeral today. We're
drinking to you tonight, little buddy. You can see all of Phoenix's previous entries and the official press release announcing the end of Phoenix's mission.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Obama should retire the term "fiscal conservatism"...
...and replace it with Fiscal Reponsibility. The only plausible
association of the terms fiscal and conservative would be oxymoronic.
Simply put, conservatives are anything but fiscally conservative, so
progressives should own the idea of anything fiscal and can show
leadership by changing the message to that of fiscal responsibility
over the phony fiscal conservatism.
Random thought II
With Ford posting a 3Q loss of $129M, and GM bleeding out, I am
thinking one possible positive outcome of them completely going under
is the possibility of them giving up their patents on battery
technology. That would open the floodgates for developing electric
cars.
Random thought
I wonder how long it will be before that douche bag Steven Baldwin
will move to Canada.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Norquist Plots GOP Resurrection, Goes After Bush's Churchill Complex
Grover is so small now, it should be easy to drown him in a bath tub.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Prop 8 may still fail
This was shared with me by a friend and co-worker:
something I came across:
It may turn out that changing the state constitution is not so easy. There are only two ways to amend the state constitution, and Prop 8 should have been done as a "revision", not an "amendment", as discussed on these pages:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hommarl6.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hommarl8.htm
A "revision" requires a 2/3 vote of the legislature, or a constitutional convention, to start a ballot initiative that will change the state constitution. It's not supposed to be so easy to make important changes, and Prop. 8 did not follow the proper process. Prop. 8 went with a signatures-only start, which is only appropriate for a minor change (ie. an "amendment").
The California Supreme Court granted wide-ranging legal protection to our class this year, in clear legal wording that goes well beyond the single right that Proposition 8 addresses. Among other things, they said:
"An individual's sexual orientation -- like a person's race or gender -- does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights."
The California Supreme Court will get a chance to rule on this "amendment" in due time, and it's likely they will consider the elimination of rights for a protected class to be a major change to the state constitution.
For example, Prop. 8 might have said that "Only marriage between a WHITE man and WHITE woman is allowed in the State of California." The court will treat Prop. 8 the same way that they would treat an amendment that took marriage rights from couples based on their race. Race = gender = sexual orientation... all are now classes of individuals protected from discrimination, according to the highest court in California. We have already won, our opponents just can't see it yet.
And keep in mind that Prop 8 had a much smaller margin of victory than Prop 22 did 8 years ago (it won by 66% back then), and a 10%+ change in public opinion in 8 years is really quite amazing and represents a fast-moving trend. Naturally we will not give up this fight, and if amending the state constitution is so simple, it's just a matter of time before our young folks (bless 'em), reverse this some day with a new inclusive, right-granting initiative.
The year 2008 will still stand out as a year of progress for us. Our enemies are hanging on to their last desperate threads of bigotry, but despite their efforts, many of us are married already, our community is energized once again, and they have only been able to prolong the inevitable by another couple of years, at best.
Steven M. Blum
Benefits Administrator
Morrison &
Foerster
555 Market Street
SF, CA 94105
Alex Thurston: A Note to Homosexual and Heterosexual Americans
I wish I wrote this, but Alex Thurston's words reflect my exact sentiments to the letter:
As a straight man, I would like to express to all gay and lesbian
citizens of this country my deep sorrow over the setbacks for your
civil rights in this election. And I would like to express to all
Americans that we cannot tolerate discrimination of any sort in the
United States.With Floridians, Arizonans, and (it seems) Californians voting to
ban gay marriage, and the people of Arkansas voting to ban gay
adoption, we’ve received painful news not just for homosexual
Americans, but for all Americans. I would think that these setbacks are
particularly painful given that many homosexual activists, from
bloggers to campaign staffers to volunteers, gave their all for the
victory of President-Elect Obama. As many newspapers at home and abroad
speak of turning the page on discrimination, it’s clear that that’s not
the case. We still have a long way to go before all our citizens have
the rights they deserve, and even further to go before institutional
discrimination in the workplace, real estate sales, and other sectors
of public and private life is erased.If it is any consolation, I believe that gay people are winning the
cultural war - and though that did not translate into success at the
ballot box yesterday, it will one day soon. In America, the struggle
for the enfranchisement of every adult citizen and the granting of full
civil rights to all citizens regardless of their race, sex, gender,
religion, or sexual orientation has tended to flow in one direction -
toward that of an open and democratic society - though not without
major tragedies along the way.With the expression of gay identity becoming more acceptable in
films, songs, nightlife, and even high schools, I believe it is only a
matter of time before a sea change occurs. Young people, even young
evangelicals from what I’ve heard now several times, have a
fundamentally different attitude toward homosexuality than previous
generations. If this election marks the beginning of our political
come-up, then let a major part of that come-up be the quest to remove
this national shame from our collective identity and collective
conscience by striking down discriminatory laws, initiatives, and
politicians.Because victory in the cultural struggle is clearly not enough. We
need victory at the ballot box as well, and the best way to achieve
that, in my opinion, is by stating now - as voters, as partisans, as
Americans - that discrimination and equivocation on the issue of gay
rights are unacceptable. We are past the point where we can tolerate
politicians who propose one set of rights for one set of citizens, and
a different set of rights for another group of citizens, and justify it
based on electoral caution. We must not equivocate on issues of basic
human rights, and we must not allow our leaders to do so either.I repeat that this moment is one of deep sorrow, but I will also say
that for me, and doubtless for others, it comes as a wake-up call. I
had faith that California would reject discrimination. I was
under-informed about other ballot initiatives. Clearly there is work to
do, and it’s not just the priority of one group - it must be a priority
of all Americans, because where we stand on discrimination of any type
determines in large measure the legacy we pass on to our children and
to history.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
first reax
Lots of thoughtful stuff to blather on about once more in control of my faculties, but a quick snapshot on my predictions and how they panned out are below. Just for giggles, I've shared these thoughts only with a few folks close to me, and didn't write about them for fear of jinxing any of them. That said, I do have backup proof of my predictions, so I feel happy revealing them now after the fact. Here are my proudest:
- Obama with +350 electoral votes (votes still coming in, but it's close)
- Indiana to Obama (most polls said McCain, I NEVER lost hope in IA, and he got it!!!)
- Florida by a hair (by the grace of Orange county - including my mom, sister, and niece - WIN!)
Truthfully, apart from Obama's overall win, I expected Indiana to be a very long shot, but something in my gut told me it would happen. If I can ever tap into that, I might find a way to make myself rich. Until then, I'll just soak in the joy of being right about a few things regarding the second most important thing ever (the first most important thing being my wife, Clarice).
Monday, November 3, 2008
I am the dreaded swing voter.
A white, conservative, suburbanite banker talks about his experience canvassing for Obama:
I've learned that this election is about the heart of America. It's
about the young people who are losing hope and the old people who have
been forgotten. It's about those who have worked all their lives and
never fully realized the promise of America, but see that promise for
their grandchildren in Barack Obama. The poor see a chance, when they
often have few. I saw hope in the eyes and faces in those doorways.My wife and I went out last weekend to knock on more doors. But this time, not because it was her idea. I don't know what
it's going to do for the Obama campaign, but it's doing a lot for me.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Random thought
I occasionally wonder how it happened that such a perpetually wrong
screwball like Bill Kristol could get a paid position at the NY Times.
It just occurred to me that they must have thought that the best way
to destroy him is to let him do the business himself. To not just give
him the rope, but also give him the platform from which to hang
himself.
He's done a remarkable job.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Raleigh, NC
From 538:
(thanks, Vin!)
I spotted a very old black man in a sharp Sunday suit walking slowly at the very back of the huge march. He hadn't yet arrived at the voting center, and I decided to find him when I got back.
I wanted to go talk to him, to ask him what this moment meant to him. He was a guy who you take one glance at, and know, that guy's seen it all. I wanted a quote. I had my journalist hat on. I thought, this will be great.
So when I got back to the voting location with the car, I went to find him in the line. Eventually I spotted him, and was ready to walk up the few feet between us and introduce myself when I stopped in my tracks.
A young black boy, no more than eight years old, walked up to this man, who was at least eighty. The boy offered the man a sticker, probably an "I Voted" sticker, but I couldn't see. The man took the sticker and paused. Silently, he looked down at the boy, who was looking back up at the man. The man put his hand gently on the boy's head, and I saw his eyes glisten.
I didn't ask the man for a quote. I didn't need to. I walked over by myself, behind the community center, and I sat down on a bench next to the track, and wept.
(thanks, Vin!)
Excellent NO on 8 ad
Very clever ad! A No on 8 group takes a Yes on 8 ad and replaces "gay marriage" with "inter-racial marriage" to effectively demonstrate just how hateful the Yes on 8 message really is.
Free Speech?
I'm fairly confident that the framers of our Constitution did not have this type of behavior in mind when they drafted the early amendments.
This is what hate-filled rhetoric and fear mongering in campaign stump speeches inspires:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81029016
This is what hate-filled rhetoric and fear mongering in campaign stump speeches inspires:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081029/NEWS01/81029016
Call to Action!
Read this below, then take action. Make yourself HEARD! Don't let Bush and Cheney get away with this final act of shitting on the country before they leave office!
Bill Moyers:
Bill Moyers:
There's nothing make-believe about this. Remember these scenes of
mountain top mining in West Virginia? Companies blow those mountains
sky-high to expose the coal, then haul away tons of rock and debris and
dump the waste into valley areas. To protect the quality of the water,
they're not supposed to pile the stuff within 100 feet of rivers and
creeks.
But while we've all been obsessing over Sarah Palin's posh makeover and
Joe Biden's latest gaffe, the coal companies have been lobbying the
Bush administration to gut the rules even further, to allow them
greater freedom to dump massive waste piles anywhere they want -
including directly into the water.
Now, the Interior Department is one of those government agencies that's
practically been turned over to the industries it's supposed to
regulate. So as a parting gift, the President's appointees at Interior
have now officially proposed granting the coal companies their wish -
to dump at will.
There's a 30-day period for public comment and review before the proposal takes effect, so you can find out how to register your opinion - pro or con - at our site on PBS.org.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
As Election Nears, Dirty Tricks Grow More Common
With these dirty tricks reaching a new level of disgust, we can only hope that part of Obama's message in the Wednesday night broadcast will go directly after these scurrilous tactics.
About Voting Problems
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Monday, October 27, 2008
Why I hate Florida
Stupid twats like this local yokel are why I am glad I don't live in Florida. I love how Biden gracefully handles what has to be the most absolute right-wingnut interview in history outside of Fox News. The sad thing about it is her questions are reflective of the majority of the idiots who watch that channel.
GO JOE!
GO JOE!
How DISGUSTING is the Yes on 8 campaign?
They are disgusting enough to exploit the children of families who oppose Prop 8.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Sunday Funny - Wazzup?!?!
This is way more funny than I expected it to be, but sad too. Thanks for all those that shared this with me!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Leave their corpses on the side of the road!
Packer predicts:
The Republican Party’s immediate post-election future will be a bloody
struggle over Palinism. It’s already started at National Review online,
where the growing hysteria of the posts signals that the roof is
falling in on conservatism. Everything that worked for forty years has
suddenly not just stopped working, it has become self-defeating.
Republican candidates, strategists, and pundits are like witchdoctors
who keep repeating the old incantations over and over, their voices
rising in furious shock, to no effect. That’s the sound of an era
ending.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Mormons are taking over
That should be reason enough to VOTE NO on Prop 8.
Stop the Christianist hate from spreading, and stop the weirdo Mormons from taking over.
Stop the Hate!
Donate!
No on 8!
Stop the Christianist hate from spreading, and stop the weirdo Mormons from taking over.
Stop the Hate!
Donate!
No on 8!
Poll Swinging
You may know by now my disdain for most polls, save for those by Nate at 538, but as I understand Nate, Pollster.com seems to know their stuff.
So to that, let me just say - daaaammmn.
McCain wants to make a last stand in PA? Crockett had better odds at the Alamo.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Portrait from "My America"
It's amazing how much Barack looks more like his grandfather than his father.
Nice, Andrew!
Up in smoke
Part of me hates this guy for getting so goddamned rich by helping the bastards that ripped us all off and trashed our economy, but I also feel a little better that he took full advantage of the ignorance and stupidity of the other scumbags who were ripping everyone off.
"I was in this game for the money. The low hanging fruit, i.e. idiots
whose parents paid for prep school, Yale, and then the Harvard MBA, was
there for the taking. These people who were (often) truly not worthy of
the education they received (or supposedly received) rose to the top of
companies such as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and all levels
of our government. All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy,
only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to
take the other side of my trades. God bless America."
Holy Psychos!
Psychos like this hijacked the GOP and Christianity. I'm down for a Holy War against putrescent scum like this! If they want to start this "My America" fight, then it's a fight they'll lose!
Undecideds Get the Sedaris Treatment
I said the other day that any voter who is undecided ought to have the crap slapped out of them for their ignorance, apathy, or just plain stupidity.
But at least someone can be funny about it.
But at least someone can be funny about it.
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight
attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually,
parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks.
“Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in
it?”
Uproar Over Bachmann's Comments "No Longer Partisan," Says Challenger
Is it possible that America really has started to get sick of all the Republiscum fear-mongering? Have we really started to grow up and mature enough to understand that dealing with the incredible problems facing this country are more important than stupid, McCarthy-ist hate and fear BS? One can only HOPE!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Nice to see that not all of McCain supporters are racist a$$holes
UPDATE II:
It looks like this is playing out badly for McCain, as expected.
UPDATE:
It appears that the McCain campaign itself is a massive collective asshole because it just shut up it's own Muslim supporters. Lets see how that plays out.
Hey, John McCain. FUCK YOU, you dishonorable scumbag! If you were still in the Navy, your ass would be booted out for conduct unbecoming an officer. I know it, you know it, any self-respecting seaman knows it, and every fucking American ought to know it.
Still Angry
From the previous posts, it's obvious I was pretty damned angry last night. Am I still angry this morning? You betcha.
Crap like this doesn't help one bit.
Crap like this doesn't help one bit.
Sarah Palin's America
Is this the America we can look forward to with a McCain-Palin presidency?
Fucking sick motherfucking fucks.
I swear to whatever god these fucking scumbag subhumans pray to that if given the opportunity, I would decimate these sick fuckers so violently, so brutally, so fiercely, it would traumatize their bloodlines backwards and forwards through time ("metaphorically" speaking).
The sick fucking hate-filled supporters of McCain and Palin are upping the ante, and it looks like they're itching for a fight. Do we take the Ghandi-MLK route of passivity, or do we turn the words of their god against them and strike down upon them with vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy [our] brothers?
Am I full of hate? NO.
Am I angry? FUCK YES I AM ANGRY!
I am way past over being angry, and I need to vent on the skulls of sick fuckers responsible for the cruel and indignant treatment of this poor bear cub, just to make a limp-dicked political statement.
I know McCain supporters don't read this blog, but just to make sure the message gets out, warn them that a beast has been unleashed. They will do best by themselves to stay far away from me.
Fucking sick motherfucking fucks.
I swear to whatever god these fucking scumbag subhumans pray to that if given the opportunity, I would decimate these sick fuckers so violently, so brutally, so fiercely, it would traumatize their bloodlines backwards and forwards through time ("metaphorically" speaking).
The sick fucking hate-filled supporters of McCain and Palin are upping the ante, and it looks like they're itching for a fight. Do we take the Ghandi-MLK route of passivity, or do we turn the words of their god against them and strike down upon them with vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy [our] brothers?
Am I full of hate? NO.
Am I angry? FUCK YES I AM ANGRY!
I am way past over being angry, and I need to vent on the skulls of sick fuckers responsible for the cruel and indignant treatment of this poor bear cub, just to make a limp-dicked political statement.
I know McCain supporters don't read this blog, but just to make sure the message gets out, warn them that a beast has been unleashed. They will do best by themselves to stay far away from me.
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