In a bold sign of thawing relations between the countries, Presidents Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez announced today that the state of Texas would be traded to Venezuela for Jesus Moronta, a slick-fielding, hard-hitting 14-yr-old shortstop phenomenon, cash considerations and an undisclosed amount of raw, premium coca.
Times are hard, money is short, things seem to be spinning out of control. The new President is trying to fix things but these solutions may be too little too late. There is something the President has brought to the table that has been lacking….a sense of cool. Look back to the old Hollywood movies [...]
Tagged FuriousXorIn an effort to conserve scarce resources in trying economic times, President Obama has issued an executive order to alter the centuries-old tradition of addressing a joint session of Congress. Both branches of Congress will, instead, be issued only one-hit bongs, marking the first time the joint session has been changed since Theodore Roosevelt’s hookah [...]
Tagged humor, joesmithOver 200 years ago, in 1802, Thomas Jefferson made a prophetically inferential statement apropos the US banking system. As we see our banks faltering, our credit lines freezing, our housing markets crumbling, and enough corporate greed to pass out $18 billion worth of bonuses with government allocated funds, we should review Jefferson’s ethics on our [...]
Tagged jeremy benishekFor George W. Bush’s $700 billion economic bailout plan, the republicans had no problem bailing out Wall Street, with the house voting 263 to 171 in favor of the bill (with 91 of 199 republicans voting for it). So the question now: Why are House republicans putting up such a fight when it comes to [...]
Tagged jeremy benishek, thought shardsIf only we could get rid of… hipsters single speed bikes mayonnaise condoms the new york yankees big cars sean hannity bigots liars knuckle tattoos and acne We’re allowed to dream again, aren’t we? Sorry for the cross post. I play by my own rules.
Tagged thought shardsAs a third generation Cuban American, I have mixed emotions on the Cuban Revolution. To see the footage of Fidel Castro parading through the streets of Havana with overwhelming approval on January 1, 1959, is bittersweet. I suspect I, like many Cuban Americans, have a love/hate relationship with Castro and his Revolution. On one side, [...]
Tagged cuba, cuban revolution, jeremy benishekJust finished the first day of canvassing for Barack and wish I’d started sooner. Worked with a three-person team on several blocks in the area of 30th and Juneau, 30th and Vliet. About 60 percent black, on some blocks literally every house had an Obama sign. Even in the drizzle it was too easy. I [...]
Tagged Kent Mueller, politicsSarah Palin sure DOES dress nice, but, Jesus, this RNC bill seems a bit much for such a regular person, real American, G droppin’ Hockey Mom, don’t you think? Read the full story. I guess it was the RNC who wanted to spruce her up? I’m sure she wouldn’t ask for such a pricey wardrobe [...]
Tagged politicsYesterday’s report on CNN’s Political Ticker points toward the McCain campaign’s narrowing electoral strategy, with one anonymous source writing off Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado: “‘Gone,’ was the word one top McCain insider used to describe those three states.” Given the state-by-state electoral vote map two weeks before the election, this is a pragmatic approach. [...]
Tagged politicsYou’ve probably seen, heard or read about the anger at McCain/Palin rallies by now. If not, you should, whatever your political stripe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuSYHnVpYbs http:/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903169.html?hpid=topnews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvCpBvwN0e4 The rage from these crowds shouldn’t come as a surprise. Nor should McCain or even Palin take the blame for agitating these fearful proto-fascists. The number of angry, right white [...]
Tagged politics“Evil is the exercise of power, the imposing of one’s will upon others by overt or covert coercion…. The core of evil is ego-centricity, whereby others are sacrificed rather than the ego of the individual.” – Dr. M. Scott Peck, People of the Lie According to Peck, ego-centric persons are utterly dedicated to preserving their [...]
Tagged politicsAyers is McCain & Palin’s last arrow. There’s nothing left in their quivers but bullshit — and their reputation for bullshit doesn’t resonate as it did back in the 20th century, when it was freely bought and sold and rarely examined. The further negative tilt is in keeping with McCain’s double-down mind think, and with [...]
As polls across the country increasingly show Obama leading McCain and solidifying the electoral map, I am skeptical, highly skeptical, maybe paranoid. As such, I have some observations which may hearten the few Cons who might read this and either discourage my fellow Obama backers or encourage them to GET TO WORK. First off, one [...]
The 2008 presidential election — especially in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin & battleground states — will be decided by non-white and under-30 voter turnout. A historically high turnout of non-white and young folks in urban areas and universities will have to overcome the number of white, religious, “working class” voters who have found — in [...]
Tagged politicsOK, so I no longer think an Israeli or American strike on Iran will be the Republicans’ October Surprise. It’s too extreme, even for the Cheney/Bush NeoCon Xpress, Israel will hold their cards until AFTER the election and it’s not as cynically brilliant as this one… “War On Terror” Goes To Pakistan This scenario not [...]
Tagged election prediction, Iran, PakistanI’ve been predicting this for months, so I might as well publicize it so my deep distrust of the American Administration is documented. An “October Surprise” will undoubtedly occur before the presidential election this year and it will take one of forms: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran In October, sometime between Oct 10th and [...]
Please, PLEASE…. Oh Lord, please… Vote for where we ought to go. Not for where we’ve already been. Please. Think about it. Then decide. Obama / Biden. What we could be. McCain/Palin. What we have been.
Tagged politicsRead this and weep if you are a rational being: http://www.gallup.com/poll/110053/Religion-Remains-Major-Dividing-Factor-Among-White-Voters.aspx I’ve never been more proud to be an atheist. And never more ashamed of being white. America will move forward or even further backward after this election. Simple as that. America will get the president it deserves. Again. I keep thinking we deserve better.
Tagged politicsJune 26, 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a sweeping ban on handguns in the nation’s capital violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Antonin Scalia noted that the handgun is Americans’ preferred weapon of self-defense in part because “it can be pointed at a burglar [...]
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