How can anyone think we have too many liberties?
Oh, I know. They think that because they believe in the myth of the “superior man” who will take care of them. The man on the white horse who knows better than everyone, and who can run everything so that no one is ever afraid or poor or sick or marginalized.
In other words, they dream of the ideal childhood.
The rest of us know that never in the history of the world, not even the calmest, has there been a time when a leader could guarantee safety, health and contentment to everyone. There will always be poor, unloved, suffering people. You can’t help that.
You behave in a way you help those around you and you try not to be a burden, but even then at times that will fail.
Those of us who are religious believe a time will come when we will live like that, in perfect harmony and contentment with a superior being watching over us.
But last time I looked, neither king, premier, president, emperor or satrap had the power to look into the hearts and minds and judge everyone perfectly. And no, the NSA spying ain’t it. And none of the above were the creators of the universe.
They are all, in fact, fallible men, usually fallible men attracted to power over others, who want to run you not for your own good but for their own internal satisfaction. And since people who crave this sort of power tend to be more broken than writers, their internal satisfaction might be something that even they don’t understand.
There is no man on a white horse. There is, always, an old trickster, coming to town and promising eternal peace. If you look carefully, you can see the horse is a mule that has been painted white. And the man is just using the same old promises the human brain is wired to crave, but what he wants is quite different. And even if he truly believes what he says, he can’t deliver. He’s just a man. He can’t know what each individual wants and needs. Only each of you can know what he wants and needs. And sometimes not even that.
I'm just an individual who hopes to inspire but not impose his views on others. I seek not to convince but only hope that my words are written well enough to get others to delve deeper into their own thoughts and ideas. I am sincere in all that I say but never so serious as to not listen to the ideas of others
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
JUST SOME STUFF
Yesterday we had what the media called a “fast food worker’s strike” in many larger cities across the country.
If you want my expanded thoughts on the idea of these people demanding that their employers pay them more than they are worth in the marketplace, you can read a column I wrote in July. Here’s the link.
For the Reader’s Digest version, just keep reading.
I am sick to damn death of people with limited or next-to-no actual job skills demanding that they receive a wage that would allow them to raise their families … which in most cases means one, two or three more illegitimate kids. Here we have people who, for the most part, paid little or no attention to their education. Maybe they were too busy smoothing out the Bondo on their Camaros, dedicating themselves to their eventual NFL or NBA career, or living in fear of someone telling them they were “acting white” if they were caught paying attention in class. Whatever the reason --- here they are as adults in America and they aren’t worth more than $7.40 an hour to an employer. An actual human being born with all of the advantages of being an American, and they reach adulthood unable to produce more than 12 1/3 cents per minute in value to their employer. If you’re more than six months out of high school and this is the best you can do you can go ahead and chalk up the first 18 years of your life as pretty much a waste.
Now what’s this crap about not being able to raise a family on minimum wage? You’re NOT SUPPOSED to be able to raise a family on minimum wage. This is something you will not hear 0bama myrmidons or leftist sycophants acknowledge. Apparently these women – and three-fourths of these minimum wage fast food workers are women – must be given a free pass on their irresponsible behavior. The basic expectation of society should be that you will not procreate (have babies, for those of you in government schools) until you can afford what you begat. One of the greatest of social wrongs in this country is to have a baby that you cannot afford to raise. What kind of a useless and pathetic human being do you have to be to say:
“Hey y’all! Lookie here! I have a baby! I don’t have a husband … I don’t have an education … I don’t have any marketable job skills … I don’t have any future … but I do have working ovaries … and I have this baby! And now y’all need to give me some money and fooooooo stamps so I can feed this baby! You hear?”
And now these people are going on strike to tell us that they deserve $15.00 an hour?
I’ll tell you what they deserve. They deserve to have their little bundles of joy classified as “endangered” by local authorities and taken away. These children will have a much better chance if they are raised by an adoptive or foster family, or even in an orphanage where there would be some structure to their lives, than they would being raised by some life support system for a womb with no other skills than getting knocked up and then demanding money from the rest of us.
These idiots don’t seem to understand that even if the government did interfere in the marketplace to require that they be paid – in reality – about four times what they’re worth per hour, they would still be unable to afford the precious fast foods that they incessantly cram down the gullets of their ever-expanding children.
Now let me tell you one more thing about these “strikes” for a $15.00 minimum wage. This will explain why union leaders are so involved in this fast food worker unrest. Many union contracts, you see, are indexed to the minimum wage. Some of these contracts have clauses that set the minimum union wage as a factor of the current minimum wage. If that index was, for instance, 2.5, then an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour would raise the minimum union wage in this instance to $37.50 per hour. Funny, isn’t it, how the media never seems to explain this to you?
BRITAIN TO 0BAMA … POUND DESERT SAND
Oh, this is rich. Days after taking office 0bama made it clear to Great Britain that he didn’t particularly hold them in high regard. 0bama had learned from his Marxist father that England was bad .. a very bad colonial power that brought pain and suffering to Africa. Obama carried that disdain of the UK right into the White House. Remember the bit about the Winston Churchill bust? So now … perhaps … a little payback?
But now … about Syria. Many have asked me on Twitter what I think about military action there. Not much, really, but there’s a lot to consider.
First --- nobody is going to claim that 0bama even approaches a low-level of competence in his foreign affairs. This whole “red line” idea of his was complete nonsense. First .. the world knows that 0bama is weak. They know when he bloviates about a “red line” he will not have the courage to follow up. So when Assad uses chemical or biological weapons against his own people, he did so with the assumption that 0bama was full of hot air. If 0bama now does NOT put some oomph behind his “red line” statement not only Assad, but the Mad Mullahs of Iran, Russia’s Putin and the rest of the world’s bad guys will know that 0bama is pretty much all bluster.
Then there’s Iran. Consider that 0bama has used pretty much the same language in addressing Iran’s quest for nuclear arms as he used on Assad. He told Iran that he would not permit them to develop nuclear arms. That’s his red line for Iran. Now Iran suspects, as they should, that 0bama doesn’t have the courage to back up his “will not permit” line. If 0bama fails to enforce his Syrian red line, why would anyone expect him to enforce his prohibition on nuclear arms for Iran?
Now there are a lot of my Libertarian friends out there who absolutely feel that in no way, shape or form should the United States become militarily involved in Syria. I can understand that point of view. I would suggest, though, that when a fire is raging through your closely-packed neighborhood, it might be best to begin fighting that fire while it is still on the next block, rather than wait until the flames are licking at your walls.
There’s a famous quote from Winston Churchill that somewhat fits the moment. Here ‘tis:
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
It would be nice if we could get the technology from that “Under the Dome” show on TV, and drop one of those domes over the entire Middle East. That’s not going to happen though, so at some point we’re going to have to clean that mess out before they destroy us.
If you want my expanded thoughts on the idea of these people demanding that their employers pay them more than they are worth in the marketplace, you can read a column I wrote in July. Here’s the link.
For the Reader’s Digest version, just keep reading.
I am sick to damn death of people with limited or next-to-no actual job skills demanding that they receive a wage that would allow them to raise their families … which in most cases means one, two or three more illegitimate kids. Here we have people who, for the most part, paid little or no attention to their education. Maybe they were too busy smoothing out the Bondo on their Camaros, dedicating themselves to their eventual NFL or NBA career, or living in fear of someone telling them they were “acting white” if they were caught paying attention in class. Whatever the reason --- here they are as adults in America and they aren’t worth more than $7.40 an hour to an employer. An actual human being born with all of the advantages of being an American, and they reach adulthood unable to produce more than 12 1/3 cents per minute in value to their employer. If you’re more than six months out of high school and this is the best you can do you can go ahead and chalk up the first 18 years of your life as pretty much a waste.
Now what’s this crap about not being able to raise a family on minimum wage? You’re NOT SUPPOSED to be able to raise a family on minimum wage. This is something you will not hear 0bama myrmidons or leftist sycophants acknowledge. Apparently these women – and three-fourths of these minimum wage fast food workers are women – must be given a free pass on their irresponsible behavior. The basic expectation of society should be that you will not procreate (have babies, for those of you in government schools) until you can afford what you begat. One of the greatest of social wrongs in this country is to have a baby that you cannot afford to raise. What kind of a useless and pathetic human being do you have to be to say:
“Hey y’all! Lookie here! I have a baby! I don’t have a husband … I don’t have an education … I don’t have any marketable job skills … I don’t have any future … but I do have working ovaries … and I have this baby! And now y’all need to give me some money and fooooooo stamps so I can feed this baby! You hear?”
And now these people are going on strike to tell us that they deserve $15.00 an hour?
I’ll tell you what they deserve. They deserve to have their little bundles of joy classified as “endangered” by local authorities and taken away. These children will have a much better chance if they are raised by an adoptive or foster family, or even in an orphanage where there would be some structure to their lives, than they would being raised by some life support system for a womb with no other skills than getting knocked up and then demanding money from the rest of us.
These idiots don’t seem to understand that even if the government did interfere in the marketplace to require that they be paid – in reality – about four times what they’re worth per hour, they would still be unable to afford the precious fast foods that they incessantly cram down the gullets of their ever-expanding children.
Now let me tell you one more thing about these “strikes” for a $15.00 minimum wage. This will explain why union leaders are so involved in this fast food worker unrest. Many union contracts, you see, are indexed to the minimum wage. Some of these contracts have clauses that set the minimum union wage as a factor of the current minimum wage. If that index was, for instance, 2.5, then an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour would raise the minimum union wage in this instance to $37.50 per hour. Funny, isn’t it, how the media never seems to explain this to you?
BRITAIN TO 0BAMA … POUND DESERT SAND
Oh, this is rich. Days after taking office 0bama made it clear to Great Britain that he didn’t particularly hold them in high regard. 0bama had learned from his Marxist father that England was bad .. a very bad colonial power that brought pain and suffering to Africa. Obama carried that disdain of the UK right into the White House. Remember the bit about the Winston Churchill bust? So now … perhaps … a little payback?
But now … about Syria. Many have asked me on Twitter what I think about military action there. Not much, really, but there’s a lot to consider.
First --- nobody is going to claim that 0bama even approaches a low-level of competence in his foreign affairs. This whole “red line” idea of his was complete nonsense. First .. the world knows that 0bama is weak. They know when he bloviates about a “red line” he will not have the courage to follow up. So when Assad uses chemical or biological weapons against his own people, he did so with the assumption that 0bama was full of hot air. If 0bama now does NOT put some oomph behind his “red line” statement not only Assad, but the Mad Mullahs of Iran, Russia’s Putin and the rest of the world’s bad guys will know that 0bama is pretty much all bluster.
Then there’s Iran. Consider that 0bama has used pretty much the same language in addressing Iran’s quest for nuclear arms as he used on Assad. He told Iran that he would not permit them to develop nuclear arms. That’s his red line for Iran. Now Iran suspects, as they should, that 0bama doesn’t have the courage to back up his “will not permit” line. If 0bama fails to enforce his Syrian red line, why would anyone expect him to enforce his prohibition on nuclear arms for Iran?
Now there are a lot of my Libertarian friends out there who absolutely feel that in no way, shape or form should the United States become militarily involved in Syria. I can understand that point of view. I would suggest, though, that when a fire is raging through your closely-packed neighborhood, it might be best to begin fighting that fire while it is still on the next block, rather than wait until the flames are licking at your walls.
There’s a famous quote from Winston Churchill that somewhat fits the moment. Here ‘tis:
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
It would be nice if we could get the technology from that “Under the Dome” show on TV, and drop one of those domes over the entire Middle East. That’s not going to happen though, so at some point we’re going to have to clean that mess out before they destroy us.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Fifty Years Later
"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" --Martin Luther King, 50 years ago today.
He didn't think it necessary to point out that his dream only worked if everyone understood that it involved a two way street. Somebody get the word to Al Sharpton, Mr. Obama, and the "Reverend" Jackson and their pals. It serves Mr. Obama's goals to keep us divided on the basis of skin color, and Mr. Sharpton et al have made it their life's work.
Dr. King's vision is stronger than these people's efforts to negate it, but, like all self fulfilling prophecies, by definition, it only happens if all of us truly want it to. Fifty years later, his dream still suffers at the hands of some people, who place their pursuit of power above the peace he spoke of.
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world". -- Oscar Wilde
He didn't think it necessary to point out that his dream only worked if everyone understood that it involved a two way street. Somebody get the word to Al Sharpton, Mr. Obama, and the "Reverend" Jackson and their pals. It serves Mr. Obama's goals to keep us divided on the basis of skin color, and Mr. Sharpton et al have made it their life's work.
Dr. King's vision is stronger than these people's efforts to negate it, but, like all self fulfilling prophecies, by definition, it only happens if all of us truly want it to. Fifty years later, his dream still suffers at the hands of some people, who place their pursuit of power above the peace he spoke of.
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world". -- Oscar Wilde
Fun Animal Facts
People are always saying to me, “Joe, why do you keep writing about politics? I don’t care about politics. Can you write about something else?”
I don’t know who these people are; they’re always gone by the time I turn around. In fact, it might just be voices in my head. But anyway, I’ve always loved animals ever since I was a kid. Well, I loved them as a kid and I’m kinda eh about them now, but I know a few little-known fun facts about animals to share with you. Well, they might be fun; I’m not really sure. If they’re not fun, hey I’m sorry. The voices told me to write this post.
FUN ANIMAL FACTS
* If you roll an alligator on its back, it will be unable to right itself. Try it. It only works with really big ones.
* Polar bears are only naturally white when young, as eventually their furs turns brown as they get older. Thus Eskimos bleach adult polar bears so they’ll meet tourist expectations.
* The eagle is the only bird legally able to rent a car.
* No matter how much it begs, no matter how much it cries, never loan a sloth money.
* It’s not true that honey badgers don’t care about anything, something you’ll find out if you mention the Fed in front of one.
* Lions used to be one of the most prosperous species, living on all continents and dominating the food chain. But that was like a thousand years ago and now they’re just violent militants.
* Little is known about the deep-sea dwelling giant squid other than that it is deathly afraid of clowns.
* Despite its duck-like appearance, the platypus, much like Adolph Hitler, is a mammal.
* The turtle’s shell was an evolutionary adaptation allowing a turtle to get free food at parties while still being a severe introvert.
* The chimpanzee is the smartest animal other than human, but it’s not like it’s going to develop a cure for cancer or anything so who cares?
* The main difference between a wolf and a domesticated dog is how easily is can recognize that Beggin’ Strips aren’t real bacon.
* The penguins, being a bird that can’t fly, are extremely bitter and angry.
* Scientist still don’t understand how a snake moves without any limbs. Then again, they haven’t really studied it because then they’d have to touch snakes.
* The extra ‘l’ in llama is for savings.
* Leave a lizard in water too long and it will become a salamander.
* There’s only one known poisonous bird. His name is Jeremy. Keep an eye out for him.
I don’t know who these people are; they’re always gone by the time I turn around. In fact, it might just be voices in my head. But anyway, I’ve always loved animals ever since I was a kid. Well, I loved them as a kid and I’m kinda eh about them now, but I know a few little-known fun facts about animals to share with you. Well, they might be fun; I’m not really sure. If they’re not fun, hey I’m sorry. The voices told me to write this post.
FUN ANIMAL FACTS
* If you roll an alligator on its back, it will be unable to right itself. Try it. It only works with really big ones.
* Polar bears are only naturally white when young, as eventually their furs turns brown as they get older. Thus Eskimos bleach adult polar bears so they’ll meet tourist expectations.
* The eagle is the only bird legally able to rent a car.
* No matter how much it begs, no matter how much it cries, never loan a sloth money.
* It’s not true that honey badgers don’t care about anything, something you’ll find out if you mention the Fed in front of one.
* Lions used to be one of the most prosperous species, living on all continents and dominating the food chain. But that was like a thousand years ago and now they’re just violent militants.
* Little is known about the deep-sea dwelling giant squid other than that it is deathly afraid of clowns.
* Despite its duck-like appearance, the platypus, much like Adolph Hitler, is a mammal.
* The turtle’s shell was an evolutionary adaptation allowing a turtle to get free food at parties while still being a severe introvert.
* The chimpanzee is the smartest animal other than human, but it’s not like it’s going to develop a cure for cancer or anything so who cares?
* The main difference between a wolf and a domesticated dog is how easily is can recognize that Beggin’ Strips aren’t real bacon.
* The penguins, being a bird that can’t fly, are extremely bitter and angry.
* Scientist still don’t understand how a snake moves without any limbs. Then again, they haven’t really studied it because then they’d have to touch snakes.
* The extra ‘l’ in llama is for savings.
* Leave a lizard in water too long and it will become a salamander.
* There’s only one known poisonous bird. His name is Jeremy. Keep an eye out for him.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Wait, What?!? Obama's Foreign Policy
Has anybody been keeping an eye on the foreign policy moves of our Fearless Leader, the Citizen of the World, lately? I have, and I can't figure out whether he's making those moves on purpose, whether he just has no clue what he's doing, or a little of both.
His foreign policy seems to run from incoherent to incompetent and back again. If there's a method to his madness, I can't seem to find it.
I think it worth noting to you Islamophobes that Dear Leader's worldview is informed by his more enlightened Islamophilic views. Of course, considering he grew up a Muslim, or at least represented himself as such for a time, those views probably aren't all that much of a surprise.
Anyone else remember his Cairo speech, where he utterly invented history "facts" to make it look like the Muslim world had offered us anything more than Death and Taxes? The one that was going to spark the flames of Democracy in the Middle East? Yeah, that didn't work out too well, did it?
First we got the uprising in Iran, you know: the one that actually had a pretty good chance of creating a stable democracy? With all the people in the streets of Tehran holding signs calling for Obama and America to help them, please? Yeah, that one he ignored.
Then, the so-called Arab Spring, where protests broke all over the Middle East, from Morocco to Kuwait. These were the result of the poor and oppressed rising up against dictatorial rulers. Interestingly, there were protests and uprisings in better than a dozen countries, but the only ones Obama seemed interested in providing Leadership From Behind™ in were the ones with rulers that were least hostile to the U.S. In Egypt, Mubarak, whatever his faults as Egyptian "president," was at least a U.S. ally. And in Libya, where Barry had a few missiles lobbed, Kha-Daffy was more or less quiet since W. showed the world he wasn't afraid to squash a few dictatorial bugs. But no,: these guys had to go, and the had to go IMMEDIATELY.
And so, when Mubarak was removed, the only group organized enough to field viable candidates were Barry's beloved Islamofascists in the Muslim Brotherhood, which resulted in what they want to call a coup just in the past month or so by the the Egyptian military, which of course, our Moron-in-Chief has soundly condemned, since, obviously, it took out a government that got elected the same way he did: By lying about their aims and goals. This "coup" is probably the best thing that's happened in the region since Odumbo took office. It might not result in a stable democracy, but the result will probably be a whole lot better than what the Brotherhood wanted to do to the country, which was institute Shariah, among other things.
In Libya, well, you know how that went: An ambassador and three other Americans dead, while BO slept, or played golf, or whatever he did, which we don't know because he ain't telling. Benghazi Barry just blamed it all on a video, as did the rest of his "transparent" administration, as a means of transparently trying to cover their incompetent posteriors. And don't forget: There's still a guy in jail for that video.
Then we've got Syria, which is the Mother of all Clusterbombs. This is a fun one: Russia appears to support Syrian dictator Assad, as well as the mullahs in Iran, who are the patrons of Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is one of the groups fighting Assad. Meanwhile, Turkey is caught with the NATO obligations, but doesn't want to fight fellow Muslims, especially since Erdogan the leader is an Islamist. And they still all hate the Jews in Israel, who all the others blame for the whole mess, despite having nothing to do with it.
Into this saunters our Idiot with his "Chemical Weapons Red Line," which has been erased and redrawn so many times no one remembers where it was to begin with. He tried to look tough, like he was Doing Something, while not actually wanting to do ANYTHING, and Assad called his bluff and now he looks impotent and weak.
Add to that the fact that now that France has decided that Something Needs to Be Done, and of course President Idiot jumps and sends Naval forces in. So now it looks like the U.S. military is taking orders from the President of France. Know what? If the French really think something ought to be done, let them send in their military to do it. Of course, France hasn't had a military of any use since the end of the "First" World War. (There was really only one World War: The allies just gave Germany 20 years to rearm, regroup and get really angry.)
Notice how Teh Won's Middle East strategy tends to favor Islamofascists at the expense of people who might actually move the region forward? Yeah, me too.
Meanwhile, Putin is in Russia metaphorically kicking Barry-O in the junk again and again, and Barry just smiles and says "Thank you Sir, may I have another!" Putin did the U.S. a giant favor with his banning of "homosexual acts in public" for the 2014 Winter Olympics. It gives Omoron the chance to look "tough" by refusing to meet with Putin one-on-one, while pandering to the gay base of the democRat party (like he can't seem to bring himself to do with the truly gay-repressive societies in the Middle East), while giving the rest of the nation a respite from the prospect of the Idiot promising more unilateral disarmament to make Putin happy.
The last time a president was viewed as such a weakling by the Russians, Khrushchev tried to put missiles in Cuba.
And I don't think our guy now has anywhere near the cojones that Kennedy did.
Let's not forget, as well, that he's managed to annoy, irritate and offend pretty much every ally we have, while bowing and scraping to those who would do us harm.
The most positive part of his entire 50-some months as president was his hundred million dollar trip to Africa, where he accomplished absolutely nothing and wasted a whole lot of taxpayer dollars, but at least he wasn't HERE, messing things up.
So, I think the best we can hope for over the next three and a half years is that he takes a lot of trips to other countries, makes a lot of meaningless speeches, and basically leaves US alone.
I'm hoping that his foreign policy is the result of him being an idiot, because the alternative is that it's intentional, and that would move him from being ridiculously stupid and incompetent to being diabolically evil.
His foreign policy seems to run from incoherent to incompetent and back again. If there's a method to his madness, I can't seem to find it.
I think it worth noting to you Islamophobes that Dear Leader's worldview is informed by his more enlightened Islamophilic views. Of course, considering he grew up a Muslim, or at least represented himself as such for a time, those views probably aren't all that much of a surprise.
Anyone else remember his Cairo speech, where he utterly invented history "facts" to make it look like the Muslim world had offered us anything more than Death and Taxes? The one that was going to spark the flames of Democracy in the Middle East? Yeah, that didn't work out too well, did it?
First we got the uprising in Iran, you know: the one that actually had a pretty good chance of creating a stable democracy? With all the people in the streets of Tehran holding signs calling for Obama and America to help them, please? Yeah, that one he ignored.
Then, the so-called Arab Spring, where protests broke all over the Middle East, from Morocco to Kuwait. These were the result of the poor and oppressed rising up against dictatorial rulers. Interestingly, there were protests and uprisings in better than a dozen countries, but the only ones Obama seemed interested in providing Leadership From Behind™ in were the ones with rulers that were least hostile to the U.S. In Egypt, Mubarak, whatever his faults as Egyptian "president," was at least a U.S. ally. And in Libya, where Barry had a few missiles lobbed, Kha-Daffy was more or less quiet since W. showed the world he wasn't afraid to squash a few dictatorial bugs. But no,: these guys had to go, and the had to go IMMEDIATELY.
And so, when Mubarak was removed, the only group organized enough to field viable candidates were Barry's beloved Islamofascists in the Muslim Brotherhood, which resulted in what they want to call a coup just in the past month or so by the the Egyptian military, which of course, our Moron-in-Chief has soundly condemned, since, obviously, it took out a government that got elected the same way he did: By lying about their aims and goals. This "coup" is probably the best thing that's happened in the region since Odumbo took office. It might not result in a stable democracy, but the result will probably be a whole lot better than what the Brotherhood wanted to do to the country, which was institute Shariah, among other things.
In Libya, well, you know how that went: An ambassador and three other Americans dead, while BO slept, or played golf, or whatever he did, which we don't know because he ain't telling. Benghazi Barry just blamed it all on a video, as did the rest of his "transparent" administration, as a means of transparently trying to cover their incompetent posteriors. And don't forget: There's still a guy in jail for that video.
Then we've got Syria, which is the Mother of all Clusterbombs. This is a fun one: Russia appears to support Syrian dictator Assad, as well as the mullahs in Iran, who are the patrons of Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is one of the groups fighting Assad. Meanwhile, Turkey is caught with the NATO obligations, but doesn't want to fight fellow Muslims, especially since Erdogan the leader is an Islamist. And they still all hate the Jews in Israel, who all the others blame for the whole mess, despite having nothing to do with it.
Into this saunters our Idiot with his "Chemical Weapons Red Line," which has been erased and redrawn so many times no one remembers where it was to begin with. He tried to look tough, like he was Doing Something, while not actually wanting to do ANYTHING, and Assad called his bluff and now he looks impotent and weak.
Add to that the fact that now that France has decided that Something Needs to Be Done, and of course President Idiot jumps and sends Naval forces in. So now it looks like the U.S. military is taking orders from the President of France. Know what? If the French really think something ought to be done, let them send in their military to do it. Of course, France hasn't had a military of any use since the end of the "First" World War. (There was really only one World War: The allies just gave Germany 20 years to rearm, regroup and get really angry.)
Notice how Teh Won's Middle East strategy tends to favor Islamofascists at the expense of people who might actually move the region forward? Yeah, me too.
Meanwhile, Putin is in Russia metaphorically kicking Barry-O in the junk again and again, and Barry just smiles and says "Thank you Sir, may I have another!" Putin did the U.S. a giant favor with his banning of "homosexual acts in public" for the 2014 Winter Olympics. It gives Omoron the chance to look "tough" by refusing to meet with Putin one-on-one, while pandering to the gay base of the democRat party (like he can't seem to bring himself to do with the truly gay-repressive societies in the Middle East), while giving the rest of the nation a respite from the prospect of the Idiot promising more unilateral disarmament to make Putin happy.
The last time a president was viewed as such a weakling by the Russians, Khrushchev tried to put missiles in Cuba.
And I don't think our guy now has anywhere near the cojones that Kennedy did.
Let's not forget, as well, that he's managed to annoy, irritate and offend pretty much every ally we have, while bowing and scraping to those who would do us harm.
The most positive part of his entire 50-some months as president was his hundred million dollar trip to Africa, where he accomplished absolutely nothing and wasted a whole lot of taxpayer dollars, but at least he wasn't HERE, messing things up.
So, I think the best we can hope for over the next three and a half years is that he takes a lot of trips to other countries, makes a lot of meaningless speeches, and basically leaves US alone.
I'm hoping that his foreign policy is the result of him being an idiot, because the alternative is that it's intentional, and that would move him from being ridiculously stupid and incompetent to being diabolically evil.
He was almost right about one thing, though: He may not have made our enemies love US, but they surely love HIM, as every move he makes causes us to look weak and foolish.
No More Wars
So I guess we might be getting into a war with Syria or something. Everyone is all worried about another war considering how the last couple went, but maybe we can do better with a more hands off approach. We’ll launch a few cruise missile, drop a few bombs, and that’s it. And if someone asks, “Aren’t you going to help them establish a new government or something?”
We’ll be like, “Nope. Just blowing stuff up from a distance now. Everyone on the ground — the Syrians and what not — can figure out the rest.”
“Won’t they be angry at us?”
“Well… we don’t like to speculate on other people’s feelings. If someone doesn’t like our policy, they do have our email address.”
So no more wars. Just bombings here and there to help countries know they’ve done wrong and learn. Sounds good?
We’ll be like, “Nope. Just blowing stuff up from a distance now. Everyone on the ground — the Syrians and what not — can figure out the rest.”
“Won’t they be angry at us?”
“Well… we don’t like to speculate on other people’s feelings. If someone doesn’t like our policy, they do have our email address.”
So no more wars. Just bombings here and there to help countries know they’ve done wrong and learn. Sounds good?
Thursday, August 22, 2013
You Can't Make This Stuff Up
"In a surprise ruling, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals issued a unanimous opinion supporting the right of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to unionize in order to assure equitable access to benefits, along with an uninterrupted flow of payments should the federal government be forced to temporarily shut down due to congressional budget stalemates."
I don't often say this, but I am outraged. Do we live in a country where people who receive handouts are so brazen that they think they should get their "fair share" even when the government itself is shut down? And one of our so-called "courts" upheld this travesty? Go and read the rest of the article here and come back and tell me what YOU think.
I don't often say this, but I am outraged. Do we live in a country where people who receive handouts are so brazen that they think they should get their "fair share" even when the government itself is shut down? And one of our so-called "courts" upheld this travesty? Go and read the rest of the article here and come back and tell me what YOU think.
The Oreo Scandal
Fox News reports that Double Stuf Oreos don’t have double the Stuf inside.
I’m shocked. I’m stunned. I’m in denial. And, I’m kinda hungry for an Oreo.
We used to make double stuff Oreos when I was a child. Note that I said “double stuff” and not “Double Stuf.” There’s a reason for that. We’d take the Oreo cookies apart — a little gentle-yet-firm twist — and, if we did it right, one side had all the stuff on it, while the other side was mostly clean cooke. Then, we’d do it again with another Oreo cookie. We then had two halves with stuff on them, and two plain chocolate cookies. We’d take the two halves that had all the stuff on them and put them together to get double stuff Oreos.
Now, if the separation went wrong, you couldn’t use that Oreo. You had to eat it. I mean, they’re Oreos. They can’t go to waste (although, these days, they do go to waist … and hips … and belly). Eating a regular Oreo was punishment for not getting it right. Which isn’t a bad punishment, but it’s not the reward of eating an Oreo with double the stuff inside.
We tried this with Hydrox cookies, too, but I don’t remember how well that went. We preferred Oreo to Hydrox, even though Oreo was a knock-off of Hydrox. Really. Betcha though it was the other way around, didn’t you. Well, now you know better, and are smarter for it.
Anyway, about the double stuff … stuff. In 1974, Nabisco finally caught up with the rest of us and introduced Double Stuf Oreo cookies. They left out an “f” in the name, in case you didn’t notice. Was that a subtle hint that Double Stuf wasn’t actually double the stuff?
Well, fast-forward to 2013 and a classroom in Queensbury, NY. Dan Anderson, a math teacher as Queensbury High, had his class perform experiments to see if there was really double the stuff inside the Double Stuf Oreos. They concluded that they contain 1.86 times the stuff, not double.
A spokeswoman for Oreo says “I can confirm for you that our recipe for the Oreo Double Stuf Cookie has double the Stuf, or creme filling, when compared with our base, or original Oreo cookie.”
Who to believe?
The joy I felt in 1974 when Double Stuf was released is now called into question. Were we lied to?
Or, did the math class get it wrong?
Let’s look at their methodology. They weighed 10 regular Oreos. They weighed 20 plain cookies from the Oreos. They weighed 10 Double Stuf Oreos.
They took the weight of the 10 Oreos, subtracted the weight of the 20 plain cookies, and got the weight of the stuff.
Then, they took the weight of the 10 Double Stuff Oreos, subtracted the weight of the 20 plain cookies, and got the weight of the stuff.
And that’s how they determined the Double Stuf was actually the One-Point-Eight-Six Stuf.
But, is the experiment valid?
Ever took an Oreo apart? Hard to get all of the stuff off, isn’t it. The flat side of an Oreo cooke isn’t smooth. If it was, the stuff wouldn’t stick. That’s Science! The cookie is rough (slightly, but enough) so the creme filling will stick. If they don’t get it all out, that makes the weight a little bit off, skewing the results slightly.
What about crumbs? Ever eat a whole bag of Oreos? Ever look in the bag after the last Oreo has been devoured? Know what you’ll find? Crumbs. If the 10 Double Stuff Oreos had more cookie missing (more crumbs) than the 10 regular Oeos, that’ll skew the results slightly.
Yeah, maybe I’m grasping at straws here, trying to keep one part of my childhood fantasy alive: that Oreos were good and wonderful things that would never lie to us.
There’s only one way to get to the bottom of this. We’re going to have to repeat the experiment. Many times, possibly. And, of course, eat the Oreos when we’re done.
This isn’t a job for Mythbusters. It’s a job for you. Go forth and … Science!
Or Math!
Or… Oreos!
I’m shocked. I’m stunned. I’m in denial. And, I’m kinda hungry for an Oreo.
We used to make double stuff Oreos when I was a child. Note that I said “double stuff” and not “Double Stuf.” There’s a reason for that. We’d take the Oreo cookies apart — a little gentle-yet-firm twist — and, if we did it right, one side had all the stuff on it, while the other side was mostly clean cooke. Then, we’d do it again with another Oreo cookie. We then had two halves with stuff on them, and two plain chocolate cookies. We’d take the two halves that had all the stuff on them and put them together to get double stuff Oreos.
Now, if the separation went wrong, you couldn’t use that Oreo. You had to eat it. I mean, they’re Oreos. They can’t go to waste (although, these days, they do go to waist … and hips … and belly). Eating a regular Oreo was punishment for not getting it right. Which isn’t a bad punishment, but it’s not the reward of eating an Oreo with double the stuff inside.
We tried this with Hydrox cookies, too, but I don’t remember how well that went. We preferred Oreo to Hydrox, even though Oreo was a knock-off of Hydrox. Really. Betcha though it was the other way around, didn’t you. Well, now you know better, and are smarter for it.
Anyway, about the double stuff … stuff. In 1974, Nabisco finally caught up with the rest of us and introduced Double Stuf Oreo cookies. They left out an “f” in the name, in case you didn’t notice. Was that a subtle hint that Double Stuf wasn’t actually double the stuff?
Well, fast-forward to 2013 and a classroom in Queensbury, NY. Dan Anderson, a math teacher as Queensbury High, had his class perform experiments to see if there was really double the stuff inside the Double Stuf Oreos. They concluded that they contain 1.86 times the stuff, not double.
A spokeswoman for Oreo says “I can confirm for you that our recipe for the Oreo Double Stuf Cookie has double the Stuf, or creme filling, when compared with our base, or original Oreo cookie.”
Who to believe?
The joy I felt in 1974 when Double Stuf was released is now called into question. Were we lied to?
Or, did the math class get it wrong?
Let’s look at their methodology. They weighed 10 regular Oreos. They weighed 20 plain cookies from the Oreos. They weighed 10 Double Stuf Oreos.
They took the weight of the 10 Oreos, subtracted the weight of the 20 plain cookies, and got the weight of the stuff.
Then, they took the weight of the 10 Double Stuff Oreos, subtracted the weight of the 20 plain cookies, and got the weight of the stuff.
And that’s how they determined the Double Stuf was actually the One-Point-Eight-Six Stuf.
But, is the experiment valid?
Ever took an Oreo apart? Hard to get all of the stuff off, isn’t it. The flat side of an Oreo cooke isn’t smooth. If it was, the stuff wouldn’t stick. That’s Science! The cookie is rough (slightly, but enough) so the creme filling will stick. If they don’t get it all out, that makes the weight a little bit off, skewing the results slightly.
What about crumbs? Ever eat a whole bag of Oreos? Ever look in the bag after the last Oreo has been devoured? Know what you’ll find? Crumbs. If the 10 Double Stuff Oreos had more cookie missing (more crumbs) than the 10 regular Oeos, that’ll skew the results slightly.
Yeah, maybe I’m grasping at straws here, trying to keep one part of my childhood fantasy alive: that Oreos were good and wonderful things that would never lie to us.
There’s only one way to get to the bottom of this. We’re going to have to repeat the experiment. Many times, possibly. And, of course, eat the Oreos when we’re done.
This isn’t a job for Mythbusters. It’s a job for you. Go forth and … Science!
Or Math!
Or… Oreos!
Chemical Weapons in Syria? Unpossible!
My man in State is reporting to me again. John Kerry has been reporting for duty on the Syrian chemical weapons situation. He has concluded that he trusts the Syrian government and agrees that chemical weapons were not used there. He is leaning toward some of the following facts in his reasoning.
- They weren’t chemical, duh, they were biological.
- Oh, they aren’t dead. They just swooned because there was an internet rumor that Beiber would be touring here.
- It wasn’t Syria who used the weapons. It was the Jews and their new biological weapon the Flatulence of Doom. They smuggled it in as innocuous sticks of sugar-free gum which were distributed to unwitting school children to release to the world.
- It’s just another Pallywood, ‘wag the dog’ production. They are all just actors pretending to be injured and dead.
- It was just the aftermath of a Rosie O’Donnell speech. Oh the humanity! And this is exactly why we want the broads in burkas.
- What do you expect? Syria just ended its ‘Stop and Frisk’ policy.
- Baghdad Bob says there are no chemical weapons in Syria.
- This happens every year at Falafel Fest. They will be fine once the cloud of methane dissipates.
- This is just what happens when communities aren’t properly organized.
- It is impossible that there were chemical weapons used. Syria is a chemical-weapon-free zone.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Where's the Outrage? Al? Oprah? Jesse?
The five pictured below the couple car-jacked then raped Christopher Newsom, cut
off his penis, set him on fire and fatally shot him several times while they
forced his girlfriend, Channon Christian, to watch. An even more cruel fate
awaited her!Channon Christian was beaten and gang-raped in many ways for four days by all of them, while they took turns urinating on her. They cut off her breasts and put chemicals in her mouth... And then murdered her.
Knoxville (WVLT) - The District Attorney General of Knox County announced the list of charges facing now five suspects in the double murderof Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
The District Attorney General Randy Nichols is not saying whether or not he will seek the death penalty, but he does say the State will seek conviction for all charges filed in a 24-page indictment from the Knox County Grand Jury. Lemaricus Davidson, 25, faces a total of 46 charges.. Letalvis Cobbins, 24 , faces a total of 46 charges. George Thomas, 24 , faces a total of 46 charges. Vanessa Coleman, 18 , faces 40 Tennessee state charges. Eric Boyd, 24 , also arrested in connection with the fatal car jacking, only faces federal charges as an accessory after the fact.
SO!!!!! Where's Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson? Are they providing counsel and help to the families of the victims?
Why hasn't this received National coverage by the news media like the Trayvon Martin case in Florida?
Why hasn't the NAACP, ACLU, New York Times etc., called for an investigation?
Why hasn't the FBI been called in to investigate this as a hate crime?
(Snopes.com)
If two white people are tortured, raped, and murdered it barely gets a blip in the news?
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Stolen Valor
Here's Mr. Braulio Castillo, private contractor for the IRS, beneficiary of the disabled veteran setaside program due to an injury he sustained in the "service of his country", which the VA, based on his statements, has rated at 30%. In the course of some 30 years since his injury, he has used his disabled veteran status to secure over $500 million in federal contracts.
Only one small problem. He was never in the military. His injury was a twisted ankle he suffered while playing football in prep school.
He is a fake, a poser. At no time did he ever wear a uniform in any branch of this country's military, nor at any time did he ever pick up a weapon to defend this country. Never having served in this country's military confers no dishonor whatsoever, taken by itself.
Knowingly misrepresenting yourself in that regard, claiming injury, and making millions as a consequence, is a different matter.
He is a fake, a poser. At no time did he ever wear a uniform in any branch of this country's military, nor at any time did he ever pick up a weapon to defend this country. Never having served in this country's military confers no dishonor whatsoever, taken by itself.
Knowingly misrepresenting yourself in that regard, claiming injury, and making millions as a consequence, is a different matter.
Only one small problem. He was never in the military. His injury was a twisted ankle he suffered while playing football in prep school.
He is a fake, a poser. At no time did he ever wear a uniform in any branch of this country's military, nor at any time did he ever pick up a weapon to defend this country. Never having served in this country's military confers no dishonor whatsoever, taken by itself.
Knowingly misrepresenting yourself in that regard, claiming injury, and making millions as a consequence, is a different matter.
He is a fake, a poser. At no time did he ever wear a uniform in any branch of this country's military, nor at any time did he ever pick up a weapon to defend this country. Never having served in this country's military confers no dishonor whatsoever, taken by itself.
Knowingly misrepresenting yourself in that regard, claiming injury, and making millions as a consequence, is a different matter.
Ted Cruz’s Awesome Opportunity
Man, I am so jealous of Ted Cruz right now. Since he was born in Canada — even though to an American citizen — it ends up he automatically gets Canadian citizenship even though he never sought it out. So, just clear things up for a presidential run, he’s going to renounce his Canadian citizenship.
Man, I would love to be able to renounce a non-American citizenship. My dad always told me a story of my grandfather (also Frank J. Fleming) who when getting his American citizenship after moving here from Ireland, was asked, “Do you renounce the king of England?”
And he replied, “I did that years ago.”
Wouldn’t it be great to have an awesome renunciation of a former citizenship? Here’s what I recommend for Ted Cruz: Go to North Dakota to the Canadian border for his announcement. Stand at the border and say, “I renounced my Canadian citizenship. Canadians are nothing but a bunch of maple-syrup swilling, moose-munching, cheap American-knockoffs.” Then he can break a hockey stick in two and set fire to a maple leaf. “North of me is nothing but losers.” And then he can spit over the border.
People seeing that would be like, “Wow. Now there is a true American who loves America — unlike certain other current president and unaccomplished, shrewish, overly-ambitious former first ladies.” He’d be 2016′s front runner.
Man, I would love to be able to renounce a non-American citizenship. My dad always told me a story of my grandfather (also Frank J. Fleming) who when getting his American citizenship after moving here from Ireland, was asked, “Do you renounce the king of England?”
And he replied, “I did that years ago.”
Wouldn’t it be great to have an awesome renunciation of a former citizenship? Here’s what I recommend for Ted Cruz: Go to North Dakota to the Canadian border for his announcement. Stand at the border and say, “I renounced my Canadian citizenship. Canadians are nothing but a bunch of maple-syrup swilling, moose-munching, cheap American-knockoffs.” Then he can break a hockey stick in two and set fire to a maple leaf. “North of me is nothing but losers.” And then he can spit over the border.
People seeing that would be like, “Wow. Now there is a true American who loves America — unlike certain other current president and unaccomplished, shrewish, overly-ambitious former first ladies.” He’d be 2016′s front runner.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
The Beginning of My Path Towards 2016
So, the 2016 race is already heating up with Chris Christie making veiled attacks against Rand Paul and Bobby Jindal. He’s basically saying to the other possible candidates, “I drink your milkshake. And I eat your bacon. And anything else I can quickly grab before I waddle to my hasty escape.”
I can’t help the fat jokes when Christie is the subject. I’m sorry.
Do we really want to get into fights this early, though? I say “yes” because I need all the possible candidate to self-destruct now giving me time to offer myself as the last unsullied candidate for 2016. “That Joe Johnson there; never heard anything bad about him,” they’ll say. “His wife sure made me a pretty card. Let’s make him the nominee.”
And I’ll be like, “I’m too humble to accept.”
And they’ll be like, “Oh. That sucks. We’ll have to give it somebody else then.”
And I’ll be all panicked and like, “That was just stupid talk. I am not humble. I know I’m awesome.”
And they’ll be like, “But you won’t be extreme or anything?”
And I’ll be like, “No. I’m like super mainstream.”
And they’ll be like, “But what’s this talk about nuking the moon?”
And I’ll be like, “I denounce that. I like the moon. The moon is awesome. It has lots of rocks on it.”
And they’ll be like, “Okay then. I guess you can be the Republican nominee for president.”
Suckers.
I can’t help the fat jokes when Christie is the subject. I’m sorry.
Do we really want to get into fights this early, though? I say “yes” because I need all the possible candidate to self-destruct now giving me time to offer myself as the last unsullied candidate for 2016. “That Joe Johnson there; never heard anything bad about him,” they’ll say. “His wife sure made me a pretty card. Let’s make him the nominee.”
And I’ll be like, “I’m too humble to accept.”
And they’ll be like, “Oh. That sucks. We’ll have to give it somebody else then.”
And I’ll be all panicked and like, “That was just stupid talk. I am not humble. I know I’m awesome.”
And they’ll be like, “But you won’t be extreme or anything?”
And I’ll be like, “No. I’m like super mainstream.”
And they’ll be like, “But what’s this talk about nuking the moon?”
And I’ll be like, “I denounce that. I like the moon. The moon is awesome. It has lots of rocks on it.”
And they’ll be like, “Okay then. I guess you can be the Republican nominee for president.”
Suckers.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Wherein I Make Fun of MSNBC
Let's get this straight right from the outset: I don't watch MSNBC. Oh, I've tried, even if just for laughs. But after a few minutes, my brain inevitably begins to hurt. If you've watched, you know what I mean: These are the most self-satisfied, self-described "intellectual" idiots in the history of idiocy. I'm tempted to say "I see Dumb People," but I won't because that would be stealing somebody else's 15 year old joke.
Fortunately, there are people out there who watch these morons so I don't have to. That way, I just get the select stupidity they throw out instead of having to marinate in it. And, with the ratings they draw, that appears to be the ONLY people watching this travesty of a "news channel." I use quotes to denote an ironic usage. You will find that helpful hint useful as you read, because, really, they really are that bad.
Just recently, Lawrence O'Donnell posited that something anyone with half a brain knows is true, is false, namely that liberal policies since the mid 1960s have resulted in the endangerment destruction of the nuclear family, but in particular the black family. He knows this is true because: Slavery is Bad. Yeah, there's an intellectual conclusion for you.
Also, one of their favorite commentators, Touré, explained that we shouldn't call George Zimmerman a Hispanic because he's a "Peruvian-American." Apparently "Touré" is French for "Ethnic-Identity-Challenged." He seems to think that going by his first name alone is "classy," you know, like Madonna. I think he should use "the" like "Joe the Plumber" and "Bob the Builder" but I suspect that "Touré the Halfwit" would be considered insulting to halfwits.
But anyway, what had started as an idea of making up a helpful list of new slogans to replace their now tired "Lean Forward," has become a general rant to make fun of the mental acuity (or lack thereof) of the on-air "talent." I suspect I will get into a list of new slogans later on, but first let's have a little fun at MSNBC's expense.
The day starts earlier than I ever get up with a show called "Morning Joe," which features a former Congressman from Florida, Joe Scarborough, as the only thing even approaching a Conservative on the network. He was considered a RINO back when he was in Congress, and now doesn't even seem to bother with the name. He is billed as a moderate, which on MSNBC means he's slightly to the right of Stalin. I think liberal Republicans should come out of the closet and admit that they are, you know, democRats.
His partner in idiocy is MikaBrzaa, Brezz, Berz, some Polack name that no one can spell or pronounce. (And yes, I can use that word. But don't you even think of it: That's OUR word.) I'm not sure what all her list of accomplishments includes (and don't care enough to look it up), but I do know that it seems to involve mostly being the misbegotten spawn of some guy with two Polack names that I'm not going to try spelling, who was Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, which is not something I think I would admit outside of a twelve-step program.
Later in the day you get the inaptly named "Hardball with Chris Matthews." I think the show should be named "Softcore," due mainly to Matthews rabid, drooling man-crush on Barry O. If you want to get an idea of what he looks like, picture Dana Carvey doing Harry Caray except with a stupid look on his face. His idea of impartial commentary apparently involves asking Obama to give him his "marching orders." Yeah, a real bright guy.
You also get Chris Hayes, who seems to have gotten his position solely by looking like a younger version of Chris Hardwick, who was at least trying to be funny. He is apparently MSNBC's failure at an attempt at finding some sort of actual journalist to put in their lineup. He's the guy that broke the phony story about how "left-wing" groups were also targeted by the IRS. It's funny how all these "phony scandals" get phony stories about them from the Obama controlled media.
MSNBC has also given a forum to race traitor, false accuser and buffoon Al Sharpton. If that doesn't indicate precisely how low the network has sunk looking for "talent," I don't know what could.
Lawrence O'Donnell appears to exist simply to attempt to fill the pomposity void left when Keith Olbermann was dumped a few years ago. Sorry, but when you're scraping for Keith Olbermann's leftovers, there' just not much farther you can sink.
There's also this guy on, Rachel Maddow, who has to be the most effeminate man I've ever seen outside of those stupid shows about drag queens that Ndnd finds so fascinating. I can't imagine it's an accident, but I guess that's what you should expect when you name your son "Rachel."
On weekends, you get the rabid rantings of Ed Shultz, who is sort of like a rabid, unhinged version of Ed Anger, except not so restrained. His whole schtick appears to be yelling at people and wishing Dick Cheney would have a heart attack.
The only regular "contributor" I feel inclined to mention is the aforementioned Touré. His only talents appear to be being black(ish), and talking out his rectal orifice bout pretty much everything. He also started a national trend of people mocking him with the hashtag "#Peruvia." So there's that.
So, now, we come to the part where I try to suggest new slogans to replace the tired "Lean Forward," which was just an obvious plagiarism of the Obama campaign slogan "Forward," which itself was pretty tired before it was apparently replace by "Failure," and "Bush Did It, Too!" I'm going to try to avoid the obvious ones, like changing the name to MSLSD or MSDNC, or variations on the verb and preposition like, "Slink Leftward," or "Lean Backward." Too easy, and you deserve the effort.
So:
Fortunately, there are people out there who watch these morons so I don't have to. That way, I just get the select stupidity they throw out instead of having to marinate in it. And, with the ratings they draw, that appears to be the ONLY people watching this travesty of a "news channel." I use quotes to denote an ironic usage. You will find that helpful hint useful as you read, because, really, they really are that bad.
Just recently, Lawrence O'Donnell posited that something anyone with half a brain knows is true, is false, namely that liberal policies since the mid 1960s have resulted in the endangerment destruction of the nuclear family, but in particular the black family. He knows this is true because: Slavery is Bad. Yeah, there's an intellectual conclusion for you.
Also, one of their favorite commentators, Touré, explained that we shouldn't call George Zimmerman a Hispanic because he's a "Peruvian-American." Apparently "Touré" is French for "Ethnic-Identity-Challenged." He seems to think that going by his first name alone is "classy," you know, like Madonna. I think he should use "the" like "Joe the Plumber" and "Bob the Builder" but I suspect that "Touré the Halfwit" would be considered insulting to halfwits.
But anyway, what had started as an idea of making up a helpful list of new slogans to replace their now tired "Lean Forward," has become a general rant to make fun of the mental acuity (or lack thereof) of the on-air "talent." I suspect I will get into a list of new slogans later on, but first let's have a little fun at MSNBC's expense.
The day starts earlier than I ever get up with a show called "Morning Joe," which features a former Congressman from Florida, Joe Scarborough, as the only thing even approaching a Conservative on the network. He was considered a RINO back when he was in Congress, and now doesn't even seem to bother with the name. He is billed as a moderate, which on MSNBC means he's slightly to the right of Stalin. I think liberal Republicans should come out of the closet and admit that they are, you know, democRats.
His partner in idiocy is Mika
Later in the day you get the inaptly named "Hardball with Chris Matthews." I think the show should be named "Softcore," due mainly to Matthews rabid, drooling man-crush on Barry O. If you want to get an idea of what he looks like, picture Dana Carvey doing Harry Caray except with a stupid look on his face. His idea of impartial commentary apparently involves asking Obama to give him his "marching orders." Yeah, a real bright guy.
You also get Chris Hayes, who seems to have gotten his position solely by looking like a younger version of Chris Hardwick, who was at least trying to be funny. He is apparently MSNBC's failure at an attempt at finding some sort of actual journalist to put in their lineup. He's the guy that broke the phony story about how "left-wing" groups were also targeted by the IRS. It's funny how all these "phony scandals" get phony stories about them from the Obama controlled media.
MSNBC has also given a forum to race traitor, false accuser and buffoon Al Sharpton. If that doesn't indicate precisely how low the network has sunk looking for "talent," I don't know what could.
Lawrence O'Donnell appears to exist simply to attempt to fill the pomposity void left when Keith Olbermann was dumped a few years ago. Sorry, but when you're scraping for Keith Olbermann's leftovers, there' just not much farther you can sink.
There's also this guy on, Rachel Maddow, who has to be the most effeminate man I've ever seen outside of those stupid shows about drag queens that Ndnd finds so fascinating. I can't imagine it's an accident, but I guess that's what you should expect when you name your son "Rachel."
On weekends, you get the rabid rantings of Ed Shultz, who is sort of like a rabid, unhinged version of Ed Anger, except not so restrained. His whole schtick appears to be yelling at people and wishing Dick Cheney would have a heart attack.
The only regular "contributor" I feel inclined to mention is the aforementioned Touré. His only talents appear to be being black(ish), and talking out his rectal orifice bout pretty much everything. He also started a national trend of people mocking him with the hashtag "#Peruvia." So there's that.
So, now, we come to the part where I try to suggest new slogans to replace the tired "Lean Forward," which was just an obvious plagiarism of the Obama campaign slogan "Forward," which itself was pretty tired before it was apparently replace by "Failure," and "Bush Did It, Too!" I'm going to try to avoid the obvious ones, like changing the name to MSLSD or MSDNC, or variations on the verb and preposition like, "Slink Leftward," or "Lean Backward." Too easy, and you deserve the effort.
So:
- MSNBC: We're Not Biased Like Fox News.
- MSNBC: One Less Black Guy and We'd BE Fox News.
- MSNBC: Intellect Ranging From Dumb to Dumber to Dumberer to Dumberest to Touré.
- MSNBC: GE's Tax Writeoff.
- MSNBC: There Is Only One God, Obama, and Chris Matthews is His Prophet.
- MSNBC: Taking Orders From The democRats Since 1996.
- MSNBC: Not the Place For Breaking News.
- MSNBC: Angry White Guys Yelling
- MSNBC: Stupidity Writ Large
- MSNBC: Republicans Suck!
- MSNBC: If You Want Hard News, Try The Daily Show.
- MSNBC: Where Sanity Goes to Die.
- MSNBC: We're Number Four!
- MSNBC: Sometime's We Beat Univision!
All right, I've made my list: Feel free to add to and improve on it in the comments.
Do I Live In a Cave?
I have never heard anything about this. It was dedicated September 11, 2006 and I've never seen a picture or heard a thing about it until today.
It is titled "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism" and the best pictures and information I could find about it were surprisingly here at snopes.com. Apparently, I am not the only one a little dubious about a "monument" that I've never heard of. It seems to me a beautiful and thoughtful gesture. Why is it a secret?
Have you guys heard of it? Seen it?
It is titled "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism" and the best pictures and information I could find about it were surprisingly here at snopes.com. Apparently, I am not the only one a little dubious about a "monument" that I've never heard of. It seems to me a beautiful and thoughtful gesture. Why is it a secret?
Have you guys heard of it? Seen it?
Obama’s Magic New Implementation Delaying Powers
Hey, Obama just arbitrarily delayed another part of Obamacare. At this rate, there will be no active parts of Obamacare left for Republicans to defund.
I remember that old School House Rock song about how a bill becomes a law, but they totally left out the part where the president can just change implementation of the law in “consultation with businesses.” They’ll have to add a whole other verse for that part. Maybe make it dubstep.
Anyway, I’m sure this will once again give people confidence in Obamacare that it’s so well planned and thought out that Obama has to create for himself new powers to stop Obamacare from enraging voters. The provision he’s delaying this time are caps on out-of-pocket costs, or as insurance companies sees it, a mandate forcing them to raise premiums.
I guess the plan is now to delay all the pain of Obamacare until Obama is out of office and is long gone — presumably having moved to some country he likes better than the U.S. And then we’ll have this Republican president whining about the huge mess he inherited from Obama. Hey, no excuses; you deal with it. Presumably then there will be some manhunt to find Obama and bring him to justice, but I bet he’s already built some kill switch into our drones to prevent them from being used against him. He’s so devious and yet… so stupid.
Man, I can’t wait to see what our nation’s rodeo clowns have to say about all this.
I remember that old School House Rock song about how a bill becomes a law, but they totally left out the part where the president can just change implementation of the law in “consultation with businesses.” They’ll have to add a whole other verse for that part. Maybe make it dubstep.
Anyway, I’m sure this will once again give people confidence in Obamacare that it’s so well planned and thought out that Obama has to create for himself new powers to stop Obamacare from enraging voters. The provision he’s delaying this time are caps on out-of-pocket costs, or as insurance companies sees it, a mandate forcing them to raise premiums.
I guess the plan is now to delay all the pain of Obamacare until Obama is out of office and is long gone — presumably having moved to some country he likes better than the U.S. And then we’ll have this Republican president whining about the huge mess he inherited from Obama. Hey, no excuses; you deal with it. Presumably then there will be some manhunt to find Obama and bring him to justice, but I bet he’s already built some kill switch into our drones to prevent them from being used against him. He’s so devious and yet… so stupid.
Man, I can’t wait to see what our nation’s rodeo clowns have to say about all this.
Monday, August 12, 2013
I’m Unstoppable When in Consultation with Businesses!
So Obama gave a rare press conference Friday, and he had a lot of asinine things to say. Obamacare is like an iPad. The NSA spying is like doing the dishes or something. His presidency is like a toddler playing with a power drill (he didn’t say that analogy; I think it was implied). But he also said this interesting thing: When asked how he could just suspend a provision of Obamacare willy nilly without having it go through Congress, he justified it by saying he did it in “consultation with businesses.”
Did you know that was a thing? You can just do an end run around the Constitution by consulting with businesses? Plus, who knew Obama even knew how to talk to businesses; they have all these words like “costs,” “profit,” and “budget” that are completely foreign concepts to him.
Man, I hope it’s a real thing that a president can do just whatever he wants as long as he consults with businesses first because a Republican will certainly get more use out of it than a Democrats. I mean, Democrats are like this abusive boyfriend to business (“I’m only taxing you because I love you!”), but businesses actually like Republicans. Think of what can get done in the future.
“Uh, Mr. President, we see you unilaterally suspended the minimum wage.”
“Yes. You see, I consulted with businesses and they didn’t like the minimum wage.”
“And drilling operations are going on everywhere now.”
“Well, business said they really like to drill for oil, so I told them to stop worry about any regulations on that.”
“And you suspended the elections.”
“Businesses were a bit worried Democrats would get elected.”
“Also, you imprisoned all of the New York Times in Gitmo.”
“Yeah, while businesses didn’t tell me to do that, I felt it was heavily implied.”
Wow, Obama is giving me a lot of interesting precedents for when I become president in 2017.
Did you know that was a thing? You can just do an end run around the Constitution by consulting with businesses? Plus, who knew Obama even knew how to talk to businesses; they have all these words like “costs,” “profit,” and “budget” that are completely foreign concepts to him.
Man, I hope it’s a real thing that a president can do just whatever he wants as long as he consults with businesses first because a Republican will certainly get more use out of it than a Democrats. I mean, Democrats are like this abusive boyfriend to business (“I’m only taxing you because I love you!”), but businesses actually like Republicans. Think of what can get done in the future.
“Uh, Mr. President, we see you unilaterally suspended the minimum wage.”
“Yes. You see, I consulted with businesses and they didn’t like the minimum wage.”
“And drilling operations are going on everywhere now.”
“Well, business said they really like to drill for oil, so I told them to stop worry about any regulations on that.”
“And you suspended the elections.”
“Businesses were a bit worried Democrats would get elected.”
“Also, you imprisoned all of the New York Times in Gitmo.”
“Yeah, while businesses didn’t tell me to do that, I felt it was heavily implied.”
Wow, Obama is giving me a lot of interesting precedents for when I become president in 2017.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
The Right Thing Will Happen
Sometimes I get a little too wrapped up in the political madness I see going on in this country. There is an unrelenting, powerful, tight jawed, humorless effort by the socialist left to redefine this country, to impose the kind of utopian nightmare George Orwell wrote about. At the end of their efforts, whether they succeed or not, the harm they are doing will take generations to fix. Millions of people are involved in creating this nightmare, and millions of the rest of us, in varying degrees, passively watch. The people who will inherit this country have no voice in this struggle, but they are the ones who will suffer for it. Twenty, fifty years from now, they are us, and we are not paying them the respect they deserve.
It's very good for me personally to be able to say what I think, in my own humble fashion, about these things. Nuking Politics allows me that opportunity, and I'm grateful.
The level of anger it all causes goes up, and it goes down, and none of it is good for me, but having a voice in it all is a therapeutic thing.
And in the middle of it all, occasionally, I stumble across something that helps me see all of it in a different light. I'm reminded that it's not all about politics, or the economy, or arrogant self-serving politicians. It's about people, all ages, all sizes, now or in the future. And sometimes it's about dogs. Dogs seem to "get it". So do most of us.
True compassion and humility can't be mandated by any government. I believe in people, and I believe in our ability to live up to the things we know are right. No amount of bureaucratic regulations, no amount of social engineering or PC contortions, will ever make any of that happen. Most Americans understand that it's up to us to take care of each other, because it's the right thing to do, but the socialist left seems to think it's the government's job.
It's very good for me personally to be able to say what I think, in my own humble fashion, about these things. Nuking Politics allows me that opportunity, and I'm grateful.
The level of anger it all causes goes up, and it goes down, and none of it is good for me, but having a voice in it all is a therapeutic thing.
And in the middle of it all, occasionally, I stumble across something that helps me see all of it in a different light. I'm reminded that it's not all about politics, or the economy, or arrogant self-serving politicians. It's about people, all ages, all sizes, now or in the future. And sometimes it's about dogs. Dogs seem to "get it". So do most of us.
True compassion and humility can't be mandated by any government. I believe in people, and I believe in our ability to live up to the things we know are right. No amount of bureaucratic regulations, no amount of social engineering or PC contortions, will ever make any of that happen. Most Americans understand that it's up to us to take care of each other, because it's the right thing to do, but the socialist left seems to think it's the government's job.
Wait! I'm not quite through.
Well, here we are .. the day after .. and I just have to chime in with more on this McDonald’s minimum wage issue. Why? Because the Huffington Post published an opinion piece yesterday that was so void of intellectual discipline that one might have thought it was written by a gerbil scampering across a keyboard. The reality, though, is worse. The piece was actually written by an undergraduate student at the University of Kansas .. you know, one of those brilliant young know-it-alls who are ready to run the world just two years after moving out of their mommy’s house.
So … what has me so exercised this time? Yesterday it was a woman with a baby demanding that McDonald’s pay her not what she was actually worth to her employer, but what she believes she needs to properly raise her spawn … a child she cannot afford.
This time it’s the learned opinion of the UK undergrad who believes that McDonald’s can double the income of every employee – including the CEO – by raising the price of the Big Mac from $3.99 to $4.67. Yup! You got it! Just increase all prices of McDonald’s products by 17% across the board and you can double everyone’s salary!
The shockwaves from this amazing piece of economic Bolshoi were immediate! Across the country CEOs were stunned by the sudden realization that all they had to do to double the salary of every employee was to simply raise the price of whatever services or products they sold! Golly! It’s all so simple! Why hadn’t anyone thought of this before?
Well maybe the reason that nobody has thought of this before is because most multi-billion dollar businesses aren’t run by college undergraduates who wouldn’t know a good business idea from a Che Guevara poster.
Maybe we have some college undergrads reading this right now who are wondering why I’m slamming this idea. Who knows? Maybe the editors of The Huffington Post are wondering where they went wrong publishing this drivel. How, after all, could anybody be against such a brilliant idea that will double the wages of the poor, poor, pitiful poor?
Let’s just walk through a few logical steps that would follow such an idiotic ploy.
Ok … as you were
So … what has me so exercised this time? Yesterday it was a woman with a baby demanding that McDonald’s pay her not what she was actually worth to her employer, but what she believes she needs to properly raise her spawn … a child she cannot afford.
This time it’s the learned opinion of the UK undergrad who believes that McDonald’s can double the income of every employee – including the CEO – by raising the price of the Big Mac from $3.99 to $4.67. Yup! You got it! Just increase all prices of McDonald’s products by 17% across the board and you can double everyone’s salary!
The shockwaves from this amazing piece of economic Bolshoi were immediate! Across the country CEOs were stunned by the sudden realization that all they had to do to double the salary of every employee was to simply raise the price of whatever services or products they sold! Golly! It’s all so simple! Why hadn’t anyone thought of this before?
Well maybe the reason that nobody has thought of this before is because most multi-billion dollar businesses aren’t run by college undergraduates who wouldn’t know a good business idea from a Che Guevara poster.
Maybe we have some college undergrads reading this right now who are wondering why I’m slamming this idea. Who knows? Maybe the editors of The Huffington Post are wondering where they went wrong publishing this drivel. How, after all, could anybody be against such a brilliant idea that will double the wages of the poor, poor, pitiful poor?
Let’s just walk through a few logical steps that would follow such an idiotic ploy.
- McDonald’s doubles everyone’s salary by raising all prices by 17%. Burger flippers are now earning $15 per hour.
- The price of virtually all McDonald’s items rise. This means more money out of the pockets of all who shop at McDonalds. If a family of four comes in for four Big Macs, fries and some drinks the price increase could equal somewhere around $4.50 or more. Not small change for many people.
- Workers at other fast food companies quickly abandon their jobs to travel across town so they can work for twice the bucks at McDonald’s!
- Wendy’s, Burger King, Popeye’s and other culinary castles quickly raise their hourly wages to meet the McDonald’s challenge! Prices go up at these fast food emporiums as well! Now no family can go out for a burger without paying more.
- Minimum wage workers in other areas, principally retail, learn of the higher wages that can be had by memorizing the line “Would you like French fries with that?” They quit their jobs to search for the fast-food worker’s paradise.
- In order to keep employees working in retail establishments employers have to effectively double their wages, just as McDonald’s and the rest of the fast-food industry has done. This, of course, means that prices of virtually everything that is sold in retail stores will have to be raised. Now the family that started out paying an extra $4.50 for a meal at McDonalds is experiencing a similar price increase on pretty much everything they buy at the retail level.
- Many unions have contracts with employers that are based on a multiple of the prevailing minimum wage. If the minimum wage goes up, union salaries go up by a similar percentage. You can only imagine what would happen to some union wages under this scenario, and the resulting price increases to compensate for these increased wages would be incredible. The price increase on a union-made automobile would be substantial.
- So, as a result of McDonald’s playing this undergrad student’s silly game we find retail prices for basic consumer goods increasing pretty much across the board. The minimum wage workers who benefitted from this ruse soon find themselves with pretty much the same purchasing power they had before.
- To top this scenario off, some businesses discover that the economics of the marketplace simply will not allow them to raise their prices enough to cover the wage demands brought on by this scenario, and they simply go out of business. Who knows how many jobs will be lost.
Ok … as you were
10 Phony Scandals Plaguing the Obama Administration
Obama has talked a lot about distractions from “phony scandals,” but people weren’t sure what these phony scandals are. Well, I tracked them down, and here are the phony scandals currently floating around out there.
PHONY SCANDALS PLAGUING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
* Obama’s competency on the economy could lead to Americans having far too many jobs.
* The respect for this country Obama has engendered from around the world is actually kind of embarrassing.
* Biden’s supreme intellect is causing self-esteem issues among White House staff.
* Obama’s vision for the future of high-speed rail and windmills make all science fiction taking place in the future seem boring in comparison.
* Obamacare basically now makes all Americans immortal which could lead to overpopulation problems.
* There’s great worry that if the the Democrats keep the Senate and recapture the house, the combined competence of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi would cause Americans to become bored from the problem-less utopia they’d be living in.
* Obama is taking too much of the blame for problems on himself when really he should be blaming Bush.
* With how informative and forthright Jay Carney is on all issues, he’s rendered journalism obsolete.
* Obama’s ultra-quick decisiveness on the Keystone Pipeline must mean he’s hiding some Flash-like superpower.
* Obama is making things far too easy for American businesses to the point that they’re getting lazy.
I can assure you that none of these scandals are even remotely true. They’re nothing like the real scandals like Fast & Furious, the IRS targeting conservatives, or Benghazi which all show the Obama administration as lying, corrupt, and incompetent. So let’s listen to Obama and drop these phony scandals so we can focus on the others.
PHONY SCANDALS PLAGUING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
* Obama’s competency on the economy could lead to Americans having far too many jobs.
* The respect for this country Obama has engendered from around the world is actually kind of embarrassing.
* Biden’s supreme intellect is causing self-esteem issues among White House staff.
* Obama’s vision for the future of high-speed rail and windmills make all science fiction taking place in the future seem boring in comparison.
* Obamacare basically now makes all Americans immortal which could lead to overpopulation problems.
* There’s great worry that if the the Democrats keep the Senate and recapture the house, the combined competence of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi would cause Americans to become bored from the problem-less utopia they’d be living in.
* Obama is taking too much of the blame for problems on himself when really he should be blaming Bush.
* With how informative and forthright Jay Carney is on all issues, he’s rendered journalism obsolete.
* Obama’s ultra-quick decisiveness on the Keystone Pipeline must mean he’s hiding some Flash-like superpower.
* Obama is making things far too easy for American businesses to the point that they’re getting lazy.
I can assure you that none of these scandals are even remotely true. They’re nothing like the real scandals like Fast & Furious, the IRS targeting conservatives, or Benghazi which all show the Obama administration as lying, corrupt, and incompetent. So let’s listen to Obama and drop these phony scandals so we can focus on the others.
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