08.31.08
McCain’s Weekend Buzz
Well, this about sums up what I’ve been reading regarding Palin. Other than that, there has been the usual subject of the DNC, and Obama’s speech (nearly 40 million viewers! Shazzam!). Aside from that though, I have not been around much to hear about anything else this weekend. Anyone have any information to send my way?
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08.29.08
McCain chooses Palin
McCain chose Gov. Palin today to be his VP. In my opinion, he’s trying to get the media to talk about this all day, and what better way to do that then to choose someone they know nothing about. As they find more information, they’ll keep talking. It could last all week (but it won’t). Also, I’m sure he’s trying to make sure Alaska is a lock finally, as well as appeal to women.Do I think he made a good choice? No. She does have a lot of fans in Alaska, so maybe she’s a good person and people will love her, but I highly doubt it’s going to help his chances all THAT much for winning. In fact, I don’t think it’s going to help at all, if not hurt him.
Time shall tell. That’s just how I see things at this point.
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08.26.08
The War President
Bush, you said you were the war president, well start presiding and start shooting those continental missiles at Russia. Don’t you know the Russians have weapons of mass destruction! They have tons of oil and gas too for Cheney to salivate a little. Do your job war Prez! Start World War 3 and liberate Georgia! Bring freedom to the world. The Russians will thank you for it and will throw flowers at you when you visit a new liberated Russia.
Am I to believe that you’re a chicken shit President who only attacks third world countries? This is your moment, attack mother Russia and bring in your neocon utopia. Or are you afraid that their missiles will hit your interest? You do have a fairly big ranch and who can blame you for wanting it contaminated with nuclear radiation.
Boy, am I glad you’re a coward.
PL
08.24.08
E. coli vs radiation
A few days ago I heard for a few minutes on the news that some brainiac had the bright idea that if we just zapped our salads with radiation, we would avoid E. coli. Sounds yummy, don’t you think?! Ugh. Well if you’d like to read about just how unhealthy this is going to be, check out this post at Firedoglake and be as disgusted as me.
But seriously, read it. It’s important.
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08.22.08
“We thought our very hearts would up and melt away.”
Well I wanted this post to be about the things I’m hearing about often yesterday/today/this week, but it turned into a bit of McCain bashing for yesterday/today/this week. Sorry! Things of substance to come later..
So recently there has been talk about McCain and the misunderstanding of how many houses he owns.. or remembers owning.. or has combined into one home.. and you know what, whatever. Yeah it’s lame that he’s so rich he can lose track of the number of homes he has, but hell, he basically just buys those houses to create more jobs for Americans! Yes, you’ve heard me. Someone has to clean those houses, dontcha know! And I’ve seen reported on a few blogs now (I think originally from Politico, I don’t recall now) that the household employees last year were paid over a quarter million dollars. So there you go. Helping the economy.
..or something.
In other news, recently in the news they’ve been talking about the Democratic platform and whatnot. This interesting article by Steve Benen over at Crooks and Liars informs me that McCain isn’t even going to be taking part in drafting the Republican platform. Now there’s a candidate to believe in!
Also making the rounds today is the opinion that McCain is using the POW excuse for every situation gone wrong. I agree, he’s overusing it. It’s getting to the point that it just loses its meaning once people hear it all the time for the dumbest reasons. If he continued to use it anytime it actually _applied_ to the argument, it would still be effective. Now.. everyone seems to be feeling “give me a break, I know already.” I know that’s how I feel. Sigh, he once had so much respect, and then he turned into a weird little poppet. Methinks he shouldn’t have run for president this year.
P.S. What the hell is up with the “Cone of Silence” crap from Saddleback. From what I understand, first Warren was surprised to know McCain showed up late, then he defended McCain not being on time, and said that Obama had an advantage because he knew a question ahead of time.. but he also said earlier that they _both_ had advance notice of what the questions could be. And on stage he made the joke about McCain being backstange in the silence thingamajig and McCain joked about it and good times were had. Come on. If he wasn’t really in a cone of silence why do we have to keep talking about it. Just say yeah we were late, but we did our best to stick to the intended structure of the event, and kept our eyes and ears closed off to the beginning of the event. People still wouldn’t believe him, but maybe it was an honest mistake and there’s nothing that can be done about it. What should have been done was a delay in the program, but that’s too much to ask.
Long post script, I know.
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Meet the Bloggers
Meet the Bloggers: 22 Aug 08 1pm Est:
We at Meet the Bloggers are very pleased to tell you that Michael Moore, the Academy Award-winning activist filmmaker of SiCKO and Fahrenheit 9/11, will be our special guest this Friday, August 22 and again on August 29. We’ll also be joined by bloggers Liliana Segura (AlterNet) and Cheryl Contee (Jack & Jill Politics), as well as nationally syndicated author and blogger David Sirota. Watch Mike talk with host Cenk Uygur about issues he covers in his new book, Mike’s Election Guide 2008. “With John McCain admitting that he has no idea how to use a computer,” Mike said, “we’ll be providing Sen. McCain a step-by-step tutorial on how to turn one on, log onto the internet, and send an e-mail.”
Watch it live, or at your convenience by going to Past Shows after it has been posted.
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08.21.08
An Introduction
Let me be up front. I am seriously considering moving out of America should McCain be elected president, because I fear what will happen in this country if we keep going down the path we are currently on. You will see bias in this blog, from me, and from contributors. We will try to be fair, but we will stick to our feelings and express ourselves as we see fit. Please, don’t claim it is unfair. Do feel free to disagree, though! Expect posts of various content, covering politics, movies, music, etc.
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