obama rocks

"Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys network in Washington.' Now I'm not making this up. This is somebody who's been in Congress for twenty-six years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he's the one who's gonna' to take on the old boys network. The old boys network? In the McCain campaign that's called a staff meeting. Come, on!" - Barack Obama, on the stump today.

h/t Andrew Sullivan 

the problem with the republic party

The problem with the republic party is not that they are liars and hypocrites, though they are, as are all humans.  The problem with the republic party is that they do not believe in their own arguments. They don't believe in small government(see above), they don't believe in individual liberty(see patriot act),  they don't belive in protecting America(see Mike Brown, handholding of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Invading countries for no reason, etc).  They certainly don't believe in the constitution, outside of the 2nd amendment(see patriot act, war on some drugs that some people use).  They don't believe in experience(see Palin).  They don't believe in free markets(see airline bailouts, AIG,Bear Stearns, lehmman Brothers, etc).  

At various times you will hear conservatives and republicans make all of these arguments.  The important thing to note is that they don't believe any of them.  The deceit they practice is almost subconcious or pathological.  They continue make these types of arguments to hide what they really believe in and hope to achieve.  They only believe in power and their only goal is enriching their rich friends at the expense of the American public and national security if necessary.  Keep that in mind.

if palin was my mommy

My name would be, Gravel Blood Palin.

Cowboys win, Mets lose

The Cowboys gutted out a win, that was nice.  The Mets are another story.

friday night music

Sex pistols- Pretty vacant

existence is a vulgar absurdity

Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life

TEHFUNNY!

lies, and the lying liars: mcsame edition

pass it on!

week 2 nfl picks

Last week I only went 7-9 ATS, not good. Let's do better this week.

Green Bay (-3) over DETROIT

KC(-3) over Oakland

NYG (-8.5) over St.Louis

MINN (+1.5) over Indy

Tenn (+1) over CINCY

New Orleans (even) WASHINGTON

CAROLINA (-3) over Chicago

JAX(-5) over Buffalo

San Francisco (+6.5) over SEATTLE

TAMPA (-7) over Atlanta

New England (+1.5) over NYJ

Miami (+6) over ARIZONA

San Diego (-1) over DENVER

Pitt (-6) over CLEVELAND

DALLAS (-7) over Philly

Baltimore (+4.5) over HOUSTON

p.s. RONMEXICOS RAPESTAND is 1-0 in my fantasy league.  Looking for a big win this week.

thursday night music

Public Enemy- son of a bush

evening morning blogging

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cheer for injuries or the terrorists will win

Big Daddy Drew at Deadspin explains why cheering for injuries is a good thing.  

Now, I know many people find the idea of cheering for injuries tasteless, and offensive, and inhumane, and disgusting. But those people are WRONG. Wrong as can be. Cheering injuries is the noblest thing a person can do. It’s true!

You see, when I cheer for injuries, I’m not doing it because I’m a bad person. Far from it. I cheer for injuries because I CARE. I think a good, solid injury builds character. Think about Tom Brady’s life up to this point. He’s had it all: hot model girlfriend, tons of money, three Super Bowl rings. What kind of adversity has he faced up to this point? Not a lot. Well, I’m not shallow like all these Boston fans who just want Brady to stay healthy and keep winning. I want Brady to GROW as a person. I want him to learn. I want him to be a better man. And there’s no better way for him to do that than to have his knee viciously torn asunder.

Don’t you see how that makes sense?

....And remember, fans like me are only rooting for injuries, and not full-blown DEATH. I think that shows our true grace, our capacity for mercy. I think it's very classy. It makes us more human to hope Tom Brady gets his leg sheared right off. Look at him clutching his knee like a little girl in that photo. What a bitch.

...So, to you people out there who are drinking hard and clapping deliriously at the pain and misfortune of others, I salute you. You people are real Americans. You’re the true class acts in sports, and don’t ever let some asshole tell you differently.

HAHA!

questions hockeybullpitmom won't hear

From Katha Pollitt.

§ Suppose your 14-year-old daughter Willow is brutally raped in her bedroom by an intruder. She becomes pregnant and wants an abortion. Could you tell the parents of America why you think your child and their children should be forced by law to have their rapists' babies?

§ You say you don't believe global warming is man-made. Could you tell us what scientists you've spoken with or read who have led you to that conclusion? What do you think the 2,500 scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are getting wrong?

§ If you didn't try to fire Wasilla librarian Mary Ellen Baker over her refusal to consider censoring books, why did you try to fire her?

§ What is the European Union, and how does it function?

§ Forty-seven million Americans lack health insurance. John Goodman, who has advised McCain on healthcare, has proposed redefining them as covered because, he says, anyone can get care at an ER. Do you agree with him?

§ What is the function of the Federal Reserve?

§ Cindy and John McCain say you have experience in foreign affairs because Alaska is next to Russia. When did you last speak with Prime Minister Putin, and what did you talk about?

§ Approximately how old is the earth? Five thousand years? 10,000? 5 billion?

§ You are a big fan of President Bush, so why didn't you mention him even once in your convention speech?

§ McCain says cutting earmarks and waste will make up for revenues lost by making the tax cuts permanent. Experts say that won't wash. Balancing the Bush tax cuts plus new ones proposed by McCain would most likely mean cutting Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. Which would you cut?

§ You're suing the federal government to have polar bears removed from the endangered species list, even as Alaska's northern coastal ice is melting and falling into the sea. Can you explain the science behind your decision?

§ You've suggested that God approves of the Iraq War and the Alaska pipeline. How do you know?

the pig in the poke: can we have our money back edition

I hope Biden asks her this question in the debate.  

• Alaska has a budget revenues of $13,559,800, $3,742,30 of which is Federal dollars. 
• 1 in 3 jobs in Alaska depend on Federal revenue.  
• Sarah Palin secured $27 million in earmarks while mayor of Wasilla. 
• Alaska is number one in per capita pork spending.

Will anyone ask the so-called pitbull hockey mom about why her state hates America and keeps taking Federal money. I doubt it because the press are essentially extentions of the Republicansand their wingnut buddies. I find this whole process demoralizing, after 8 years morontacracy we might elect the same people is astonishing.  

But fuck it, keep fighting. 

 

Keep talking to people and pointing out the mindless bullshit that mcsame and the hockeybullpitmom constantly throw out. Keep giving money, hell go volunteer, do something and if it doesn't work thenthe American people get what they deserve and you can tell them you tried.

what he said

Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money, is worth quoting at length.  His description of the "Cult of 9/11" nails it. 

If someone close to you died in the 9/11 terror attacks this isn't intended for you. For you, this is a day of legitimate mourning and real grief, and this is about phony mourning and simulated grief...

Consider that for every American murdered by terrorists on September 11, 2001, fifty have been murdered by ordinary everyday made-in-America violence in the seven years since.

Consider that for every American murdered by terrorists, somewhere between 200 and 600 Iraqis have died as a direct consequence of our invasion of that country: a country which had nothing to do with 9/11, although perhaps 100 million Americans still don’t understand this -- a fact which itself is a direct and intended consequence of the Bush administration’s calculated lies.

Consider that the money spent, so far, on the invasion of a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks would be more than enough to pay off the entire mortgage of every foreclosed home in the United States.

You will hear nothing like this from any national politician today, because the Cult of 9/11 considers any criticism of its central principle to be a horrible heresy.

Instead we will get phony mourning and simulated grief, from our leaders and our media, as they continue to pretend that the events of that terrible day justify the money, and the invasions, and the torture, and the lawbreaking, and all the other very real transformations of our national life that have been undertaken in the name of our dread of a threat that, in all truth, might as well be as imaginary as the killer in a horror film.

Read the whole thing.

wednesday night music

Three Dog Night- Easy to be hard

the pig in the poke

While the wingnut noise machine goes nuts over a make believe scandal.  It is important remember one key fact.  Mcsame is unfit to lead.

Josh Marshall.

 But what is already apparent is that John McCain is running the sleaziest, most dishonest and race-baiting campaign of our lifetimes. So let's stopped being shocked and awed by every new example of it. It is undignified. What can we do? We've got a dangerously reckless contender for the presidency and a vice presidential candidate who distinguished her self by abuse of office even on the comparatively small political stage of Alaska. They've both embraced a level of dishonesty that disqualifies them for high office.

Andrew Sullivan.

So far, he has let us all down. My guess is he will continue to do so. And that decision, for my part, ends whatever respect I once had for him. On core moral issues, where this man knew what the right thing was, and had to pick between good and evil, he chose evil.

The other pertinent fact is that mcsame and female bush are enabled by their elitist liberal media cohorts.  John Cole explains.

As has been discussed before, there is no downside for lying for the GOP. They lie about anything, and never pay a price, so why not accuse Obama of wanting to teach sex ed to kids so young that they can not yet read ? Some moron somewhere will see it, most likely on one of the Cable tv shows as they play it repeatedly for free, and not from seeing it during an actual ad buy, and then will miss the repeated debunkings. Then, for the next 30 years, it will be another one of those zombie lies that never dies

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The left and the Democrats have to stop these people and the lying liars who pretend to care about the American people.  They hate you, they only love one thing and it is green, not red,white, or blue.

deadspin tells us....

Why your NL team can't win.  The most important fact being the Mets magic number is 16.

teusday night music

Styx- Renegade

23 lies and counting

Over at ThinkProgress they are keeping track of Palin's lies.

monday night music:Dallas Cowboys edition

Queen- We will rock you

more like this, please.

I don't understand americans, but if mcsame wins then they really do just like being fucked in the bunghole without a reach around.

update: This is what I'm talking about.  Roy Edroso at acliublog sums up my feelings exactly.

I fear the species is devolving. When I look at this stuff it's as if I've been transported, like Dorothy, into an alternate world, except mine is peopled not by munchkins but by withered, wraithlike creatures who hide from the sun and subsist on spores and fungi, only bestirring themselves, instinctually, in the late summer and early spring of every fourth year to groan and flail their vestigial limbs.

Exactly.

this one is for otterbutt!

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injury news that actually makes me sad

Wags out for year.  Hopefully, the pen can hold up.

baby jesus hates lesbians

Stay classy jesus.

brady done

Tom Brady out for year.  Fantasy football people are crying in their beer.

my revised superbowl pick.

Cowboys over Steelers.