Afghanistan Afghanistan?! I wish I lived there right now. After 30,000 troops are sent it'll be like Virginia where everything is cool as long as you don't go into the hills. Karzi will clean up the corruption by implementing a "politician's cooperation security fund" funded by local "farmers". Not a shot will be fired (until we realize that nothing happens until shots are fired and then it just turns into a huge mess).
Republicans Swine flu will become very finicky after it realizes that republicans taste better. This will swing the vote and give the Democrats a 3/4 majority in the House and Senate. Then, not to look too partisan, Democrats will throw the remaining Republicans a bone by voting down health-care, re-invading Iraq, banning gay marriage, and making abortion illegal...and Fox News will still find something to bitch about.
Democrats We will give Lieberman just one more chance...but this is it...really...we mean it this time Joe.
President Obama Lightening will strike Mount Rushmore just precisely enough that his face will be carved in place of Teddy Roosevelt. A nation will be moved by the 4 minute YouTube breakdown of his SOTU address (like anyone has time to watch the whole thing, it's not like he's one of the greatest speakers of our generation or anything, yeesh). He'll also do something about the Patriot Act...yup...it still exists, but it's on his list...oh please God tell me it's on his list.
Da Eco-mo-ny Everyone will get a job doing what they love. (Warning: Love is limited to or may cause depression, feelings of inadequacy, and despondency. Hypertension or thoughts of suicide may result. Please consult a physician if these symptoms occur...that is if your new wonder job has benefits, which it most likely doesn't or you wouldn't enjoy it.)
Global Warming Since the discovery in 2009 of a leaky memo by the Vast Global Scientific Conspiracy, the Earth is no longer considered "DOOMED!", but more just "doomed-like". The planet isn't warming per-say, rather its "adjusting" to it's new living situation with humans, not that humans are the cause. It's just like how the Earth adjusted to the dinosaurs, but different because we're not going to all die a horrible death, but rather get better because God is on our side, whereas He wasn't that keen on dinosaurs.
Terrorism Terrorism will become more like an inconvenience than terror, like, a bunch of terrorists will get on a plane and right after take off start farting for the whole 8 hour flight and the farts will be so terrible that you won't be able to get used to the smell and you'll try to go to another part of the plane, but the smell won't go away, it'll just be different. Oh! The humanity!
High gas prices, deep recession, and Jimmy Carter wasn't even smart enough to know how to profit off of it! Wha-da Loser!
Jimmy Carter trying to rectify the crisis while it's happening (notice no hand holding or traditional diplomatic spit swapping).
George Bush prior to the crisis, preventing nothing, but engaging in some hot slow-adult-on-king action. The only oil on their minds that day was baby oil, wink, wink.
Chokingly high oil prices and long disastrous recessionary indicators are called "character building periods"...didn't you know? I was speaking with a republican gentleman the other day and he said,
"These oil prices and this recession is nothing compared to what Carter unleashed on the country. You look at the oil prices compared to what people were making back then and it was wayyyyy worse. You liberals just aren't willing to admit it."
I know that the Bush administration doesn't like to drudge up the past like that insightfully-intoxicated gentleman. Well...unless Reagan is involved...and Lincoln, and Clinton (for the bad stuff). I'm sure you've seen the republicans still trying to blame this situation on Bubba to no avail. But that guy gives delusion a refreshing make over and blames Jimmy Carter for showing OPEC that they can hold the US over an oil barrel, stick in the nozzle, and fill 'er up. Of course, that's not what happened, see, what really happened involves reality. And even though Americans love reality stuff, they only like the reality that involves painful crotch shots, horrible singers, or any situation where people can get voted off for not being entertaining enough. Jimmy Carter wasn't entertaining...he got voted off. Why? Because nobody got richer during his recession. We all had to suffer together, which is sooooo not the neo-American way.
Do what most people do about recession...an oily comb over!
The world economy is just going to have to play without us for a while. We're grounded. With big banks buying their golfing buddies' big bank to become massive "not a monopoly, just bigger we assure you" banks, this endless "Bush brand growth" period for the global conglomerates seems like it will never end (it ends). There are some people ("sane people") who are skeptical of this species of recessionary vulture getting fat off of the casualties of an impotent failure in governmental policy (Iraq war, oil, mortgages, etc.). Some people (those same pesky sane people) feel as if these budding monopolies, while capitalist which is fine, are also dismantling social policies and agreements that were set wisely by our great-grandparents a century ago. Why doesn't the republican party delve even farther and blame Woodrow Wilson, saying it was his fault for the recession by breaking up the monopolies so long ago (skipping over their republican buddy Teddy Roosevelt who did the same thing).
In Conclusion, greasy bald guys aside, we all know who's to blame for this and who's making a profit: the war criminals sitting in the oval office...so I guess greasy bald guys are included! This recession/depression/boon-for-the-yacht-industry runs right in line with Bush policy. Basically, the rich get richer, normal Americans scrape by, and nobody takes the blame.
Tim makes a valid point... Unfortuntely, that's his producer and he's just ordering lunch.
He loves to take irrelevance to the mat, give it a nuggy, and declare himself "King Smug!"
I bet he'll really delve deep into the hard hitting issues of today such as:
Iraq - "Mrs. Clinton, you've said you would like to start withdrawing the troops within 60 days of your inauguration...how will you do it and what is that troop's name?"
Health care - "Mr. Obama, don't you think that not insuring the wealthy in your little universal health care package is in fact racist against the rich...race?"
Cloths - "Mrs. Clinton, do you dress yourself or do you have a bed chamber full of ladies in waiting to help tighten your corset? Follow up question...are any of them here illegally?"
Hair - "Mr. Obama, I heard that you were Muslim (long uncomfortable pause), but we all know that not to be true, even though there was a picture of you in a turban. My question is...if you started losing your hair in office, would you regularly wear that turban and if so, do you feel that would be adequate to appease your mighty God Alla?"
The Youth Vote - "This is a question for both of you. Which one of you feels that you are "Xtreeeeeme" enough to be president and why? Follow up question, would you be willing to forgo super delegates and settle this with YU GI OH cards?"
Tim Russert is a "Debate Moderator" like...well...George Bush is a "President". A hack is a hack, it's really hard to hide. Just ask Jason Blair...ohhhhhhhhh! Blast from the past yo! Tim did a whole shows about his articles though. Tim has never been much on "research".
The Democrats know the answer, have the answer, and can show you the answer. The President's rude mocking of those who wish to roll back his tax policies during his 2008 State of the Union address was, like usual, a lie dipped in smirky evilness.
What the hell does conservative mean anymore? I want the country to have surpluses again through sound fiscal and proven economic priciples. Stating that, by definition, I am more conservative than 80% of republicans.
The Great Debaters: The Candidates (rubber g)Love America.
Look at these three people. What's missing? If you guessed "Asian tambourine player" you're right!
This picture of the republican candidates is actually one of those optical illusion pictures. Stare at the center and a 3-D 10,000lb gorilla named "Iraq" will magically appear!
All of the candidates think each other suck. Who am I supposed to not believe now? One man, one vote. Unless I'm republican, then I'm one man, his dead grandfather, and with a little help from Diebold, 3 votes! That said, Democrats need a commanding lead to win the White House. As they drag each other through the mud, in the end, are we supposed to choose the least muddy? 'Cause there's a guy over there holding a towel named Dennis Kucinich and he doesn't have a speck on him.
Then there's the Republican candidates. Why do they debate? They all agree with each other! Republicans always agree with each other. Critical thinking, reality, and economic mathematics bounce off of them like nerf darts. If they don't tow the party line then they are considered traitors and are no longer invited to the annual "Rev. Moon's Annual Naked Money Roll". They're also left out of the (cha-ching) lobbying job or board of director job after "serving the public"...*snicker, knee slap*.
Here's my short assessment of all of the candidates thus far:
Giuliani- Good, if not great, mayor. I was in New York for the garbage strike under Ed Koch and WOW! That was unbearable! Trash everywhere festering under 90 degree heat. Plus, the piles of garbage gave the rampant numbers of junkies, muggers, and various other scum bags more places to hide behind. UGH! Giuliani made New York livable. Now we know that he did it through a systematic method of heavy handed corruption and a few well placed social programs to make himself look good. Is that the kind of leadership we need going into a recession? Who cares, he doesn't have a fishes chance in the Potomac.
Clinton- Let us take a moment of reflection. You (the highly intelligent and might I say, quite good looking, reader) knew attacking Iraq was wrong. I looked at the evidence and knew that attacking Iraq was wrong. I don't know about you, but apparently she don't read so good. She voted for the worst political disaster in US history that has thrust this nation into the worst economic down swing since the depression. She was actually right on board, all for it, 100%, and here's proof. She's since had a change of heart. She's made realllllly bad decisions based solely on her political future before. In the words of George W. Bush, "Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice...I won't get fooled." I just hope that she won't have a first term that is singularly focused on reelection at the cost of the citizens of the nation.
Romney- Mitt Romney is not human. He's actually a robot created by the GOP. How do I know? Well, have you ever seen him swim? He has good hair, nice teeth, tall, handsome, commanding presence. Unfortunately the only faction of the GOP that had the funds to build him was the Church of Latter Day Saints *chuckle*. All kidding aside, really, he's a robot and must be stopped.
Obama- First off, let's address this whole "inexperience" thing right off the bat. I don't have the experience to be president, you don't have the experience to be president, my cat might be a good president if it didn't mean massive discretionary spending on hair-ball research, but the three of us don't have what Obama has; Folksappeal. Sure, he represented a slum lord, voted "present" more times than not, and did a little cocaine, but who hasn't? Well, most likely the three of us again. All that aside, his stance on the issues is clear...ahem...his stance on one issue is clear, he wants to be president. That's one stance we know he's pretty certain on...perhaps.
McCain- He is an ex-prisoner/war hero. A very old and politically motivated war hero. We know that he's willing to reach across the aisle to achieve some pretty good stuff. It's what his other hand is doing on his own side of the aisle is what bothers me. I'm not saying that it's the type of thing that should be left in airport bathrooms, but the way he's been consistently trashed by fellow republicans throughout his career and still stayed in line amazes me. I can only conclude that he's got a chronic case of Stockholm Syndrome that makes him constantly sympathize and side with his captors. If he becomes top dog will he be released from this Patty Hurst-like grip the GOP has on him? Okay, enough with the masturbation jokes.
Edwards- He actually has written down his health care, foreign, and economic policies. And they're not on the back of candy wrappers, no, they're typed and spell checked and everything! Too bad he's unelectable because he's a lawyer. Yup, he's the only lawyer in the whole government. I like his attention to detail and that tight lipped look that he gets when the South Carolina possum wheel starts rollin' in his head (otherwise known as thinkin'). But I don't want to let him off of the hook on the Iraq War. He voted for it. Just like Hillary. And he had all of the evidence I had at his finger tips to make the right decision. He didn't. It definitely made him not look soft on terrorism, but it made him look completely soft on integrity. After eight years of Bush, a lack of integrity scares me wayyyyy more than terrorism.
Other- Ron Paul says some great stuff, but the unshowered masses I've seen on the street corners handing out his literature look like single issue voters, i.e., legalization of marijuana. Smart democrats aren't fooled by this guy. Sure, I'll be in line for a puff the moment legalization happens, but let's regulate corporations and get some labor and pollution control first. This guy is a deregulation nightmare. Dennis Kucinich has the hottest wife on the planet. That is no reason to vote for him. His intelligent, well thought out, and reality-based stance on the issues are the reason to vote for him. If he were taller, better looking, and had a deeper voice he'd be the front runner. Does his small stature and perceived meekness make him less of a man? Well, obviously the redheaded British supermodel beside him begs to differ. Mike Huckabee has issues. Eliminate the IRS. Prayer in skule. You becoming christian-er. He plays the bass guitar. Nobody who plays bass guitar can be bad (Gene Simmons withholding).
Conclusion- One thing I would like to emphasis; DO NOT THINK THE REPUBLICANS CAN'T WIN. One (perceived) piece of good news comes out of Iraq and people are once again voting against their own best economic interest. The propaganda laid down by the GOP over the last 30 years has drilled itself into the psyche forcing candidates to at least have one picture of them shooting or not aborting something. The next Democratic candidate has to be strong and EVERYONE has to vote for them whoever they are. Hillary looks like the one, thus say the national polls. Regardless of what the kooky Iowans think or what I've said about her here, we need to be prepared for a major shift in thinking in the US. A welcome shift. The citizens need to buy back their country after the Bush fire-sale. Don't allow another republican to make the fire sale a "going out of business sale".
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Rebates, Econo-history, And The Awakening Of The Rich
If this picture of a hand giving money to another hand doesn't convince you then nothing will.
Don't buy weed with your rebate or you'll be supporting terrorism. If you're marginally interested in the economy, i.e., how much scratch you gots, then you may be interested in learning that President Bush is going to pay your rent in May. Pretty cool huh? Wada-guy! Remember in 2001 when he bought you that xbox for voting for him? That was pretty sweet. Then you found out that you had to give the money back and by then the fan on your xbox had stopped working even though you were only half way through Grand Theft Auto: San Antonio. Well...deja-friggin-vu.
All kidding aside, even the economists don't like the idea and they have "econom" IN their job titles!
"It is a Band-Aid that's needed for now, but it won't get consumers out of the woods," said Michael Niemira, chief retail economist with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
"Any extra money that you give consumers at this time will help ," he said. "But the typical view is that any temporary tax relief is not as effective as a permanent tax relief."
Slip on some adult diapers because I'm about to make you poop with knowledge. Economists are reactionary, consciously ignore history, and like to lie for profit. Economists with the peoples' best interests at heart usually don't work as economists, they do bookkeeping for nonprofit organizations. One big lie they've been telling us is that the country isn't already in recession when the hard numbers, cross sectioned with the commonly defined recession indicators, actually tells us that the country has been in recession for a few months now. You knew that though. Why? Because it's not your job to lie about the economy. It's your job to be unemployed.
Michael Niemira, the guy with the quote up there in that little box, is the economist for shopping centers everywhere. Shopping centers are the ugliest things to litter the planet since the Japanese started breeding dogs. If a representative of soulless retail institutions that turn a blind eye to child and prisoner labor to increase their profits can speak out about the emptiness of rebates and actually choke out the words "tax relief", then you know that President Bush's plan looks like the "Hey, Koolaid" guy has been crashing through it like a practice wall.
History...or what Bush likes to call, "A bunch of stuff that happened." The Bush administration is afraid of history. Plus, George W. Bush really likes to talk. So they came up with a solution. Why are they afraid of history? Because: 1) Reaganomics was a horrid failure as early as 1982 and no republican is willing to admit it. 2) George Bush Sr. was facing the same dilemma in 1992 because of the same old crapola, was (wisely) advised to do nothing and allow the economy to right itself, and that was one of the reasons he lost the election to Bubba. The W administration is afraid they may come out of this looking just as bad so they're doing something. It's "Okay! Everyone look busy!" economics. 3) Supply-side economics is a mathematical impossibility. It cannot work. Kittens are fuzzy, math isn't. At least math doesn't fuck up your furniture. 4) War only stimulates the economy if it creates jobs. The Iraq War has only created new terrorists. I suppose terrorism is a job of sorts, but how the hell do you tax it? 5) Rebates didn't work before. It is said that a telling sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. As if you need convincing that the country is being run by insane people. 6) Many republican economic intellectuals like to use Ancient Rome, FDR, and the Nazi Party as economic examples so to uphold their free-market rhetoric and make themselves look smart. The problem is that society never does what they want. Though the republicans were successful in convincing people to vote against their own economic interest and will probably be able to do it in the future, that doesn't mean they will not consistently end up with egg on their faces. Voters have short memories, yes, but their stomachs have long memories.
Stack of money or stack of starter logs... you decide.
Rebates, like pyramid (ponzi) schemes, end up in the same place; the pockets of those who started them. Now, there is no quick fix and I have offered solutions to the economy before (see my journal), but here I'm talking about rebates specifically. Many have said that the rebates are not high enough for those who will plop it back into the economy quickly, i.e., the poor and middle class. That is true, but that argument doesn't address the fact that any rebates are a horrible idea. Cash advances on credit make situations worse. Sure, some economists can give me examples of instances when it doesn't. "This corporation did this and made this much." Those stories are the 1% of the time when things work out. Even the dumbest gambling junkie wouldn't take those odds. When you spend money, that money moves up the chain. The poor don't make enough to save. The rich live off of the large surplus of cash, stocks, and bonds they have. Why do they have these large surpluses that seem to get bigger? Is money magnetic? No. Money moves up the economic pyramid, but it isn't like an oil well. Once it gets to the top it doesn't pop and spray over the dancing masses. It stays at the top and might fund a children's hospital, but most likely will keep a few generations of their family members from having to cook or drive for themselves. Don't save the rebate. Put the money in your gas tank and watch where it ends up.
Rebates aren't about you...they're about War. As much as the economists and talking heads on CNBC will divert your attention away from the policies of the Bush administration, the recession and economic woes lay directly at the feet of the War in Iraq. Rebates will only pad Bush's numbers as he slides out of office so that he can say, "Look, it only got REALLY bad AFTER I left office...hehe."
The tipping point has come. America's cocaine habit is about to land it in jail. Not because of the cocaine, but because it's not paying it's bills and doesn't have any friends left. America has been too much of a freeloading douche-bag for too long. The markets around the world are falling and the NYSE is about to be forced to become truly conservative, no longer republican. This last windfall, the last cash advance on America's credit card, this last consumer binge will leave the corporations with a choice. Either they choose plummeting stock and a dollar as weak as a toy poodle or finally admit to themselves that "conservative" now means "liberal".
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The U.S. market and businesses are afraid of the "R" word. And just when we thought "Romorehugeprofits" wasn't a word, the president finds a way to make a recession profitable for normal americans (Note: "normal americans" make an income of $150,000 per year or more, the rest are immigrants that happened to be born in the U.S. who should really just go back to Huddled-masses-istan where they belong). He proposes deep tax cuts for small business. This will give these businesses an incentive to hire new people...in theory. A theory that has been disproved as of the Reagan era, which kind of makes it a non-theory, but scientific method aside, lets look at the pros and cons of this stimulus package:
Pro- The business will show more profits through lower taxes. With this, the owners and investors of said business will be able to buy your foreclosed house at rock bottom prices.
Con- Your family gets so much closer by living in a cramped apartment. See? They stimulate the economy AND promote family values. No cons here!
Pro- $145 billion is too much money to do the job of warding off recession, so this is a great opportunity to divert some of the money to places that really need it such as the Iraq War and to help thwart Iran's Massive Nuclear Warhead Program (proof pending).
Con- You don't get your house back and you're living in your car, but you get the opportunity to explore culinary possibilities such as: http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-great-mea... Con? I don't think so.
Pro- The stimulus package increases the deficit, which helps America. How? Well, Bush could explain it to you in plain english that everyone could understand using small words, hand gestures, pops, clicks, and a well placed series of grunts, but what's the point? If you could possibly understand then you would already be rich...and not a liberal.
Con- I'm sure you've heard the term, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, but teach a man a fish and he will eat for a lifetime." Well, the government is giving your employer a fish, go ask them for a piece of it. Oh...that would be considered a cost of living increase and Jack in the Box's $.99 value menu hasn't gone up, so since that's a clear indicator that the cost of living hasn't gone up, go find your own damn fish.
This is the Stimulator. Bush requests that you wear one until 1/9/09. Thank you.
Obviously we just haven't given Reaganomics enough of a chance! Okay, I'm going to say it...Bill Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve, is horribly spineless and ineffective at his job. It could be because the only reason he's Fed Chair is that he's willing to ignore the massive mathematic holes in Supply Side Economics and is reeeeally really good at nodding. Or it could be because he's still figuring out how to use the little calculator on his computer. Bill, if you're reading this, click your Start menu on the bottom left of your screen, then click...nevermind, just call me i'll walk you through it.
Solution I hate to bitch and not offer up a solution. Of course I'm not an economist, accountant, or owner of multiplication table flash cards, but I do pay attention. Here goes: 1) Put a hold on all foreclosures until April 16th when all GROSS taxable incomes (before write offs) are calculated. Adjust mortgage payments for those currently in foreclosure to 25% of their gross income for the next 24 months. This will adjust the interest rates for the consumer. Give the lenders the opportunity to write off only the current market rate shortfall thus keeping them solvent and allowing people in foreclosure to readjust their credit. 2) Eliminate interest only mortgages and lower the Debt to Income Ratio for future mortgages to 36% of the total gross income. 3) Offer a new employee tax credit to the small and medium business categories. The employees must work 32 hours or more and must be employed for at least 120 days. 4) Put energy subsidies in jeopardy if rates aren't adjusted down by 15%. (And a hearty guffaw ripples through the White House) 5) Lower taxes for households $60,000 gross income. 6) Increase child tax credit for households of $75,000 or less. (2007 retroactive) 7) Increase the import tax on all foreign made goods by .3%. ("Tax increase? What the...that's you liberals answer for everything!") 8) Increase tax on all outsourced white collar jobs. ("Another tax increase! Sure, they're foreigners, but still they're American-ish. At least they don't live next door to me.") 9) Increase taxes 1% for households of three or less with an annual gross income of $150,000 or more. ("Oh my god! And what do you expect that would do to the sales of summer houses in 2008? Didn't think about that did ya smart guy?") 10) I could go on, but the more freedom of speech I use, the more liberal I look, and as we all know, "Liberals hate the constitution."
Conclusion- I can only come to one. Bush is trying to make the next administration look as bad as possible by digging a hole that is unfillable. I would like to wrap this up with Fun With Metaphors: The stimulus package is a cute stuffed animal in which the Bush administration has placed a grenade upon retreat so to kill their enemy. Unfortunately, politics is not a war, citizens are not soldiers, and history is not pre-written, it is investigated by history majors...history majors that work a hell of a lot harder than George W. Bush did when he was a history major.
HARRIET MIERS: The Man, The Myth, The Half Man/Half Myth Creature... RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!
Another illegal from Texistan sneaking into the capital and compromising our freedoms.
Am I writing this article too late? Is this old news? Now that this story is a week old is it taboo to still want to write about it. Look away, there's nothing to see here except Harriet "Dirty Harry" Miers, still roaming the streets being contemptuous of the courts and raising her twiggy old finger to the congress. Suuuuuuch a suck up. Suuuuuch a hack. Suuuuuuch a violation of what she studied at DeVry School of Legal Stuff. You know, those classes about the Constitution and other boring documents written by dead liberals didn't show her the ramifications of her actions. She's from Texas. She's a Republican. She's not beholden to these "laws". Frontier justice. That's her specialty. Now step aside, she has some constitution to ignore.
Harriet sits with all of the friends she'll have after she's legally forced to testify about...uh...firing lawyers or something? Was that bad? Yes?...ohhhh...okay.
If Harriet Miers didn't know everything...then she didn't know anything There's some republican logic for ya. I am probably not the first one to think this. It's the all-or-nothing, black-or-white, paper-or-plastic mentality common among extremists and children before the age of two. If Harriet Miers is more loyal to the President than the American people, then what does that make her? Well, I have no idea, but I know that it doesn't end in 'ocracy' I'll tell you that.
... ........ Harriet, innocent in HS.......Soul for sale! Oh! Hello Mr. Bush......2008, the final transformation is complete
Will someone in congress treat this lady like a normal American citizen and arrest her, drag her ass into court, or at least throw her in jail already? You are beginning to look like impotent fools. Yes, there is a war on, but there's also a constitutional crisis going on here. It's called "multi-tasking". Smart people do it. Figure it out! The Executive and Judicial branches have recently shown that they are willing to ignore the constitution. Please, do not allow the Legislative branch do the same thing or Democracy will begin to fail and a lack of Democracy does not fair well for "Dem-o-crats". ACT NOW DUMMYS!!!
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They both wear a muumuus, they both look dead, they both can light light bulbs with their mouths... separated at birth? I think so.
Bishop Rule #1 - Always agree with the Pope because at least this one doesn't have that musty old man smell the last one did...*sniff*...oh wait, never mind.
Catholic officials have been debating for some time whether politicians who approve abortion legislation as well as doctors and nurses who take part in abortions would subject themselves to automatic excommunication under church law. The pope seemed to agree with Mexico City’s bishops who declared that the city’s pro-abortion lawmakers had excommunicated themselves.
...did you like that? "Excommunicated themselves"! Oh man! That kind of back handed wussified cop-out I thought was only reserved for politicians. But Pope Benedict is trying to influence politics around the world. Do you remember the last American election before he sprouted as butterfly Benedict, when he was nazi caterpillar Ratzinger, and he wrote a little blurb about how John Kerry should be excommunicated? I think it went "Kerry lied, fetuses died".
Pope Benedict at the opening of the brand new Vatican City International House of Pancakes. Yummy!
There is a mass exodus of Catholics to the Evangelical Church because of their "tolerance".
Church teaching says anyone who has an abortion is automatically excommunicated. “Being a conspiring or necessary accomplice” to an abortion also means excommunication under church law.
...uhhhhh, since when was the Catholic Church pro-life? (see picture of inquisition below)
Hi, we know that you have a lot of choices in churches, but we hope that you'll take another look at Catholicism. We're now 20% more kinder and gentler!
Oh! You murdered someone? Oh well, you're forgiven. Holy Bjesus, you drove your friend to an abortion clinic? Sorry, have fun with the whole eternity of pain and suffering.
“I’m Catholic and I’m going to continue being Catholic even if the church excommunicates me,” said leftist Mexico City lawmaker Leticia Quezada. “My conscience is clean.”
...you go girl!!! I love that! If your value as a woman in the Catholic Church is so low to begin with, how much lower can you get, right?
Lee Iacocca was a Bush supporter...then he was a Kerry supporter... now he's calling for leadership. Is he sure that he's the person we should be listening too? If Kerry was that leader he was looking for then...uh...what's changed?
--Lee Iacocca (former CEO of GM) has gone on a little rant. His initial comments from his recent book called "Where Have All The Leaders Gone" are stated here: http://www.globalaffairs.org/forum/showthr... ...and this is my comment back.--
Wow, where the hell as Lee Iacocca been for the past six years? Under a rock? We've been saying everything he's stated in the book since before the Iraq war. Where's the outrage? Well, at all of those un-televised war protests, all of those people standing in "free speech" zones far away from the president, all of those people who have been writing blogs and articles since before the election telling everyone that George W. Bush has been a failure all his life, in business and government. There I was in 2000 at Michael Moore's Rolling Thunder tour presenting George W. Bush's Resume on stage as a comedy routine...the problem was...everything I said was true. And where was Lee Iacocca? Marching to the polls without doing any research into the man he was about to help elect. Good job!
Lee Iacocca has jumped on the back of a safe bandwagon. The perfect place for a liar like him to be so that he's poised to jump off at any time. He speaks about hybrids and oil. He was one of the people that kept the hybrid out of production and kept the US dependant on oil. Some of his closest friends and HIS lobbyists were right there with Dick Cheney in February of 2001 while they were setting energy policy in favor of the oil and energy companies and to the detriment of the environment and the consumer. I'm sure he had no problem golfing with them after that!
Lee Iacocca is a charlatan who states the obvious and doesn't have an original thought in his ailing elitist little head. He stated the nine "C"s of leadership. The nine qualities a leader needs to have to be effective. What it left me asking is; what a leader do you suggest Lee? You see, another trait of a leader that you didn't mention was a leader offers up "solutions"...but that doesn't start with "C" so I guess that any sort of solution was "C"onveniently left out of your book.
Hey Lee Iacocca...go crawl back into your mansion you opportunistic book selling weasel. Leave the outrage to people who sincerely feel it and don't profit off of it.
Politicaholic's Guide To International Exports (warning: satire with lots-o-pics)
Professional wrestler Chyna "exporting" an opponent out of the ring. Take that America!!!
The numbers are back and China has passed the US in exports with Germany being #1...of course if drugs where added to the equation then Afghanistan and Columbia would be #1 and #2.
Export growth from China boomed 27 percent last year, outpacing all other major trading nations, the WTO said in releasing its first batch of global trade statistics for 2006.
...thanks Walmart!!! Take your bouncing smiley face and lodge it deep, deep, deep into your rectum.
Top Chinese Exports The unwanted children, i.e. female......................and compretery useress clap.
How the hell is Germany #1? Uh-oh, are they breeding super-humans again? Those scamps...
Europe recorded its strongest growth in merchandise exports since 2000, but continued to lag behind the global rate of expansion, the report said.
...It's because other than the Germans, the rest of Europe is not as efficient...and also they're probably drunk.
Top German Exports High quality vehicles........................and, well, this pic is like porn to me so...porn?
The US is getting surpassed and we have fragile little egos. Luckily there are enough lawyers in the US to sue every man, woman, and child in China. Yayyyyy!!! Show's them!
The United States filed two new complaints against China at the WTO on Tuesday over copyright policy and restrictions on the sale of American movies, music and books — the culmination of years of agitation in Washington over one of the world’s biggest sources of illegally copied goods ranging from DVDs, CDs and designer clothes to sporting goods and medications.
...hey, but China didn't make the friggin' rules that put so much value on wearing a label. It was the designers and sporting good manufacturers separating the classes by fashion. Fuck 'em. As for pharmaceutical companies, if they spend as much time researching as they do bitching, we'd have a cure for stupidity. How about this, why don't we stop the republicans from perpetually repeating their own failures, i.e, supply side economics and unwinnable wars.
Why are we now #3 in the world in exports? Because the republicans have changed our exports from actual tangible goods to things that cost us money to export. For example:
Top US Exports Hitler was democratically voted in. So was George W. Bush. I just realized something...Democracy sucks!!!!!
This photo looks a little old, I wonder if he's still a virgin?
All in favor of troop withdrawl say "Ai". Ai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All those opposed say "Nay" Nay
There once was a man with the mind of a muskrat who told the whole world to blow him...that man's name was George W. Bush. So why are we surprised that he is now grabbing OUR hair and forcing OUR faces toward his crotch?
"It's time for them to get the job done, so I'm inviting congressional leaders from both parties - both political parties - to meet with me at the White House next week," Bush said
...he sucks as a speaker, even in print. He sure is confident though! Like a man with a bottle of Viagra and $1000 walking into a nunnery lookin' for love, he's guaranteed one thing, he's walking out with a full bottle of Viagra...and most likely $1000 lighter.
Bush gets all cocky and wants to talk to Democrats, except of course for one. Cindy Sheehan...cocky-blocker.
So we have a dilemma. There aren't enough votes to over rule a veto and the Boy Blunder is on repeat mode...see?:
"We're at war," Bush said. "It is irresponsible for the Democratic leadership in Congress to delay for months on end while our troops in combat are waiting for the funds they need to succeed."
...success as in, "Mr. Smith, your operation was a success, your hemorrhoids will bother you no more!" or success as in, "Finally I beat that Korean kid at the hotdog eating contest...oh god...I think I got one lodged in my carotid artery...gack!...*thump*."
Oh George, did that mean old Nancy Pelosi pick on you again? Where's your lunch money?
It looks like someone is going to get a little "demandy"...
When a reporter said it sounded like an invitation for Democrats to agree with Bush, (Dana)Perino(spokes-tool)said, "Well, hopefully so."
...soooooo arrogant. Just so smirkily confident in their ability to achieve the ultimate goal, complete annihilation of the United States economy. Here's how I suggest the meeting between the president and the democratic leadership goes: Reid holds his arms, Pelosi works the body, and then they nuggy him until he caves.
George W. Bush being deported back to Texas before Texas's border is included in his border fence policy assuring us that another politician from Texas will NEVER take power again.
Today it's immigration, tomorrow, heck, GWB ordering a hit on Keith Olberman? Things just aren't going well for him. OH MAN! Where can a wealthy incompetant prick get a break?!
Bush pointed to two new layers of fencing that have been erected at the border since he visited the same spot a year ago.
...excellent, a multimillion dollar nuisance. The reinforced fence should keep out all of the handicapped and pregnant immigrants...oh, and terrorists, don't forget those guys. Fences are like Kryptonite to terrorists...
"It's amazing the progress that's been made," Bush told border officials. "I was most impressed by your strategy, but more impressed by the fact that it's now being implemented."
...Bush Policy For Almost Every Fucking Thing He Does: Do the most expensive and ineffective, but most symbolic thing and hopefully people will eventually forget.
The isn't a fence high enough to keep this douche out. UGH!!!!!!!!!!
Roberto Gonzoles must really have George W. Bush mulling over his immigration policy.
With up to 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., lawmakers haven't agreed on how to uphold the law without disrupting lives, eroding the work force and risking political upheaval.
...especially political upheaval, getting reelected is key to actual results. The illegal immigrants might as well stay bent over, because it's impossible for them not to get screwed by EVERYONE. See? Results aren't always a good thing.
"Hi, my name is Juan and I'm addicted to immigrating... 'Hola Juan'...Thanks, I think the first time I tried immigrating I was 20 years old. I really just did it to look cool at first, but then I got the scent of freshly mowed grass and I was hooked..."
This next line is absolute proof that today's visit will come to absolute ZIPPO!!"
Presidential spokesman Gordon Johndroe said that although war dominates the headlines, "there's a lot of quiet work that goes on underneath the surface, so that we can get some legislation done on issues like immigration."
...work underneath the surface like, "How in the hell can we get Halliburton involved and make some money off of this issue, think man, THINK!" Oh, what happened to the days when 'work underneath the surface' simply involved a bunch of guys in a room lighting each other's cigars and slapping each other on the ass in a very heterosexual manner? Oh yeah, last year!
In the movie of John McCain's life he will be played by Dame Judy Dench.
Look who broke out the walker and took a stroll in Baghdad.
“They paralyzed the market when they came,” Mr. Faiyad said during an interview in his shop on Monday. “This was only for the media.”
He added, “This will not change anything.”
...excuse me sir, do you mean it will not change all of the "corner turning" going on over there? And how DARE you suggest that this was a media stunt, he's there to help! By walking. Walking and paralyzing the city...and of course spending millions of American tax dollars to show how the billions of tax dollars we've already spent would really justify us spending trillions of dollars.
Desert John in disguise. Make sure You wear your bullet block...er...your sun block senator.
Why the Blackhawks? Nobody gives a crap about you John.
““This area here is very dangerous,” continued Mr. Youssef, who lost his shop in the February attack (61 people were killed on Feb.12th at that very market). “They cannot secure it.”
...so, I don't quite get it. Why, after the walk, was the market described as:
"“like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime,” offered Representative Mike Pence, an Indiana Republican who was a member of the delegation.
...perhaps because they replaced the vendors with Wilford Brimley impersonators and all of the shoppers were ordered to either refer to each other as "Madge" or "Bill" or the soldiers would send out the word that they work as interpreters for the Americans.
Why don't you just take out his breast and suckle on it John...man this is creepy!!!
So the campaign trail to stay the course starts on a lie...again.
"Abu Samer, a kitchenware and clothing wholesaler, scoffed: “He is just using this visit for publicity. He is just using it for himself. They’ll just take a photo of him at our market and they will just show it in the United States. He will win in America and we will have nothing.”
...except hope Mr. Samer, because by saying hurtful things like that, you're just aiding the terrorists, perhaps a vacation in Abu Graib might change your mind...what did you say? That's what I thought.
President Bashar al-Assad President Bashar al-Assad in his natural habitat.
This is what diplomacy looks like...
“We were very pleased with the assurances we received from the president that he was ready to resume the peace process. He’s ready to engage in negotiations for peace with Israel,” Pelosi said.
...wait a gosh-darn second, did that just happen? Did Nancy Pelosi just negotiate with a terrorist-y type? SHE'S A PEACE LOVING TRAITOR! For accomplishing something Condileeza Rice couldn't have if she handed over a bag of money and then gave the dude a lap dance.
UH-OH, somebody's making a scrunchy face today!
President Bush is so mad that he called a press conference where all of the reporters had to stand and only one reporter got a microphone to ask questions through, of course, the Fox News reporter. The other reporters had to yell, all at once, making them very easy to ignore, but for what it's worth, here's what he had to say:
President Bush denounced Pelosi's visit to Syria, saying it sends mixed signals to al-Assad's government. "Sending delegations doesn't work. It's simply been counterproductive," Bush said.
...of course, when he says counter productive he means counter productive to triggering The Rapture!!
That's not his belly, that's his eighth chin!
That fat guy up above looks kinda like Santa Clause, so we'd better hear what he has to say:
"These people in the United States who are opposing dialogue I tell them one thing: Dialogue is ... the only method to close the gap existing between two countries," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said after Wednesday's al-Assad-Pelosi meeting.
...did he just say that? No-he-di-ent! Nobody has been talking to these people? NOBODY! Then Santa comes along and basically writes his phone number on the wall of the President's bathroom stall and Bush is still refusing to resolve things? AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a state where-by a Democrat is shocked that 50% of the nation can still self identify with an opposition party that insists on only representing the top 1% of the population.
Baffled.
This is a state where-by a Democrat is confused by why his/her party still gives the opposition the time of day based on past treatment, their association with nut jobs and drug addicts, and their non-existent sense of humor or fair play.
Despondent
This is a state where-by a Democrat is so overwhelmed by bafflement that all they can do all day is avoid politics, lose touch with their party, and only wake up again when the United States has invaded...I dunno...Antarctica because of its overt neutrality.
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Great, they lower the EPA air standards and here in Seattle gas masks are illegal.
I've discovered the universal question posed by every mature thinking human since the conception of mature thinking humans. Are you ready?
"What is this world coming to?"
Surprised? I was too when I realized it. I always thought the universal question was something like, "How did we get here?" or "Can I ask you a question?" or perhaps, "Does this (article of clothing) make me look fat?". But I'm no different from anyone else (except for the fact that I'm immortal...that's a whole different article).
I live in Seattle. After the WTO riots (Remember those? Seattle became a 4 day war zone in 2000. Ahh, the cold kiss of billy club mixed with the burn of tear gas...those were the days I tells ya...) the city of Seattle banned the use of gas masks by civilians. "If it weren't for gas masks we wouldn't have lost control of the situation." they say. I TOTALLY agree. If the police could have seen out of their gas masks at who they were shooting tazers and bean bags at then it would have been a peace protest as planned and not a pissed off burning looting cluster-fuck.
The EPA is trying to lower the air standards so that the poor ailing corporate sector can afford to compete against those big bad companies in China that don't have to worry about all of those pesky kids within five miles of their plant that are being born with no brain and lobster claws for feet. But its not about them. It's all about me and my personal environmental policy, which goes something like this:
Article 4, paragraph 8 of "Politicaholic's Environ-mentally Challenged Policy For Clean Air and Tasty Water That Doesn't Come Out of Those Dumb Plastic Bottles" - Hereforth and forthwith it shall be decreed that all corporate emissions into the air shall be limited to bakeries only...because they just make the world smell better.
How the hell am I supposed to breath? Now I'm supposed to wear one of those flimsy white SARS blockers when it starts raining brown sludge and the air has it's own SPF? I lived in London in the '80s. The air was so polluted that I would Q-tip black soot out of my ears...for reals! It was disturbing. It didn't stop me from smoking though. I wasn't the smartest person in the world back then...not like now...ahem.
In conclusion, it's also very unsexy to weez during intercourse. The EPA should really take that into account. That is all.
politicaholic 's mentally challenged guide to history repeating itself.
Its the beginning of the 21st century. Really. How can you tell? You're reading this on a computer. Other than that the United States seems to be in some horrible sci-fi time shifting state of mass confusion. Bell-bottoms are being worn with flannel shirts. In urban areas small dogs are more an accessory than a companion or food. Cars the size of four refridgerators duct-taped together (and shaped much the same) are called "hybrids" making me think, 'hybrid of what? A humpback whale? Mothra? A plus sized opera singer sans the horned helmet? What?". All I know is that history is repeating itself all at once like taking a big jumble of stuff that happened and shoving it all through a funnel attached to our ears. It's as if we remember the lessons but learn all of the lessons at once. I have gotten a funnel and a history book and done just that. Here's what I learned.
Welcome to "Biblical times" when God is under attack! From what I understand, God could take a little light ribbing and not get hurt what with the all-powerfulness and...all. Is God really so thin skinned that he/she/it couldn't handle a Townhall style meeting with prearranged questions? Perhaps a softball Barbara Walters special where God reveals that he/she/it would be an elm tree out of any tree and thinks that Brad Pitt should have never left Jennifer Aniston. Is that so hard?
Welcome to 1986. The deficit is through the roof, a dillusional hand puppet with good hair is president, and democracy hinges on the destruction of a third world country (Nic-Iraq-ua). Thank goodness its 2006 and Madonna's career is over...what? She has another album coming out? NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!
Welcome to Egypt, circa the time when the Pharaoh ordered the death of all first born male children...by sending them to Iraq for their third tour with a handful of antidepressants and a dream. The dream? That once they're done bringing Christian democracy to the Muslims they can come back to a freer America where women have the right to choose preganacy, we can conveniently make phone calls to our friends both overseas and at the NSA at the same time, and the press is free to expose the Liberals for what they really are...Iraqi insurgents that drive Prius'.
Welcome to the 1920's. Prohibition has begun on cigarettes and evil-ution is once again in question. People gather in a hot courtroom in Kansas debating whether humans evolved from monkeys or God intervened about 6000 years ago, sent down his chronically-single son with only his wits and an AK47 (another God-given right) to kill all of the dinosaurs and free all humans from dino-tyranny (footnote: all dinosaurs were Jewish...little known fact).
Welcome to that period between 0006 AD to 1806 AD where humans didn't progress much except for a little math here, a little science there, some light philosophising (usually all done by the same dude) and a whole lot o' killin' each other with swords (done by everyone else). Usually the killing was for glory. Sometimes they killed for a woman, where the "glory time" comes when you're naked. Some people chose to intermesh the two and went to war naked. Either way, scientist were only good for two things: 1) making gun powder and 2) being burned at the stake. Which brings us to today when the ultimate scientific question is: "Regarding Global Warming, how would the ozone layer be effected if all of the scientists were all burned at the stake at once?"
Which brings me to a period in history that from beginning to end pretty much stays consistant. The one single most dangerous enemy of all humanity throughout history. Sex. Particularily homosexual sex, which is defined as "Any sex that involves sound, different positions, lack of procreation, or enjoyment of any kind." Little known fact: homosexuality almost killed off the Spotted Owl and totally did in the Dodo (actually, for the record, Dodos would still be around if they hadn't liked hanging out in bear bars so much). Homosexuality was actually fairly accepted in certain periods of time especially in those societies where building a bunch of 40 foot penises and distributing them across the city was known as "architecture" and sex between men was "bonding". But now-a-days a grown man listening to Celine Dion is labeled as a faggot (faggot: cord of wood or english cigarette), and a woman who chooses construction as a profession is labeled a lesbian (lesbian: inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos). The people who label gay people as faggots or lesbians are known as homophobes (homophobe: homo - human, phobe - fear of). Perhaps we wouldn't kill each other if we didn't fear everyone different from us and instead wanted to hump them...in an environment of solidarity that is. For the record, I am not gay, I am a single celled homohybrid that splits occasionally if I want to get sexual satisfaction and want someone to share the bar bill with at the same time.
Feel free to drop me a personal line to critisize...if you even got this far...
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