you don't say

The man who has taken hostages and barricaded himself in Hillary Clinton's campaign office in New Hampshire has been described as a white man in his forties with a history of mental problems who had been drinking.



Perhaps we could build a big fence and keep that sort out of the country.

The Lion Laid Down With the Crow

This is special...really special. Oh what we humans could learn...

Video here

ditto

Courage.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cXWElb-GE

Get in line...

I'd so much like to say, like the little girl who helped her mother cook dinner with "Shake and Bake",

"...and I hepped..."

John Ashcroft: I’m Willing To Be Waterboarded

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upon reflection

After a recent conversation with a friend about how life seems so often unfair I finally managed to figure out why that is a sentiment shared by everyone, no matter how well the universe may have seemed to treat some of them. It's because everyone on the planet has baggage.

The baggage of some is arguably more portentous than the baggage of others, but for each of us, the view from the inside of our own life is the same in one sense: the worst that has happened to us in our lives is the worst that we really know. Our life is a constant lesson from the moment we are born that there is always going to be injustice done to us, that people will always pursue their agendas regardless of how it impacts us, and that the only one who can protect us is us.

Once we all get to that point and understand that the world is unfair to everyone, we can finally grasp that as wonderful as life can be, it is still an adversarial relationship and we must be on the defensive all the time and watch out for our own heart and sanity because nobody else is going to do that with the same interest and intensity that we can for ourselves.

By understanding that we are the ones who are responsible for our own happiness we can also finally understand that we are the ones who are responsible for our own unhappiness.

As the destination is the same for all of us, what differentiates some lives from others is the realization that it's the journey we take that is important, not where we end up.

so solly

I've figured out the reason behind all of these unsafe toys coming to the United States from China. It's a simple misunderstanding.



The American companies told the Chinese manufacturers that they wanted the toys decorated with "red paint."

McCain unable

"How do we beat the bitch?"

This question was asked ("spontaneously") by a McCain supporter at a recent campaign event. After a couple of moments of nonplussed fumfering and bad jokes meant to decrease the sudden pressure that had descended upon him, Senator McCain finally prefaced his response with "that's a good question!" The lapdog media and his fellow Republican'ts glossed over the incident with questions like "who hasn't thought that?"

Me, for one.



Where would John McCain draw the line?


"How do we beat the spick?"

"How do we beat the faggot?"

"How do we beat the nigger?"

"How do we beat the cunt?"





John McCain, despite his service to our country, is a coward and has finally demonstrated in no uncertain terms that he is not a gentleman. I used to think highly of him. Instead of asserting the tremendous integrity he is purported to possess and rebuking the person who asked this incredibly rude question, he consciously chose to use the incident to try to ingratiate himself to the audience even to the extent of referring to the "Democrat" party, a bit of juvenile playground name-twisting that for some reason makes right-wing blowhards giggle like six year-old girls.

I'm saddened to see what a pathetic, small, self-serving cad he has proven to be.

the stench of desperation

Crawl on FOX "News" Channel, 3:00 PM CDT, November 16, 2007:

DEVELOPING
Gas prices up 39% since Dems picked Nancy Pelosi



So that's how it's played, then, eh? Well, FOX, I'll see your 39% and raise you. How about this?

Gas prices up 73% since Supreme Court picked George W. Bush


(using $1.79/gallon average retail price for California, November 5, 2000 as per www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/margins/2000.html and $3.10 national average for November 16, 2007, as per http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/ )

11/11/11

Happy Veteran's Day, Dad.


Veteran's Day began its history as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of The Great War, the War To End All Wars, World War I. Over the years, it became a day to remember the country's valiant dead and the military men who survived the nation's martial struggles.

I want Veteran's Day turned back into Armistice Day.

Not that we shouldn't honor our countrymen who turned to military service and who defended our nation. We should do that every day, something that this administration in particular has fallen asleep at the switch about.

We should provide the health care, the psychological care, all of the assistance that these obvious patriots contracted for when they enlisted in the military. We should help them assimilate into civilian life and make sure that they have job skills after they leave the military so that they don't become part of the nation's homeless.

But the day? Let's go back to Armistice Day. Veteran's Day puts the focus on war.


Armistice Day is a celebration of peace.

semantic antics

Charles Schumer on confirming Mukasey as U.S. Attorney General: ”When Judge Mukasey came before the Senate judiciary committee last month he refused to state waterboarding as torture. That was unsatisfactory, that was wrong. That will be a blemish on judge Mukasey’s distinguished career for as long as he lives."



Hmmmm.



Let's see if it sounds any more rational this way:

”When Judge Mukasey came before the Senate judiciary committee last month he refused to state being burned with red-hot iron pokers as torture. That was unsatisfactory, that was wrong. That will be a blemish on judge Mukasey’s distinguished career for as long as he lives."




This is interesting, isn't it? Let's try another one:

”When Judge Mukasey came before the Senate judiciary committee last month he refused to state being hanged by the thumbs as torture. That was unsatisfactory, that was wrong. That will be a blemish on judge Mukasey’s distinguished career for as long as he lives."




Or maybe this:

”When Judge Mukasey came before the Senate judiciary committee last month he refused to state pulling out fingernails as torture. That was unsatisfactory, that was wrong. That will be a blemish on judge Mukasey’s distinguished career for as long as he lives."



Perhaps this will work:

”When Judge Mukasey came before the Senate judiciary committee last month he refused to state Mace sprayed directly in the eyes as torture. That was unsatisfactory, that was wrong. That will be a blemish on judge Mukasey’s distinguished career for as long as he lives."



This isn't going well, is it? Wait, I've got it:

”When Judge Mukasey came before the Senate judiciary committee last month he refused to state a cattle prod up the ass as torture. That was unsatisfactory, that was wrong. That will be a blemish on judge Mukasey’s distinguished career for as long as he lives."





Jeepers, no matter what I replace "waterboarding" with I can't get Chuckles to not sound like he's an unprincipled fuckwad!


That will be a blemish on Charles Schumer's distinguished career for as long as he lives.

blue light special

Great. It appears Blogger has sucked yet another post into the black hole of incompetent programmers. Thanks, guys. So, instead of rewriting it, here's the TV Guide synopsis:


John Mark Carr is buying all the Aqua-Dots he can find.


Thank you for reading.

journalistic ipecac

Have an airsickness bag handy:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/12/socialDC200712?printable=true¤tPage=all