Get used to it...
Some folks seem to think I occasionally have interesting things to say. I don't always agree.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The award for least analytical blog post of the year by a member of the corporate media goes to ...
Michael Scherer over at Time's Swampland.
He posted about 1500 words (i am guessing) that consisted nearly entirely of an internal email from the McCain campaign and his only analysis was
I mean fuck... my cats could have typed that up
He posted about 1500 words (i am guessing) that consisted nearly entirely of an internal email from the McCain campaign and his only analysis was
State polls are similarly showing no big movement, or confusing movement. But something could be starting. (A McCain insider assures me that key (unidentified) swing states are back to within 3 points, and closing.) After the jump, the full McInturff memo. Read it for what it says, and for what it fails to say.
I mean fuck... my cats could have typed that up
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Pathetic
Firedoglake » DiFi Plans Another Run for Governor
Apparently, She wants to be Governor of California but she is ok with taking away the rights of some of her consituents. She and her husband are worth hundreds of millions between the two of them and they cant cut a check for a few thousand bucks?
Sickening
Neither Dianne Feinstein nor Richard Blum are listed among the contributors to the NO on Prop 8 campaign.
Apparently, She wants to be Governor of California but she is ok with taking away the rights of some of her consituents. She and her husband are worth hundreds of millions between the two of them and they cant cut a check for a few thousand bucks?
Sickening
In short ...
Firedoglake » The Future Is China
We are fucked if we do not reverse this trend. I don't care if the US is #1 because #2 really isnt that bad a place to be... after all, you try harder. But for fuck's sake let's not let it keep sliding.
China has the world's largest internet. Its number of patents is growing faster than any other nation, and Chinese love being engineers, unlike in the US, where being a lawyer or MBA or maybe a doctor is considered the route to a good life. This, again, is eerily similar to the period when America broke down the doors: engineers were worshiped, scientists were respected and everyone wanted to be an inventor. In the old days Chinese came to America to become scientists and engineers, then stayed. Now they come and go back, and meanwhile Chinese universities pump out huge classes of both as well.
We are fucked if we do not reverse this trend. I don't care if the US is #1 because #2 really isnt that bad a place to be... after all, you try harder. But for fuck's sake let's not let it keep sliding.
Tax Cuts
Now I know that it is tacky to talk about how much you make and all that but even in my tax bracket the WORST that I come out is dead even.
I got this little widget from here. (not sure if it is going to show up right though so if it doesnt just go to the site)
I got this little widget from here. (not sure if it is going to show up right though so if it doesnt just go to the site)
October Surprise?
AFP: Eight die in US attack inside Syria: official media
If this is the widely expected October surprise I have to think that it is probably the fucking stupidest idea that anyone has come up with. And considering the group that we are talking about ... that really says something.
DAMASCUS (AFP) — American helicopter-borne troops from Iraq launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village, killing eight civilians, official Syrian media reported.
The government has summoned the official US and Iraqi representatives in protest, state television and the official SANA news agency said.
In Washington the Pentagon said it had no comment.
If this is the widely expected October surprise I have to think that it is probably the fucking stupidest idea that anyone has come up with. And considering the group that we are talking about ... that really says something.
When you lose David Frum ..
Campaign Silo » Frum Tells GOP: Time To Cut And Run From McCain
Remember that this is David "Axis of Evil" Frum saying this.
God I love watching wingnuttia implode.
David Frum is in the Washington Post today arguing that every dollar that the Republicans can shift to the Senate races, they should. It's the peril McCain faces from taking public financing and thinking that he could tap the RNC's cash at the same time (which nobody who criticizes Obama for refusing public financing ever brings up). If the RNC decides, like Frum, that Pennsylvania is a pipe dream and saving McConnell and Chambliss are paramount to the party going forward, they could pull the plug on McCain and there's not much he can do about it
Remember that this is David "Axis of Evil" Frum saying this.
God I love watching wingnuttia implode.
Say No To Beau
Group News Blog: As the Election Draws Near, Talk of Senate Replacements for Obama, Biden or McCain Heat Up
I like Joe Biden but I really hope that he rethinks this one. I am sure that Beau is a nice young man and all that but the last thing this country needs is more reinforcement of the idea of a permanent ruling class.
Biden is hoping to help clear the way for his son Beau to take his seat, though this is complicated since he will likely be in Iraq when his father steps down from the seat.
I like Joe Biden but I really hope that he rethinks this one. I am sure that Beau is a nice young man and all that but the last thing this country needs is more reinforcement of the idea of a permanent ruling class.
visual evidence that john mccain is not fit to lead
Meet the Press: Brokaw nails McCain on taxing the wealthy, Reagan's record | Crooks and Liars
Ronald Reagan was president from Jan 1981- Jan 1989 (just in case anyone forgets)
Here is An intriguing graph from wikipedia ...
Copyright for the graph is held by user Gaytan at wikipedia and it is used here under a creative commons license
SEN. McCAIN: Well, look, I would be glad to review the Reagan record, but the Reagan record was certainly one that reined in spending.
Ronald Reagan was president from Jan 1981- Jan 1989 (just in case anyone forgets)
Here is An intriguing graph from wikipedia ...
Copyright for the graph is held by user Gaytan at wikipedia and it is used here under a creative commons license
Digby Speaks
Hullabaloo
Go read the whole thing. She says what i, in my far less effective way, said yesterday.
Noonan writes in elegant prose, but the meaning of her words are no different than what Sarah palin and the crazies at the McCain-Palin rallies are spewing. She's spent the last couple of decades helping to create this vulgar political world and now she's trying to separate herself from what she's done. And that's yet another way in which she's just a typical conservative like Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh --- when her vulgar politics catch up with her, instead of standing tall and taking responsibility she pretends that she was somewhere else.
I hope that people don't get so caught up with these late breaking "conversions" to the one true faith that they forget that these people are not heretics or apostates. They are opportunistic cowards, pure and simple --- rats deserting a sinking ship --- and they will never, ever change.
Trust 'em? Not for a minute.
Go read the whole thing. She says what i, in my far less effective way, said yesterday.
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