The guy's mostly a nutball, but hey - even a blind hog roots up an acorn once in a while.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Healthcare Reform Summit
I didn't watch it on C-SPAN because I'm trying to be a little less obsessed with this shit, but of course, I caught a couple of reports on NPR and MSNBC in which (again, of course) the reporters drew false equivalencies, saying both Obama and Alexander "essentially had their facts right" when they made claims about what the CBO predicts concerning insurance premiums. Claims that can't be more opposite from one another.
What the fuck? Oh yeah - it's in the best interests of our Media Poodles to keep the fires stoked. Controversy is important when the real point of the exercise is to sell ad time.
Bend Over And Grease Up
Blackwater and Cartman-gate.
There's a National Security Consortium hard at work, trying to make sure the spigot of tax dollars is never closed. The DoD and Contractors and Congress Critters are the main players, but even in the kind of corrupt system that's evolved in the USA over the last 50 years - under which actual people are the last to be considered - we The People still have to take some responsibility for the corruption itself. We can also stand up and call these assholes out.
Peter J. Visclosky (IN)
James P. Moran (VA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Steven R. Rothman (NJ)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA)
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)
Carolyn C. Kilpratrick (MI)
David R. Obey (WI), Ex Officio
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Todd Tiahrt (KS)
Jack Kingston (GA)
Kay Granger (TX)
Harold Rogers (KY)
Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio
Paul Juola, Subcommittee Clerk
Room H-149 The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2847
There's a National Security Consortium hard at work, trying to make sure the spigot of tax dollars is never closed. The DoD and Contractors and Congress Critters are the main players, but even in the kind of corrupt system that's evolved in the USA over the last 50 years - under which actual people are the last to be considered - we The People still have to take some responsibility for the corruption itself. We can also stand up and call these assholes out.
Dems:
Norman D. Dicks (WA)Peter J. Visclosky (IN)
James P. Moran (VA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Allen Boyd (FL)
Steven R. Rothman (NJ)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA)
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)
Carolyn C. Kilpratrick (MI)
David R. Obey (WI), Ex Officio
Repubs:
C.W. Bill Young (FL)Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Todd Tiahrt (KS)
Jack Kingston (GA)
Kay Granger (TX)
Harold Rogers (KY)
Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio
Room H-149 The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2847
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Word O' The Day
stealth abs
When your ripped six pack is covered by a thick layer of fat.
"This isn't a beer belly, it's my stealth abs. I just needed to avoid attracting too many ladies with my well defined stomach."
When your ripped six pack is covered by a thick layer of fat.
"This isn't a beer belly, it's my stealth abs. I just needed to avoid attracting too many ladies with my well defined stomach."
Sense Of Direction
Finding your way around a new place can be confusing and difficult. Here's some helpful advice offered recently in Vancouver by a local who was trying to help an American visitor.
"If you're seeing mountains, you're facing North. If your feet are wet, you're in the ocean and that`s West. If you've just had your car stolen, you're in Surrey, to the East. But if you see people without healthcare, waving handguns... you're back in the States."
"If you're seeing mountains, you're facing North. If your feet are wet, you're in the ocean and that`s West. If you've just had your car stolen, you're in Surrey, to the East. But if you see people without healthcare, waving handguns... you're back in the States."
Low Grade Corruption
Marco Rubio is among the new crop of Repub darlings, and he's pretty much all set to stomp Charlie Crist in the primary for Florida's senate race. But now it's come out that Rubio used his GOP-issued credit card to pay for groceries and car repairs and a bunch of other personal expenses when he was Speaker of the House in Florida's legislature.
Here's a quickie at TPM.com.
Of course, Rubio denounced the revelation as a desperate act of his political opponent, in that tried-n-true tactic of attacking the attacker - if you make a bold enough statement about what a dirty trick it was to reveal your corruption, then people will be likely to remember that part of the episode more than the feeble bullshit you sling trying to explain your actions.
Now really, we're talking about less than $14,000 over 4 years time. Not a huge thing, but there're a couple of things about it that bug the crap outa me.
1) It's just too typical for a politician to feel entitled to spend other people's money on perks for himself.
2) $14,000 divided by 4 years = $3500 per year. Did Rubio declare that money as income on his tax returns?
Here's a quickie at TPM.com.
Of course, Rubio denounced the revelation as a desperate act of his political opponent, in that tried-n-true tactic of attacking the attacker - if you make a bold enough statement about what a dirty trick it was to reveal your corruption, then people will be likely to remember that part of the episode more than the feeble bullshit you sling trying to explain your actions.
Now really, we're talking about less than $14,000 over 4 years time. Not a huge thing, but there're a couple of things about it that bug the crap outa me.
1) It's just too typical for a politician to feel entitled to spend other people's money on perks for himself.
2) $14,000 divided by 4 years = $3500 per year. Did Rubio declare that money as income on his tax returns?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Grayson Stands His Ground
I haven't decided yet if Alan Grayson is really onto something, or if he's just another doofus with too much money. Anyway, at least he seems to be saying what's on his mind and letting the chips fall.
It's interesting to hear about his brush with Blackwater, and then hear that he still thinks they're a bunch of dangerous buttheads.
Here's the story at TPM.com.
But I was thinkin' - remember back when the only people who had private armies were the bad guys in the Bond movies? Just sayin'.
It's interesting to hear about his brush with Blackwater, and then hear that he still thinks they're a bunch of dangerous buttheads.
Here's the story at TPM.com.
But I was thinkin' - remember back when the only people who had private armies were the bad guys in the Bond movies? Just sayin'.
Bring The Stupid
Here's a great little story via the Salt Lake Tribune.
Seems the Utah legislature decided they needed to make illegal abortions more illegal(?)
And here's the rub: if I suspect a woman intends to induce a spontaneous abortion (aka: miscarriage) to end her own pregnancy, and I report her to the cops; and the cops show up at her house to investigate, but she refuses to cooperate; don't the police have at least the implied authority to use deadly force in their attempt to compel her compliance with the law?
This is madness.
Seems the Utah legislature decided they needed to make illegal abortions more illegal(?)
And here's the rub: if I suspect a woman intends to induce a spontaneous abortion (aka: miscarriage) to end her own pregnancy, and I report her to the cops; and the cops show up at her house to investigate, but she refuses to cooperate; don't the police have at least the implied authority to use deadly force in their attempt to compel her compliance with the law?
This is madness.
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