Ok I know this may stun some of you but when it comes to issues such as drug legislation I lean libertarian, some would say even (gasp) liberal but I perfer libertarian. It's the only thing out there that I think should be taxed massively and no I'm NOT talking about prescription drugs I'm talking the street stuff. I would be all for legalization of marijuana and possibly looking into some other hard drugs. Here's the beauty of CA's legislation, they would just put on I believe a $50 per ounce tax per unit sold, of course regulating this could be a bitch and cause more government but I figure the DEA's pot arm can go from busting people to regulating them, not to mention all the sentences that would be commuted. To think in the future the only way a pot dealer gets dragged in front of a judge is for tax evasion not ownership with intent to sell an illegal substance. Talk about irony. And I didn't even know this but apparently dope is CA's #1 cash crop as pointed out below
Marijuana is California's largest cash crop. It's valued at $14 billion annually, or nearly twice the value of the state's grape and vegetable crops combined, according to government statistics. Indeed, a recent report pegged marijuana as two-thirds of the economy of Mendocino County, a ganja hotbed north of San Francisco. That's not surprising—it costs $400 to grow a pound of pot that can sell for $6,000 on the street.
you can find the rest of that article here and all you have to do is google "California to try to legalize pot in 2009" and you'll get about 928,000 hits. People we have a national debt that for all practical purposes is anywhere between $10-30 trillion depending on what numbers you want to believe. Tobacco and alcohol are legal and marijuana was until 1937. Alcohol was banned in 1920 (I think?) and then that act was repealed about 15 years later. 72 years after marijuana was made illegal by the feds has the problem gotten better or worse? For all you D.A.R.E turds out there get a fucking clue, kids will smoke drink and do weed if they REALLY want to, the best thing to do is inform them so they know how to deal with it and the long-term consequences. But just like with sex, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO SOME KIDS WILL TRY IT, YOU CANNOT STOP THE CURIOSITY OF PRETEENS AND TEENS IN THIS COUNTRY (and world for that matter). This goes as much to MADD as it does to the idiots on my side who still believe the "war on drugs" is worth fighting. Face it people we lost, and if you can't beat em join em. Lord knows we need the tax revenue, and whose to say we can't add another 100% tax on to the stuff every 2-3 years. By then there could be huge companies maunfacturing the stuff and it could be sold in stores right along side those evil, evil, tobacco products. I know there is a slippery slope arguement to be made here but I don't give a fuck. Besides what happened to personal responsibilty? Governments job is not to protect you from yourself despite what some politicians may tell you.
We could balance the budget by 2035-2040 if this passes and is put to good use. The Obama administration even took the first step today by stopping federal drug raids of known pot houses, they are leaving it up to the states. After fucking our economy over along with me and my kids its nice to see them do SOMETHING right for once.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Rock The Casbah... it hits home today like it did back then
listen to the lyrics of this song and tell me it doesn't apply to the middle east bullshit today as much, maybe even more, now as back then.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
how dumb is Obama, 1 FUCKING trillion in new taxes?
Ok normally I wouldn't swear in a post title and I've tried to censor myself as much as possible in a hope to get more readers but drastic times call for drastic measures. 1 TRILLION IN NEW TAXES. Ok let me see if I have Obama's logic right. We have insane new government programs that are being created everyday taking us one step closer to a socialist dictatorship in this country (some would argue were already there, I'm not, yet...) and were in a deep recession that could turn into a depression. Scratch that, it WILL turn into a depression if this becomes law. And you heard it here on my blog first (maybe) at the rate were going by 2011 the dow could be at or below 1000. Yeah I said 1000, during the Great Depression the dow lost 89% of its value over a 3 year period, it didn't all happen on the crash date. Once (or more appropriately if) I get a job I am putting all my money in precious metals as a hedge against inflation. At this rate I'm going to milk this college thing as long as I can. Frankly I'm glad that I'm not like most of my old high school friends who are going into the job market this summer. Good luck guys, your REALLY going to need it. People remember 1968 for its left-wing violence and at the rate were going the summer of 2009 will be a right-wing equivalent with the tea parties that are going on during 4th of July preperations. I will be joining people in the streets, this is insane. We are tettering on the edge of financial disaster and with this fucking retarded proposal Obama didn't just push us off the cliff he got a running start and tackled us over the cliff because he's going to fall just like the economy. I only hope that when a new administration takes over in 2012-13 that there will be something left worth saving. Here are some predictions I have for the rest of the Obamanation Administration (I'm not a fortune teller but if I am right I would like to be able to have actual proof, not just I told you so. I'm already sick of saying that)
rest of 2009:
March: Dow hits 5000, panic selling, foreclosure rates skyrocket causing the devlopment of a new position in the administration, like a housing czaar or something (I think that might have already happened). Civil unrest starts slowly breaking out, there could be a Kazyncki or OKC type attack on a federal reserve office somewhere in the US (I AM NOT ADVOCATING THIS OK FBI!! I AM JUST WARNING YOU THIS COULD HAPPEN AND PREPARE YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY)
April: April 15th will be a gigantic mass protest day in all major US cities. People may start burning effiges of Obama and the government that got us into the mess, probably along with a few pictures of CEO's. This will cause a overreach by Obama and he will sign the assault weapons ban and urge Congress to pass a law requiring all handgun owners to register their weapons
May: Congress will debate and pass this (barely, fights may break out on the floor of the House like they do in Parliment sometimes). There will be great public outcry, a massive run on guns and soon Obama may think about confiscating guns from the people that were stupid enough to register.
June-August: People will start violently revolting in the streets, with some states broke the police may join in since they aren't getting paid. The National Guard will be called up and Martial Law could be instituted and if there really are those FEMA workcamps are for real they will start being used. In the meantime the US economy tanks and by August were at 10.5% unemployment with no signs of it letting up.
September-December: people begin hoarding food and start to become very isolationistic, militas start popping up all over the place
2010-2011
People are sick of unrest but are unsure to trust government especially since they are broke because China isn't funing our debt anymore. Our bonds become as toxic as sub-prime loans and the US government becomes insolvent. Unemployment may be as high as 20-30% now and people are thinking seriously about blockading DC. Many politicians walk everywhere with armed bodyguards now and elections are still managed to be held in november 2010 and either the republicans will win or a newly formed "teaparty" takes enough seats to have them play kingmaker for either party. They go along with possible impeachment proceedings but before that Obama suspends the constitution saying there will be no elections in 2012 for the "good of the people". By 2011 we are in a second revolutionary war, the only problem is one side has nukes now...
I can't speculate beyond that and I hope and pray to God that none of this happens but if it does I will say I told you so, while cleaning my double barrled shotgun that has already done a few people in.
rest of 2009:
March: Dow hits 5000, panic selling, foreclosure rates skyrocket causing the devlopment of a new position in the administration, like a housing czaar or something (I think that might have already happened). Civil unrest starts slowly breaking out, there could be a Kazyncki or OKC type attack on a federal reserve office somewhere in the US (I AM NOT ADVOCATING THIS OK FBI!! I AM JUST WARNING YOU THIS COULD HAPPEN AND PREPARE YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY)
April: April 15th will be a gigantic mass protest day in all major US cities. People may start burning effiges of Obama and the government that got us into the mess, probably along with a few pictures of CEO's. This will cause a overreach by Obama and he will sign the assault weapons ban and urge Congress to pass a law requiring all handgun owners to register their weapons
May: Congress will debate and pass this (barely, fights may break out on the floor of the House like they do in Parliment sometimes). There will be great public outcry, a massive run on guns and soon Obama may think about confiscating guns from the people that were stupid enough to register.
June-August: People will start violently revolting in the streets, with some states broke the police may join in since they aren't getting paid. The National Guard will be called up and Martial Law could be instituted and if there really are those FEMA workcamps are for real they will start being used. In the meantime the US economy tanks and by August were at 10.5% unemployment with no signs of it letting up.
September-December: people begin hoarding food and start to become very isolationistic, militas start popping up all over the place
2010-2011
People are sick of unrest but are unsure to trust government especially since they are broke because China isn't funing our debt anymore. Our bonds become as toxic as sub-prime loans and the US government becomes insolvent. Unemployment may be as high as 20-30% now and people are thinking seriously about blockading DC. Many politicians walk everywhere with armed bodyguards now and elections are still managed to be held in november 2010 and either the republicans will win or a newly formed "teaparty" takes enough seats to have them play kingmaker for either party. They go along with possible impeachment proceedings but before that Obama suspends the constitution saying there will be no elections in 2012 for the "good of the people". By 2011 we are in a second revolutionary war, the only problem is one side has nukes now...
I can't speculate beyond that and I hope and pray to God that none of this happens but if it does I will say I told you so, while cleaning my double barrled shotgun that has already done a few people in.
Monday, February 23, 2009
coming soon to a city near you
Tends seem like they for the most part go west (except for the shit that comes out of California, but there is an exception to every rule) especially bad trends. Japan had a lost decade in the 1990's and the Nikkei is almost as low as the dow in pure numbers (let's not forget that the Yen has about 1/10 the value of the dollar). It took 15+ years but now we are facing the same prospect for the 2010's. Terrorism started in the Middle East and it was unthinkable that we could be attacked by radical Islamic nutjobs, until 9/11 of course. Golda Meir was PM of Israel in the 1970's, Margaret Thatcher was PM of Britian in the 1980's and lets face it, Hillary controlled BJ Bill in the White House in the 1990's. Now we have civil unrest. From the Guardian via Drudge:
Police are preparing for a "summer of rage" as victims of the economic downturn take to the streets to demonstrate against financial institutions, the Guardian has learned.
Britain's most senior police officer with responsibility for public order raised the spectre of a return of the riots of the 1980s, with people who have lost their jobs, homes or savings becoming "footsoldiers" in a wave of potentially violent mass protests.
Superintendent David Hartshorn, who heads the Metropolitan police's public order branch, told the Guardian that middle-class individuals who would never have considered joining demonstrations may now seek to vent their anger through protests this year.
He said that banks, particularly those that still pay large bonuses despite receiving billions in taxpayer money, had become "viable targets". So too had the headquarters of multinational companies and other financial institutions in the City which are being blamed for the financial crisis.
Hartshorn, who receives regular intelligence briefings on potential causes of civil unrest, said the mood at some demonstrations had changed recently, with activists increasingly "intent on coming on to the streets to create public disorder".
The warning comes in the wake of often violent protests against the handling of the economy across Europe. In recent weeks Greek farmers have blocked roads over falling agricultural prices, a million workers in France joined demonstrations to demand greater protection for jobs and wages and Icelandic demonstrators have clashed with police in Reykjavik.
In the UK hundreds of oil refinery workers mounted wildcat strikes last month over the use of foreign workers.
Intelligence reports suggest that "known activists" are also returning to the streets, and police claim they will foment unrest. "Those people would be good at motivating people, but they haven't had the 'footsoldiers' to actually carry out [protests]," Hartshorn said. "Obviously the downturn in the economy, unemployment, repossessions, changes that. Suddenly there is the opportunity for people to mass protest.
"It means that where we would possibly look at certain events and say, 'yes there'll be a lot of people there, there'll be a lot of banner waving, but generally it will be peaceful', [now] we have to make sure these elements don't come out and hijack that event and turn that into disorder."
Hartshorn identified April's G20 meeting of the group of leading and developing nations in London as an event that could kick-start a challenging summer. "We've got G20 coming and I think that is being advertised on some of the sites as the highlight of what they see as a 'summer of rage'," he said.
His comments are likely to be met with disappointment by protest groups, who in recent weeks have complained that police are adopting a more confrontational approach at demonstrations. Officers have been accused of exaggerating the threat posed by activists to justify the use of resources spent on them.
Police were said to have been heavy-handed at Greek solidarity marches in London in December and, last month, at protests against Israel's invasion of Gaza. In August 1,000 officers, helicopters and riot horses were drafted to Kent from 26 UK police forces to oversee the climate camp demonstration against the Kingsnorth power station. The massive operation to monitor the protesters cost £5.9m and resulted in 100 arrests. But in December the government was forced to apologise to parliament after the Guardian revealed that its claims that 70 officers had been hurt in violent clashes were wrong.
However, Hartshorn insisted: "Potentially there will be more industrial actions ... History shows that some of those disputes - Wapping, the miners' strike - have caused great tensions in the community and the police have had difficult times policing and maintaining law and order."
Both "extreme rightwing and extreme leftwing" elements are looking to "use the fact that people are out of jobs" to galvanise support, he said.
A particularly worrying development was the re-emergence of individuals involved in the violent fascist organisation Combat 18, he said. "They are using the fact that there's been lots of talk about eastern European people coming in and taking jobs on the Olympic sites," he said. "They're using those type of arguments to look at getting support."
Hartshorn said he also expected large-scale demonstrations this year on environmental issues, with hardcore green activists "joining forces" with middle-class campaigners over issues such as airport expansion at Heathrow and Stansted. With the prospect of angry demonstrations against the economy, that could open the door to powerful coalitions.
"All you've got to do then is link in with the environmentalists, and look at the oil companies. They're seen to be turning over billions of pounds profit in issues that are seen to be against the environment."
Police are preparing for a "summer of rage" as victims of the economic downturn take to the streets to demonstrate against financial institutions, the Guardian has learned.
Britain's most senior police officer with responsibility for public order raised the spectre of a return of the riots of the 1980s, with people who have lost their jobs, homes or savings becoming "footsoldiers" in a wave of potentially violent mass protests.
Superintendent David Hartshorn, who heads the Metropolitan police's public order branch, told the Guardian that middle-class individuals who would never have considered joining demonstrations may now seek to vent their anger through protests this year.
He said that banks, particularly those that still pay large bonuses despite receiving billions in taxpayer money, had become "viable targets". So too had the headquarters of multinational companies and other financial institutions in the City which are being blamed for the financial crisis.
Hartshorn, who receives regular intelligence briefings on potential causes of civil unrest, said the mood at some demonstrations had changed recently, with activists increasingly "intent on coming on to the streets to create public disorder".
The warning comes in the wake of often violent protests against the handling of the economy across Europe. In recent weeks Greek farmers have blocked roads over falling agricultural prices, a million workers in France joined demonstrations to demand greater protection for jobs and wages and Icelandic demonstrators have clashed with police in Reykjavik.
In the UK hundreds of oil refinery workers mounted wildcat strikes last month over the use of foreign workers.
Intelligence reports suggest that "known activists" are also returning to the streets, and police claim they will foment unrest. "Those people would be good at motivating people, but they haven't had the 'footsoldiers' to actually carry out [protests]," Hartshorn said. "Obviously the downturn in the economy, unemployment, repossessions, changes that. Suddenly there is the opportunity for people to mass protest.
"It means that where we would possibly look at certain events and say, 'yes there'll be a lot of people there, there'll be a lot of banner waving, but generally it will be peaceful', [now] we have to make sure these elements don't come out and hijack that event and turn that into disorder."
Hartshorn identified April's G20 meeting of the group of leading and developing nations in London as an event that could kick-start a challenging summer. "We've got G20 coming and I think that is being advertised on some of the sites as the highlight of what they see as a 'summer of rage'," he said.
His comments are likely to be met with disappointment by protest groups, who in recent weeks have complained that police are adopting a more confrontational approach at demonstrations. Officers have been accused of exaggerating the threat posed by activists to justify the use of resources spent on them.
Police were said to have been heavy-handed at Greek solidarity marches in London in December and, last month, at protests against Israel's invasion of Gaza. In August 1,000 officers, helicopters and riot horses were drafted to Kent from 26 UK police forces to oversee the climate camp demonstration against the Kingsnorth power station. The massive operation to monitor the protesters cost £5.9m and resulted in 100 arrests. But in December the government was forced to apologise to parliament after the Guardian revealed that its claims that 70 officers had been hurt in violent clashes were wrong.
However, Hartshorn insisted: "Potentially there will be more industrial actions ... History shows that some of those disputes - Wapping, the miners' strike - have caused great tensions in the community and the police have had difficult times policing and maintaining law and order."
Both "extreme rightwing and extreme leftwing" elements are looking to "use the fact that people are out of jobs" to galvanise support, he said.
A particularly worrying development was the re-emergence of individuals involved in the violent fascist organisation Combat 18, he said. "They are using the fact that there's been lots of talk about eastern European people coming in and taking jobs on the Olympic sites," he said. "They're using those type of arguments to look at getting support."
Hartshorn said he also expected large-scale demonstrations this year on environmental issues, with hardcore green activists "joining forces" with middle-class campaigners over issues such as airport expansion at Heathrow and Stansted. With the prospect of angry demonstrations against the economy, that could open the door to powerful coalitions.
"All you've got to do then is link in with the environmentalists, and look at the oil companies. They're seen to be turning over billions of pounds profit in issues that are seen to be against the environment."
Sunday, February 22, 2009
2009 Oscar results...
As you can tell by my predictions going in I thought Slumdog Millionaire would clean up and boy did it ever. Out of 10 nominations it won 8 and the two it didn't win for were minor technical awards, it scored (in order of importance) Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Mixing, and it "lost" for Best Sound Editing and one other I can't find at the moment. Most importantly The Curious Case of Benjamin Button got nearly blanked. It only won Best Makeup (which was a given) and a minor Best Art Direction win, after that 0/11 thank freaking god. And for my predictions I got 12 out of the 22 categories I guessed on right. Not too bad for a first time predictor huh?
2009 Oscar predictions...
I really can't believe I'm doing this but why not? I am a big movie fan and I have sat down and watched like the last 5-6 Oscars with my parents. Predictions by me are in bold:
Best Picture
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Frost/Nixon'
'Milk'
'The Reader'
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Director
Danny Boyle 'Slumdog Millionaire'
Stephen Daldry 'The Reader'
David Fincher 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Ron Howard 'Frost/Nixon'
Gus Van Sant 'Milk'
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins 'The Visitor'
Frank Langella 'Frost/Nixon'
Sean Penn 'Milk'
Brad Pitt 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Mickey Rourke 'The Wrestler'
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway 'Rachel Getting Married'
Angelina Jolie 'Changeling'
Melissa Leo 'Frozen River'
Meryl Streep 'Doubt'
Kate Winslet 'The Reader'
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin 'Milk'
Robert Downey Jr. 'Tropic Thunder'
Philip Seymour Hoffman 'Doubt'
Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight'
Michael Shannon 'Revolutionary Road'
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams 'Doubt'
Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Viola Davis 'Doubt'
Taraji P. Henson 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Marisa Tomei 'The Wrestler'
Best Animated Feature Film
'Bolt'
'Kung Fu Panda'
'Wall-E'
Best Foreign Film
'The Baader Meinhof Complex'
Germany
'The Class'
France
'Departures'
Japan
'Revanche'
Austria
'Waltz With Bashir'
Israel
Best Original Screenplay
'Milk'
Dustin Lance Black
'Frozen River'
Courtney Hunt
'Happy Go Lucky'
Mike Leigh
'In Bruges'
Martin McDonagh
'Wall-E'
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
Best Adapted Screenplay
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
'Doubt'
John Patrick Shanley
'Frost/ Nixon'
Peter Morgan
'The Reader'
David Hare
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Simon Beaufoy
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)'
'Encounters at the End of the World'
'The Garden'
'Man on Wire'
'Trouble the Water'
Best Original Score
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Defiance'
'Milk'
'Slumdog Millionaire'
'WALL-E'
Best Original Song
'Down to Earth''WALL-E'
'Jai Ho''Slumdog Millionaire'
'O Saya''Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Film Editing
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
'The Dark Knight'
Lee Smith
'Frost/Nixon'
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
'Milk'
Elliot Graham
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Documentary - Short Subject
'The Conscience of Nhem En'
'The Final Inch'
'Smile Pinki'
'The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306'
Best Cinematography
'Changeling'
Tom Stern
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Claudio Miranda
'The Dark Knight'
Wally Pfister
'The Reader'
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
'Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Costume Design
'Australia'
Catherine Martin
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Jacqueline West
'The Duchess'
Michael O'Connor
'Milk'
Danny Glicker
'Revolutionary Road'
Best Sound Mixing
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
'The Dark Knight'
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
'WALL-E'
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
'Wanted'
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt
Best Sound Editing
'The Dark Knight'
Richard King
'Iron Man'
Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Tom Sayers
'WALL-E'
Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
'Wanted'
Wylie Stateman
Best Makeup
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Greg Cannom
'The Dark Knight'
John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'
Mike Elizalde, Thom Flout
Best Art Direction
'Changeling'
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
'The Dark Knight'
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
'The Duchess'
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
'Revolutionary Road'
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Best Visual Effects
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
'The Dark Knight'
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
'Iron Man'
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan
Those are my picks, hope I do well...
Best Picture
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Frost/Nixon'
'Milk'
'The Reader'
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Director
Danny Boyle 'Slumdog Millionaire'
Stephen Daldry 'The Reader'
David Fincher 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Ron Howard 'Frost/Nixon'
Gus Van Sant 'Milk'
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins 'The Visitor'
Frank Langella 'Frost/Nixon'
Sean Penn 'Milk'
Brad Pitt 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Mickey Rourke 'The Wrestler'
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway 'Rachel Getting Married'
Angelina Jolie 'Changeling'
Melissa Leo 'Frozen River'
Meryl Streep 'Doubt'
Kate Winslet 'The Reader'
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin 'Milk'
Robert Downey Jr. 'Tropic Thunder'
Philip Seymour Hoffman 'Doubt'
Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight'
Michael Shannon 'Revolutionary Road'
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams 'Doubt'
Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Viola Davis 'Doubt'
Taraji P. Henson 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Marisa Tomei 'The Wrestler'
Best Animated Feature Film
'Bolt'
'Kung Fu Panda'
'Wall-E'
Best Foreign Film
'The Baader Meinhof Complex'
Germany
'The Class'
France
'Departures'
Japan
'Revanche'
Austria
'Waltz With Bashir'
Israel
Best Original Screenplay
'Milk'
Dustin Lance Black
'Frozen River'
Courtney Hunt
'Happy Go Lucky'
Mike Leigh
'In Bruges'
Martin McDonagh
'Wall-E'
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
Best Adapted Screenplay
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
'Doubt'
John Patrick Shanley
'Frost/ Nixon'
Peter Morgan
'The Reader'
David Hare
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Simon Beaufoy
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)'
'Encounters at the End of the World'
'The Garden'
'Man on Wire'
'Trouble the Water'
Best Original Score
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Defiance'
'Milk'
'Slumdog Millionaire'
'WALL-E'
Best Original Song
'Down to Earth''WALL-E'
'Jai Ho''Slumdog Millionaire'
'O Saya''Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Film Editing
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
'The Dark Knight'
Lee Smith
'Frost/Nixon'
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
'Milk'
Elliot Graham
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Documentary - Short Subject
'The Conscience of Nhem En'
'The Final Inch'
'Smile Pinki'
'The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306'
Best Cinematography
'Changeling'
Tom Stern
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Claudio Miranda
'The Dark Knight'
Wally Pfister
'The Reader'
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
'Slumdog Millionaire
Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Costume Design
'Australia'
Catherine Martin
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Jacqueline West
'The Duchess'
Michael O'Connor
'Milk'
Danny Glicker
'Revolutionary Road'
Best Sound Mixing
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
'The Dark Knight'
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
'WALL-E'
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
'Wanted'
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt
Best Sound Editing
'The Dark Knight'
Richard King
'Iron Man'
Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Tom Sayers
'WALL-E'
Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
'Wanted'
Wylie Stateman
Best Makeup
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Greg Cannom
'The Dark Knight'
John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'
Mike Elizalde, Thom Flout
Best Art Direction
'Changeling'
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
'The Dark Knight'
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
'The Duchess'
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
'Revolutionary Road'
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt
Best Visual Effects
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
'The Dark Knight'
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
'Iron Man'
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan
Those are my picks, hope I do well...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
I thought this was pretty good,
Top 11 Reasons why BHO removed Winston Churchill's bust from the White House.
11. Every time Joe Biden walked into the oval office he shrieked, “Oh my God! The terrorists have beheaded Alfred Hitchcock!”
10. Having a bust of Churchill is so George W. Bush
9. Roland Burris keeps asking the bust to donate to Blago’s legal defense fund
8. Worried that visiting Germans might be offended
7. Geithner keeps recommending that he claim the bust as a dependent on his taxes
6. Refuses to honor a war-monger who should have insisted on talks with Hitler instead of unilateral resistance.
5. The "change" mentioned in his campaign speeches was actually referring to interior decoration in the White House.
4. Michelle's loving gazes were becoming emasculating
3. Looking at Churchill made him want to light up a smoke
2. Stimulus bill allotted $2.5 billion for shipping back busts of European Prime Ministers via two man kayak
1. Preferred the Neville Chamberlain bust instead.
11. Every time Joe Biden walked into the oval office he shrieked, “Oh my God! The terrorists have beheaded Alfred Hitchcock!”
10. Having a bust of Churchill is so George W. Bush
9. Roland Burris keeps asking the bust to donate to Blago’s legal defense fund
8. Worried that visiting Germans might be offended
7. Geithner keeps recommending that he claim the bust as a dependent on his taxes
6. Refuses to honor a war-monger who should have insisted on talks with Hitler instead of unilateral resistance.
5. The "change" mentioned in his campaign speeches was actually referring to interior decoration in the White House.
4. Michelle's loving gazes were becoming emasculating
3. Looking at Churchill made him want to light up a smoke
2. Stimulus bill allotted $2.5 billion for shipping back busts of European Prime Ministers via two man kayak
1. Preferred the Neville Chamberlain bust instead.
update...
I will be retooling this site over the next one to two weeks in hope that I might be accepted into the MOB (Minnesota Organization of Bloggers). This site is too plain and needs some jazzing up. Please bear with me on this...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Is this the beginning of a revolution?
I say yes, this is amazing. I thought this would take until summer at least, I was hoping we could avoid this. Were not, this is almost (not quite but almost) a call to arms. Frankly I'd show up to Chicago in July for this, people are pissed. I haven't got there yet but I am getting very close. If the Obamanation administration does something to fuck up my dad's small company I will join the hordes.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
God save the Queen, er I mean Government?
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
God save the Queen, er I mean Government?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
1984 anyone?
Ok, this shit is truly scary and only a microcosm of what I will (hopefully) be dealing with next semester at the U of M. I really wish this wasn't true, I really do...
A student is suing Los Angeles City College over an incident in which a professor refused to let him finish a speech against gay marriage, according to the Los Angeles Times. (LA Times)
Student Jonathan Lopez told the Times that the professor, John Matteson, called him a "fascist bastard" and refused to let him finish his speech during a public speaking class last November, weeks after California voters approved Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.
Lopez also said the teacher threatened to have him expelled when he complained to college authorities.
Lopez is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and co-founded by evangelical leader James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Alliance staff counsel David J. Hacker told The Times Lopez was a victim of religious discrimination.
"He was expressing his faith during an open-ended assignment, but when the professor disagreed with some minor things he mentioned, the professor shut him down," Hacker said. "Basically, colleges and universities should give Christian students the same rights to free expression as other students."
Ugh... liberals preaching tolerance and acceptance is the most hypocritical bullshit that is out there. What I find even scarier is reading the comments.
This person was too chickenshit to even put his name on his comment...
To all of you self pitying conservatives I just have one thing to say: Where is the speech? You are ranting and raving in favor a students right to make a speech that you yourselves have not as yet read. If it turns out that his speech is filled with hateful offensive remarks then maybe you will quietly move one to your next crusade.To all of you self pitying conservatives I just have one thing to say: Where is the speech? You are ranting and raving in favor a students right to make a speech that you yourselves have not as yet read. If it turns out that his speech is filled with hateful offensive remarks then maybe you will quietly move one to your next crusade.
Newsflash to liberal moron, hateful and offensive speech is STILL PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND 1ST AMENDMENT LIKE IT OR NOT. Oh but it gets worse...
Poor right-wingers! Getting some of their own medicine, and they don't like it? Too bad. Get used to it. For years we've been listening to the neo-cons whining about the "liberal media". Now, it's payback time. If you don't want to be attacked for spreading your hate, then stop spreading it. And if you don't stop, we'll stop you, by any means possible.Poor right-wingers! Getting some of their own medicine, and they don't like it? Too bad. Get used to it. For years we've been listening to the neo-cons whining about the "liberal media". Now, it's payback time. If you don't want to be attacked for spreading your hate, then stop spreading it. And if you don't stop, we'll stop you, by any means possible.
wow, and to think this guy is allowed to vote, scary thought ain't it folks?
The student is clearly a moron. Why should other students have to listen to his idiocy? I am confident he will roast in hell.The student is clearly a moron. Why should other students have to listen to his idiocy? I am confident he will roast in hell.
What has happened to education in this country? Seriously folks I fear for my generation because they either get brainwashed or are too preoccupied with The Bachelor, American Idol, or some other BS to care about things that actually matter in today's world.
To be fair there were intelligent comments, like this one.
People should look up the definition of fascism: Fascism is an authoritarian nationalist ideology focused on solving economic, political, and social problems that its supporters see as causing national decline or decadence. Fascists aim to create a single-party state in which the government is led by a dictator who seeks unity by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of the nation, a race or even a social class. Fascist movements promote violent conflict between nations, political factions, and races as part of a social Darwinist view that conflict between these groups is natural and a part of evolution. Which party is looking to: - curb free speech (Fairness Doctrine) - promotes hate between social groups (class envy - evil rich! big oil! big tobacco!) - trying to establish a single party (moving the census into the White House) - are led by a dictator (look up photos of Hitler's rallies in the 1930s and compare them to Obama's rallies of the last election....) The gap between socialism and fascism is less than people realize, and certainly both go against individual freedoms and rights. All those lefties with cute bumperstickers about their civil rights should realize that America is about to give up much more of its soul (I believe our civil liberties are the soul of this country) than ever before. If the government can dictate what people earn, we are a step beyond socialism and a step closer to fascism. If the government can shut down Rush Limbaugh, et al., that is fascism. For all the complaining about Rush, Hannity, etc., the dems still managed to get congress and the White House, so what's the problem? Aaah! Dissending voices are not allowed! What regimes don't allow those voices either? In colleges leftist professors brainwash the majority of students and bully the few who dare to stand up (I speak from experience). They perform the taks of the brownshirts. America is becoming a fascist state.
I couldn't have said it better, now back to the idiots.
anyone who thinks there is a magical invisible god floating around, and this magical invisible god hates gay people probably shouldnt be in collegeanyone who thinks there is a magical invisible god floating around, and this magical invisible god hates gay people probably shouldnt be in college
You don't agree with me therefore your an idiot. Typical liberal debate tactic. To quote a classic liberal bumpersticker over the last 8 years. "I love my country but I fear the government", I love this great land, but I fear it is really being destroyed a little more each day
A student is suing Los Angeles City College over an incident in which a professor refused to let him finish a speech against gay marriage, according to the Los Angeles Times. (LA Times)
Student Jonathan Lopez told the Times that the professor, John Matteson, called him a "fascist bastard" and refused to let him finish his speech during a public speaking class last November, weeks after California voters approved Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.
Lopez also said the teacher threatened to have him expelled when he complained to college authorities.
Lopez is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and co-founded by evangelical leader James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Alliance staff counsel David J. Hacker told The Times Lopez was a victim of religious discrimination.
"He was expressing his faith during an open-ended assignment, but when the professor disagreed with some minor things he mentioned, the professor shut him down," Hacker said. "Basically, colleges and universities should give Christian students the same rights to free expression as other students."
Ugh... liberals preaching tolerance and acceptance is the most hypocritical bullshit that is out there. What I find even scarier is reading the comments.
This person was too chickenshit to even put his name on his comment...
To all of you self pitying conservatives I just have one thing to say: Where is the speech? You are ranting and raving in favor a students right to make a speech that you yourselves have not as yet read. If it turns out that his speech is filled with hateful offensive remarks then maybe you will quietly move one to your next crusade.To all of you self pitying conservatives I just have one thing to say: Where is the speech? You are ranting and raving in favor a students right to make a speech that you yourselves have not as yet read. If it turns out that his speech is filled with hateful offensive remarks then maybe you will quietly move one to your next crusade.
Newsflash to liberal moron, hateful and offensive speech is STILL PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND 1ST AMENDMENT LIKE IT OR NOT. Oh but it gets worse...
Poor right-wingers! Getting some of their own medicine, and they don't like it? Too bad. Get used to it. For years we've been listening to the neo-cons whining about the "liberal media". Now, it's payback time. If you don't want to be attacked for spreading your hate, then stop spreading it. And if you don't stop, we'll stop you, by any means possible.Poor right-wingers! Getting some of their own medicine, and they don't like it? Too bad. Get used to it. For years we've been listening to the neo-cons whining about the "liberal media". Now, it's payback time. If you don't want to be attacked for spreading your hate, then stop spreading it. And if you don't stop, we'll stop you, by any means possible.
wow, and to think this guy is allowed to vote, scary thought ain't it folks?
The student is clearly a moron. Why should other students have to listen to his idiocy? I am confident he will roast in hell.The student is clearly a moron. Why should other students have to listen to his idiocy? I am confident he will roast in hell.
What has happened to education in this country? Seriously folks I fear for my generation because they either get brainwashed or are too preoccupied with The Bachelor, American Idol, or some other BS to care about things that actually matter in today's world.
To be fair there were intelligent comments, like this one.
People should look up the definition of fascism: Fascism is an authoritarian nationalist ideology focused on solving economic, political, and social problems that its supporters see as causing national decline or decadence. Fascists aim to create a single-party state in which the government is led by a dictator who seeks unity by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of the nation, a race or even a social class. Fascist movements promote violent conflict between nations, political factions, and races as part of a social Darwinist view that conflict between these groups is natural and a part of evolution. Which party is looking to: - curb free speech (Fairness Doctrine) - promotes hate between social groups (class envy - evil rich! big oil! big tobacco!) - trying to establish a single party (moving the census into the White House) - are led by a dictator (look up photos of Hitler's rallies in the 1930s and compare them to Obama's rallies of the last election....) The gap between socialism and fascism is less than people realize, and certainly both go against individual freedoms and rights. All those lefties with cute bumperstickers about their civil rights should realize that America is about to give up much more of its soul (I believe our civil liberties are the soul of this country) than ever before. If the government can dictate what people earn, we are a step beyond socialism and a step closer to fascism. If the government can shut down Rush Limbaugh, et al., that is fascism. For all the complaining about Rush, Hannity, etc., the dems still managed to get congress and the White House, so what's the problem? Aaah! Dissending voices are not allowed! What regimes don't allow those voices either? In colleges leftist professors brainwash the majority of students and bully the few who dare to stand up (I speak from experience). They perform the taks of the brownshirts. America is becoming a fascist state.
I couldn't have said it better, now back to the idiots.
anyone who thinks there is a magical invisible god floating around, and this magical invisible god hates gay people probably shouldnt be in collegeanyone who thinks there is a magical invisible god floating around, and this magical invisible god hates gay people probably shouldnt be in college
You don't agree with me therefore your an idiot. Typical liberal debate tactic. To quote a classic liberal bumpersticker over the last 8 years. "I love my country but I fear the government", I love this great land, but I fear it is really being destroyed a little more each day
Review: Idocracy...
I saw the movie last night and I have to say I was kind of dissapointed after the review on IMDB that talked it up a lot. That being said it is a disturbing look into a possible future and my favorite part was when Terry Crews (Dad from Everybody Hates Chris) gets up as president of the US in front of the House of Representin' (yes you read that right) and gives a speech about how Not Sure (Luke Wilson) will save them. It is a scary look into our future, I give it a 6.5/10. While good it could have been much better given Mike Judge's history. If you do see it, try and rent it from Netflixx or something, it is crude but seeing it edited doesn't really do it justice. It's almost as creepy as this next story I'm going to post about.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Stimulus...
Ok this will be my last political post (hopefully) for a day or two. I'm not just a one trick pony and I will prove that over my next few posts. Anyway, my final thing on the "stimulus bill" that I grabbed off of (don't judge me here people) foxnews.com. I know its a partisan site but I see no reason on why they would lie on this list, it would only come back to hurt them, so here it is.
-- $100 million for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
-- $200 million to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
-- $300 million for "Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs"
-- $900 million for the IRS for the "Limitation on Administrative Expenses"
-- $1 million for the Railroad Retirement Board for administrative costs
-- $2 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Act
-- $50 million for Health and Human Services to carry out injury prevention programs
-- $1.1 billion for studies on the effectiveness of different medical treatments -- $200 million to upgrade labs and facilities for the Department of Agriculture "to improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies"
-- $10 million for urban canal inspection
-- $16 billion to pay for student financial aid
-- $1 billion to pay for the U.S. Census
-- $600 million to pay for a fuel-efficient federal auto fleet
-- $650 million for the Digital Converter Box Program to help the constantly delayed transition from analog television
-- $485 million to the Forest Service for "hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire"
-- Up to $1 billion for "summer activities" for youths as old as 24
-- $40 million for the occupational research agenda
-- $3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control wellness programs and vaccinations
-- $410 million for Indian health facilities
-- $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstrations
ok, so granted thats only $31.38 Billion out of a $789 Billion ( package but there is a bunch of stuff in there that is just waiting to be uncovered. Well I'm off to draft a letter to Obama about how he is fucking me, my kids and my grandkids (it will be up by the end of next week, I promise). Review on the movie Idocracy should be up either tonight or tomorrow.
-- $100 million for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
-- $200 million to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
-- $300 million for "Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs"
-- $900 million for the IRS for the "Limitation on Administrative Expenses"
-- $1 million for the Railroad Retirement Board for administrative costs
-- $2 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Act
-- $50 million for Health and Human Services to carry out injury prevention programs
-- $1.1 billion for studies on the effectiveness of different medical treatments -- $200 million to upgrade labs and facilities for the Department of Agriculture "to improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies"
-- $10 million for urban canal inspection
-- $16 billion to pay for student financial aid
-- $1 billion to pay for the U.S. Census
-- $600 million to pay for a fuel-efficient federal auto fleet
-- $650 million for the Digital Converter Box Program to help the constantly delayed transition from analog television
-- $485 million to the Forest Service for "hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire"
-- Up to $1 billion for "summer activities" for youths as old as 24
-- $40 million for the occupational research agenda
-- $3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control wellness programs and vaccinations
-- $410 million for Indian health facilities
-- $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstrations
ok, so granted thats only $31.38 Billion out of a $789 Billion ( package but there is a bunch of stuff in there that is just waiting to be uncovered. Well I'm off to draft a letter to Obama about how he is fucking me, my kids and my grandkids (it will be up by the end of next week, I promise). Review on the movie Idocracy should be up either tonight or tomorrow.
Friday, February 13, 2009
because if you can't laugh your going to cry...
And now for something completley different (sort of). We all need a little humor people and who else but the Onion to provide it for us. They may tilt left but as you can see with this list Obama is more than fair game to them which in today's world is quite refreshing.
Obama's first 100 days, through day 23...
DAY 23: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano awkwardly enters the Oval Office while President Obama is doing his Napolitano impersonation.
DAY 22: President Obama asks aides to alert him immediately if the Mutant Registration Act is introduced in Congress.
DAY 21: For the third time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff ask President Obama not to leave fantasy miniatures on war map.
DAY 20: Joe Biden clears his schedule to oversee the installation of four video poker machines in the Naval Observatory.
DAY 19: After a tense afternoon holed up in the Situation Room, President Obama finally locates that old pack of Lyndon Johnson's Benson & Hedges.
DAY 18: In one of many historic firsts, Barack Obama becomes the first black president to TiVo MythBusters.
DAY 17: Hillary Clinton meets with Haitian president René Préval, who demands U.S. provide Haiti a sandwich by 2010.
DAY 16: Obama's "First 100 Days Dilbert Desk Calendar" still on day five.
DAY 15: Eighty-eight-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens informs Obama administration of decision to die in office, effective Mar. 1.
DAY 14: Taco Tuesday
DAY 13: President Obama meets with Vermont governor Jim Douglas and is saddened to find that he is not the creator of Garfield.
DAY 12: A nice little lazy Sunday for the president. Maybe read a book, watch a movie, whatever.
DAY 11: Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget reads former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget's memoirs.
DAY 10: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Donovan wonders if they mean "urban" like "city" or "urban" like "black."
DAY 9: Impressionist Rich Little sits in a bathrobe on the floor of his one-bedroom apartment trying to figure out how to say "I am not a crook" like Barack Obama.
DAY 8: Rahm Emanuel's "open door" policy is severely tested by political director Patrick Gaspard's repeated claims that someone is taking Splenda packets from the jar on his desk.
DAY 7: After figuring out a comprehensive solution for the economic crisis in a dream, President Obama issues an executive order requisitioning a fleet of freight liners and 147,000 tons of eggplant.
DAY 6: Joe Biden spends the day sitting on a couch in the Oval Office, saying he "just wants to watch."
DAY 5: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spends another day worried that his unanimous confirmation means people have forgotten what a hell-raiser he was as mayor of Mount Pleasant, IA.
DAY 4: Former treasury secretary Henry Paulson is discovered sleeping next to the boiler in the White House basement.
DAY 3: Obama takes a few minutes to fill out the change of address card for his Popular Mechanics subscription.
DAY 2: Suddenly everyone in the Roosevelt Room looks around and realizes: yes, this will be the seating arrangement for the next four years.
DAY 1: In one of his first acts as president, Obama begins the process of closing down the CIA prisons that he knows about.
Gotta love satire, if we ever lose the ability to make fun of our "leaders" in this country were fucked.
Obama's first 100 days, through day 23...
DAY 23: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano awkwardly enters the Oval Office while President Obama is doing his Napolitano impersonation.
DAY 22: President Obama asks aides to alert him immediately if the Mutant Registration Act is introduced in Congress.
DAY 21: For the third time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff ask President Obama not to leave fantasy miniatures on war map.
DAY 20: Joe Biden clears his schedule to oversee the installation of four video poker machines in the Naval Observatory.
DAY 19: After a tense afternoon holed up in the Situation Room, President Obama finally locates that old pack of Lyndon Johnson's Benson & Hedges.
DAY 18: In one of many historic firsts, Barack Obama becomes the first black president to TiVo MythBusters.
DAY 17: Hillary Clinton meets with Haitian president René Préval, who demands U.S. provide Haiti a sandwich by 2010.
DAY 16: Obama's "First 100 Days Dilbert Desk Calendar" still on day five.
DAY 15: Eighty-eight-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens informs Obama administration of decision to die in office, effective Mar. 1.
DAY 14: Taco Tuesday
DAY 13: President Obama meets with Vermont governor Jim Douglas and is saddened to find that he is not the creator of Garfield.
DAY 12: A nice little lazy Sunday for the president. Maybe read a book, watch a movie, whatever.
DAY 11: Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget reads former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget's memoirs.
DAY 10: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Donovan wonders if they mean "urban" like "city" or "urban" like "black."
DAY 9: Impressionist Rich Little sits in a bathrobe on the floor of his one-bedroom apartment trying to figure out how to say "I am not a crook" like Barack Obama.
DAY 8: Rahm Emanuel's "open door" policy is severely tested by political director Patrick Gaspard's repeated claims that someone is taking Splenda packets from the jar on his desk.
DAY 7: After figuring out a comprehensive solution for the economic crisis in a dream, President Obama issues an executive order requisitioning a fleet of freight liners and 147,000 tons of eggplant.
DAY 6: Joe Biden spends the day sitting on a couch in the Oval Office, saying he "just wants to watch."
DAY 5: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spends another day worried that his unanimous confirmation means people have forgotten what a hell-raiser he was as mayor of Mount Pleasant, IA.
DAY 4: Former treasury secretary Henry Paulson is discovered sleeping next to the boiler in the White House basement.
DAY 3: Obama takes a few minutes to fill out the change of address card for his Popular Mechanics subscription.
DAY 2: Suddenly everyone in the Roosevelt Room looks around and realizes: yes, this will be the seating arrangement for the next four years.
DAY 1: In one of his first acts as president, Obama begins the process of closing down the CIA prisons that he knows about.
Gotta love satire, if we ever lose the ability to make fun of our "leaders" in this country were fucked.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
afternoon thoughts...
Well I have had a lot on my mind lately and if I can concentrate enough I will TRY to read through the "stimulus" bill sometime today or tomorrow (yes all 7-800 pages of it) and give my amatuer analysis. I looked at the Star Tribune this morning and it said and I quote:
2 Trillion?
yes folks, even the strib is turning on the Obamamessiah. Maybe journalism isn't dead after all.
Now to a much more significant issue, the Fairness Doctrine. Remember how during the election the left was like, "The right-wing talkshow hosts are trying to scare their listeners into voting Republican because they say we will bring the Fairness Doctrine back, we wouldn't dream of that."
Clearly that message did not get to href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0209/Sen_Harkin_We_need_the_Fairness_Doctrine_back_.html">Sens. Debbie Stabinow and Tom Harkin. I will not go into detail about the hypocricy but part of me hopes that they do try and push this because I really think that there will be a massive public backlash on this. The left is drunk with power and they are nowhere near sobering up; some Obama supporters are but the DC elitest crowd hasn't even left the bar yet. My message to anyone who is opposed to this is to flood those two senators offices with emails, calls and letters and ask them, nicely please, why they don't like freedom of speech and free markets. Just that, because the "Fairness Doctrine" is the anthesis of both of those principles. Folks, the road to Liberal Fascism has begun.
2 Trillion?
yes folks, even the strib is turning on the Obamamessiah. Maybe journalism isn't dead after all.
Now to a much more significant issue, the Fairness Doctrine. Remember how during the election the left was like, "The right-wing talkshow hosts are trying to scare their listeners into voting Republican because they say we will bring the Fairness Doctrine back, we wouldn't dream of that."
Clearly that message did not get to href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0209/Sen_Harkin_We_need_the_Fairness_Doctrine_back_.html">Sens. Debbie Stabinow and Tom Harkin. I will not go into detail about the hypocricy but part of me hopes that they do try and push this because I really think that there will be a massive public backlash on this. The left is drunk with power and they are nowhere near sobering up; some Obama supporters are but the DC elitest crowd hasn't even left the bar yet. My message to anyone who is opposed to this is to flood those two senators offices with emails, calls and letters and ask them, nicely please, why they don't like freedom of speech and free markets. Just that, because the "Fairness Doctrine" is the anthesis of both of those principles. Folks, the road to Liberal Fascism has begun.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Fox News rules under Obama
Fox News ratings aren't just up a little bit, they are freaking DESTROYING CNN/MSOBAMANBC in the ratings. Article in the title, here are some excerpts even I found stunning:
So far during prime time (through Wednesday's ratings), FNC is averaging 2,495,000 Total Viewers, well ahead of CNN's 1,254,000 and MSNBC's 984,000 combined. In the A25-54 demo, FNC is #1 with 539,000 compared to CNN's 388,000 and MSNBC's 357,000.
FNC is up 23% Total Viewers and 28% in the A25-54 demo in prime time from the two weeks prior to the Inauguration of Obama to the two weeks since. CNN is up 5% in Total Viewers and 4% in the demo and MSNBC is down 1% in Total Viewers and 1% in the demo.
So basically all the dicksucking going on at MSNBC is intolerable to even their core audiences. Really I can't watch Matthews/Olbermann/Maddow for more than 5 minutes without wanting to chuck my remote at the tv. Its not that they spout propoganda for Obama, it's that they do it in the guise that its fact and cannot be debated. Rip FNC all you want but I can't remember the last time MSNBC's primetime duo (Olbermann/Maddow) put on people they disagree with. Glenn Beck was a major coup for Fox also, his show is hilarous and serious all at the same time. It's the one outlet I have to know journalism isn't totally dead in this country, granted it's on life support now but without the Fox News Channel to balance things out it would have been 6 feet under on election night.
Oh and here's a fun little graph that shows O'Reilly (not my favorite mind you) vs. Olbermann since 1/20/09
So far during prime time (through Wednesday's ratings), FNC is averaging 2,495,000 Total Viewers, well ahead of CNN's 1,254,000 and MSNBC's 984,000 combined. In the A25-54 demo, FNC is #1 with 539,000 compared to CNN's 388,000 and MSNBC's 357,000.
FNC is up 23% Total Viewers and 28% in the A25-54 demo in prime time from the two weeks prior to the Inauguration of Obama to the two weeks since. CNN is up 5% in Total Viewers and 4% in the demo and MSNBC is down 1% in Total Viewers and 1% in the demo.
So basically all the dicksucking going on at MSNBC is intolerable to even their core audiences. Really I can't watch Matthews/Olbermann/Maddow for more than 5 minutes without wanting to chuck my remote at the tv. Its not that they spout propoganda for Obama, it's that they do it in the guise that its fact and cannot be debated. Rip FNC all you want but I can't remember the last time MSNBC's primetime duo (Olbermann/Maddow) put on people they disagree with. Glenn Beck was a major coup for Fox also, his show is hilarous and serious all at the same time. It's the one outlet I have to know journalism isn't totally dead in this country, granted it's on life support now but without the Fox News Channel to balance things out it would have been 6 feet under on election night.
Oh and here's a fun little graph that shows O'Reilly (not my favorite mind you) vs. Olbermann since 1/20/09
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Give Obama a break? Not a chance for me...
You just gotta love the left. After 8 years of BDS and blaming Bush for EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG HERE IN THE US, they are now telling us to give Obama a pass because he said he, "screwed up". Yeah he said it, I am mildly surprised considering the God complex he has about himself but saying I screwed up does not mean I'm giving him a break for nominating a HHS secretary that was grossly incompetent at best and borderline criminal at worse when it came to paying back taxes. Shit he OWED more in taxes than 90-95% of the people in this country MAKE in a year (last figure I heard was somewhere between 100-150K, and these people claim to be for the middle class, ha). Dashle is a crook and got booted from the Senate in 2004 with good reason. Oh and our SecTreas is also a tax cheat, I forgot to mention that yesterday but if you read this blog I assumed you knew already because I like to think that my readers are more well informed than the average citizen that cares more about Hollywood than current events going on in the world. Anyway here's the video I got off cnn.com, hopefully it works, and by the way looking at this guy it's hard to imagine he hasn't spent most of his adult life stoned out of his mind. Yet he makes it on cnn.com's home page. Well he's still probably better than 70-80% of the journalists in this country; not that its saying much anymore.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Should we laugh or cry?
Wow, I mean should we even be surprised anymore? ANOTHER one of Obama's cabinet nominees has got a run in with the IRS. I don't know which is scarier, tax cheats running the government or that the "free press" is choosing to be willfully ignorant about this. You can bet your ass if this wasn't The Messiah doing this they would be on each of these stories like flies on shit. At least she had some dignity and removed her name from consideration, its kind of a shame though I would have loved to see the confirmation hearings because this was for a new position in the government that Obama had created. It was, and I'm not kidding you sadly, chief performance officer for the federal government. Does that not strike you as a little ironic. She's making sure that the government doesn't waste money by monitoring the way it is spent? Liberal "logic" really hurts the brain sometime; I can only imagine what the back and forth would have been like:
Senator: Mrs.Killefer your supposed to be the federal "watchdog" of money spent by the government correct?
Mrs. Killefer: yes...
Senator: And this is a new position?
Mrs. Killefer: Yes senator that is correct.
Senator: Isn't that supposed to be done by our legislators? Why do you feel the need for this clearly unnecessary position?
Mrs. Killefer: Because they are wasting too much of taxpayers dollars.
Senator: Then using that logic shouldn't you do you job for free?
Mrs. Killefer: But my position is necessary, we need change.
Senator: That's the best you can do?
The next 4 years are going to be fun. If I'm not crying in the corner for what is being done to my country that is.
Senator: Mrs.Killefer your supposed to be the federal "watchdog" of money spent by the government correct?
Mrs. Killefer: yes...
Senator: And this is a new position?
Mrs. Killefer: Yes senator that is correct.
Senator: Isn't that supposed to be done by our legislators? Why do you feel the need for this clearly unnecessary position?
Mrs. Killefer: Because they are wasting too much of taxpayers dollars.
Senator: Then using that logic shouldn't you do you job for free?
Mrs. Killefer: But my position is necessary, we need change.
Senator: That's the best you can do?
The next 4 years are going to be fun. If I'm not crying in the corner for what is being done to my country that is.
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