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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals

Here are 12 of Saul Alinksy's rules for radicals, full list is available if you click on the title...

RULE 1: "Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have." Power is derived from 2 main sources - money and people. "Have-Nots" must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)

money and people, $600 million rasied during the campaign and 2+ million people registered online not counting moveon.org and dailykos kooks. All the more reason to go to grassfire.org and sign up people.

RULE 2: "Never go outside the expertise of your people." It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don't address the "real" issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)

Just look at his cabinet, enough said...

RULE 3: "Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy." Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)

can you say terrorist attack? People were concerned about "flase-flag" terrorism under Bush... I'm not saying Obama is even that competant to pull shit like that off but if he just lets a terrorist attack happen is that not just as bad? Also, kiss the 2nd amendment goodbye if his people have their way, and once that happens expect the 1st to go soon after.

RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity's very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)

Ok now this is just getting creepy. Remember the election cycle?

RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

Does he carry a copy of this book around like some people carry the Bible? I'm starting to think he does...

RULE 6: "A good tactic is one your people enjoy." They'll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They're doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid "un-fun" activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)

...

RULE 7: "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag." Don't become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)

again, really? Why has no one in the MSM analyzed this? Oh right their too busy sucking on his cock...

RULE 8: "Keep the pressure on. Never let up." Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

He doesn't even have to do this, he's got his mindless supporters to do it for him

RULE 9: "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself." Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists' minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

Ok one where he's not really following it, to our knowledge that is.

RULE 10: "If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive." Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management's wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)

see: Inaguration speech

RULE 11: "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative." Never let the enemy score points because you're caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)
He's got people already doing this. But this could be a problem for him, he doesn't have many solutions

RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)

Wait, didn't this just happen like yesterday? Yeah it did, and no one outside of Michael Savage noticed. Great, people we need an opposition. Messages to all conservatives out there GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND START CALLING DC, YOUR VOICE CAN BE HEARD EVEN IF YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR IS A DEM, LET THEM KNOW WERE NOT GOING TO ROLL OVER LIKE THE "REPUBLICANS" IN DC ARE. STAND UP AND FIGHT PEOPLE!!!!

Barack Obama... America you elected this man, you reap what you sow

I think I posted this during the primares when there was still hope that Hillary would be the nominee, and honestly I can say this now; I would have pulled the lever for Hillary over McCain. Yeah I know, but I believe that Hillary actually wants whats best for this country. Now he says that "you can’t just listen Rush Limbaugh and expect things to get done”. that's a word for word quote yesterday, in a minute I will do an informative post about Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals and how Obama has already started to implement some of them in his first week in office.

There may be justice after all

With Franken's blatent attempt to steal this Senate election the only thing we may be able to do in this state is a simple (but probably very painful) re-vote. It can (and hopefully will) happen. I got this from the RCP website and its from the Wall Street Journal. If you haven't been following events lately in the recount you can get a brief synopsis from the article here. This could also prove valuable for my next book if/when I get around to doing it.

You would think people would learn. The recount in the contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for a seat in the U.S. Senate isn't just embarrassing. It is unconstitutional.This is Florida 2000 all over again, but with colder weather. Like that fiasco, Minnesota's muck of a process violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Indeed, the controlling Supreme Court decision is none other than Bush v. Gore.

Remember Florida? Local officials conducting recounts could not decide what counted as a legal vote. Hanging chads? Dimpled chads? Should "undervotes" count (where a machine failed to read an incompletely-punched card)? What about "overvotes" (where voters punched more than one hole)? Different counties used different standards; different precincts within counties were inconsistent.

The Florida Supreme Court intervened and made things worse, ordering a statewide recount of some types of rejected ballots but not others. It specified no standards for what should count as a valid vote, leaving the judgment to each county. And it ordered partial recounts already conducted in some counties (but not others) included in the final tabulation. The result was chaos.

By a vote of 7-2, Bush v. Gore (2000) ruled that Florida's recount violated the principle that all votes must be treated uniformly. Applying precedents dating to the 1960s, the Court found that the Equal Protection Clause meant that ballots must be treated so as to give every vote equal weight. A state may not, by "arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over that of another." Florida's lack of standards produced "unequal evaluation of ballots in several respects." The state's supreme court "ratified this uneven treatment" and created more of its own, and was unconstitutional.

Bush v. Gore is rightly regarded as controversial -- but not because of its holding regarding the Equal Protection Clause, which commanded broad agreement among the justices. The controversy arose because of the remedy the Court chose for Florida's violation, which was to end the recount entirely. The majority thought that time was up under Florida law requiring that its results be submitted in time to be included in the Electoral College count. That aspect of Bush v. Gore commanded only five votes. Two justices thought Florida should get more time and another chance.

The problem with the remedy was that it arguably violated the same principle that led the Court to invalidate the recount: the need to treat all votes equally. It had the practical effect of awarding the election to Bush (though subsequent media counts confirmed that Bush won anyway, under any uniform standard). This has led to enduring partisan criticism of the case, some fair and some unfair.

But no matter: Bush v. Gore is the law of the land. On the question of how the Equal Protection Clause applies to state recounts, the ruling, which reflected a 7-2 majority, controls.

Minnesota is Bush v. Gore reloaded. The details differ, but not in terms of arbitrariness, lack of uniform standards, inconsistency in how local recounts were conducted and counted, and strange state court decisions.

Consider the inconsistencies: One county "found" 100 new votes for Mr. Franken, due to an asserted clerical error. Decision? Add them. Ramsey County (St. Paul) ended up with 177 more votes than were recorded election day. Decision? Count them. Hennepin County (Minneapolis, where I voted -- once, to my knowledge) came up with 133 fewer votes than were recorded by the machines. Decision? Go with the machines' tally. All told, the recount in 25 precincts ended up producing more votes than voters who signed in that day.

Then there's Minnesota's (first, so far) state Supreme Court decision, Coleman v. Ritchie, decided by a vote of 3-2 on Dec. 18. (Two justices recused themselves because they were members of the state canvassing board.) While not as bad as Florida's interventions, the Minnesota Supreme Court ordered local boards to count some previously excluded absentee ballots but not others. Astonishingly, the court left the decision as to which votes to count to the two competing campaigns and forbade local election officials to correct errors on their own.

If Messrs. Franken and Coleman agreed, an absentee ballot could be counted. Either campaign could veto a vote. Dean Barkley of the Independence Party, who ran third, was not included in this process.

Thus, citizens' right to vote -- the right to vote! -- was made subject to political parties' gaming strategies. Insiders agree that Mr. Franken's team played a far more savvy game than Mr. Coleman's. The margin of Mr. Franken's current lead is partly the product of a successful what's-mine-is-mine-what's-yours-is-vetoed strategy, and of the Coleman team's failure to counter it.

The process is not over yet, since the state court decision in effect kicked the can down the road. The candidates can revisit these issues by contesting the legal validity of the election under state law -- which Mr. Coleman's team did last week.

But as matters stand now, the Minnesota recount is a legal train wreck. The result, a narrow Franken lead, is plainly invalid. Just as in Bush v. Gore, the recount has involved "unequal evaluation of ballots in several respect" and failed to provide "minimal procedural safeguards" of equal treatment of all ballots. Legally, it does not matter which candidate benefited from all these differences in treatment. (Mr. Franken did.) The different treatment makes the results not only unreliable (and suspicious), but unconstitutional.

What is the remedy? Unlike Bush v. Gore, there is no looming national deadline. Minnesota can take its time and do things right.

This means two things: First, the process must conform to Minnesota election law. Second, it must conform to Bush v. Gore. Whatever standards Minnesota uses must be applied uniformly, consistently, and under clear standards not admitting of local variation. Discrepancies between machine counts and hand recounts, and between numbers of recorded votes and signed-in voters, however resolved, must be resolved the same way throughout the state.

The standards for evaluating rejected absentee ballots likewise must be uniform, with decisions made according to legal standards, not by partisan campaigns. If the Minnesota Supreme Court fails to assure these things, the matter could go right up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

And what if there is no reliable way to determine in a recount who won, consistent with Bush v. Gore's requirements?

The Constitution's answer is a do-over. The 17th Amendment provides: "When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct."

In a sense, a vacancy has already "happened." The U.S. Senate convened on Jan. 6 with only one senator from Minnesota. Still, the seat is perhaps not "vacant," just unfilled. But if the contest proceeding does not produce a clear winner that passes constitutional muster, a special election -- and a temporary appointment by Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- may be the only answer.

For now, the only thing certain is that the present "certified" result -- which is that Mr. Franken won by 225 votes out of more than 2.9 million cast -- is an obvious, embarrassing violation of the Constitution.

Mr. Paulsen is professor of law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minn. He is formerly associate dean of the University of Minnesota Law School.

Dang I need to talk to some of my St.Thomas friends, they may have had this guy as a teacher.

movies...

For those of you who don't know I'm a big movie geek (along with being a huge sports geek, book geek, videogame geek, music geek, well just basically an all around geek I guess) there are some movies that I cannot wait for this year. The two on the top of the list would be Terminator: Salvation (aka Terminator 4, they don't know when to give up but at least they dumped Ahhnold) and Transformers 2. The only sad part about T2 is that its probably going to pull a PG-13 which means no Megan Fox goodies (If you don't know who I'm talking about and were friends, were not anymore). Here is an old post from nearly a year ago from the appropriately named Den of the Geek. I will give it a 1-5 tongue rating on how excited I am to see it (1 maybe on video/DVD 5 I'm either buying tickets to the midnight show or will be in line to buy tickets for the midnight show an hour or two before the first showing)

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/56182/the_big_blockbusters_of_2009.html

If you think summer of 2008 is jam-packed with blockbuster movies, just you wait to see what's queuing up next year already: starring Transformers, Wolverine, The A-Team and a whole lot more...
The summer blockbuster season may already be under way, with Iron Man currently the leading critical and commercial champion, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look even further ahead. Because while you may be planning your trip to Indiana Jones, The Dark Knight or The Incredible Hulk, there’s still this lot coming next year to make sure you won’t go without in twelve months’ time…

This is what’s currently scheduled (and these are UK timescales – occasionally the US version comes out first)…

April

THE WOLF MAN
Joe Johnston (Jumanji, Jurassic Park 3) gathers Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving and Emily Blunt to revisit a cinematic monster of old. As long as it avoids the Van Helsing problems, it might be half decent, too. I have to say I haven't even heard of this until I pulled up the article so I give it 2.5 tongues.

May

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
We’ve got high hopes for this one. The choice of Gavin (Tsotsi) Hood to direct seems inspired, and it’ll be great to have an X-men film without them somehow trying to shoehorn Halle Berry in. This is the Hugh Jackman-focussed tale that we’ve been looking forward to since the first X-men film hit big, and it could be one of 2009’s biggest. The Magneto movie will then follow. I LOVED the first 2 X-Men movies (III I could have done without) and I did see a preview for it when I saw The Day The Earth Stood Still (please, save your money and don't go to that one) and it looks interesting. I'm not totally sold, yet, that being said 3 tongues.

STAR TREK XI
Or whatever the title turns out to be. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited reboot on the planet, JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek has been shunted back to next summer, which can only heighten the anticipation surrounding it. It’s been a long time since a really, really good Trek film (First Contact, probably), and this is one of Geek’s 2009 big hopes. Here's the thing before you say, "Oh brother, not another Star Trek movie, haven't they already beat that franchise into the ground?" Yes they have, but they got Gene Rodenberry (sp?) to sign off on it, a major coup on JJ Abrams part. This gives me hope for the movie but being a geek and yet not a Trekkie (yeah, I know one in the same, but were not damnit!) I give it 2.75 tongues.

THE HANNAH MONTANA MOVIE
We never want to see this ever in our lives. Or our next life. Or the one after that. Next year’s equivalent of the Sex & The City movie for any self-respecting geek. Couldn't get me in there on a bet, maybe if a girl dragged me there and I got to make out with her half of the movie but even then it would be a tough sale.
-100 tongues
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2
Hmmm, we weren’t really that impressed with the first one, but it sure did help pay Ben Stiller’s mortgage for him. He’s back for the sequel, which moves from the original’s winter release slot to prime blockbuster time. It will make lots of money, too. See above review

June

TERMINATOR SALVATION
The risk. A Terminator film with no Arnie. A Terminator film where they’ve allowed McG to play with the cameras, seemingly without watching, well, his earlier films. On the plus side, Christian Bale is good casting, but playing for a PG-13 rating in the States is very bad news indeed. Sigh. What next? Die Hard Disney? As a side commentary T3 was PG-13 (it did kinda suck though) and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles have done a good job without the gruesome bloodletting and nasty language. Rumor also has it that TS will have a story line thats based off of what the Terminator TSCC is doing right now for the show. Enough babbling, 5 tongues baby I can't wait!

THE A-TEAM
John Singleton is behind the camera for the big screen version of the 80s’ most iconic television show. Rumours persist that Bruce Willis may sign on to play Hannibal, and Ice Cube to be BA. But, er, as it’s out in a year, they may want to get a crack on… yeah, no... 0 tongues

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 4
Featuring cars that go really, really FAST! Even FASTER than before! Paul Walker and Vin Diesel both return to the franchise that helped make them both, both once more in search of a career. Interesting, haven't seen the last 2 so my mind hasn't been wrecked by the franchise. Now that Vin is back I'm at least interested, 4 tongues.

TRANSFORMERS 2
Our early bet for the biggest hit of the year, even if Transformers 1 was still a bit messy. That said, letting Michael Bay play with his computer graphics sure does guarantee bangs for your buck, and the fighting starts again on June 26th 2009. I am almost literally counting down the days, were close to 120, I think. 5 tongues of course.

NOWHERELAND
2009’s crap Eddie Murphy comedy. nope...

July

ICE AGE III
Fox can’t make enough of these now, seeing as Ice Age is the first non-Disney or Dreamworks animated franchise that consistently delivers the cash. Oblivious to the fact that the second one wasn’t much cop, this will no doubt make enough money to warrant Ice Age 4. And 5. And 6. Etc. Why must Fox, Diz-nee, and anyone else who gets a succesfull franchise going not know to quit when they're ahead. 3? Really? The first one was ok and I thought they were pushing it with 2 but apparently I was wrong. 0 tongues...

YEAR ONE
A new Harold Ramis comedy, starring one of the men-of-the-moment Michael Cera, with man looking for a hit Jack Black. Judd Apatow produces. Need to hear more about this first before I have an opinion, Tongues TBD.

LAND OF THE LOST
From the director of Casper, a family-esque movie with Will Ferrell. It’s a mix of comedy, sci-fi and adventure, apparently, and could prove to be a bit of a sleeper. Will Ferrell is the ultimate hit or miss actor, just like he was on SNL. When he's on he's freaking on (Think George W. Bush, Elf, Rickey Bobby, Ron Burgundy ), but when he's off look out box office bomb (almost any other SNL sketch he was in, Kicking & Screaming, Bewitched, Semi-Pro) and I do remember the original TV show, sort of. I think I was like 6 or 7 when it went off the air. 2 tongues

UP 3D
This is the 2009 Pixar release. That’s pretty much all you need to know. 3 tongues, Pixar is gold.

August

PRINCE OF PERSIA
Mike Newell is helming the big screen version of the videogame of the same name. It’s got potential, too, and if done properly could be an Indiana Jones-lite of sorts, and certainly better than the ropey Tomb Raider films. A movie based on a videogame, yeah that hasn't been tried before... (Tomb Riader, Doom, Mortal Kombat, and many, many others) I smell a turd, or possibly bomb (great now the FBI is going to be tracking this blog.) .5 tongues.

G I JOE
We’re guessing this is the reason why Stephen Sommers didn’t helm the third Mummy film, as instead he’s brought together The Rock, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Eccleston and possibly even Brendan Fraser for his G.I. Joe movie. Time will tell if that’s a good choice. I don't know, I'm skeptical at best, like the possible concept though. 3 tongues.

That's all for now folks, be back later for preview postings from youtube and the all important reviews that will be posted ASAP once I'm out of the theater.

update...

Sorry I haven't been updating my blog lately but I have been busy lately with my writings and school. Not only that but I might even start writing for something called Parcbench popculture. You can check them out at http://www.parcbench.com/. Apparently they haven't launched yet but I sent them an e-mail letting them know I'm interested in offering my services as a writer. If you want to see my comments and such lately I usually do it 3-5 times a day over at Anti-Strib. Well that's all for now readers (if I even have any left at this point). I should be on later in the week with some posts about the Senate race.

Obama Youth...

Aldof Hitler would be proud. This is fucking scary

Barak Obama: Simply put a monster...

Well lots of talk today about his association with William Ayres and stuff but this is just as important. I find it very hard to believe that anyone calling themselves a Christian can even have a thought process like this. Now I am actually pro-choice; as in I believe Roe V. Wade should be overturned (On constitutional grounds, not moral) and is a states right issue, just like gay marriage. I personally would never support someone I know getting an abortion, that being said I wouldn't try and stop them either, its their decision. If 0 is Planned Parenthood view and 100 is like Sarah Palin's view on abortion I probably fall in the 40-50 range. Right in the middle. That being said I do not support late-term abortions (I'm blanking on the name for it right now) or more accurately as this video points out, infanticide. Pretty disgusting shit.

Life sucks then you die...

No political posting here today. Tonight I just went to my Senate Districts monthly meeting/dinner and I found out that one of the founders of our group had just died from bone cancer. He died earlier this month after being diagnosed in March. I didn't even know, he was 65, his name is John Swon. If you are religious (even if your not) I would appreciate if you readers out there (all 2 of you) to keep him and his family in your prayers. Also a much sadder situation I found out about last friday that was probably the equivalent to getting punched in the stomach. I still go to all my old high school's football games because I am a nerd like that. I noticed that there was a jersey on the sideline, it was the jersey of a classmate of mine who graduated the year after I did and I knew he had/has been battling cancer. I actually talked with his mom for 5-10 minutes a couple of weeks ago before a away game. Anyway, I had kinda one of those oh shit what happened thoughts then forgot about it. That is until a mom of a friend of his who I had known for years told me that he was home from the hospital, I could just tell in her face that this was good news. I asked the question I feared to know the answer to, "It's not terminal is it?", she said yes quietly, figuring in for a penny in for a pound I asked, "how long?", "2 months" she replied. 2 FUCKING MONTHS. Man at a time like this it really puts things into persepective, I really couldn't enjoy the rest of the game after that, I left at halftime partly because I had a presidential debate party to go to and partly because I couldn't keep my composure there. The kid is one tough son of a bitch and to think that he's not even going to live to see his 21st birthday. It's just not fair, thank god I have my faith to fall back on. I really don't know how people who don't believe in a higher power deal with death. Knowing or at least believing that there is something beyond this life is actually quite comforting despite what "elightened individuals" may say. In the end it doesn't make it any easier but your comforted with the thought/belief that they are at peace now and not suffering anymore. Still no one should have to go through what he has gone through and continues to go through. On a happier note I just joined a group on facebook called "ideas for Matt". He has a lot of friends and you can believe that he will have a blast before he leaves this earth. When his time comes his friends and family want to make sure he lived with no regrets. With that being said does anyone have any ideas for him. I know you don't know him and I don't know him as well as I'd like to but I hope to before he leaves.

The Doomsday electoral scenario...

Imagine if we wake up on November 5th and there is no president-elect. Worse, we have to go to our constitution to decide it, how can this happen? Well thanks to DC getting 3 electoral votes the number of electoral votes are now 538, not 535. A 269-269 tie is while however improbable a very real possiblity this time around. Don't believe me? Check out this article I found on Drudge courtesy of the Washington Times:
President Obama, with Vice President Palin? President Biden? President Pelosi? Call them the "Doomsday" scenarios -- On Nov. 5, the presidential election winds up in a electoral-college tie, 269-269, the Democrat-controlled House picks Sen. Barack Obama as president, but the Senate, with former Democrat Joe Lieberman voting with Republicans, deadlocks at 50-50, so Vice President Dick Cheney steps in to break the tie to make Republican Sarah Palin his successor.

"Wow," said longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess. "Wow, that would be amazing, wouldn't it?"

"If this scenario ever happened, it would be like a scene from the movie 'Scream' for Democrats," said Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh. "The only thing worse for the Democrats than losing the White House, again, when it had the best chance to win in a generation, but to do so at the hands of Cheney and Lieberman. That would be cruel."

Sound impossible? It's not. There are at least a half-dozen plausible ways the election can end in a tie, and at least one very plausible possibility - giving each candidate the states in which they now lead in the polls, only New Hampshire - which went Republican in 2000 and Democratic in 2004, each time by just 1.5 percent - needs to swap to the Republican column to wind up with a 269-269 tie.

There are currently 10 tossup states, according to RealClearPol-itics.com, which keeps a running average of all state polls. If Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain wins Ohio, Virginia, New Hampshire and Indiana - not at all far-fetched - and Mr. Obama takes reliably Democratic states Pennsylvania and Michigan, and flips Colorado (in which he holds a slight poll lead), with the two splitting New Mexico and Nevada, the electoral vote would be tied at 269.

Absurd? Possibly, and there is not complete agreement among constitutional experts on whether a newly elected Congress or the currently sitting House and Senate would make the decision.

So try this scenario: The newly elected House, seated in January, is unable to muster a majority to choose a president after a 269-269 tie, but the Senate, which is expected to be controlled by Democrats, picks Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. from the Democratic ticket. If the House is still deadlocked at noon on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, Mr. Biden becomes acting president.

Or try this one on for size: Neither the House nor the Senate fulfills its constitutional duty to select the president and the vice president by Jan. 20, so House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, becomes acting president until the whole mess is sorted out.

"That would cause all kinds of lawsuits: We would have 50 Floridas, and we might not know who the president is for two years," said Judith Best, a political science and Electoral College specialist at the State University of New York in Cortland.

The archaic system in the Constitution was set up in the days of oil lamps and horse-drawn carriages. After the presidential vote on the first Tuesday in November, electors have until the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, this year Dec. 15, to reach the state capital, where they cast their ballots for president.

The electoral vote is then transmitted "sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the Senate," according to the 12th Amendment. If there's a tie, the 1804 amendment says, the House of Representatives "shall choose immediately, by ballot, the president."

"The Constitution says 'immediately,'" Mr. Hess said. "It's that word 'immediately' that makes me believe it's got to be the outgoing Congress that makes the decision, because we know that the Electoral College ballots are counted in December."

But despite the delicious possibility that Mr. Cheney would break a Senate tie to create a Obama-Palin White House, several other constitutional scholars say, forget the Constitution. They say the operative - and decisive - verbiage was set out in U.S. Code Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 15, in 1934.

"Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon on that day," the section says.

That, they say, means the new Congress would decide the president and vice president in the event of an Electoral College tie. Here's where things get dicey, though. Back to the Constitution, the 12th Amendment: " ... in choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote." That means that a state's entire House delegation gets just one vote each - California, with 53 House members, would get one vote; Alaska, with its one representative, would get one vote.

Florida, for instance, has 16 Republicans and nine Democrats. That means the delegation would (almost certainly) vote 16-9 for Mr. McCain, while Colorado, with four Democrats and three Republicans, would vote 4-3 for Mr. Obama.

In the current House, Mr. Obama would win - 27 delegations have a majority of Democrats, 21 have a majority of Republicans, and two states, Kansas and Mr. McCain's home state of Arizona, are evenly split.

But those numbers will change Nov. 4, and Paul Sracic, associate professor in the department of political science Youngstown State University in Ohio, said they could change dramatically. Of the 27 state congressional delegations with a majority of Democrats, 25 of them would switch to deadlocked or Republican control if two or more seats change to Republican.

At least 26 state delegations in the House must agree before the next president can be chosen. But even if Democrats maintain a majority, there would be pressure on Democratic delegations to vote Republican in states where voters chose Mr. McCain.

It took 36 ballots in the House to select Thomas Jefferson as the third president after the 1800 election ended in a 73-73 tie. There was so much animosity after that election that Aaron Burr, elected vice president, faced off in a duel with Alexander Hamilton, who had thrown his support behind Jefferson. Burr shot Hamilton dead in a duel.

The number of electors, 538, is equal to the number of senators - 100 - and representatives - 435 - in the Congress, plus the three electors added in 1961 when the 23rd Amendment gave the District a say in U.S. presidential elections. Thus, there have been 10 presidential elections in which a 269-269 tie was possibly, but it has never occurred.

"The probability of a tie in 2008 is about 1.5 percent, which is slightly higher than we calculated at about the same time back in 2004," said Mr. Sracic, who enlisted the help of the university's math department to come up with a possible 1,024 combinations with the current 10 states now considered tossups.

"What really strikes you is how easy it would be for a tie to occur. Take the 2004 map and switch Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado into the Blue column, which is what the poll numbers indicate. Then, take New Hampshire and give it to McCain, which is what two recent polls suggest is going to happen. There is your tie."



Pardon my french boy HOLY SHIT. Can you imagine possibly president Obama with Vice President Palin, my would that be a sight to behold. Hell, it may actually be good for democracy. If this happens it will make the 2000 mess look like a walk in the freaking park.

Where is the bottom for this market...

Man I could be venturing off into dangerous territory with this one. Economics is not my strongest suit, that being said I usually watch CNBC 1-2 hours a day (mostly Mad Money) and consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about the stock market. I am opening this up to anyone who knows anything about this type of economy. When and where is the bottom for this market? Will it happen tomorrow? Next week? Next month? Sometime in 2009 (god forbid)? What is the bottom for the Dow Jones? 10000? 9000? 8000? 7000? Or maybe even lower? That being said after watching the first few minutes of Cramer I think the Dow will bottom out at around 7,000 sometime around Halloween. I am trying to get some cash available because, and I'll be honest, I have dollar signs in my eyes right now. I'm drooling at the possibility of being able to make an absolute killing right now in the market. Stocks that have good bottom lines and solid "fundamentals" are being sold off in this panic frenzy are way undervalued at this point and they could go lower. As FDR said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Fear causes people to do irrational things, irrational things lead to unintended results. Word to the wise, people who are confident and keep their cool (me and hopefully at least a few of you out there) will see a 100-1000% return on their even short-term investment if you do your research.

I'm back, sort of....

Hello to all who are actually still reading this blog. It has been forever since I posted here but alas I have not stopped writing (well typing I guess). To anyone who cares I have been continuing to do my daily journals for my book that I hope to get published sometime in 2009. I have also been a regular commenter on anti-strib. They have a blog I can only dream of having some day. I will be back to posting 1-2 times a day this week, maybe even later today.

weird news....

Sometimes there is just a story that is out there that makes you think, "It can't get any better or funnier than this." This is one of those stories, trust me I didn't make this up, I'm not this freaking creative.

It's unclear whether his Mossad retirement benefit card will be confiscated, but former spy and current political analyst Yossi Alpher is certainly feeling sheepish after being fooled by actor Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat.

Cohen was in Jerusalem two weeks ago filming scenes for his next movie, Bruno, based on a character the British comedian played in his Da Ali G Show. In that show, Cohen played Bruno as a flamboyant Austrian fashion and celebrity journalist, regularly interviewing unwitting members of the public who weren't aware he wasn't a real person.

Cohen's producers contacted Alpher, a writer on Israel-related strategic issues and co-editor of the Israeli-Palestinian political Web site Bitterlemons, and asked him to be interviewed along with a Palestinian for a documentary that would explain the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the youth of the world.

"The producers explained that our interviewer, a German rock star, was the perfect person to establish strong communication with our audience," Alpher wrote in a column that appeared in The Forward.

Alpher - who served in the Israel Defense Forces as an intelligence officer, followed by 12 years' service in the Mossad and senior positions at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University and the American Jewish Committee's Israel/Middle East office - realized something might not be quite kosher when the "rock star" interviewee brought up Hamas:

"Vait, vait. Vat's zee connection between a political movement and food? Vy humous?" asked the interviewer in heavily accented English, echoing the obsession with the chickpea spread shared by Adam Sandler's Zohan. "Yesterday I had to throw away my pita bread because it vas dripping humous. Unt it's too high in carbohydrates."

The absurd Hamas-humous confusion went on for several minutes, and Alpher began to smell a rat, but stuck with the interview nonetheless - thus joining the long list of prominent figures down the years who have sought to maintain their gravitas while being tricked by one of Cohen's ridiculous personas.

It got worse, Alpher acknowledged: "Then the interviewer declared, 'Your conflict is not so bad. Jennifer-Angelina is worse.'"

Alpher and his Palestinian partner exchanged puzzled glances at the comparison of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie fighting over Brad Pitt, but because they had both received a fee for their appearance, and still hadn't completely internalized that their interviewer was not exactly who he seemed, they soldiered on.

"We played it straight and square... We smiled at the idiotic questions and answered them patiently... We knew something ludicrous was happening but couldn't quite figure it out," Alpher wrote. "Our rock-star host concluded with a mind-boggling song about the epic Middle East conflict between 'Jews and Hindus.' At the crescendo, he grabbed our hands and joined them with his."

Only after the completion of the interview did Alpher realize he'd been had, and that Cohen in the guise of Bruno had struck again.

Alpher had signed a release form before being filmed for the movie, due to be released in May 2009, so he won't likely be filing a lawsuit against Cohen like some of the comedian's patsies in 2006's smash hit Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Trying to make the best of the experience, Alpher asserted, "We ourselves were not being ridiculed - only the conflict that occupies and preoccupies us."

I mean wow, just wow. I saw a pre-screening of Borat and had only heard mentions of Sasha Bara Cohen before that but with this he will be one of the most famous comedians in the history of the world. The part I liked best was that the guys went along, some people (as noted in the article) tried to sue his ass after they had already signed release waivers. This movie is going to be HUGE, May 2009 can't come soon enough

A true hero...

Irene Sendler was an amazing woman. She saved over 2,500 children from Nzai concentration camps during WWII. Just remember this saying I heard today, "very rarely are the famous significant and the significant famous." Considering all the idiots who have won Nobel Peace Prizes over the years (Carter and Gore come to mind right away) and she never even got a sniff, it just shows you how meaningless some things are.

Irene Sendler, known to many as the “female Schindler”, rescued children and babies imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, smuggling them out in bags, or through the sewers, and hiding them with friendly families around Warsaw.

Donning a Star of David armband used by the Nazis to mark out Jews, she passed incognito in the ghetto to organise the escape plans.

She was eventually arrested by the Gestapo, tortured and condemned to death.

But members of 20-strong secret organisation managed to bribe a guard so she could escape. She lived for another 65 years.

"She died today,” said her daughter Janina Zgrzembska, adding that Ms Sendler had passed away in a Warsaw hospital.

Last year, Miss Sendler was officially honoured as a national heroine by the Polish parliament, in a ceremony attended by some of those she had rescued.

Too frail to attend herself, she sent a letter read out by Elzbieta Ficowska, who was a six-month-old baby when she was spirited out the ghetto by Miss Sendler’s resistance group.

"Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory,” Miss Sendler said in the letter.

"Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn’t allow us to forget the tragedy.”

Miss Sendler was also honoured as a “righteous gentile” by the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Centre, Yad Vashem.

It described how between the years of 1940 and 1943 she established a network of friends and acquaintances to help some of the half million Jews forced into the Warsaw ghetto.

Using her status as a municipal welfare officer, she roamed the ghetto, ostensibly to combat contagious diseases.

While she was there however, she also handed out money, clothes and medicines.

Then, slipping on a Star of David armband, she formulated extraordinary schemes to spirit children to safety.

Some were carried out in bags, others were sent crawling through the network of sewers common to the ghetto and the rest of Warsaw.

Once successfully out, Ms Sendler farmed the children out to Warsaw families, orphanages or convents, where they were hidden.

For each success, Miss Sendler buried a jar containing the child’s name, to help families reunite after the war.

Some 400,000 she could not help died, however, either through disease in the ghetto or at the death camps where in total three million Polish Jews perished.

interesting map

I don't know what polls that they used but here is a electoral map that the financial times had. Very interesting, I just thought everyone that read this will find this somewhat intriguging. Of course the election is still nearly 6 months away and things do change but for now its looking promising for McCain.

Governor Jindal On The Tonight Show, McCain's VP if he has any brains

Seriously guys you need to watch this, this guyu is mart, funny, quick, everything that Obama is without the eliteism and BS shady Chicago stuff. Believe me Wright was just the tip of the iceburg.

On this Earth Day...

First off don't even get me started about this BS "holiday" that was started by Greenpeace in the 1970's. I will not take this time to vent but I will let someone do it for me. This is an article written by Dennis Prager. He is a prolific writer and a popular talk show host. I listen to him everyday and encourage you all to do this same. He is on at the same time Rush is but he is much smarter and calmer and more reasonable than Limbaugh could ever hope to be. I hope you enjoy this article as much as I did:

ime Fights Carbon Emissions; Military Fights Evil
By Dennis Prager
The state of the liberal mind is on display on this week's cover of Time magazine.

The already notorious cover takes the iconic photograph of U.S. Marines planting the American flag on Iwo Jima and substitutes a tree for the flag. Why Time's editors did this explains much about contemporary liberalism.

The first thing it explains is that liberals, not to mention the left as a whole, stopped fighting evil during the Vietnam War. As I wrote in my last column, whereas liberals had led the fight against Nazism before and during World War II, and against Communism after the War, the liberal will to fight Communism, the greatest organized evil of the post-War world, collapsed during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War did to American liberals what World War I did to most Europeans -- it rendered them anti-war rather than anti-evil.

That is why liberals have gone AWOL in the fight against Islamic totalitarianism. As during the post-Vietnam Cold War, when liberals fought anti-Communists much more than they fought Communists, they fight anti-Islamists much more than they fight Islamists. Thus, Democrats routinely dismiss the Bush administration's talk about the threat of Islamic terror as "scare tactics."


But -- and this is a primary reason for Time's cover -- liberals know that they have largely opted out of the fight against Islamists; their only passion on this matter is abandoning the war against Islamists in Iraq. But like nearly all people who believe in a cause, they know that they have to fight some evil -- after all, the world really seems threatened by something. So they have channeled their desire to fight threats to the world to fighting an enemy that will not hurt them or their loved ones -- man-made carbon dioxide emissions.

It is much easier to fight global warming than to fight human evil. You will be celebrated at Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, the BBC and throughout the media world, no one will threaten your life, there are huge grants available to scientists and others who fight real or exaggerated environmental problems, and you may even receive an Academy Award and the Nobel Peace Prize. Individuals who fight Islamists get fatwas.

The Time cover is cheap heroism. It is a liberal attempt to depict as equally heroic those who fight carbon emissions and those who fought Japanese fascists and Nazis.

Second, for much of the left, the cover reflects the primacy of environmental concerns over moral concerns. For example, the left seemed never to care about the millions of Africans who continued to die from malaria largely because of the environmentalists' worldwide ban on the use of DDT as pesticide. The same holds true for another leftwing environmentalist fantasy. Changing corn into biofuels is causing a surge in food prices throughout the world. The European Union continues this policy despite warnings even from some environmentalists that food shortages, starvation and food riots are imminent. But human suffering is not as significant as environmental degradation.

Third, the left is far more internationalist -- global, if you will -- in its orientation than national. As the Time article states, "Going green: What could be redder, whiter and bluer than that?" Whereas, for most Americans patriotism remains red, white and blue, for much of the left it is green.

Fourth, the further left you go, the more inclined you are to hysteria. From the threat of DDT to the threat of heterosexual AIDS in America to that mass killer secondhand smoke, the left believes and spreads threats that, unlike the threat of Islamic terror, really are "scare tactics."

Years from now, Time's cover will be regarded as another silly media-induced fear. But, as with Time's 1974 article warning its readers about "another ice age" and its many articles on the threat of heterosexual AIDS in America, Time will just let public amnesia deal with credibility problems. Until then, however, one fact remains: Today, conservatives fight evil and liberals fight carbon emissions. That's what this week's cover of Time is about.

Fitna The Movie: Geert Wilder's documentary about Islam

I haven't posted in awhile, I think that this is a must watch for anyone who still thinks that Islam is a "religion of peace". Yes I know not all Muslims are like this, but pretty soon all the moderates will be overrun by the psycho 1-10% of Islam that is murderous and intolerant and a danger to Western Civilzation

movie review...

damn a week and a half without a post. ANyway I went to go see Doomsday yesterday and in doing so I broke 3 my movie going commandments: #1- never see a movie that hasn't been pre-screened for reviewers (because it almost ALWAYS sucks). #2- never see a movie until you see what it is rated on IMDB (a site for movie nerds) #3- never see a movie on opening night/day because you like getting feedback from people who save done said thing. That being said I was very pleased and surprised by the movie. It doesn't focus on the "Reaper Virus" that devestates the Scotland in the UK (what is with the recent facination with that country and apoclyptic movies?) and is literally walled off from the rest of the world. From previews you would think that its another 28 days/weeks later movie (sidenote, I can't wait for 28 months later) but it is only that for like the first 5-10 minutes of the movie if even. It has a surprising amount of dark humor in it which totally caught me offgaurd and made me from liking the movie to loving it. The plotline seems simple, crack team goes in to find cure for deadly virus, most die, they escape at end, they get out (sort of) and well it has a twist ending you don't really see coming. The last line of the movie almost made me laugh and cheer at the same time (odd combo I know). Tons of gore, mindless killing, and a sligtly disturbing cannibalism scene gives this movie a hard, solid R but if your even considering going to this movie that's probably not an issue for you. If you liked 28 days/weeks later, mad max, 12 monkeys and so on you'll LOVE this movie because it focuses on different aspects that you wish those movies had. This gets a 9/10 and probably gets $50 million plus this weekend. I left the movie theater only asking myself one question, why were the producers scared to preview this to critics? They might have actually done damage doing that by having people write it off as a bad movie which it is far from.

You can't make this shit up...

Just watch this, SNL could not have done a better job on making fun of Obama supporters.

retooling the site a little bit...

While most bloggers out there are focusing on the presidential election, I now have my own individual outlet to that in me writing a book so I will be doing mainly news stories from now on. But they will be by no means front page news items (unles the unthinkable happens). I will be focusing on terrorism and the jihadists. Now I know I may get hate mail for this but goddamn it we have freedom of speech in this country and I intend to use it. If you are offended by something posted please let me know so I can post your hate mail and refute you point by point. I am also ading a new link section on my sidebar related to this. I will post some political cartoons tomorrow to ligthen the mood a little bit then its back to the hard news on Monday.

Living Colour performing... Obama campaign theme song?

Tell me this is not what is happening with the Obama campaign, its almost freaky. Listen to the lyrics, its kinda creepy.

new things...

I think politics is kinda interesting right now but I will not be making as detailed posts as I have in the past because I'm starting to write a book.

Fun/funny stuff....

New item I have thought up, I will show random funny pics/op-ed cartoons once to twice a week (depending on how freaking depressing current events are). Everyone needs laughter in their life and to quote Lewis Black, "The muslim crazies have snapped, they have no sense of humor." I still say on top of bombs we need to drop a bunch of George Carlin/Dennis Leary/Dennis Miller jokes and playboys on them too. I bet it would help, anyway onto the pics...





















Don't worry more to come, oh and if your offended by any of the pictures above you don't have a sense of humor, either that or your a liberal.

movie review...

I do movie reviews from time to time and on the weekends I will review books, movies, even the occasional TV show because I tire of hard news and this blog should have some fun to it.

Jumper, a very well done movie with amazing special effects that do what is almost impossible in today's movies. They don't overshadow the movie, they blend in perfect with the plot and story. Samuel L Jackson and Hayden Christensen do a great job with this movie and it is fun and fast paced. It is witty and clever at times too. But like most good movies today it cops out at the end with the lame-ass traditional happy ending, I was hoping for more. This is a great popcorn movie but you leave the theater saying, "Man that was a good movie, but it could have been SO much better." That is what is stuck in my mind about this movie. I give it a 7/10 because of the acting and special effects. If your looking to be entertained and have a few laughs this is a great movie, if your looking for anything deeper you will be sorely disappointed.

Someone has done my work for me...

While reading the RCP page today something caught my eye, a list of people who could be on McCain's ticket here's the article...

Our third look at potential vice presidential contenders tackles John McCain, the all-but-crowned Republican nominee. Unlike Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, McCain has problems with his own base, which will likely play a major factor in the selection process. Still, McCain has a history of seemingly intentionally irritating conservatives, so he could throw those concerns out the window and just pick whoever he likes.

Again, here are four serious choices, a long-shot contender and someone you'll never see on McCain's ticket:

Tim Pawlenty: The governor of Minnesota was one of McCain's earliest and loudest supporters. Unlike some, when McCain's campaign seemed to collapse, Pawlenty didn't abandon ship. McCain values loyalty, and Pawlenty's loyalty could be repaid with a nomination. Pawlenty has found electoral success, though by the skin of his teeth in 2006, in a traditionally Democratic state, and balancing the ticket with a Midwesterner could be just what Southwestern McCain needs. Republicans need Ohio to win an election, though Pawlenty could make the case for the GOP ticket in nearby Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, three states that chose presidential candidates by very narrow margins in 2004.

Well, as a fellow Minnesotan it would be nice to see a REPUBLICAN from Minnesota on a national ticket (see Humphrey, Mondale),I am not warming up to this idea as much as I was before. We need Pawlenty here in this state, the Lt. Govenor (sp?) Carol Molnau is caught up in a "scandel" with the 35W bridge collapse (I'd care not to get into it now, maybe in another post) and she could be the target of, and I'm not kidding, impeachment if she gets bumped up to govenor. Now 2012 or 2016 is another story, I think T-Paw is biding his time, he could be president someday. You can quote me on that.

Odds: 10:1

Mike Huckabee: In what has to be the most polite campaign in generations, Huckabee is still running against McCain, and though he can't win the race mathematically, he can prevent McCain from getting the necessary delegates to do so. That might force McCain's hand and make him hire Huckabee, or it could prove that the former Arkansas Governor is scrappy enough to be the attack dog. When thinking about running mates, McCain has to consider the possibility of a vice presidential debate, and regardless of who the Democrats pick, Huckabee could wipe the floor with them for a solid hour. McCain has never had the closest relationship with evangelical voters, something Huckabee knows about, and while anti-tax groups would scream bloody murder, picking Huckabee could go a long way toward healing McCain's rift with the base.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this guy is the odds on favorite to win the VP nomination. As quoted from above he could hold the McCain nomination hostage is John doesn't get enough delegates come Sept 1st. I still think this is the strongest ticket possible. Plus you gotta love a guy who has gone on the Colbert Report 4-5 times and held his own with Stephen (not an easy thing to do).

Odds 4:5 (a lock at the moment)

Mark Sanford: The governor of South Carolina would be the closest thing McCain could do to picking someone who irritates conservatives just for the heck of it. Sanford is widely admired by his constituents, but the Republican establishment in the Palmetto State are not fans. Sanford stayed on the sidelines this year, but in 2000 he, along with now-Sen. Lindsey Graham, were big McCain backers as members of Congress. Sanford is conservative, has a record of management, and while he doesn't bring anything geographically, he could solidify the GOP base in the South, something every Republican needs if they're to have even a chance at winning the White House. Picking Sanford could be tantamount to admitting McCain needs help in solid red country, but he still brings benefits as a governor.

Honestly I've never heard of this guy. And I don't think many people outside of SC have either, enough of a reason to discount him right now.

Odds n/a

Chuck Hagel: A fellow Vietnam veteran, if the war in Iraq once again comes to dominate the debate, Hagel would be a good choice if McCain tries to tack back toward the center. That's not to say McCain will change his position; he is invested, both personally and politically, in the success of the war. But Hagel's opposition to some parts of the war could send the message that McCain is more interested in success now than success later. Hagel, a businessman, would probably make business Republicans happy. Like McCain, though, Hagel's record on social issues is solid, but with little advocacy to which he can point. Some social conservatives might think Hagel, like McCain, is not really one of theirs despite voting records that tell the opposite story.

3 words: not gonna happen.

odds 100,000:1

Longshot: Charlie Crist: The only reason the extremely popular Florida governor, who has a record on taxes and social issues that conservatives love but who attracts support from Democrats too, should be considered a long shot is his relatively short two-year tenure in the governor's mansion. Other than that, Crist is nearly perfect: He's well-tanned (and it looks real), he's from a swing state critical to any candidate's fortunes, and he is one of the most personable people in politics. His last-minute backing gave McCain just enough momentum to overcome Mitt Romney in Florida, a result that essentially made McCain the front-runner. Crist may not be on a ticket this year, but watch to see if he joins a ticket in the near future.

Not as much of a longshot as Hagel but still nonethless no name recognition.

Odds 1,000:1

Bonus Longshot: Mitt Romney: As we wrote for Clinton, she could conceivably be forced to pick Obama if neither has the delegates necessary to carry the convention on their own. Should McCain's surprising underperformance against Mike Huckabee continue to an extent to which McCain cannot achieve delegates necessary to winning the nomination, Mitt Romney's 200-plus delegates could come into play. If McCain needed delegates to get over the top, and if he somehow cannot reach an agreement with Huckabee, Romney's collection could be the answer. The two men seem to intensely dislike each other, and Romney as vice president might be marginalized, but at least he would be vice president.

Um, like it says above too much bad blood. Romney's time will come, probably not until 2016 though.

Odds 500:1

Never Going To Happen: Condoleezza Rice: More people selected Rice than any other candidate in RCP's Veepstakes, but the Secretary of State will simply never make her way onto McCain's list, short or long. An African-American woman on a Republican ticket would be great for the party, of course, but choosing Rice goes against McCain's needs for two reasons: He has so far resisted comparing himself with President Bush, and by selecting someone from the same administration that he is essentially running against, McCain would reverse himself on a central tenet of his campaign. Secondly, as Democrats at all levels of government crank out press releases accusing any member of the GOP of being a Bush Republican, if McCain picked an actual member of the Bush Administration, he would give the "third term" argument that much more plausibility.

I'd love it but it isn't going to happen.

Joe Lieberman: I can't believe they didn't mention him in this article and put in someone like Rice. He could be a ultimate darkhorse but since he is at his core a democrat (outside of the war) he would destroy this party and all the evangelicals would stay home.

Odds 750:1

McCain's voting record...

As I see fit I will show everyone how John McCain is not only right on social issues, but personal rights and foreign policy. All of these are just highlights, if you want to view this for yoursself go here

Gun Control

2006 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 100 percent in 2006.

2004 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2004, the National Rifle Association assigned Senator McCain a grade of C+ (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F). (Not perfect but better than anyone still in the running)

actually if you look all the way through there will be some things you will like and some you will dislike about him. This is why he is such a great candidate against Hillary or Obama, he doesn't owe anyone anything. Yes his immigration policy could be better but he can't do everything he wants to.

Great tune

heard this on Michael Savage and I can't believe how true it is. And I thought America was in trouble. Watch it and comment please, I want to know what you all think.

Townhall meeting....

God, I am getting really annoyed with this McCain hatred in the party. I think the guy gets a bad rap, I defended the man for about 90 minutes against a bunch of Romneyacs. I hope to be able to convince them that he is better than Obama or Clinton and some are doing a suicide/protest vote for a third party. I hope to be able to talk to you ZS about McCain, he is very good on the free speech (McCain-Fiengold isn't as bad as everyone says it is) and most importantly the 2nd amendment. We need someone like him in office now to deal with Iraq (were not getting out of there anytime soon, no matter what your stance is/was you need to realize that much) and if, God forbid, we are attacked again he will know what to do with the situation. I welcome responses to this and any challeges to McCain. I will defend him forever.

McCain has it locked up...

About an hour ago during my bowling class (yea I know) I heard that Romney was going to drop out. I wouldn't believe it until I heard it from him. So I am estatic right now because my second choice (Guliani was my original pick) is going to be the nominee of the Republican party. And the convention is right over in St. Paul so I will be there in one capacity or another (hopefully a delegate, more likely as a volunteer). Right now I am starting a little odds system that I am making up for who John McCain will nominate as his VP running mate. If I forgot anyone credible (Ron Paul supporters please, please understand he has no chance in hell) please let me know and I will reflect that in my next odds post. I will probably do it weekly. I am going to a townhall meeting tonight and I will post about it later tonight.

Mike Huckabee 3:2
Tim Pawlenty 4:1
Mitt Romney 20:1
Rudy Guliani 50:1
Joe Liberman 100:1

I'm back... again.

Ok, I know I've promised to start blogging again and now I will hopefully consistantly update this site 4-10 times a week. I went to my caucus last night and 84 people from my precinct showed up! Pretty freaking amazing, I was elected an alternate for the convention. I will post my thoughts on Super Tuesday tomorrow. Night all

I have had it with Bush...

I defend and defend this guy but I can't defends no more (props to anyone who got the vague Popeye refrence). But seriously this is the final straw. I am burning my RNC card tomorrow and while I am a republican in the sense that I vote for them I am done with them as a party. Here is the story as a quote from the article which can be found here
Jose Medellin confessed in 1993 to participating in the rape and murder of two Houston teenagers. Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were sodomized and strangled with their shoe laces. Medellin bragged about keeping one girl's Mickey Mouse watch as a souvenir of the crime.
Ok here's the kicker, the Hauge a.k.a. World Court, a.k.a the New World Order thoght that Medellin wasn't informed to his right to contact the Mexican Consulate and viewd it as a violation of the Vienna treaty established in 1963 saying those fucking losers in Hauge have the final say and not the national court system of the country.
Now I know your probably saying, Ben this is horrible and disgusting, this can't get any worse can it? Oh it can my friend, it can. Get this THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS SIDING WITH THAT LITTLE CHILD RAPIST AND MURDERER MEDELLIN SAYING THE CONVICTION SHOULD BE OVERTURNED OR LESSENED. Let me repeat that, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ALLYING WITH THE STATE HE WAS GOVERNOR OF FOR 4 YEARS HE IS SIDING WITH A CONFESSED AND CONVICTED CHILD RAPIST AND MURDERER. I need to bring this up with some people, this needs to be more publicized and I think that this could be an impeachable offense, Bush has NO RIGHTS to tell what the Judicial Branch can and can't do.
Thought's anyone?

Tagged by ZS...

Ok, I was tagged...

1) I am a libertarian. That means in today's society I vote Republican because I have a brain and voting for true libertarians is just stupid. Which is why I think Ron Paul is setting back libertarianism by about 20-30 years. I am very anti-government intervention but unlike true libertarians I know it is a necessary evil. I am for small limited government and I don't like taxes but I believe there should be a flat tax (go look it up if you don't know what I'm talking about). I am very pissed off right now because outside of Rudy there is no one even close to me in the political idealolgy.

2) I am a HUGE sports fan, and I have been since the age of six. I like football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and hockey (in that order). I love all 3 levels of the sports, high school, college, and pro. I am very depressed about the fact that all my local teams suck now, with the exception of the Wild, I mean its really tough being a sports fan here in Minnesota. I am personally rooting for the Rockies to win it all because I think it would be fun to see them win and they are damn hot right now.

3) I am probably one of the most politically incorrect people you will ever meet. ZS can attest to this. Obviously we live in a PC society today and I basically say, "fuck that" (I also swear a lot, more on that in a later section) to the conventional "wisdom" of todays society. Also people need to seriously lighten up, people take things way too literally today. If were not careful we will end up like our enemy, those are people that need to laugh. Seriously, radical Islam has no sense of humor and those people take things way too literally but I digress.

4) I can be a very trustworty person. I almost always keep my word and I am a very loyal boyfriend (as a sidenote, yes I am dating this one girl and have been for the past 2+ months and things are going well) and I can and do keep secrets.

5) I am a student. Not necessacerily a good one but one nonetheless. I am getting better and I hope to be going to the University of Minnesota by next school year. I have friends at school that I hang out with sometimes on the weekends.

6) I am what you would call a person of faith but not religious. I was raised Catholic (don't get me started) and I consider myself non-denominational christian now. I'm not quite sure what to believe but I do believe in Heaven and Hell and good and evil (I am NOT a moral relativist). I am really not sure what to and what not to believe in the Bible because even though it is claimed to have been it was not written by God, it was written by humans and by that fact it is incorrect.

7) On a ligther note I am a videogame nut. I have bought Madden the last 6 years in a row and I love just about any sports or shooting (FPS) games. I mainly play on my PS2, hopefully a PS3 soon, and I just love it.

I'm not going to continue to tag people because I don't know many people here. Also I'm going to do a topic post later tonight.

what a weekend...

Wow, if I forgot to mention it before I will now. I am a HUGE football fan; that includes high school, college and pro. Last night my old high school (Benilde-St.Margarets) lost our homecoming game 13-7. It was tough because we had our chances to win but Irondale scored the go ahead touchdown with 15 seconds to play. Today I woke up late and I got to catch the second hald of the Illnois vs. Wisconsin game. That was awsome and Illnois won 31-26, not just because I hate the Badgers guts but because my Dad spent 7 years at the U of I and I like rooting for them... when they are good... which is not often. I will post some hard news topics probably next week starting on monday but for now enjoy this.

I'm back...

Ok here's the deal I just got done talking to Zombieslayer on AIM and I've decided to return to the world of blogging, but I will continue my old format, this means not only will I discuss politics but I will talk about sports and review movies I've seen and CD's I've bought. On the outside chance I mention something pop-culture related (like TMZ shit) you should either shoot me or (perferably) tell me to shut the fuck up about it, this does not include my occasional rant about how the news reports stories to death, those are still fair game. I hope that my old readers will come back and I hope to find new ones in the process. Thank you and goodnight.

going to a meeting tonight...

Mary Kiffmyer will be speaking at our SD41 Republicans monthly meeting. It should be fun. I also hope to start blogging more often now that political season is heating up.

basketball...

for those of you who don't know I'm a big basketball fan. I just got finished watching the Cavs and Pistons (amazing game) and am getting ready to watch the Spurs and Mavs. Even though my beloved Wolves made a really big run in 2004 to the Western Confrence Finals, I think that overall this postseason (so far) has been the best in recent memory. At least since the late 90's with the Bulls and Jazz always getting everything they could handle but making it to the Finals back to back years.
Also for those of you new to my blog you can get a good idea of where I stand on most political issues here. This was written by my friend from high school Stevie Porter. I will someday go into my own detail about my views but I'm too lazy to now.

Bush's speech...

I'm mixed about about it. I like the idea of the nationial guard but I wish he had mentioned something about the Minutemen, they could be a big help if the government would just be willing to admit things are totally out of control and there are people out there that really want to help soley for the reason of patriotism.

Message to all the hippies

Check this CNN quick poll out:
What's a bigger incentive for you to leave the car in the garage?

It's Earth Day, save the planet 17% 6235 votes

High gas prices, save money 83% 30620 votes
Total: 36855 votes


So much for saving the planet huh? Keep fighting the losing battle, people care about the planet but we care about our pocketbooks first. It may be sad to some of you but that's life.

I'm back...

and now I have to establish a reading base again. I'll capsulate my opinions about the hot button issues that have been striking the headlines lately.

The stripper who is accusing those Duke lacrosse players of rape is scum, no DNA no conviction.

The DA is just trying to win points with the locals, that's the only reason he indicted them.

Gas is way too fucking high (Oil hit $75 a barrel today), for God sakes lets get going on alternative energy options, were all talk on that.

My Republicans are screwing up again and again and again, it's enough to make one go insane. My only comfort is that the dems are even more screwed up.

I'm going to a SD41 convention tommorow bright and early, maybe I can help them change some policies.