I made this song in my mind today while I was working. To the tune of Little Drummer Boy.
Come, they told me rump-a-pum-pum.
Our gay-ass leaders to see pa rump-a-pum-pum
Our finest sons we send rump-a-pum-pum
Now I say to them rump-a-pum-pum
rump-a-pum-pum
rump-a-pum-pum
The president is an idiot for sure pa rump-a-pum-pum.
He attacked Iraq for oil pa rump-a-pum-pum.
Then Rumsfeld fucked all of our troops in the rump-a-pum-pum.
Georgie has his head stuck way up his rump-a-pum-pum.
Condi straps one on so she can give it in the rump-a-pum-pum.
Ted Haggart thinks that Heaven is in some other dude's rump-a-pum-pum.
Mark Foley loves to get all up in his page's rump-a-pum-pum.
Now it's time to get all up in their rump-a-pum-pum.
And change this shit pa rump-a-pum-pum.
...
19 December 2006
18 December 2006
This Guy's an Idiot
Our friend, Mr Tom DeLay, is a fuck-show. He started a blog that actually allowed comments ... for 75 minutes. Before they all got deleted some dude took a snap shot...
Some of the comments are pure genius...have a look here, I particularly like the assclown one.
Some of the comments are pure genius...have a look here, I particularly like the assclown one.
13 December 2006
Morning Post
I wake up every morning at 6, and usually listen to a a couple (30) minutes of public radio. The last few mornings I keep hearing about the Shrub and how he is now committed to changing course in Iraq. (But he still doesn't want to pull out early - that would be warus interruptus.) Wasn't it last month that we were winning the war?
But I digress: First she was going to make a big speech before Christmas and let all of his adoring fans in on the "new plan" for victory. Now, the internets and NPR are reporting it will be January before the big announcement.
Translation: For the next 3 weeks at least, 4 Americans will die every day while the military continues in the current manner, that now even Shrub recognizes to be failed.
How do you ask a soldier to be the next to die for a mission that soon will no longer exist?
I couldn't. But Shrubbery can; he doesn't even mind asking an extended number of soldiers that question, and exacting the last full measure of payment while he wanders around Washington and the world having meetings and reading memos.
But I digress: First she was going to make a big speech before Christmas and let all of his adoring fans in on the "new plan" for victory. Now, the internets and NPR are reporting it will be January before the big announcement.
Translation: For the next 3 weeks at least, 4 Americans will die every day while the military continues in the current manner, that now even Shrub recognizes to be failed.
How do you ask a soldier to be the next to die for a mission that soon will no longer exist?
I couldn't. But Shrubbery can; he doesn't even mind asking an extended number of soldiers that question, and exacting the last full measure of payment while he wanders around Washington and the world having meetings and reading memos.
11 December 2006
Odds and Ends
Thanks to Goods for pointing out the best little mini-flick I've seen in some time.
The other one being a Bill Maher piece on new colognes being offered for the holidays:
In other news, you can send some of the holiday spirit here.
The other one being a Bill Maher piece on new colognes being offered for the holidays:
- George Bush's Quagmire - if you use it she won't want to pull out
- Spray it in your undisclosed location - Dick Cheney's Go Fuck Yourself
In other news, you can send some of the holiday spirit here.
08 December 2006
02 December 2006
Open Letter to Shrub
Let me be perfectly clear here. You very obviously have no idea what is going on in the world. Nor do you have the mental acuity to heed even the other idiots who are closest to you and will soon call for our disengagement from this fools errand in Iraq.
Mr Shrub, how is Iraq like Vietnam? We'll win unless we quit? You said that last week, and I'm still puzzled. It sounds like something my god damn track couch spouted on the practice field. No blood or death there, just pride. Not so in war, you jackass. Comments like this allow even the most dimwitted of us to see you for what you are. Your callous disregard for life, Iraqi and yes, American, can only be treachery - the high crimes and misdemeanors worthy of a House impeachment. That impeachment will not be forthcoming, but one will. You will be impeached in the court of public opinion and found guilty by the jury of history; an offense not easily pardoned by a future Republican president.
Since you seem incapable of reason on the simplest plane of normal human existence, perhaps thru art you can be persuaded. A recent pop movie smash hit was titled Spiderman. I know you saw it, it doesn't take a whackjob like you to fantasize over Kirsten Dunst. Most of the movie was monosyllabic enough for you to understand it. You may have missed something very poignant however, since it didn't involve all that much action. At this one point in the movie, the one I'm sure you missed, Peter Parker's uncle tells him that "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." You should think long and hard about this, and what it could mean - how could it apply to you?
If you're grinning in answer to this query, thinking that you are soon to be in Kirsten's pants with Laura none the wiser, then I applaud your myopic tunnel vision. Or perhaps I will paint you a grimmer picture Mr Shrub, one without a young aspiring actress draped over your knee. Parker, you see, is America. He has great power, he is a 'superhero'. America too has power, it is a 'superpower'. Thus, a metaphor. Get it? Now for the hard stuff, the power and responsibility part. You are the illegitimate leader of America. Illegitimate as you may be, you are still the leader. Now take the next step. I know you can't do it, so I'll help: America has great power, and you lead America. Thus, you have great responsibility. And as my final gesture of good will I will tell you that responsibility is the sense in which one is responsible for achieving (or maintaining) a good result in some matter. The idea, Shrub, is that one is entrusted with achieving or maintaining this outcome, and expected to both have relevant knowledge and skills, and to make a conscientious effort.
We somehow have entrusted you ma'am. And through lies, deceit, idiocy and cowardice you have neglected your responsibility, you have neither achieved nor maintained anything good. On these grounds and those outlined above I call for your impeachment and removal from office and ask the God that you so often call on to take heavenly mercy on your twisted soul.
Mr Shrub, how is Iraq like Vietnam? We'll win unless we quit? You said that last week, and I'm still puzzled. It sounds like something my god damn track couch spouted on the practice field. No blood or death there, just pride. Not so in war, you jackass. Comments like this allow even the most dimwitted of us to see you for what you are. Your callous disregard for life, Iraqi and yes, American, can only be treachery - the high crimes and misdemeanors worthy of a House impeachment. That impeachment will not be forthcoming, but one will. You will be impeached in the court of public opinion and found guilty by the jury of history; an offense not easily pardoned by a future Republican president.
Since you seem incapable of reason on the simplest plane of normal human existence, perhaps thru art you can be persuaded. A recent pop movie smash hit was titled Spiderman. I know you saw it, it doesn't take a whackjob like you to fantasize over Kirsten Dunst. Most of the movie was monosyllabic enough for you to understand it. You may have missed something very poignant however, since it didn't involve all that much action. At this one point in the movie, the one I'm sure you missed, Peter Parker's uncle tells him that "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." You should think long and hard about this, and what it could mean - how could it apply to you?
If you're grinning in answer to this query, thinking that you are soon to be in Kirsten's pants with Laura none the wiser, then I applaud your myopic tunnel vision. Or perhaps I will paint you a grimmer picture Mr Shrub, one without a young aspiring actress draped over your knee. Parker, you see, is America. He has great power, he is a 'superhero'. America too has power, it is a 'superpower'. Thus, a metaphor. Get it? Now for the hard stuff, the power and responsibility part. You are the illegitimate leader of America. Illegitimate as you may be, you are still the leader. Now take the next step. I know you can't do it, so I'll help: America has great power, and you lead America. Thus, you have great responsibility. And as my final gesture of good will I will tell you that responsibility is the sense in which one is responsible for achieving (or maintaining) a good result in some matter. The idea, Shrub, is that one is entrusted with achieving or maintaining this outcome, and expected to both have relevant knowledge and skills, and to make a conscientious effort.
We somehow have entrusted you ma'am. And through lies, deceit, idiocy and cowardice you have neglected your responsibility, you have neither achieved nor maintained anything good. On these grounds and those outlined above I call for your impeachment and removal from office and ask the God that you so often call on to take heavenly mercy on your twisted soul.
01 December 2006
A Helping Hand
My new weekly segment: The best thing in the world.
This week the award goes to Kiva.org which allows people like us to help the working poor around the world with micro-loans to fan the flames of entrepreneurial spirit.
Loan terms very, usually around a year in length. Thus far Kiva has 100% repayment.
The guy I sent $25 bucks to (he could still use a few more): Ion Cernoivanenco
I encourage everyone to pass this along, loan money if you can, and hope that maybe the internets will save the world yet.
This week the award goes to Kiva.org which allows people like us to help the working poor around the world with micro-loans to fan the flames of entrepreneurial spirit.
Loan terms very, usually around a year in length. Thus far Kiva has 100% repayment.
The guy I sent $25 bucks to (he could still use a few more): Ion Cernoivanenco
I encourage everyone to pass this along, loan money if you can, and hope that maybe the internets will save the world yet.
Computer Climate Prediction
ClimatePrediction
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Bionic
Download Bionic, it's an open source program that shares your computer's extra clock ticks with projects that need the help, in this case a climate prediction model. Sorry, no Mac version that I know of.
Bottom Line: Reduce your carbon footprint by making use of idle CPU time, and feel good that you are proving Shrub more wrong with every passing millisecond.
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Bionic
Download Bionic, it's an open source program that shares your computer's extra clock ticks with projects that need the help, in this case a climate prediction model. Sorry, no Mac version that I know of.
Bottom Line: Reduce your carbon footprint by making use of idle CPU time, and feel good that you are proving Shrub more wrong with every passing millisecond.
30 November 2006
James Bondage
The new Bond is blond and blue eyed. He's an fucking Aryan, so what? No chest hair? That, my friends, is a horse of a different color. Part of what makes Bond, Bond, is that he bucks the magazine model stereotype - and still slays bad guys and good girls alike.
But enough of that. The new film rocks. It is certainly a shot in that arm that so badly needed it after the last two films blew goat ass. (I did consider the first Brosnan film [Goldeneye] to be worth the watch.) The action is solid, the acting is good, entertainment value is high. There is darkness here. It crosses a number of lines that are unknown to Bond films. There is also insight into his soul, or lack there-of as it turns out.
Complaints: plot is a little too twisty, I still don't have it quite figured out in all its nuances. Card scenes are a little long and Texas Hold 'Em is just a little too chic right now to make any sense (suddenly I'm watching ESPN...).
Bottom Line: Best action/thriller I've seen in some time. Worth the 8 bucks.
But enough of that. The new film rocks. It is certainly a shot in that arm that so badly needed it after the last two films blew goat ass. (I did consider the first Brosnan film [Goldeneye] to be worth the watch.) The action is solid, the acting is good, entertainment value is high. There is darkness here. It crosses a number of lines that are unknown to Bond films. There is also insight into his soul, or lack there-of as it turns out.
Complaints: plot is a little too twisty, I still don't have it quite figured out in all its nuances. Card scenes are a little long and Texas Hold 'Em is just a little too chic right now to make any sense (suddenly I'm watching ESPN...).
Bottom Line: Best action/thriller I've seen in some time. Worth the 8 bucks.
25 November 2006
But What the Hell Do I Know?
Part I:
1. If the vote is the fundamental keystone of democracy, why the fuck do we vote for president by proxy? Deep six the electoral college. Get rid of it, it's old, it's lame, its antiquated. Most people don't even know what or why it is.
1a. While we're at it, make all electronic voting machines print a paper ticket hard copy of the vote to be signed by the voter, and saved until hell freezes over or pigs fly, whichever comes first.
2. Get out of NAFTA. It will only take 6 months. Free trade is never free. See well-paying jobs hemorrhage south to Mexico. The only people that it helps are executives. Ending our freak involvement in this 'deal' will start putting the middle class back in the middle. Consequently consumers will have enough buying power not to have to buy cheap Walmart crap, which seems to be about the only argument in favor of NAFTA.
3. Force Israel to get the hell out of the west bank and occupied territories. (Sorry Drew.) We can, because the Washington has more influence in Jerusalem than it does in San Fransisco. I'm no anti-Semite, but this conflict is messed up, and is directly responsible for almost all the animosity felt by the US from this part of the region. Now I agree that a country has the right to defend itself, but it wouldn't need to if it weren't taking land and killing civilians in a war decried by almost all the world, including the UN security council, as unjust.
4. Iraq. Good god, where to start. Get our troops home. They're not wanted, and can't do the job anyway thanks to Shrub and his lackeys. Start now. As they leave we should pay, in entirety, for an all-Muslim force to help the Iraqi army/police. We should fix all the destruction. Imagine if we spent 10% of what we're currently spending per day on reconstruction, water, electricity. That would save $1.6 Billion a week, and still be more than adequate to build schools, water treatment plants, roads, protect archeology sites and museums.
5. End the trade embargo with Cuba. It is a disgrace that the most powerful country in the world somehow finds it pertinent to starve and belittle our not-really-that-dangerous neighbor. The cold war is gone, get over it. Castro will die soon, let that be the 'excuse' we need to end the embargo. (It's sorta like the 5th grade bully stealing lunch money from the dorky 1st grader. What the fuck does it prove?) Remember that Cuba offered to send us 1,000 doctors after Katrina. We (read Bush) refused because, well, we are assholes and prefer the suffering of our own citizens to the help of a communist country.
1. If the vote is the fundamental keystone of democracy, why the fuck do we vote for president by proxy? Deep six the electoral college. Get rid of it, it's old, it's lame, its antiquated. Most people don't even know what or why it is.
1a. While we're at it, make all electronic voting machines print a paper ticket hard copy of the vote to be signed by the voter, and saved until hell freezes over or pigs fly, whichever comes first.
2. Get out of NAFTA. It will only take 6 months. Free trade is never free. See well-paying jobs hemorrhage south to Mexico. The only people that it helps are executives. Ending our freak involvement in this 'deal' will start putting the middle class back in the middle. Consequently consumers will have enough buying power not to have to buy cheap Walmart crap, which seems to be about the only argument in favor of NAFTA.
3. Force Israel to get the hell out of the west bank and occupied territories. (Sorry Drew.) We can, because the Washington has more influence in Jerusalem than it does in San Fransisco. I'm no anti-Semite, but this conflict is messed up, and is directly responsible for almost all the animosity felt by the US from this part of the region. Now I agree that a country has the right to defend itself, but it wouldn't need to if it weren't taking land and killing civilians in a war decried by almost all the world, including the UN security council, as unjust.
4. Iraq. Good god, where to start. Get our troops home. They're not wanted, and can't do the job anyway thanks to Shrub and his lackeys. Start now. As they leave we should pay, in entirety, for an all-Muslim force to help the Iraqi army/police. We should fix all the destruction. Imagine if we spent 10% of what we're currently spending per day on reconstruction, water, electricity. That would save $1.6 Billion a week, and still be more than adequate to build schools, water treatment plants, roads, protect archeology sites and museums.
5. End the trade embargo with Cuba. It is a disgrace that the most powerful country in the world somehow finds it pertinent to starve and belittle our not-really-that-dangerous neighbor. The cold war is gone, get over it. Castro will die soon, let that be the 'excuse' we need to end the embargo. (It's sorta like the 5th grade bully stealing lunch money from the dorky 1st grader. What the fuck does it prove?) Remember that Cuba offered to send us 1,000 doctors after Katrina. We (read Bush) refused because, well, we are assholes and prefer the suffering of our own citizens to the help of a communist country.
23 November 2006
The Giving of Thanks
99,000 families still living in trailers in the Gulf region.
But we can spend 255 million in Iraq each day.
655,000 Iraqi civilian deaths due to US invasion.
And 33% of Americans still favor the war.
The national dept is very roughly 8.1 Trillion $.
And we're supposed to be scared of 'tax and spend' liberals.
But we can spend 255 million in Iraq each day.
655,000 Iraqi civilian deaths due to US invasion.
And 33% of Americans still favor the war.
The national dept is very roughly 8.1 Trillion $.
And we're supposed to be scared of 'tax and spend' liberals.
17 November 2006
Chew on This
The election is over, and gas prices have stayed the same. Oh wait, they haven't.
I heard somewhere that on the 28th of this month the US will have been invloved in Iraq longer than we were in involved in WWII.
I heard somewhere that on the 28th of this month the US will have been invloved in Iraq longer than we were in involved in WWII.
16 November 2006
Worst Snowe in the World
Today's reason that I think Olympia sucks:
She supported Trent Lott for minority whip of the Senate.
She supported Trent Lott for minority whip of the Senate.
30 October 2006
Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot
Here's the TV spot.
Here's Rush's take. (Who happens to be a big fat idiot oxycotton druggie fuck show freak.)
Here's Rush's take. (Who happens to be a big fat idiot oxycotton druggie fuck show freak.)
24 October 2006
23 October 2006
Habeas Corpse [Rebate]
Habeas Corpus (The Great Writ) has been tarnished and broken, as a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by Shrub. And almost no one cares. Ben Franklin is reported to have said:
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety.
I'm not the first to write about this, nor will I be the last. I even stole the quote from somewhere, because I'm just not current on my Franklin quotes. I just feel compelled to put something down in words, even if some of it is a cheap rip-off.
As a part of Constitutional Law, the right to know why you are imprisoned and what evidence there is against you is fundamental. Without that right, you really have little else; just hope they don't come for you. Under the new law, any "unlawful" detainee labeled by the executive has no recourse - no right to appear in court, no right to a lawyer, not even the right to see evidence piled against you.
My ancestor fought along side of Washington and the many other patriots in the first Revolution (do we need another?) against the red-coat Brits back in the day. Many of our families go back that far. Many more do not, but that in no way lessens their inheritance. That check, written in blood and signed by sacrifice, was the great gift given by the revolutionaries to all that would follow them. The new bill (err, law) written with lies on the paper of deceit and signed by a shameless fool, is a big red 'void' stamped on that inheritance. At best disrespectful, at worst treasonous, against the ideals of the founders and those who stood with them.
There is no check, no balance on this new law. Nothing to stop my name, or your names, from being on the list. There only need be the assertion that you have provided "material support" to the enemy. And when you're on that list, who is going to get you off?
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety.
I'm not the first to write about this, nor will I be the last. I even stole the quote from somewhere, because I'm just not current on my Franklin quotes. I just feel compelled to put something down in words, even if some of it is a cheap rip-off.
As a part of Constitutional Law, the right to know why you are imprisoned and what evidence there is against you is fundamental. Without that right, you really have little else; just hope they don't come for you. Under the new law, any "unlawful" detainee labeled by the executive has no recourse - no right to appear in court, no right to a lawyer, not even the right to see evidence piled against you.
My ancestor fought along side of Washington and the many other patriots in the first Revolution (do we need another?) against the red-coat Brits back in the day. Many of our families go back that far. Many more do not, but that in no way lessens their inheritance. That check, written in blood and signed by sacrifice, was the great gift given by the revolutionaries to all that would follow them. The new bill (err, law) written with lies on the paper of deceit and signed by a shameless fool, is a big red 'void' stamped on that inheritance. At best disrespectful, at worst treasonous, against the ideals of the founders and those who stood with them.
There is no check, no balance on this new law. Nothing to stop my name, or your names, from being on the list. There only need be the assertion that you have provided "material support" to the enemy. And when you're on that list, who is going to get you off?
20 October 2006
TABORstupidity
One final thought:
Passing TABOR will permanently tie the funding of health care, education, and other essential services to the cost of a loaf of bread. That's fucked up.
Passing TABOR will permanently tie the funding of health care, education, and other essential services to the cost of a loaf of bread. That's fucked up.
Habeas Corpse (Or There Goes the Country)
Olbermann on why I want to be a lawyer.
[Talk about shit that is under the radar...this is a must watch.]
[Talk about shit that is under the radar...this is a must watch.]
18 October 2006
Analysis
Thanks to Visco et al for getting me to actually pay attention to voting issues before day-of cramming.
First thoughts on the Tax Payer Bill of Rights. (Having applied my Law of BS.)
TABOR is neither a Bill, nor does it include any Rights.
1. A Bill is either a piece of legislation passed by congress and not yet singed by the governor or a piece of paper that described in detail how someone bent you over and screwed you for money. TABOR is neither of these, and is certainly not modeled after the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, that from which it borrows its name.
2. TABOR doesn't deal with Rights at all, unless you consider a town's inability to create and fund a budget that it sees fit as a Right.
More to come.
First thoughts on the Tax Payer Bill of Rights. (Having applied my Law of BS.)
TABOR is neither a Bill, nor does it include any Rights.
1. A Bill is either a piece of legislation passed by congress and not yet singed by the governor or a piece of paper that described in detail how someone bent you over and screwed you for money. TABOR is neither of these, and is certainly not modeled after the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, that from which it borrows its name.
2. TABOR doesn't deal with Rights at all, unless you consider a town's inability to create and fund a budget that it sees fit as a Right.
More to come.
15 October 2006
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