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Who's got the cash?

2012-02-01T08:57:00.002-05:00

Naming names behind slew of super PAC ads

Fantasy

2012-02-01T08:54:00.000-05:00

I imagine a near future where the GOP has consumed all its energy, cash, and people in an orgy of narcissistic primary blood-letting self evisceration. The GOP shatters into new parties of personality. Willard gets one, then Newt, Paul and Santorum too. At the implosion continues into the Summer, more and more people well know for their well knowness announce that they are the true Trog and enter the race. The Dems watch and consolidate their party. AFter the election, the GOP dries up and no longer fills even a thimble. The personalities return to talk radio, but lose audience share, then sponsors and finally disappear from the American stage. Oh, Obama wins in a landslide and we return to normalcy.

It's a fantasy, but--

After Newt and Mitt cut each other up, can GOP recover?

Here's a Suggestion

2012-02-01T08:38:00.000-05:00

If you donate to the "Susan G. Komen for the Cure" and are not a rapid, drooling anti-abortion Trog, then quit giving them any money. Instead, give what you would have given them, to Planned Parenthood instead.

Why Komen defunded Planned Parenthood

Do The Math

2012-02-01T08:32:00.001-05:00

How much did Bush add to the debt? How much will Obama add?

Compare the red ink!

Willard Didn't Lose His MIttens

2012-02-01T08:27:00.000-05:00

No, he won Florida, now he'll be off to the Nevada caucus where the rich old Jewish casino guy who owns Gingrich keeps his billions. Will Willard be able to compete with Adelson if Adelson decides to put many, many million more behind Newt? Did you catch Newt's speech after his loss about opening the embassy in Jerusalem on day one? How do you spell bought and paid for? Try w-h-o-r-e. Newt is an arrogant, grandiose, bombastic, pandering pile of stale goose poop.

Willard can now fight on and destroy Newt. Of course as he does so, he arms Obama with evidence that Willard has no core and no character despite being the Mormon White Horse ( I'm baffled how folks can believe crap like that, but then god it a pretty big stretch too).

Here's hoping the GOP continues to entertain us with a highly negative mud slinging festival of SuperPac delights.

Florida primary: Mitt Romney wins decisive victory

Strategic Victory Watch -- War #6

2012-01-31T14:20:00.000-05:00

Bombs away and kill certified bad guys in Yemen. Makes you proud doesn't it?

US airstrikes kill 4 al-Qaida militants in Yemen

I wonder it the bad guys were on the Army's okay to kill list or the CIA's? It's nice that our leaders provide murder lists. Without them, if the Army or CIA killed anyone, it would be murder. With the list, it's just a way to provide others with a righteous experience of no tomorrow.

Want to Piss off a Republican, II

2012-01-31T14:10:00.000-05:00

Uh, have them read this, ask them to blame it on Obama-- THIS

Don't Pack Your War Drums

2012-01-31T14:04:00.001-05:00

The Democrats and Republicans have rattled their sabers over Iran. Iran, noticed. Now we're surprized that they are rattling their scimitars in response. I realize war is profitable, but this one could be very costly in so many ways.

You are warned, the bellicose bellowing has begun. You are expected to accept whatever ObamaCo says. Any questioning may lead to your indeterminate detention (you'd be classified as a terror-symp). You are still expected to shop. You will wave flags. You will let the other guy volunteer and call him a hero. You will not mention war debt. Oh, I forgot you are supposed to be afraid. The Iranians want to kill us for our freedom.

Is there anything else I omitted from the Bush playbook? It's Obama's too. If I missed something Obama will wheel it out soon. Look neither party likes peace. So far, the only peace guy is cranky old Ron Paul. Want war, then vote for a Torg or a Jackass.

Iran, perceiving threat from West, willing to attack on U.S. soil, U.S. intelligence report finds

Want to piss off a Republican?

2012-01-31T12:14:00.002-05:00

Here's how, have him or her read this:

THIS

We're getting back to normal despite the GOP's best efforts to wreck the economy and wage unfunded wars. Each improvement, each increment, contributes to Obama's reelection. Bets on who will try to wreck it between now and Nov.?

$1,000,000

2012-01-31T12:09:00.001-05:00

Colbert's Super Pac has raided a million. That's neat, but paltry compared to the other Super Pacs. One guy has given Newt $10 million. Now, what should Colbert, et. al., do with the cash and continue to mock the money in our politics?

Stephen Colbert super PAC raises $1 million. How does that compare?

How's Gov. Bob Doing, Promisewise?

2012-01-31T12:04:00.001-05:00

Poilitfact has a Bobometer. Bob is batting about .130, what'd you expect?

Tracking the promises of Gov. Bob McDonnell

This is not good

2012-01-31T12:00:00.002-05:00

If colleges are in the education business and part of that business is providing a common core of knowledge for all of its graduates, then Virginia colleges are not doing all that well. However they do excel in one area, excessive administrative spending. The aces in Richmond (public schools) have managed to administer a system where colleges spend more on admin then education.

State colleges, I don't give a rat's about private ones, should have a solid common core, they used to be called distributive requirements, and be as efficient as Medicare or Social Security with respect to administrative costs. Colleges should not spend more than 5% on admin costs. Any more than that is excessive and suggests a college industry complex hard at work screwing the taxpayer abetted by the Gov., Delegates, Senators, and college administrators.

Study faults costs, courses at the state's colleges

Good Headline

2012-01-31T09:12:00.001-05:00

It makes one hope. I hope they have done irreperable, enduring, irrecoverable harm to the their party. We'd live in a better world without the GOP which Reagan and Gingrich foisted on the nation.

After Newt and Mitt cut each other up, can GOP recover?

Place your bets

2012-01-31T09:08:00.000-05:00

What do you bet all we'll get is a lot of profound gas passing and in the end, after the election, Congress will be just as sleazy as it is today with respect to insider trading.

Senate begins debating insider-trading bill

It's Junkie Day (again)

2012-01-31T09:03:00.001-05:00

Wow, wall to wall coverage on TV today. Yes, the much anticipated Florida primary is here! For me, the primaries are what I imagine sports playoff games must be like to others. I have yet to understand sports and fans. At any rate, the question of the day is will Willard knock out Newt? The Polls suggest that Newt will be kicked in the nuts (that's a pleasant image). Who will Floridians select--

Romney and Gingrich policy ideas mirror their personalities: Pragmatic vs. epic

Willard and Religion

2012-01-31T08:46:00.002-05:00

Willard is Mormon. He'd like everyone to say that in the same way as folks do when they say "he's a Baptist." Baptists are a flavor in Christianity. The Baptist's ideas, their theology, resembles other Protestant flavors. The contents of their faith does not bother other Christians (well, not overly excessively) and vice versa.

Protestants pretty much accept Catholics these days, so "he's a Catholic" is about as exciting as "he's a Lutheran." However, this is fairly recent. I do remember Southern, I'll be polite and just call it rampant non-hospitality towards Catholics. As Catholics have become more an acceptable flavor than not, what about the Jews? Oh, the Jews, well, they are tolerated since Israel is needed to fulfill prophecy. Christians tolerate Jews since they know, that in the end, God's first act will be to kill them all. Religion is so much fun.

Now take a moment and think about the other guy's theology, creed and articles of faithiness, go ahead and ponder on particulars. How anyone could believe that? Got some oddities in mind about Presbyterians? Good, now you can take a peek at Willard's world--

Mormon circles as the “White Horse Prophecy” — a belief ingrained in Mormon culture and passed down through generations by church leaders that the day would come when the U.S. Constitution would “hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber” and the Mormon priesthood would save it.

The seeds of Romney’s unique brand of conservatism, often regarded with intense suspicion by most non-Mormon conservatives, were sown in the secretive, acquisitive, patriarchal, authoritarian religious empire run by “quorums” of men under an umbrella consortium called the General Authorities. A creed unlike any other in the United States, from its inception Mormonism encouraged material prosperity and abundance as a measure of holy worth, and its strict system of tithing 10 percent of individual wealth has made the church one of the world’s richest institutions.

It's time to read a bit about Willard's faithiness, remember if you are a believer, then he's no crazier than you. The flocks of faithful scare the crap out of me. It took me a long time to get over the concept of Limbo and then there's Abraham...

Romney and the White Horse Prophecy

Almost forgot, everyone else's fantasy focus is not acceptable in the good old USA, we're tolerant as long as it involves Moses and Jesus. Beyond that, well, how do you feel about Sharia, Gods, and youyr ancestors?

Roman Jesus Jockeys

2012-01-30T15:33:00.000-05:00

I don't know about you, but I am so tired of the Jesus folks. I'm supposed to be silent and respect their beliefs? Bullshit. They need to be silent and stay in their pews. Otherwise, if they wish to get all political we should bag their tax protections.

Catholic churches evangelize against Obama en masse

Ain't This the Truth

2012-01-30T15:18:00.002-05:00

Here's a Question

2012-01-30T15:11:00.000-05:00

Is the nation ready for a Mormon president? Maybe, but the better question is, are the Mormons and their church ready for the 21st century? Here's an opinion piece about the Mormon Church. From my experience, it's reasonable and on target. Oh, Mormons are no weirder than any other group of true believers of any flavor. Heavy duty belief warps a person, body, mind and soul.

A Mormon church in need of reform

Good Reference Book

2012-01-30T15:00:00.001-05:00

The CIA World Factbook is available in print and on-line. Not familiar with it? Then here's some info and links to look or buy:

CIA’s World Factbook: Global intelligence for every thinker, traveler, soldier, spy

Good News for Obama

2012-01-30T12:40:00.000-05:00

Once again the economy is getting better. Slowly. A bit at a time. However, unless something screws it up, the improvements will be cumulative. If unemployment drops below 8% Obama will win reelection unless something screws it up. What is that something, that screw up? Oh, it's the Trogs, the GOP. This Fall you can vote for a future or vote for a past. Remember if you vote for a past, it may wind up being 1850 or 1650.

Incomes up strong 0.5 pct., consumer spending flat

Books Of Interest

2012-01-30T12:32:00.004-05:00

Here are a couple of titles you might want find of interest--

"The Operator" by Michael Hastings

"The Swing Voter" by Linda Killian"

.320 Average

2012-01-30T12:31:00.000-05:00

If politics was baseball and promises were base hits, then Obama would be batting .320. However, politics is not baseball or reality TV, despite the current GOP clown show's attempt to make it so. It's serious. It affects how all of us live today and tomorrow.

Pols, make promises, they're a kind of a bribe. Sometimes pols are too desperate and are too eager and too glib, as they tell voters "vote for me, I will do XY & Z!" Obama made a lot of promises, he got a lot of votes. How's he doing, do you feel well bribed? Well, he's come thorough on one third of his bribes. That means, on two-thirds, voters are left holding the bag. When Obama hits the campaign trail this year and makes more promises, will you laugh, jeer or sigh?

The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises

To be fair, well, actually, it's not fair, it's just to show you that the GOP is a large dung heap that looks like an elephant, here's the GOP meter. Oh, they're batting .160.

GOP Pledge-O-Meter: Tracking the promises of the GOP Leadership in Congress

Occupy Oakland

2012-01-30T09:07:00.001-05:00

The OWS folks, Oakland Branch, have been doing whatever they are doing. The press has had more important matters to report--Newt's need for an open marriage. It kind of makes you wonder if all the good folks in media land are either in the 1%, ache to be members, or just fear losing their cushy jobs. At any rate, OWS gets coverage, instead of the moronic Trog off in Florida because of arrests!

Occupy Oakland arrests reach 400; City Hall vandalized

What I don't get is why public property is their target. Shouldn't they explicitly target the homes and businesses of the 1% instead?

And in the Florida Trog-off

2012-01-30T08:58:00.002-05:00

Willard's lead has increased. Folks in Florida prefer rich batshit crazy Trogs to those plain cloth coat nutzoid twits.

Romney has big lead in new poll

Okay Obama Fans, Take Note

2012-01-30T08:54:00.000-05:00

Look the guy's name is George Obama. He has not ended anything which Bush began. If anything, he's added more and extended our ever rightward drift. Why? The simplest explanation is money. It costs a lot to buy the ads that buy the votes that buys the White House. Obama, Bushes, Clinton, are all cut from the same cloth. Oh, Obama is worried about FDA scientists who might have told the truth to Congress contrary to the financial interests of medical device donors. Sound familiar?

FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail

Obama is the cause of polarizaton?

2012-01-30T08:40:00.000-05:00

Folks seem to point to Obama and say, "see what he's done to us!" Of course the speaker is usually a Republican. The listener, a Democrat, will profoundly disagree and contend that Obama's predecessor caused all the vileness in our land. Listening to them, I tell you, our presidents must be a bunch of alienating, radical, agitators hell bent on establishing a Martian style socialistic monarchy. I didn't realize presidents were so petty and vindictive.

Oh, my, I'm having an historical brain fart. Not too many years ago, the same conversation occurred. Then it was a Democrat who pointed at Bush and said, "see what he's done to us." Gee, maybe our presidents (and all our pols) are just run of the mill, ordinary people save that they are massively narcissistic. Then who has caused the polarization we see across the land? Uh, look in the mirror.

Obama: The most polarizing president. Ever.

More Legacy

2012-01-29T14:12:00.000-05:00

I bet all those Sons of Iraq wish they'd never taken a dime from our generals (remember the surge). It's typical. Co-opt with cash, make some promises, then leave them high and dry when we leave. This is not the first time and it won't be the last. Makes you proud, right?

Makes us voters pretty damn stupid. We voted for the Shrub and pols of his ilk. We allowed the damn war to persist. Ready for Iran? Then vote for Obama or any of the Republicans. The only non-war candidate is Ron Paul and he's nuts on everything else.

We have elected and created the world we desire. War is death and destruction. There is nothing to admire in war. There is nothing noble about soldiers, they kill on command. War is profitable, now why do you think we go to war?

Former ‘Sons of Iraq’ targeted by insurgents after U.S. pullout

What's More Important?

2012-01-29T11:45:00.000-05:00

Should Tweetheads fight for free speech by bagging their Twitter accounts or should they show they are really concerned by Tweeting their disagreement? I'll put my money on Twitter's continued growth.

#TwitterBlackout: Tweeters protest nation-specific blocks

Symptom of us

2012-01-29T11:37:00.000-05:00

As a nation we're all on the dole. When closing a base is seen as a disaster, then maybe it's time to listen to a bit of libertarianism. It's going to become a giant case of NCIMBY--no cuts in my backyard!

Pentagon call for U.S. base closures a political move, lawmakers say

If Nixon Fans Don't Like It, Then I'm For It

2012-01-29T11:31:00.000-05:00

Was Nixon gay?

Willard in Florida

2012-01-29T11:28:00.004-05:00

What's the difference between the sewer and the gutter? Oh, about 11 points in the polls. Can anyone in the GOP make it to the sidewalk? Nah, they're have to stay close to home.

2012 Florida Republican Presidential Primary

Don't Do As I Did, Do As I Command

2012-01-29T11:24:00.000-05:00

Who: Oh, the 68 year Pillsbury dough ball known as Newt. What: How to pay for college. His orders: he says go get a job. His experience: He didn't, he begged for money and had his wife put him through school. I guess it's another big idea from the world's biggest gasbag. Why does anyone listen to this douchebag?

Gingrich: No role model for students?

Who fits the bill?

2012-01-28T18:05:00.004-05:00

Do these describe our pols in general, how about anyone in particular?

React to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation
Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
Have excessive feelings of self-importance
Exaggerate achievements and talents
Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
Have unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
Need constant attention and admiration
Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy
Have obsessive self-interest
Pursue mainly selfish goals

The above are characteristics of a person with narcissistic personality disorder.

What is Google?

2012-01-28T12:17:00.000-05:00

That's a no brainer. It's a company that makes billions by connecting eyeballs with ads. The stuff we use from Google are just inducements to show up with our eyeballs. Google is no different than television, it's all about ad revenue, period.

In the latest kerfuffle about Google, the Tubes and privacy, do you think Google is making things better for users or just full of Googledroppings?

Google Defends Privacy Changes as Questions Mount

Who'd Want to be a teacher these days?

2012-01-28T12:08:00.000-05:00

It's not the boots, it's the contraband.

Pennsylvania Middle School Bans Boots

Thinking about the housing bubble

2012-01-28T12:04:00.000-05:00

If you've listened to the debates and forgotten that they are Trog debates then you might think that the nation's financial collapse was caused by Freddie, Fannie and Greenspan. Careful, Trogs speak Trog. If a Trog says it's day, then bet on it actually being night.

Fannie and Freddie don’t deserve blame for bubble

Special Report-- State Capitalism

2012-01-28T11:45:00.002-05:00

What's your favorite -ism? Or do you cower in fear of -isms? Has State Capitalism hidden under your bed? Is it lurking in your closet? Uh, what the hell is State Capitalism anyway?

State Capitalism

If Willard Wins...

2012-01-28T11:37:00.000-05:00

If he does, how will he be perceived by folks around the world?

Would Mitt Romney make a good president of the United States?

Who is this guy?

2012-01-28T11:32:00.004-05:00

His name is Adleson and if Gingrich wins the race and becomes 45, then the guy will own a president.

Who is Sheldon Adelson?

What's Next?

2012-01-28T11:24:00.001-05:00

It's been one long clown show from Iowa to Florida. What comes after a clown show? I don't know what it is called, but I know where it will be staged. Nevada, here we come!

In Nevada, Sheldon Adelson Gets His Very Own Caucus

Private Equity, How Private Is It?

2012-01-28T11:18:00.002-05:00

If private equity is as large and successful as it is due to the tax code, then we have another case of private profit and public risk. In a sense public dollars were given to folks like Willard. Also, in the case of private equity there is no risk for investors at all. Talk about rigging the deck and gaming the system. Would Willard be sitting on $250 million making $20 million a year without the tax code? Willard didn't make anything but money. Now you know why Wall Street buys Congressmen and presidents--the tax code.

PRIVATE INEQUITY

Climate questions

2012-01-28T08:55:00.000-05:00

Last year at this time the question was "will we ever see another Summer?" Winter blanketed the nation in snow and cold. This year's question is--

What happened to Winter?

Question?

2012-01-28T08:47:00.001-05:00

Can Apple overtake Microsoft in the business market? If it does, will it become Microsoft? Think about it, what does it mean to be better than Microsoft?

Apple makes move into offices

Bless my Tweet

2012-01-28T08:35:00.000-05:00

Twitterers are all, of course, atwitter at Twitter over the freedom to tweet. Huh? Maybe it will make sense to you, but it seems to me that Twitter, to maximize its profits, will conform with any national government's request to systematically "hold those tweets."

Nations, even the foulest of dictatorships, are just markets. If Twitter is not in or is ejected from a market, someone else will enter and garner what would otherwise have been Twitter's profits. At times, it seems like it's Twitter ( or any other company of your choice) Uber Alles for maximization of profits today and tomorrow. Damn, is the Chinese market really lebensraum for tweets?

Twitter faces accusations of censorship; users plan Saturday boycott

If You PIss on People--

2012-01-28T08:21:00.000-05:00

Expect to get a golden shower in return. Newt Gingrich has spent a lifetime pissing on others, especially those in his own party who were in his way. It takes time for Trogs to understand things like Newt. Newt is not a Republican. Newt has used the GOP to advance his own party, himself. Newt may not remember how much harm he's done to others, but they do and they are starting return a hot steaming stream his way---

The GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich

As Newt's white hair begins to yellow a bit, note the polls show he's now losing Florida--

2012 Florida Republican Presidential Primary

Well, he is a Texan

2012-01-28T08:07:00.002-05:00

Ron Paul has a political message that resonates with a lot of folks. I hope those folks listen to the message and realize the messenger is actually a foul little turd from Texas. It's one thing to be a racist, but it's really sick to use race baiting and hate to sell a few newsletters so you can pay off your mortgage. That's makes Paul a serial hypocrite and a con artist.

Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say

Hi Ho, Hi, Ho, it's off to war we go (again)

2012-01-28T07:57:00.000-05:00

Well, not quite yet. Iran looks ripe for bludgeoning. After all, polls show that the average voter (independents in particular), wants to go shopping and that requires a lot of war. It's nice that both parties love war and keep us awash in death and destruction. They've even made contract killers into heroes. Just because an elected official decides it's okay to kill someone does not make it anything but murder. Oh, the DOD budget blues might be alleviated with a touch of war in Iran. Don't forget, we've been warring for so long that private sector workers in the defense industry have worked long enough to retire. Do you think the budget will revert to pre-Bush levels? Come on, war is good for elections and retail sales.

Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East

If this had been proposed under Bush, there would have been "anti-war" protesters in the streets. I do not expect any since Obama is in the White House. Interesting. The GOP is bipartisan when it comes to war. The Dems only like war when they have the White House. War has become a political commodity.

Taxes

2012-01-27T08:58:00.001-05:00

Do you complete Schedule D as part of your taxes? If so, you had best read the "What's New" section of the 1040 instructions. Schedule D is still there, but it's now a summary sheet of the details you will report on a new form! Have fun.

In His Image

2012-01-27T08:47:00.001-05:00

The Shrub's legacy continues to demonstrate his administration's standards of excellence--

Bomb in Shiite neighborhood kills dozens in funeral procession

It's Open Season in Syria

2012-01-27T08:42:00.000-05:00

In Syria, Arabs with guns are killing other Arabs. Assad's folks, as part of keeping their jobs, are killing those who would take their jobs away. Arabic country's high unemployment, it's an Islamic thing, secures the loyalty of the employed to the dictator and religious top dogs. Don't forget Assad's father killed tens of thousands to secure loyalty. What we see in Syria, along with Iran, is the best that Arabic Islam can ever hope to achieve.

Regime forces hit buildings in Syrian city in day of sectarian slaying, at least 30 killed

The 19th Snooze Fest

2012-01-27T08:32:00.000-05:00

Unless you are a committed Trog or a political junkie, last nights's ~~debate~~ free air time festival on CNN was a yawn. The Trogs on stage answered questions and took digs at each other. The audience was able to avail themselves of their First Amendment rights. They did, but Pudgebo was not or chose not to snarl and rabble rouse the masses. Unless he is backed by the audience, he's really not that good a debater. Willard, yes Willard, nailed him a couple of times. I think folks expected Newt would throw bombs. Who gave the best performance in this continuing clown show? Well, I think it was Ron Paul. The rest were at their troggiest normal, which by any decent standard means they are nucking futs, especially Santorum.

It dawned on me last night, if you want to know what the Pillsbury doughboy will look like when he gets old and heads off to the old bakers home, then just take a look at Newt today. I wonder when the medical records they all agreed to release will be released?

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich square off in Republican debate

Willard Digs His Own Hole

2012-01-27T08:15:00.001-05:00

Willard decided he was not going to release his taxes. Then he might. Then he did. Small oops there. There are some inconstancies between his taxes and personal finance forms. He would have been better off releasing at least a dozen years worth of taxes. He's rich and the rich make money any way they can. For example did he make a mint off the collapse of the housing bubble? How blind is the blind trust? If it's as blind as his Super Pac is non-coordinated then he is in control of his investments.

Romney tax returns detail funds not identified in ethics forms

Santorum Attacks Sanity

2012-01-26T13:42:00.002-05:00

Santorum is a schmuck. He's desperate. Now he's attacking sanity. I wonder to whom he speaks? Oh, forgot, evangefundies. They have shit for brains and eat santorum for breakfast. It's sad to hear a politician speaking this way, but what's sadder is that there is an audience who agree with him.

Santorum: Obama wants Americans to go to college to become indoctrinated

Sleaze, It's Normal

2012-01-26T08:41:00.002-05:00

If you seek sleaze where should you go? Oh, to Washington, D.C. of course. It's endemic. It's in the air. It's in the water. It's in all of our elected dorks.

Leak to media about House Ethics probes ignites chatter on source, motives

I have trouble putting "ethics" and "Congress" in the same sentence. Do you?

Willard's A What?

2012-01-26T08:35:00.000-05:00

Is Willard Mexican? Well, it all depends....

Would Mitt Romney be the first Mexican American president?

Here's Obama's Legacy

2012-01-26T08:28:00.000-05:00

In 100 years what will Obama be remembered for? Oh, that's easy, he'll get the blame for the Machine Wars. His obsession with drones has led to machines directing killing machines without any humans involved. Sci-Fi has arrived. Anyone seen the Terminator?

New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who's accountable?

Note, it's the lack of accountability that is so attractive to generals, presidents and pols. This is the ultimate in plausible deniability. Who me? No, the machine did it. I wonder if the CIA has developed robots that will autonomously torture people? Who needs people?

Fast Food Fans Take Note

2012-01-26T08:17:00.000-05:00

Tired of that mystery meat on a deep fired doughball? Had it with hockey puck eggs on a bun? They pile it high and serve it fast, but it gets old. The vertical breakfast's days may be numbered. Taco Bell has entered the breakfast market. Hot damn, the rolled breakfast glump is here. Burritos for breakfast?

Taco Bell enters breakfast arena

Do they mix it all together, fry it, re-fry it and roll it up so you can't see what you're eating? I think I'll stick to a horizontal meal--over easy, with sausage, grits and biscuits please.

Willard is Back?

2012-01-26T08:03:00.001-05:00

It looks like Pudgebo's popularity may be waing. Does this mean that Willard has become okay in the hearts and minds.... Hold, Trogs don't have minds and don't have hearts. Does this mean that Willard is more acceptable to Florida primary voters?

2012 Florida Republican Presidential Primary Poll

God, another one!

2012-01-26T07:59:00.001-05:00

Yeah, yak, snarl, drool, gibber, phlegm it's GOP "debate" time again. Will CNN keep the audience at bay? Will Pudgebo attend if the audience can't behave like Pavlovian dogs? Who knows. Who cares. Tune it, it might be entertaining. Have you noticed that Pudgebo, without the cheering audience, sounds like an idiot?

January 26, 2012

8pm ET on CNN – Live Stream
Location: University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL
Sponsor: CNN, CNN en Español, The Hispanic Leadership Network and The Republican Party of Florida
Participants: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul

Strategic Victory Watch -- War #1

2012-01-26T07:51:00.000-05:00

The mess remains on autopilot. Just because soldiers are involved does not make it a war. Besides, without Congress declaring war, it's not really a war. Korea was an international, hostile, armed conflict. We haven't had a war since WWII. Yep, even Vietnam was not war. It was a fuckup just like all the current messes. I doubt if all this empire building is conducive to keeping our Republic a Republic. At any rate, the Afghan mess persists, it's on auto-pilot.

Bomber targets NATO convoy in Afghanistan; 3 killed

Have you noticed how little coverage our wars get these days? Have you noticed how it's even less coverage when the deaths are not deaths of U.S. soldiers?

So What's New?

2012-01-26T07:42:00.000-05:00

The aces in DOD can't run a cemetery. Well, they can bury dead cannon fodder, but they can't quite tell anyone which grave has which body or how many they have interred. The ineptitude seems to be rampant amongst all military graveyards. Now, we learn, it's not only corpses that they cannot account for, but also capital.

They can't account for millions of appropriated tax dollars. That's the money that was supposed to be used to run Arlington. What do you bet the cemeteries were sold to the highest bidder (campaign donor) as part of tax transfer program? It's like they say, if you can't make it in business, then make your fortune in government, especially the military.

Arlington Cemetery trying to account for missing $12 million

Sad part is, Teabags really feel this way

2012-01-25T14:18:00.000-05:00

It does not matter

2012-01-25T11:29:00.002-05:00

Folks may have liked Obama's SOTU. So what? Liking a speech and its proposals does not mean squat. First of all we can assume one half of the listeners are not voters. Then of the voters, how many will translate approval in January 2012 into votes in November 2012? So folks feel good about the speech. Unless they note that the current mess is a product of incumbents of both parties in Congress and take action who cares about how anyone feels. Talk is bullshit unless it's backed up by action in the voting booth. Will you remember this speech tomorrow?

SOTU Poll

Uh, have we all been waiting for this?

2012-01-25T10:37:00.001-05:00

Well, this is exciting news. It ranks right up there with a bucket of cold road apples. The Crazy Lady won't fade away. She's going to run for a fourth term in the House. I guess FOX must have rejected her. After all, she's just not as perky and folksy as Sarah Palin. Does this mean she'll entertain the nation once again in 2016?

APNewsBreak: Michele Bachmann says to seek 4th term in Congress after failed presidential bid

Florida Primary

2012-01-25T10:05:00.001-05:00

For whatever reason, it still appears Pudgebob will win. It's a sad commentary that these three (Paul is not a Repub) are the best of the best in the GOP. If they are, then the GOP is in pretty sad shape. If they are not, then why are they the GOP's candidates?

2012 Florida Republican Presidential Primary

Domino's Better Complain

2012-01-25T09:02:00.002-05:00

If our nation's school children learn pizza can be nutritious and taste good, they'll never buy a Domino's. Gee is this unfair to businesses and job creators? I can't wait for the GOP bullshit on this one.

School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains

Priorities

2012-01-25T08:56:00.000-05:00

It's no wonder we're in the crapper. The aces we elect are more concerned with accoutrement's for dead people than dealing with the survival of the living. What the hell, we elected them and we we salivate whenever one of then rings a Jesus bell. We have exactly the nation we want. We elected it and perpetuate it. I wonder, do atheists have a symbol?

House approves bill to allow religious symbols on war memorials

If you like it so far, get ready for more, lots more

2012-01-25T08:50:00.002-05:00

Ready for what? Oh, SUPER PAC money. As we head into the Congressional election season, we'll see ads for and against Congressmen and Senators. It's not just the presidency. I wonder what the grand total will be for this cycle?

Super PACs set sights on 2012 congressional races

Folks don't forget

2012-01-25T08:28:00.000-05:00

Some may be tickled that the Marines got away with murder. After all we made Iraq into a combat zone. Of course the Iraqis don't quite see it the way we do. Do you want to know why Malaki would not extend our stay? Well, we would not allow Iraqi law to apply to our troops and the Iraqis demanded it. Why? Oh, they remember little things like contractors, Abu Ghraib and Haditha. Occupation memories last for generations (got a Confederate in your attic).

Last Marine to face prosecution in killings of 24 Iraqi civilians won’t serve jail time

Bet There Won't be a Protest Blackout

2012-01-25T08:21:00.000-05:00

Gee, Google participated in the SOPA black out. Nice, huh? Did we all forget Google is for profit company that based it's SOPA position on its balance sheet? They've also noted that their balance sheet can be improved so they are going to invade all of their users privacy just a skosh more. Why? Oh, to sell more ads. Remember it's a profit maximizing business. And guess what, there's not a damn thing you can do unless you detach yourself from every aspect of Google, Inc. Okay Anonymous, got balls? Or it a case of who cares?

Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out

POTUS SOTUS, Ptui

2012-01-25T08:08:00.002-05:00

Come on, the SOTU means so little, especially when the POTUS is running to remain POTUS. We tune in, listen, then the next day at work, discuss whether it was a good speech or not and go about our business.

Does anyone really remember a SOTU speech? The speech seems more like a ritualized Catholic mass with all it's stand up, sit down, kneel bullshit. During the SOTU there's partisan applause, bipartisan applause, stand ups, sit downs, and occasionally a bit of whoop and holler. Once we had a "you lie," but none of those this year. We had abundant human props this year.

It doesn't matter what POTUS said. Look, until we get the money out of elections, gridlocked permanent campaigning will remain normal. It should be obvious, if we look at deeds rather than listen to words, the 536 elected folks in the House last night have only one concern for this country's future--getting reelected (or getting a high paid lobbying type job if they are "retiring"). The most telling and descriptive part of the speech is when POTUS walks in, it's mildly repugnant to watch. I wonder how much disease is transmitted?

How'd POTUS do in the truth department?

Fact checking the 2012 State of the Union speech

Bout Says it All

2012-01-24T17:21:00.002-05:00

Better Idea

2012-01-24T17:10:00.001-05:00

Let's just end the debates. Pudgeboy needs them. He also needs the audience to cheer on his lunatic ideas. So, quit having debates, advertise as much as you can pay for, and watch Romney win. The GOP establishment should demand audiences be silent, otherwise they will have Newt as their bombardier.

Gingrich threatens to boycott debates without applause

Ooops

2012-01-24T17:05:00.002-05:00

It's kind of neat.

U.S. government’s ‘online security’ website taken down by Anonymous

Names

2012-01-24T16:51:00.001-05:00

Gee, the Repubs love to throw around names. I doubt the average Trog knows squat about Adam Smith, Joseph Schumpeter or Saul Alinsky. Their works are not everyday reading. It's funny how use of a name can elicit a desired reaction without any knowledge of what the person thought, wrote or stood for.

It's odd, Gingrich uses Mr. Alinsky's techniques while transforming him into some scary guy. Gee is Alinsky the Dr. Frankenstein who created the Obama monster? Does that make Newt Igor? Teabaggers believe that kind of shit. Here's piece on Pudgeboy and Mr. Alinksy.

Saul Alinsky lives on in GOP rhetoric

Kabuki Alert

2012-01-24T16:35:00.001-05:00

It's the State of the Union tonight. That's exciting. I'm so underwhelmed. It will be as interesting as most have been, interesting that is, if you're fascinated by watching paint dry. The GOP doesn't give a rat's about what Obama will say. They already are certain he's full of crap. They could not attend and no one would notice. The Dems will applaud but don't really care either. Well, they care, but only to the extent they can use Obama to get help themselves reelected, otherwise he can stay out of their Districts. Come to think of it, Obama doesn't give a shit about Congress either. Obama has one job, it's the same one he's had since his inauguration, getting reelected. I guess he'll be speaking to potential donors and voters.

Obama faces tough sell with State of the Union speech

Trogs Like Newt

2012-01-24T16:18:00.002-05:00

National polls have shown a swing to Pudgeboy. Newt is getting the conservative votes. Willard is waning. Who cares about the sweater vest, it's covered with santorum and Paul is Paul. I'm not sure what makes a conservative, but I think it takes a deep desire and commitment to return to the good old days, circa 1850. Ladies take note. Blacks take note. It's a rich old white guy fantasy. In the interim, the rich will use the uneducated working class, fundamentalists and evangelicals to help them become even richer by impoverishing everyone else. Weird party.

Gallup: Gingrich leads Romney in national poll

MItch Daniels for GOP Nominee?

2012-01-24T08:37:00.000-05:00

Far-fetched? Maybe not. Newt is hated and Willard is so damn dull the GOP has to turn to somebody.

Some Signs G.O.P. Establishment’s Backing of Romney Is Tenuous

TSA Update

2012-01-24T08:31:00.001-05:00

Sen. Paul may or may not have been detained after the machines beeped at him in the Nashville airport. Usually beepees are sent straight to Gitmo to be tortured and retained indefinitely. He's lucky. Don't let machines beep at you in airports.

Sen. Rand Paul declines TSA feel-up, is escorted by cops from security checkpoint

Does anyone really feel safer because TSA stands between us and terrorist's bomb?

The Legacy is Booming

2012-01-24T08:23:00.000-05:00

Spate of attacks leave 14 dead in Baghdad

Who's buried with Dad?

2012-01-24T08:21:00.000-05:00

Ooops. The Army and VA can't even run a cemetery. So why do so many folks demand to know what commanders in the ground are thinking about our wars? Damn, that's that problem, they are in the ground and we've misplaced them. We've been talking to the wrong guys.

At any rate here are some more cemetery bumbles--Burial problems found at VA cemeteries

No snarls, just ZZZZZ's

2012-01-24T08:15:00.001-05:00

The group press confernence, a.k.a. GOP Yak off, a.k.a. GOP "debate," was a dud. I expected Willard and Pudgeboy to throw meat at each other as they blew dog whistles. It was boring, even the moderator fell asleep. Was it tactics on each Trog's part or more because the crowd was denied their right to behave like true Americans and freely scream, applaud and boo their asses off? It was one of those dignity comes from silence and we know there's nothing more dignified than a bunch of narcissists running for public office. Hell, who needs an audience. Who needs TV? Might as well have the debate in a hermetically sealed Mason jar.

Oh, as usual for anything Trog, it was a fact free two hours--Fact checking the NBC Florida debate.

Granted I'm not a Trog and there is no way I could ever bring myself to vote for one, if I had to pick one of these four bozos, who would it be? Santorum? No, he's so full of it he spread it around on everything within 20 feet of him. Newt? NO. Newt has one concern in life, Newt. Willard? Sorry, the guy is just too creepy. That leaves me with Ron, but all he wants to do is restore the good old days. He wants to bring back the 1790s Williamsburg and make us all wear tri-corner hats in liberty loving perfection.

Here's a review of the debate. Oh the winner was Newt since Willard didn't do much to change the game at all. The headline hypes the debate, clash is way too strong of a word, perhaps "were testy" would be better.

Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich clash sharply in Republican presidential debate

Man of the People?

2012-01-24T07:50:00.003-05:00

Willard clips coupons and pays 15% or less in taxes. If Newt's tax plan were in place Willard would pay no taxes at all. I doubt if all his income and investments do much except make more money for Bain and Willard. If he was taxed as his father was, he'd be paying 37%. After last night's "debate" all I can say is that Willard really is a rich Rombot and will not be the nominee of the GOP.

Mitt Romney’s tax returns shed some light on his investment wealth

Has Willard Turned into a plop of Lime Jello?

2012-01-23T14:56:00.002-05:00

Lime Jello? Yeah, I think it's Utah's favorite dish. No substance, it just sits there and quivers.

New Florida Polls Show Big Swing to Gingrich

Still Think Obama is left of anything?

2012-01-23T14:52:00.000-05:00

Come on, he's basically a pre-Goldwater Repub. He's supported just about everything Bush left him. Now, to be sure no one ever learns about future mis-deeds, like torture, committed by government employees, he's leading the charge to kill the messengers.

Leaking classified info may be a crime, but it should not be. Classification's primary function is to hide info from voters and cover assess. You can bet none of the elected bozos wanted us to know that they okayed and were down with torture. Obama is sucking on a GOP teat.

Former CIA officer charged in alleged leaks

Florida Primay

2012-01-23T14:10:00.000-05:00

Okay, who can vote in the Florida primary? Anybody? Maybe only those pre-certified to be batshit crazy? Cubans? Retired folks? Who can vote?

Who are Florida primary voters, and how are they different?

Orignalism Rocks Tour -- Hold that GPS!

2012-01-23T11:33:00.000-05:00

Better not try to use GPS to track Roberts and the Robes when they are on tour. They sang a nonet on privacy. All nine agreed that if the cops stick a tracker on your car without a warrant then they are the bad guys and should get heir hands slapped real hard. Should it be a capital crime?

Supreme Court says search warrants needed when police use GPS devices to track suspects

Place Your Bets!

2012-01-23T11:25:00.000-05:00

Egypt's first post Mubarak parilament has convened. Place your bets, when will the first stoning of a woman occur? I give them a month, how about you?

Parliament elected in Egypt’s 1st election after Mubarak’s ouster holds inaugural session

Morons and the TSA

2012-01-23T11:22:00.001-05:00

I leave it to you to decide if the TSA folks in Nashville are brain challenged or not. Senator Rand Paul set off one of their machines. TSA then determined they had to feel up a U.S. Senator. The Senator politely told TSA to "bite me." TSA has detained a U.S. Senator. I'd say the Executive Branch has violated the U.S. Constitution--Article I, Section 6:

"The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."

It's probably not quite arrest, but TSA has no business detaining anybody. Arrest them, sure, but you have to charge them and be prepared to go to court. Any law that allows TSA to engage in their current practices is flat-assed unconstitutional. Any legislator who voted for such legislation should be removed from office, he pr she violated their oath of office. Any president who sighed such legislation into law should be impeached and removed from office for the same reason. It's simple, we're a nation of law or we are not.

Start Paying Attnetion

2012-01-23T08:59:00.001-05:00

As we dive further and further into our phlegm bag of presidential politics it's easy to see little else. We'd best pay a midge of attention to the state of Europe's economic crappers. Their sewage system connects to ours. It theirs get backed up, the sewage will come our way. Ready for a return to the septic tank we all enjoyed so much in 2008?

Lagarde, in Berlin, tells Germany — and the rest of Europe — to pay up

Don't fire them, make it a capital crime!

2012-01-23T08:53:00.000-05:00

Off with their heads is the only way to deal with tax cheats. Of course, I mean that for all tax dodgers not just the federal employees. I am told that God created this nation. It appears that God means us to be His beacon for all on earth. Come to the USA and you will come to Jesus. The USA is rapture central. Right? I don't have all the bullet points quite memorized yet. Hm, death to tax cheats seems to fit the blood atonement model. After all, the Constitution belongs to god. The government belongs to god. Failing to pay taxes is like spitting on a crucifix. Cheating on taxes is a mega-sin! The blasphemy! The heresy! There can be no redemption without blood!

It would also be a convenient, straight forward, litigation free way to reduce the size of federal employment and downsize the military.

Federal employees owe $1.03 billion in unpaid taxes

Shouldn't Repubs want more taxes? I guess they aren't really Christians. Damn, it's the progs and libs who are really down with god and Jesus. After all, it's the Repubs who tell us they tax and spend, but it's for the Lord. Want salvation? Then become a Democrat and save your soul as you pay your taxes.

Snarl Off Tonight

2012-01-23T08:38:00.000-05:00

The past debates were group yak offs until Gringich went real nasty and won South Carolina. His win still gives me the willies. There will two group press conferences, this week. We're supposed to call them debates, but come on, the winner is determined by who gets off. Oops, I started to think about the GOP yak offs. Oh god, I'm starting to see a full frontal of Newt. That's scary. Images, get they hence. Do not think about Newt or you will get mind warts.

Tonight and Thursday night's press conference winner will be determined by who gets off the best sound bite. He who speaks the most nasty, brutish and short will be the GOP's knuckle-dragger bound for the glory and devolution of the nation. After all, it really is the Trog party. They are all reactionaries. If you've been hankering to live like a peasant in 1608, then Trog on to November.

Will Willard prove he's not a nutless Rombot and kick Newt in the balls? Did I just hear someone say "Danger Will Robinson?" Can you imagine the 68 year old fat pudge writhing all over the stage in crotch searing agony. Can you see his drool? Will Santorum sling santorum on Newt? The moderator better bring some plastic sheeting, Rick might get his Gallagher comedy routine on, but he won't be smashing watermelons. Why Newt? Oh, he's the front runner (ambler is more accurate, he is obese) now. Then again we have to wonder if Newt will knock Willard out of garments? Maybe he'll put a cork in the source of santorum. This week, don't miss the two new episodes of "America Embarrasses Itself." Tune in!

I forgot about Dr. Paul. He'll answer his questions and go on to his next third or fourth place finish.

January 23, 2012	9pm ET/8pm CT and 9pm PT on NBC – Live Stream Location: University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida Sponsor: The Tampa Bay Times, NBC News, the National Journal and the Florida Council of 100 Participants: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul
January 26, 2012	8pm ET on CNN Location: Jacksonville, FL Sponsor: CNN, CNN en Español, The Hispanic Leadership Network and The Republican Party of Florida Participants: TBD

Nah, but what if...

2012-01-22T18:44:00.000-05:00

Assume the Willard starts to tank. Assume that Newt continues to soar. Assume that the GOP establishment decides to tank Newt by having a number of favorite sons run in states with lots of delegates. Assume the GOP convention moves towards being brokered. Assume that Newt gets pissed and he then runs a third party race. Assume he forms a real Tea Party, party and becomes its first candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Nah, can't happen, right?

Now just for fun assume that Ron Paul runs as a fourth party. Damn if the GOP can do it, why not the Dems. Assume that Hillary Clinton runs as a fifth party candidate and Dennis Kucinich decides to make it a six party race. Yeah that would be weird, but the real weirdness would be when the seventh party wins the race and Stephen Colbert is elected as the 45th President of the United States.

Talk and Hobble

2012-01-22T12:34:00.002-05:00

For all the hooey Obama has slung at us over insuring all Americans,we forget the he also insured that health care will remain safe in the hands of private insurance companies. I have to wonder about the human outcomes. Will all those millions of uninsured ever get insurance? So far we seem to be longer on talk and shorter on walk (that's Obama normal).

Health overhaul lags in states

Libya Update

2012-01-22T12:25:00.002-05:00

Qadaffi is dead so who gives a rat's about Libya? Come on, as long the oil flows, they can reinstitute the dictatorship or whatever they want. Bets on how long it will take?

Libya suspends transitional government members

So What?

2012-01-22T12:21:00.001-05:00

Gee, Willard is going to release his taxes next Tuesday. So what? It's a bit late. At this point he's given the nomination to Gingrich. It's all unpredictable, but I think Newt can and will savage Willard at will from now until he collects 1,144 delegates. Willard is a robot, a Rombot whose program does not include a single line of GOP populism. When he does that little closed mouth grimacy smile he looks like he's really wants to be anywhere but where he is. God, if by some odd chance, Willard does win, then we'd have two pols who really don't like people running for the most political office in the world.

Romney to release 2010 taxes on Tuesday

LIve by the teat, die by the teat

2012-01-22T12:09:00.000-05:00

Shrinking defense budget worries small businesses

Myth Time

2012-01-22T12:06:00.000-05:00

Myths about Obama

Egypt Goes Islamic

2012-01-22T12:04:00.003-05:00

That's new? Of course not. Islam is the religion over there. Egyptians are not all that different than folks in our redneck states who make sure Jesus is well represented in their assorted state capitols. With respect to the intersection of religion and the state, how much different is South Carolina, Iowa or Utah from Egypt?

Salafists to take a quarter of Egypt’s lower house