Calling all Americans

Well guys were bring'n those scary terrorist to justice in Manhattan. Now in my mind, I think this is a giant step in the right direction. The military did their job, time for "We the People" to do ours. Ya bring the damn evidence, the accused has the right to challenge that evidence, and gets judged by a jury of their peers. This is pretty fundamental proud American stuff. What, if we don't do this Al Qaeda crazies aren't going to attack us anymore? All those who want to follow that logic, please take the next plane leaving this country. We are Americans, and I'm sorry if you didn't get the memo, but that means we live by those rule, and we are willing to die for those simple beliefs. "A Nation of Laws, not Men" I'm frankly shocked that Republicans especially those representing the great state of Texas are starting to sound like a bunch of pansies. Time for the folks on the Republican side of aisle to quit hiding under their desks, and stand up. Frankly you people are starting to embarrass the rest of us.
Americans ain't scared of jack shit!
If you want to kneel down and beg for mercy from a bunch of mad men?
Speak up, so the guys buried in Arlington can hear ya.

High Time

Sorry it's been so long gang, been busy making a living; nuf said.

Watched the the town hall the other day and was kinda taken back by the glib attitude of our President, when it comes to the legalization of the evil weed and it's effect on our economic state. So my question to the President would be what's so funny? I mean seriously, who are you trying to impress with your cavalier pooh poohing of the subject, of the legalization of marijuana. Mitch McConnell from KY or Eric Cantor from VA, or maybe that drug addled gas bag Rush Limbaugh from the great state of, going to work under the influence?

The truth is Mr. President that no one is laughing anymore; at least not the fiscal conservative you represent. Go in to any convenience store near your home and every product but the pot is available just behind the counter. The fore mentioned Republican Senator and Representative are from states that garner significant revenue from tobacco, and as far as Rush, who cares. We just raised the tax on tobacco, to fund children's health-care in this nation, what moral high ground are you trying to hold? I think the vast majority of people in the US favor legalization and the ones who don't will complain all day long, but will cash the check gained from the revenue without batting an eye.

Well at this point in history we have to call Reaganomics war on the middle-class a success. Congratulations all who participated, the American economy is in a shambles and the red Chinese are dictating both our foreign and fiscal policy. Those of us who are struggling to raise are kids and hold on to our homes are tired Mr. President. We have grown old watching government grow and expand without any benefit to average working people. Enough with the jokes, quit kicking the can down the road, tell the folks up the street to just legalize the damn plant, and tax it. Unless of course you intend to sprout wings and start laying golden eggs to fund the commons, we're going to need the revenue from marijuana to go forward as a nation.

Clueless John

Well the much bally who'd VP debate is on tap for tonight. I know I'm quite fearful Gwen Ifill will walk on to the stage in St Louis, and start reading excerpts from the manuscript of her new book. In the background I can listen to Morning Joe Scarborough, go through his mantra for the umpteenth time, imploring McCain just to float Palin between Limbaugh and Hannity. Righttt... So your going to have the first female Republican VP get interviewed by two guys who pride themselves on being the unheard voice of misogynist nationwide, exclusively? Possibly it hasn't occurred to Joe these guys don't have a big fan base with women. Make no mistake, Katie Couric was speaking for a lot of women, when she asked the question she did. A female has to be twice as clever, and work twice has hard to succeed in most male dominated professions. The Monday morning quaterbacks will point this out November 5th. Why did McCain handle Palin the way he did? Perhaps the answer lies in McCains background with women. Nice to have around, better if their blond, even better if their rich. Possibly he didn't bother to ask working women of America, if this is the image they want portrayed of who they are. By the way, they cast 54% of the votes in the last Presidential election. Shara Palin should have been allowed to walk straight in to the volley of the press, much like Hillary has. Sure she'd make some mistakes, but she'd also learn. A tip, pick up the phone and call Saturday Night Live. A five minute skit with Shara Palin and Tina Fey could turn this to the advantage of the Republicans overnight. Or did we forget how Hillary handled this kind of thing, it ain't rocket science folks. Good luck, Straight Talk John.

Too Smart

So once again the punditry of the US media has found a fresh reason to be skeptical of Barrack Obama. Sure the kids not familiar with all the Washington Hot Spots. Valid point. Now the new fear is, he maybe too smart. Now call me crazy, but didn't these jokers float" The guy you can have a beer with idea", with the last president. The opinion polls bear out the fruit of that idea, no thanks.
OB is just to uppity for a black man? Shouldn't have worked so hard in college? I think we have crossed the Rubicon people. The opinion media, especially conservative doesn't have a clue. McCain's latest complaint, he's not getting any news coverage. From what I've seen, he should count his blessings. The ad shown on the news, all but tried to paint Obama as a lazy shuffling negro, hanging out at crack head park, playing basketball all day. He didn't have time to visit the troops at Remstein, because he was to busy playing basketball. Funny, the footage from the ad was shot by the Army in Kuwait. Showed the good Senator from IL playing hoops with the troops. The Bastard! How dare he break up the monotony of the guys, far from friends and family, with a friendly game of Bball. Sometimes I can't believe just how bad news has become in the States. Listen to two different round table discussions, bring up the fact that the ad was false, and misleading. Hey, but never mind, will this one get the flat stupid vote swung in favor of the Republican candidate. I hold out hope for the future fellow travelers, and I like the counterintuitive tack of the folks at MSNBC. There's a market for pointing out just how bad news has become. Still waiting on the straight talk express people.
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The End

As the grey dawn breaks, on the Clinton campaign. Hillary is faced with the unthinkable, she lost. Punditry in the Media will claim well if only she did this, if only she did that. Well this blogger thinks she did nothing wrong. I think as a nation we outgrew the Clinton's. Hey, great couple a few issues, join the club. They held the White House for 8 years and did a fair job. They followed conventional wisdom, wrote books, gave speeches and Hillary makes a damn good Senator. The problem is the nation, as a collective made a decision. We no longer think greed is good. We are taking a look around and saying, "Wow we really screwed this up." We really have only one person to thank for that revelation. George W Bush. Without this naked example of everything that is wrong with America, staring into the Nation, and letting us all know he thinks were all dumber than a box of rocks. We probably would have just kept on walking down the garden path that led to Fascism. GW became the tipping point. So as a nation we grow a little wiser with age. Let the History Books recall this time. "We the People" decided we didn't like the image in the mirror. We all decided it was time for a makeover.

Well were in full spin cycle now folks. McCain has been anointed by the dancing chimp in the White House, and Barrack and Hillary are going to suck the air out of the room till Weather-vane McCain suffocates. It's almost laughable to watch as the cable news, pretend to care, what the chief blogger at the conservative blog Townhall.com thinks. I was watching Morning Joe, and listened as this half wit, bragged about the pick the Republicans had made for the party. Man thing sure do change in a week. Thank God, I wasn't there to pose some questions to the little grinning flip flopper. "Sir how often do you completely change your point of view, and is it before or after the money men at the RNC call you." What nobody, on right-wing anything is talking about is, you just got played by the Democrats. Yup, remember the talking point how the Clinton's suck all the air out of the room. Surprise win or lose Hillary is playing the game, and playing it well. Oh goodness, it'll be after April 15th before I can get you a copy of my tax returns. So what do you think the big buzz in the media will be, John McCain's managery of pets? Yes that's right folks now it's going to be the controversy between Barrack and Hillary over those mysterious tax returns. Hey, live with it guys you just armed and positioned the most formidable weapon you have in the enemies hands.

Hypocrisy Betrayed

Folks, were deep into the world beyond the looking glass these days. The Iranian president comes to New York and the whole corporate media goes bonkers. Is he the reincarnation of Hitler ? I say not, Ahmadinejad is a Holocaust denier, apparently also a gay denier and also a politician. The last speaks to the first two, by the fact, just like our president, the Iranian president has a base too. What is disturbing to this writer, they're not all that different.
The protection of marriage act was heralded as a stroke of genius, by political pundits in the 2004 election cycle. In other words for the first time in the history of this republic we would seek to take rights away from citizens..ie gay peoples rights don't exist. The laughter of the Columbia student body, I think stripped away the thin veneer behind which the Iranian president sought to hide. His expression betrayed the truth, he didn't believe what he was saying. As we slog ahead toward the presidential elections of 08, I hope the students of Columbia will remember the valuable lesson they learned. If it doesn't make sense, it is not true.