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A Chainsaw Christmas

25 December 2008

The attempt at lyrics here was inspired by this story –

The little girl had been good all year.

Even in October when they took her to the “haunted house,” and it got a little scary.

So the mother asked her friend to write the little girl a letter from Santa.

The woman did and laid it on thick about how wonderful she was.

The mom got the letter, addressed it to the little girl and put a stamp on it.

Unfortunately, as soon as that was done, the little girl started to act up.

Some other children came over and she didn’t seem to appreciate her not getting all of the attention.

She was three.

The kids left and mom and dad took her to the mall to see Santa.

As soon as she got on his lap she told him in no uncertain terms,

“I hate Christmas.”

He shook that off, and asked her “Well, then, what do you want for Christmas?”

She told him, “A chainsaw!”

His jaw fell open.

After they got home and put her to bed, the mom said to the dad, “What do we do now? The letter
to Santa is already sealed.”

Then she said, “Maybe I’ll just write something on the back of the envelope.”

She wrote, “Dear Emma Grace, I was very saddened to hear that you hate Christmas. But I forgive
you, and I hope you will be a better little girl than you were last night.”

Then she signed it “Santa.”

And then below his name, she added:

“P.S. No Chainsaw!”

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A Chainsaw Christmas

It’ll be a chainsaw Christmas from the break of dawn

I’ll start with the lights and crap out there on the lawn.

Then I’ll shred the mailbox before I leave the yard

So, I’ll never have to suffer another Christmas card.

Inside, me and my chainsaw will be as ferocious as we can be.

The lights will spark and fizzle as we chainsaw the Christmas tree.

We’ll sit and wait for “It’s a Wonderful Life” and take out the TV.

I hear roaring of the engine, the spinning clatter of the chain

as I take out sweaters and underwear and Johnny’s electric train.

It’ll be a chainsaw Christmas with shredded turkey and splattered ham

Flying mashed potatoes and pureed sprouts with yams

Yes, a chainsaw Chrismas, I’ve had all that I can take

and my chainsaw Christmas ended when I took on the fruitcake.

Palin got gas, not experience, in Ireland (another Palin lie).

11 September 2008

Sarah lies t-shirt at the <a href=Sarah Palin’s foreign policy “experience” just went down another notch.

Palin has also visited one fewer country than originally stated by her Alaska office. Earlier in the week, the governor’s Alaska spokeswoman was quoted as saying Palin had traveled to Iraq, Kuwait, Germany, and Ireland, in addition to Canada. McCain campaign spokeswoman Maria Comella acknowledged yesterday that Ireland was only a refueling stop on a trip in July 2007 to visit Alaskan National Guard troops in Kuwait and Iraq.

Comella said yesterday that the 2007 trip was her only foreign travel apart from visits to Canada.

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The problem the McCain-Bush/Palin-Stevens campaign must be having is keeping pace with attacks to come up with to cover those lies.

Sarah spews out another lie. Pretty soon, someone notices it. When something is said about it, that person is attacked. So far, McCain-Bush/Palin-Stevens has played the preggers card, the gender card and the lipstick card (that’s not including all it mock outrage).

Palin lies sark t-shirt - click on it to go to the WDYC shopSomehow, we, the voting public, are to take everything that pours out of her mouth as gospel. If we have a problem with it, we should keep quiet.

I guess you could say it’s the Emperor New Clothes card.

By the way, have you EVER seen the GOP and its lackeys so concerned about political correctness, women’s rights and respecting a female candidate?


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What does Sarah Palin have against community organizers?New at the WDYC Shop; t-shirts and more “Jesus was a community organzer. Pilate was a governor”

7 September 2008

Jesus was a community organizer T-ShirtSo, what does it all come down to, Sarah?

I guess you have a pretty low opinion of “community organizers”.

Could it be that be that “community organizers tried to oust your corrupt mayoral regime? Could it be that those “community organizers” out there fighting for basic rights and decency get in the way of the desires of your fat cat buddies and neocon handlers?

Sarah Palin, you are a liar and an opportunist. It means you fit right in with the new Republican Party, but we don’t need another vice president of your vile ilk.

Could it be that “community organizers” don’t like paying the massive public debt and clearing up the legal problems you leave in your wake?

By the way, since you admit you don’t know what a vice president does, shooting people in the face is not part of the vice president’s job.

Sorry.


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Once again, lies and bigotry part of GOP agenda…Book of lies for McCain

16 August 2008

Oh, I am sure John McCain is “shocked..Shocked I tell you” that the same dirty tricks Republican operative who slurred John Kerry’s wartime record has published some even more incredible and hate-filled lies about Barack Obama.

If he is shocked, why haven’t we heard anything? I mean his campaign has made an art of taking statements made in poor taste, off-color humor, hate speak and other “gaffes”, apologizing to make them go away and having it accepted. At the same time, McCain knows his appeal to the lowest common denominator has worked and the statement will stick with those for whom it was meant.

So, don’t expect Republicans to line up to denounce this filthy collection of lies and bigotry. If they do, they will shedding crocodile tears that someone who supports them could be so vile (and helpful).

Here is a collection of the record of the who wrote McCain’s Book of Lies:

The latest research on Jerome Corsi:

TOO CRAZY EVEN FOR SWIFTBOAT LIARS

Corsi Was Dropped From Unfit for Command Promotions Because of His Anti-Muslim, Anti-Catholic Comments. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote in an editorial, “Consider the book “Unfit for Command,” put out by a collection of partisans who have now made it acceptable for veterans to attack each other’s war records. The current National Review carries a piece decrying the bookstores that fail to carry “John O’Neill’s book.” This is curious in that the volume has a second author, but Jerome Corsi has dropped from the marketing because he has been revealed as the author of religiously bigoted remarks published on a Web site. Corsi not only considers Muslims to be pederasts, but he took the trouble to slam Catholic priests and refers to the pope as senile. Rather than wonder whether a book written by such a man can be trusted, the marketing tactic has shifted to pretend Corsi doesn’t exist.” [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania), 9/19/04]

O’Neill Tried to Minimize Corsi’s Role in Unfit for Command After Bigoted Comments Came to Light. “In a bit of historical revisionism, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth founder and Unfit for Command co-author John O’Neill distorted Jerome Corsi’s role in co-authoring the book. O’Neill’s backtracking comes on the heels of Media Matters for America’s documentation of Corsi’s history of posting bigoted comments. During appearances on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country on August 10 and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports on August 11, O’Neill downplayed Corsi’s role in writing the book. When asked about Corsi’s involvement, O’Neill asserted, Corsi was “simply an editor and not really any sort of co-author.” But an MMFA item entitled “Unfit book materials show Corsi more than just an ‘editor,’” revealed Corsi to be much more than simply an editor of the anti- Kerry book. [Media Matters Press Release, 8/13/04]

“Anti-Kerry Book Author Apologizes for Slurs.” “One of the authors of a new anti-John Kerry book frequently posted comments on a conservative Web site describing Muslims and Catholics as pedophiles and Pope John Paul II as senile. In chat room entry last year on freerepublic.com, Corsi writes: ‘Islam is a peaceful religion – just as long as the women are beaten, the boys buggered and the infidels are killed.’ In another entry, he says: ‘So this is what the last days of the Catholic Church are going to look like. Buggering boys undermines the moral base and the lawyers rip the gold off the Vatican altars. We may get one more Pope, when this senile one dies, but that’s probably about it’.” [AP, 8/10/04]

ONE PARANOID BOOK OF LIES AFTER ANOTHER

Corsi Wrote a Book Saying Bush’s “Globalist Agenda” Is Leading to a North American Union. “The real reason behind President Bush’s push for immigration reform, says author Jerome R. Corsi, is to unite the United States, Mexico and Canada by erasing borders and creating a “North American Union.” That is the theme of Mr. Corsi’s new book, “The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada,” which says the Bush administration’s ‘globalist agenda’ is leading to a merger of the countries through the implementation of policies and laws to open trade barriers and renovate the highway systems in anticipation of increased travel within the new megastate. Mr. Corsi said a growing number of Americans think the North American Union is being forced onto Americans. Government officials say the idea is no more than an unjustified conspiracy theory spread through the Internet. Mr. Corsi said the impetus of the plan was the creation of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, announced by leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada at Waco, Texas, in 2005.” [Washington Times, 7/18/07]

Conservative Human Events Writer: Corsi Isn’t “Any More Worthy Of Being Taken Seriously Than Those Who Think Jews Rule The World Or The ‘Truthers’ Who Think President Bush Is Responsible For 9/11.” Under the headline “There Isn’t Going to Be a North American Union,” John Hawkins wrote, “Yesterday, Jerome Corsi was prattling on about the North American Union again after Michael Medved deservedly spanked him for spreading conspiracy theories. While I don’t think Corsi is any more worthy of being taken seriously than those who think Jews rule the world or the ‘Truthers’ who think President Bush is responsible for 9/11, I thought I would respond to him one last time. (I think that’s about the fourth time I’ve said that.) Now, why respond again? What’s the point? Well unfortunately, a lot of conservatives consider this conspiracy theory to be so preposterous that they believe it’s beneath them to even bother discussing it, and that leaves Corsi and his ilk to dominate the debate. And since there are a lot of conservatives being taken in by this North American Union nonsense, somebody has got to step up to the plate.” [Human Events Online, 1/10/07]

Editor of Human Events: “I Guess There Are People Who Believe In” Corsi’s North American Union Conspiracy, “But There Are People Who Believe In Bigfoot.” “Corsi plays on growing nationalist fears. He sees a scenario in which a North American Union is born and shares a currency, the “amero.” Even some right-wing standard-bearers regard the fears as over-blown. Jed Babbin, editor of the conservative newspaper Human Events, says: “I guess there are people who believe in [the plan for a North American Union]. But there are people who believe in Bigfoot.” [Newsweek, 12/10/07]

Corsi Wrote a Book Disagreeing With Most Scientists That There is a Limit to Oil. “All his life, Jerome Corsi’s been told that we’re running out of oil. “I remember driving with my dad in a 1952 Plymouth and listening to him talk about the end of oil,” says the 59-year-old New Jersey author. “Hasn’t happened yet, and it’s not going to happen.” What makes him so sure? He doesn’t buy the fossil fuel theory–that oil comes from dead plants and dinosaurs. He believes it comes out of the ground naturally, and that there’s more coming up all the time…Eighteenth century Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov found biological debris in oil and concluded that it must have biological origin. “I’m at the point where the dinosaur theory seems silly,” says Corsi. “You take a pile of cats and you bury them, dig them up 10 years later and you don’t get oil.” “The truth is that there is so much oil around the world that it’s been easy to find,” Corsi says. “We’re awash in oil. There’s more oil today in proven reserves than ever before in human history.” [Western Standard (Alberta), 2/13/06]

Corsi Wrote a Book Claiming Democrats Were Being Corrupted by Iranian Funding and Helping Iranians Get Nukes. “After their bitter campaign 2004 experience with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John Kerry and his fellow Dems aren’t waiting to be shot at again. Yesterday, aides to Sens. Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy jumped all over literary mugger Jerome Corsi, co-author of the Kerry-bashing best seller ‘Unfit for Command.’ They knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the face (metaphorically, anyway) over his next Democrattrashing tome, ‘Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians.’ The book – which Nashville’s Cumberland House Publishing won’t release till next month – claims Democratic pols are being corrupted by Iranian money and helping the nuke-seeking mullahs in Tehran.” [Daily News (New York), 2/24/05]

Corsi Wrote Unfit For Command Although He Was Not a Veteran. “Though not a veteran himself, Corsi co-authored “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry.” [Boston Herald, 1/25/05]

THE WRITINGS OF A PARANOID AND HATEFUL MAN

To read more of his posts, follow this link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?name=jrlc

HATRED AND INTOLERANCE TOWARD ISLAM
“Let’s see exactly why it isn’t the case that Islam is a worthless, dangerous Satanic religion? Where’s the proof to the contrary?”
“Islam is like a virus — it affects the mind — maybe even better as an analogy — it is a cancer that destroys the body it infects.”
ATTACKS ON JOHN KERRY…WITH NO MILITARY BACKGROUND

“First let’s undermine the US in Vietnam. Then we can go for gay marriage. When you get to be Pres. JFK-lite, there will be no end to how much of America we can destroy.”
“Just don’t let anybody put a tablet with the Ten Commandments in front of the school where that girl wants to wear a Muslim scarf — OH, No — then the RATS would complain. Anti- Christian, Anti-American — just like their Presidential Candidate — Jean Francois Kerrie.”
“After he married TerRAHsa, didn’t John Kerry begin practicing Judiasm? He also has paternal gradparents that were Jewish. What religion is John Kerry?”
“Kerry has a long history of Communist supporters.”
“Kerry offers a clear choice. Anti-American hatred.”
“John F-ing Commie Kerry and Commie Ted discuss their plan to hand America over to our nation’s enemies.”
DESPICABLE WRITINGS ON ISLAM SHOW BLIND HATRED

“The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah.” [12/21/01]
“Forget about democracy. Just get out the checkbook and put everybody in Iraq on the payroll. That’s all they want. Pay them first, democracy (or some b.s. Islamic version of it) will follow.” [6/18/03]
“Mohammed-al-Mohammed proclaiming guidance from his hate-god allah-i’ll-be-da*ned-allah kills another dozen women and children by convincing a teenager to blow him/her/self up for victory in another world. Haven’t we all had enough of this stupid “religion”?” [5/17/03]
“Another Mohammed-al-Mohammed Islam religion of hate maniac bites the dust. (Top Iraqi army official surrenders”) [5/17/03]
“Certainly can’t be one of the Islam is a Religion of Peace hijackers?” [Bus Hijacking Near Bremen, Germany] [4/25/03]
“One more Mohammed al-Mohammed el-Mohammed Mohammed iced — great. ” [Car Bomb Kills Egyptian Islamist in Lebanon Camp] [3/1/03]
“Let them build mosques — seems about all the Germans are worth these days.”( Germany’s Economic Woes) [2/6/03]
“Islam – the Legacy of Clinton.” (AFP: Two Chechens with belts of explosives stopped in Moscow) [12/24/02]
“Islam is like a virus — it affects the mind — maybe even better as an analogy — it is a cancer that destroys the body it infects. A throwback, Medieval, anti-modern, anti-science, anti-knowledge doctrine.” [11/26/02]
“Forget it — the only thing these Islamonazis understand is force — time to nuke the Temple of the Dome and send this “religion” back to Hell, the place it came from. ” [11/17/02]
“Go for the Oil Fields. Set the mad dog lawyers loose!!! Let’s ROLL!!! Take even the diapers from their heads. Remember — according to the Koran, Islam approves of lying as long as it is to non-believers. Saudis are lying killers who harbor killers.” [11/17/02]
“All-ah be damned. What took him so long?” [11/14/02]
“Islam is like a virus — it infects the minds of the believers. Islamonazis are, unfortunately, the logical extreme of the “religion.”" [11/13/02]
“Good plan — raise OBL from the dead every time we get ready to ice another Islamonazi — ON TO BAGHDAD. LET’S ROLL !!!” [11/13/02]
“Nuke the ISLAM-nazis and let’s move on. No more MUSLAMO-fascists!!” [11/10/02]
“Islam has declared World War III against everything non-Muslim. ” [10/28/02]
” When will the liberal media wake up to see that Islam has declared a World War against everyting non-Muslim. May Allah be damned to the hell Muslims wish to create on earth.” [10/25/02]
” Are there any Islamic “clerics” who aren’t violent?” [10/20/02]
” May Islam join the garbage heap of worthless religions we have grown beyond. Any believers of Hermes out there?” [10/13/02]
“Muslims regularly trash religious sites holy to others. Jerusalem has a series of sites the Muslims have wrecked (e.g., the bus station they placed below the “Golgatha” site honored by many as an alternative location for the Christ’s crucifixion). Seems like the Muslim principle that it is okay to lie to infidels. Very different mindset — no respect for anything non-Muslim” [9/30/02]
“ALL Arab MUSLIMS lie (the Koran endorses lying to infidels, namely us) — none of these names are real — Abdallah is really Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad readily altered to include Atta or Haj or whatever else they decide to call themselves for the moment.” [7/10/02]
“Gotta love this stupid religion, ISLAM — Makes the Nazis look like a Sunday stroll in the park. ISLAM — it’s gotta be straight from HELL. Just the Devil in disguise — that seems to about sum it up.” [6/14/02]
“Arabs lie. ISLAM preaches lying to Infidels. Fingerprints don’t lie. Boo-hoo — time to demand IDs to check into hotels and passport registration for all foreign nationalists who want hotel rooms. Also, ID checks and passport registrations for anyone renting an apartment.” [6/5/02]
“Let’s get rid of all the Saudi Arabians — that would have gone a long way to preventing Sept. 11.” [6/5/02]
“Yet another violent raghead named Mohammad. What’s new? Islam looks like a cancer, a plague, a deadly virus. No doctor worries about the free speech rights of cancer cells.” [6/5/02]
“Yet another Little Islamic Man of Hate. Is there any other kind?” [5/31/02]
“The only thing the Islamic world understands is force. Let’s destroy a few of these hate schools and start targeting these mad preachers of hate.” [5/22/02]
“Let’s see — who is it not politically correct to profile? Islam the “Peaceful Religion” whose Fundamental believers are insane, suicidal killers that hate America and all democratic societies? Or Arabs whose racial hatred of Jews drives them to create secret societies of terrorists sworn to eliminate Israel and all states who support Israel?” [5/20/02]
“Finally a way to end Jihad. Maybe the whole Arab world will blow itself up — live by the sword, die by the sword — seems an ancient formula. Bye, Bye Jihad.” [5/20/02]
“I repeat: Muslims, cancer cells. It’s hard to tell the difference. No doctor worries about the First Amendment rights of cancer cells. The therapy is to eliminate cancer cells so the body can go on living. Great to repeat it — keeps the thread going. Let the Muslims stop preaching terror and I’ll revise my view. Meanwhile, Muslims, cancer cells is an equation that works.” [5/20/02]
“May all these Arab maniacs explode and kill themselves — next time, maybe they will take Arab*RAT with them. Best solution to the homicide bombers is that they eliminate themselves, with as little loss to civilians as possible.” [5/20/02]
“I repeat: Muslims, cancer cells. It’s hard to tell the difference. No doctor worries about the First Amendment rights of cancer cells. The therapy is to eliminate cancer cells so the body can go on living.” [5/19/02]
“Muslims, cancer cells. It’s hard to tell the difference. No doctor worries about the First Amendment rights of cancer cells. The therapy is to eliminate cancer cells so the body can go on living.” [5/17/02]
“File under the category “Islam is a worthless, violent CULT, not a Religion.”[3/28/02]

CORSI HAS LOST TOUCH WITH EVEN THE FALSE REALITY HE LIVES IN

FALSE: “We find there is even uncertainty whether Stanley Ann and Obama Senior were ever married in a church.” [p. 44]
REALITY:CORSI ADMITS ON THE SAME PAGE THAT OBAMA’S PARENTS HAD A LEGAL AMERICAN MARRIAGE

TIME Reported On Obama’s Parents’ Divorce Records. TIME reported, “On Feb. 2, 1961, several months after they met, Obama’s parents got married in Maui, according to divorce records.” [TIME, 4/9/08]

Corsi Cites Time Story To Say “Divorce Papers Confirm…” Corsi wrote, “Other sources say divorce papers confirm that a civil ceremony was held on Maui, on February 2, 1961, when Ann was three months pregnant with Obama.” Corsi cites the April 9th, 2008 Time story for his reference to Obama’s parents’ wedding. [p. 44]

EVEN A LITTLE BASIC RESEARCH DISPROVES CORSI’S FABRICATIONS

FALSE: “Senator Obama could claim to be a citizen of Kenya, as well as of the United States. Obama can trace his heritage back to his mother, who was born in the United States and was an American citizen when he was born, and to his father, who was born in Kenya and was a Kenyan citizen when Obama was born.” [p 103]
REALITY: OBAMA CANNOT CLAIM KENYAN CITIZENSHIP

Kenya Does Not Allow Dual Citizenship Applications for People Over 21 Years of Age. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management writes of Kenya, “DUAL CITIZENSHIP: Not recognized except for persons under 21 years old.” The Kenyan Constitution writes, “A person who, but for the proviso to section 87 (1), would be a citizen of Kenya by virtue of that subsection shall be entitled, upon making application before the specified date in such manner as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Kenya: Provided that a person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years (other than a woman who is or has been married) may not himself make an application under this subsection, but an application may be made on his behalf by his parent or guardian.” [U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Kenyan Constitution]

Even if Obama Had Applied for Dual Citizenship Before He Was 21–Which He Did Not–It Would Have Expired. “A person who, upon the attainment of the age of twenty-one years, is a citizen of Kenya and also a citizen of some other country other than Kenya shall, subject to subsection (7), cease to be a citizen of Kenya upon the specified date unless he has renounced his citizenship of that other country, taken the oath of allegiance and, in the case of a person who was born outside Kenya, made and registered such declaration of his intentions concerning residence as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.” [Kenyan Constitution]

INVENTING WILD CONSPIRACIES ABOUT ANYTHING HE CAN

Corsi Wrote a Book Claiming Democrats Were Being Corrupted by Iranian Funding and Helping Iranians Get Nukes. “After their bitter campaign 2004 experience with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John Kerry and his fellow Dems aren’t waiting to be shot at again. Yesterday, aides to Sens. Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy jumped all over literary mugger Jerome Corsi, co-author of the Kerry-bashing best seller ‘Unfit for Command.’ They knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the face (metaphorically, anyway) over his next Democrattrashing tome, ‘Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians.’ The book – which Nashville’s Cumberland House Publishing won’t release till next month – claims Democratic pols are being corrupted by Iranian money and helping the nuke-seeking mullahs in Tehran.” [Daily News (New York), 2/24/05]

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This is the guy who helped a deserting drunk defeat a decorated war veteran on a question of valor – something about which Corsi knows nothing.

So, John McCain DOES think we are a “nation of whiners”! Gramm is back.

14 August 2008

Lookie here as the Republicans at a luxury resort, Phil Gramm, the man who said we are a “nation of whiners” rejoins the McCain campaign.

I guess when John is with his rich homeboys at a safe resort area, he can allow he truth to slip out.

August 14, 2008, 5:21 pm
Phil Gramm Attends McCain Campaign Briefing

Laura Meckler reports from Aspen, Colo., on the presidential race.

Ousted John McCain campaign co-chairman Phil Gramm is back with the campaign’s top advisers this weekend, as the campaign gathers top supporters for a series of briefings in scenic Aspen, Colo.

The former Texas senator stepped down from his position after he said in an interview last month that the country is in a “mental recession” and that we had become a “nation of whiners.”

Gramm was seated in the front row, with other top supporters, this afternoon as McCain addressed the Aspen Institute in a “conversation” with Walter Isaacson, president of the institute and a former editor of Time magazine.

Russert is gone; hypocrisy lingers on

15 June 2008

This is the first Sunday when Tim Russert will not be presiding over “Meet the Press”.
Whilst many mourn the passage of Tim Russert, others are making political hay over it one way or the other.
Many of the “progressives” who have not had one nice thing to say about Russert EVER now make “we have had our differences” posts eulogizing him. Let me make it clear I am not condemning each and every person who has posted with heartfelt sympathies.
I am talking about those who turn their “emotions” on a dime for cheap, callous politics. Those who praise Caesar whilst wiping his blood from their knives.
It is to retch. It would be better that they stay silent than soil the landscape with their hollow praise.
The most obscene and Bill O’Reilly like example is one who could naught but spit venom at Russert did the following.

  • 1. made a saccharin post about Russert, half absolving him of his “sins”
  • 2. recommended his book “Big Russ” as a fitting memorial and Father’s Day gift.
  • 3. put Russert’s book on the poster’s amazon.com site to make a few bucks off the hypocrisy and crocodile tears.

Rest in peace, Mr. Russert. I seldom watched, praised or perhaps even appreciated your work. According to your friends, most colleagues and a wall filled with awards, you did all right for yourself.
Cheers!

Texas Dem’s: Can we silence the majority? Yes we can! Shut out seniors, the poor & single moms? Yes we can!

11 June 2008

One Citizen’s Opinion by Lee Dunkelberg

Texas Democrats in convention in Austin last weekend passed on giving the people a true voice in picking presidential candidates.

Though they voted to “study” the system, basically, the Dems let stand the precinct conventions, which effectively give most voters only two thirds of a vote for their presidential candidate.

Granted, we are told the system will be studied. However, I sense more of an “out of sight, out of mind” coalition here.

As it stands right now, in order to get your full vote for your presidential candidate in the Texas Democratic Party, you are two-timed by the party. You cast your vote at the polls, and you get two-thirds of a vote. Then, you have to attend the precinct convention after the polls close to qualify for your remaining third. No matter, if your job, family obligations, physical condition, age, illness or any other reason prevents you from attending.

[blog editor note - I caucused for neither Sen. Obama or Sen. Clinton.]

It comes as no surprise, as the system was set up to make sure the vote of the majority could be “corrected” by party loyalists. Now, the Obamgelicals head the party machinery. The precinct conventions allowed them to subvert the majority vote on election day, and they are unlikely to undo a system that has served them so well.

See what a difference a successful (though totally mismanaged) caucus makes.

This is from The Dallas Morning News following the senatorial district and county conventions (the ones following the election-night precinct conventions fiasco).

After watching a tedious credentials fight at his convention in Dallas, Sen. Royce West [blog editor note - Sen. West is an Obama supporter] said something needs to be done to avoid a repeat in four years.
“If we’re going to keep the caucus system, there should be an extended time period between the primary and the senatorial conventions,” he said.
“You program a period of time where credential challenges are determined.”
Mr. Richie [blog editor note - Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie, an Obama supporter] said he anticipates a vigorous debate at the state convention in June over resolutions to change – or scrap – the caucus process.

Here is what happened at the state convention, this time from the San Antonio Express-News.

In an effort to avoid a convention fight over changing the system, party Chairman Boyd Richie named a special committee headed by state Sen. Royce West, an Obama supporter from Dallas, to report any needed changes to the state convention in two years.
West defeated efforts to debate the caucus system, which could have resulted in an immediate vote. West appealed for delegates to allow his committee to conduct public hearings around Texas so more Democrats could participate in the discussion. West prevailed on his motion to table debate, 6,042 to 1,637.
West said avoiding the fight this year is an important part of healing the party for a unified front for Obama in the fight against presumptive Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain in November.
“There’s strong feelings all over the place about this issue,” West said.
“The issue is a visceral, divisive issue that would not be appropriate to take up at this convention.”
Delegates got a party questionnaire on what changes should be made and got the chance to vent at a hearing that was transcribed for study later. Some on the convention floor had signs that read: “End the Texas Two-Step. Count Votes Equally. Primary System Only!”

Many supporters of the precinct convention offer the Orwellian argument that less democracy is more democracy, as the conventions are a way to pump up the grassroots. It brings more people into the fold. It rewards those who care enough to know the secret handshake of the party, the real Democrats.

They, of course, ignore the fact that there is no problem holding the conventions, passing whatever resolutions they want, deciding who will be delegates to the next step in the convention process and then adjourn with hugs and Kumbaya if they want. That way, the party fertilizes its grassroots without denying a full vote to most of its members.

To quote a popular phrase – “Can we fix it? Yes, we can!”

However, unlike Bob the Builder, I fear it is unlikely Obamgelicals will fix this obvious block to complete openess. Hope and change will only go so far.

Sen. Clinton will be condemned for not begging for mercy

5 June 2008

I never was a supporter, but I was interested i what the campaign was up to. So, I got on the mailing list.
I fear this will not be enough for many of Sen. Barack Obama’s supporters. They will settle for nothing less than shaving Sen. Hillary Clinton’s head and parading her through town as the French did with women “collaborators” once France was liberated from the Nazis.
One major difference here is that, while many of the Obama camp would like to join in on the shaming ritual, they fully expect Sen. Clinton to do it to herself for penance.
Our long national nightmare is not over.

Hillary for President

Dear
Lee,

I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will
hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my
campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and
touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people
working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar
you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell
you.

On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and
my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but
as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to
the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.

I have
said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he
were the Democratic Party’s nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.

When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting
into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a
voice in the White House.

I made you — and everyone who supported me —
a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I’m going
to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.

I
will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind
Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to
do otherwise.

I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger
America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength,
and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will
always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.

In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with
hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by
your thoughtfulness and kindness.

I can never possibly express my
gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.

Sincerely,
Hillary
Hillary Rodham Clinton

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“Katrina” Bush lectures Myanmar on disaster response by derDunkelRover — Revver Online Video Sharing Network

8 May 2008

Boy George “Katrina” Bush never misses a chance to use his stick and stick diplomacy.

from revver.com posted with vodpod

The video is of a bill signing. It honors the opposition leader under house arrest by the Myanmar regime. Bush stubbornly refuses to call the country by the name picked by the military rulers, preferring “Burma”. He wants us to believe it’s part of his clever diplomacy – ignore them and they will go away. However, it probably has more to do with him trying to pronounce Myanmar.
At one point, he slaps the ruling junta of Myanmar in the face; then, he says, “let’s be friends”. Then, he says you’re scum, but we want to help.
Let’s see I am the leader of a country, and I am not very liked in the world. What do I do when I have a disaster and all these people are offering help? I refuse much of the help without comment. I refuse food, even though people need food, and plan to pay to store it in warehouses until I can ship it out of country. I refuse visas for people who want to bring in medical and disaster relief.
“I” am Boy George Bush. His “Burmese” counterparts are acting much in the same way he did – too little to late and even then not nearly enough.
Heckuva job, Bush!

Burgess calls GOP leadership “stranglers, thieves and pedophiles”.

3 March 2008

Who Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX26) was so discerning?

This comes via Examiner.com -

Republicans short a few rogues in their gallery?

The congressional GOP must be on the way back up, thanks to, what one member called the purge of “stranglers, thieves and pedophiles.”

At a book discussion Monday night at the National Press Club, political language guru Frank Luntz, who often advises Republicans, said that, last fall, “leadership made me apologize for saying they were in trouble” heading into the elections.

That’s when Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, piped up from the back of the room.

“You upset the stranglers, thieves and pedophiles,” he said to much laughter. read more

Ok, Rep. Burgess, the only problem here is sorting out who is who. Care to enlighten us? If it was “last fall”, then the author was talking about the current GOP leadership. So, that would be, in Rep. Burgess’ case Minority Leader John A. Boehner (Ohio), House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) and House Republican Conference Chairman Adam H. Putnam (Fla). Which is which? Or did he mean Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)?

Of course, he could have meant Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) or read more