5/15/2008 - Love is Love is Love... |
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I saw this over at Bob Cesca's blog who nicked it from Andrew Sullivan's blog..
I just think this is such a great photo, one that captures the moment exquisitely. 
Gay American Lee Moulton reacts to a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. By Justin Sullivan/Getty I'm just sayin'... |
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5/15/2008 - Supporting the Troops, Bush Administration Style | |
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"Hey! We're getting too many soldiers and marines with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and it's costing us too much money! So, please, stop diagnosing it!!!"
That's the suggestion given by a VA hospital’s PTSD program coordinator in March.  ("R/O" means "rule out".) If, like my wife, you have a loved one who spent time in Iraq and is now home dealing with PTSD on a minute-by-minute basis, this should outrage you to the point of wanting to stomp someone. I think the best part is where they say "We really don't have time to do the extensive testing that should be done to determine PTSD." So, fuck it, just downgrade it to Adjustment Disorder and save us all a lot of time and money, eh? Jon Soltz, an Iraq War Veteran and Chairman of VoteVets.org says this about it:
Support the troops my ass. This is despicable. The fucker that sent that email needs to be immediately fired and then thrown to the masses for some "citizen justice". I'm just pissed... | |
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5/14/2008 - If Ya Can't Beat 'Em, Make Shit Up | |||
 John Boehner, the leader of the House Republicans and all-around tool, has gone above and beyond his usual toolness this week. This mannequin wannabe is pathetic. We knew that. Now he's issuing press releases to prove it.
Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine published an interview with Barack Obama this week. It's a great interview (CLICK HERE) in which he clarifies his positions on Hamas, Israel, and the Middle East in general. His comments are thoughtful and intelligent as usual. For example:
Yesterday, Boehner the Tool released a statement in which he said this:
Notice how he threw in the Carter reference even though Obama had actually rejected that characterization in the interview???! Really, though, anybody with two brain cells to bang together KNOWS that the "constant sore" he was talking about is the conflict between Israel and Palestine. But, of course, that doesn't stop a partisan fool like Boehner from twisting words and comments in epic fashion to shape his own ridiculous spin. Another Republican tool got in on the action, too. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, said "It is truly disappointing that Senator Obama called Israel a ‘constant wound,’ ‘constant sore,’ and that it ‘infect[s] all of our foreign policy.’ These sorts of words and characterizations are the words of a politician with a deep misunderstanding of the Middle East and an innate distrust of Israel." What a couple of complete douchebags. Is it contagious in that party or what? Anyway, the funny ending to this story is the comment on Boehner's comments that Jefferey Goldberg put on his website under the title "The Honorable Mr. Boehner":
Owned! "Mendacious, duplicitous, gross, and omically refutable". Love that! I'm just sayin'... | |||
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5/13/2008 - Creating an Atmosphere of Getting Yo Ass Impeached |
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Remember the Attorney General douchebag that I wrote about that basically apologized for creating an atmosphere of fucking his secretary?
Well, he's about to get his ass impeached since he won't step down. Solly Cholly. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Oh, and get the fuck out of here. I'm just sayin'... |
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5/13/2008 - Governor Douchebag |
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This is the successor to Jesse Ventura's legacy?
Minnesota governor, talking on a radio show, says wife won't have sex with him. Dude, you're clearly such a douchebag that you deserve not to get laid. Sheezo. I'm just sayin'... |
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5/12/2008 - It's Time For...The Republican Freak-Out! |
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THIS is why the Republicans are freaking out. This li'l vid rawt heah spells it out very, very clearly.
I'm just sayin'... |
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5/12/2008 - Me: Member of the 700 Mile Club |
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w00t!!! I finally am a member of the 700 Mile Club. And, no, for all you pervs out there, my wife and I did NOT have sex in the stratosphere. I got 700 miles on one tank of gas with my snazzy VW Jetta wagon with a TDI (diesel) engine. I have 173,000 miles on this car and it's now getting the best gas mileage it's ever gotten. 49.2 miles per gallon this last tank.
Had to take a photo for posterity:  Now I can post to the 700 Mile Club thread over at the TDI Club forums. *polishes fingernails, inspects* Takes a bit of the sting out of the $63 it took to fill up the tank with 14.3 gallons of gas... (BTW, most of the knuckleheads on that forum getting 800+ miles have modified their engines and/or have vented their tanks to get more gas in them. Mine is unmodified.) I'm just sayin'... |
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5/10/2008 - Excuse Me, But Eww? |
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First of all, Joe Lieberman, so-called "Democrat", is coming to John McCain's defense? And then says THIS???:
Ewww. Ewww. And ewww again. *shudder* I'm just sayin'... |
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5/10/2008 - Al Gore: Punk'd!!! |
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I guess you if ya can't beat 'em, you do the audio version of Photoshop on 'em!
Al Gore did an interview with NPR recently. Now a right-wing media shill organization has taken bits of the interview and literally spliced them together out of order to make it sound like Gore is blaming the cyclone in southeast Asia on global climate change (which he, of course, did not.) Not only that, Drudge and Fox News picked up on the clip and are replaying it for their loyal followers. And, of course, this "fair and balanced" "reporting" is swallowed hook, line and sinker by them since they hate Gore so, so much. It's a pathetic statement of the weakness of your side of the argument when you have to resort to these types of bullshit tactics. You'd think Al Gore was personally responsible for global climate change or something. Sheesh... I'm just sayin'... |
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5/9/2008 - Finally, Finally, Finally |
What a long strange, insulting, demeaning, depressing, discouraging trip it's been.
 All those negative adjectives I attribute to Hillary Clinton, someone who I used to admire and respect. No longer. Fortunately, this trip has ALSO been inspiring, encouraging, exciting and intoxicating. All those adjectives I attribute to Barack Obama. As soon as it is clinched, I'll be calling the local Obama office to see what kind of help they could use. And make a donation. And get a bumpersticker. And get a yard sign. And buttons. And balloons. And whatever else they have. Finally. I'm just sayin'... |
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5/9/2008 - It Just Gets Worser and Worser | |
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I think you'd be hard put to find anyone these days that doesn't think we ought to be putting more resources into stimulating the search for viable alternative energy sources in this country. Properly done, in fact, we could be a global leader and could begin a Green Wave of exports, weaning the world (and ourselves) away from fossil fuels.
Well, I think we've found someone: George W. Bush and the Republicans in Congress. I know this is hard to believe but these clueless sunza bitches have actually managed to torpedo two of the most viable sources of clean, renewable, non-greenhouse gas-emitting energy we have going right now: solar energy and wind energy. From Thomas Friedman at the New York Times:
Sometimes it's all I can do to keep from sputtering and having my brain go *sizzle* *snap* *zeeeeerp*... I'm just sayin'... | |
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5/8/2008 - The Dripping Stench of Desperation |
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The Clinton campaign is now in self-destruct mode. With all other options now removed from the table, they are now in their death throes and her latest gambit is nauseating. In an OPEN LETTER TO BARACK OBAMA, she is basically accusing him of being responsible for the disenfranchisement of Democratic voters in Michigan and Florida.
I am one of those disenfranchised voters and I'm pissed about it. But I am NOT pissed at Barack Obama. He rejected a privately-funded primary and completely agree with that. The potential for misconduct in something like that is much too high and there would ALWAYS be a cloud over an election paid for by private donors. But Clinton's using this in the same sickening, pandering fashion she used the Gas Tax Holiday idea she stole from John McCain. It's the pathetic and shameful act of a desperate campaign. Here's my Letter to the Editor to the Detroit Free Press about it. I wanted to write a much longer letter but short ones are more likely to get printed. It's a shame she'll never get to read it. I'm just disgusted... In response to Senator Clinton's “open letter” to Senator Obama: Senator Clinton, I am one of the disenfranchised Democratic voters in Michigan that you wrote about. I, too, feel my vote was stolen. Unlike you, however, I do not blame Senator Obama, I blame the Democratic leadership in Michigan. I vividly remember YOU saying last October, “It's clear, this election they're having is not going to count for anything.” Like Senator Obama, I think a privately-funded primary is a Bad Idea. Your bizarre blaming of Senator Obama for this debacle is absurd and a desperate act by a hopeless candidacy. Please end this charade and pull out of the race. And, in the future, please do not speak for me for your own political gain. |
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5/8/2008 - Sporks Gone Wild! |
A little break from my obsessive political blathering...
 Heh, heh... I'm just sayin'... |
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5/8/2008 - Patriotism is a Wonderful Thing, Is It Not? |
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It's so, so hard not to get worn down by the pure and unadulterated corruption, greed, and lies that permeate the Bush administration. Sometimes it feels like you just get kinda numb to it all.
Then you read shit LIKE THIS and it just sends your hackles up yet again. Patriotism as a concept means nothing anymore. And you can thank Bush, Cheney and all their neocon minions for that. Fuckers. I'm just sayin'... |
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5/8/2008 - Election Manipulation, Lame Duck Style |
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And THIS, of course, surprises no one.
Yes, yes, yes. Mr. Campaign Reform himself, gaming the system and getting his little brother to help things along. Did I say "shameful" earlier? Yes, I did. I'm gonna say it again: shameful. I'm just sayin'... |
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5/8/2008 - If the Next Primary is W.Virginia, It Must Be Time To Act Racist | |
Are you fucking kidding me???!
"working, hard-working, white Americans"??? Did she actually say that? Did she actually use that phrase in 2008? Wow. That's below even her. Or so I would have thought. Shameful. UPDATE: Just read THIS over at The Huffington Post (from Mike Barnicle): "Now, faced with a mathematical mountain climb that even Stephen Hawking could not ascend, the Clintons -- and it is indeed both of them -- are just about to paste a bumper sticker on the rear of the collapsing vehicle that carries her campaign. It reads: VOTE WHITE." Nailed it. I'm just sayin'... | |
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5/7/2008 - This Is Gonna Be Fun! | |
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Political whore that I am, I was up until 1 a.m. last night watching MSNBC's reporting on the election returns from Indiana and North Carolina. All the way up until I finally turned off the tv, there was actually an outside chance that Obama might actually win Indiana as well as North Carolina. When you consider that Rush Limbaugh, the Hugely Fat Rich Ultra-Conservative White Talk Show HostTM, has been running a campaign called "Operation Chaos" for the past couple of months trying keep Hillary's campaign alive, it's arguable that Obama probably actually DID win Indiana. (Actually the results suggest that the HFRU-CWTSHTM didn't have an impact.)
As it turned out, she actually won by only 1.9%. If she stays in it after this point, she can kiss her political ass goodbye because she will be seen as the person who tried to torpedo the Democratic nominee. It's time for her to go back to Congress, write herself up some nice Gas Tax Holiday legislation and let Barack Obama begin the process of wiping up the floor with John McCain. I know, I know, it's cocky to say stuff like this now; we have the whole summer and part of the fall to go. But, Jesus, McCain is now running against nobody and STILL can't get more than 80% of the vote!!! In the last three primaries: Pennsylvania McCain - 73% Huckabee - 11% Paul - 16% North Carolina McCain - 73% Huckabee - 12% Paul - 8% Indiana McCain - 77% Huckabee - 10% Paul - 8% Romney - 5% If he can't win even 80% when he's unopposed, November's gonna be a fun time for Democrats. I honestly can not wait for the debates. By the way, on the topic of the Hugely Fat Rich Ultra-Conservative White Talk Show HostTMt trying to subvert the vote in Indiana, Chris Matthews' comment late last night was whithering and spot on (video Video Here):
That is perfect and it's a meme that should be sounded from the hills and valleys. The nauseating irony of the whole thing is that the types of people for whom this kind of bullshit resonates the most are very often the very same people who think patriotism is measured by lapel flag pinnage and "Support the Troops" signage. They'll relate to you time and again about how our troops are over their protecting our rights to free speech so we should just shut the fuck up. They'll even suggest that, were we not over there in Iraq, refereeing a civil war, our very constitutionally and God-given rights would be at risk (you know, like voting an' stuff.) Well, good on ya, Chris Matthews. That was brilliant. So you guys on the Wrong Right can take your Wright bloviating and your Ayers spewage and hunker down for the long slog you have ahead of you. They clearly didn't hurt Obama one bit and you've gotchyer bad selves a candidate that can barely win over the candidate Nobody. This is gonna be fun. I'm just sayin'... | |
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5/6/2008 - "No More Excuses" My Ass |
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I live very close to Ann Arbor, a very, very liberal (and uber-cool) city. However, being just on the outskirts, I'm saddled with an unbelievably conservative U.S. Representative. This guy is a total Bush toadie and I have disagreed with his positions on nearly every issue you might care to name. It's pathetic, really. I moved down here to steep myself in the wonderful liberalness that is Ann Arbor and this fool is my representative. Might have to run for his House seat someday... (kidding)
Anyway, this conservative lackey has recently added his name to the list of co-sponsors for H.R. 3089, absurdly named "The No More Excuses Energy Act". It's basically a way for the pro-Big Oil Lobby to line the pockets of their Oil & Gas benefactors. Reading through this abominable piece of "legislation", I became apoplectic. I simply had to write a letter to the local newspaper, a rag of considerable dubiousness, I admit, but the best way to reach the eyeballs of this guy's constituents. I've reprinted the letter below. If you're in the USA, you may wish to consider contacting your Representative and encourage them to shoot this piece of < expletive deleted > down with everything they have. Yes, it IS that bad. Enjoy. I'm just sayin'... LETTER TO THE EDITOR U.S. Representative Tim Walberg recently signed onto the ridiculously-named "No More Excuses Energy Act" (H.R. 3089) which he describes as a bill that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and lower fuel costs. However, even a cursory review of this shameful legislation shows that it is little more than a handout to multinational oil and gas companies with very little return. The bill is composed of four parts. The first part sets aside federal lands to be given to the oil and gas companies to build more refineries. These are public lands to be given away to companies that are making staggering and record profits right now. For example, ExxonMobil made almost $11 BILLION in profit in the last quarter of 2007 alone! The second part is extends the federal wind energy production tax credit by 10 years. A nice gesture but a token gesture at best. It seems out of place in this bill suggesting that it was included only to allow the proponents of the bill to say that it is "green". The third part of H.R. 3089 offers large tax credits in order to jump-start the nuclear power industry. While nuclear power seems a nice "green" panacea, requiring no foreign oil and releasing very little greenhouse gases, this part of the bill is, perhaps, the most insidiously dangerous. In this section is the ominous declaration "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may not deny an application for a license, permit, or other authorization under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on the grounds that sufficient capacity does not exist, or will not become available on a timely basis, for disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste from the facility for which the license, permit, or other authorization is sought." What we must keep in mind when talking about nuclear power is that it is far from a "green" or "clean" power source. The wastes generated by a nuclear power plant, 20-30 tons per year for the average plant, remain radioactive and lethally toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. The half-life of plutonium-239 is 24,000 years and it remains toxic for 240,000 years. Currently, nuclear waste is stored on-site at power plants because there are no nuclear waste repositories in operation. A proposed one in Yucca Mountain, Nevada was scheduled to open in 1998 but due to political and environmental problems associated with it, it's likely it won't open until 2020 and probably beyond. Storage at myriad power plants presents a homeland security risk we can hardly tolerate, particularly since the current most attractive market for nuclear waste is for use by terrorists. These arguments don't even include the environmental damage done by uranium mining, the dangers in shipping nuclear waste to a repository once one is opened, or the devastating effects that would occur in the event of a nuclear power plant disaster like the accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Finally, nuclear power plants cost several billion dollars and can take 10-12 years to build so this is hardly a "fix" for current energy problems. The last part of this horrendous bill covers oil drilling in two separate ways. First it allows for tax credits for the use of carbon dioxide used in enhanced oil recovery. This process injects carbon dioxide deep into oil and gas wells to help force the oil and gas out. While this sounds good and seems a reasonable way to reduce the greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere, this bill explicitly credits only the initial injection of carbon dioxide. What isn't widely known is that more than half and up to two-thirds of the carbon dioxide comes back out again with the oil or gas. So, in reality, it does very little to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The overall effect, once again, is to essentially provide oil and gas companies with subsidies with very little return. The other part of this section reopens drilling on the outer continental shelf and coastal plain of Alaska. Drilling in Alaska has been rejected time and again by Congress and most Americans are against it. Contrary to what many people believe, the amount of oil in this area is actually quite small, relative to the global oil reserves. It is estimated that that the supply of oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, if used to supply only 5% of US oil needs, will last as little as 12 years. If it supplied ALL of our oil needs, it would last under a year. As Senator Joe Lieberman once said, "Is it worth forever losing a national treasure, one of our last great wild places, for a six month supply of oil 10 years from now?" That, I would suggest, is a very easy question to answer. Even if there were significant reserves in Alaska, Mr. Walberg seems to misunderstand basic rules of economics. Prices for fuel are determined not by where it comes from but what the market will bear. If a new supply of oil becomes available, costs will not drop for the simple reason that demand is high and people around the globe are willing to pay. It matters little if that oil comes from under the sands of Saudi Arabia or under the wilderness of Alaska. The upshot is that drilling for oil in Alaska will have little, if any, effect on the cost a gallon of gas. I agree with Representative Walberg on one thing: we absolutely MUST end our dependence on foreign oil and gas. However, H.B. 3089 is NOT the way to do it. Please take a moment out of your day and contact Representative Walberg. Tell him that this so-called "No More Excuses Energy Act" is a sham and one that does little if anything to solve our energy problems and, instead, lines the pockets of companies already profiting handsomely from rapidly rising energy costs. Tell him that the real answer to our dependence on foreign oil and gas is to heavily invest in and promote conservation and alternative energy sources like wind, solar, and biofuels. Ask him to join with Governor Granholm and others in our state to make Michigan a world leader in truly "green" alternative energy sources and technologies. Fondly yours, The Ever-Lovin' Eclectablog |
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5/5/2008 - The
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This is totally hilarious. From GasTaxScam.com:
CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT POLITICAL PROPOSAL Dear Sir First we must solicit your confidence in this issue. This is by virtue as being utterly confidential and "top secret". We are SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON, the wife of the former United States head of state, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, and also SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, friend and associate of current head of state PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH. We got your contact through business inquiries as we were searching for contacts of a citizen who can help save our and our family's political careers since our country has been frustrating us. We are top officials of the United States Senate Government who are interested in importation of oil into our country with funds that are presently trapped in the FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND dedicated to improving transportation. We wish to send this money to overseas accounts in the MIDDLE EAST but cannot due to restrictions in Congress Transportation Equity Act requiring that this money must be spent to build roads, bridges and high speed trains. If you accept we will deliver to your a sum of 30 DOLLARS in the summer 2008 in form of a "GAS TAX HOLIDAY". You will then deliver this money to accounts of our friends in Middle East by taking it to your nearby gasoline station where they have information to forward the money. Please supply your bank account, social security number, address and your vote in DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES AND NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. But bear in mind that this transaction requires absolute confidentiality. Do not visit www.GASTAXSCAM.COM where there is information about dangers of our proposal and a petition to stop us from this diversion of funds. PLEASE NOTIFY US URGENTLY OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL Awaiting your rapid response Yours truly SENATORS HILLARY CLINTON AND JOHN MCCAIN I'm just sayin'... |
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5/5/2008 - "I'm So Sorry You Found Out I Was Fucking My Secretary" | |
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Isn't this the lamest "I'm sorry for the affair" speech you've ever heard? I wonder if he made his wife stand next to him while he gave it?
Ohio (and Democrat) Attorney General Marc Dann was recently found to be boning his assistant, Jessica Utovich. She's a cute, perky li'l thing, no doubt. But, well, ya know, when you're the (married) man in charge, ya prolly shouldn't be banging your assistant like a screen door on a windy day. But Dann is sorry. Real, real sorry.
No, dude, you created an atmosphere of fucking your hot young assistant from work. Or as The Wonkette so hilariously puts it: "He did not create such conditions in the physical and mental compartment of his life or the vagina of Utovich's life such that his penis unnecessarily found itself inappropriately loitering in the latter...He apologizes for the atmosphere of fucking his secretary that he allowed himself to create." I'm just sayin'... | |
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