US Politics: Put me in the Nobama camp, I’m done
For failing to pass meaningful Health Care Reform
For campaigning for Joe Lieberman
For supporting the Corporations over the People
For not halting the Iraq Incursion
For not closing Guantanamo
For not meaningfully punishing the Banks and Speculators that nearly destroyed the world economy
For failing to reverse any of the real legal difficulties that the Bush Admin put into place
I say NOBAMA
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Crazy Like a FOX! (UPDATED)
If you didn't see this "thinking" coming down the pipe when Justice Roberts intentionally flubbed the Oath, then you should shake your head and get it on straight. The Hope-Sauce won't stop the serious nuts from trying to tear down their enemy by any mean necessary, imagine the rules-lawyering that will be deployed over that series of words!
Expect more of this kind of stuff over the next few weeks; it'll be on snopes by end of week in an email circulated by the National Review's readership.
In case you think I'm crazy:
Obama's Oath: 'Faithfully' misspoken
Faithfully Misspoken: Close enough for Government Work?
As if on cue
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All you need to know about Chalres Chaput
In Colorado, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput and the state Catholic Conference are fighting several measures that would suspend or repeal the state’s civil statute of limitations on child abusers.
Charles Chaput is simply a politician who wears a funny hat and tells people what will happen to their immortal souls; let's consign his opinions to the bin of history, shall we?
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Psilons, in my campaign?
The debate on Friday was to focus on Mr. McCain’s perceived strength, foreign policy. Mr. McCain had not planned to devote large blocks of time to debate practice as did Mr. Obama, who was holing up with a tight circle of advisers at a hotel in Clearwater, Fla., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to prepare. Mr. McCain had a preparatory session on Wednesday afternoon at the Morgan Library in Manhattan, but advisers said it had been interrupted by his decision, announced immediately afterward, to suspend his campaign.
If you are up on the whole "Clambake" then you must know what Clearwater, Florida is, right? Let me remind you:
If you're still here and you didn't watch the video and am still not clear on where Clearwater is, it's practically the center of the non-celebrity world of Scientology. Demographically, it's a strange choice for the Obama campaign to appear there, what with the CoS's somewhat tarnished public image. I'm going to have to do a little digging to look to see if any well-known CoS members are in the Obama campaign.
It appears I'm not the first person to question this
This is troubling to me, as I've been more and more concerned about how the CoS goes about defending itself from criticism in very aggressive and/or paranoid ways. In Fact, I'm sure that I'll get a few hits over here just for this post.
So, what do you think, is there a CoS mole in the Obama campaign?
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The one where I compare the Loonie to the Obamie
The US economy is tanking; there is no doubt about it. So why is the Canadian Dollar losing value against the greenback?
At 8:05 a.m. EDT, the Canadian unit was at C$1.0767 to the U.S. dollar, or 92.88 U.S. cents, down from C$1.0686 to the U.S. dollar, or 93.58 U.S. cents, at Tuesday's close.
Crazy!
The Loonie
Compare that to this:
A Zogby poll on 20 August put Barack Obama five points behind his Republican rival, reversing the seven-point lead the pollster had given him the month before.
Senator McCain 71, now leads Senator Obama by a 46 per cent to 41 per cent margin, according to a latest poll released by Zogby International on Wednesday.
The Canadian Economy is far from faltering (but tottering on the edge) with Canada being a major exporter of Oil and other natural resources. One wonders if perhaps the Tories have not done enough to nationalize the value of said resources? As nominal conservatives; the idea must seem anathema to their ethos of spend and cut instead of tax and spend. Then there is the whole idea of Canada getting involved in the US's War on Terriers. Canada isn't a target for international terrorism, it's hardly even a splash damage candidate, why get involved at all until the shooting is over and Canadian peacekeepers can "keep the peace"
Yet, here we are. Canadians and Americans seem determined to vote in another series of Conservatives, and the eagerness of the timing of Harper's (broken promise) election is eerily like a coordinated plan to make a solid bloc of Conservative governments in the West (the UK is heading for a Tory victory too) with the Russians getting poked with a sharp stick like they are, we are looking like a return to the Thatcher and Reagan era.
Are people really this stupid?
Obama is no savior, he's barely (at least rhetorically) a left winger; he's about 2 degrees from McCain rhetorically; but McCain is the servant of some very sinister paymasters, whereas Obama is more of a stooge for Capatalists.
Wondrously dangerous times indeed.
Look at this dispatch from America; and doubt that the conservative political machine has gone out of control:
The Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff's Department has acquired an armored personnel carrier complete with a turret-mounted .50-caliber belt-fed machine gun for its Special Response Team.
Sheriff Leon Lott told the Columbia State newspaper that he hoped the vehicle, named "The Peacemaker," would let the bad guys know that his officers are serious.
"We don't look at this as a killing machine," Lott told the paper. "It's going to keep the peace. We hope the fact that we have this is going to save lives. When something like this rolls up, it's time to give up."
The Peacemaker has a top speed of 30 mph.
You see the reasoning there; we have a giant gun and a tank and we are going to use them. This is military hardware in the hands of the police as a response to the "out of control" levels of resistance they are experiencing. Which is of course a fallacy; I haven't seen a single report of anti-tank weapons used in police firefights (please correct me if I am wrong).
This is the country that is not going to elect Obama, not because he is black (which is probably why 25-35 percent of them won't), not because he is a Democrat (25 percent of Americans still think Pres. Bush is doing a great job, they will vote for McCain if he eats a Jewish baby on stage, it's best to just ignore them) the majority of the remaining 40-50 percent are scared. They are scared of the future and think that the rhetoric of the people who have scared them for the past 8 years will come to pass and they will vote a nearly straight Republcian ticket and get the government they deserve.
The same is true for the Canadian dollar, the dollar is a strong alternative to the Greenback, but as Canada is tied so closely to the fate of the American Endeavor (through the strong economic and social ties that have been formed) The loony falls on the whims of the US rhetoric, which is as changeable as the wind and rooted in fear, not hope.
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US Politics are Sexy: How does John McCain like his coffee?
One would swear that just four years ago, America was engaged in the "laugh at the rich guy" game for about 6 months; but when faced with a NEW rich guy ex-soldier (who was such a poor soldier that he got shot down and caught rather than fighting his way out like the 'laughable' rich guy) he can't help but do well.
The insane thing is; he's not even trying: Look at how he reacts to being called out for being so wealthy that he has no idea how many homes/houses he owns:
McCain, who huddled with advisers at his desert compound in Sedona, Ariz., said nothing in public. A nine-car motorcade took him to a nearby Starbucks early in the morning, where he ordered a large cappuccino. McCain otherwise avoided reporters.
Not, he retired to his campaign headquarters and ordered in some coffee. Not, he retired to his home in Sedona and worked on a response. He took nine cars to get one coffee. That's like using 9 gold bricks to kill one fly! It's so incredibly ostentatious and austere, I can't even fathom where the sense of it is. One could argue that two of the cars were secret service, even four. There is no way that eight of them were, not if McCain isn't wasting taxpayer money. Is he?
So McCain, in his response, comes up with another easy target. "John McCain needs nine cars to go get coffee"!
There's another Meme in there somewhere. I KAN HAZ GASOLEEN WASTES PLEEZ?
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OUR COUNTRY REEKS OF TREES
The Olympics have come and gone and Canada has apparently won "The most medals Evar" by a host nation. Which is nice I suppose.
With a price tag of 8 Billion and counting I hope that the balance sheet works out for Vancouver as the Recession continues unabated. Right? Around here I think people would be willing to literally shovel shit for work as the job market tightens into a tight ball like a potato bug and doesn't show any signs of letting up; never mind the HUNDREDS of positions in the want ads. If the news tells you that it's poverty-aggeddon then you should behave like it is.
Good luck recouping those costs that have been laid out on your behalf; by comparison the estimated cost (dollars) for each day in Afghanistan is approx. 3 Million (http://www.afghanistan.gc.ca/canada-afghanistan/news-nouvelles/2009/2009_02_25a.aspx?lang=eng) with the expected total cost to be 11.3 billion. Just think, for 3 Billion more Canada could have been saving Iraq too! How exciting; huh?
All of that nonsense aside; the Winter Olympics have indeed brought out some nice nationalism in the Canadian people; allowing them to show again that even in the face of glorious victory they don't destroy their own downtown in celebration. I'm not naming names or anything; but at least one big fratboy neighbor on the Continent can't really say the same.
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