More Proximity Politics

The little man rises up on his toes again.  It’s an uncontrollable urge to be bigger than he really is, if even for a split second. The little arms shoot out in tandem, fingers splayed as wide as they will go;  the gesture is brief, tentative, and awkward, out of sync with his emphasis:  “Sentor [sic] Obama took a very …

ANOTHER INSULTING ATROCITY!

You ASSHOLES may run but you can’t hide This bailout’s mission is to protect the OBSCENE amount of wealth that has been accumulated in the last eight years. It’s to protect the top shareholders who own and control corporate America. It’s to make sure their yachts and mansions and “way of life” go uninterrupted while the rest of America suffers …

McCAIN: “I don’t even have a Seal.”

McCain “demonstrated a greater command”?! What debate were you watching?
Will somebody give McCain a frakkin’ “seal” so he can move the debate into the realm of adult dialogue? And will the person(s) advising McCreep who laugh everytime he says “I didn’t get voted Miss Congeniality, you know” please have your lips sown shut?

Bailout: Putting Lipstick On A Pig In A Poke

The way to feed rabbits is to feed hay to horses. A lovely little adage better known as trickle down economics. Unfortunately, it also describes even the modified bailout plan promoted by congressional Democrats, a plan that has no guarantee of ever working nor limits on the eventual cost. Instead of a top down approach,  a bottom up strategy that …

First They Sell You The Disease, Then They Sell You The Cure

Wall Street Closing In On $700 Billion Bailout Booty Inspired by the scene from the movie Blazing Saddles where the Johnson brothers point their guns at the black Sherriff Bart, who then holds his gun up to his own head and threatens ”Hold it! Next man makes a move, the nigger gets it, ” former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson …

Who Does She Remind You Of? UPDATED

“And as our leaders are telling us, in our military, we do need to, ramp it up in Afghanistan, counting on our friends and allies to assist with us there, becuzz these terrists— who hate Amirrica, they hate what we stand for, with the… the freedoms, the democracy, the the women’s rights, the tolerince, they hate what it is that we represent, and, our allies, too, and our friends, what they represent.” Sigh.

Off With His Head!

Remember, McCain is the monkey who said he did not share his own economic adviser’s “views” when Phil Gramm’s mouth brought attention to his flaming incompetence and responsibility for the current fiasco. Since McCain’s views can move from one side of his mouth to the other in a matter of minutes, who the fuck knows when a “qualm” will become a “quarrel”??