Two weeks?
That's what happens when you can guide a missile by satellite, you lose track of the little people..
Anyway, every day, my financial analysis blog post gets a page longer in my head as events go faster and faster.
So, here is today's smartest thing ever said: "We paid $1 trillion to avoid being socialized. We can make the money back. We damn well know that structural changes could be forever."
Aside from that, on various blogs and to various conservatives, I have been pounding the following points for at least a week. McCain and/or Bush need to get ahead of this thing. They needed to put the blame squarely on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (FFMM). They needed to establish that this was not a failure of the mythical unregulated free market, but a result of a blatantly corrupt, unregulated government sponsored enterprise that protected its corruption by making political contributions.
But, McCain and Bush are just too lad-di-dah sweet and non-partisan to actually defend themselves and now they have ended up wearing this mess.
Some people suggest that they held their tongues to be problem solvers. That idea is stupid because the debate is now framed. Forget ACORN, FFMM, CDMA, and at least 17 attempts since 2001 to fix this shit. The moonbats have their meme...damn you Bush!
So, I have a topic label entitled why won't this country hurry up and explode so I can blame it on Bush? Well, the country took a big hit, it's not exploded, but I guess if you predict rain for 7 years, you can eventually take credit for rain, right?
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Hey, hey, what's going on with Joe?
So, I am still buzzing because I had a great work out. Today's chest routine started heavy.
275 3 times;
255 6 times;
235 8 times;
225 8 times; and
225 7 times.
As the kids would say, daayam.
What does this mean for P90X?
Well, I dig some of their routines. But I feel that there isn't as much of a strength component. So, I mix in real world weights, running, and other cardio to keep it fresh. So, in the past week, it's been mini-tri on cardio. Chest-tri-shoulder dvd, bicep and back dvd, plyometrics, heavy arms-triceps-back, and now heavy chest.
Still, kids, it's all about the diet. Still working on that.
I bought the new Metallica album. My first impression is that there is no hook. that middle aged has taken away the sense of crushing oppression and doom from the music, and that Rick Rubin has melded Metallica's sound into something almost generic. But as I listen now, I am warming up to it. We die hard, or whatever it's called is pretty good. I still don't think there are any hooks, think about the good old stuff, the doo-do-do-doo, ba whamp ba whamp isn't there.
Also, I think Lars's drums are mellower too.
On the other hand, Fuel had no hook, but it had the Lars drums and it had speed and for once some melody.
James's voice is also off. He's not singing in a Metallica manner. He's actually trying to sing at points. He's just yelling at others. There is just not enough of macho there or his classic "-uh" style. Like "seeeeeee seeeeeek-uh and destroy-uh."
I am listening to something now with a RATM'ish intro. It's too slick, man, give me devil music dammit!
UPDATE
Nope, the new album just went up a few pegs to pretty good on the second listen, so this album isn't like St. Anger where I had to force myself to appreciate the train wreck acoustic-aesthetics (obviously there is a better word for that). No, this album simply had to get past its newness.
I think I was thrown off by the new tricks these old dogs learned. I swear, at points, I could detect some Zepplin, some Rage, and even some Helmet (!). Yes, We Die Hard and Day That Never Comes are both radio friendly and awesome. The instrumental just rocks. Although, that instrumental is like a bad girl friend, just as soon as you're like "oh yeah, that's the stuff," the song figuratively fixes its hair or answers the phone. Well, not answer the phone bad, but I question the arrangement. Why interrupt a good guitar riff with a lame one? I think they were trying to be Metallica choppy, but it doesn't help.
And at other points, the album is like a mind reader, I was thinking to myself, "you know what would be good here...some of this or some of that," and at that point, I guess Rick Rubin agreed because all of the sudden the missing element is inserted.
Good album. Not the Black Album good, but Load good.
So, I am still buzzing because I had a great work out. Today's chest routine started heavy.
275 3 times;
255 6 times;
235 8 times;
225 8 times; and
225 7 times.
As the kids would say, daayam.
What does this mean for P90X?
Well, I dig some of their routines. But I feel that there isn't as much of a strength component. So, I mix in real world weights, running, and other cardio to keep it fresh. So, in the past week, it's been mini-tri on cardio. Chest-tri-shoulder dvd, bicep and back dvd, plyometrics, heavy arms-triceps-back, and now heavy chest.
Still, kids, it's all about the diet. Still working on that.
I bought the new Metallica album. My first impression is that there is no hook. that middle aged has taken away the sense of crushing oppression and doom from the music, and that Rick Rubin has melded Metallica's sound into something almost generic. But as I listen now, I am warming up to it. We die hard, or whatever it's called is pretty good. I still don't think there are any hooks, think about the good old stuff, the doo-do-do-doo, ba whamp ba whamp isn't there.
Also, I think Lars's drums are mellower too.
On the other hand, Fuel had no hook, but it had the Lars drums and it had speed and for once some melody.
James's voice is also off. He's not singing in a Metallica manner. He's actually trying to sing at points. He's just yelling at others. There is just not enough of macho there or his classic "-uh" style. Like "seeeeeee seeeeeek-uh and destroy-uh."
I am listening to something now with a RATM'ish intro. It's too slick, man, give me devil music dammit!
UPDATE
Nope, the new album just went up a few pegs to pretty good on the second listen, so this album isn't like St. Anger where I had to force myself to appreciate the train wreck acoustic-aesthetics (obviously there is a better word for that). No, this album simply had to get past its newness.
I think I was thrown off by the new tricks these old dogs learned. I swear, at points, I could detect some Zepplin, some Rage, and even some Helmet (!). Yes, We Die Hard and Day That Never Comes are both radio friendly and awesome. The instrumental just rocks. Although, that instrumental is like a bad girl friend, just as soon as you're like "oh yeah, that's the stuff," the song figuratively fixes its hair or answers the phone. Well, not answer the phone bad, but I question the arrangement. Why interrupt a good guitar riff with a lame one? I think they were trying to be Metallica choppy, but it doesn't help.
And at other points, the album is like a mind reader, I was thinking to myself, "you know what would be good here...some of this or some of that," and at that point, I guess Rick Rubin agreed because all of the sudden the missing element is inserted.
Good album. Not the Black Album good, but Load good.
Oh yeah, Palinmania!
No, I am not talking about the good feelings and lead in the polls that Governor Palin has brought to the Maverick/Barracuda ticket. I am talking about the insane mania that Palin has brought to the cocooned media and the insane left...but those categories are redundant.
First off, I would like to blog about Palin the governor, her fast rise, her accomplishments and the things I find positive about her. But instead, I have to lay some ground rules. After a year of Saint Obama, I just hope that my side doesn't do the same with her. She's good. Got it. I am at least comforted that the sort of mush minded thought processes that made Senator Uh from Ill-uh-noise into a demi-god doesn't occur on our side.
No, instead I am going to write about how upset I am. Yes. Fucking pissed off. The treatment of Palin has gone from slanderous to simply the worst shit I have had to sit through in years. And I've had to sit through the rise of Alinsky disciple (Alinsky BTW dedicated his book Rules for Radicals to Satan) Hopey McChangealot and just wonder if I am living in Gotham city and Raz Al Guhl has put his crazy dust in the air and I am the only person who was inoculated.
No.
This post is about "Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a governor."
What the fucking fuck? I mean seriously, what the fucking fuck? No, seriously, are you fucking kidding me? What? What?!?!
The first time I heard that phrase, I gamefuly played along, I thought to myself, "No, Jesus was handed over to the community organizers after Pilate washed his hands."
But then, the more I heard this idiotic mantra repeated, the more the sheer idiocy of it struck me.
First, you are insulting my intellect.
I can't believe that this passes for a thought in the "reality based community." Who is supposed to be persuaded by that line? Seriously, does the Obama camp believe that someone who cares about things like Jesus would say, "oh yeah, now that you mention it..."
No, this line has zero capacity to persuade. Instead, it's a feel good throwaway line by clueless anti-religious types. Why do I say anti-religious types? Because only someone who does not have the slightest care about religion, or at least Christian theology, would say such a thing.
Nonetheless, let's game this out, what is the point of this quip?
Is Obama Jesus? No, his supporters say, we're just saying...
Is Palin supposed to be Pontius Pilate? Er, no, his supporters say, we don't think so.
What? Are governors bad? No, they say, it's just that Community Organizers do things like help people who the politicians have screwed.
Uh, what does that mean? Well, you see, uh...
Aren't these people living in a democrat state run by democrats and didn't they work in a plant that was run by democrat machine union types? I think you're being racist by your negative implications about Community Organizers!
Didn't Obama say that he had to prove that he was, ah, hued enough to get that job? Yes, but he only said it when he didn't think it would matter.
Ok, so here we go. No, Obama is not Jesus, nor is he like Jesus. Palin is not like Pilate.
And also, apparently, executive experience is a negative because, uh, Obama doesn't have any. No, seriously, what are they saying, that yeah sure Palin rose fast, changed things up, and governed based on a clear set of principles but you know, uh, that is where the thought process ends. Pilate was a governor. That's it that's all the intellect we have to fight back with.
All you are left with is a shell of an insult, an insult that is repeated because the teller of that insult believes that religious types will be so duped by anything with Jesus in it that they'll flush their brains down the toilet. It's empty, it's insulting to it's intended audience, and it makes no sense.
Oh, so let's get insulted by the religious aspect.
Fuck you, Obama, you are not Jesus. How about that? Pretty cut and dried. Jesus delivered the word of God, gave his life so that we can be forgiven for our sins, and various other theological points. Obama worked as hired muscle for Chicago machine politics. He studied under Alinsky. He went to hate monger Rev. Wright's church. He chills with terrorists.
A little research on Obie's actual job:
"First, he got community members to demand a job center that would provide job referrals, but there were few jobs to distribute. Then, he tried to create what he called a "second-level consumer economy" in Roseland consisting of shops, restaurants, and theaters. This, too, went nowhere."
Ah, but then "what we could do was begin to improve basic services at Altgeld--get the toilets fixed, the heaters working, the windows repaired."
There you go. It sounds more like the Mario Bros. were Community Organizers.
One of the fifteen different things that now piss me off about Obama is that he seems to buy into his own messianic propaganda.
Ugh, disgusting.
Third, there's the mindless repetition.
This closely mirrors my first point but the distinction is that this stupid ass meme has grown from a blog post to a fully grown talking point mouthed by Donna Brazille. It's a stupid idea from a stupid campaign that thinks that by belittling executive experience, their candidate's complete lack of accomplishment can be spun away.
It's creepy and it highlights the symbiotic ties between Obama and the media.
Sorry, the outright lying and media framing of this woman is outrageous. It's also amazing that Obama could get by scott free when nearly every charge against Palin goes 10 times worse for him.
Palin being portrayed as a talking in tongues bible thumper while mentioning Rev. Wright is a no-no.
Fantasizing about her husband's so called secessionist fervor while ignoring bomber Bill Ayers.
Maybe actual problem solving doesn't count as intellectual curiosity, but it demonstrates the ability to achieve and lead. This woman rose fast but she has accomplished reform and has governed during that time. Obama's rise from the swamps of Chicago machine politics and his failed efforts as an organizer show the opposite.
A little wandering off the main point of this post because this is not a compare and contrast between the two because Maverick is who Obama is running against, but I would vote for Palin over Obama for president too. Obama is awful in every sense of the word. No, I am ticked because the sliming of Palin has gone mainstream. It was one thing when insane bloggers question the parentage of hey youngest child, but now ABC decides to simply change her words to make her sound crazy and uninformed.
The part of the interview that struck me was when she called out Gibson on his dead lie about her "exact words." She called him on it. He maintained. She said, well, I was paraphrasing a lincoln speech. ABC cut the exchange to make it appear that she agreed with Gibson.
GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God."
PALIN: You know, I don't know if that was my exact quote.
GIBSON: Exact words.
PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln's words when he said -- first, he suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.
Oh and then, the Russia thing, where her comments about the basic idea of what to do if a member of NATO were invaded was twisted into some sort of warmongerish bloodlust instead of :
No, I am not talking about the good feelings and lead in the polls that Governor Palin has brought to the Maverick/Barracuda ticket. I am talking about the insane mania that Palin has brought to the cocooned media and the insane left...but those categories are redundant.
First off, I would like to blog about Palin the governor, her fast rise, her accomplishments and the things I find positive about her. But instead, I have to lay some ground rules. After a year of Saint Obama, I just hope that my side doesn't do the same with her. She's good. Got it. I am at least comforted that the sort of mush minded thought processes that made Senator Uh from Ill-uh-noise into a demi-god doesn't occur on our side.
No, instead I am going to write about how upset I am. Yes. Fucking pissed off. The treatment of Palin has gone from slanderous to simply the worst shit I have had to sit through in years. And I've had to sit through the rise of Alinsky disciple (Alinsky BTW dedicated his book Rules for Radicals to Satan) Hopey McChangealot and just wonder if I am living in Gotham city and Raz Al Guhl has put his crazy dust in the air and I am the only person who was inoculated.
No.
This post is about "Jesus was a community organizer and Pilate was a governor."
What the fucking fuck? I mean seriously, what the fucking fuck? No, seriously, are you fucking kidding me? What? What?!?!
The first time I heard that phrase, I gamefuly played along, I thought to myself, "No, Jesus was handed over to the community organizers after Pilate washed his hands."
But then, the more I heard this idiotic mantra repeated, the more the sheer idiocy of it struck me.
First, you are insulting my intellect.
I can't believe that this passes for a thought in the "reality based community." Who is supposed to be persuaded by that line? Seriously, does the Obama camp believe that someone who cares about things like Jesus would say, "oh yeah, now that you mention it..."
No, this line has zero capacity to persuade. Instead, it's a feel good throwaway line by clueless anti-religious types. Why do I say anti-religious types? Because only someone who does not have the slightest care about religion, or at least Christian theology, would say such a thing.
Nonetheless, let's game this out, what is the point of this quip?
Is Obama Jesus? No, his supporters say, we're just saying...
Is Palin supposed to be Pontius Pilate? Er, no, his supporters say, we don't think so.
What? Are governors bad? No, they say, it's just that Community Organizers do things like help people who the politicians have screwed.
Uh, what does that mean? Well, you see, uh...
Aren't these people living in a democrat state run by democrats and didn't they work in a plant that was run by democrat machine union types? I think you're being racist by your negative implications about Community Organizers!
Didn't Obama say that he had to prove that he was, ah, hued enough to get that job? Yes, but he only said it when he didn't think it would matter.
Ok, so here we go. No, Obama is not Jesus, nor is he like Jesus. Palin is not like Pilate.
And also, apparently, executive experience is a negative because, uh, Obama doesn't have any. No, seriously, what are they saying, that yeah sure Palin rose fast, changed things up, and governed based on a clear set of principles but you know, uh, that is where the thought process ends. Pilate was a governor. That's it that's all the intellect we have to fight back with.
All you are left with is a shell of an insult, an insult that is repeated because the teller of that insult believes that religious types will be so duped by anything with Jesus in it that they'll flush their brains down the toilet. It's empty, it's insulting to it's intended audience, and it makes no sense.
Oh, so let's get insulted by the religious aspect.
Fuck you, Obama, you are not Jesus. How about that? Pretty cut and dried. Jesus delivered the word of God, gave his life so that we can be forgiven for our sins, and various other theological points. Obama worked as hired muscle for Chicago machine politics. He studied under Alinsky. He went to hate monger Rev. Wright's church. He chills with terrorists.
A little research on Obie's actual job:
"First, he got community members to demand a job center that would provide job referrals, but there were few jobs to distribute. Then, he tried to create what he called a "second-level consumer economy" in Roseland consisting of shops, restaurants, and theaters. This, too, went nowhere."
Ah, but then "what we could do was begin to improve basic services at Altgeld--get the toilets fixed, the heaters working, the windows repaired."
There you go. It sounds more like the Mario Bros. were Community Organizers.
One of the fifteen different things that now piss me off about Obama is that he seems to buy into his own messianic propaganda.
Ugh, disgusting.
Third, there's the mindless repetition.
This closely mirrors my first point but the distinction is that this stupid ass meme has grown from a blog post to a fully grown talking point mouthed by Donna Brazille. It's a stupid idea from a stupid campaign that thinks that by belittling executive experience, their candidate's complete lack of accomplishment can be spun away.
It's creepy and it highlights the symbiotic ties between Obama and the media.
Sorry, the outright lying and media framing of this woman is outrageous. It's also amazing that Obama could get by scott free when nearly every charge against Palin goes 10 times worse for him.
Palin being portrayed as a talking in tongues bible thumper while mentioning Rev. Wright is a no-no.
Fantasizing about her husband's so called secessionist fervor while ignoring bomber Bill Ayers.
Maybe actual problem solving doesn't count as intellectual curiosity, but it demonstrates the ability to achieve and lead. This woman rose fast but she has accomplished reform and has governed during that time. Obama's rise from the swamps of Chicago machine politics and his failed efforts as an organizer show the opposite.
A little wandering off the main point of this post because this is not a compare and contrast between the two because Maverick is who Obama is running against, but I would vote for Palin over Obama for president too. Obama is awful in every sense of the word. No, I am ticked because the sliming of Palin has gone mainstream. It was one thing when insane bloggers question the parentage of hey youngest child, but now ABC decides to simply change her words to make her sound crazy and uninformed.
The part of the interview that struck me was when she called out Gibson on his dead lie about her "exact words." She called him on it. He maintained. She said, well, I was paraphrasing a lincoln speech. ABC cut the exchange to make it appear that she agreed with Gibson.
GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God."
PALIN: You know, I don't know if that was my exact quote.
GIBSON: Exact words.
PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln's words when he said -- first, he suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.
Oh and then, the Russia thing, where her comments about the basic idea of what to do if a member of NATO were invaded was twisted into some sort of warmongerish bloodlust instead of :
Asked whether the United States would have to go to war with Russia if it invaded Georgia, and the country was part of NATO, Palin said: “Perhaps so.”
“I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to be expected to be called upon and help,” she said.
Grow Up Media, please? I wish I could do more, I don't buy your papers, I don't watch your tv shows. All I can do is give money to these people so that maybe they can win despite your lies.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Seven years ago I woke up on a couch. I said goodbye to a friend as she went to her second day of work. I decided to turn on the TV and the morning show was interrupted by Diane Sawyer. Apparently, a small plane had hit one of the towers. A tiny, little, itty-bitty plane.
I saw a blip in the background shot before the news reporters did. Why is that jet in the city? MOTHER FUCKING BOOM.
Bastards.
I looked out the window and saw a column of smoke coming from Arlington. You know, where the Pentagon is.
I heard rumors of bombs going off in the State Dept. I had visions of chemical weapons being released. I saw police on top of the Supreme Court, on guard.
We all remember something.
But do we remember the right things? Are you a truther? Were you more upset that these attacks would make Bush more popular? Did you think that America's chickens had come home to roost? Was this the world finally fighting back against America's representation as the hegemony of capitalist exploitation?
Wrong.
You must remember this: Islamic terrorists intent on creating a new Islamic Caliphate attacked us. Our existence as the preeminent country in the world was an insult to Allah, one that must be punished because only his kingdom should be supreme. That, to our enemies, death was as much of a goal of their actions as any motivation you or I would have. These people trained in plain sight for months as a politically correct FBI refused to appear prejudicial by investigating Muslims for potential terrorist activities. That the Clinton Justice Dept. had put up a legal wall that separated military-style intelligence from police-style field work. Remember too that one flight fought back when they learned that death was their captors' motivation, when they learned that there was nothing the government could do, and when they realized that there was nothing to bargain for. They fought back. Don't forget that we can always fight back, that killing terrorists doesn't make more terrorists, it makes us appear stronger. People are less likely to attack a strong, confident enemy. Finally, realize that there are Madrassas in America funded by Saudis that preach Islamic radicalism to their kids. The enemy is still there.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
what is it the kids say?
Daaaayaaaammmm
New favorite P90X dvd is the Chest, shoulders, Triceps routine.
Biceps and Back, Chest and Back can go sit and spin for all I care. Those routines suck, they are too hard. I like the effort put into the biceps routine, but, Tony, come on. Just break down and buy a prayer bench.
Daaaayaaaammmm
New favorite P90X dvd is the Chest, shoulders, Triceps routine.
Biceps and Back, Chest and Back can go sit and spin for all I care. Those routines suck, they are too hard. I like the effort put into the biceps routine, but, Tony, come on. Just break down and buy a prayer bench.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
At work. Looking out the window. It's only 7:30...but it's getting dark
WTF?
Summer, I hardly knew ya.
Things are changing, seasons. Football is back. Brett's a Jet. How about calling him Jett Favre. That's mine, you can't use it.
Oh TV, too. House should be on soon.
Entourage returned last night. Oh that Turtle! He’s such a scamp…
Still, sometimes…that show strikes me as creepy, what with that show glamorizing all those worthless Hollywood people.
It just reminds me of a story a friend told me recently. And by friend, I mean a special friend. Anyway, pretty gal, the type that make men act a little silly. Anyway, she happened to date this one Hollywood type: some blue eyed, sensitive, douchenozzle Hollywood type. Had the whole Italian, slicked hair thing going on. Oh, they met back in NY before douchie McNozzle struck it, ahem, “big.” Apparently, the guy is a triple threat: producer, singer, director. Hell, he maybe even writes, I don’t know. Let's call it a quadruple threat.
Good times. Oh wait, quintuple threat, maybe he was an actor too, because the guy was apparently very smooth and duplicitous (that reminds me, get the comfortable liar by chevelle clip for the blog).
Anyway, my special little buddy momentarily fell under the seductive hypnotic gaze from the dude. She was charmed by his lilting voice and lovely emotions. You know, the weight of the world (good album, BTW) being so much to bear, so much cruelty, only you in my life can make things right. blah blah blah. Poetry and crying, I guess. Eventually, my special little friend moved on, deciding that it would be fun to date men again.
But get this, dude managed to get himself married recently. I’m sure it was a lovely wedding. Of course, you know the type, he even made his own vanity “Look at me! I am creative and romantic and therefore special” vanity wedding-video. He’s in the biz, you know. Least he could do to show how much of special snowflake he is and, I guess, what a precious snowflake his wife is too. Really, it's all about them showing off. Some egos just need to be stroked, oh he's so creative. Whatever, I suppose it’s like getting the employee discount for family members in any other job: you marry a Hollywood type, you get a free commemorative movie. And, this being hollywood, maybe free breadsticks when you visit the restaurant where they wait tables. So, yay, a free, poorly-produced movie that people are now going to be forced to watch. I just hope there's an open bar.
It’s just too bad that he is still calling my special friend trying to get back together. I guess that is one way to calm the pre-wedding jitters, asking to get back together with an old flame. Personally, I think I was planning on drinking. So, yeah, what kind of threat is that? Octuple threat? Actor, Producer, Writer, Singer, Dancer, Director, Stalker, Lying Scumbag.
Hollywood.
Geeez. Some people are so two-faced.
I mean think about it. This guy proposes to a girl and is still chasing tail. The guy probably used all sorts of emotionally touching phrases and gestures. It's his repertoire, you know? I've personally seen shit like that in action. A romantic dinner is just another performance. Smaller stage, but it's still a stage.
The guy even made a vanity video, it's what he does, here is an expression of my creativity directed towards you, sugar (but it's really about me). "Oh, by the way, that girl I dated a couple of years ago, the one that broke up with me? Yeah, I can't stop thinking of her, would leave you for her in a second." What? That tidbit didn't make it into the video? Dude, you sold out, going for the market-tested, derivative ending, man! I guess we'll just have to wait the director's commentary on the dvd.
But you know, seasons change, people don't change. Or maybe they do. Maybe this guy's behavior is the result of the type of low self-esteem, high maintenance people that go into the "hey, look at me type," of work. I dunno, ignorance is bliss though. I'm just saying is all...
WTF?
Summer, I hardly knew ya.
Things are changing, seasons. Football is back. Brett's a Jet. How about calling him Jett Favre. That's mine, you can't use it.
Oh TV, too. House should be on soon.
Entourage returned last night. Oh that Turtle! He’s such a scamp…
Still, sometimes…that show strikes me as creepy, what with that show glamorizing all those worthless Hollywood people.
It just reminds me of a story a friend told me recently. And by friend, I mean a special friend. Anyway, pretty gal, the type that make men act a little silly. Anyway, she happened to date this one Hollywood type: some blue eyed, sensitive, douchenozzle Hollywood type. Had the whole Italian, slicked hair thing going on. Oh, they met back in NY before douchie McNozzle struck it, ahem, “big.” Apparently, the guy is a triple threat: producer, singer, director. Hell, he maybe even writes, I don’t know. Let's call it a quadruple threat.
Good times. Oh wait, quintuple threat, maybe he was an actor too, because the guy was apparently very smooth and duplicitous (that reminds me, get the comfortable liar by chevelle clip for the blog).
Anyway, my special little buddy momentarily fell under the seductive hypnotic gaze from the dude. She was charmed by his lilting voice and lovely emotions. You know, the weight of the world (good album, BTW) being so much to bear, so much cruelty, only you in my life can make things right. blah blah blah. Poetry and crying, I guess. Eventually, my special little friend moved on, deciding that it would be fun to date men again.
But get this, dude managed to get himself married recently. I’m sure it was a lovely wedding. Of course, you know the type, he even made his own vanity “Look at me! I am creative and romantic and therefore special” vanity wedding-video. He’s in the biz, you know. Least he could do to show how much of special snowflake he is and, I guess, what a precious snowflake his wife is too. Really, it's all about them showing off. Some egos just need to be stroked, oh he's so creative. Whatever, I suppose it’s like getting the employee discount for family members in any other job: you marry a Hollywood type, you get a free commemorative movie. And, this being hollywood, maybe free breadsticks when you visit the restaurant where they wait tables. So, yay, a free, poorly-produced movie that people are now going to be forced to watch. I just hope there's an open bar.
It’s just too bad that he is still calling my special friend trying to get back together. I guess that is one way to calm the pre-wedding jitters, asking to get back together with an old flame. Personally, I think I was planning on drinking. So, yeah, what kind of threat is that? Octuple threat? Actor, Producer, Writer, Singer, Dancer, Director, Stalker, Lying Scumbag.
Hollywood.
Geeez. Some people are so two-faced.
I mean think about it. This guy proposes to a girl and is still chasing tail. The guy probably used all sorts of emotionally touching phrases and gestures. It's his repertoire, you know? I've personally seen shit like that in action. A romantic dinner is just another performance. Smaller stage, but it's still a stage.
The guy even made a vanity video, it's what he does, here is an expression of my creativity directed towards you, sugar (but it's really about me). "Oh, by the way, that girl I dated a couple of years ago, the one that broke up with me? Yeah, I can't stop thinking of her, would leave you for her in a second." What? That tidbit didn't make it into the video? Dude, you sold out, going for the market-tested, derivative ending, man! I guess we'll just have to wait the director's commentary on the dvd.
But you know, seasons change, people don't change. Or maybe they do. Maybe this guy's behavior is the result of the type of low self-esteem, high maintenance people that go into the "hey, look at me type," of work. I dunno, ignorance is bliss though. I'm just saying is all...
Friday, August 29, 2008
Well well well, I don't blog for a few weeks and the world goes to hell.
First, yes, 35 is the new 25.
Second, P90X kicked my ass, I slipped back to normal workouts for a few weeks. I guess I was work out by phase III. That, plus actual social commitments will make it hard for one to get up for it all the time.
Third, it looks like the Dems went with the Paterno-normative selection, thereby showing that the glass ceiling is still alive and well in their party.
Fourth, on the other hand, John McCain has shown that he is willing to pick a chick. Two fiscal, tax-cutting conservatives, together at last. Hot Damn.
Fifth, oh yeah, the Olympics. How about them? how about Sacramano? Not built like your average gymnast.
I dunno, is there anything actually interesting going on?
First, yes, 35 is the new 25.
Second, P90X kicked my ass, I slipped back to normal workouts for a few weeks. I guess I was work out by phase III. That, plus actual social commitments will make it hard for one to get up for it all the time.
Third, it looks like the Dems went with the Paterno-normative selection, thereby showing that the glass ceiling is still alive and well in their party.
Fourth, on the other hand, John McCain has shown that he is willing to pick a chick. Two fiscal, tax-cutting conservatives, together at last. Hot Damn.
Fifth, oh yeah, the Olympics. How about them? how about Sacramano? Not built like your average gymnast.
I dunno, is there anything actually interesting going on?
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wow, science.
Is there anything it can't do?
And on a related thought, Jeeze...maybe we are all a bunch of dumb animals.
So get this scenario, Bob meets Betty in their early 20's. Betty is on the pill. They fuck for a while and get married. Betty goes off the pill to get pregnant. Next thing you know, they're divorced. Or, another couple goes off the pill to take life to the next level, etc. They break up. Possibly weeks before a wedding.
When I've dated girls that keep in contact with their college friends, they all say how their friend's first round of marriages are ending in divorce.
Was it shacking up that led to an easy come, easy go relationship? What I would call fucking your roommate, letting your lease dictate your relationship?
Nah, it's much more sinister. The pill changes a girl's taste in men.
Recent research provides this insight:
UPDATE
Well, this stuff just sticks in my brain. Think about it. A girl goes off the pill, decides that what she has isn't what she wants, so she gets what she wants now, that being something that she didn't want earlier.
(Sorry, I love the PotC writing style, go Sparrow!)
Anyway, that thing that she didn't want but now does want will become the thing that she doesn't want when she gets what she wants? Get it? The pill makes your body think that it's preggers. When you're pregnant, your hormones think you're on the pill. So, assuming that the new guy can get the old girl pregnant, she goes back to what she did want before she wanted what she wants recently, but now she's back to being the way she was when she wanted things like she wanted them then.
Only, she doesn't know. She just changes, and is back to feeling the way she felt before she stopped feeling that way, that way being something that sneaks up on her. So, all I am saying is that these girls with their hormones, yeah, they obviously change what they want, but you knock their ass up, then they may change again. But in new ways, obviously. But only for a while. But shit, things can change in a weekend, if there's a coworker or a friend's friend around. So, for 9 months, everyone would be a suspect.
UPDATE II
Here I was, sitting so smugly thinking that "oh those poor girls with their hormones." Well, I don't know if I was smug, but I was sitting. But it dawned on me, uh there are lots of dudes taking their own hormone supplement, a hormone supplement that has the effect of countering certain testosterone byproducts. Yup, propecia is a hormone.
A semi-estrogen one if I remember correctly. I wonder if the men who take that pill have altered tastes. How would that work? Well, the cool thing is is that men are pretty much on propecia for life.
Is there anything it can't do?
And on a related thought, Jeeze...maybe we are all a bunch of dumb animals.
So get this scenario, Bob meets Betty in their early 20's. Betty is on the pill. They fuck for a while and get married. Betty goes off the pill to get pregnant. Next thing you know, they're divorced. Or, another couple goes off the pill to take life to the next level, etc. They break up. Possibly weeks before a wedding.
When I've dated girls that keep in contact with their college friends, they all say how their friend's first round of marriages are ending in divorce.
Was it shacking up that led to an easy come, easy go relationship? What I would call fucking your roommate, letting your lease dictate your relationship?
Nah, it's much more sinister. The pill changes a girl's taste in men.
Recent research provides this insight:
The research backs up an earlier study of how women’s perceptions of partners can alter when taking the Pill. Psychologists from St Andrews and Stirling universities found that women on the Pill tend to prefer macho types with strong jaw lines and prominent cheekbones. Guys who can bench press nearly one and a half times their body weight, for example.
However, women who are not taking that form of contraception seem to be more likely to go for more sensitive types of men without traditionally masculine features. Men who are more rat-like in appearance, almost eerily feminine in their movements, careers, voice, and other things most scientists found too revolting to investigate.
So, uh, what does this mean? Does God have a sense of humor? Or are we a bunch of monkeys chasing phernomes.
UPDATE
Well, this stuff just sticks in my brain. Think about it. A girl goes off the pill, decides that what she has isn't what she wants, so she gets what she wants now, that being something that she didn't want earlier.
(Sorry, I love the PotC writing style, go Sparrow!)
Anyway, that thing that she didn't want but now does want will become the thing that she doesn't want when she gets what she wants? Get it? The pill makes your body think that it's preggers. When you're pregnant, your hormones think you're on the pill. So, assuming that the new guy can get the old girl pregnant, she goes back to what she did want before she wanted what she wants recently, but now she's back to being the way she was when she wanted things like she wanted them then.
Only, she doesn't know. She just changes, and is back to feeling the way she felt before she stopped feeling that way, that way being something that sneaks up on her. So, all I am saying is that these girls with their hormones, yeah, they obviously change what they want, but you knock their ass up, then they may change again. But in new ways, obviously. But only for a while. But shit, things can change in a weekend, if there's a coworker or a friend's friend around. So, for 9 months, everyone would be a suspect.
UPDATE II
Here I was, sitting so smugly thinking that "oh those poor girls with their hormones." Well, I don't know if I was smug, but I was sitting. But it dawned on me, uh there are lots of dudes taking their own hormone supplement, a hormone supplement that has the effect of countering certain testosterone byproducts. Yup, propecia is a hormone.
A semi-estrogen one if I remember correctly. I wonder if the men who take that pill have altered tastes. How would that work? Well, the cool thing is is that men are pretty much on propecia for life.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Today, we review Batman, the Dark Knight.
First off, let's talk about you.
Now tell me the truth. Did you really enjoy this? No, stop. Stop. Its ok. I am not grading you. This is not for me, this is for you. You should not spend your life parroting conventional wisdom. So, just take a breath and think really hard.
So, tell me, what.did.you.think! I want the truth!
What? Yes, any good-will the movie generated in its apparent first 5 hours of run time did sort of evaporate as this Wagnerian Ring Cycle of a movie hit the twelve hour mark. Whew, you see? It feels good to tell the truth.
Come on, let it out, it's ok. I understand.
Yeah, I would agree that this joker fella did seem to be almost cartoonish in his ultra-competence and near perfect-ego. I also feel conflicted because you know; he is, after all, a "super" villian, just as batman is a superhero, incorruptible and almost fully competent? But still, you have to draw the line somewhere. And, sure, homage should be paid to the late Ledger. I know, shhh, the lip smacking got old. But, maybe it was supposed to be annoying.
Look, no need to get nasty, I agree that Maggie Gylenahalelelalal is nowhere near as hot as Katie Holmes. And it is true, her role did not actually need an actor beyond what a hot chick like Kates could pull off. But still, to say that Mags has not been attractive to you outside of Secretary is mean.
But, that is ok too. We are in the truth zone.
Hey buddy, now you are getting really mean, but I understand, as cool as Aaron Eckhart is, I do not think the movie really made any sense as far as what the two-face character was supposed to be. Oh, another dude with a gun in Gotham city. ooohhhhh, scary!
And what? No, Batman is not a cripple. Chris Nolan prefers to film the fight scenes in a staccato rhythm to hide any actual fighting. I know, I preferred the crisp Matrix fighting scenes where you could actually see the fights, but this is art. you know?
Ok, now you are getting ridiculous, shame on you. I still like the president, so this whole Batman-Bush thing doesn't upset me. It upsets you? What? Not enough Bush bashing out there in the rest of Hollywood for you? God, grow up. Seriously, just saying the word, "Halliburton,"€ is not even an argument and doing so doesn't even make sense. Listen, good people sometimes have to kill bad people. If Lord Obama has to throw his Grandma, Wright, Rezko, and Ayers under the bus, then he may also engage in a little light bombing at times too. Hey, at least Bush knows there are only 50 states and I never heard him complain about the price of arugula. And, maybe Sheik Khalid Mohamed needed to be waterboarded.
Fine, I see that we will just have to agree to disagree on the politics of the movie. **cough cough. pinko.**
So, we will just leave it at this, a very long movie, incoherent at times, but still worth seeing.
Alright, great thanks for sharing. I would have to say that I enjoyed Iron Man more, even though I don't think there was any action at all in it. Maybe superhero origin movies are inherently engrossing.
The Incredible Hulk sucked. All the new Hulk movie has done is reinforce in my mind how good Hulk was. This movie got a lot of negative word of mouth. At least, Ang Lee didn't turn Banner into a gay cowboy. Maybe that was why they didn't let him make a sequel, you can see that pitch. "This time, Hulk can't quit Betsy Ross's toned, tanned brother."
Ang Lee fills this movie with a palpable atmosphere. Eric Bana and Nick Nolte's character both smoulder with internal rage. When Bana's Banner gets mad, you feel it.
Jennifer Connolly is amazing (hot, but also I can believe that she has the calming effect on the green guy that I discuss below). Sam Elliot is just cool. The new movie can't compete on acting. Sorry, Mr. Durden.
There is something else that occurred to me. Think about it, you are the Hulk, you are fucking mad, the US military has tried to kill you for about 3 hours straight in a battle that spanned the southwest portion of this country. ok? Who in your world would calm you down on sight? Mom? Your ex-girlfriend? Your wife? Betsy Ross did that to Hulk. That is a deep affection he had for her.
Anyway, the Onion pointed out that this was a superhero for the New Yorker crowd. It is lush and deep. Hulk doesn't smash enough, but when he does, you get an idea of the strength that everyman wishes he had when enraged. And there are no small battles in this movie. Hulk smash good.
Haven't seen Hellboy 2.
But you know what I thought was a really good movie? Zohan. That Adam Sandler takes absurd story telling to whole new levels. I was in the right frame of mind when I saw it, I dug it.
First off, let's talk about you.
Now tell me the truth. Did you really enjoy this? No, stop. Stop. Its ok. I am not grading you. This is not for me, this is for you. You should not spend your life parroting conventional wisdom. So, just take a breath and think really hard.
So, tell me, what.did.you.think! I want the truth!
What? Yes, any good-will the movie generated in its apparent first 5 hours of run time did sort of evaporate as this Wagnerian Ring Cycle of a movie hit the twelve hour mark. Whew, you see? It feels good to tell the truth.
Come on, let it out, it's ok. I understand.
Yeah, I would agree that this joker fella did seem to be almost cartoonish in his ultra-competence and near perfect-ego. I also feel conflicted because you know; he is, after all, a "super" villian, just as batman is a superhero, incorruptible and almost fully competent? But still, you have to draw the line somewhere. And, sure, homage should be paid to the late Ledger. I know, shhh, the lip smacking got old. But, maybe it was supposed to be annoying.
Look, no need to get nasty, I agree that Maggie Gylenahalelelalal is nowhere near as hot as Katie Holmes. And it is true, her role did not actually need an actor beyond what a hot chick like Kates could pull off. But still, to say that Mags has not been attractive to you outside of Secretary is mean.
But, that is ok too. We are in the truth zone.
Hey buddy, now you are getting really mean, but I understand, as cool as Aaron Eckhart is, I do not think the movie really made any sense as far as what the two-face character was supposed to be. Oh, another dude with a gun in Gotham city. ooohhhhh, scary!
And what? No, Batman is not a cripple. Chris Nolan prefers to film the fight scenes in a staccato rhythm to hide any actual fighting. I know, I preferred the crisp Matrix fighting scenes where you could actually see the fights, but this is art. you know?
Ok, now you are getting ridiculous, shame on you. I still like the president, so this whole Batman-Bush thing doesn't upset me. It upsets you? What? Not enough Bush bashing out there in the rest of Hollywood for you? God, grow up. Seriously, just saying the word, "Halliburton,"€ is not even an argument and doing so doesn't even make sense. Listen, good people sometimes have to kill bad people. If Lord Obama has to throw his Grandma, Wright, Rezko, and Ayers under the bus, then he may also engage in a little light bombing at times too. Hey, at least Bush knows there are only 50 states and I never heard him complain about the price of arugula. And, maybe Sheik Khalid Mohamed needed to be waterboarded.
Fine, I see that we will just have to agree to disagree on the politics of the movie. **cough cough. pinko.**
So, we will just leave it at this, a very long movie, incoherent at times, but still worth seeing.
Alright, great thanks for sharing. I would have to say that I enjoyed Iron Man more, even though I don't think there was any action at all in it. Maybe superhero origin movies are inherently engrossing.
The Incredible Hulk sucked. All the new Hulk movie has done is reinforce in my mind how good Hulk was. This movie got a lot of negative word of mouth. At least, Ang Lee didn't turn Banner into a gay cowboy. Maybe that was why they didn't let him make a sequel, you can see that pitch. "This time, Hulk can't quit Betsy Ross's toned, tanned brother."
Ang Lee fills this movie with a palpable atmosphere. Eric Bana and Nick Nolte's character both smoulder with internal rage. When Bana's Banner gets mad, you feel it.
Jennifer Connolly is amazing (hot, but also I can believe that she has the calming effect on the green guy that I discuss below). Sam Elliot is just cool. The new movie can't compete on acting. Sorry, Mr. Durden.
There is something else that occurred to me. Think about it, you are the Hulk, you are fucking mad, the US military has tried to kill you for about 3 hours straight in a battle that spanned the southwest portion of this country. ok? Who in your world would calm you down on sight? Mom? Your ex-girlfriend? Your wife? Betsy Ross did that to Hulk. That is a deep affection he had for her.
Anyway, the Onion pointed out that this was a superhero for the New Yorker crowd. It is lush and deep. Hulk doesn't smash enough, but when he does, you get an idea of the strength that everyman wishes he had when enraged. And there are no small battles in this movie. Hulk smash good.
Haven't seen Hellboy 2.
But you know what I thought was a really good movie? Zohan. That Adam Sandler takes absurd story telling to whole new levels. I was in the right frame of mind when I saw it, I dug it.
I can hear it now. Barack-Dammit!
"Why won't this fucking country just go into a Barrack Damned recession so I can feed my insane hatred of this president."
Another quarter of economic growth. 1.8%, not too bad. It's still positive growth. And a recession is still defined as two quarters of negative growth, i.e., contraction. The Pelosi minimum wage hike has caused the expected drop in available job for recent entries into the job market, causing the unemployment rate to jump in May from 5.0% to 5.5%. Oh well, it's funny how when conservatives who based their opinions on actual economic ideas can be correct about predicting the effects of bad democrat ideas. Luskin links it here. I guess this means that the 52 consecutive months of job growth also has ended. Ended, you should be reminded, on Pelosi's watch, under her laws. Just as gas prices have doubled since she has started her job.
Oh yeah, what has slowed growth? That would be energy prices. I don't think the real estate correction has so much. Although, some banks may argue otherwise. But really, the loss of capital through shrinking home equity isn't as bad as the loss of capital after the Clinton-tech-bubble burst. Your house is still worth something, as opposed to nothing, like your shares of Pets.com.
So, what are we doing to save energy costs? Right, the genius Lord Odumbo has advised us to inflate our tires. Drilling? Nope none of that. Seriously though, I think that most gas is consumed, not at top speed on the highway but in traffic jams on daily commutes in stop and go traffic. If there was a way to eliminate to end congestion, then yeah, that would help. Or maybe get everyone who commutes into a hybrid (they are really efficient at stop and go).
So, anyway, if these nutbag leftists want to disturb peaceful gatherings with their Bush=McCain mantra, it's about time the RNC has put forward the Pelosi=Obama card too. Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House and also the worst. So congrats, Nancy. Plus, she is so stupid that when she talks she has the obvious affectation that she is trying to remember whatever it is that someone told her to say.
Also, that she seems unable to think on her feet is reinforced by her inability to acknowledge when people rhetorically penetrate her talking points. (When she harranged Bush over Katrina, he asked "what didn't go right," her response was "all that stuff." Or her pathetic attempt to tap the strategic oil reserve as we are in an "emergency right now." Just painful to watch). I wish I had the energy to dig through and find that video, the audio I've heard is amazingly painful.
So, sorry, the economy continues to grow. Damn you, Bush!
"Why won't this fucking country just go into a Barrack Damned recession so I can feed my insane hatred of this president."
Another quarter of economic growth. 1.8%, not too bad. It's still positive growth. And a recession is still defined as two quarters of negative growth, i.e., contraction. The Pelosi minimum wage hike has caused the expected drop in available job for recent entries into the job market, causing the unemployment rate to jump in May from 5.0% to 5.5%. Oh well, it's funny how when conservatives who based their opinions on actual economic ideas can be correct about predicting the effects of bad democrat ideas. Luskin links it here. I guess this means that the 52 consecutive months of job growth also has ended. Ended, you should be reminded, on Pelosi's watch, under her laws. Just as gas prices have doubled since she has started her job.
Oh yeah, what has slowed growth? That would be energy prices. I don't think the real estate correction has so much. Although, some banks may argue otherwise. But really, the loss of capital through shrinking home equity isn't as bad as the loss of capital after the Clinton-tech-bubble burst. Your house is still worth something, as opposed to nothing, like your shares of Pets.com.
So, what are we doing to save energy costs? Right, the genius Lord Odumbo has advised us to inflate our tires. Drilling? Nope none of that. Seriously though, I think that most gas is consumed, not at top speed on the highway but in traffic jams on daily commutes in stop and go traffic. If there was a way to eliminate to end congestion, then yeah, that would help. Or maybe get everyone who commutes into a hybrid (they are really efficient at stop and go).
So, anyway, if these nutbag leftists want to disturb peaceful gatherings with their Bush=McCain mantra, it's about time the RNC has put forward the Pelosi=Obama card too. Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House and also the worst. So congrats, Nancy. Plus, she is so stupid that when she talks she has the obvious affectation that she is trying to remember whatever it is that someone told her to say.
Also, that she seems unable to think on her feet is reinforced by her inability to acknowledge when people rhetorically penetrate her talking points. (When she harranged Bush over Katrina, he asked "what didn't go right," her response was "all that stuff." Or her pathetic attempt to tap the strategic oil reserve as we are in an "emergency right now." Just painful to watch). I wish I had the energy to dig through and find that video, the audio I've heard is amazingly painful.So, sorry, the economy continues to grow. Damn you, Bush!
P90X update.
Phase II kicked my ass, I am lazy, I took a week off. What can you do?
6-day workout weeks.
yeah yeah yeah.
Anyway, back to the gym for some heavier weights, benched 225 last night about 8 times, so the pushup intensive program hasn't affected my overall strength. I could still do 15 plyometric (i.e., clapping) pushups after too.
Here is a little review too. One problem with weight loss, even if you work out all the time is the food you eat. I finally found and consumed some Shirataki-Tofu noodles (House brand). The spaghetti style is the way to go, the fettuccine feel too rubbery in the mouth. The spaghetti style has good mouth feel and at basically 20 calories for a full serving of four ounces, a great calorie savings.
Anyway, yes, I am starting phase III of P90X, maybe as I approach my birthday, I will stick to the diet ***drinking*** more so I can have a nice birthday present. But, generally, I would say that before my week off, the body was looking good. More tapered. Not abs of steel, but I have dropped to an almost respectable waist size.
Phase II kicked my ass, I am lazy, I took a week off. What can you do?
6-day workout weeks.
yeah yeah yeah.
Anyway, back to the gym for some heavier weights, benched 225 last night about 8 times, so the pushup intensive program hasn't affected my overall strength. I could still do 15 plyometric (i.e., clapping) pushups after too.
Here is a little review too. One problem with weight loss, even if you work out all the time is the food you eat. I finally found and consumed some Shirataki-Tofu noodles (House brand). The spaghetti style is the way to go, the fettuccine feel too rubbery in the mouth. The spaghetti style has good mouth feel and at basically 20 calories for a full serving of four ounces, a great calorie savings.
Anyway, yes, I am starting phase III of P90X, maybe as I approach my birthday, I will stick to the diet ***drinking*** more so I can have a nice birthday present. But, generally, I would say that before my week off, the body was looking good. More tapered. Not abs of steel, but I have dropped to an almost respectable waist size.
OMG, Odumbo is the dumbest person ever!
Can you believe the things this guy says?
Democrat Barack Obama, the first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, says John McCain and his Republican allies will try to scare them by saying Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
duh, only one president is on the dollar bill! What, give him the benefit of the doubt that he was talking about presidents on each denomination of currency? Never, as we learned from Slate's Bushisms, no mercy will be given. In fact, if we've learned anything from the left, it's that accurate quotation is just a social construct erected by dead white male paternonormative types.
So, let's change it up, can you believe Obama said "I don't believe that I look like president Ben Franklin on the 3 dollar bill!" God damn, what moron. Franklin wasn't even a president and there is no such thing as a 3 dollar bill.
Whew, it's fun being a pain in the ass. If Obie does manage to become president, I can't wait for my Impeach Obama bumper sticker to arrive. or for my 1-29-2012, end of an error sticker.
Anyway seriously, Odumbo gave some speech in front of Eurotrash. And boy, am I embarrassed to report that he did not even give it in French. What a typical moronic American, he can't even be bothered to learn to speak the language of every country to which he travels.
Anyway, in his incredibly boring speech on the Berlin Airlift, he gets everything wrong. First, I listened to snippets of his speech. He managed to turn the story of the airlift into a boring series of declarative sentences and evidently, the airlift was about us all coming together as one.
Ooooommmmmmmmmmmm. Boy my chakras feel great with all this hope, change, and unity!
Ok, first, his speechifying. Boring, vapid, pointless. Not exactly how I expected Athiest-Jesus to sound. I mean really, the word on the street is that the guy can't talk without a teleprompter, but this crap speech wasn't much better.
Next, the content. Oh boy!
Right. Since Obie has no clue what he is talking about, others have pointed out that Truman had to hold the line against red-senators who wanted to surrender Berlin and cowardly generals who didn't want to scratch the paint on the USAF's precious planes.
That is, instead of being a feel-good community outreach event, the real Berlin Airlift was predicated on the guts of one president who would not back down, who would not give up. Someone who stood up to the bad guys and told left-wing shit-bag politicians that no, we aren't going to give in to the reds.
So, first, leftists of course, always choose the course of action that will harm America, and the Berlin Airlift was no exception. Sen. McGovern and Sen. Wallace are credited with opposing the damn thing. of course. And, gee, didn't Obie oppose the surge on general anti-american principles? yes. The sad truth about this speech is that Obie would have been one of the knee-jerk leftwing politicians that opposed the Berlin Airlift, his great example of unity and all that. You can see the rationale out there, the moral equivalency between America and totalitarian states, the desire for peace through submission, a desire not to provoke, and plus, Truman, was sort of la-di-dah, yo know? Not quite Harvard material, if you catch my drift.
So, what is the point? Obie should stop using historical lessons to pat himself on the back when it is clear that he would have been one of the brainless people blocking the heroic actions of the President who made it happen, whether it's the lib, soviet sympathizers like Wallace and McGovern who opposed the blockade or whether it's modern lib, enemy-sympathizers like Clinton, Obama, Reid, Kennedy, Mikulski, etc. who opposed the surge that Bush held the line on. Of course, these modern left-wing traitors did so more to fuck with Bush than to support AQ, but the end result would have been the same. And really, they basically fucked with national security for political points.
Also, his praise of the Berliner's seems more like an endorsement of the cargo cultists of certain backwards peoples. check it:
"But in the darkest hours, the people of Berlin kept the flame of hope burning. The people of Berlin refused to give up. And on one fall day, hundreds of thousands of Berliners came here, to the Tiergarten, and heard the city's mayor implore the world not to give up on freedom. "There is only one possibility," he said. "For us to stand together united until this battle is won...The people of Berlin have spoken. We have done our duty, and we will keep on doing our duty. People of the world: now do your duty...People of the world, look at Berlin!"
What really? No, the true heroes were the pilots who kept going, the mechanics who kept the planes flyable, and the president that made it happen. You know, the Americans. Hate to say it, but typical liberal pablum, yes let's praise the Germans for sitting around waiting for food to drop from the sky from Americans. That's liberalism in a nut-shell.
Can you believe the things this guy says?
Democrat Barack Obama, the first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, says John McCain and his Republican allies will try to scare them by saying Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
duh, only one president is on the dollar bill! What, give him the benefit of the doubt that he was talking about presidents on each denomination of currency? Never, as we learned from Slate's Bushisms, no mercy will be given. In fact, if we've learned anything from the left, it's that accurate quotation is just a social construct erected by dead white male paternonormative types.
So, let's change it up, can you believe Obama said "I don't believe that I look like president Ben Franklin on the 3 dollar bill!" God damn, what moron. Franklin wasn't even a president and there is no such thing as a 3 dollar bill.
Whew, it's fun being a pain in the ass. If Obie does manage to become president, I can't wait for my Impeach Obama bumper sticker to arrive. or for my 1-29-2012, end of an error sticker.
Anyway seriously, Odumbo gave some speech in front of Eurotrash. And boy, am I embarrassed to report that he did not even give it in French. What a typical moronic American, he can't even be bothered to learn to speak the language of every country to which he travels.
Anyway, in his incredibly boring speech on the Berlin Airlift, he gets everything wrong. First, I listened to snippets of his speech. He managed to turn the story of the airlift into a boring series of declarative sentences and evidently, the airlift was about us all coming together as one.
Ooooommmmmmmmmmmm. Boy my chakras feel great with all this hope, change, and unity!
Ok, first, his speechifying. Boring, vapid, pointless. Not exactly how I expected Athiest-Jesus to sound. I mean really, the word on the street is that the guy can't talk without a teleprompter, but this crap speech wasn't much better.
Next, the content. Oh boy!
Right. Since Obie has no clue what he is talking about, others have pointed out that Truman had to hold the line against red-senators who wanted to surrender Berlin and cowardly generals who didn't want to scratch the paint on the USAF's precious planes.
That is, instead of being a feel-good community outreach event, the real Berlin Airlift was predicated on the guts of one president who would not back down, who would not give up. Someone who stood up to the bad guys and told left-wing shit-bag politicians that no, we aren't going to give in to the reds.
So, first, leftists of course, always choose the course of action that will harm America, and the Berlin Airlift was no exception. Sen. McGovern and Sen. Wallace are credited with opposing the damn thing. of course. And, gee, didn't Obie oppose the surge on general anti-american principles? yes. The sad truth about this speech is that Obie would have been one of the knee-jerk leftwing politicians that opposed the Berlin Airlift, his great example of unity and all that. You can see the rationale out there, the moral equivalency between America and totalitarian states, the desire for peace through submission, a desire not to provoke, and plus, Truman, was sort of la-di-dah, yo know? Not quite Harvard material, if you catch my drift.
So, what is the point? Obie should stop using historical lessons to pat himself on the back when it is clear that he would have been one of the brainless people blocking the heroic actions of the President who made it happen, whether it's the lib, soviet sympathizers like Wallace and McGovern who opposed the blockade or whether it's modern lib, enemy-sympathizers like Clinton, Obama, Reid, Kennedy, Mikulski, etc. who opposed the surge that Bush held the line on. Of course, these modern left-wing traitors did so more to fuck with Bush than to support AQ, but the end result would have been the same. And really, they basically fucked with national security for political points.
Also, his praise of the Berliner's seems more like an endorsement of the cargo cultists of certain backwards peoples. check it:
"But in the darkest hours, the people of Berlin kept the flame of hope burning. The people of Berlin refused to give up. And on one fall day, hundreds of thousands of Berliners came here, to the Tiergarten, and heard the city's mayor implore the world not to give up on freedom. "There is only one possibility," he said. "For us to stand together united until this battle is won...The people of Berlin have spoken. We have done our duty, and we will keep on doing our duty. People of the world: now do your duty...People of the world, look at Berlin!"
What really? No, the true heroes were the pilots who kept going, the mechanics who kept the planes flyable, and the president that made it happen. You know, the Americans. Hate to say it, but typical liberal pablum, yes let's praise the Germans for sitting around waiting for food to drop from the sky from Americans. That's liberalism in a nut-shell.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Well, shazam!
The consensus has been relieved of a few of its numbers. About 50,000 or so actual scientists. Now, in an earlier blog we discussed the difference between "scientists," and "activists." Scientists actually study the phenomena whereas activists simply attribute every bad meteorological occurance to man made global climate change (MMGCC). Thus, with regard to hurricanes, scientists who studied hurricanes said recent events were naturally occurring, cyclic events. Climate Change Activists, including AsshoLe Gore, simply ascribed them to MMGCC. Easiest job in the world.
Anyway...
One point I have been making is that these jokers have been making dire warnings for years. Boldly proclaiming that we need to act now. Hasn't anyone actually bothered, over nearly 2 decades to document or check their claims? Have their models accurately predicted stuff? You know, basic scientific questions.
So, one such person has. Meet David Evans. In his own words:
"I DEVOTED six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian Greenhouse Office. I am the rocket scientist who wrote the carbon accounting model (FullCAM) that measures Australia's compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, in the land use change and forestry sector."
So, what did Mr. Evans figure out from the six years of his life he wasted? four point summary:
Oh, I have also posted several times about how the NASA team has basically lied about their numbers. That, with respect to point number 3 above, terrestrial temperature stations have had their readings adjusted. Why, you ask, would NASA change its temperature data to make recent years warmer and past years cooler? You know, it's for the kids.
The consensus can no longer expect the American Physical Society to play ball either.
So, with the reports on NASA lying about temperature data, here is another lie that almost came to be repeated blindly by Sheryl Crow and other has beens. When atmospheric balloon based stations failed to detect a rise in temperature as expected in the clouds (where, apparently, MMGCC lives), some activists (not scientists) proposed this novel fix:
"Recently the alarmists have suggested we ignore the radiosonde thermometers, but instead take the radiosonde wind measurements, apply a theory about wind shear, and run the results through their computers to estimate the temperatures. They then say that the results show that we cannot rule out the presence of a hot spot. If you believe that you’d believe anything."
Activists don't need no stinking data!
The consensus has been relieved of a few of its numbers. About 50,000 or so actual scientists. Now, in an earlier blog we discussed the difference between "scientists," and "activists." Scientists actually study the phenomena whereas activists simply attribute every bad meteorological occurance to man made global climate change (MMGCC). Thus, with regard to hurricanes, scientists who studied hurricanes said recent events were naturally occurring, cyclic events. Climate Change Activists, including AsshoLe Gore, simply ascribed them to MMGCC. Easiest job in the world.
Anyway...
One point I have been making is that these jokers have been making dire warnings for years. Boldly proclaiming that we need to act now. Hasn't anyone actually bothered, over nearly 2 decades to document or check their claims? Have their models accurately predicted stuff? You know, basic scientific questions.
So, one such person has. Meet David Evans. In his own words:
"I DEVOTED six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian Greenhouse Office. I am the rocket scientist who wrote the carbon accounting model (FullCAM) that measures Australia's compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, in the land use change and forestry sector."
So, what did Mr. Evans figure out from the six years of his life he wasted? four point summary:
1. The greenhouse signature is missing. We have been looking and measuring for years, and cannot find it.
2. There is no evidence to support the idea that carbon emissions cause significant global warming. None. There is plenty of evidence that global warming has occurred, and theory suggests that carbon emissions should raise temperatures (though by how much is hotly disputed) but there are no observations by anyone that implicate carbon emissions as a significant cause of the recent global warming.
3. The satellites that measure the world's temperature all say that the warming trend ended in 2001, and that the temperature has dropped about 0.6C in the past year (to the temperature of 1980). Land-based temperature readings are corrupted by the "urban heat island" effect: urban areas encroaching on thermometer stations warm the micro-climate around the thermometer, due to vegetation changes, concrete, cars, houses. Satellite data is the only temperature data we can trust, but it only goes back to 1979. NASA reports only land-based data, and reports a modest warming trend and recent cooling. The other three global temperature records use a mix of satellite and land measurements, or satellite only, and they all show no warming since 2001 and a recent cooling.
4. The new ice cores show that in the past six global warmings over the past half a million years, the temperature rises occurred on average 800 years before the accompanying rise in atmospheric carbon. Which says something important about which was cause and which was effect.
Hmm, sounds like people are finally waking up.Oh, I have also posted several times about how the NASA team has basically lied about their numbers. That, with respect to point number 3 above, terrestrial temperature stations have had their readings adjusted. Why, you ask, would NASA change its temperature data to make recent years warmer and past years cooler? You know, it's for the kids.
The consensus can no longer expect the American Physical Society to play ball either.
So, with the reports on NASA lying about temperature data, here is another lie that almost came to be repeated blindly by Sheryl Crow and other has beens. When atmospheric balloon based stations failed to detect a rise in temperature as expected in the clouds (where, apparently, MMGCC lives), some activists (not scientists) proposed this novel fix:
"Recently the alarmists have suggested we ignore the radiosonde thermometers, but instead take the radiosonde wind measurements, apply a theory about wind shear, and run the results through their computers to estimate the temperatures. They then say that the results show that we cannot rule out the presence of a hot spot. If you believe that you’d believe anything."
Activists don't need no stinking data!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
P90X update time.
Yes, the chest, tricep, and shoulder work out is a bear. The phase one chest routine centered on quantity. Do push ups and pull ups until you puke. The phase two dvd's are more intricate devices.
I actually did several one armed push ups. I just feel all cool writing that. What can you say to that, huh?
Biceps and back is also insane. It mimics my earlier routine in that I used to do a bunch of pull ups and then switch to biceps and triceps. Tony Horton has other ideas, however. Here the pull ups keep coming, ostensibly working out your back as you do double arm routines. As I sit here, lazily typing away, I can feel my triceps and biceps aching.
All that being said (er, written), the thing about this program is the diet. I haven't followed it, I am therefore stronger and slightly leaner.
So, beginners and novices out there. Don't sweat the intimidating workouts. When you come to bring it, do not bring the booze. Having a 6 day workout routine will be a shock to even an athlete's system, so the extra burn alone will work. The diet, however, will do things, I imagine, that will make you lean and hot. And the diet is not ascetic. So, don't fear it. You will still ingest at least 2000 calories a day. They will be smart calories. and possible tasty too.
Yes, the chest, tricep, and shoulder work out is a bear. The phase one chest routine centered on quantity. Do push ups and pull ups until you puke. The phase two dvd's are more intricate devices.
I actually did several one armed push ups. I just feel all cool writing that. What can you say to that, huh?
Biceps and back is also insane. It mimics my earlier routine in that I used to do a bunch of pull ups and then switch to biceps and triceps. Tony Horton has other ideas, however. Here the pull ups keep coming, ostensibly working out your back as you do double arm routines. As I sit here, lazily typing away, I can feel my triceps and biceps aching.
All that being said (er, written), the thing about this program is the diet. I haven't followed it, I am therefore stronger and slightly leaner.
So, beginners and novices out there. Don't sweat the intimidating workouts. When you come to bring it, do not bring the booze. Having a 6 day workout routine will be a shock to even an athlete's system, so the extra burn alone will work. The diet, however, will do things, I imagine, that will make you lean and hot. And the diet is not ascetic. So, don't fear it. You will still ingest at least 2000 calories a day. They will be smart calories. and possible tasty too.
Monday, July 14, 2008
You know what?
Fuck that John McCain. As a nose plug voter, I know I have to accept that I only agree with maybe 15% of his platform whereas Obama himself has no clue as to what he actually believes. I assume that Obama is a megalomaniacal socialist, and we all know how well those guys work.
But you know what. I am sick of getting insulted by him. If he hates conservatives so much, then fine. I'll vote for Obama. I may even campaign for Obama. How about that swing in synergy? It's the worst thing I can do.
Look, I don't want to adopt Mexico. I think that 300 million Americans is quite enough. Instead of taking in every person in the world who lives in an economic and political basketcase (i.e., everyone), let's work to promote Truth, Justice and the American Way, the shit that makes us an awesome country. So, I disagree with Mav on his insane ideas on immigration. That doesn't make me a bad person.
But, so what? no matter what I do, I think that Obama is going down in flames. Sorry, folks. Even if Obama does win, I can at least say don't blame me, no one would think that I would vote for Obama anyway.
So yeah, what is the worst that would happen with an Obama presidency? An inglorious retreat from Iraq? The return of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia? The slaughter of thousands of Iraqis? A war with Iran resulting in the slaughter of Israelis and Iranians and Iraqis (Obie is sure to screw this one up)? Chief Justice Hillary Clinton? 40% income tax rate? 30% capital gains tax? Obama's new KGB (I mean, holy shit, what?)? The return of California and Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico? It's not like public school kids aren't already being indoctrinated into becoming insanely lazy, deviant, anti-American, whiners.
Whatever. the guy is the return of Jimmy Carter. So be it. What makes me think that McCain isn't going to at least 2/3 of the dumb shit that Obama is going to do?
Blind party loyalty? I'm no sucker, and I ain't your bitch, Mav.
I don't know though. I would feel bad if I were responsible for a repeat of democrat treachery like that which occurred in Vietnam. Chief Justice Hillary Clinton sounds awful for the people who would choose to remain in this country. I am sure that somewhere, deep inside my patriotism will force me to do what is right for this country, even as Mav spits in my eye. But really, isn't dissent the highest form of patriotism? Dissent being more essential than actually loving or supporting your country? I mean, sure gramps stormed the beaches at Normandy, but did he ever interupt a citizenship swearing in ceremony or congressional testimony or cement over railroad tracks over which military goods are conveyed? What a hater!
God, the only thing I hate more than McCain right now remains the left (99% give the other 1% a bad name). How long will that last?
Fuck that John McCain. As a nose plug voter, I know I have to accept that I only agree with maybe 15% of his platform whereas Obama himself has no clue as to what he actually believes. I assume that Obama is a megalomaniacal socialist, and we all know how well those guys work.
But you know what. I am sick of getting insulted by him. If he hates conservatives so much, then fine. I'll vote for Obama. I may even campaign for Obama. How about that swing in synergy? It's the worst thing I can do.
Look, I don't want to adopt Mexico. I think that 300 million Americans is quite enough. Instead of taking in every person in the world who lives in an economic and political basketcase (i.e., everyone), let's work to promote Truth, Justice and the American Way, the shit that makes us an awesome country. So, I disagree with Mav on his insane ideas on immigration. That doesn't make me a bad person.
But, so what? no matter what I do, I think that Obama is going down in flames. Sorry, folks. Even if Obama does win, I can at least say don't blame me, no one would think that I would vote for Obama anyway.
So yeah, what is the worst that would happen with an Obama presidency? An inglorious retreat from Iraq? The return of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia? The slaughter of thousands of Iraqis? A war with Iran resulting in the slaughter of Israelis and Iranians and Iraqis (Obie is sure to screw this one up)? Chief Justice Hillary Clinton? 40% income tax rate? 30% capital gains tax? Obama's new KGB (I mean, holy shit, what?)? The return of California and Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico? It's not like public school kids aren't already being indoctrinated into becoming insanely lazy, deviant, anti-American, whiners.
Whatever. the guy is the return of Jimmy Carter. So be it. What makes me think that McCain isn't going to at least 2/3 of the dumb shit that Obama is going to do?
Blind party loyalty? I'm no sucker, and I ain't your bitch, Mav.
I don't know though. I would feel bad if I were responsible for a repeat of democrat treachery like that which occurred in Vietnam. Chief Justice Hillary Clinton sounds awful for the people who would choose to remain in this country. I am sure that somewhere, deep inside my patriotism will force me to do what is right for this country, even as Mav spits in my eye. But really, isn't dissent the highest form of patriotism? Dissent being more essential than actually loving or supporting your country? I mean, sure gramps stormed the beaches at Normandy, but did he ever interupt a citizenship swearing in ceremony or congressional testimony or cement over railroad tracks over which military goods are conveyed? What a hater!
God, the only thing I hate more than McCain right now remains the left (99% give the other 1% a bad name). How long will that last?
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Hey John McCain, just because I am a conservative doesn't mean that I have to vote for you.
So, as you throw your supporters under the bus for saying things that, like a maverick, support the notion that maybe the current mainstream media hysteria is unfounded, think about what that tells your ostensible supporters.
So, how does it feel to have any hiccup on the part of your campaign become front page navel gazing as the media barely reports Odumbo's risible past, present, friends, and wife?
So yeah, the first rule of liberal fight club is "you don't quote conservatives accurately."
So, Phil Gram, said "“We have sort of become a nation of whiners,” he said. “You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline” despite a major export boom that is the primary reason that growth continues in the economy."
This gets turned into you are a whiner. Yes, you. bitching about your house or your gas bill or whatever. That is different to me. But oh well. He said one thing, but his words are treated like another.
And, of course, McCain doesn't bother to defend the guy, essentially agreeing with the MSM hit on his advisor.
So, I don't know what Johnny Mac's actual strategery is here, but have fun buddy. Maybe Michael Moore will make a movie helping you get elected because no one on my side is enthused about helping you out. Back stabber.
So, as you throw your supporters under the bus for saying things that, like a maverick, support the notion that maybe the current mainstream media hysteria is unfounded, think about what that tells your ostensible supporters.
So, how does it feel to have any hiccup on the part of your campaign become front page navel gazing as the media barely reports Odumbo's risible past, present, friends, and wife?
So yeah, the first rule of liberal fight club is "you don't quote conservatives accurately."
So, Phil Gram, said "“We have sort of become a nation of whiners,” he said. “You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline” despite a major export boom that is the primary reason that growth continues in the economy."
This gets turned into you are a whiner. Yes, you. bitching about your house or your gas bill or whatever. That is different to me. But oh well. He said one thing, but his words are treated like another.
And, of course, McCain doesn't bother to defend the guy, essentially agreeing with the MSM hit on his advisor.
So, I don't know what Johnny Mac's actual strategery is here, but have fun buddy. Maybe Michael Moore will make a movie helping you get elected because no one on my side is enthused about helping you out. Back stabber.
Oh Jesus, really?
The thing about the man made global climate change crowd is that they sound like house wives from the middle ages. Superstitious bags.
So get this, we had Algae recently blaming some awful natural disaster on his pet project. Now, Black Hawk Down.
So, another elected official has tried to out Gore Gore:
"In Somalia back in 1993, climate change, according to 11 three- and four-star generals, resulted in a drought which led to famine," said Markey.
"That famine translated to international aid we sent in to Somalia, which then led to the U.S. having to send in forces to separate all the groups that were fighting over the aid, which led to Black Hawk Down."
This particular example of idiocy combines several strains of lefty idiocy. First, yes, any weather event aside from a nice summer day (possibly, I don't really know, it could cause melanoma) is, of course, the result of MMGCC. Second, it ignores the virulent violence that has followed radical Islam across the globe. It is not a religion, but rather, ta da, a consequence of an economic inequality. Third, it just sounds really really stupid and assholish.
Look, droughts have occurred throughout history. But most famines occur because of totalitarian regimes. Somehow, Ireland was exporting food during the potato famine. And somehow -it's not a bug, it's a feature - socialist regimes specialize in famine. Can you say the Ukraine in the 20's (how's that feel Duranty?), China in the 50's, Ethiopia in the 80's, North Korea right now. I bet Cambodia would have gotten a famine too if that regime wasn't so awesome at killing one third of it's population with guns. I think, if you read the book or watched the movie, Somalia was in a civil war where one side hoarded and confiscated food as a strategy. Or maybe both sides.
But whatever, theorize backwards from the idea that MMGCC causes everything. What gets me about these post-Christian dirt worshipers is that they drape themselves in science. But really, where are the temperatures actually rising? The data used is based on land based temperature stations that, charitably, cover 40% of the earth's surface. These temperature data are then "corrected," based on God knows what. NASA finally let it be known that their corrections mimic their predictions. Reading from years ago are adjusted down. Modern readings are corrected up. So, there is your warming. Too bad satellite data does not concur, instead showing stead or falling temperatures. Satellite data also shows that the seas have risen about 2mm a year for a couple of decades. So, if all that ice has already melted, where is the flooding?
And no, this isn't political, this is common sense to me. Although, when the left brings forward comparative worth for carbon emissions and has a politburo decide how much carbon dioxide you are allowed to emit, you can be that will political.
The thing about the man made global climate change crowd is that they sound like house wives from the middle ages. Superstitious bags.
So get this, we had Algae recently blaming some awful natural disaster on his pet project. Now, Black Hawk Down.
So, another elected official has tried to out Gore Gore:
"In Somalia back in 1993, climate change, according to 11 three- and four-star generals, resulted in a drought which led to famine," said Markey.
"That famine translated to international aid we sent in to Somalia, which then led to the U.S. having to send in forces to separate all the groups that were fighting over the aid, which led to Black Hawk Down."
This particular example of idiocy combines several strains of lefty idiocy. First, yes, any weather event aside from a nice summer day (possibly, I don't really know, it could cause melanoma) is, of course, the result of MMGCC. Second, it ignores the virulent violence that has followed radical Islam across the globe. It is not a religion, but rather, ta da, a consequence of an economic inequality. Third, it just sounds really really stupid and assholish.
Look, droughts have occurred throughout history. But most famines occur because of totalitarian regimes. Somehow, Ireland was exporting food during the potato famine. And somehow -it's not a bug, it's a feature - socialist regimes specialize in famine. Can you say the Ukraine in the 20's (how's that feel Duranty?), China in the 50's, Ethiopia in the 80's, North Korea right now. I bet Cambodia would have gotten a famine too if that regime wasn't so awesome at killing one third of it's population with guns. I think, if you read the book or watched the movie, Somalia was in a civil war where one side hoarded and confiscated food as a strategy. Or maybe both sides.
But whatever, theorize backwards from the idea that MMGCC causes everything. What gets me about these post-Christian dirt worshipers is that they drape themselves in science. But really, where are the temperatures actually rising? The data used is based on land based temperature stations that, charitably, cover 40% of the earth's surface. These temperature data are then "corrected," based on God knows what. NASA finally let it be known that their corrections mimic their predictions. Reading from years ago are adjusted down. Modern readings are corrected up. So, there is your warming. Too bad satellite data does not concur, instead showing stead or falling temperatures. Satellite data also shows that the seas have risen about 2mm a year for a couple of decades. So, if all that ice has already melted, where is the flooding?
And no, this isn't political, this is common sense to me. Although, when the left brings forward comparative worth for carbon emissions and has a politburo decide how much carbon dioxide you are allowed to emit, you can be that will political.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Oh jesus, really?
You know, one of the things I noticed about a lot of Democrats slash liberals is how ready they are to pat themselves on their back. You know, they are so smart, so nuanced, so good basically. In another post, I will write how, for most dems, their party loyalty is based more on vanity than anything else, that being a dem for some girls is the same as Carrie from the Golden Girls (I mean, Sex and the City) buying Prada. If you buy it, then you get to live the dream. "Look at me, I blindly vote democrat, I must be hip," "or listen to me, I am going to mindlessly repeat something John Stewart said, I must be hip and smart."
Anyway, check out this photo:
Yup, the batshit crazy leftists are out parroting the party line. McCain, the pain in Bush's ass, the embarrassment to conservatives, the would-be-adopter-of-Mexico (amnesty), the apparent believer in the great pagan god of global warming (i.e., dirt worshiper) is now equal to Bush.
Get it?
You see, the left has decided, in their cocoon like arrogance, that Bush is bad (they equate his low job performance numbers with their own insane hatred of Bush) and therefore think that tying McCain to Bush is good for them. I can see how that line of reasoning would work with your garden variety moonbat and other assorted socialists. But really? Will that line of reasoning really work on one of the legendary undecideds?
First of all, there is the arrogant conclusory nature of the whole thing. You notice this when arguing with libs. A statement just is. Let's not bother to really substantiate it. McCain is Bush. Why? Oh because of tax cuts. Or the war. So, you are running on tax cuts and the war. Or are you really running on your silly assumption that your absolute hatred of the president, the hatred to which you would feed American defeat in Iraq, is shared by normal people? Which is it?
Of course, McCain isn't probably smart enough to actually defend W. I mean, 52 straight months of economic growth. a record, ya know. not enough? Low unemployment? meh? Of course not, McCain parrots the gloom and doom crowd. Fine, whatever, Bush has low approval ratings because what else is a normal person going to think: name one positive story in years. They have no basis by which to think W is doing a good job. On the other hand, they don't hate the guy like these assholes do.
At least McCain owns the war. Apparently, he helped convince W to fire some generals and listen to Petraeus. McCain owns the surge, almost as much as W. If McCain runs from that, then what is the point of even running for president.
You see? I can't even bitch about this without starting to hate on McCain. But McCain=Bush?
Aside from arrogant conclusory blindness, there is also the pathetic need for the leftists to disturb things. Fine, assume that you are a leftist and have been told that McCain=Bush and you therefore now believe that with all of your heart. The same McCain for whom the left had cried for because he was soundly beaten by Bush in 2000. The McCain that the New York Times endorsed. The Maverick! The man who stood up to mean old republicans. Fine, flip the switch, all that old stuff goes down the memory hole, leftists are good at that.
What leftists are also good at are these brownshirt exhibitions. It's not enough for a leftist to sit around their house tittering with other lefties about how Bush=McCain. Nope, you have to actually go disturb a McCain rally. Much like Code Pink feels the need to invade and interrupt a citizenship ceremony. I use the term brownshirt because, golly gee, that is how they started out too. Actual history will show that Mussolini was essentially the Che of his day. The cool socialist. And hmm, what party did the brown shirts break shit for? Oh right, the National Socialist German Party. Just because your crazy aunt decided to go all fascist on you doesn't make it any less revolting.
So, yeah, Bush=McCain. Fuck. Where is Mitt? Where is Fred? The sad thing is is that for a nose-plug McCain voter like myself, this actually motivates me. Before, I wasn't going to do dick to help McCain. Now? I may actually send him $4. This behavior just shows that not only is the Democrat party the thuggish, union and mobbed up city machine it has always been, but that nationally, it is a braindead collection of the worst sort of anti-American degenerates. So, here in DC, I get to see AMG65's with Obama and No-Blood-For-Oil stickers and only get a taste of one third of the disgusting flavor, the rich white atheist wing, of that party. At least the union thug wing can think for themselves (or whoever made up the Reagan Democrats). That picture shows all too clearly how little thinking actually goes on in the intelligentsia ass-end of the party.
You know, one of the things I noticed about a lot of Democrats slash liberals is how ready they are to pat themselves on their back. You know, they are so smart, so nuanced, so good basically. In another post, I will write how, for most dems, their party loyalty is based more on vanity than anything else, that being a dem for some girls is the same as Carrie from the Golden Girls (I mean, Sex and the City) buying Prada. If you buy it, then you get to live the dream. "Look at me, I blindly vote democrat, I must be hip," "or listen to me, I am going to mindlessly repeat something John Stewart said, I must be hip and smart."
Anyway, check out this photo:
Yup, the batshit crazy leftists are out parroting the party line. McCain, the pain in Bush's ass, the embarrassment to conservatives, the would-be-adopter-of-Mexico (amnesty), the apparent believer in the great pagan god of global warming (i.e., dirt worshiper) is now equal to Bush.
Get it?
You see, the left has decided, in their cocoon like arrogance, that Bush is bad (they equate his low job performance numbers with their own insane hatred of Bush) and therefore think that tying McCain to Bush is good for them. I can see how that line of reasoning would work with your garden variety moonbat and other assorted socialists. But really? Will that line of reasoning really work on one of the legendary undecideds?
First of all, there is the arrogant conclusory nature of the whole thing. You notice this when arguing with libs. A statement just is. Let's not bother to really substantiate it. McCain is Bush. Why? Oh because of tax cuts. Or the war. So, you are running on tax cuts and the war. Or are you really running on your silly assumption that your absolute hatred of the president, the hatred to which you would feed American defeat in Iraq, is shared by normal people? Which is it?
Of course, McCain isn't probably smart enough to actually defend W. I mean, 52 straight months of economic growth. a record, ya know. not enough? Low unemployment? meh? Of course not, McCain parrots the gloom and doom crowd. Fine, whatever, Bush has low approval ratings because what else is a normal person going to think: name one positive story in years. They have no basis by which to think W is doing a good job. On the other hand, they don't hate the guy like these assholes do.
At least McCain owns the war. Apparently, he helped convince W to fire some generals and listen to Petraeus. McCain owns the surge, almost as much as W. If McCain runs from that, then what is the point of even running for president.
You see? I can't even bitch about this without starting to hate on McCain. But McCain=Bush?
Aside from arrogant conclusory blindness, there is also the pathetic need for the leftists to disturb things. Fine, assume that you are a leftist and have been told that McCain=Bush and you therefore now believe that with all of your heart. The same McCain for whom the left had cried for because he was soundly beaten by Bush in 2000. The McCain that the New York Times endorsed. The Maverick! The man who stood up to mean old republicans. Fine, flip the switch, all that old stuff goes down the memory hole, leftists are good at that.
What leftists are also good at are these brownshirt exhibitions. It's not enough for a leftist to sit around their house tittering with other lefties about how Bush=McCain. Nope, you have to actually go disturb a McCain rally. Much like Code Pink feels the need to invade and interrupt a citizenship ceremony. I use the term brownshirt because, golly gee, that is how they started out too. Actual history will show that Mussolini was essentially the Che of his day. The cool socialist. And hmm, what party did the brown shirts break shit for? Oh right, the National Socialist German Party. Just because your crazy aunt decided to go all fascist on you doesn't make it any less revolting.
So, yeah, Bush=McCain. Fuck. Where is Mitt? Where is Fred? The sad thing is is that for a nose-plug McCain voter like myself, this actually motivates me. Before, I wasn't going to do dick to help McCain. Now? I may actually send him $4. This behavior just shows that not only is the Democrat party the thuggish, union and mobbed up city machine it has always been, but that nationally, it is a braindead collection of the worst sort of anti-American degenerates. So, here in DC, I get to see AMG65's with Obama and No-Blood-For-Oil stickers and only get a taste of one third of the disgusting flavor, the rich white atheist wing, of that party. At least the union thug wing can think for themselves (or whoever made up the Reagan Democrats). That picture shows all too clearly how little thinking actually goes on in the intelligentsia ass-end of the party.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Epic Fail
P90X update. Yeah, ever since the switch from phase I to phase II, I have lost it.
It may have been the weekend trips. Dates on week nights. Laziness. That the new dvds drain me of my will to live.
Whatever, I need to get back on that train and repeat week 5.
On the plus side, I have gotten compliments on the physique. Since I am not "stronger," I assume it's because I am slightly slimmer. That is, I already have big chest and big arms...for me it's a matter of slimming down the face and the midsection. That seems to be a success because P90X has introduced me to a better lifestyle of eating. So, I may splurge, but my daily eating is pretty tame.
Again, I am amazed at how much these workouts kick your ass. Just when I thought the chest dvd was getting too easy, the new chest dvd completely redoes the workouts so that you again feel weak. Still recommend this system.
P90X update. Yeah, ever since the switch from phase I to phase II, I have lost it.
It may have been the weekend trips. Dates on week nights. Laziness. That the new dvds drain me of my will to live.
Whatever, I need to get back on that train and repeat week 5.
On the plus side, I have gotten compliments on the physique. Since I am not "stronger," I assume it's because I am slightly slimmer. That is, I already have big chest and big arms...for me it's a matter of slimming down the face and the midsection. That seems to be a success because P90X has introduced me to a better lifestyle of eating. So, I may splurge, but my daily eating is pretty tame.
Again, I am amazed at how much these workouts kick your ass. Just when I thought the chest dvd was getting too easy, the new chest dvd completely redoes the workouts so that you again feel weak. Still recommend this system.
Happy Fourth of July.
While some people have attempted to redefine patriotism as some malleable term that generally coincides with their political agenda, I would like to say that I am a real patriot.
I want my country to have victory, even if I don't like the current president.
When confronted with the allegation that other countries don't like mine, my first reaction is that they can go piss on a tree.
When confronted with the allegation that other countries don't like mine, my second reaction is to point out that polling people with an ideological and religious opposition to our free-market, non-atheist, non-caliphatism society may tend to piss off commies, post-Christians, and Al Qaeda supporters.
When confronted with the allegation that other countries don't like mine, my third reaction is to confront the allegation by counter demonstrating that, if they hate us, why is everyone trying to get here?
I love baseball, mom, and apple pie (even though, I prefer blueberry and/or key lime).
I get excited for the national anthem at sporting events.
I don't equate our pride in our country with ignorant jingoism because I know that most Americans have a benign acceptance of almost every other culture. We may not take the time to learn your particular po-dunk language, but we assume you are nice people. Other countries may not suck, and some may even have notable positives, but I still would rather visit overseas and live here. not the other way around.
I feel that when America gets involved overseas, we are doing so because we think we are doing the right thing. And dammit, stopping terrorism and communism and other totalitarian thugs is a good thing.
I hate conspiracy theories. America isn't run by a bunch of shady corporations, families, or aliens.
Wealth is created in this country. The pie gets bigger, my slice does not infringe on the size of your slice.
I love the great outdoors, I can build a campfire and steer a canoe. I try not to litter and to respect mother nature. I still know, based on my understanding of actual science, that the man-made-global warming is a hoax. Green is the new red, dontcha know?
Finally, in lieu of fireworks, how about so good old commie jokes:
The Soviet Ministry of Education is concerned that students are failing to acquire the skills they will need in the 21st century. So it's decided to upgrade the language curriculum to ensure fluency in the languages of tomorrow: English and Hebrew for those planning to leave - Chinese for those planning to stay.
The express train is running from Warsaw to Legnica (site of a big Soviet Airforce Base in the communist years) when it suddenly jumps the tracks and runs off into the woods. After a while going through the woods, it returns to the tracks and somehow gets back on. The conductor goes up to the engineer and says, "What are you, nuts? Running off into the woods like that." The engineer replies, "There was a Russian general standing on the tracks." The conductor berates him, "Then why didn't you just run the #%$$^%$ over?" to which the engineer replies, "That's just it, he ran into the woods."
Edward Gierek, first secretary of the Party from 1970 to 1980, goes down to Silesia to visit the miners and see how they live. He goes up to one block of flats, and goes to the door of one on the ground floor.It's open, so he enters and finds that it's furnished very luxuriously: color TV, refrigerator, plush sofas, and a little boy is sitting on the couch. Gierek says to him, "Son, do you know who I am?" The little boy shakes his head no, looking scared. Gierek spreads his arms and says, "Son, thanks to me, you have all this!" The little boy's face brightens and calls out to his parents in the next room, "Mommy, daddy, Uncle Hans from West Germany is here!"
Stalin was having a meeting in his office with the Central Committee one afternoon. After they all left, he realized that his pipe was missing. He called Beria and told him to question every member of the Committee about his pipe. The next day, Stalin found his pipe and called Beria to tell him to stop the questioning. Upon hearing this, Beria answered, "I am sorry Comrade Stalin but half of the Committee already admitted to taking the pipe, and the other half died during questioning."
While some people have attempted to redefine patriotism as some malleable term that generally coincides with their political agenda, I would like to say that I am a real patriot.
I want my country to have victory, even if I don't like the current president.
When confronted with the allegation that other countries don't like mine, my first reaction is that they can go piss on a tree.
When confronted with the allegation that other countries don't like mine, my second reaction is to point out that polling people with an ideological and religious opposition to our free-market, non-atheist, non-caliphatism society may tend to piss off commies, post-Christians, and Al Qaeda supporters.
When confronted with the allegation that other countries don't like mine, my third reaction is to confront the allegation by counter demonstrating that, if they hate us, why is everyone trying to get here?
I love baseball, mom, and apple pie (even though, I prefer blueberry and/or key lime).
I get excited for the national anthem at sporting events.
I don't equate our pride in our country with ignorant jingoism because I know that most Americans have a benign acceptance of almost every other culture. We may not take the time to learn your particular po-dunk language, but we assume you are nice people. Other countries may not suck, and some may even have notable positives, but I still would rather visit overseas and live here. not the other way around.
I feel that when America gets involved overseas, we are doing so because we think we are doing the right thing. And dammit, stopping terrorism and communism and other totalitarian thugs is a good thing.
I hate conspiracy theories. America isn't run by a bunch of shady corporations, families, or aliens.
Wealth is created in this country. The pie gets bigger, my slice does not infringe on the size of your slice.
I love the great outdoors, I can build a campfire and steer a canoe. I try not to litter and to respect mother nature. I still know, based on my understanding of actual science, that the man-made-global warming is a hoax. Green is the new red, dontcha know?
Finally, in lieu of fireworks, how about so good old commie jokes:
The Soviet Ministry of Education is concerned that students are failing to acquire the skills they will need in the 21st century. So it's decided to upgrade the language curriculum to ensure fluency in the languages of tomorrow: English and Hebrew for those planning to leave - Chinese for those planning to stay.
The express train is running from Warsaw to Legnica (site of a big Soviet Airforce Base in the communist years) when it suddenly jumps the tracks and runs off into the woods. After a while going through the woods, it returns to the tracks and somehow gets back on. The conductor goes up to the engineer and says, "What are you, nuts? Running off into the woods like that." The engineer replies, "There was a Russian general standing on the tracks." The conductor berates him, "Then why didn't you just run the #%$$^%$ over?" to which the engineer replies, "That's just it, he ran into the woods."
Edward Gierek, first secretary of the Party from 1970 to 1980, goes down to Silesia to visit the miners and see how they live. He goes up to one block of flats, and goes to the door of one on the ground floor.It's open, so he enters and finds that it's furnished very luxuriously: color TV, refrigerator, plush sofas, and a little boy is sitting on the couch. Gierek says to him, "Son, do you know who I am?" The little boy shakes his head no, looking scared. Gierek spreads his arms and says, "Son, thanks to me, you have all this!" The little boy's face brightens and calls out to his parents in the next room, "Mommy, daddy, Uncle Hans from West Germany is here!"
Stalin was having a meeting in his office with the Central Committee one afternoon. After they all left, he realized that his pipe was missing. He called Beria and told him to question every member of the Committee about his pipe. The next day, Stalin found his pipe and called Beria to tell him to stop the questioning. Upon hearing this, Beria answered, "I am sorry Comrade Stalin but half of the Committee already admitted to taking the pipe, and the other half died during questioning."
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