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Reader blogs What Social Security Isn'tI agree with Deadman that "the idea of social security is to provide the elderly with a baseline level of resources so they don't become impoverished". I think that a major reason that Social Security reform is the "3rd rail" of politics is that so many people disagree with us. If you listen to the AARP crowd, they are adamant that this is not the case.  Nine Out of Ten Taliban Agree: Dead Animals Do Not Belong in PoloAt least the Taliban and I can agree on something. During their regime in Afghanistan, the Taliban banned the popular Central Asian sport, Buzkashi. This, uh, sport consists of horseback men riding around and trying to drag a dead calf into a ring in the sand. If you find this objectionable for some odd reason, don’t worry – a goat can also be used. So, the Taliban may make no bones about killing innocent people for no particular reason, but dragging around dead calves – that has got to stop. Well, since these musketeers of peace and morality are no longer running things in merry ol’ Afghanistan, the sport has made a comeback. [Read more] Why I Miss George W. BushNow, those were not the greatest eight years this country has ever seen, I’ll admit that right off the bat. Yet, I can’t help but miss having George in the White House. Here’s why. I miss the silence. Seems like every other day Obama is giving a speech or a lecture or tap-dancing in front of the cameras to promote one issue or another. George W. Bush had no need for such antics. It was never “open mike” at the White House. He kept his appearances among the riff-raff to a minimum. The only times the general public was addressed by the President was during the annual State of the Union speech and whenever we attacked another country. [Read more]  My anger management assignment gone very, very wrongOne of the take home assignments for my court ordered anger management course was to find useful articles to help de-stress your day. Well, wouldn’t you know it; I came across this piece of garbage (below in black) and had to “sprinkle” the idiot author with my opinions (in blue) of her “tips and tricks”. Enjoy!  Rare Footage of Al Franken's First Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
It appears that Al Franken's first go-round on the Senate Judiciary Committee was at the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on SNL (portraying Senator Paul Simon).
Funny how life imitates art.
For the HULU-impaired: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/91/91cthomas.phtml
 Innocent until proven guilty? Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?Two phrases that get tossed around a bit are "Innocent until proven guilty" and "Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". Of course, these phrases are typically reserved for people we want to defend or people we don't want to believe could be guilty of the crime they're accused of. [Read more] Obama disappoints, once againObama has disappointed many on the left time, and time again, from suppression of abuse/rape photos to giving amnesty to telcos over illegal wire-tapping, just to name a couple. This time, however, he's crossed the line. We want a President who wouldn't hurt a fly. Don't we? Well, maybe not all of us, but PETA does. Although I'm a pescetarian, and am very sympathetic to many of PETA's causes, they really do like the crazy, don't they?  American Idol Almost Causes Apocalypse - Last Minute Save By Jesus (Assist goes to Danny Gokey)
Why George W. Bush was a better president than Thomas JeffersonIn the spirit of a recent post comparing Hamilton and Cheney, I thought I'd explore one area where George W. Bush bests Thomas Jefferson hands down: Bush never owned a single slave (as far as I know). Of course, you might say that times were different when Jefferson was president, but is that any better of an excuse than "just following orders"? Discuss. Please. (I'm only being half-way snarky here.)  Silva's TurnSilva’s Turn Milgram, "just following orders", and compassionIn this posting, I intend to discuss how "just following orders" is not as lame an excuse as many seem to think it is, but how, nevertheless, we cannot accept it as a valid excuse, and attempt to look at how we should handle such cases. [Read more] Agreeing with Obama. Torture photos should not be releasedWhen I heard that Obama was reversing course on the torture photographs, initially I was extremely disappointed. I thought that he may be bowing to conservative pressure - or was possibly protecting some Democrats who were in too deep. SATAN RESPONDS!! A letter from the Devil to Miss California Carrie Prejean
Wouldn't it be nice if.....Picture it - 24 hour news coverage of the Attorney General's decision to launch a full scale investigation into the Cheney torture policies and warrantless wiretapping programs. He has decided that if laws were broken, there will be prosecutions - and there are NONE who are above the law. Not even Cheney. SHOCKER!! GOP Christian Extremists kill efforts to bring party back to the mainstream - but STUPID people can still be DANGEROUS!OK - if you need to understand the level of disdain I have for the right wing of the Republican party you just need to take a look at a few of my previous posts. I've called them every name - and I think they deserve everything I've leveled at them - and then some. And in all fairness - I've tended to label all Republicans as right wing Neo-con Evangelical Christians. But just because most of them happen to suck the lifeblood from our Nation doesn't mean they all are that way. [Read more] Joy Behar advocates child abuse charges for teaching creationism over evolution - I take it one step furtherI saw a clip of "The View" yesterday where the hosts were discussing darwinism vs creationism and what should be taught in our schools and to our children. First of all - good job to Joy Behar - for not being afraid to stand up to the right wing screech in Elizabeth Hassleback, and for not beating up on Sherri Shepherd, because it would have come across as picking on the mentally challenged. But that insults the mentally challenged - as they often have the ability to put together rational thoughts, and Sherri Shepherd is a walking ad for forced sterilization. Prayer by Numb3rs: A Breakdown of Prayer Requests on Social Networking Sites.
WHEN TORTURE BECOMES TORTURE-MURDER - If right wingers can't be shocked by this - just how dark is their soul?There are a lot of Republicans that say what we did to the detainees at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and other blacksite prisons was not torture. That represents an increasingly small number, though, as the release of the torture memo's and the imminent release of more stomach churning photo's has made it very hard for them to argue that position and not be seen as an ignorant uninformed fool. But unfortunately - the position they are now taking further illustrates the darkness that lies within them. If you can be for torture - your soul died a long time ago. HALLELUJAH FOR TORTURE! Study shows white Evangelicals have largest thirst for bloodToday is the day that Christians finally removed their masks and revealed their true colors. We're all familiar with the masks. Whether it is the nice old lady who helps out with organizing the weekly bulliten, the young couple who host small groups at their home, the CEO of a company who is vocal about his faith, and a million other disguises.
The outside of the masks are designed to fool us - they depict people who are admittedly imperfect, who sin, but who accepted Jesus into their hearts and were forgiven of their sins. BUT - they also depict people who vow to do their best (even though they will fail and will need forgiveness again) to live a Christ like life. [Read more] A Neo-con story - It's got excitement, intrigue, and John Boener licking the rendered fat of Jerry Falwell from Pat Robertson's nipplesTHE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT STORY ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AND MY OPINION OF THEM. BECAUSE IT'S A BIT LONG - AND EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. PICTURE JAMES DOBSON, A SHEEP, AND A MIDGET WEARING AN APOCALYPTIC GAS MASK. YOU WILL LAUGH, YOU WILL CRY, YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER. I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK LOOK AS TO THE FUN YOU CAN EXPECT IF YOU READ ON -  Whup-ass: a questionSomething's been bugging me lately. It's this: Why does whup-ass only come in those huge cans? I understand that's it's more economical, but it's also really wasteful. And probably leaves a big carbon footprint. Why hasn't somebody come up with the idea of selling mini-portions? Or at least quart-size containers? But no. If you listen to the ads, you're encouraged every damn time to open up a brand-new huge can of whup-ass. Like you, the back of my fridge is stuffed with jars of the leftover stuff. It's not like it ever goes bad, right? Just another sign of the overconsumption we've allowed Madison Ave. to foist upon us. It makes me so mad, I want to ... no, wait, I see what they're doing. They almost had me again. Copyright © 2009 dagblog. All rights reserved.
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