http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080531/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_s_women
'nuff said ... well, I can't help but speculate: Does this mean that Al Qaida is against gay marriage, too? Maybe Bush should rethink this "war on terror" thing. He could use an expansion of the Republican conservative base ...
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Stupid People
If your main claim to political fame is that you are the candidate of choice for the least-educated state in the nation, isn't that a sign from the universe that it's time to quit, for the good of the country?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Sorry Hill, party's over, you're going home alone
Poor Hillary Clinton. She's a good hearted woman. And after working hard to become one of the hard working, gun toting plan folks, it must be tough to have to tell the nation they just won't vote for a black guy.
Truth is, of course, that's not her at all. She may have moved to Arkansas to help Bill politically, but she was damn sure not going back when he left office.
No, as I've written before, the real problem is that Hillary at heart will always be that smart college girl in the thick glasses desperate in need to a man to complete her. That's she ended up with Bill, the slick-talking philanderer who she knew could be a great man one day. And stuck with him when he humiliated her publicly. More than once. And even sent her out to lie for him.
It would have been a problem as president, I think. Suppose Putin took the little lady out fishin' and doffed his shirt. Or some slick republican in the Senate sweet-talked her out of the budget.
We've avoided that, but now we have a different problem. The party's over. She is not going to be the nominee. But she's sticking things out in hopes we decide we like her, we really like her.
We do Hill, but the party's over. You're going home alone. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
Truth is, of course, that's not her at all. She may have moved to Arkansas to help Bill politically, but she was damn sure not going back when he left office.
No, as I've written before, the real problem is that Hillary at heart will always be that smart college girl in the thick glasses desperate in need to a man to complete her. That's she ended up with Bill, the slick-talking philanderer who she knew could be a great man one day. And stuck with him when he humiliated her publicly. More than once. And even sent her out to lie for him.
It would have been a problem as president, I think. Suppose Putin took the little lady out fishin' and doffed his shirt. Or some slick republican in the Senate sweet-talked her out of the budget.
We've avoided that, but now we have a different problem. The party's over. She is not going to be the nominee. But she's sticking things out in hopes we decide we like her, we really like her.
We do Hill, but the party's over. You're going home alone. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Gas tax holidays in the sun
Policy has finally intruded on the 'who's your spiritual daddy' debate that is our presidential race.
Hillary Clinton boldly said 'me too' to John McCain's idea of a gas tax holiday starting in less than a month, which would give us all two extra dimes to rub together per gallon. At least, until Big Oil raises prices another two dimes.
Barack Obama, meanwhile, once again decided to treat American voters like adults. Chump change and pandering. And I'm sure it'll end this debate just as it ended the Rev. Wright debate.
And y'know, maybe it shouldn't, In DC or New York or out here on the West Coast, where salaries are larger and distances shorter, none of this seems like much.
But out in the vast heart of American where people make average American salaries of 40K or 50K, people are seriously being hurt by gas prices. If you live in Billings, you can't hop a bus to the next town for pocket change. They need help now.
So when Obama dismisses this as pandering, and says to Americans they'll have to wait until a new president is elected and takes office and gets his stuff together and can enact a new long-term energy policy, and then let's wait for that to take effect...
He risks being labeled out of touch or, dare I say it, elitist. And dismissed because we all know Washington will never do something real or effective.
Of course, the real pandering here is that candidates Clinton and McCain talk about this holiday starting very soon. But senators Clinton and McCain haven't even filed a bill. No doubt the candidates will blame the senators for failing to act, and call for change....
Hillary Clinton boldly said 'me too' to John McCain's idea of a gas tax holiday starting in less than a month, which would give us all two extra dimes to rub together per gallon. At least, until Big Oil raises prices another two dimes.
Barack Obama, meanwhile, once again decided to treat American voters like adults. Chump change and pandering. And I'm sure it'll end this debate just as it ended the Rev. Wright debate.
And y'know, maybe it shouldn't, In DC or New York or out here on the West Coast, where salaries are larger and distances shorter, none of this seems like much.
But out in the vast heart of American where people make average American salaries of 40K or 50K, people are seriously being hurt by gas prices. If you live in Billings, you can't hop a bus to the next town for pocket change. They need help now.
So when Obama dismisses this as pandering, and says to Americans they'll have to wait until a new president is elected and takes office and gets his stuff together and can enact a new long-term energy policy, and then let's wait for that to take effect...
He risks being labeled out of touch or, dare I say it, elitist. And dismissed because we all know Washington will never do something real or effective.
Of course, the real pandering here is that candidates Clinton and McCain talk about this holiday starting very soon. But senators Clinton and McCain haven't even filed a bill. No doubt the candidates will blame the senators for failing to act, and call for change....
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