Keating 5

Important video about the making of a financial crisis, specifically deregulation and how much power corporations have over politicians like John McCrazy.

Enjoy, and please pass it along.

Daytime at the Convention

Sorry kids- its like the Superbowl or the Olympics- but it actually matters.

I don't think the MSM is covering Daytime events/ speakers at the Convention. Some of the best speeches have taken place with no coverage! Dont get me wrong...Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Kennedy certainly hit it out of the park- their speeches will go down in Democratic history. Still, here are some other favorites of mine.

Wake Up America! Representative Kucinich

Failed Bush Policies Governor Ted Strickland

Hey did Bill Richardson get bumped? WTF?

Faux News at the DNC

Oh, delightful justice.

Liberals aren't going to take shit slinging, lying right wing tools seriously. And yeah, we are a little contemptuous. Look at the economy, the war, our educational system and our general quality of life. Its down the shitter, and Faux news et al are directly responsible. So dont be surprised when we return some of those strong arm tactics.



FUCK FOX NEWS! Invoking your free speech rights at that moment was misplaced. Hope he gets his ass kicked.

There is always a down side I suppose- Denver anticipated protesters. Subversive ideas=time spent by innocent people in manufactured cells. God damn those plastic cuffs are teh fucking suck. Ya know, Im sure there was a time in this Country when we could peacefully assemble with fear of incarceration as our Constitution guarantees. There may have even been a time when people detained by the law didn't need the ACLU to intervene and ensure toilets, water and basic needs were met. Im positive there was a time when networks like FOX couldn't masquerade as a legitimate news network when in fact they are a propaganda factory for the fascist right.

Today is not that day. But at least I can laugh at "FUCK FOX NEWS" being aired live for thousands of ill informed Fox fans.

John McCain is stupid

My brother is a dumb jerk. He postulates that Senator McCain (henceforth known as John McCrazy or Grampy McPain) is not dumb- contrarily- he is quite intelligent. After all, having made his way up the ranks from a lowly POW to Senator of the great state of Arizona, he must be sharp.
If anyone was paying attention- Grampy's campaign would be over due to the fatuous and ignorant comments this guy makes on a weekly basis. Look it up- its AT LEAST a gaffe a week this guy. This week, it was two gaffes in a day.

For my brothers benefit, I'll make a quick list of my favorites. Whilst you peruse- try picturing a Democratic candidate floundering around witlessly in the same manner.

Story Telling = Plagiarism Also, from this week (that makes three if your counting. McPain tells a moving story about his internment in the Hanoi Hilton to a crowd of supporters. Turns out, the story was most likely lifted from Nobel prize winning novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. An excerpt from Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago" matches Grampy's sob story to the letter- minus the different bad guys.

Sunni? Shia? You all look the same to me now get off my lawn! He confuses Somalia with Sudan, and Afghanistan with Iraq. Yipes!

Confusing Time lines The surge is working so well it sparked the Anbar awakening! Too bad the surge occurred after the Anbar awakening.

Grab a map- and please point out the Iraqi- Pakistan border. Take your time.

Czechoslovakia You cant act like you know SHIT about foreign policy and refer to countries that ceased to exist 20 years ago. You just cant.


Top of the graduating class? Try 5th from the bottom at Annapolis. 894th out of 899 students. He even jokes about it. Only the best and the brightest for the good old US of A! After all, old Bushie was a C Student in college.

This is just a few. I could write pages on McPains confusion. Its not even flip flopping- its as though he seriously cannot recall statements he has made. Maybe its Alzheimer's?

Incidentally, The other M just forwarded me this youtube link detailing several of Grampy McSame's cognitive slips and blunders. Take a gander, and please forward the video to as you see fit.



Last item for my bro- the media covers Barack more often. HOWEVER!!! He receives more bad press i.e Obamas on air evaluations are negative 72% of the time. Take a moment to read the study conducted by the non-partisan Center For Media And Public Affairs.

Yes, brother, I am older and wiser. And prettier. Please take this PWN and STFU next time.

Drunk History

I love Current TV. I saw this pod today and thought I would share its barfy goodness with you.



Premise- Get drunk- I mean really inebriated- and narrate historical events while your friends record it. When the puking is through, re-enact event with rented costumes and comrades like Jack Black.

Note- they have a channel on youtube that contains all of their videos. I highly suggest you crack open a bottle of plum wine (my curent addiction) and watch them all.

Chocolate covered frustration

My ass is big. Why? My main coping mechanism is food- specifically, chocolate. John McCain opens his trap, I turn to nestle. Another poll reflecting the presidential race is tie- its off to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Polar Bears? Time for Betty Crocker.

House Republicans are douche bags. I know we should elevate the conversation, but those jerks are directly responsible for my consumption of 2 chocolate bars and an ice cream sandwich. Watching their little 'sit-in' on the adjourned house floor today started the binge. What a debauchery- they have had control- nay a filibuster proof majority for at least a decade and now all of the sudden there is an urgent need to ease Americas oil woes? I had to throw in some cinnamon bears and chocolate covered raisins when the news reported that yet again- Americans have caved to the culture of fear and now resoundingly support offshore drilling. Incidentally, they support offshore drilling, even though most believe it wont lower gas prices.

Someone suggested that I should not underestimate the intelligence of the American populace. My response? LOLZ where is my chocolate fudge brownie Ben and Jerry's? We are referring to a population of people who voted for someone they could have a beer with and ADDED BONUS we don't have to next door to married homos and we can continue to infringe on Woman's reproductive rights (by writ of the great wizard in the sky.. you filthy heathen). Fear numbs the mind. Perhaps we have been numb so long we cant see reality anymore.

Between mouth fulls, I made phone calls to anyone and everyone who would listen. Nancy Pelosi and Joe Baca were obviously not in, but I left them messages urging them to remind their Republican counterparts that Exxon Mobil reported record profits yet again, while decreasing production (even though demand is increasing). I reminded Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer that pursuing green sources of energy will provide new American jobs and energy independence- in half the time (10 years) it would take to save a few pennies on domestic oil production (20 years). Hey Governator! It would actually take 10 years to even begin more drilling domestically.

For more fun energy crisis facts, please see my previous rant.

As my hips continue to expand, I wonder why I didn't choose the blue pill.

Talk Radio VS Main Stream Media

AKA Shit I WOULDN'T know if I weren't a dork that listened to talk radio.

The main stream media has taken apart Barack Obamas Life. We have heard about his early childhood education in a madrassa
, his childhood in general, previous experimentation with drugs and alcohol, past business alliances, and even his wife's educational background, specifically her thesis. In fact, Michelle's thesis dominated the headlines for several days- prompting Captain Oxycontin Limbaugh to choke on his housekeepers stash while on air in his home studio. I kid. He has yet to choke on his own vomit. Unfortunately.

The main stream media has outright neglected the McCains. I had no idea Cindy McCain was a beer heiress until Stephanie Miller and her mooks made cutting remarks her fortune. I didn't even know the values voters great hope had been married previously. Not only is he a divorcee, but the war hero abandoned his ailing wife for someone 18 years younger than him. Mr. marriage-is-so-sacred-gays-cant-do-it began cohabiting with Cindy long before his first marriage was dissolved, applying for a marriage license before the divorce was granted. John and Cindy McCain were married less than a month after the ink was dry on the marriage dissolution.

While CNN was reeling about the news that Mrs. Obama had made grammatical errors on her masters thesis, no one dared mention Cindy McCains addiction to painkillers. Not only was she a pill popping junkie- SHE WAS STEALING PILLS FROM HER OWN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. I guess republicanism and addiction are par for the course.. how else would they sleep at night? Mr. And Mrs Obama answered questions about how they obtained their family residence from a shady Chicago real estate man while Cindy McCain still refuses to make her tax returns public. Surprisingly- I found a piece on the Wall Street Journal about how Mr. McCain will profit from the acquisition of Anheuser by InBev. Funny I didn't hear about that little tid bit during the extensive coverage of the buy out on MSNBC, the msm is hard pressed to connect the McCains to the wealthy beer producer on any occasion.

Moral of the story- cable news has its place. However, it is imperative to draw on every available resource for information these days. Our media has failed us.