The Only Thing Missing Is The Dueling Banjos

This is sad and scary all at the same time. And with 2 weeks left it should serve as a strong reminder on why it is absolutely critical that we vote. I promise you the folks in this video will (provided natural selection hasn't solved the problem for them before hand).

Funny Old Bastard

The 2008 Presidential election has gotten ugly lately. Some very nasty things have been said and there have been some crazy ads. This is why it was really nice to see the two principals in the race take a break from the campaign at the Al E. Smith dinner that occurs every 4 years.

For those of you that aren't aware, each 4 years the two most likely candidates to become president get together and roast themselves and each other at a charity dinner. This year the different speaches were highly entertaining. In my opinion the best of the two belonged to John McCain. Enjoy!!

Start Em Or Sit Em

As many of you know I am obsessed with Fantasy Football. Every week a bunch of so called experts get on TV and try to tell me, and others that share my obsession, who to "start" or "sit". I never listen. I do as much research throughout the week and it has served me pretty well. Well I found another expert to not listen to. To be honest I'm not sure she's even talking. You be the judge.




Yes I know she didn't actually come up with this stuff herself

Do Us All A Favor Will Ya?

This photo was taken just outside of Wall Street

OMG! You're Such A Good Debator!

Through some incredible good fortune I was able to obtain a copy of Governor Palin's debate notes. Now we can all see why she did as well as she did despite not having any real time to prepare.

Mom Knows Best

Yep - Train Wrecks Are Still Funny

Mental note to would be kings...don't piss off Letterman




Well done Queenie!

Palinoscopy

America has had 5 weeks to meet and hear Governor Sarah Palin. She entered the national arena with quite a clamor. Much like Senator Obama she is charismatic and is at her best when standing before a crowd giving a speech.

The criticism that Obama has been able to shake is that all he can do is give stirring speeches and that outside of this considerable talent he and his policies are without any real substance. It has also been said that he lacks the necessary experience to lead the free world.

Similar comments have been made about Governor Palin. Outside of her speech in Ohio on the day she was announced as McCain’s running mate, and the now infamous “Lipstick” speech at the RNC she has shown little grasp of policy and world activities. She has been unable to answer even the simplest of questions with any true coherency.

If you are a family member, a loved one, or even a friend of Sarah’s you need to tell her that she looks stupid right now. I’m not saying that she is stupid. I’m saying she looks way out of her depth. Her answers at the VP Debate this week were reminiscent of a high school kid attempting to give a report on an assignment they didn’t read.

Here’s a question about what is more dangerous Iran or Pakistan and the Governor’s response:

IFILL: Governor, nuclear Pakistan, unstable Pakistan, nuclear Iran? Which is the greater threat?

This is what is known as a “softball question”. There are a few ways that it can be answered. She can simply just say which country she believes is more dangerous. She could play off of Biden’s answer to this question (which was incredibly thourough). She could do anything here except what she did.

PALIN: Both are extremely dangerous, of course. And as for who coined that central war on terror being in Iraq, it was the General Petraeus and al Qaeda, both leaders there and it's probably the only thing that they're ever going to agree on, but that it was a central war on terror is in Iraq. You don't have to believe me or John McCain on that. I would believe Petraeus and the leader of al Qaeda.

I’d like to point out that she hasn’t made any specific mention of which one she feels is a bigger threat. It is a given that they are both dangerous. This is inherent in the question itself. So to say that “both are extremely dangerous” won’t work as an answer. But to be fair let’s see what else she had to say.

PALIN (cont’d): An armed, nuclear armed especially Iran is so extremely dangerous to consider. They cannot be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons period. Israel is in jeopardy of course when we're dealing with Ahmadinejad as a leader of Iran. Iran claiming that Israel as he termed it, a stinking corpse, a country that should be wiped off the face of the earth. Now a leader like Ahmadinejad who is not sane or stable when he says things like that is not one whom we can allow to acquire nuclear energy, nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, the Castro brothers, others who are dangerous dictators are one that Barack Obama has said he would be willing to meet with without preconditions being met first.

Well at least she answered the question. But shouldn’t someone have told her that Iran already has nuclear energy and technology? They aren’t at a stage where they can actually make kick ass weapons with it yet but they do have it. I only mention this because I have to believe that if someone had told her this she probably wouldn’t have said that we cannot allow Iran to acquire nuclear energy. Someone should have also told her that Pakistan already has nuclear weapons so they may be a little ahead of the game.

PALIN (cont’d): And an issue like that taken up by a presidential candidate goes beyond naivete and goes beyond poor judgment. A statement that he made like that is downright dangerous because leaders like Ahmadinejad who would seek to acquire nuclear weapons and wipe off the face of the earth an ally like we have in Israel should not be met with without preconditions and diplomatic efforts being undertaken first.

I think we’ve all seen how naïve it is to believe that the world will do as we say just because we’re the USA. Gone are the days of making unilateral decisions about the fate of other governments. Former Secretaries of State Kissinger, Powell & Baker all agree that we must always be willing to negotiate with our enemies.

Oh and by the way, I’d like to point out that she answered the entire question without ever even uttering the word Pakistan. Let’s move on because its possible that this question was a bit too much for her. Besides that my A.D.D. is kicking in and I don’t feel like talking about her for too much longer.

By now most of you have seen the interview with Katie Couric and the subsequent Tina Fey portrayal. Couric asked two fairly simple questions. One is the sort of question that you don’t necessarily expect the average citizen to answer but you damn sure expect a VP candidate to be able to talk about. One other note on this one is that Couric had asked Senator Biden the same question in an earlier interview.

COURIC: What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with, (beyond Roe v. Wade).

PALIN: Well, let's see. There's --of course --in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are--those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know--going through the history of America, there would be others but

COURIC: Can you think of any?

PALIN: Well, I could think of--of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a Vice President, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today

What!?!?! I don’t even know where to begin on this one. Ok maybe that question was too hard. How about an easier one? Here’s a question that you could walk down the street of any city and pull aside 10 people and ask them. Let’s see how Sarah does.

COURIC: When it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?”

PALIN: I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media

COURIC: What specifically?

PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years

COURIC: Can you name a few?

PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too,” she said. “Alaska isn’t a foreign country, where it’s kind of suggested, ‘Wow, how could you keep in touch with what the rest of Washington, D.C., may be thinking when you live up there in Alaska?’ Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.

Seriously?! The New York Times? The Wall Street Journal? Maybe even a local rag. Something. Anything. Perhaps you’re more of an internet gal. Ugghhhh!!!! A fucking heart beat away folks. This is what they’re suggesting she’s ready for.