Bits, Pieces and Other Folks Snatches

SURPRISE: Promising muslim candidate with reform/democracy/antil AlQueada platform assassinated in Muslim country. Rudy said to Wolf Blitzer that it was an Islamic Terrorist. As of this writing, they really haven’t analyzed the bits an pieces of the son of a bitch that blew himself and several others up and determined he was an Islamic anything (it’s highly likely though). Musharraf condemning the attack from one side of his mouth secretly stating with the other side “one down, one to go”. If you wonder why there’s hasn’t been a successful attempt on Pervez, it may be because he’s worked out a deal with Al Qaeda: providing them with a little real estate to establish new training grounds and replenish power up there in the “tribal regions in exchange for his continued power. You know, my guess is that if Prez Pervez wanted to take care of shit in the “tribal region” he could. For the most part, Pakistan can’t handle the idea of “democracy”. Their answer after the killing: burn a bus, tear up a hospital, riot, kill. Using that as a method of correcting the problem hasn’t worked before, why should it now. Maybe it’s just a little stress relieving to smash up a hospital.As far as this assassination goes, I’m SURPRISED it didn’t happen sooner. And SURPRISE, all the US presidential candidates are faining concern and disgust.

George Bush SURPRISED that multi-holed outhouse we call Pakistan with 10 billion in military “aid” and other surprises to fight those very terrorists that probably just blew up Bhutto. It’s reported that about half went to the appropriate toilet, that being the Pakistani military. The other half went to some other toilet and will never be seen. The results of that 10b purchase was a bunch of brown skid marks that formed as it circled the bowl. Bin Laden is still holed up in the “tribal regions” of the Pakistani toilet and still in control. It’s time to stop fucking around there and lay waste to the “tribal regions”. Oh Yeah, SURPRISE!!! Pakistan has nuclear weapons!

I’m not surprised the Nintendo Wii was, for the most part, unavailable over the holiday season. Our family has had a great time with ours that Santa purchased way back in October. Nintendo also insists that parents fax a signed form and release allowing children under the age of 14 access their website and that form must stipulate what those kids have access to. Nintendo also provides free controller jackets and straps if needed as a response to safety concerns. I am surprised at this level of corporate responsibility.

Because a bloody shoe was found in the cage of a tiger that surprised a few visitors, the folks out there at the SF zoo think that one of the victims may have been taunting the tiger by somehow swinging his foot in the cage. Surprise! Tigers apparently don’t like that. If the families of the boys who were killed and injured surprise everyone and file a lawsuit, I think the zoo should be able to counter sue for the loss of their tiger based on the stupidity of the moron who supposedly put a piece of himself in the cage.

The French are now hated by the folks in Chad. SURPRISE! The French are hated just about everywhere.

Don’t forget the reason of the season.

Also, don’t forget all those less fortunate than those of us who own computers:

• The guys that work with me, they’re less fortunate because they have to work with me!
• the dumb asses who drive in a blizzard and end up in the ditch,
• the folks who weren’t smart enough to get a home loan that didn’t go up in interest after a few years,
• the people who over use their credit cards and wonder why the credit card companies are so mean by requesting payment,
• the folks who smoke and die of lung cancer,
• the folks who eat and can’t see their pecker for all the fat,
• every citizen of the state of California,
• the guy with the wide stance in the bathroom,
• the kids of any Spears mom,
• to all the great moms out there who believe that a curfue will keep your kids from having sex,
• Sciencetologists
• and the folks suckered into the current Pentacostal movement.

Now that John McCain has topped the polls, Mitt has turned his bashing to the senator from AZ.  When is this ass-hole going to say anything of any substance?  His issues seem to be who ever is topping the polls for the time being. 

I saw Huckabee trying to convince a bunch of Christmas worshipers At a Mega Church in Dallas that faith is an issue in our government.  Again, he was in a mega church telling them that it’s ok to be a man of faith and run for office.  If there ever been an example of the definition of “Preaching to the Choir” that was it.

Mitt is back peddling on his claim that his dad joined Dr. ML King in a March in Detroit. He said it several times but he forgot to throw in the “air-quotes” when he did.

FROM USA TODAY: In a major speech on faith and politics earlier this month in Texas, Mitt Romney said: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”

He made a similar statement Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press. He said, “You can see what I believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. My dad marched with Martin Luther King. My mom was a tireless crusader for civil rights.”

“He was speaking figuratively, not literally,” Eric Fehrnstrom, spokesman for the Romney campaign, said of the candidate.

Yada-Yada-Yada: Hey Mitt, your dad could have been Martin Luther King Jr. but if you’re not a Democrat today, you aren’t getting the black vote. Therefore pandering and making up stories to get a little street cread is useless.

I was reading an online article provided by Newsweek magazine on Mike Huckabee, our former Governor here in Arkansas. It SEEMED unbiased for the most part, however it was the reader comments that swung wildly from political tree to tree. Claiming affiliation to a particular political party in our country is akin to preferring Chevy’s over Fords, football over baseball, Islam over Christianity. You’re just not going to convince the other that yours is the better way.

I like Mike, as a politically uncommitted former constituent of his, I think he did a good job. He was a stranger in a strange land, that is, him being a Republican in Arkansas politics dominated by Democrats. (Our current Governor is a Democrat and I’m satisfied for now that he is doing a good job especially by repealing a portion of our stupid-ass grocery tax the day he entered office). Huckabee’s record on taxation and acceptance of gifts while Governor is over blown, I admire his commitment to his faith, and I agree with his position on making scholar ships and higher education available to children of immigrant children whether they are here legally or not. What does that have to do with being soft on immigration? We gain nothing in this country if we repress their desire to learn and refuse them access to an education (insert Lou Dobbs ranting here if you wish). As Mike has stated, how can we hold those kids accountable for the decision making of their parents? His decision to become involved in the parole of Wayne Dumond was a fuck up and should have never been done. His temper behind closed doors is an issue for some, but is it better to hold the office of the President of the United States with out a bit of a temper. Most of America probably forgot or didn’t know that he lived in a “doublewide” parked on the grounds of the Governors Mansion for a while, while renovations were being completed, a move that surely gave all the white trash and rednecks in the state a bit of commonality with our states highest elected public servant.

As for President Huckabee, I don’t believe he’s ready or qualified to take on the presidency but I don’t think there’s one single candidate (Democrat or Republican) that’s fit for the job either. For Mike, his best bet is to put forward a good campaign in 2008, run the race, use the experience, lose, spend time over the next 4 years familiarizing himself with foreign and domestic relations, then have another go at it 2012. I’m sure we’ll have a bunch of reasons to elect a new leader by then like we do now and have with every presidential election.

I say no ONE person is qualified because the way we choose one leader to run a country as diverse as our is grossly outdated. When our founding fathers established our Constitution and our system of electing a leader, they were united under one cause, to end repressive rule and taxation. Our country was small and political beliefs were a little more united. We didn’t cloudy up the waters with abortion, illegal immigration, global warming, Muslims, communists, Cubans, earthquakes, tsunamis, baseball scandals, etc. They had a single cause in which to fight: Independence. They won and they created the greatest democracy in the world. The one President elected was a war hero elected mostly as a symbolic gesture coming on the heels of the euphoria that would come after independence. For the most part, It was a GROUP of guys from both sides of the isle (if there was an isle) working together to get the job done.

These days there are too many diverse issues in this country that can be entrusted to the decision making of one person. We should take the presidency out of the hands of one and take a lead from some of our most successful corporations in America and put it instead in the hands of a bi-partisan committee of 5 elected leaders from the newly created 5 presidential districts of the US each serving a 4 year term. A board of directors so to speak whose final decision will be simple majority with no abstentions allowed. Our Legislative and Judicial branches will still function as they have checking and balancing our government but when a presidential decision is needed, let’s “go to the board”.

I believe in the power of our electoral process. I feel it is every American’s obligation to vote. Too many men and women have lost their lives giving us the right of self determination. Recent elections have shown us the importance of our one vote. Far too many Americans don’t vote because they don’t know what it’s like to not be able to vote, they are dismayed at the actions of politicians or they are simply too stupid to understand even the simplest issues and in that case, they probably shouldn’t be voting. It’s because of that last group I refuse to run for any public office. The guy that’s out poaching deer, driving drunk, abusing children or operating a meth lab are also the same ones that tend to rally behind the like minded candidate at the right time and determine whether I have a job or not. Too lazy and too busy are no longer valid excuses as our voting process allows us to vote early and absentee.

I’m tired of George Bush, I voted for him twice and given the circumstance put before us after 9/11 I feel he was the right guy for the time. Once Iraq entered his sights and Afghanistan was no longer a priority, he over extended himself and our country. And his unwavering commitment to “win” in the Middle East has cost us much more that we can ever repay. Our Presidents meddling in the region to put his idea of fair and just government on people who don’t understand it, want it or even deserve it is a futile fight that will never be won.  The reality of freedom for all is a nice concept but it is my belief the people of Arab lands needs a Dictator. They understand nothing but strong arm rule and I equate them to being the children of the abusive dad who uses more force and fright than normal but manages to keep everybody in line. As shitty a guy as Saddam was, he did just that. Once we took him out of the equation, set up a little “freedom” we’ve seen the results in that all sorts of unruly factions have popped up and they’re showing us just what happens when you give a bunch of lunatics the freedom to roam unabated.

Celebs Take Up Arkansas Murder Case
By JON GAMBRELL

Conspiracy theorists like Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have formulated that a bookshelf behind Mike Huckabee was lighted just right to give it a “crossey” look in his Christmas ad.  The cross even magically floated across the room and landed on Mikes right shoulder.  That’s a stretch: a Baptist minister running for president of a country whose founders use Christian principals as their guide to put it all together putting a cross in his ad.  

Mit (is it 1 or 2 t’s) didn’t run an ad that I saw.  He instead took the high road and picked on Huckabee’s record here in Arkansas.  How long has it been since the goings on here in the Natural state been so influential to the folks in Massachusetts.   Do Mormons even celebrate Christmas or did they ban it because it was just too darn expensive buying all those wives nice gifts?  Why can’t Mormons send roses (Cheers)?

Rudy’s message was “appropriately enough” about fruitcakes and 9/11.  Well maybe not 9/11 but if you look hard at the tree behind him you just might find a planted reference.

Joe Biden wasn’t kidding.  The Obama family storybook ad was squeaky clean, rather nice looking and well articulated.

Ron Paul was pissed because the floating cross implied that Mike was more Christian than he was.  Why doesn’t Ron just paste a cross behind him and then he can be as Christian as Mike or my preacher.  Or maybe a Star of David patch on his Jacket, then he could be Jewish.  Or an image of the Prophet Mohammad on a trucker hat, then he have a fatwa to deal with.

If you look hard behind the 3rd place guy on the Democrat side, you can see a “T” in the paneling on the wall which could be considered 2/3rds of a cross.   

Hillary’s hidden Christmas message is that the problems of this country will be solved with a bunch of government programs.  Oh wait a minute, that was intentional.

They all had Christmas trees somewhere in their ad’s which should be as obvious to everyone in the know that they are celebrating Christ’s birth which would make them, you guessed it, Christians. 

Gosh, the big news today, Britney’s sister:  this just solidifies the fact that this family is trash with one big exception, they have television shows and cd’s to give folks the impression they’ve got their shit together.   And that television show is geared to kids.  Remember Vanessa Hudgens?  Who’s next Miley/Hanna?  What happened to the good old days when trashy folks knew their place and stayed there.   

We put way too much stock in what celebrity’s and athletes do these days and completely ignore the fact that there are thousands of folks in this country that have 100 times more character and do 100 times more good for unselfish reasons that most or all of the celebrity’s and athletes in the world and all those genuine do-gooders go unnoticed in their actions.  Our kids believe what they see and what they’re seeing right now from their TV “role-models” is that wise judgement and discretion is passe.  If you don’t believe that, then I’d be willing to bet that this 16 year old mother to be’s website will be flooded with words of support from her fans and maybe even a parent or two who will throw out a few “God bless you’s” and offer advice on mothering to a girl who would probably argue with her own mother over use of makeup if she came from a “normal” family. 

We  parents better take control now, learn to say no and get a grip on what our kids are allowing to influence them.