2008-09-26
“OK, now this is what pisses off everyone with the bailout.”
“Former AIG CEO to sell $1 billion worth of stock after bailout.”
2008-09-25
“If they actually reported what was going on and not what McCain said, this sham would be exposed.”
He hasn’t really suspended anything. He lied. Imagine that.
“…how Christians need to take over control of the business world, especially banking…”
That’s great! If this were to happen, we wouldn’t have to worry about usury. This is because today’s Christianists always follow the teachings of the Bible.
He just tore him to pieces last night.
Letterman takes on McCain. It’s not pretty if you’re a McCain supporter.
“Religious leaders call for fast in support of gay marriage ban”
If all they care about is this — when there are more pressing issues at hand — then they will starve because of the economy, not because they are fasting.
2008-09-24
In this new world, if you’re darker skinned and/or have an accent, don’t do anything on an airplane.
Hell, you may not want to even fly.
“Sen. Schumer asked: ‘Why not $150 billion then, and let the next administration do a re-evaluation in January?’”
Then Paulson had no real answer.
Let’s give 700,000,000,000.00 to these crooks. Or else. What would we get for 1,800,000,000,000.00?
Let’s give 700,000,000,000.00 to these crooks. Or else. What would we get for 1,800,000,000,000.00?
“Stated in today’s dollars, in 1979 the entire national debt was $1.5 trillion.”
“…in 2008 alone, $1.5 trillion will have been added to the national debt…”
“Until Wall Street is willing to compromise and join in the pain, they can go to hell.”
Chris over at AmericaBlog is mad. You should be as well.
“We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace…”
This is from the Republican platform.
“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
— Judge Gideon J Tucker
“How Democracies Become Dictatorships”
“In the last few years, we have seen the executive branch declare itself outside the law — in prosecuting a war on terror. The law against torture has been suspended. The balance between the executive and legislative branch has been dismissed by signing statements and the theory of the unitary executive. The executive has declared its right to suspend habeas corpus indefinitely, to tap anyone’s phones without court warrants and to detain and torture anyone it decides is an ‘enemy combatant.’ In that sense, we have already left the realm of constitutional government in favor of a protectorate outside the law promising to keep us safe (but never from itself).
“[What Bush has done, and Treasury secretary’s push for power without oversight] are enabling acts of a sort. …My current worry is that I haven’t been afraid enough.”
“[What Bush has done, and Treasury secretary’s push for power without oversight] are enabling acts of a sort. …My current worry is that I haven’t been afraid enough.”
“…They’ve told us that we can’t afford [it].”
“For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford — that the government providing healthcare to all people is just unimaginable; it can’t be done. We don’t have the money to rebuild our infrastructure. We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street.” — Senator Bernie Sanders
“Congress was designed by the Founding Fathers to move slowly, precisely to avoid the sudden panic of a one-week solution that becomes a 20-year mess.
I can’t believe I agree with Newt Gingrich on something.
2008-09-23
“Democrats sue to keep Rossi a Republican”
He claims he’s not trying to fool anybody by not calling himself a Republican.
Whatever.
Whatever.
2008-09-22
“This is outrageous. Clearly it’s the responsibility of the government to infiltrate people’s e-mail accounts, not rogue private citizens.”
I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry.
2008-09-21
“This is depressing.”
Why won’t Apple let third parties write different programs? And why do we have a dozen apps that turn the screen white? It’s a flashlight!
Also, lift the f*cking NDA!
Jesus.
Also, lift the f*cking NDA!
Jesus.
“If anyone thinks the taxpayers are going to make a profit on this deal, they should immediately be required to surrender their car keys…”
“… and any sharp objects to the appropriate authorities, because they are a danger to themselves and everyone around them.”
“…Every reader of this blog needs to wake up Monday and phone their Congressman and Senator about the frankly silly bailout proposal.”
“No to giving one appointed cabinet officer practically the entire federal budget without any chance of oversight.
“Be polite but firm.”
“Be polite but firm.”
“[I’d] love it if just one person in a position of authority said no… we could pretend that we had a debate before flushing a trillion bucks.”
Anyone with sanity, please step forward.
Chris is pissed. I am and you should be.
“Give us back our money, our job losses, our lost retirement plans and then we’ll start to give a damn about what happens to the gamblers on Wall Street.”
“How the f*ck was I this stupid to follow these transparently idiotic fools for so long?”
The first step towards recovery is admitting you’ve had a problem.
“McCain confuses National Guard and Army”
And you though mixing up Spain and Latin America was the only mistake he’s made? Stick around.
One more reason why he can not be allowed into the White House.
One more reason why he can not be allowed into the White House.
“Now that we own Wall Street and their problems, shouldn’t we have some say on pay?”
Good question. I think we should fire all the board members and managers.
Wha Wha Wha What?
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.”
NYT: “US was literally days away from a complete financial meltdown”
Finally some truth from McSame? He says he’s responsible for deregulating the banking industry.
2008-09-20
Paraphrasing talk radio from my drive the other night: Ha! Ha! Ha! Jesus Christ! Insane laughter.
“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.”
“How many times?”
“[We’ve heard]
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to fix Social Security.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to fix Medicare.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to provide health care to ALL Americans.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to help out Americans losing their homes.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to help all our veterans returning from war.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to rescue "no child left behind".
but…
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to bail out Bears Stearns.
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to bail out AIG.
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to pay for an unnecessary TRILLION DOLLAR war.”
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to fix Social Security.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to fix Medicare.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to provide health care to ALL Americans.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to help out Americans losing their homes.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to help all our veterans returning from war.
We don’t have ENOUGH MONEY to rescue "no child left behind".
but…
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to bail out Bears Stearns.
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to bail out AIG.
We DO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY to pay for an unnecessary TRILLION DOLLAR war.”
2008-09-18
There’s nothing wrong with healthcare…
…when a fairly well known technology analyst devotes a whole article to it’s shortcomings.
“John McCain doesn’t know who the prime minister of Spain is and thinks he’s some anti-American leftist in South America.”
He doesn’t know where Spain is. What. The. F*ck.
“I am a firm believer in the people.”
“If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” — Abraham Lincoln
“You are losing your house… ON THEIR WATCH. You are bailing out corporations… ON THEIR WATCH. You can’t afford gas… ON THEIR WATCH.”
“Why aren’t we seeing ads all over the place connecting the dots?”
This is a great point.
This is a great point.
“The 10 Biggest Chapter 11 Bankruptcies In US History”
This is interesting. Every single one of the biggest failures occurred while Republicans were in the White House.
“Let me tell you, friends, there’s no place I’d rather be than here with the hard-working men and women of Ohio.”
So, that means that McSame can now safely rip into Obama?
Fail.
“The $5.1 million McCain raised Monday night at a swank Miami hotel is apparently a distant memory.”
Fail.
“The $5.1 million McCain raised Monday night at a swank Miami hotel is apparently a distant memory.”
“It might have been the right thing to run down to the river with buckets to collect water to throw on the burning building…”
“but it would have been much better to have better fire codes and a functioning fire department.”
“In the past six months a half dozen financial firms have been effectively nationalized.”
“In order to disguise this a variety of means have been used…”
Free markets? O rly?
Free markets? O rly?
“CrossOver creates Chromium just to show they can do it”
Google, please hurry. Apple, please take some ideas from Chrome and make each Safari tab a new process.
“Mr McCain’s health care proposal would ‘put 25 to 30 million individuals out of the ranks of the uninsured, into the ranks of the insured.’”
“In an article released Tuesday, a panel of prominent health economists concludes that [McCain’s] projection is off by, well, 25 to 30 million.”
More lies.
And why is it that pretty much every other country in the world has realized that healthcare is a basic right?
More lies.
And why is it that pretty much every other country in the world has realized that healthcare is a basic right?
So, first he created the BlackBerry, then all cell phones, even Wi-Fi too!
It’s Al Gore all over again. Who wants to bet that the right will have a cow when this nonsense is called out even if it was alright with them to rip Gore’s claims to shreds?
“Over the past 10 years alone, Congress has appropriated more than $50 billion to encourage farmers to grow [corn].”
In the end it gets turned into the crap that we end up consuming because eating healthy costs too much for many people.
2008-09-17
“The worst thing for WaMu would be if a run on the bank started, vaporizing their liquidity.”
“Then people worried about the worst happening would be in fact causing it.”
It’s easy to say when the whole f*cking financial sector is falling down.
It’s easy to say when the whole f*cking financial sector is falling down.
“Lies”
Here’s a further, fuller round-up of the lies. It’s getting hard to track them. But even more amazing is the media actually doing it’s job.
“Obama’s fundraising phenomenon continues.”
Donate today. And throw some towards my dad’s race against another corrupt one in Kentucky.
Change is happening everywhere.
Change is happening everywhere.
“McCain’s straight talk has become a toxic mix of lies and double-speak.”
”It is leaving a permanent stain on his reputation for integrity, and it is a short-term strategy that eventually will backfire with the very types of independent-thinking voters that were so attracted to him.”
Republicans like to piss off Democrats. Can I piss off people, too?
Joel Stein: “Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can’t wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They’re basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell.”
2008-09-16
“Evangelical pastor: Straight couples should refuse to sign California licenses”
What. The. F*ck.
“We just feel that our rights have been violated.”
And how are your rights being violated now that people who’ve had their rights violated are now equal?
“We just feel that our rights have been violated.”
And how are your rights being violated now that people who’ve had their rights violated are now equal?
2008-09-15
“Lehman Files for Bankruptcy; Merrill Is Sold”
But we don’t need to worry! The fundamentals of our economy are strong!
2008-09-14
“Confirmed: 3G iPhone works out of the box with PAYG”
From The Unofficial Apple Weblog. This may help some people out there.
2008-09-13
“…Imagine the outcry if we’d sold ‘Cindy McCain drug testing kits’ at our big conventions.”
Oh, but then we’d be labeled as “insensitive”. I say, do it.
That’s the biggest problem. We’re too nice.
That’s the biggest problem. We’re too nice.
“Don’t mock the Constitution. Don’t make fun of it. Don’t suggest that it’s not American to abide by what the founding fathers set up.”
“It’s worked pretty well for over 200 years.”
“Her critics like to say that Palin hasn’t accomplished anything.”
“I disagree: in the space of ten days she’s succeeded in distracting the entire country from the horrific Bush record — and McCain’s complicity in it.”
And that’s the end of my coverage of her. McCain would be more of the same. Do not let anything distract us from remembering this.
I’m not even going to use my tag for her here. It’s retired.
And that’s the end of my coverage of her. McCain would be more of the same. Do not let anything distract us from remembering this.
I’m not even going to use my tag for her here. It’s retired.
“That private jet gimmick: She ‘put it on eBay.’ She didn’t sell it on eBay.”
“For someone who claims to eschew the ways of Washington, Sarah Palin has already mastered the double-speak and obfuscation of the Bush/Cheney administration.”
2008-09-12
2008-09-11
2008-09-07
“Attack John McCain… Attack him all day, all night, and on weekends too. Behave as though Sarah Palin does not exist.”
“The entire political import of the Palin pick is what it says about McCain.”
The Dark One: “What you can expect from John McCain as President is precisely what he has done this week…”
We’re screwed if the people can’t see past this bullsh*t.
“…‘Vetting’… cabinet members, [is] time-consuming, detailed, and thorough. I’d… think the vetting of a vice presidential nominee would be more so.”
I still think it says more about McSame than Palin.
2008-09-05
2008-09-02
Disseminate these facts: “McSame has poor judgment and takes needless risks. McSame will say and do anything to win.”
Repeat. The facts, that is. Don’t choose to repeat the administration. We don’t need a repeat of this train wreck.
“…Paterson argued that [he] was within his constitutional rights to issue directives to state agencies over which he has legal authority.”
OMG! The executive of a state ordering his departments on what to do? It’s the end of the world!
2008-09-01
“McCain caved to the anti-abortion theocrats running the Republican party, made a hasty pick for his VP, and is now suffering the consequences.”
From the New York Times. Wow. This goes on to prove that this pick says more about McSame than Palin.
“[The] GOP parties in Minneapolis while the south drowns.”
And they are featuring the music of “Hookers and Blow”. In case you’ve forgotten your drugs, blow is cocaine.
Ahhh, the party of… what the f*ck does this party stand for?
Oh, and this as McSame asked that all but “absolutely necessary” activities be cancelled.
Ahhh, the party of… what the f*ck does this party stand for?
Oh, and this as McSame asked that all but “absolutely necessary” activities be cancelled.
“[Under god] was added in 1954.”
How many people realize that — prior to the 1950’s — our Pledge and paper currency did not mention god?
This crap did not occur during the time of our founding fathers.
Why is it, that in a land that promises religious freedom, my Pledge and money encourages me to think of something I don’t believe in?
This crap did not occur during the time of our founding fathers.
Why is it, that in a land that promises religious freedom, my Pledge and money encourages me to think of something I don’t believe in?
From the Official Google Blog: The Official Google Browser
Google Chrome. Available from 2 September on Windows. Mac and Linux versions are being built.
Nice ideas for the browser that I wouldn’t mind seeing elsewhere.
I’ll be firing up my virtual machine tomorrow!
Nice ideas for the browser that I wouldn’t mind seeing elsewhere.
I’ll be firing up my virtual machine tomorrow!
“State GOP defends Rossi, others for staying home”
I’m sure. I think it’s more likely he wants to not be associated with the national failure that is his party.
Has anyone called him out on his using “GOP” as his party designation instead of the more honest “Republican”?
Has anyone called him out on his using “GOP” as his party designation instead of the more honest “Republican”?
“[It doesn’t] really matter if one stands up to the special interests at the Wasilla PTA.”
The hard part is what not to post.
“When this campaign started, one of my biggest questions about Barack Obama was whether he would be any good at managing things.”
Did the primaries prove he is ready to lead? Yes he can.
“McCain has already been battle-tested in disaster response. And he lost.”
Like his mentor. John McSame.
“Palin was for the bridge until she was against it, and kept the money anyway.”
Are we really going to have to bring up footwear again?
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