Ram it Down

Utah State Sentaor Chris Buttars

I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don’t mind gays. But I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time. Certainly not in my kid’s face.

He's so compassionate and humane. Because.. you know.. I do mind people like those evil Mormon fucks.. and I don't want them in my home, or otherwise. Certainly not let them around any kids.

And if he doesn't want it stuffed down his throat all the time, he can just get up off his knees and say "no".

“This baby is black, I’ll tell you,” said Buttars. “This is a dark and ugly thing.”

He should come to Dallas.. and head over to Fair Park.. and have a conversation with some of the locals. The video would be Youtube worthy.

Shocker

WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.

In long-awaited speeches, centrist Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana said they would stand with their party and vote "yes" on the crucial test vote despite deep reservations with elements of the 2,074-page bill to remake the nation's health care system.

Of course, it remains to be seen if the bill sucks ass. It does have a provision that requires everyone to have insurance, which I am not a fan of at all. I think a person should be able to opt out of the whole thing entirely.

A largely overlooked provision in the Senate bill would send $100 million to Louisiana to help it cover costs for Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor. In her speech, Landrieu rejected the notion that she was voting to advance the bill simply because of the money.

It costs 100 million dollars to get the Senate bill to the floor for a vote. That was the price tag to get Mary Landrieu of Louisiana to agree to vote on cloture. She'll probably vote no on the bill later.. so a stupid procedural hurdle costs 100 mil.

Landrieu is a terrible senator, and it's just as well that seat go back to the Republicans when her term is up.. or at the very least the lefties should pull a Joe Lieberman on her.

So.. while we wait for some reasonable people to dissect the bill so we know whether it will help Americans or (more likely) fuck all of us and further enrich the weatlhy people, we can giggle at the massive explosion of tears that will erupt from the Loon Brigade.

The teabaggers? Fail. The Loon Brigade? Fail. All of that bitching and moaning, and nothing to show for it. That's pretty funny.

It looks like the issue is going to be settled, and the Congress can move onto something else.. and Obama will be able to focus on something else.. like maybe starting to deliver on other campaign promises.

If it's a bad bill.. the Democrats will be toast.

1970

BERKELEY, Calif. – Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs.

Demonstrators at UC Berkeley occupied Wheeler Hall on Friday and hung a sign from a window that read "32 Percent Hike, 900 layoffs," with the word "Class" crossed out in red. A group of students also rallied outside the building.

I work with a guy who was at Kent State during the massacre. He's in one of the pictures, which caused him to get interrogated by the FBI.

As these things seem to go, the stories he tells are different than the recorded events. I was in awe for some reason.

And round and round we go.

Music Video of the Day

Everything about hard rock and heavy metal comes from Black Sabbath. Their style was unheard of when they formed in 1968, and virtually everything about them was controversial. They didn't care.

Ozzy has to rank in the top 5 rock and roll singers of all time, both by his performances and influence. Maybe I should post weekly videos of who I think the top 5 are. Ozzy is a good place to start.

These guys are 60 years old. It's just unbelievable. John and I went to see them a couple of years ago, during the "The Osbourne's" tv show days. In the show he seemed barely coherent and about to pass out at any moment. When he comes out on stage, he takes command of the crowd and has an energy that would rival any 20 year olds. It seems to Ozzy, the world is fucked up everywhere but on the stage with a band.

Hypocrites

“Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcomed their seventh grandchild, Sarah Lynne Cheney, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz and was born at 8:17 A.M. at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. Her parents are the Cheney's daughter Mary and her partner, Heather Poe.”

Naturally, the basic problem is religion. Christians always have to have a target of their condemnation, otherwise they'd have to confront the moral sewer they exist in.

It's always funny when one of the Loon Brigade has to confront one of these types of issues in their own family. Some suddenly see the light, and some (Alan Keyes) simply descend further into their own sewer of depravity.

Dick Cheney is still a scumbag for not allowing his daughter and her partner on the stage during the Republican convention. It's always easy to do the right thing when it doesn't require any courage at all.

Arm the PTSD

The Republican response to increased suicide rates and increases in violence of American soldiers is to make sure they can still be armed.

So.. not.. kidding.

Citizens

I keep hearing over and over, the MSM asking "analysts" why Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should get the benefits of a criminal trial in the US with the "same rights as a US citizen".

It seems like they don't even understand that citizenship makes absolutely no difference to a person's rights under US law. Nationality makes no difference at all.

It's pretty shocking how ignorant the bobble heads are.. and not only them, but the "staff" of all these programs are pretty dim bulbs.

American Justice

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A death row inmate convicted of taking part in a fatal Houston store holdup was executed Thursday evening after the Texas governor rejected a parole board's recommendation to spare him because he wasn't the gunman.

Robert Lee Thompson, 34, was an accomplice to triggerman Sammy Butler who gunned down 29-year-old store clerk Mansoor Bhai Rahim Mohammed 13 years ago.

Butler received life in prison. A jury gave Thompson death.

His attorney should have just told the jury that he was fighting against the Islamic terrorists. In Texas, that's not a bad ruse.

Dumb Fuckers

Funny;

Among Republicans… only 27% say Obama actually won the race, with 52% — an outright majority — saying that ACORN stole it, and 21% are undecided. Among McCain voters, the breakdown is 31%-49%-20%. By comparison, independents weigh in at 72%-18%-10%, and Democrats are 86%-9%-4%.

The thing about the Republican party is.. that's where the racist religious freaks call home now. Because they are wired to believe anything (JESUS!!!!) that reinforces a built-in bias, it makes perfect sense to them that Obama didn't win in an electoral land-slide.

This is exactly why you see the right wing attack on science and eduction. You have to be a really stupid fuck to buy into the lunatic theories. The problem that results, of course, is that they're fairly successful at it. There are entire swaths of the nation where anti-intellectualism runs rampant.. and they actually embrace the stupid.

I'm not sure if that's going to change. There is definitely a culture war going on.. and the foot soldiers are the crazy fuckers like Doug.. booted out of university no less.. who simply want to make sure people are too fucking stupid to actually have a firm grasp on reality.

I really have no idea which way it's going to go. I can find positives either way.. and we can always just get the fuck out if we want.

The Song Remains the Same

On the MBA conference call concerning the "Q3 2009 National Delinquency Survey", MBA Chief Economist Jay Brinkmann said this morning:

•The problem is moving to prime loans, including fixed rate prime loans, and also FHA loans. "We are seeing the first hit on the weaker prime fixed borrowers."

•Remember the delinquency rate includes loans in modification (something to remember - especially for the 90 day delinquent loans).

•MBA expects unemployment rate to peak in Q1 or Q2 2010, and delinquencies to peak sometime after the unemployment rate peaks.

•Brinkmann expects foreclosures to possibly peak in 2011 (last quarter he said late 2010). He changed the forecast for two reasons: he expects unemployment to stay fairly high, and he thinks the prime borrowers will hang on before defaulting, and all the foreclosure moratoria will delay foreclosures - a longer trailing effect than usual.

There's still a lot of shenanigans going on. Most of the foreclosures are not ending up back on the market.

Asshat Quote of the Day

CNN Jessica Yellin did a very good report in SitRoom on Sarah Palin and her sexuality -- the fact that she's good looking. Did you see it? - Wolf "that's really my name" Blitzer

The Loon Brigade truly does believe that all the recent chatter about Sarah Palin being totally fuckable is a leftist plot to destroy her.

We're mostly just sitting back, amused, watching the horrors of the MSM and Palin herself play out.. and giggle a little every once in a while.

If everyone just wants to focus on Palin's wacky views.. and some of the stranger things, like her propensity to have voodoo witch exorcisms performed on her.. then that's cool with me. She's a complete train wreck. If all anyone wants to focus on is her tits.. I'm okay with that too. Either way, it's a win.

And douggie does the usual;

Could it be that in reality the Left is scared to death of a strong, grass roots, conservative like Sarah Palin?

I suppose the possibility that Palin is doing all of this to sell books and make more money doesn't occur to most people.

Math is Hard

Professor K;

And this isn’t just a phenomenon of the last few months. Look back at stock returns under recent presidents, which is easy using a clever gadget at Political Calculations. Taking real, dividend-inclusive annual returns on the S&P 500, I get:

Reagan: 10.08%
Bush I: 10.16%
Clinton: 14.35%
Bush II: minus 5.81%

Kinda strange the way that Republican presidents are supposed to be the "pro-business" lackeys.

Who would have thought that the highest returns over the last 30 years would come from a Democratic President?

So why do all the rich people support Republican policies? It's the tax rate. You might get a 4% higher return rate under a Democrat, but if you can get your tax rate drastically reduced.. you come out ahead.

Nearly all the political memes that exist are actually backwards.

Make it So

What's really amusing is that the Loon Brigade actually thinks lefties are "afraid" of Sarah Palin. They are convinced of it.

Truth is.. we really really want more and more Sarah Palin. Sure, she's a train wreck, but there can be nothing more damaging to the Republican party than Palin.

I want a Palin/Dobbs ticket.

Idiot

Chris Matthews just said that Rick Perry is too "fancy" for Texas.

It's one thing for me to insist that most Texans are red-neck hillbilly's. Chris Matthews is supposed to be a serious "journalist".

It's not terribly surprising as he can't say anything about Sarah Palin without describing how hot she is. Ya.. ya. Matthews wants to fuck her too, so we should all vote for her for President.

Weak 10

The good news is that the Eagles lost. The bad news is that the Cowboys were pretty poor in all 3 phases of the game. It didn't help that the officials were astoundingly bad.

I'm not sure why the kicker that is on the roster to do nothing but kick-off into the end zone is not doing that anymore. The field goal kicker can kick it short just as well, and save the roster spot and some money to boot... har.

I guess the good news is that the Cowboys have Washington and Oakland coming up. They should win both games, leaving them at 8-3. That's a good chance for a division title, if not an easy wild card spot.

More bad news is losing Marc Columbo (right tackle) for the season. He's a solid player. It'll be interesting to see if Jerry Jones looks to sign a replacement, or use one of the young guys.. probably Doug Free. Good news is that Ken Hamlin was injured and is out for a few weeks. He's terrible.. terrible.. terrible.

Pretty much everything that could go wrong in the game, did. I think I've mentioned before that I used to officiate high-school ball. Some of the things they did (and didn't do) would get you a stern talking to after a varsity high-school game. In the pros, it's a complete embarrassment.

Oh.. and the Seahawks lost.. so ya, they're done. When a team has lost a chance at the playoffs, it's always a good time to give the young guys some playing time to see what they can do.