tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61898962011-11-13T13:38:15.723-08:00"I Remember Therefore I Resist"- wretchard Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comBlogger5041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-20287360894626411102009-12-08T12:02:00.000-08:002009-12-08T12:03:45.102-08:00

So Harry Reid compares Obamacare opponents to slavery supporters, suffrage opponents and anti-civil rights thugs. . I should have been offended right away but to tell the truth I've gotten so used to this kind of crap that I just kinda yawned. I mean who does he think he's talking about? Democrats?I mean it's not like he never been this stupid before. But it's become routine to call any opponents

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-56688441857484668082009-08-11T13:02:00.000-07:002009-08-11T13:04:49.760-07:00

But wait.. wait.. there's this thing called the past, umm recent past..Damn, caught again!

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-79180243684879517532009-07-23T15:38:00.000-07:002009-07-23T19:18:11.630-07:00

Gee, I wish I'd though to this;Next time... blame Bush bingo!

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-6653872868175871932009-07-19T12:06:00.000-07:002009-07-19T12:08:04.229-07:00

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-84450647967600589622009-07-06T10:37:00.000-07:002009-07-06T23:15:21.110-07:00

A favorite line for atheists and agnostics to use when explaining themselves to believers is; "You believe in one god but not all the others, right? Ok, well, the only difference between us is that I believe in one less god that you do."Never mind that that is a huge difference.Some times I feel that way around other skeptics. The only difference between me and them is I believe one less line of

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-35012558009862944342009-04-24T12:59:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:00:18.049-07:00

I'm pondering doing 40k again, if only for modeling purposes. I might play but who knows-My thought at the moment is to do a Space Marine army, a Mentor Legion/Iron Hands type of chapter.This is the color scheme I'm thinking of atm, courtesy of Bolter and Chainsword.Note they also have a Sisters of Battle painter as well as others.Alternate versions..Update, my wife the artist liked the first

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-4505988281853682612009-04-17T13:18:00.000-07:002009-04-17T13:19:20.637-07:00

Normally I'd offer my option in the place this was posted, but I don't appear to be welcome to offer my opinions soo...Oh, surprise, surprise, people react negatively to other races.I tell ya what on behalf of my fellow white people..We'll stop the 'black scare'* When we're not automatically suspect for being on the verge of a hate crime. I don't know how many times I've gotten the "when is he

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-29992193159070425972009-03-17T19:43:00.000-07:002009-03-17T19:56:51.880-07:00

The next meeting place for the Klan, the Nation of Islam, CAIR, the American Nazi Party, the Black Panthers, La Raza, ALF, ELF* .. ad nausium..Hopefully they'll all meet at once an beat each other senseless.. err.. more senseless* Yea I know, but think about it human's are a race aren't we?

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-83121680945728646202009-03-15T22:08:00.000-07:002009-03-15T22:44:16.347-07:00

I really liked my buddy Rei's post about "Electric Purgatory" and he's right there's not a lot of support for black rockers. Of course I mentioned that it's got nothing to do with talent. On the contrary, to some extent rock and pop seems to abhor talent.Hell, Punk's entire point is about passion over talent. But I'm not sure that's the issue.A lot of talk goes on in rock, particularly when black

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-52688455783138719622009-03-06T11:55:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:58:04.001-08:00

Great CommunicatorThe smart enough to work without a teleprompter edition.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-30392550268930378762009-03-05T07:32:00.000-08:002009-03-05T07:46:17.135-08:00

I forgot one item..The canard that racism requires power. Or ratehr big R racism requires power.That bullshit line is going to fade into the background too... at least untill a white guy [or gal] is in hte white house again.This because since we can be certain that Obama is a little r racist, the power would make him a big R racist.Tad da! Racism requires power is now *poof* gone!

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-25619405948493857932009-03-04T18:44:00.000-08:002009-03-04T20:01:47.951-08:00

Odd as it might sound I do find hope from Obama's presidency.However, this post will have little chance of converging with the feelings of Obama supporters, which I'm not. So forewarned if forearmed this post my piss you off.And if you are black this post might really piss you off.While hope is an fleeting thing, I do think Obama gives me hope for a paradigm shift in race relations.No really..

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-51511928899401233742009-02-14T22:06:00.000-08:002009-02-14T22:49:29.584-08:00

I recently answered a question, 'Do you wish for [Obama] to be wildly successful or fail miserably?' I said,Fail miserably, by his standards. I don't think The Big O being a success by his Democrat/Left Wing/Chicago style politics would be good for the country. I didn't like big government socialist style crap when Bush did it and more of the same with wishy washy foreign policy needs to fail

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-15886668845245216682009-01-29T11:32:00.000-08:002009-01-29T11:34:10.381-08:00

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-20453881988983820322009-01-24T00:08:00.000-08:002009-01-24T00:50:27.908-08:00

Porn!Now that I've got your attention. Check out this article.. or for the impatient check out this bit.While the subjects watched on a computer screen, Chivers... measured their arousal in two ways, objectively and subjectively... The genitals of the volunteers were connected to plethysmographs.The men, on average, responded genitally in what Chivers terms “category specific” ways. Males who

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-3359304838821706322009-01-23T11:31:00.001-08:002009-01-23T11:32:42.703-08:00

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-6380027741653805122009-01-14T23:35:00.000-08:002009-01-14T23:56:03.475-08:00

Obama has promised to bring change and hope. I fully believe he will do just that. For a good example of the change already in progress...Circa 2005While the Presidential Inaugural Committee hopes to raise $40 million in private donations for the balls, parades and candlelight dinners for high-roller donors, millions of government dollars will be spent on construction of the platform and stands

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-25580887543672522812009-01-01T23:27:00.000-08:002009-01-01T23:33:34.130-08:00

Three words for this...In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, the plaintiffs demand that the words "so help me God" not be added to the end of the president's oath of office.In addition, the lawsuit objects to plans for ministers to deliver an invocation and a benediction in which they may discuss God and religion.Jesus Fucking Christ!I keep wondering if I'm the only sane atheist left.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-86639946126435292472008-11-11T13:35:00.000-08:002008-11-11T13:39:04.220-08:00

Last week I enjoyed my Piggy post so...I may keep this up as a tradition of cuteness and non-politic posting on Tuesdays. If so it'll almost always be piggys.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-12644691637714959652008-11-04T11:54:00.000-08:002008-11-04T11:57:23.821-08:00

1. Stop talking about politics for a moment or two. [But only for a moment, it my fav sport after all]2. Post a reasonably-sized picture in your LJ, NOT under a cut tag, of something pleasant, such as an adorable kitten, or a fluffy white cloud, or a bottle of booze. Something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.3. Include these instructions, and share the love.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-64348115032952217522008-11-02T00:31:00.000-07:002008-11-02T01:05:09.592-07:00

and Pew.. Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Center for Media and Public Affairs have noticed a few things; Media coverage has favored Obama,"For whatever reason, the media are portraying Barack Obama as a better choice for president than John McCain," said Robert Lichter, a George Mason University professor and head of the center. "If you watch the evening news, you'd think you

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-87812748983146728752008-10-30T12:02:00.000-07:002008-10-30T12:15:41.101-07:00

I haven'ttalked much about global warming in the last year. It's no accident..I'm waiting for enough ... accumulation of things like this to pull out my "I told you so" becasue quite frankly I did tell all the global warming nut so; but anyway.. here's what I'm talking about...2007Many lower and medium-altitude Swiss ski resorts are already using snowmaking machines to boost the snow cover. But

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-65297029684705850122008-10-29T09:33:00.000-07:002008-10-29T10:10:32.434-07:00

Before i get into it here's an overview;But as I've mentioned before there are many ways to view these tax proposals. Sometimes the differences are from candidate to aids, letting us know that even their own people sometimes don't quite know the candidate's tax plans.There is something missing here. I think all of the plan compare current tax rates to the Obama or McCain plan. There's only one

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-20217199078056515942008-10-25T11:04:00.000-07:002008-10-25T11:16:36.402-07:00

Although he became a nominal Republican late in life, Powell does not have a history of being particularly ideological. In fact, if he has a history of anything it’s opportunism. Many-a time has Powell hitched his cart to the popular political trend of the day, only to later emerge after things went sour and say “no no no, I was never really as on board as you thought…”I don't know if anyone was

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-80539647102542035492008-10-17T18:27:00.000-07:002008-10-17T19:05:17.767-07:00

I can't list them all of course but I'll start with one of my favs;Whoopi being so racist she has the gall to suggest that McCain might bring back slavery..Not this isn't the first time; People have suggested any criticism McCain uses against Obama is racist.The festering c*nt assaults on a Sarah Palin website.The running smear that Palin's son Trig isn't her son and or might be the result of

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-86716815372563919182008-10-17T11:03:00.000-07:002008-10-17T11:11:29.767-07:00

CNN did a bit on Obama's inspiring rise to the top,It almost makes me want to vote for him.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-7213653876220242972008-10-17T03:33:00.000-07:002008-10-17T03:41:07.156-07:00

If Obama looses the election and it is in any way due to racism;It will not be Republican Racists that cost him the election!Let me clarify,Democrats also desert their party when its candidate is black, Washington found. In House races, white Democrats are 38 percentage points less likely to vote Democratic if their candidate is black.As opposed to a 25% potential crossover for Republicans and

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-33408984136757027802008-10-17T03:08:00.000-07:002008-10-17T03:31:43.388-07:00

"My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-17530985688276647432008-10-16T23:41:00.000-07:002008-10-16T23:46:39.003-07:00

At this point I have given up all hope of persuading anyone.I've got friends who wouldn't vote for Obama if he was the second coming of christ. I got friends who will vote for Obama because they think he's the second coming of something.Proof, evidence of even good arguments aren't going to persuade anyone I know anymore. I beginning to wonder if undecided voters are just wuses who can't commit

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-1964095395234992302008-10-15T15:33:00.000-07:002008-10-15T16:39:13.111-07:00

.. to more of the same stuff that got us into this crisis. The basic premise of what got us into this credit crisis is the government's policy for homes. The policy was essentially this; follow the feel good policy even if its financially unsound.Obama's response is always "I sent a letter warning of this issue" and it's true he did. Ironically that makes his inaction all the more damming;In the

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-10141352433270173182008-10-13T23:16:00.000-07:002008-10-14T00:17:30.750-07:00

My recent post about what some [or probably most] Obama supporters don't know and don't care to know about him reminded me of something. This guy;First thing; I do like how he realizes that Hillary, Edwards and Obama are 90%+ the same policy wise.As far as his grasp on the Obama health plan I give him big props for having as good a grip on it as a laymen can expect to have; in the goals. He is

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-82038329246575697022008-10-09T16:39:00.000-07:002008-10-09T16:58:52.629-07:00

Everyone knows that race matters in this election. The accusation and assumption from the left is that it hurts Obama because we're all racist bastards. They've even gone so far to label any criticism of the Big O as racists just because. The assumption and frustration on the right is that people are blindly voting for the black guy because of identification or assuaging of guilt. Well you both

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-68114258921591828022008-10-02T21:43:00.000-07:002008-10-02T22:23:39.616-07:00

Due to other obligations I missed the debate. So I looked with some trepidation into assorted responses to the outcome. Mind you it's a bit early to tell for sure- full reviews only really come out a day or more later. However in the interest of some first impressions;Fox did this same thing last debate. They got a sample of evenly opined voters [based on how they voted in the last election] and

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-12149701711482064812008-09-29T17:31:00.000-07:002008-09-29T17:37:03.258-07:00

Looks like Pelosi torpedoed Republican support for the agreement ..

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-17707392866117678982008-09-29T00:25:00.000-07:002008-09-29T00:45:31.665-07:00

Here's a few videos that may help explain the Mortgage/Financial crisis. I'm linked some similar material before.The video warns up from that you'll want to keep the pause button handy..And some more .. on who had foreseen this problem and who blocked efforts to fix it before it got like this;And finally a recap from the only news organization to bother to dig a little on who's fault this crap is

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-16183656861228558732008-09-28T23:50:00.000-07:002008-09-28T23:59:49.749-07:00

"Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading television ad during the presidential campaign."And they are complying. This just makes me run hot and cold all over. The governor of Missouri says it all, "The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-33391374667376564422008-09-26T16:00:00.000-07:002008-09-26T16:03:39.163-07:00

I've managed to sneak my way into Made of Awesome.I'll be doing reviews and commentary for the site. This includes exclusive Blizzcon Coverage.. as soon as I get there ^^.So go and read my introduction and review of Gundam 0083.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-32954817770531395182008-09-25T13:41:00.000-07:002008-09-25T13:43:37.563-07:00

I absolutely know that if this were reversed in responsibility it would be the highest scandal on tv, newspapers and the web...But becasue this effort to head fo the crisis was killed by a party line vote by Democrats this report may be all you hear of it.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-64739820663189374522008-09-24T23:41:00.000-07:002008-09-24T23:43:42.980-07:00

Despite all attempts to pin this crisis on the republicans; they warned us.. but were blocked by .. you know who-

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-49296867517702436262008-09-24T14:48:00.000-07:002008-09-24T15:43:36.777-07:00

In June I said "I wouldn't expect Obama to have any such connections and would have to set the bar of proof really, really high if I heard anything of the sort." I reference to the Ayers matter. I expected that anyone on the left in Chicago might have a hard time avoiding meeting Ayers, so said that.Well I was wrong. Mind you I've set the bar rather high considering my leanings.It's not as though

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-78979177721741376832008-09-23T01:40:00.000-07:002008-09-23T01:41:59.092-07:00

Everybody may get a mere 15 minutes.. but video is imortal; thanks in large part to YouTube.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-88124315326929741512008-09-22T12:43:00.000-07:002008-09-22T15:02:37.077-07:00

Just a roundup of some articles I saw this morning. Starting with Wizbang. The article bookends with stuff about trolling that I don't much care for. The interesting bit is the polling meat in between;[fair warning a lot of numbers follow]The Gallup Organization is as clean and straight-arrow a polling group as I have ever found. Their methodology is consistent and transparent, their questions

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-81482598052292271832008-09-19T07:33:00.000-07:002008-09-19T07:50:38.853-07:00

Tax cuts vary not only depending on who you're backing but how you view them. Getting the point across about how our taxes work is sometimes difficult. Here's a little tale to illustrate;Suppose that every day, the same ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:The first four men (the poorest)

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-18675151676219211452008-09-16T12:52:00.000-07:002008-09-16T13:59:29.336-07:00

Who's the united and who's the divider? Well as always if you want things separated go to a democrat; Sen. John McCain's record of working with Democrats easily outstrips Sen. Barack Obama's efforts with Republicans, according to an analysis by The Washington Times of their legislative records. Whether looking at bills they have led on or bills they have signed onto, Mr. McCain has reached

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-51377119849484243532008-09-14T16:09:00.000-07:002008-09-14T16:19:34.281-07:00

The cutting room floor is usually the place for dross and excess. In media it's sometimes the place for shaping what the viewer sees and thus the conclusions they draw. If you saw this interview of Palin you might get one impression that would be quite different if you had been permitted to see the whole thing;As seen on TV;GIBSON: Have you ever met a foreign head of state?PALIN: I have not and I

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-28250293130014277162008-09-08T12:45:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:56:39.116-07:00

I'm pretty sure this isn't the change Obama had in mind;In the new poll, taken Friday through Sunday, McCain leads Obama by 54%-44% among those seen as most likely to vote. The survey of 1,022 adults, including 959 registered voters, has a margin of error of +/— 3 points for both samples.What's worse is, as I've mentioned before, these thing almost always over sample democrats. However, taking

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-27095203887671599392008-09-05T10:15:00.000-07:002008-09-05T11:07:55.145-07:00

A fellow at Asia times lays out how he thinks Obama lost the election. He talks about the speech, Biden and how the speech was so long and so burdened by promises. The last has it's roots in how his supporters assume that their vision is his vision and thus have to be catered to or be mightily disappointed. For example;I sat in on a session with three leaders of Veterans for Obama, a group of

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-81377951227752231502008-09-05T09:58:00.000-07:002008-09-05T10:03:18.716-07:00

McCain's acceptance speech;I liked it, not as rousing as others, but that's ok.Oh? How do you scare 'the most powerful woman' in America? Rivalry, that's how ^_^.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-19001428772770779282008-09-03T11:26:00.000-07:002008-09-03T13:01:52.660-07:00

It's a smell, kind of a smelly smell. It's a somewhat familiar smell. It has a pattern; it's the conservative who's not a white guy pattern. The anti-women attack's on Palin follow this stinky pattern - infantilization, sexualization, demonization and finally dehumanization. Clearly we've gotten into the first three, how long till we hear that Palin is a "female impersonator" or to vote only for

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-2765799445959360342008-09-01T17:49:00.001-07:002008-09-01T17:59:26.183-07:00

..is the most important part of someones character.The remarkable thing about the whole event was that he didn't have to see us at all. If he wanted to do more, he could've just given a quick handshake and said, "Thanks for your sacrifice." But he didn't - he put everything and everyone in his life on hold to meet privately with the family of a Private First Class who gave his life in the service

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-55193641385776232032008-08-31T23:40:00.000-07:002008-09-01T02:54:42.149-07:00

This is what desperation smells like;Well, Sarah, I'm calling you a liar. And not even a good one. Trig Paxson Van Palin is not your son. He is your grandson. The sooner you come forward with this revelation to the public, the better.Emphasis theirs. Dean was like OMG; and I was like WTF? Ace was like JFC!! Ann was like GTFO! Over at Malkins they were like MFer!Mind you this is from the lowest of

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-24004742281328543192008-08-30T18:47:00.000-07:002008-08-30T18:49:30.226-07:00

Is the press soft on Obama? Well to hear Bill Maher tell it.. it more like they're hard,I think there is a problem, though, with the media gushing over him too much. I don't think he thinks that he's all that, but the media does. I mean, the coverage after, that I was watching, from MSNBC, I mean these guys were ready to have sex with him....It's embarrassing.For him!Really that's a sorry state

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-82277217252499059442008-08-29T10:58:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:13:58.901-07:00

Palin is officially the VP candidate for McCain. Here's a little clip from Palin's announcement;Hitting the women right out of the gate. SDB thinks McCain has gone for the Otaku vote.On hte serious side the Obama camp has stumbled right out of the gate in their criticism of Palin. I don't know that they had any realy good arguments against her but the experience issue was a really dumb move;

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-22795918698512606642008-08-27T17:12:00.000-07:002008-08-27T17:25:47.115-07:00

Supposedly McCain will reveal his Veep pick on Friday. I've already mentioned one of my favorites, Sarah Palin. However another woman is being floated as a pick for VP; Kay Bailey Hutchinson. I'd not considered her becasue I'd heard she's bowed out. But she wouldn't be the first veep candidate to be all coy and stuff.All this talk of a woman veep for McCain is causing an amusing [to me] ripple in

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-11590976542558436002008-08-26T21:55:00.000-07:002008-08-26T22:16:42.151-07:00

Some people have speculated that Hilldog's supporters might be the doom of Obama. There's something to that, so much so that McCain has an ad to that effect with a Hillary delegate who's going to vote for McCain. It quite likely that Hilalry is bitter and there's little doubt that Bill is;He said: "Suppose for example you're a voter. And you've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-4571200986976700002008-08-25T11:12:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:52:27.848-07:00

Lot's of things to talk about;McCain still hasn't picked a Veep yet, rumors about Romney or Huckabee aside. Actually the unlikely choice of Sarah Palin excites me, she's solid-ish conservative. Not so solid that she offends me though. And frankly, she kinda cute;In a fashionable older lady kinda way. Anywho,While there is much hope for a post-racial America with Obama's candidacy, it has some

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-71042600061483105172008-08-17T00:40:00.000-07:002008-08-17T00:50:30.155-07:00

Obama let his Freudian slip show and almost, almost let loose a quote that would have devastated his campaign.Watch him catch himself mid-sentence, the first fateful syllable of the word “experience” already out of his mouth, before he stops short and switches gearsNotice also the applause.Anyway.. this would have been.. almost was the money quote of the year.. from Obama's own mouth, an

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-66876230688981576822008-08-12T08:51:00.000-07:002008-08-12T08:55:25.919-07:00

It came from the future!Robot warplanesWarp speedBad news, it still sucks right now-It's not racist when they do it; Mob Beating editionIt's not war when someone else does it; Georgia edition

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-55835781873599037642008-08-08T11:31:00.000-07:002008-08-08T12:27:11.101-07:00

Would you do methamphetamines if they were legalized?Frack no. I’m crazy enough as it is.. and I like bathing.Are you for or against abortion?Umm, neither? I’m not keen on it being illegal but I don’t like it and am not for it.Would the United States fall with a woman president?Not any more likely than falling because a man was elected.That said there’s a higher chance of a ‘token’ under

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-28011048645318373342008-08-08T10:24:00.000-07:002008-08-08T11:31:10.064-07:00

Well Obama can't be blamed for this one. Too bad, then I could change my favorite link for him from this, to this.I swear I couldn't make up anything this funny.Damn near everyone has noticed it's similarity to the Space Hippy salute.And some have done parody,I'm sorry to say my thoughts we're blah about it until it hit me....That's the gesture you going to have to make folks, he's just that big!

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-9675195526881855422008-08-05T14:25:00.000-07:002008-08-05T14:28:14.318-07:00

You know it's bad when John Stewart is making fun of the accusations of the Celeb ad.My favorite, "Oh no! He's going to Tea Bag the United States!"*Yea, carp.. the fish.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-31453951667739325402008-08-05T11:47:00.000-07:002008-08-05T12:18:37.361-07:00

The Celebrity ad has gotten some grief, I talked about that a few days ago. A comparison to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton has been called racist. I don't know about Britney, but McCain wasn't the first person to compare Obama to Paris... Obama was;"Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-82261622714821739452008-08-03T10:22:00.000-07:002008-08-03T10:53:01.468-07:00

as in Mac Cain. First the somewhat controversial 'Celebrity' ad. It's promoted accusations of racism from the democratic side but the whole brouhaha seems to have worked out well for McCain;Sixty-nine percent (69%) of the nation’s voters say they’ve seen news coverage of the McCain campaign commercial that includes images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and suggests that Barack Obama is a

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-6122691394052274592008-07-30T12:46:00.001-07:002008-07-30T13:33:16.731-07:00

No this isn't a racist Obama related post; it's something white liberals would think is worse; a Green on the outside Red on the inside reference.While I don't think every advocate of global warming alarmisim is a secret communist or socialist their leadership does a good job of raising a red flag so to speak."We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-59936651074123741232008-07-25T18:24:00.000-07:002008-07-25T20:05:48.886-07:00

In Denver today McCain took the Big O to task for his position and reaffirmation of his position on the surge.If Senator Obama had prevailed, American forces would have had to retreat under fire. The Iraqi Army would have collapsed. Civilian casualties would have increased dramatically. Al Qaeda would have killed the Sunni sheikhs who had begun to cooperate with us, and the "Sunni Awakening"

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-91845056799461985742008-07-23T15:11:00.001-07:002008-07-23T15:20:02.427-07:00

I can't wait to see how this one gets covered for; Both the Big O covering for himself and the media covering for him.Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look at my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-31899581671656269692008-07-23T14:14:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:06:52.861-07:00

I decided to add something different to my blogging, food. I'm something of a free wheeling cook. I don't use recipes in the regular sense, kind of like drivers in Texas and speed limits signs; the writing is just a suggestion that I'll often ignore. That said I do have patterns, a basic formula that I use to make things. So I'm going to post about things I cook; if their good. If they're bad

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-55027420610013718362008-07-22T15:04:00.000-07:002008-07-22T16:12:19.399-07:00

I've kept posting light, oh hell, non-existent for quite a while. It's a bit of disaffection, repeat news issue and frustration. Lots of frustration.Why?Well this is going to be either the weirdest or lamest political season ever. I was hoping for weird and fun. But honestly the press has got me down.Half of Americans think the press is trying to help Sen. Barack Obama win the presidential

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-2213858347792342552008-07-09T23:34:00.001-07:002008-07-09T23:36:27.745-07:00

Oh Snap!Sorry, sorry.. I'm waaay to white for that reaction. It more of Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah**hahahaha.... breath... hahahahahahahahahahhahah huuuhh.. wheewh.. wow...

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-85905636486379498762008-07-09T23:14:00.000-07:002008-07-09T23:33:19.312-07:00

Recently I had a conversation .. well about a lot of things. One thing was the issue of racism vs. sexism. We both agreed, I think, that racism is worse, but given that it's possible to be subjected to both well it's really not important. But in the realm of disagreements one has to use all the tools available.In this spirit I offer the Female Privilege lists. The point is that being sexual

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-45485145250780297152008-07-09T12:42:00.000-07:002008-07-09T12:51:50.881-07:00

Fucking unbelievable in Spanish?As I think I've mentioned before comparing the US to Europe fails in many ways. This on is one of the worst. If the US were like Europe and every state had it's own language, sure we'd be multilingual. Culturally we've tried to avoid that. We have, up until the recent multiculturalism bullshit, made an effort to make one language our 'official' language. Everyone

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-28136600319860167572008-07-08T15:56:00.000-07:002008-07-08T16:01:26.760-07:00

A few new campaign ads, one pro-McCain and one anti-Obama.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-28516807589794878242008-07-07T17:14:00.000-07:002008-07-07T17:17:22.902-07:00

I'm almost sick of the term 'tap that' or its sister term hit that..However a poster here took it too the geek level today,flawless said...Tap it, tap three lands, cast Fireball...For those who've never played Magic the Gathering it's probably not funny at all, me? I laughed hard and I haven't played magic since .. well, a little after Antiquities came out.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-6033326701840187262008-07-06T18:20:00.000-07:002008-07-06T18:22:11.191-07:00

It's ok. Clearly aimed at the middle ground.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-12317815583676006182008-07-06T11:13:00.000-07:002008-07-06T12:09:45.971-07:00

Some presidential campaign notes from the past week or so,Can Barack Buy the Presidency?Obama has raised an eye popping $295-plus million. McCain's has raised nearly $122 million. What's noteable is how much they have left; Obama had $43 million left, McCain had $31 million left. Since polls separate them by a mere 4% most of the time; it's not nessisarily money well spent. But Obama had a major

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-59377887016323537632008-07-06T02:08:00.000-07:002008-07-06T03:06:34.152-07:00

Obama may have made a critical misstep. On a holiday weekend speech he said this,“First,” he said, “if you get a federal grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help, and you can’t discriminate against them — or against the people you hire — on the basis of their religion.”Some people have taken this as a threat to freedom of association in religion. From the

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-29723196448086251552008-07-04T13:18:00.001-07:002008-07-04T13:18:21.471-07:00

The largest reenlistment ceremony in the history of the U.S. military took place in the rotunda of the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq on July 4, 2008.

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-65874464063900435802008-07-03T22:08:00.000-07:002008-07-03T22:13:02.048-07:00

Like a commenter on this blog, I can't recall where this quote is from;The Democrats claim that they are the party of the downtrodden and the poor and say that Republicans are the party of the rich and the powerful.This means that to get votes, it is in the Republican's best interests to have more people be rich and powerful. What does this say about the Democrats' interests?I've heard it before

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-44269224685815963222008-07-02T18:53:00.000-07:002008-07-02T18:56:14.362-07:00

E-Mobile is saying that the macaque in this ad had already been used in several other of their campaigns. But when they decide to use him to imitate Obama's Change campaign;E-Moble has now withdrawn the advertisement. YouTube has a couple of versions of it. I actually thought it was kinda funny, apart from the race implications of monkey here. I think the only reason they used Obama was because

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-62440285555472711072008-07-02T13:43:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:52:08.077-07:00

Speaking of Mpg,As Gas Prices Pinch, Support for Energy Exploration RisesThe details are pretty interesting too,Much of the increase in support for energy exploration has come among groups that previously viewed this as a less important priority than energy conservation - young people, liberals, independents, Democrats, women and people who have attended college.--In contrast with overall

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-64033770385159827972008-07-02T13:18:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:37:26.974-07:00

Did Obama fire that Richard Danzig guy? You know the "Winnie the Pooh should shape US foreign policy" guy. I guess not; so not only is Obama's foreign policy full of poo(h) it's full of 'change',He [Anthony Lake] stressed that Mr Obama, even after withdrawing troops from Iraq over 16 months as he has promised, would maintain “a residual presence for clearly defined missions”. These would include

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-62248950286945432672008-07-02T13:06:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:38:54.952-07:00

Mechanic Develops Engine That Gets 110 MpgWhat?Doug Pelmear said he has perfected an engine developed by his grandfather 60 years ago. As gas prices continue to rise across the country, Pelmear said his engine gives his 1987 Ford Mustang 110 mpg.Really?Pelmear said the engine is 400 horsepower and goes from zero to 60 mph in three seconds. Some seemed more excited by the car's power than its

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-2886283614254110292008-07-02T12:36:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:06:15.638-07:00

Seth Grahame-Smith has set himself up for either a prognostication degree or some astounding humble pie."It's over. It's mathematically impossible for John McCain to win. Were the great Tim Russert still with us, he would call the election for Obama at 7pm Eastern time. No, I'm not talking about November 4th -- I mean tonight."Why is he so confident? The only concrete thing he sites the money

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-48666907645018274042008-07-01T16:42:00.000-07:002008-07-01T20:05:35.363-07:00

Ever heard of Dan Yeary?Probably not, hell he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.The reason I bring him up is of course, Jeremiah Wright.One is McCain's pastor, the other Obama's (former).When you mention Wright the person Obama's defenders often bring up is Hagee or Robertson. So are they similar? Not really, while Wright is pretty radical the worst that said about Yeary seems to be that he

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-57401406059410115542008-07-01T14:03:00.000-07:002008-07-01T16:31:34.392-07:00

One tactic in combat is to attack where you enemy thinks he's strong. In the case of Obama supporters the target de jure is McCain's military service. Seemingly an unassailable target. McCain severed with distinction and suffered the closes thing to ultimate sacrifice you can apart from loosing full body parts and still live.The list of democrats on the attack of McCain service is getting pretty

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-76072827117783023392008-07-01T11:47:00.000-07:002008-07-01T12:54:40.426-07:00

Obama's all about change, 'we can do it' and all that. Well he's been practicing.Obama Shifts on Welfare ReformNow, with the Democratic nomination firmly in hand, Obama is going one step further. In an ad airing in 18 states, including 14 carried by President Bush in 2004, Obama is celebrating a reduction in the welfare caseload made possible by legislation he originally opposed.Obama rejects

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-86217334174856130412008-06-27T11:13:00.000-07:002008-06-27T11:55:51.242-07:00

One of the most egregious restrictions on the rights of people to keep and bear arms, i.e. the 2nd amendment went down yesterday. The part that should, but probably will not shock people is how close it was. 5 to 4, not good.Consider for a moment what would have happened if the decision had gone the other way. One of the most sever set of restrictions on gun ownership would have been declared

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-90695912515230803032008-06-26T13:41:00.000-07:002008-06-27T10:37:53.976-07:00

A pdf of the ruling is here,Held:1. The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess afirearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm fortraditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.Pp. 2–53.Let the politicking begin! And the fear mongering, Here, via the NYTGun-control advocates across the country reacted with shock and outrage at the Supreme

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-11888633868799139162008-06-25T14:36:00.000-07:002008-06-25T15:29:15.067-07:00

Once more from the can't win for loosing dept.-It appears we're going to fight this year with one of our hands behind our back. One of our legal hands that actually protects both sides, but is always portrayed as, you guessed it suppressing the vote. Yea.. suppressing the illegal votes, as in voter fraud-John McCain's election strategists plan to tone down the Republicans' traditionally

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-73738805179379561872008-06-25T11:58:00.000-07:002008-06-25T12:14:24.664-07:00

Orson Scott Card is a self described democrat, given his writings in they last decade it's hard to see why. He's more like Lieberman in an independent center left kind of way. Until you get on the subject of national defense he does seem to be a democrat then once on world affairs and national defense, he sounds more like my side..President Bush said, "Some seem to believe that we should

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-20484724232151272942008-06-24T11:08:00.000-07:002008-06-25T11:57:56.116-07:00

From the Can't Win For Loosing department-Apparently if you abide by a cease fire it's still your fault if the other side breaks it. If your Israel and MS-NBC is doing the reporting that is..Militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip fired at least two rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday, breaching a five-day-old cease-fire.The attack came hours after Israeli troops killed two Palestinians

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-62508938292374005612008-06-23T13:49:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:34:43.656-07:00

Well it's been a fun campaign already. Lots of mayhem and fip-flopping, or change, depending on who you're talking about.Advice to Barack Obama: Don't lie in a a political campaign ad, you will get caught and it will make the news.. eventually.About 46 seconds into the ad, we are told that Obama “passed laws” that “extended healthcare for wounded troops who’d been neglected,” and in the usual

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-17968153862370858622008-06-20T13:14:00.000-07:002008-06-20T13:34:38.841-07:00

Again to quote Prof. Farnsworth, Good News!Caroline became the first British woman to have the 'G-shot', also known as the 'orgasm jab' - an £800 non-surgical treatment that enhances a woman's sexual experience by boosting the G-spot, the ultra-sensitive area of tissue that can hold the key to happy love-making.Rather like lip-plumping jabs, the treatment involves injecting collagen straight into

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-819362209877396872008-06-20T12:31:00.000-07:002008-06-20T12:39:23.711-07:00

A bit of satire I enjoyed, George W. Bush's Resignation Speech. Go, read it. Some people will not, so I'll give a few amusing quotes from it to entice ya.The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people. I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world, or what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are too damned lazy

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-75570146072581260462008-06-20T01:23:00.000-07:002008-06-20T02:05:29.571-07:00

Every once is a while I have a thought for a while, in this case very long time, and have trouble naming it. The concept of a difference between being neutral and objective, is today's. Evan Sayet helped me with this one today. However I'm not sure that this would fit, because people often use the two interchangeable.It's a bit like the way we use discrimination or discriminating. Typically these

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-45541367923535066882008-06-18T11:32:00.000-07:002008-06-18T12:39:02.806-07:00

Yesterday Obama mentioned the first World Trade Center attack and the capture and processing of its perpetrators as a good model of dealing with terrorists. Needless to say this didn't fly well with McCain or a lot of other Republicans,“If we move back to a defensive approach, like Sen. Obama wants, is at our peril. … Why do you want to go back to making the same mistakes of the 1990s?”After

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-1108314987046423402008-06-18T01:54:00.000-07:002008-06-18T02:36:33.644-07:00

"As someone knowledgeable about confidence games has pointed out, the purpose of a confidence man is not to convince skeptics but to help others believe what they already want to believe.Displaying the paraphernalia of evidence, embellished with appropriate rhetoric, accomplished that important purpose."Thomas Sowel, The Tyranny of Visions.Sowel was speaking of Lenin in this part of his essay. It

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-34943961014647117912008-06-17T20:13:00.000-07:002008-06-17T21:03:42.817-07:00

Democrats Say They Will Seek to Force Probe of McCain Funding (again)In a move clearly intended to spread rumors of corruption or rule breaking the Dems have decided to run this a second time. Never mind that Howard Dean did exacly the same thing on his run. I guess it's ok when a Democrat does it;McCain is following a precedent set by current Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean when he ran

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-44670061626031561412008-06-15T15:12:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:06:54.452-07:00

While much of the campaign money in Wall Street seems to flow both ways, the public nod seems to be going to McCain. At least in his week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit."My personal opinion is I would argue that McCain is probably the better candidate for the economy and that is more or less because of his tax policies," James Caron, head of global rates research at investment bank Morgan

Gerbera Tetranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189896.post-48251535174003141772008-06-14T10:32:00.001-07:002008-06-14T10:59:19.019-07:00

Seriously, we didn't. I get this feeling I'm going to be spending half the campaign season heading off notions that republicans started some awful rumor about Obama. Its getting a bit tiresome to have to deflect for the opposition, but the Hillary supporters aren't giving me a choce...On the other hand the Obamasiah isn't helping either.."They’re going to try to make me into a scary guy. They’re

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