Kass will do

As Chicago guts out another scandal, I know there are other cities in Illinois, but we are talking about my kind of town. Kass has tried to take Royko's spot in terms if fretting out governmental corruption and incompetence. Well Christmas came early.

So though Illinois isn't surprised—this is after all the home of the Chicago Way—the national media must be shocked.

They've been clinging to the ridiculous notion that Chicago is Camelot for months now, cleaving to the idea with the willfulness of stubborn children. It must help them see Obama as some pristine creature, perhaps a gentle faun of a magic forest, unstained by our grubby politics, a bedtime story for grown-ups who insist upon fairy tales. But now the national media may finally be forced to confront reality.

Even national pundits with tingles running up their legs can't ignore the tape recordings in which Blagojevich speculated how he'd get the gold for picking Obama's successor.

"I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain," Blagojevich allegedly said on tape. "You hear what I'm saying? And if I don't get what I want, and I'm not satisfied with it, then I'll just take the Senate seat myself."

Obama's Senate seat, Blagojevich allegedly said, "is a [expletive] valuable thing. You don't just give it away for nothing."

Then, on Nov. 5, he allegedly said, "I've got this thing, and it's [expletive] golden and, uh, I'm just not going to give it up for [expletive] nothing. I'm not gonna do it. And I can always use it, I can parachute me there."

If a jury hears that tape, it's [expletive] over.

finally

Because this is no fairy tale. This isn't Camelot.

This is Chicago.

And a governor is on the grill.

As Kass states in the article, I agree that obama is free at the moment. But obama has been part of the Machine. Now there is speculation of his little pit bull, rahm emanuel, may be on tape. Not saying rahm is corrupt by any means, but I'm sure the bus is warming up for another person to get tossed under.
Does Meineke cover wheel alignment repair after so many friends you have run over mr. obama?
I love this from politico

One prominent Chicago Democrat close to many of those named in the indictment suggested the risk for Obama is “Whitewater-type exposure.” That was a reference to an Arkansas real estate deal that produced a series lengthy and highly intrusive investigations in the 1990s that never proved illegality by the Clintons.

What this Democrat meant with his analogy—which on the facts so far seems a bit premature—was that Obama could suffer by being in the proximity of a back-scratching and deal-making culture, even if he was mostly a bystander. “What will splatter on to Obama is he is to some degree a product of this culture, and he has never entirely stood against it,” said the Democrat, who wanted anonymity for fear of antagonizing the president-elect.

That is the point I have maintained all along. Obama may not be corrupt, but he used many people and stood by making a feeble attempt at looking innocent and staring at his feet to attain power. He never stood for anything as long as it served his purpose.
What will he do in office?

Life Goes On

my new favorite word, thanks Eddy

At the Dave show Friday night, I was conversing with one my best friends. He and I have been roommates, been in each others weddings, committed a couple felonies ... you get the picture. We have been known to throw down beers watching election results like it was the Super Bowl.

I digress. As were talking, a friend of one of the couples we came with came upon us. I gave the usual friendly greeting and he asked how I was.
I replied, "Doing well thank you."
His reply, "You said well, are you an English major or pretentious?"
Being my sarcastic self, I said I was both.
I guess my crime is an education. Not that I apply it as I should. This got me to thinking. You have read my posts and comments. They tend to be erratic, obtuse, but entertaining. Mostly capital crimes against literacy, grammar and my family name.
Time to step up. Let's have some fun.

Here are the definitions so you can use big words like I make the feeble attempts:
pretentious
Main Entry: pre·ten·tious
Pronunciation: \pri-ˈten(t)-shəs\
Function: adjective
Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention-, pretentio, from Latin praetendere
Date: 1832
1: characterized by pretension: as a: making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing) b: expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature
2: making demands on one's skill, ability, or means : ambitious

obtuse
Main Entry: ob·tuse
Pronunciation: \äb-ˈtüs, əb-, -ˈtyüs\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): ob·tus·er; ob·tus·est
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin obtusus blunt, dull, from past participle of obtundere to beat against, blunt, from ob- against + tundere to beat — more at ob-, contusion
Date: 15th century
1 a: not pointed or acute : blunt b (1)of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees (2): having an obtuse angle — see triangle illustration cof a leaf : rounded at the free end
2 a: lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : insensitive, stupid b: difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression

And This Is Why I Didn't Watch Sex In The City

Gay men, straight women have similar brains

LONDON - Gay men and straight women share some characteristics in the area of the brain responsible for emotion, mood and anxiety, researchers said on Monday in a study highlighting the potential biological underpinning of sexuality.

Brain scans also showed the same symmetry among lesbians and straight men, the researchers wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

But I still can't watch the WNBA.

A couple websites to check out

As the election goes from the grind to the summer offensive. And I mean that in many ways, I found this website at Powerline.

MeetBarackObama.com

They are right, it's just the beginning.

Another website I highly recommend:

270towin.com

It allows you to start looking at the obtuse electoral college and how McCain could win. We may see a repeat of 2000. That was a fun party.

I have McCain winning 272 to 266.

Real Clear Politics has the flip with Obama 272 to 266.

Adios Fred

and this cartoon hit hard this morning

Thanks for playing Fred, maybe you'll get a VP nod.

another reason the UN is a joke

Town Hall Not So Funnies

First, about the Mitchell Report:




















Of course the Barry Bonds cartoon could transcend into the poltical primaries and the dirty tricks of either party.


















And then on a more serious note:

Shame on that dome. If you thought the Golden Domers of South Bend were in trouble, those under the ivory garden variety need to think.

Dirty Little Well Known Secret

Way to go Mr. President ... and the Chinese would never use it for nukes.

The Truth Strikes Again

Sums it up. And voting ID laws are not racist.
Sorry, put this card away.

“We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.”

-John Edwards

Have You No Shame?

"Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

I gleaned this quote from an article yesterday by Peter D. Feaver in the Boston Globe entitled MoveOn's McCarthy moment.
The article draws a strong comaprison with the immature antics of MoveOn and the near terminally ill NYT this week. (Read Thomas Lifson The Decline and Fall of the New York Times) The full page ad insults our commmader in Iraq with no merit.

Let us be clear. It is legitimate to grill Petraeus on his testimony and to ask him tough questions about the strategy he has been pursuing. It is legitimate to disagree with him, or to conclude that an alternative course of action has a better chance of advancing US interests in the region. Healthy civil-military relations do not depend on accepting uncritically anything a senior military officer says. Quite the opposite, they depend on a full and frank exchange of views.

It is not legitimate, however, and it is exceedingly corrosive of healthy civil-military relations to question the general's patriotism when his views differ from yours and are inconvenient for one's political agenda.

This is a defining moment for the antiwar faction. They can continue on the path on to which they have veered, repeating some of the worst mistakes in American history. Or they can make a clean break with the past, police their own ranks, and promote a healthy, critical, public debate about the best way forward in Iraq.

You hear many members of the left and Democratic claim to support the troops. Then they must purge their ranks. But they won't. Like the jello spined leaders of Europe who condemn Israel and pray they bomb Iran or Syria back to the stone ages, they would never soil there own hands.
I do have to apologize for comparing Israel and MoveOn. The heroic people of Israel understand people want them dead, while MoveOn has already fallen to folly of ignoring history with its repetitive karma. Six years since 9/11, we are fighting the enemy responsible for that day (not the US by the way and I refuse to expound on that) in Iraq. They do not understand Clinton's early exit of Somalia, his failure to effectivly avenge teh U.S.S. Cole or the other attacks led to 9/11. The esteemed Gen. Petraeus deserves an aplogy from the NYT.

Some funnies until I find me muse

Reid is a Brown-eye

Missed That One

Apparently, SOTH Pelosi has been a infectous mix of a foriegn policy guru and scarf-stylish babe in helping GW with his Presidential duties. C'mon, she is couple heart beats from the Oval Office and she needs to practice meeting with dictators. Plus the sanctimonious charmer has our best interests while breaking the law, pissing off Israel, looking like a dingbat and mostly being herself.

She either met with Assad, who is behind the murder of a certain Lebanese critic that led to beautiful Ceder Spring, to make GW look bad (classy and respectful) or to create her won agenda (illegal). There have been some good points on her behalf ... not really. She screwed the pooch in a bad way. Here is some things she should consider
from Fred Barnes:

Pelosi's visit to Damascus for talks with Syrian president Bashir Assad showed her ill-equipped to deal with the longstanding conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states in the Middle East. She made three serious mistakes.
The complicated nature of diplomacy in the Middle East eluded her. She was in
way over her head. She didn't understand what she was dealing with. This was her first big mistake.
Her second mistake was believing the conventional wisdom in Washington that headway could be made with the Syrians if only we'd talk to them.
Pelosi's third (and biggest) mistake was thinking she could broker a peace between Israel and Syria. This was naive in the extreme.

Robert Turner of WSJ

The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, "without authority of the United States," to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government's behavior on any "disputes or controversies with the United States." Some background on this statute helps to understand why Ms. Pelosi may be in serious trouble.

And if USA Today questions you

But Wolf can travel to Syria virtually undetected. Pelosi has an international profile. That guarantees her heavy media coverage but multiplies the price of a misstep, which she quickly made when she created confusion about how eager Israel is to resume peace talks with Syria. Israel immediately clarified her remarks.

Wolf is a Representative who claims to be Republican. Hopefully this other criminal is made fully aware of the Logan Act as he is prosecuted as well as Pelosi. The ethical congress we were promised was a sham the moment Rep. "Gladbag" Jefferson was offered a post.

You Get What You Asked For

A little note to all those fence voters who thought the grass looked greener on the other side of the aisle.

And to you conservatives who stayed home election day to teach the party a lesson ...

What the Sam Hill?

First
Murtha Seeks To Prohibit Military Action Against Iran

WASHINGTON — A leading Iraq war opponent threatened yesterday to try prohibiting any American military action against Iran without congressional sanction as House Republicans used military veterans within their ranks to oppose a resolution renouncing President Bush's Iraq troop buildup.

Those evil Republicans using vets, as opposed to the heroic vets on the Democrat side of the aisle who are for the wise non-binding resolution and not misguided or brainwashed.





















Second



I have a hard time looking at Obama as legitmate leader of our country if he insults our troops who are braver than he can imagine. He is the face of the Democratic party, he is an ass!












Third

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

From 1945 to 1953 he was imprisoned for writing a letter in which he criticized Joseph Stalin - "the man with the mustache." Solzhenitsyn served in the camps and prisons near Moskow, and in a camp in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan (1945-53).

more

Publication of the first volume of The Gulag Archipelago (1973), one of the greatest works in Russian prose, resulted in his being charged with treason. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974,

or what about the Cubans who are so beloved by the Left and the Media of this country:

HAVANA - Veteran dissident attorney Rene Gomez Manzano, who helped organize an unprecedented gathering of opponents of the Cuban government two years ago, was unexpectedly released from prison after being held for 19 months without being charged.

It goes again and again, the Left really has no clue how safe and coddled they are. Protected by a media with thier agenda in mind, they can fire salvo after salvo with no recourse. Unless you count the money lost by the screeching dixie harpies.

And in an immature stunt, this really bad angle of Speaker of the House Pelosi

Boortz is ....

Many people could fill in the blank with several words that could only be heard on FOX on Neal Boortz. But the reality is, he is very good at provoking thought. I love his line of challenging his facts and to look them up yourself.
I found this list he put together challenging the doom and gloom of the recent UN report on global warming and their findings and it being man's fault.

The United Nations is anti-American and anti-Capitalist. In short .. I don't trust them. Not a bit. The UN would eagerly engage in any enterprise that would weaken capitalist economies around the world.

Because after the fall of the Soviet Union and worldwide Communism many in the anti-capitalist movement moved to the environmental movement to continue pursuing their anti-free enterprise goals. Many of the loudest proponents of man-made global warming today are confirmed anti-capitalists.

Because the sun is warmer .. and all of these scientists don't seem to be willing to credit a warmer sun with any of the blame for global warming.

The polar ice caps on Mars are melting. How did our CO2 emissions get all the way to Mars?

It was warmer in the 1930s across the globe than it is right now.

It wasn't all that long ago that these very same scientists were warning us about "global cooling" and another approaching ice age?

How much has the earth warmed up in the last 100 years? One degree. Now that's frightening.

Because that famous "hockey stick" graph that purports to show a sudden warming of the earth in the last few decades is a fraud. It ignored previous warming periods ... left them off the graph altogether.

The infamous Kyoto accords exempt some of the world's biggest CO2 polluters, including China and India.

The Kyoto accords can easily be seen as nothing less than an attempt to hamstring the world's dominant capitalist economies.

Because many of these scientists who are sounding the global warming scare depend on grant money for their livelihood, and they know the grant money dries up when they stop preaching the global warming sermon.

Because global warming "activists" and scientists seek to punish those who have different viewpoints. If you are sure of your science you have no need to shout down or seek to punish those who disagree.

What happened to the Medieval Warm Period? In 1996 the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a chart showing climatic change over a period of 1000 years. This graph showed a Medieval warming period in which global temperatures were higher than they are today. In 2001 the IPCC issued another 1000 year graph in which the Medieval warming period was missing. Why?

Why has one scientist promoting the cause of man-made global warming been quoted as saying "we have to get rid of the medieval warming period?"

Why is the ice cap on the Antarctic getting thicker if the earth is getting warmer?

In the United State, the one country with the most accurate temperature measuring and reporting records, temperatures have risen by 0.3 degrees centigrade over the past 100 years. The UN estimate is twice that.

There are about 160,000 glaciers around the world. Most have never been visited or measured by man. The great majority of these glaciers are growing, not melting.

Side-looking radar interferometry shows that the ise mass in the West Antarctic is growing at a rate of over 26 gigatons a year. This reverses a melting trend that had persisted for the previous 6,000 years.

Rising sea levels? The sea levels have been rising since the last ice age ended. That was 12,000 years ago. Estimates are that in that time the sea level has risen by over 300 feet. The rise in our sea levels has been going on long before man started creating anything but natural CO2 emissions.

Like Antarctica, the interior of Greenland is gaining ice mass.

Over the past 3,000 years there have been five different extended periods when the earth was measurably warmer than it is today.

During the last 20 years -- a period of the highest carbon dioxide levels -- global temperatures have actually decreased. That's right ... decreased.

Why did a reporter from National Public Radio refuse to interview David Deming, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma studying global warming, after his testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unless Deming would state that global warming was being caused by man?

Why are global warming proponents insisting that the matter is settled and that no further scientific research is needed? Why are they afraid of additional information?

On July 24, 1974 Time Magazine published an article entitled "Another Ice Age?" Here's the first paragraph:

"As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are actually part of a global climatic upheaval. However widely the weather varies from place to place and time to time, when meteorologists take an average of temperatures around the globe they find that the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the past three decades. The trend shows no indication of reversing. Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of another ice age."

The mighty Obob has decided that being a Bears fan and crushing the hopes of the people New Orleans needs more, I am now in favor of global warming. I would have highlighted the important points, but I would have dane them all.
GOOOOOO GREENHOUSE GASES!!!!!!

I Love Joe Biden

The mighty blue hen himself is one man wrecking machine, selfinflicted. There is a great line about Joe Biden being his worst enemy:

A quick answer came in yesterday’s New York Observer. In the midst of heaping praise on Obama, Biden mentioned that his Senate colleague was the “first mainstream African-American” candidate who was “articulate and bright and clean.”

-msnbc.com

plagiarism from Famous Plagarists.com

Senator Biden’s plagiarism of a speech by British Labor Party leader Neal Kinnock took place at a campaign stump at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. In closing his speech, Biden took Kinnock’s ideas and language as if they were his very own inspired thoughts, prefacing Kinnock’s ideas with the phrase “I started thinking as I was coming over here . . . “. Little did Biden suspect that video footage of this speech would be spliced together with footage of Kinnock’s speech in an “attack video” which would be distributed by members of the Dukakis campaign.

Do I like Joe, no. He is the typical lifer-politico who loves to hear his voice, gets soft questions from Russert and whines perpetually. Now from Townhall.com

funnies

Funnies

This first cartoon goes out to CAIR and the rest of the thugs. These calculating criminals deserve criminal and civil legal consequences for causing the ruckus on that airplane with the flying terrorists ... err ... holy men.











The second goes out to the Georgian Wonder as he continues to baffle Americans how someone who once represented our country, hates it so much. If it weren't for Watergate, he would have been another hapless politician/peanut farmer. Now he is a joke of an American. There is no courage in treachery.












And finally, my girl Nancy. I will have to thank the American voter for providing the cannon fodder for my fellow bloggers. The trouble is, she won't be there for long. Soon enough, her fellow Democrats in the House will tire of her poor choices and unwise allegiances.

funnies not so funny