You Pay For What You Get

Gov. Bobby Jindal toured part of Louisiana's vast coastal marsh this past Wednesday and found thick, oily sludge encroaching on the fragile ecosystem.

"We saw some heavy oil stranded in the wetlands. The oil is no longer just a projection or miles from our shore. The oil is here. It is on our shores and in our marsh," Jindal said at a news conference after the airboat tour in Plaquemines Parish.




Unfortunately for his home state of Louisiana, Jindal sponsored the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act in 2006. It was a bill aimed at eliminating the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling over the U.S. outer continental shelf. He and other Republicans, like Sarah Palin argued that increased drilling would greatly reduce American dependence on foreign oil.

I love this little quote (Below) from The Heritage Foundations's website
(Located halfway down the page under The DOER Act)

"Myth: Drilling poses great risks of oil spills. The last major offshore oil spill in America occurred off of Santa Barbara in 1969. Critics of offshore drilling still refer to this incident, but much has changed in the interim. Drilling technology has greatly advanced in recent decades, and any new drilling will have to comply with strict safeguards that did not exist then."


And who can forget the 2008 Republican National Convention?





DRILL BABY DRILL!









I mean really ... What could possibly go wrong?






It's truly beyond me why no reporter has the guts to ask Bobby Jindal if he regrets that pro drilling stance now.

Darwin would have gone with the wolf

I have always thought that hunters are the biggest bunch of pussies.




The match up I would love to see would be Gray Wolf vs. Sarah Palin (without her gun or her helicopter).





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Pathetic

In the days leading up to the election today, several phony fliers and text messages have been circulated in an effort to stop Democratic voters in key battleground states from coming out to the voting stations.

One targeted black voters, warning them of possible arrest.




Another bogus flier appeared in Franklin County, Ohio.





In Virginia, a phony State Board of Elections flier advising Republicans to vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats on Nov. 5 was being circulated in several Hampton Roads localities, according to state elections officials.




State elections officials have apparently identified the people responsible, but have refused to release their names and no charges will be filed.

When asked about this, a representative from the McCain camp suggested that "anyone naive enough to be fooled by these tricks should perhaps not be allowed to vote in this election".

That is a very good point.

Perhaps naive people should be disqualified from many different things.

Simple and to the point

I really thought that Barack Obama's 30-minute television ad tonight on major U.S. networks was exceptional.

I have to believe that it would be difficult for anyone to watch the whole thing and not come away feeling moved and inspired.





However, there is a beautiful simplicity to this 30 second ad, and I like it.

Python on Palin

I ran for Vice President ... and all I got was this lousy T-shirt

Here is a picture of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in her dorm room at the University of Idaho.



According to her classmates, the only top that she wore more often was a t-shirt that read “FCK: The only thing missing is ‘U.’ ”

Since Sarah and I share a common love for goofy t-shirts, I thought I would suggest a few.
















P.S. Sarah ... the comma comes after broke.

Step Right Up Folks!

Hopefully everyone took the time to watch last night's presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.




There was no memorable line like "Senator ... you're no Jack Kennedy".

However, there was one odd moment that will make the highlight reel.



Regardless of how it was intended, John McCain's reference to Obama as "that one" is racially suspect at best.




However, there something else that bothered me about this selected clip and the debate as a whole. This was John McCain's repeated use of the phrase "my friends".

In this 1:32 clip alone he uses the phrase twice.

Would it surprise you if I told you that in roughly 45 minutes of allotted talking time McCain used the phrase "my friends" 18 times and "my friend" 4 additional times?

He is obviously trying to borrow a phrase once used sparingly by Reagan in the 1980s. President Reagan used it in his second Inaugural Address.

However, McCain's diarrhetic use of "my friends" makes him come off like some kind of snake oil salesman.




Jingoist, Sarah Palin also likes to shamelessly borrow from Ronald Reagan.

Her repeated use of John Winthrop's “shining city upon a hill” ideal comes from Reagan's Farewell Address to the Nation on January 11th, 1989.

Here is the the problem.

Today's neoconservative Republican in no way resembles a Reagan Republican. True Reagan Republicans from the 80's believed in small government, less spending, and general isolationism.

George Bush has dramatically increased the size of government in everyday life, spent more than any president in office and started a worldwide campaign of nation building.

It is no wonder the bailout bill failed to pass the House Republicans the first time around.




In the end, this is what will finally sink John McCain.




*Forget about retirees who have watched their retirement account vanish.
*Forget about concerned parents who have watched college funds vanish.
*John can even forget about his beloved Reagan Republicans.

Perhaps McCain should have spent less time worrying about famous Ronald Reagan quotes, and spent more time listening to my buddy Bill.

"It's the economy, Stupid"

The rape of the American taxpayer

For the last week, multiple newspapers have been reporting that the town of Wasilla charged rape victims for their forensic exams while Sarah Palin was the mayor.

CNN's Jessica Yellin followed up by interviewing the sponsor of a law that sought to end this insensitive practice. Eric Croft felt that was unrealistic to think that for six months the mayor would not be aware of this policy.





Frankly I think that the liberal media elite are being wildly unfair to our future Vice President.

After all, as a devoted Reagan Republican, she was simply following her duty to look out for Joe Taxpayer.

In fact, in order to save additional funds, Wasilla will now charge victims of child molestation for the anatomical dolls used to identify the places they were touched by their abusers.




This practice alone will save thousands of dollars for the Alaskan taxpayers. Those dolls are expensive!

Plus, all of the children will be allowed to keep their dolls as a keepsake and a snuggle buddy.

WTF is this stupid fucking woman saying?

Oh my God.

Is anybody awake out there?

This is a clueless woman, completely out of her depth, being fed talking points and blindly regurgitating them like a drunk spring break fraternity brother after an open bar and wet t-shirt contest.




This is "crisis moment"?

This woman has spent too much time on the back of a dog sled.

She is talking about the importance of tax breaks when asked about the current Wall Street bailout plan.

Would someone slap this daft women in the head and inform her that the proposed 700 Billion dollar bailout plan will, by itself, cost the average American tax payer $2000-$3000 to implement.

Jesus Christ ... Could everyone turn off Gossip Girl for a moment?

Does anyone read a fucking newspaper anymore?

Vetting is not just driving your sports car

If you did not see the ABC Nightline interview of Sarah Palin by Charlie Gibson, you MUST take the time to watch the whole thing.




There really is no excuse.

I am in the middle of an enormous production job right now, involving Carnets, international crew members and other major distractions.

However, I would have moved Heaven and Earth to see this interview.

If The McCain/Palin ticket is sucessful, this woman statistically has a 30% chance of becoming president. For this very reason, EVERYONE in this country has a duty to check her out before they vote.

There are so many portions of the interview that you should see, but this one is perhaps the most telling.




Beyond this clip ...

*She compares some of her past statements on the role of God to those made by Abraham Lincoln.

*She vacillates on her past and present opinions regarding the human contribution to global warming and climate change.

*She often seems confused by the questions Charlie Gibson poses to her regarding international affairs.

The list goes on.

I am constantly amazed by the stupidity of middle Americans to buy into this crap, hook line and sinker.



For those of you located in one of the red states (pictured above), not interested in watching boring and difficult to understand politcal programing, I have provided an alternative viewing option.

Jon and I are on the same page

Note: My comments on Bristol Palin and Jamie Lynn Spears came a day before this piece aired on Comedy Central.

Just in case you thought I was stealing ideas.



To his credit ... Jon is a lot funnier than I am.

Double Standard

Have you ever wanted to see through the eyes of a rampant right wing, Old Testament Republican?

If so, I have provided the "Holier Than Thou" glasses kit below.




After cutting along the dotted lines ... put the glasses on.

OK ... Ready?

Here we go.


SAINT




SINNER




Do you see the difference?

*Both are high profile 17 year-old girls who accidently got pregnant, and then got thrust into the spotlight.

*Both plan on getting married to the father of their baby.

However ...

One is a good Christian girl, and the other is a filthy little whore.

OK ... let's be serious now.

This simple demonstration points out two very important things.

The Religious Right is often hypocritical.

When news came out that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant, right wing leaders screamed bloody murder ...

"What kind of mother does she have?"
"Just look at that little tramp!"

Now that Bristol Palin is reportedly pregnant, the VERY SAME people are heard saying ...

"How dare you pick on a poor 17 year old girl!"

The fact is, we are not picking on this girl whatsoever.

I am quite sure Bristol will make a wonderful mother. If she and her boyfriend Levi love each other, they could very well make a wonderful loving family.

Just because I am firmly left wing, does not instantly make me some kind of abortion loving liberal.




FAR FROM IT.

Abortion is a terrible thing, and it should be avoided AT ALL COSTS.

Most people who have one, regret it for the rest of their lives, and they often wish they could have that important decision back.

As a liberal, I just think we should treat EVERYONE with the same respect and courtesy during a very difficult time.

What this clearly demonstrates, is that abstinence only education DOES NOT WORK.

It's time for everyone to take their head out of the sand and open their eyes to the reality of teenage hormones.

Pandering with Palin

It is translucently clear why Sarah Palin has been picked to run on the ticket with John McCain.

Republicans are obviously targeting women.

Primarily, the disenchanted Hillary Clinton supporters who are still reeling from her loss to Barack Obama.




Do they really think women are stupid enough to buy into this?

This faux woman has about as many things in common with Hillary Clinton as Bob Guccione has with Mother Theresa.

In fact, Palin has openly accused Clinton of being a "whiner"

*Sarah is fanactically pro-life and pro NRA.

*Palin is also the subject of a legislative probe into claims that she abused her office by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from his job as an Alaska state trooper.

*In this clip from Kudlow and Co., she addresses this investigation and actually asks the question "What is it exactly that the Vice President does?




*She firmly believes that global warming is not a man-made phenomenom.

*She strongly supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

*She has supported the aerial shooting of wolves and bears in Alaska.




*She politically supports Pebble Mine, an open-pit gold mine which will destroy some of the best trout and salmon fishing grounds in the world.

Are you kidding me?

I can only take a wild guess at the right-wing moron that must have headed up this selection committee?




This choice is so surprisingly bad, that it makes me laugh and simultaneously breathe a sigh of relief.

Sarah Palin stands about as much chance of being Vice President as I stand of being the President.