Finding a new Senator I want to preface this to say that I do not live in New York or Illinois but why should one person make a decision that millions made before.

The Governors of two states get to appoint new Senators to represent their states where previously the people elected them.

Not fair.

How about a constitutional amendment requiring after someone resigns from Congress that there will be an election within 75 days to elect someone to be the new Member of Congress.  ¶ 11:44 AM 0 comments

 

In case you have no seen it, make sure you view our favorite former Veep candidate being Governor of the great state of Alaska pardoning a turkey then having a post pardon interview with Joe the Executioner standing behind her slaying dinner for next Thursday.

Oy.

Labels: sarah palin, turkey

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  Can I have the worst doctor to help me when I am sick? Attention to all those who want to vote for Sarah Palin because "She's just like me."  ¶ 4:18 AM 0 comments

  Sarah, Sarah, Sarah Oh, Sarah. America's newest darling!

Wow the San Francisco versus Scranton line really was great. Karl told you it work!

And that great, American family! Everyone in the same situation of having lots of kids, a job, a union husband and a daughter with issues. They can relate.

Only difference is that there family income has dropped, inflation has made them eat less, gas prices have forced them to go to the pawn shop with their grandmother's wedding ring.

Sarah's got a nice income and a staff and a high profile job she is applying for.

She is like your favorite actress on your favorite show! You watch it at 9PM (CT) Wednesdays on Fox But, then it ends and you are back to your real life.

You know the life. The one that W, John McCain, Karl Rove and his friends put you in. One that you are miserable with.

Don't be fooled again! Think about reality!  ¶ 6:26 AM 0 comments

  Election 2008 Just a quick note. At this point (the end of August 08) wouldn't a Biden-Obama ticket be better?  ¶ 9:33 AM 0 comments

  Pennsylvania, here we come! Pennsylvania...the Iowa of February. A place described as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Alabama in between.

Let's be fair. The Republicans of Pennsylvania have not thrown Ed Rendell in jail on trumped up charges and the Amish do not have a Confederate flags on the back of their buggies.

Geographically, we do have our largest cites on each end of the state. One leads to the great Midwest and the other to the Jersey Shore. Both cities are predominately Democrat and left of center. These are the two big media markets and the places the candidates and their surrogates will travel to.

But, let's not forget there are Dems in Scranton, Allentown, Reading, Bloomsberg, Harrisburg, State College, Johnstown, Erie and other cities along the way. There is a chance that Clinton and/or Obama can sway Independents and Republicans that they are the real thing and John McCain and the company he now follows are not.

We will welcome the media, the pundits, the staff, the candidate and the rest of the entourage to our Commonwealth with open arms. Eat our food, enjoy our site, sleep in our hotel rooms, pay some taxes here too! But, as Pennsylvanians, show how beautiful, friendly and great our state is. This is the best time we have ever had to show the world why PA is great.

Maybe a company CEO will decide to bring their company here which will bring jobs, taxes, home buyers, etc.

So, don't blow it! Don't act like morons on TV. Don't have ridiculous protests that make it look like we are full of fools. Be professional, Kids. Dress nice, wash, comb your hair. Your future might depend on it.  ¶ 2:12 PM 0 comments

  Changing the Donkey to a Chicken Low and behold, the Donkey is out and the Chicken is in. Big deal that we go a new federal minimum wage hike for the illegal immigrants to feast on, even though the states and the supply demand features of an economy have surpassed the federal standards.

Thank you to my friend Patrick Murphy (D-PA), the only American combat veteran in Congress, who voted against the current war funding that did not have a timetable. The Iraqis, the outsiders, the Al-Kida (I love to misspell it just to piss them off) , the Taliban and the rest of the loony tunes over there don't give a crap when we leave. They will continue to fight each other and just have us in the way.

Also, the argument that they will follow us home is totally irrational. When we leave, they will be too busy trying to obtain full power in Iraq because that is the way it begins for the next generation of dictators to rule a country that needs to be treated like peons.

If we are there or just here (like 911), they will try to do bring us harm. So, get out of Iraq and fund the CIA and the DHS to get the job done here and abroad clandestinely. Don't you miss that word! Old School spying. It could end up being a cult! As a matter of fact, let's get tee shirts that proudly say BRING BACK CIA OLD SCHOOL.....GO CLANDESTINE!

The proceeds from the zillions of dollars could go to maybe repatriation of our troops and give them all the physical, emotional and scholarly help they need to make it in our wonderful land.

Now, for the hundreds of billions in the future, let's put Haliburton in charge of rebuilding every school in America to the great standards the world has ever seen. Wow! Haliberton makes money and our kids learn something.

Only one problem with that. If we educated these kids too well, they will figure out all the bad stuff Haliburton may have done and then they will have to indict them and we will be left with.............honest people not overspending for something that is good.

Oh, that is the chicken speaking. Boy, he is one tough Bird! Come on D's, become the Super Chicken!  ¶ 10:39 PM 1 comments

  Real Estate and Winning the Cup Hey hockey fans! Are you nervous.....creaky....unbalanced.......yes, just the way you have felt the last two seasons? First it was Tampa Bay beats Calgary, then Carolina over Edmonton. Now the chance that another city where it does not snow could retain the Stanley Cup and keep the hockey world New School. It's now Ottawa versus The South of Los Angeles Ducks who used to be called the Mighty Ducks who really play in Anaheim, another place were it does not snow.

But hockey following fools want Old School. We need the cup to sit back in a place that it could freeze up some Molsons without ice cubes. I want the city that wins to have real civic pride and understand what just happened. Not a ride through a parking lot at the "Some Stupid Insurance Company" Arena with drunken 14 year olds that just think it is cool to get a day off from school and get to slurp down some suds and make their parents OH so proud.
No, this is about hockey purists having there day. Handshakes after the cup has been won, but a return of the Cup to it's proper home.

It may even slow global warming by bringing the cool fresh cup to the real North America again!

Think about it...you know I am right....The only thing to say is GO SENS and God Save the Queen. Wait, having said that, please place Sens jerseys on every status of old broad anywhere you can find her. I am sure her charm, class, former good looks and her love of sport might propel the Canadian nation's home team to get the strength, desire and downright insanity to regain the most coveted award in sports....The Stanley Cup!

Yes, there is a real estate article here. It's the one on civic pride. Positive sports teams equals happy people. Those people buy things in commercial stores and they take them home to adore their charming abodes and when they get too much stuff, they need to sell the house and get a bigger one. Got it...win a championship and by a bigger house! Let's go Ottawa, we know you can do it!

NOTE: The Ducks won. Bush is still President. We are still in Iraq....you get it.  ¶ 10:37 PM 0 comments

  Attention Black Philadelphia..Vote for a Black Philadelphian It's about education, crime, jobs, money, public transportation and the things that effect your everyday life. It is a Mayoral Democratic primary in Philadelphia and the African-American populace that got duped into voting for John Street twice has a choice that is easy.

Even though 2 black candidates, Chaka Fattah and Dwight Evans are running, the black community has a man that has grown up in Philadelphia and made it! Isn't that what you want for your kids? Michael Nutter is that man. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League School. A man who has stopped cigarettes from being smoked in restaurants preventing your food from tasting like charcoal.

Michael Nutter, who stands for what is right and has a vision for the future.

For your kids and for you, Michael Nutter is the future.  ¶ 7:45 PM 0 comments

  The idea in a baseball games is to get the last out and win the game. In Iraq, we can't get our current picture out of the third inning.

These are the middle east playoffs. It's game 4 in the best of 7 and we are losing it. Finish the game, get off the field and wait until the rain (in this case the fighting) stops so you can battle again. In between, come up with a real plan that works. This is not cutting and running, this is suvival, regroup and reload.

With a military leadership that is taking longer to defeat a rag tag low tech insugent patrol than what a Democratic President took to finish off Adolph Hilter and the Japanese Imperial Army, this team needs top be rebuilt.

Trying to make yourselves the loveable Chicago Cubs or the Cleveland Indians, two teams that have not won a war, I mean a series in a looooong time, will not continue to work in the eye of the public. Trades need to be made, free agents let go and a whole new staff needs to be assembled.

OK, I know you get the baseball analagy. Just think about it. No General has been removed from Iraq. Stuff Happens is the slogan of the day and the band gets to play on. Why? Becuase the game plan is to instil fear and chenge the GOP Elephant to the GOP Sheep! BAAAAAA!

Just follow along because Democrats are pussys and they will raise your taxes. OK, let's see, we will save lives by bringing our men and women home, we will tell oil to go "F" itself and make us use our brains to develop other sources of power. We may even walk, bike or roller blade more so that we get in better shape and become a stronger nation.

We can also show the world that we have the ability to make a mistake, recognize it, apologize and move on to a better world.

Yes, the income has to come from somewhere to pay for the wild spending on the right. The print it now, pay it never mentality has to stop. There are plenty of cuts that can be made and rearrngement of taxes for RICH people, not the average Joe that must be made. But, at the same time, we need to have business have the ability to grow. Tax credits for job creation in new energy sources, grants to cure cancer, more small business loans and most importantly, more student loans with longer deferment periods.

It's a start...let's get that pitcher off the mound. His curve ball is just not working anymore.  ¶ 12:09 AM 0 comments

  The New Fascists.... The question should be who are the real fascists? Is the pot calling the kettle back?

As if you hadn't noticed, the new word of the day is "fascist."
As in "Islamo-Fascist."
Rumsfeld's speech http://www.defenselink.mil/Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1033
Cheney's speech: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060828-4.html
Santorum's speech: http://santorum.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.View&ContentRecord_id=1942
Bush's speech today. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/Washington/31text-bush.html  ¶ 5:04 PM 0 comments

  BUSH RAISES TAXES ON THE LITTLE GUY AND ADMITS IT Quoting GW today:

"Gasoline price increases are like a hidden tax on the working people. They're like a tax on our farmers. They're like a tax on small businesses," he said in an address to an alternative fuel industry group in Washington. "The prices that people are paying at the gas pump reflect our addiction to oil."

So, Mr. President....everything you have done for the All Companies in the last 5 years have done nothing but to tax the little guy.....the same one whose family values you said you were protecting. WAKE UP RED STATES......THIS JUST IN......YOU GOT BAMBOOZLED!

As for the Democrats, when are you guys going to unite and come up with the American Energy Act of 2006 that is a comprnsive plan for the next 10-50 years that will lower taxes for your new friends of RED. (Remember when Red meant those Commie Bastards behind the wall?)

This new version of Road rage has to stop. I saw a guy on TV who was in a pawn shop selling his watch for gas money....not food, not shelter...GASOLINE.

How about someof these ideas:

** Let's give a tax break for people who donate their SUV and oversized mini-vans to recycling plants and how buy new fueld effiecint cars.

** Federal bailout of GM if they agree to stop making any car over 3500 pounds and replace them with hybrids that people can fit in!

** Go to 511.org and see what that liberal, left wing San Francisco has done. Hey, other cities, pay attention!

** Have a day where citizens volunteer to clean and paint trains, buses and trollies so people will want to ride them. This would be public transit's version of Habitat for Humanity. Or you could get corporate sponsorship of stations (we sell ballparks, don't we).

** Iraq can send us gas for food. Oh, I forgot, we tried that once.

** require governments to only buy hbrid cars. No more Lincolns for politicians. Maybe we can get them to buy them from GM aspart of the bailout that is coming!

If you got other ideas, please post them or tell someone who can do something about them. Please foreward my post to anyone that you think might benefit.

On the road in Moutainview, California  ¶ 6:52 PM 1 comments

  See what I mean OK, today the Dudes from Dubai took a pass on the ports. What a suprize (see my blog below). Now we wait until the haliburton contract. Go Dick Go! You guys are freaking genius.  ¶ 8:47 PM 0 comments

  Ludes, the sequel The baby boomers in the 70's used to enjoy doing some sleeping pills (yes, that was what they were prescribed for) Ludes (aka Quualudes) and then going out driving so they can have a night on the town. Now, it's the 00's and the morons who did this before are now doing a new pop and drive with sleeping pills.

The Ambien Driving Game is now on. The geniuses now say to themselves, I'll just pop 10mg when I leave the office and as soon as I get home, I can go right to sleep so I can wake up tomorrow and start my 16 hour day all over again. The 8 hours that Ambien gives me of uninterrupted sleep works out perfect. The 24 hour cycle down to the last second.

I guess these same clowns take uppers when they wake up so after they get out of the shower, they can make coffee.

I know they don't want to stay up all night thinking about their job, the war, their kids, their lack of sexual performance or that Will and Grace is going off the air, but take the pills when you get home. I am sorry that you have no common sense, but I do not want your Escalade crushing me at a red light while I am standing still.

Also, you are ruining the possibility that they may let Ambein become over the counter and the millions of Americans who could use a good night sleep, but can't get it because they have no health insurance to pay for the drug. Taking the over the counter sleeping pills make them feel like crap the next day and then they are too freaked to take anything the next night.

Thanks to the makers of these sleeping pills. I assume they are used at the White House in the residence because I know it would be the only way I could sleep if I were the current President.  ¶ 8:28 PM 0 comments

  Sign up this weekend Get out in PA this weekend and sign petitions for everyone! Let's get em all on the ballot. Politicians, freaks (that might be the same thing), unknowns, sports heros, small animals, machine operatives, union dudes, hippies, yippies, losers, whinners, patriots, marines, newspeople, doctors, lawyers, insomniacs....let em all get on the ballot. Then go out and vote for the one that you want. Because if you don't vote or don't care, you get George W. Shame on you.  ¶ 6:36 PM 0 comments

  Another Stroke of Brilliance Dear Karl (Rove, of course),

Congrats on PortGate! What a great idea. Throw out something so stupid that Republicans need to bash the Prez. This way they can get back to their constituents and say that they stood up to POTUS on national security and they won. This way, there is no need for any Democrats, just your dependable Republican Congresspeople and Senators.

And after the fury dies, Cheney can give the contract to Hailiburton!

Like those guys in the Guinness commercials say....BRILLIANT!  ¶ 10:41 AM 0 comments

  February Sweeps Anybody catch KYW-TV (Channel 3 in Philadelphia) coverage of a bust of someone's home in Chester County who allegedly had pot in their house? Law enforcement looked like they had the entire Al-Quada in the house the way they were dressed and equipted.

This story ran right after the Big Story that a former hockey player and a NJ State policeman were tied to the mob in a gambling racquet.

Now I remember why I don't watch local news. Why isn't there a commercial 24 hour all political channel. CNN, MSNBC and Fox do cover politics, but not around the clock. Can't you imagine the top of the hour PU- Political Update with Chevy Chase and Paula Zahn (funny...not funny). How about prime time- Left and Loud, Right and (is) Right, As the Congress Turns and (I'm sorry I have to steal this from Letterman), George W Bush...WHAT?!?

In all seriousness, I think it would work! All us political junkies would love it! The blogs would be busier, the Republican and Democrats will hate it. More of a reason to do it. Ted Turner, are you reading? Ya got nothin else to do.  ¶ 12:24 AM 0 comments

  Hey George, you got your wish! W wanted democracy in the middle east. He got it! There were "free" elections in Palestine. The winner.....Hamas, whose charter calls for the destruction of America's ally, Israel. Terrorist committing terrorism now in power. And by the way, where is Osama?  ¶ 2:12 PM 1 comments

  New New Orleans OK, it's official. America does not need to rebuild New Orleans. It has been moved.

An article today said that Las Vegas will now have a New Orleans "thing" just like Venice, Paris and New York are now in Elvisville.

Just get on a jet, go to Vegas, see the world. From the East Coast it is about a 5 hour flight to the desert where you can see a replica of the Eiffel Tower or take a 7 hour flight and see if for real.

Ahhh, Americans. Got to love them.  ¶ 10:32 PM 0 comments

  Greatest TV moment of the Decade! Yes, Oprah did show up to talk to Dave on Thursday. Oprah (the hope for women without self-confidence)and Dave (the regurgitator of what those with a slight arrogant self confidence think) exchanged wonderful pleasantrys.

I am convinced that Dave is really genuine but I am still not when it comes to Oprah. She is doing great work, but don't tell us about it on TV, radio, magazines and websites. One must appreciate the people who we never heard of. Without them, life would not be as special!

Let's make a vow for next year to do something good to make ourselves, personally feel good inside that we do not need to share with anyone. Quietly, the world will be a better place.  ¶ 3:29 PM 0 comments

  Post Thanksgiving day thoughts I am so thankful that disgraced former FEMA director Michael Brown has started his own company that will help people avoid the sort of errors that he made! Oh boy! Between Brown, Martha and that skinny model from England Kate Moss, we need to have a panel that decides if you get a second chance on not.

The Indiana Supreme court upheld a law that says that women need to get counseling 18 hours before having an abortion. With that being the case, should hunters 18 hours before they kill an innocent Bambi be shown alternatives? How about soldiers in Iraq. I doubt Indiana (or any other red state) would even whisper a word of this. For fun, let's ask!  ¶ 10:17 AM 0 comments

  Gas at 3 bucks a gallon...no problem There is a silver lining in the tank of Amaco silver that just bled through the latched tube into my son's Toyota 4 runner. I stood there thinking while he grumbles about the high cost of fuel.

Kids will drive less and drive slower! Excellent. Maybe less accidents, less injuries,less deaths of our future. Lucky us.

Now for the future, what do we do? How about a tax on kids under 18 making their gas prices very, very high.

Let's keep this idea going. It just may work,  ¶ 10:16 PM 0 comments

  It's the long term stupids.... POTUS Bush's appointment of John Roberts (the lawyer, not the CBS News anchor) is the price we pay for not getting the Presidency and the Congress. If Democrats had all the branches, they would have their person nominated.

The long term retaking of the above mentioned offices is the goal. By screaming an yelling about Roberts (who will be confirmed) will only make the Dems seem out of touch.

Don't despair. All the pushing that the progressives, Liberals and Lefties have been doing has paid off. The nominee would have been a lot farther right without the almost-majority of Americans being heard.

Jeb Bartlett is not President (unfortunately for many). George W Bush. Sometimes, he is smart enough to do the correct political thing. Give him credit and move on to the long term goal. Hockey games have 3 period, football is a war of 4 quarters, baseball has nine innings (OK, are you sick of these sports metaphors?). This is a loss that you can take. Let's get the right people elected so a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate pick the next nominee.  ¶ 9:42 PM 1 comments

  Republican Family Values Suit accuses congressman of abuse

A Maryland woman says Don Sherwood (R., Pa.) punched and choked her during a 5-year affair.

By Kevin Amerman
WILKES-BARRE TIMES LEADER


U.S. Rep. Don Sherwood of Northeastern Pennsylvania repeatedly punched and choked a Maryland woman during a "five-year intimate relationship" with her, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday.

Cynthia Ore, 29, of Rockville, Md., says that after each "unprovoked and vicious attack," Sherwood, 64, promised he wouldn't do it again and begged her not to leave him, according to the four-count lawsuit filed by Patrick M. Regan, a Washington lawyer.

The lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, asks for $5.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages and accuses the congressman of assault and battery, gross negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

It also says Ore plans to pursue a restraining order against Sherwood, a Republican from Tunkhannock.

The complaint states that throughout the relationship, Sherwood repeatedly struck Ore on her face, neck, chest and back, violently yanked her hair, and tried to strangle her.

In the complaint, Ore states that she lived with Sherwood in Washington for much of the relationship and that he repeatedly promised to marry her and start a family.

Sherwood is married and has three daughters.

Ore has previously stated she met Sherwood in 1999 at a Young Republicans event.

Sherwood did not comment on the lawsuit yesterday.

"He hasn't seen the suit and won't have any comment on it tonight," said Sherwood's spokesman, Jake O'Donnell.

According to the suit, Sherwood assaulted Ore inside his Hill House apartment on the morning of June 24, 2004.

Sherwood allegedly struck Ore in her face and body with a closed fist while she attempted to sleep and began "violently choking her," according to the suit.

"As a result of this violent assault, the plaintiff suffered substantial physical and emotional injuries," the suit says. The lawsuit also describes the alleged attack that caused Ore to call 911 on Sept. 15.

It states the attack occurred around 2:25 p.m. inside a D Street apartment. Sherwood started an argument with Ore, the complaint states, then "suddenly and without any provocation or justification" punched and choked her.

Metropolitan Police said at the time that they saw no physical evidence of injury to Ore and noted that "both parties have left out significant information or are not willing to discuss in detail what actually happened."

Police said Ore "did not appear to be of sound mind" and initially said she was choked, then changed her story.

Ore said she was dazed and distressed when the police arrived, but denies changing her story.

Sherwood has denied choking Ore and has referred to her as a "casual acquaintance." He told police he was giving her a backrub when she "jumped up" and ran.

Three days after a story on Ore's contentions was published, Sherwood issued a faxed statement apologizing for causing his family and supporters "pain and embarrassment."  ¶ 8:41 AM 2 comments

  This just in... This just in.....Today, Saddam Hussein demanded through his attorney a change in venue for his trial to Santa Maria, California.

Hussein, from his cell, said that "it is hard to find 12 dumb asses that could acquit me like that Jackson jury." (aka Simpson Jury II).


At the scene of the Jackson Trial one unidentified Non-Jackson supported queried, "Where is Al-Queda when you really need them? They forgot to get those 12 dumb asses."

Ah, I see a pattern. 12 Dumb Asses......God Bless America.  ¶ 10:42 PM 0 comments

  June 2005 Randoms I am in Minneapolis on a convention. (Yes, I did see the Mary Tyler Moore statue but no, I have not gone to the Mall of all Malls) I notice two interesting scenes. On the train from the airport there was a white couple that looked liked they just came from the WWF championships in Nashville that had a 3 or 4 year old son that was black. The colorblindness was an amazing thing to watch in a city that has such Nordic roots. I thought this to be an anomaly as I watched this man in his early 30's with tattoos and wrap around sunglasses be kind, gentle and fatherlylike with this small boy.

My interest was peaked more when I saw a large black man in a coffee shop helping a small white child get coffee beans into a bag from a dispenser. The gentleness of this imposing figure treating a small boy with such patience was a pleasure to see.

I wish all of America could have been there with me. It would have given one more kick to racism.


Another hope......the very large woman in the pick 2 piece suit that could barley sit in a seat at the airport was reading HEALTH magazine. I hope it works for her.

From a blog by Al From called Simple Math, In 2004, 34 percent of voters identified themselves as conservative, while just 21 percent called themselves liberals -- the other 45 percent identified themselves as moderates.

Do the math. Attention liberals, get the electable Dems elected then they can help you with your agenda. Don't scream and yell for liberals that you demand to get elected. Centrists will not vote for them. This is now about winning. Please think about it!


Did you know that thanks to Roe v Wade, the crime rate went down. Write me why it is and I will give you a prize. A free amerifear t-shirt. Just a hint, there is a new book out called Freakonomics that describes this concept, Pick it up!  ¶ 11:04 PM 0 comments

  New Rules that will solve the country's economic problems New Rule,

All cashiers (especially the rude ones) are to hand you your change in coins first then the bills. How hard is that to do? If I owned a retail establishment, I would make it a point to teach this to my employees and to make sure the patrons knew I was helping them. By word of mouth, this would increase sales, add tax revenue to the government and clear the deficit.  ¶ 10:19 AM 12 comments

  Theresa Schiavo Why aren't the Deathwatchers for Terri protesting that their government will not allow stem cell research so she could be saved and become a normal producting member of society and not just a vote getting poster child for the Right Wingers?  ¶ 8:37 PM 4 comments

  Don, Rick and Childhood disease You decide. Does Rick Santorum care more about drug companies than children?

Please take a listen.

http://wfan.com/imusinstantreplay/local_audioclip_055120636.html  ¶ 8:45 PM 0 comments

  We accept Visa & Mastercard The USA has sent in their application and have been approved for their Visa & Mastercard. The governments and money people of China and Japan have happily given the plastic.

The interest rate changes everyday (thanks to the bond markets), the credit limit keeps getting higher (thanks to the Republican budget overruns) and the card can be cancelled at any time (thanks to the amount of debt they owe).

Can you imagine if China and Japan decided to sell bonds in a flurry and buy say, Euros? This would mean interest rates would spike up dramatically, our economy could be brought to a halt and the Bush administration would find a way to blame Ted Kennedy.

Speaking of rates, how come the prime went up 1 1/2 points and the savings accounts at banks only went up a trickle?

Also, how come the long treasury bond has not moved way up to 6 or 7 like it was predicted to do by the "experts"? Maybe because we are not in a very good economy?

Have you played with your taxes on Turbo Tax? The alternative minimum tax for those of you in the higher tax brackets (the ones who got the tax break) did not really get the break because of the alt min. FOOLED YOU! The moral value of the tax cut ended up screwing you. Moderate Republicans will realize that their taxes did not go down, the public schools teaching the kids are not better, the war is getting ridiculous, the social security changes being proposed by the Administration is a sham.........SUPRIZE!!!!

I think Centrist Democrats will make their mark in the upcoming elections and maybe 2008. The far left and far right are exactly that....far out. America's political pendulum has started to move back to the middle.

Thank you America....Keep it up!  ¶ 10:28 AM 1 comments

  More of My Marvelous Memos Republicans statuses have devised an impressive way to use emotions and joy to make you stand up and vote for the President's social security plan. Along with making the AARP looking like they are run by Joe Stalin, the brains of the organization (Tom DeLay's former servant Stuart Roy)have trotted out 9 year old, yes I wrote 9 YEAR OLD Noah McCullough to pitch their case. He is, of course, the future (a future Tucker Carlson) worker who will be getting social security in 55 years.

Why Noah? For starters, the young Texan has his eye on the 2032 Presidential race. He wants to get a leg up on the likes of other 9 year olds planning with James Carville right now their '32 strategy. Also, Noah is "very patriotic and very Republican" according to his Mom who is a Democrat.

I can just see how the regular Republicans in the red states see this as a delightful boy who is tried and true. Now, (my favorite topic) imagine if the Democrats trotted out the 8 year old daughter of a Northeast liberal intellectual family that proclaimed how terrible the social security privitazation is. They would have her set up with cocaine in her backpack and a lesbian sex scandal within days.



Spin of the Week

Tie

Barry Bonds. Born Liar. Bore. Enough. Please go away.

Hertz Rent-a-Car I love this one. Hertz announces a $2.50 reservation fee. Anytime you now reserve a car with them, you have to pay this fee. Spokesman for Hertz, Richard Broome said that the fee was NOT a rate increase, but helps the company "find a way to cover our costs" Mr. Broome will accept his new position of White House spokesman as soon as the job becomes available. Toby Ziegler would just puke!



PA politics.

The wheels are in motion to try to bail out SEPTA and other pork projects for transportation in the Commonwealth this week. One idea to jack up the real estate transfer tax. Already, it is a total of 4% for Philadelphia property and about 2% outside. This would not kill the real estate market, but I have a better idea.

I have a solution where they can raise the income tax and help more people buy houses and stimulate the economy. I know, it seems too smart, but here goes.

Raise the tax, but at the same time, make the Seller pay ALL the transfer tax. Sellers will just jack up their prices (thereby raising real estate value and real estate taxes for local municipalities) and more buyers will now be able to buy homes because they will need less cash. It is a win-win for everyone.

Real Estate agents won't complain because their percentage commissions will go up to.



News Flash.....Chaney suspended....Unfortunately, not Cheney suspended......  ¶ 12:02 PM 8 comments

  Public Opinion Attention President Bush, Senator Santorum and the Republican leadership:

Please see Rick's website. You are on the wrong page on how to reform social security. See the poll at http://santorum.senate.gov/public/ .

After seeing that and the hatchet job that the Swift Boat Veterans for (distorting the) Truth one can see that the new Bush agenda is starting to fade. The public is getting weary of the promises that don't deliver, the amount of time and casualties on Iraq and the fact that the economy is not booming after 4 years of what was supposed to be a belt-tightening Republican administration.

The deficit is ridiculous and there is a misnamed Republican gay escort running around the White House press corp unchallenged.

By the way, since the Swift Boat Vets for (distorting the) Truth got back from their Deliverance movie festival, getting Ned Beatty's autograph and slapping Burt Reynolds on the back, they have decided to now assume that the AARP is a liberal, communist organization that hate America and everything we stand for.

Good luck with this one Dudes! I am just waiting for your headquaters to be taken over by little old ladies smashing you with their pocketbooks while you decide to retaliate with AK47 rounds and a napalm drop.

Can't wait to see how Fox News spins that!  ¶ 7:56 AM 0 comments

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  ¶ 4:37 PM 0 comments

  Rick Santorum, LIBERAL! Yes, believe it or not, 7% of Pennsylvania polled think Senator Rick Santorum is too liberal. Read about it here!

I would love to know why and what these people want. Tell them Attila the Hun and Hitler are dead. Interesting.

What is farther right than the Far Right? Maybe they are so far right that they are now left? The only thing I can think of is that they are running in circles. I know, they are Jack Russell Terriers that chase their tails! OK, so 7% of PA is filled with Jack Russell Terriers! That's a lot of poop.  ¶ 1:47 PM 1 comments

  Casey?2` If you read my first blog (go all the way to the bottom of the page) I published my views about Bob Casey Jr (PA's version of Junior) run for Senate you will be happy to know I still feel the same.

It seem good old Santorum light is back in the forefront. Has Eddie made a deal with the Devil? We won't run anybody who can beat you (Santorum) in the Senate race if you don't give me any competition for Guv.

Casey does not inspire Southeast PA to get out and vote. This may endanger Eddie from getting the turnout in the 5 county area that insures his re-election.

If you are going to let Mr. Rick win, at least you should guarantee your own victory!  ¶ 4:20 PM 0 comments

  When the Left is Pro Life Unusual, isn't it. The left's stance on Pro Choice for women and their Pro Life stance for animals. Shelters around the country euthanasia millions of animals per year and those of us interested in these creatures of God try to raise money and awareness to try to stop it. Then, the next day they could be protested a woman's right to choose.

Not to say that people who are Pro Life do not feel the same about animals, but we do not see them out in front of the movement.

Could this be a chance to reconcile and work together, the Red and the Blue of our nation united in a cause? For those on the right, this will show that they are not hypocritical and show a desire for ALL lives, human or animal to be saved. For those on the left, it may bring them to understand where the hearts and minds of those on the opposite side.

Even Hillary Clinton has molded her message that the amount of abortions in this country must go down. The two sides on this issue have never been able to meet. It is worse that the NHL and the Player's Union (yes, I miss hockey).

Let's start somewhere. Maybe animals are the starting point. Let's look at shelters and find a way for them to reduce their death rolls, spay and neuter pets, stop buying pre-fabbed pets from pet stores, give to these causes, get involved!

Pets are not commodities. If you have a cat or dog, this ball of love needs to be cared for. Just like a child. It is your child.  ¶ 11:48 AM 0 comments

  Hair and Washington For once, I finally agree with Mary Matalin (the I-Can't-believe-I-am-married-to-this-fascist-wife of James Carville). In Sunday's New York Times, she gave advice to those on their way to DC to make sure that they "pick a hair color and keep it."

Great advice, ladies. Nothing looks more unrealistic to men than a multi-blond-brown hair style. Also, men think that a woman who keeps her hair somewhat the same is more stable than those that feel constant change is in order.

On another note, Howard Dean looks like a shoe in DNC chair. Republicans are laughing, but I think they are smarter than that. In retrospect, Dean would have made the better candidate than Kerry. Forget the scream, he would have made a Harry Truman-like campaigner that would have inspired some fence sitters and converted liberal Republicans that he was the real thing and the smart choice. As we are learning, more and more Americans are against the war and the prospects of social security being destroyed seem the Republican eventuality.

Speaking of SS (as the Rs like to call it), if you are so inclined, look at the history when it was being voted on. The Republicans were so against it. It is the opposite of their goal of every man for himself (and his wife should cook, clean and raise kids).

The D Congressional leadership of Harry and Nancy just does not get it, does not know how to phrase it and most importantly, they cannot communicate with the people they need to in order to win back Congress in 06 and the White House in 08.

Dean does that. He wants to win from the ground up. Every race needs to be won. Each candidate has their own local issues that win them raises. As I have said before in a previous blog, one race at a time! That should be the new D Mantra.

Go Eagles!  ¶ 1:40 PM 2 comments

  Separated at Birth Steve Kroft of CBS News (60 minutes) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko .

I wonder if they decided he would not do the interview because that would confuse America.

We'll never know unless Mike Wallace interviews himself. That would be interesting.


Steve


Viktor 
  ¶ 8:14 PM 2 comments

  Speak on Congrats to Ted Turner. He compared Fox News to the early days of the propaganda machine of the Hitler regime. I love Ted. He has enough money to say whatever is on his (and a lot of people's) mind. How many times have you thought something but could not say. People like Ted are the ones who can say them. PC is BS to him. I wish more people could speak their minds without worrying about the consequences of small minded people. Speak, Ted, speak...and don't stop!


  ¶ 9:48 PM 0 comments

  Twenty-Four January Two O O Five The front page layout editor of the New York Times (or whoever plans what the front page of the NY Times) should be embarrassed. First, the revelation that the Pentagon will now spy with the Special Forces and force out the CIA from this work is nothing we need to let our enemies know and it does not need to be flashed as a headline.

There are some things the public does not need to know and does not want to know. But, they should be more ashamed that the man, who was the biggest in his field for over 30 years, loved by about 15,000,000 people on an average night and emitted more class in his little pinky than most of us have in total, got shoved below the fold.

Shame on you. Many people shed a tear, ignited a smile and felt melancholy while saying goodbye in their own way yesterday. What a day. The snow on a weekend day that produced a peaceful quiet, an Eagle victory (no, that was not me with the shirt off screaming) and Johnny's passing.

And then there was the most famous foot in the history of politics. For 18 1/2 minutes, this small, quiet, diminutive woman "accident's" pressed her size 5 (I'm guessing here) foot against a pedal that erased possibly one of the most important conversations of the Watergate era. Goodbye Rose Mary Woods. You were loyal and devoted.

OK, I am not going build a bridge between Carson and Woods except to say that we in our 40's are losing people from our 20's. Our life is starting to go down the other side of the mountain. As Mel Bernstein said in Scarface, "Everyday above ground is a good day." Good advice.

  ¶ 8:47 PM 0 comments

  A heartfelt Goodbye.. Johnny Carson, late night's greatest host died today at his home in Malibu. Most of the country over the age of 30 spent nights watching Carson's interview style and comic wit that will never be duplicated.

Those of you who spent nights watching him or for those you never did (like my kids), there is a petition online requesting the E channel in the US to start rebraodcasting the old Tonight Shows. You can sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/ts6292/petition.html . Also, go to www.nbc.com and email them.

We have lost a true genius. He will be missed. Thanks Johnny.  ¶ 4:11 PM 0 comments

  Various Stuff As I sit here on a snowy Saturday late morning watching the TV people freak everyone out about the Storm of the Year....The Snownami that is about to hit Philly, I have a few observations.

1. About the guy from down south who wants to rent his forehead: At last check, he was over $10,000. Not bad for 30 days of humiliation. I was thinking about who else could do this. Here are some ideas:

NEW YORKERS- Someone could rent the head of New Yorkers who could walk around Manhattan. The trust is that the sign would be lit like the lights on Broadway so you could see it at night.

REPUBLICAN SENATORS- Just think about it. Rick Santorum (who made sure his face was right behind W's at the 2nd swearing in ceremony) could where an ad from God on his head to re-remind everyone who he has been authorized by.

AIRLINE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS- The flight attendant could have the time remaining until landing right on their foreheads so you would not have to ask them. "Are we there yet?"

DOLLAR STORE CASHIERS- This way Letterman cannot go back to the dollar store to ask, "How much is this?"

Post your favorite use!

2. I was flying through the 7000 channels of practically nothing when I came across the History Channel(c) doing a biography on one of the Nazis. As I stayed on the station, it went to commercial, A commercial for a variety of country music tunes. I ws suprized that they weren't doing any ads for Myron Cohen's Greatest Comedy Hits.

3. The Un-Move of the week goes to John Kerry (yes, that one). He really showed kahunas by grilling and then voting against Condy Rice. Big deal John. The way you did it was weak and then you used your other Kahuna to send an email to your millions of alleged followers asking them (subtly) for donations. Reality is, John, you lost, you did not do what needed to be done and we supported you because of who you were running against. Forget about '08. There is nothing there.

4. Attention Colin Powell. You are probably the most admired person in the U.S. You were a good soldier, but we know where your heart and your brain are. At the right time, change parties and run for the D nomination in '08. If the Rs push their arrogant agenda as they look like they are doing now, they will upset enough moderate Rs who would love to have you run the country.

Thanks for reading. Spread my news. Tell your friends to check this out at www.AmeriFear.com
Also, visit my friend Jane at http://aboveavgjane.blogspot.com



  ¶ 11:50 AM 0 comments

  ANIMAL ATTRACTION 05 Animal Attraqction, a benefit for animal rescue in Philadelphia, will happen on Friday February 11, 2005 at the Philadelphia Marriott (12th and Market).

This year's co-chairpeople will be Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol of the NBC hit "The West Wing" (http://www.nbc.com/The_West_Wing/index.html) along with Sportscasters Steve Martarano and Anthony Gargano of Philadelphia' 610 WIP (www.610wip.com).

Proceeds will benefit the PSPCA, PACCA and People-Pet Partnership.

For more info, check out the event's website at www.animalattraction05.com


Melissa Fitzgerald

  ¶ 1:30 AM 0 comments

  Thank God for a Reality Show ABC has broken new ground by offering to American parents a weekly show called Super Nanny!

This show has a premise of a hired Domestic Child Nurturing Goddess takes screaming meanies and makes then into model children that the Queen of England could only love.

After seeing all the other man seeking wife, wife seeking other wife, Trump seeking Mini-me, this show may even help.

Having two teenage kids (Hi Jill & Maynard), I know the bad times (and of course the good times) that parents go through. Some have more bad times than others and need outside, professional help. Most cannot afford in money, time or patience. So Super Nanny may be able to show you tricks to bring the stemp meter to a screeching halt.

Let’s help the show is good and it works.
  ¶ 11:50 PM 0 comments

  Death is Expensive I am currently in Cheney Country, Jackson, Wyoming (where Fly Fishing is the Republican Yoga) for a little R and R. Having taken to the slopes (where a friend of mime has labeled this mountain, Mecca), I stopped off for lunch at a local bar. Overhearing a conversation that the bartender was having with a waiter, I had to ask about the details.

Seems as though a local girl contracted cancer at the young age of 44. She was just an average working person who was popular with the locals. She started getting chemo treatments that she had a hard time paying for. Her insurance ran out and so did her life. Her body was cremated at a local funeral home.

The woman behind the bar, Christy, told me that the community was doing a fund raiser not to pay for the medical bills, but for ransom money. It seems the funeral director is holding her ashes hostage. He wants to be paid some exorbitant sum to allow her friends to give her a proper sendoff.

I am not going to start a crusade to send money to the friends to pay this "business man." I will find out more details about who this Dude is and report back.

In the meantime, let's all start thinking about what happens when people pass away and their families and friends are subjected to these sharks sucking money money out of them as they are in the worst emotional states in their life.
  ¶ 10:27 AM 0 comments

  AMERIFEAR.... OK Kids. Buckle up, fasten your seat belts, call all your friends, relatives and co-workers. It's Coming!! The GOP's favorite game show, "Let's Scare America" presented by their friends at AMERIFEAR, produced, directed and written by Karl (I wish I had control like Marx) Rove in conjunction with (We will run the) Universe Studios!

On tonight's show your host George W will get into the psyche of the audience by telling them that if they do not invest part of the money that is already taken from them in his friends mutual funds and stick accounts, they may never see any of the money that they and their employers have socked away for them in the social security fund.

George just told the people to trust him because he was "workin' hard"even on Saturdays sometime, to make sure that what he delivers is what they'll get.

The contestants from the Red and Blue team will compete for prizes such as a chance to visit the headquarters of the Ohio GOP where they will show you how to program voting machines! Second prize is a week in Iraq visiting our friends during the elections.

Be careful, FEAR FACTOR, your final show is near because next week, we go the Senior Centers and tell retirees that I this does not pass, their checks will stop!

All kidding aside, how do we make the people who are poor and middle class and voted for GWB in "04 understand that they are getting the short stick and being laughed at.

The angst people should have for the treatment of the Vets, the cancellation of the search for WMDs, the fact that Osama- public enemy #1 is still driving a cab in New York is amazing. Can you imagine if these were things that happened during the Clinton administration? I don"t think Rush Limpbaugh would be telling you what a great job the President is doing.

There are a lot of numbers bandied about as to how much this partial privatization will cost. I assume that the GOP knows exactly where the money is to do it. So, if we did not take that money to set the system up and instead put it into the system, we would be in really great shape, right?

The time for action is always. The methods can be diverse. Start locally in your township with a resolution. With that, the townships will have to take it to a County level, then start contacting your State legislators and then keep moving up the ladder to Congress.
  ¶ 10:09 AM 0 comments

  Iraq Elections Assume for the moment (God Forbid) that Iraq is really Portugal and elections were near. Who would be guarding the people who want to want and the polling places? The US and a couple of countries that are forced to do it? No, it would be NATO, the North American Treaty Organization.

So, why are the League of Arab Nations (http://www.middleeastnews.com/ArabLeague.html) not doing what NATO does? Shouldn't the young men of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon help their brothers? The LAN needs to show the world that they care. If they don't, then why should we?

This is a difficult, difficult scenario. There is no simple answer, but let's ask the people of the region to help the people of the region.
  ¶ 11:07 AM 0 comments

  The Boyd is Saved! Congratulations go out to the hard work and perseverance of the people who worked to save Philadelphia's last grand theatre, the Boyd. Yesterday, a deal was made to have the theatre renovated, not torn down. Community spirit and hard work does work on a grass roots level!

For more info go to http://www.savethesameric.org/ or http://www.boydtheatre.com/

  ¶ 9:33 AM 0 comments

  God and the Tsunami OK, the latest now is that God caused the Tsunami. It was a message. Good and Bad. Where is the line between what God does and does not do. Who has the manual? Is it on a website? Can God also tell us when these things will happen so we can prepare for them.

Sad that some people have to resort to using something that no one can see, hear from or logical prove existance of be used on people of faith.

Shame on you.
  ¶ 2:47 PM 0 comments

  Two members, both having guts! Two members of Congress need to be admired today. One from each party!

First, the pro-life Republican who is trying to help people, Christopher Smith of NJ (http://www.house.gov/chrissmith/)was stripped of his position as Chairman of the Veterans Affair Committee. Why? Because he wanted to help Vets. The leadership and the White House disagreed and boom, he's out. Many Veteran groups have sent letters to the leadership to protest, but it is falling on deft ears. Aren't the Bush people the ones that support our troops? Funny how things go.

Another set of kudos go out to Democrat John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan (http://www.house.gov/conyers/), All he wanted is to have a proper investigation fo voting problems in Ohio. I have a feeling the White House is not too happy with this idea.

Remember, it is all about moral values.
  ¶ 2:37 PM 0 comments

  Why Protest? A friend of mine is looking forward to going to Washington to protest and get arrested. She feels strong about her disdain for the President and his policies. Her Dad is a Vet who marched with Kerry against the Vietnam War. He will accompany her on the journey to Washington.

How does this play with people who Democrats are looking to convert? I think the people who could be converted look at these type of people as committed, passionate and determined. But also, they see them as taking extreme, unnecessary actions. When people have ideas similar to you, they need to be tied together with a bond. People want to think AND be similar to other people. This may be why ideas do not take shape quickly enough.

Could the Vietnam War ended much earlier if the Hippies and the moderate average American had the same haircuts and all behaved the same? Maybe. Walter Cronkite had his famous broadcast where President Johnson then realized that if he lost Walter Cronkite, he has lost the American people. Cronkite looked nothing like Jerry Rubin.

Talk may be cheap, but it can be very effective. If people want change, make sure that the change comes from those in the same tree as them so they can make the tree grow. You know, she tells two friends and then she tells two friends, etc.

Grow the tree, don't chop it down.
  ¶ 10:28 PM 0 comments

  Elected Office, 1 at a time The D's are now a little too concerned about finding themselves. 2008 is the next time they need to run a national campaign. The goal is to get more people elected, not have a national cumbaya planning session.

I suggest that the Ds run a 1 at a time campaign. That means from Dog Catcher to Senator, each and every campaign organization find the heart and soul of the electorate and run against the Republican but run a positive campaign that is about the candidate, not just the party. Go door-to-door, be there at the events that people don't think you will be at, become the shadow incumbent.....open a website that is better than the current Republican, out smart them by answering the concerns of citizens NOW!

There are constituent services you can provide without being the current elected official. Show that you can do the job, do it better than the Republican. Many people may even believe you are running for Re-election instead of Election.

Raise money like the Beatles said...Here, There and Everywhere! If you do the above now, the money will flow easier.


  ¶ 9:39 PM 0 comments

  Tsunami donation dilemma I am sure that most of you as human beings are disturbed by the natural disaster that occurred in Southeast Asia. Americans have shown that they are caring by donating money to the agencies that will help these people acquire food and water for starters.

This effort brings more questions than answers. There are other ongoing distress that need support. Do you give just to the Tsunami victims while others go hungry? Geography should have nothing to do with human suffering.

Why not start a plan where you give monthly to an organization that takes care of people all over the world. Organize this at work or at school. How about your sports team that you play, coach or watch?

Stop the suffering with a lot of small donations. I guess you can call this the Howard Dean method of fund raising for the hungry.

Even big corporations like Microsoft and Time Warner have donated space on the front page of their websites to helping the Southeast Asia situation, but the links to the aid groups show that they problem does not end there.

To browse all the groups, please go to http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp

Also, let's not forget about all the pets that need help too. I have not found a site about helping them, but if someone does, please post that here.


  ¶ 9:13 AM 0 comments

  Doesn't it make you think... If a movie critic's job is to evalulate movies and tell us if they are good or bad, how can they say a movie is good. A critic is someone who always complains and tells you what is wrong. They are supposed to be like a bad boss, a cranky Uncle, that wacky girlfriend you kept around for too long.

OK, Leonard Maltin, what should we really call you. How about a M.E., a Movie Evalulator. Let's think of a new name for these people. Post them here!
  ¶ 9:51 AM 0 comments

  Casey? Carrie Budoff wrote an article in Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer (http://www.philly.com/mld/Philly/news/local/10501002.htm) anointing Bob Casey Jr the heir (no pun intended) apparent nominee for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate against Rick Santorum in 06.

Her reason (or someone else's) suggests that the Dems can be Purpled and win. Oh contrary everyone. Red and Blue do not mix in this forthcoming showdown.

To have a Santorum lookalike running would spell certain disaster. In that set up, conservatives and moderates would say a familiar tune that was played in 04..."Why change horses in the middle of a race".

Santorum is the 3rd ranking Republican and in line to make a difference (whether you agree with him ot not). To put Casey in the Senate would put him at the bottom of the totem pole and unable to start legislation.

Also, the Democrats around Philadelphia need to be excited and inspired to a frenzy like this year's Presidential race. Even with the popular Ed Rendell at the top of the ticket and people's disdain of Santorum, the not likely voters need a reason to pull the Democratic lever for their Senatorial candidate.

Joe Hoeffel should be a Senator from PA except that people voted for Spector from the Philadelphia area. The Philly area is where this race will be won, no doubt about it and Casey is not the person to get anyone excited enough. This is all about being able to get the votes to defeat a loved and hated incumbent U S Senator. The Democrats want to win badly. They need this and some Congressional seats from PA to help win back the legislative branch.

In PA to win statewide, red and blue just don't mix.
  ¶ 12:10 AM 1 comments

 
Robert Casey, Jr   ¶ 9:21 PM 0 comments