I’m back (& with child)!
Hello Everyone,
I’m back! Sorry for the lengthy absence, but my wife was induced on May 2, 2008 and the result was a baby girl on May 3, 2008.
The time of delivery was 3:28 pm after 22 hours of labor (and my wife was awesome for the record) and my daughter was 6lbs, 8oz and had a length of 19 inches. We named her Hannah (my wife likes the name and it’s not due to Hannah Montana) and she is our first child.
The first week was a little rough for us, and though we have gotten little sleep since then, we’ve begun to adapt. The baby has been precious to us and the milestones have begun. I honestly never wanted children, nor do I even like children. But my baby girl is the exception to the rule, I love her dearly and as far as I’m concerned, the most beautiful baby in the world.
I will catch up on things I promise. A lot has happened in my absence.
I bid adieu,
L.Manly
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The FreeCreditReport.com Guy
There are three commercials being heavily rotated on television these days featuring a young curly haired guy and his guitar. In the first one he serenades us with his story of identity theft woe — seems “some hacker” messed him up big time and now he can’t get a nice car so he has to buy a “used subcompact” and his legs are “sticking to the seat” and his “posse’s getting laughed at.” He tells us how he should have gone to freecreditreport.com, and his life has been woe because he failed to do so. His two stoner-looking buddies are crammed into this little car with him but they don’t seem to mind the conditions. Wonder if their credit is screwed up and what they’re doing with this guy in the first place.
In the second commercial, our credit-challenged young lad is working at a seafood restaurant where apparently the manager decided he wanted this guy AND his entire “posse” to sing about their bad credit for customers. He moans about “dressing up like a pirate” and oh if only he’d joined freecreditreport.com, he wouldn’t have to “sell fish to tourists in T-shirts.” He doesn’t look like much of a pirate. He doesn’t even have a cool eyepatch or a wooden leg. The elderly folks sitting at a nearby table look like they want to clock him with an oversized granny handbag.Finally our trio of credit doom are all crammed into a small basement with a very pissed off looking girl who is doing laundry. Again, our hero is standing around doing nothing to help his situation — ooh, I mean he’s standing around warning us of the dangers of marrying a girl whose “credit was bad.” Instead of living “in a pleasant suburb” (because he and his friends look very suburban, no?) now he lives in this basement and isn’t happy about it. I have a question: why is he relying on a woman to support him, anyway? He should take care of his own credit problems and not get married in the first place. His dream wife sure doesn’t look happy to have him and his friends in the basement day in and out singing when they should all be at work. Or at the very least helping with the laundry. I’d be pissed too if I had a guy who was so lazy as to complain about his problems all day. Maybe it was their day off from the fish restaurant? Not that it is cool for her to have defaulted on her credit card, or for them to have married without having discussed financial matters first. Sheesh, it’s like they didn’t even know each other. And how would he have been able to have bought a house (with dog and yard) with his crap credit, anyway?Yesterday Lance asked me if I thought the girl in the ad looked annoyed. I said, “Yes.” He asked, “What is she annoyed about? Is it because of he laundry or because her husband went out with his friends and bought a car and now they’re hanging out in the basement doing nothing?” I said it was the latter scenario.
For those who are interested, the dude’s real name is Eric Violette and he’s a French Canadian actor. Someone on Yahoo stated that Eric is really playing the guitar but his voice is dubbed. The plot thickens!
Momo
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The Nomination
Looks like it’s Obama as the Dem’s Nominee! I actually thought Hillary would get the nod because she’s a Clinton, and I always hear Dems talk about Clinton very affectionately. I’m wondering now why they didn’t choose her. I’m a little bummed about it, even though I’m not technically a Democrat. I used to be when I first started out voting, and my feelings have been leaning a little more Dem than Repub these days, but maybe I’m an Independent now. Not sure.
I’m a little troubled about how I feel concerning Hillary. I think some part of me wanted her to win. I like her health care plan better than Obama’s. If Obama becomes President I will be looking for his health care plan to be implemented and find out just exactly what he has been promising. McCain is irritating and I can’t stand looking at him or listening to him. His voice is very breathy and high. He has no health care plan. He’s all about benefiting small business. Whee for them, but what about the little guy? McCain doesn’t seem to care about the poor.
The whole thing with Rev. Wright is downright creepy. I’d feel better if Obama wasn’t aligned with someone so controversial and with such extreme views. If he wins, I do hope he will treat everyone fairly.
This whole election is just mind boggling. I’m pretty sure I am not voting and if I do it will be for some peripheral candidate who has no hope of winning.
Momo
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Voter Apathy
As a conservative, I’ve usually just voted that way in elections (as expected, I suppose.) The upcoming election has not sparked exceptional interest but for the firm belief I hold that McCain will not win. I can’t put the TV on without seeing something about either Obama or Hillary, and sometimes the report is about both of them. I decided early on that a Democrat would win this next election, and when McCain was chosen as the Republican candidate, it sealed my suspicions. I don’t think McCain can win because he is wishy-washy and has shown himself to be a flip flopper and a panderer to the highest bidder. I really don’t like it that he is the Republican candidate, especially with some of the options we had going into the primaries.
I used to be much more into the whole political “thing,” and now an apathy has set in. I don’t feel much for any candidate (though my mother swears Obama is “diabolical” for some reason) and I hate to say it but I’d almost rather Hillary win over McCain. I just don’t like that man. I looked into Obama and Hillary’s health insurance plans and ideas, and I think I prefer Hillary’s, though I am curious to see if it can actually be implemented. The Republicans have not stepped up and addressed the need for health care for the middle class and lower classes/lower income people. Even if you make $30K a year, you can still be decimated with health care and insurance costs. One setback can wipe out your savings. This just can’t go on.
I don’t think I’m even going to vote (*gasp*). I feel that my vote won’t say much, anyway, and Texas will probably go to the Republican as always. I just sit back and watch and hope that whoever gets into office will start looking at the things the average family needs the most and I hope that person will be able to make lives a little easier.
Momo
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The Man From G.R.A.V.E.L.
Howdy folks,
As you know I’ve been riding that Mike Gravel a little hard for apparently being a clueless man running for President. He’s won nothing: No primaries, no caucuses, no delegates. According to the following Time magazine article, which I recently stumbled upon, that’s how the old guy wants it.
Here you go, judge for yourself:
The Third Democrat in the Race
Tuesday, Mar. 04, 2008 By JOEL STEIN
As Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island primary voters go to the polls on Tuesday, there are still three democrats running for President, and one of them isn’t at all interested in getting votes. Mike Gravel, that old guy who used to be on the end in the Democratic debates, just wants some attention. For his idea. Really.
That idea is a plan to save the country called the National Initiative, which involves passing a constitutional amendment that would move the U.S. from a representative democracy to a direct democracy by having all laws voted on in federal ballot initiatives. This may or may not be what he believes. Either way, I’ve said it better than he has.
The 77-year-old former Alaska Senator, who put the Pentagon Papers into the public record in 1971, is just thrilled that his candidacy has given his idea so much attention — and by “so much,” he means any at all. Just being a big party candidate and getting in the debates imparts a certain amount of fame. At the National Latino Congreso in L.A. back in October, he got to speak to 200 people right before the mayor, since they invited all the candidates and only he and Dennis Kucinich showed up — and Kucinich was late. “The day I filed for office I got more attention on the initiative than I had in 15 years,” Gravel told me. “I was getting off a plane and Jennifer Lopez was getting her bags — I didn’t recognize her, someone told me — and no one came up to her, but three people came up and pumped my hand.”
In fact, Gravel fears he’s such a threat to the military industry complex that he wants to dismantle that his campaign headquarters in Virginia has no sign and is on the third floor of a building. He also travels with a bodyguard, Eli Israel, who emailed him from his station in Iraq and, Gravel says, was thrown in the brig for refusing to continue fighting until the Gravel campaign got him a lawyer. Israel usually makes up the entirety of his entourage. “You can pay someone $5,000 to get them rubbed out in South San Francisco,” Gravel explains.
In recent weeks, Gravel has been making the rounds of colleges, talking up his big idea for direct democracy. At a meeting with the Harvard Democrats late last week, he insisted he was in the race all the way to November and told his audience that he had more charisma than Obama.
“If I’m President, I’ll only serve four years and I’ll spend them going around the country bullying people to become lawmakers,” Gravel recently told students at Yale University. “And if they don’t, I will resign, because if they don’t care enough to become lawmakers and don’t vote to empower themselves, then I don’t care enough to be their leader.”
The ex-Alaska Senator’s campaign got a blip of national attention over a surreal campaign YouTube video in which he stares at the camera, throws a rock in the water and walks away. “Two young teachers said I’d like to shoot a video. I said, ‘What do they want me to do?’ They said, ‘Throw a rock in the water.’ I said, ‘Great. I’ll give them an hour.’ So I look in the camera for a full minute and all I can think is I look dumb as s–t,” Gravel says.
Yes, but that beats not being looked at.
So there you go. Gravel isn’t in this to win, he’s in this to waste all of our time or save us. Who knows which way it’ll go.
I bid adieu,
L.Manly
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Origami Election Headquarters ‘08 - McCain loses!
Hello everyone!
Well Super Tuesday Jr. just finished and some major changes have happened. Starting with;
Senator John McCain (R) has finally reached the number of delegates to win the Republican Nomination for President. The man is the man!
After a long hard battle, after crushing past rivals into the dust, after paying (allegedly) middle eastern assassins to rub out Fred Thompson (he’s missing) and Tommy Thompson (also missing; no relation), Rudy Giuliani was a plant to steal the thunder from Romney and succeeded brilliantly (coming in 4th & Florida was all a part of the plan) and buying off Romney with snickerdoodles was a stroke of genius.
McCain has beaten them all! He’s the American Idol of 2008! He’s the sole survivor! The million dollar prize is his, Probst is coming with the check! MCCAIN IS NOW A GOD!!!
Finally! I am so glad THAT is over. I was becoming bored with seeing McCain kick so much ass and yet his opponents did nothing but say, “It ain’t over, ’til it’s over!”
First it was Romney who refused to see the right crosses coming at his head and then Huckabee was taking the body blows and smiling like the idiot he appears to be.
But that’s all in the past. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee has finally conceded that he didn’t have a chance in Hades in winning, bidding farewell with the conciliatory, “I lost! Waaaahhh!! But I did win 2 or 3 states! What happened?!”
McCain could be heard snickering in the background and an anonymous source claimed that McCain did some stupid football dance when he heard he’d won and made the pledge to make Huckabee disappear for being such a chode.
But despite all the foolishness of Huckabee, let’s not forget someone hasn’t gotten the memo! Yes, I’m talking about Ron Paul; the Republican equivalent to Mike Gravel. 
Ron I want to put things into perspective, Mitt Romney bowed out because he didn’t have a chance. And Mitt was number 2, Mike Huckabee didn’t stand a chance either and he’s finally come to terms with it.
You really need to have a moment of reflection here, and don’t think for a minute being a total wanker is going to endear you to McCain, he wants to be president and you stand in his way. Bow out…
Speaking of Mike Gravel; After 45 consecutive losses has proclaimed; “His campaign has had some setbacks but he can still take this home.” No one in the press heard this of course since no one knows that Gravel dropped out months ago and someone forgot to tell him that. Does CNN even know he’s in the race? Is he in the race anymore?
Barack Obama after 11 straight wins the erstwhile Senator from Illinois had a case of the Huckabees when Hillary Clinton came from behind to win Texas, Rhode Island and Ohio. True Obama won Vermont (apparently there’s a lot more black people in Vermont than we knew) and yes he’s still ahead on delegates. But again Clinton proves that she’s in this for the long haul and she’s taking all the big important states. Someone needs to point this out to our friendly neighbourhood Senator. I think that if Obama was smart, he’d let the ol’ girl have it. She’s 60 and he’s 47, so he would make a great (I think unbeatable) candidate in 2016.
The delegate count now stands at:
Pledged: 1257
Super-delegates: 194
Grand Total: 1451
and
Pledged: 1127
Super-delegates: 238
Grand Total: 1365
Of course all the Obama supporters keep saying “do the math” and that she can’t win.
But Hillary has been winning since the beginning even when she lost. Hillary has much more going against her than Obama and she’s always come back. The problem with Democrats, they’re too greedy. Neither one would do the right thing for the cause, unlike the Republicans (Mike Huckabee & Ron Paul being the exceptions to the rule).
Obama played down the thrashing he took with a “I have more delegates! Naanny-naany na-na!”
But considering that people are fickle, all those Super D’s he’s been stealing (or they are defecting on their own, but I doubt it) from Hillary could easily turn around and support her again, if they think that she’ll win. I know Mr. Barack HUSSEIN Obama was hoping that he’d finally crush her last night and Hillary would get the message and go back to the kitchen. But that’s not about to happen.
Oh admit it Obama, you’re a man and all men think like that! You want Hillary to go away and you probably will smile smugly when (or if) that happens.
P.S. - Like how I added in the ‘Hussein’ there? I feel like a big time Republican commentator trying to dirty up the image of the unbeatable Obama by making people think he’s a Muslim terrorist.
All that’s left now is Wyoming (March 8), Mississippi (March 11) and of course the all insignificant Pennsylvania showdown of April 22 (just so that we can drag this process on a little longer) and maybe we’ll have some answers.
One last thing - In congratulating McCain on his win, both democratic contenders were noted in saying on the phone ‘they were looking forward in facing him in a general election,’ or something along those lines.
I felt that Obama was a little arrogant in doing that before the night’s results finished coming in yet. But Hillary did the same thing later and so I say shame on both of you.
I guess this whole thing will have to be stretched out for another month or two. Goody! I’m curious as to how this ridiculously convoluted system developed. Up in my native Canada we basically say “Election” and a month later we have a new leader. Much more simple.
Either way I’m sure whoever wins the democratic nomination will defeat John McCain easily. What Poor John doesn’t realize, he’s lost despite the fact that he’s won.
I bid adieu,
L.Manly
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A tale of two overdoses
Hello everyone,
Like any good reporter (or blogger in my case) I wait until all the facts are in. And here are the facts in the case of Heath Ledger:
The initial autopsy took place on January 23, 2008 and proved inconclusive beyond that Heath had drugs in his system. The second autopsy was completed and the results given on February 6, 2008 as quoted by the Chief Medical Examiner:
“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine. … We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications.”
There it is media, an unfortunate accident due to misuse of prescription drugs. I am torn between being angry about Heath dying for such a stupid reason and understanding what it means to be overworked. But this isn’t about me but his family and his daughter and Ms. Williams, the mother of Matilda Rose.
I once again give them my condolences, to his parents and sisters I am sorry.
Michelle, I wish you luck in all things and your daughter is the most important thing to focus on. Life must get better eventually.
Not going to admonish the media too much for exploiting this, turning an accident into a seedy affair. A man died, it was tragic, leave it at that.
L.Manly
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Fearmongering 101 or How I Was Mistaken for a Pedophile
It never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people are willing to throw their freedoms, civility and courtesy in the trash in the name of threats that barely exist. Or how we fixate on a statistically improbable fear while keeping our heads in the sand over the real danger.
This point was thrown into sharp relief the other day in the little half acre combination dog-park and kid’s playground that is literally ten paces from the front door of my home for the past 20 some years. I’m kind of a fixture in that park as I’m there up to three times a day walking my dogs. Especially since I’ve gotten my latest puppy, I seem to be a kid magnet. They swarm out of the fenced-in kids area and surround me when I’m walking little Oscar. I’ve come to think of the park as an extension of my front yard and I’m on at least a nodding acquaintance with dozens of people because of it. So when I had a half dozen assignments to complete for my photography class, I grabbed my tripod and headed across the street. The park was heaving as a new swingset had just been installed and dedicated that morning. As I walked over, a few people nodded and one kid yelled out, “Hi Oscar’s Mom!”As I started snapping away — actually while standing in plain sight right at the entrance and up on a two foot retaining wall around the kid park, people started to come up out of curiosity. Most thought I was from the local paper documenting that morning’s swingset dedication. I chatted with some of the dads about my photography assignment and even got some good advice about what shutter speed would be fast enough to capture a running kid.
All of a sudden, a mother barreled up to me and barked:
“May I ask WHAT you are doing here?!!”
“Hi”, I said, “I’m in a photography class and one of my assignments is to get some photographs that are typical of my neighborhood. I can’t think of anything that says ‘Noe Valley’ more than this playground.”
“Well, I don’t know who you are.”
“Oh, this is practically my front yard. I live in that yellow house there and my name is. . .”
“I don’t care what your name is, I’m extremely uncomfortable with you photographing children. I don’t know who you are and what you are doing.”
“I’m taking some pictures for photography class, I live right over there and my name is. . .”
“I don’t care about your name. I’m uncomfortable with you photographing children. You need to get out of here immediately!”
Since I’d been chatting with parents and kids most of the time I was shooting — and many of the kids and parents were familiar faces to me from three times daily trips to the park with the dogs — I was taken aback at her anger and orders. I made a mistaken attempt to diffuse the situation with humor.
“Dear me, you don’t think I’m a child molester. I don’t even own a trenchcoat. I’m just a budding photography student. I’m from that house over there. We may be neighbors. My name is. . .”
“Child molesters come in all shapes and sizes and not all of them wear trenchcoats. Yes you could be one and I’m telling you I’m uncomfortable with you taking pictures of children when I don’t know why you are doing it.”
“I’m doing it for a photography class and I’d like to introduce myself. My name is. . .”
“I’m TELLING you I’m uncomfortable with you photographing children.”
Now if someone is reacting that badly, my policy is always: stand down. Things like this are not worth fighting over. So I packed up my tripod. As I walked across the street, Momzilla screeched out, “You know child molesters come in all shapes and sizes and I want you out of here.”
I should have been worried about how this last sally was going to affect how my nodding acquaintances in the park are going to look at me now. But foolishly, I was fixated on how I’d “get out” to her satisfaction, since I was practically standing on my front doorstep!
I entered my house to hear the dogs barking frantically with that, “I need to get to the park NOW to relieve myself or else” kind of bark. That always puts me on autopilot. I grab the leashes and get the dogs to the grass as soon as I can. I’d entered the park (the dog park side that was outside the fenced kid area) before I realized that it had been just one minute since Momzilla had threatened me with Citizens Arrest.
Sure enough, she caught sight of me. Glared over, picked up her cell phone and waved it at me, then mimed that she was calling the police.
Maybe I should back up and point out how statistically unlikely it is that I would be a child molester. The vast majority of molestation comes from Daddy, Cousin Joey, Uncle Buck, Father Frank, your daycare provider and other people who can finagle alone time with your kids. Not from small, blonde middle aged ladies in tweed skirts who have absolutely NO private access to your children. Sure there are female child molesters, but aren’t they usually teachers trolling the halls of the local Junior High? And while, I have heard of child molesters who photograph children at parks. Wouldn’t they be more likely to be hunched down in parked cars behind tinted glass with telephoto lenses. Certainly not in plain view and chatting with the local dads.
My point being: by all the statistics and probabilities this woman’s child is not even infinitesimally safer from a child molester than before she grossly insulted someone who might actually be her neighbor. And for those feeble gains, what has she lost.
I guess I’m thinking that if the only way you think you can protect your kid is to be unbearably rude and suspect everyone of being a monster, well, you’ve won a meaningless skirmish. But you’ve kind of lost a much bigger battle in many ways. She’s created an atmosphere of paranoia and fear for her own child who probably now thinks all adults are lurking ready to pounce on him. She’s created tension and distrust in a neighborhood setting, when we are all in dire need of tighter neighborhoods.
And what of my actions? Should I have asked permission of every parent in the park before shooting? Well, according to the law, there is no expectation of privacy in public spaces and I’m free to photograph at will. Even over the fence into a neighbor’s back yard. (Not that I would ever do such a thing.) I always ask permission in foreign countries before shooting to make sure I respect local customs. Certainly to any parent who had said politely, “Can you not photograph my kid. The one over there in the red pants”, I would have immediately respected their wishes.
Again, I wonder at this mother’s misplaced paranoia. Does she worry about the hundreds of surveillance cameras — many operated by unregulated private security companies — that are tracking our every move each day? Does she actively protect that park from real dangers? I’ve lived in the neighborhood long enough that I remember the days before gentrification when gangbangers, drug deals and occasional gunfire were almost nightly occurrences. Over the years, my fellow dog owners and our neighborhood watch — aided of course by gentrification — cleaned up that park. But I’m still, by dint of living practically on top of it, stopping stray kids from running out in the street, asking the few out-of-neighborhood pitbull owners who sometimes visit to put their dogs on leashes when kids are around, and in general being the REAL safety monitor of our little park.
So we worry about Osama Bin Laden when the real danger is our own homegrown nuts and malcontents armed to the teeth thanks to the efforts of the NRA. We fixate on illegal aliens taking our jobs when the actual threat to our livelihood and jobs are the Wal-Mart retailers and our escalating deficits. We obsess about which candidates are more Christian Than Thou while never asking who is going to most quickly address global warming and institute ecological policies to reverse our Earth’s slide into an ever more toxic and imperiled state.
Can we get our eyes back on the ball here?
If we can tamp down the knee-jerk media-fueled paranoia, maybe we can all assess and take steps to curb the REAL threats to our children’s safety and future.
blue state cowgirl
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Jena (1) at it again!
Howdy folks,
A little news piece that the Internet is trying to bury amongst talk of politics.
One Bryant R. Purvis (former member of the Jena 6) has moved to Texas and is now beating up fellow students for slashing his tires. So far there has been only one victim to the rampage but we can’t blame the assailant of course.
Purvis, suffering from the same horrible flashblacks that caused him to beat the crap out of Justin Barker, went after the unnamed victim who allegedly vandalized his vehicle.
His mother Tina Jones has been quoted as saying:
“I wish he could just get in a place where he could walk away from the situation. I understand he gets frustrated. But he needed to walk away from this situation, being that he’s already in a situation. It’s very frustrating and upsetting to have to go through so much.”
His mother is very supportive of her thug son, that’s sweet.
I noticed that not only was there no CNN coverage of this story, there’s no real information on the other student either. What we do know is that the assault took place at Hebron High School in Carrollton and Purvis was arrested on an assault causing bodily injury. He was released into the custody of his uncle, an NFL football player so that explains the hostility which runs through his veins.
Purvis attacked the other student, choking him and then slammed his head into a school bench. Angry by the attack on his car’s tires. Out of the 10 or so articles I read, not a single one mentions the ethnic nature of the victim meaning of course he must be white.
A number of the articles state authorities keep saying that race was not a factor in the assault, but since no one’s screaming he attacked a black kid, it’s obvious the second victim was also white.
If Purvis had assaulted a black student that would have been mentioned to show Purvis’ equal opportunity head bashing. That would have been good news for his case in Louisiana since it would indicate Purvis is just a punk who likes to lose his temper on everyone and not just whitey.
One final note, a number of these articles kept stating:
“Purvis had stayed out of the spotlight for most of the year, but did appear on Black Entertainment Television’s Hip-Hop Awards. Purvis and fellow defendant Carwin Jones helped present the Video of the Year award during the October awards show.”
So what are they saying? Purvis doesn’t like what little press attention he’s getting whenever he beats up someone? Or that being on BET’s Hip-Hop Awards means he’s really just a good kid who’s misunderstood?
I bid adieu,
L.Manly
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Origami Election Headquarters ‘08 - Romney Update!
Big news!
According to these reports I’ve seen Mitt Romney is formally suspending his bid for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Mr. Mitt is calling it quits.
Quite shocking! I can only guess what was promised to him to do so.
The reasoning behind this act is: If the Republicans get their s**t together before next November, they can campaign hard for their nominee. A silly thought I think, getting a head start won’t really matter in the long run.
But McCain’s wins must have the hard line cons sweating real bad. I’ll bet that they think McCain will grant amnesty to all their illegal gardeners and nannies forcing the Cons to actually pay a decent wage to their workers.
Back to Mitty, I’m racking my brain to figure out what he’s going to get. What did the Republican party promise him? I know Huckabee isn’t interested in the VP, but Mitt might be willing (Too bad Giuliani). Or how about a staff job: Secretary of Defence, Secretary of State? That sounds a little better, he won’t be a second banana to McCain, but a valued cabinet member.
And, of course, in 8 years he could say I’ve got the experience to live in the White House.
Typical of any politician Romney couldn’t quit without taking shots at the Democrats. CNN states he said -
“In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror. This is not an easy decision. I hate to lose,” the former Massachusetts governor said.
“If this were only about me, I’d go on. But it’s never been only about me. I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, in this time of war I feel I have to now stand aside for our party and for our country.”
Yeah that doesn’t smack as arrogance and ignorance at all.
What CNN doesn’t realize is: McCain will most likely not win against either Obama or Hillary. In my opinion no Republican candidate can beat the Democrats in the ’08 election, but I always felt that Romney had a better chance than McCain.
Furthering the Imperialist Oil Agenda of America, Romney said about his former opponent McCain:
“But I agree with him on doing whatever it takes to be successful in Iraq, on finding and executing Osama bin Laden, and I agree with him on eliminating Al Qaeda and terror worldwide,” he said.
So stupid. Iraq is merely another breeding ground for Al Qaeda, not the source. What these Republican Oil Puppets don’t realize: Al Qaeda is everywhere and the fight needs to be fought on our terms and theirs. Occupying a foreign country, an Islamic country doesn’t help the cause.
If you want to truly destroy Islamic fundamentalists, you have two options.
1. Stop thinking for the moment, start thinking about the big picture and stop undermining the local’s power base. Remove all those American companies stealing money from the grants and recovery checks being written by the U.S. Government. Give that money and resources and an olive branch to the Arabs of the middle east. Toss out Haliburton of course. Help those living in refugee camps caused by Israel and give the population a chance to make better lives for themselves. Once they have good jobs and good homes the call to matyr themselves will be less appealing.
2. Nuke the middle east and kill them all.
The very bias and liberal CNN strangely reports —
“Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama saw Romney as a vulnerable candidate that they would rather run against instead of McCain.”
That’s from CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley. Not sure if that’s true, but that would strike me as odd. What the Democratic candidates and CNN don’t seem to realize:
McCain may be a more liberal Republican, but he’s still a Republican. Democrats won’t vote for him and he’ll lose. Personally I don’t see why anyone on the left side of the fence would think “because you like him so much” that the Dems would actually vote for McCain.
It’s not a win-win situation if you say his presence in the White House is a good thing. McCain is still a Republican. My limited experience in these matters tells me that liberals liking McCain is not an issue and I find it odd that CNN would.
The national election is about the swing states and I just see the idea of voting in a black president or a woman president a stronger incentive.
People have been voting in records numbers, Obama has a lock on South Carolina and a number of other southern states by my estimate. Hillary has Arkansas and Tennessee I think, she’s from the area.
A moment of pause to reflect.
Well this election is getting more and more interesting. I’ll admit I’m paying attention this time. 4 years ago I was just hoping that Kerry could beat Bush and he proved to be an utter disappointment. Still wish Fred Thompson was running, I like him.
Mitt, I don’t like you and so I say so long, farewell. It’s been nice.
I bid adieu,
L.Manly
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