- I’m so ready to be done with shite political ads on TV, in my mailbox, and robocalls on our answering machine. If there needed to be any more compelling a reason to give up network TV and a land line completely, this would be it.
- I’m also ready to be done with the visual clutter of endless yard signs polluting my neighborhood.
- To the electioneer outside the school this morning: No, I don’t need any of your “help” telling me who to vote for; I’m not a fucking sheep. Fuck you very much, have a nice day. And my child, dressed in a pink hat, pink mittens, and purple pants, IS A GIRL.
- I’m sad that I as a voter in Baltimore County, don’t get to vote on the slots issue in Anne Arundel county. I know it’s inevitable, but that shit needs to stay at the racetrack, not in a mall. I will have no problem boycotting that entire stupid mazelike complex if the measure passes.
- Finn walked out of the gym with about six “I Voted” stickers. That kid could charm the stripes off a zebra.
- Good luck, Martin.
Oh, and by the way: this is brilliant. Should have been live months ago, though.
This is pure awesome. Keith Olbermann spends 20 minutes deconstructing the Tea Party:
Brilliant.
This is pretty messed up, when you stop to think about it: Anita Hill Asked to Apologize by Justice Thomas’s Wife. Lady, you’re nuts. If that’s an olive branch, I’d hate to see what your full apology looks like. Let it go.
People of Delaware, you will get what you deserve. Why are we insisting on electing morons to higher office? What makes them so appealing? Why don’t we hold educated candidates in higher esteem?
…A highly skeptical O’Donnell questioned Coon’s assertion that the First Amendment calls for the separation of church and state. “Let me just clarify: You’re telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?”
Coons responded by quoting the relevant text: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
“That’s in the First Amendment?” a still skeptical O’Donnell replied smiling, as laughter could be heard from the crowd.
I don’t remember seeing this back in 2004, but I love it: Fuck the South. (Disclosure: I live below the Mason-Dixon line in a traditionally blue coastal state).
Jon Stewart asks the very prescient question: How exactly can Republicans be for deficit reduction and extending the Bush-era tax cuts?
Best line of the whole clip: “THE DEFICIT WANTS TO SKULLFUCK YOUR MOTHER!”
I don’t understand why the Republobots still have this dope as the party chairman, but he sure is funny: Republicans line up on opposite sides over latest Steele controversy. All that having been said, I find his utter disregard for, uh, facts, to be humorous and sad.
Still Scoutless. The plastic (technically, phenolic resin) main bowl of the carburetor is so old that parts of it have worn away and are allowing fuel to pool after shutdown, making any sort of adjustment impossible. So my mechanic is trying to source a new (used) bowl to replace it.
Verizon Wireless needs to go bite a bag of dicks. They have been spamming me at least five times a day and for some reason their spam makes it through my filters. I DON”T WANT YOUR WIRELESS SERVICE, YOU DON”T HAVE THE PHONE I WANT. Leave me alone, please.
This week is getting out of control, so we’re interviewing a cleaning service tomorrow afternoon to have them work on the house while we’re getting everything ready for the party. I’ll have you know Jen was planning for the party in April (possibly March), and we still feel like we’re behind the 8-ball. Grrr. However, I put the mister together last night, and it works perfectly.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that federal and state-based handgun bans are unconstitutional, nullifying bans in cities across the country. I find myself torn between the two schools of thought here; on the one hand, I respect and appreciate my right to keep and bear arms, and I intend to exercise that right sometime in the future. (Last night, before I even knew about the ruling, I had a dream where I walked into a gun store and shopped for a pistol. I tried out revolvers and small automatics that didn’t fit my hand, finally settling on something that looked like a Glock.) On the other hand, I have several cousins who are uniformed policemen. I have nothing but respect for officers of the law, and I appreciate the impossible job they are faced with daily. Therefore, I do not agree with and cannot abide the NRA’s assertion that anyone should be able to purchase assault rifles, teflon bullets, or other military-grade hardware legally. Furthermore, I think the federal government should man up and write strict country-wide rules for the sale and purchase of guns, so that cities like Chicago and New York, who are struggling with controlling guns purchased out-of-state, can better police themselves.
→ This is a syndicated post from my Scout weblog. More info here.
This is possibly the funniest, most transparently stupid thing I’ve read all year: Rep. Joe Barton Apologizes to BP’s Tony Hayward. A brief sample:
“I’m ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think it’s a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown, in this case, a $20 billion shakedown.”
Given that he is, more or less, a paid employee of Big Oil, I’m not surprised. The frightening thing is that if the GOP takes the House this fall, he’s the guy in line to be the chair of the Energy & Commerce Committee.
I don’t live in Baltimore City anymore, but I think the idea of a vacant building tax for properties that are owned but abandoned is fantastic, and long overdue.