Barbara Boxer - Call me Senator

Barbara, you are an over inflated bag of poo. Get over yourself and stop disrespecting the military. It is what these people do that allow you to work hard to be a "Senator". If it was not for our military men and women throughout the years, you would be picking weeds in a back alley in some communist run country praying for a quick demise. Give them the respect they deserve.

Here is the video:

Saving their life wasn't enough...

I need to understand how people think.

A US Airways flight takes off and hits a flock of birds.  The flight crashes into the Hudson river and, because the pilot did everything right, no one was killed.  A miracle! Everyone is happy, the pilot is revered as a hero and all the passengers are saved (save bumps and bruises).

Having my life after an ordeal like that would be something I would be more than exstatic about.  I would hope the people on this flight would be to.  Yes, they lost personal belonings, yes they lost their Blackberry's and iPhones but they have the most important thing...their life.

Obviously that is not good enough.  Some on this flight want more than the $5000 compensation that the airline is offering.  I have a hard time believing I would take any money from the airline.  The crew saved my life in a situation no one on earth could control.  I get to see my wife, my kids, my parents and the rest of my family again.  I have been given another chance...

Sounds like their personal effects are what they are worried about.  Some talk about emotional distress but why should the airline pay for that?  It wasn't like they released a flock of doves in a peace rally at the end of the runway as the plane was taking off.  Nature brought the plane down.

They interviewed one lady on the plane and she says it how I hope to God I would:  

Amber Wells of Charlotte says she's so thankful to have survived and to be with her 9-month-old daughter, Rayley, that she hasn't had time to think about her belongings.

She says she lost $2,000 of nursing equipment and a laptop computer, as well as a checked bag and a carry-on bag.

"Everything that's gone can be replaced," says Wells, 34, a senior manager for NASCAR. "My life cannot be replaced."

Well...read the article.  Hopefully you find it as pathetic as I do.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-01-26-us-airways-river-crash_N.htm

Blagojevich...it's not only his hair that is crazy...

So is the rest of him.  Blago actually considered Oprah to fill Obama's U.S. Senate seat.   He is quoted in the Fox News article as saying "She seemed to be someone who would help Barack Obama in a significant way become president," he said. "She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators".

She is A TALK SHOW HOST!  Although she does have as much experience as Obama in the Senate.  That would be...none.

There is also this from the article:  "The governor worried, though, that the appointment of Winfrey might come across as a gimmick and that the talk show host was unlikely to accept."  Gimmick?  Nah...couldn't be a gimmick.  Not for a straight shooter like Blago.

One more hint Mr. Blago might be nuts...he was voted 114-1 to be impeached by lawmakers from Illinois.  These are people on his side of the political fence.

OMG...October 31st...For Real?

I will have to come up with something new for my blog. I am embarrassed how long it has been. Not that anyone reads it but I think it is good for my mental health.

I'm Voting Democrat....

http://www.verticalblu.com/

Norm Coleman, Al Franken and CREW...oh my...

Al Frankens newest ad has really gotten the dander up of the Coleman campaign and from what I have read they have good reason to be upset. Here is why:

The ad says that a bi-partisan watchdog group has named Coleman the 4th most corrupt politician in Washington. The "bi-partisan" group is C.R.E.W. or Citizens for Responsibilty and Ethics in Washington. The term "bi-partisan" is used rather loosely.

The board members at CREW are as follows:

• Daniel Berger - Senior Partner, Berger and Montague - Donated $44,500 to Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee since July 3rd, 2007
• John Luongo - Lightspeed Venture Partners - Donated $2000 in May of 2007
• Melanie Sloan - Current Executive Director of CREW - Sloan has served under Charles Schumer and Joe Biden in the past.
• Louis M. Mayberg - President and Co-Founder of ProFund Advisors LLC. Has not done any recent contributing lately but check out his past contributions. Almost (D) including Biden for President in 1987: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=DC&last=Mayberg&first=Louis. He is a big supporter of Joe Lieberman and even contributed $2000 on November 21, 2003 to George Bush: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=MD&last=Mayberg&first=Louis. Also in this link is a contribution to the RNC for $2000 in 2006. He goes both ways...I wonder what he is after?
• Craig Kaplan - Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard Krinsky and Lieberman. This one speaks for itself. Check out the link for all the contributions to (D)'s including more than $30,000 in July of 2008 to Obama: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=NY&last=kaplan&first=craig
• Erwin Chermerinsky - Professor of Constitutional Law. More of the same. Contributes to (D)'s: http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=chemerinsky&first=erwin

All six board members at CREW contribute regularly to the (D)'s. This is not bi-partisan in any way, shape or form.

Melanie Sloan (in an interview on the CREW website) states: "We have no ties to the Franken campaign," she said. "When Franken was on Air America, I did appear on his program as did other people." This is true. Many people did go on Frankens program. She was on there more than 50 times (Minnesota Democrats Exposed website).

Now, yes, MDE obviously has their own agenda and it is not pro Democrat. Why I mentioned this is because on MDE's site, they list out all 50 links to the radio shows Sloan and Frankin had together. When you click on them...the CREW website locks you out. Someone trying to hide something?

Check out the site listing all the radio appearances: http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/2008/07/01/mn-gop-press-release-crew-a-partner-in-the-franken-campaign-front-group-board-member-contributes-to-franken-as-organization-attacks-senator-coleman/. These appearances are from October 2005 through February 2007. Almost once a week. The "I did appear on his program" statment seems a bit understated.

Read this blog that focuses on Sloan's response to Norm Colemans lawsuit: http://citizensforethics.org/node/35239

So...if "fourth most corrupt" is, as Sloan puts it, "isn't exactly accurate", then who here is lying?

Norm Coleman has filed a defamation suit at this time. I should say so. I just hope he sticks with the suit whether he wins or loses on Tuesday.

I Demand You Tell The Foo Fighters...

The next time I purchase a song from iTunes. I am purchasing the license in order to play this song aren't I? Does this sound ridiculous? Of course it is, but The Foo Fighters, Jackson Browne and Heart are all demanding that the McCain campaign stop playing their music. On the other side, Sam Moore is also asking the same from the Obama campaign. Ummmm....they legally paid for licensing for any number of songs to play. Shut...Up...

The Foo Fighters actually put out a statement that said "...To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song." Are you kidding me?

So The FF wants to know every time a song is "appropriated"? Ok...I better see an article tomorrow morning with a similar statement mentioning my name. I am heading out to iTunes to buy "My Hero" today. I cannot wait to see my name on all the major news organizations! How exciting!

Look, it's ok to be anti-McCain but don't put out really stupid statements such as this. It just makes you look...well...like a rock band.

Link to the the news story is here.

Lawrence Welk Disturbed

Thanks to MVO for this one. It is as disturbing as she says...but dang funny. Enjoy:

Saturday Night Live Got Something Right For Once...

Stories of the week...

I could fill pages and pages of this blog with stories that are already out there about people and human interest. I am not going to do that. What am I going to do is show you a few things I have found today and maybe comment on them...here we go.

The Spanish Basketball Team.

This is a "what were they thinking" scenario. I am sure they meant no harm but because they did it, I think it's kind of funny. Here is the picture that they ran in a full page advertisment for the Beijing Olympics. Notice they are making slanty eyes?









Link to full story here.

The USA 4x100 Freestyle Relay Team. Can you say "French Toast"?

Because of copyright issues I cannot post the actual video. You can read the article and watch the relay (which if you have not seen it by now you must live in a cave with Osama. Oh...and Osama called and he just watched it recorded on betamax so he has seen it too).

Jump to the video here.

Yawn...

Does anyone care any longer about a presidents race (if you do care, you probably go noodlin' for a past time and whistle Dixie while brushing your tooth)? Does anyone really care if it is a man or a woman? Does anyone care how tall a presidential candidate might be...whoa...this guy does. He wrote an entire article on it. He gets paid for this? I have the imprint of a qwerty keyboard on my face because I read more than three lines of this blather. Click here to fall asleep immediately.

Bombing stopped in Georgia...except over there...and maybe over there...oh, hey...bomb that house over there too...

Russia ordered a cease fire but no one is listening. Was it a real order or just more of a guideline? It must be official because it was a televised order...right? Click here for the story.