Kermit the Frog Rumored to Be on Obama’s Shortlist

Persistent rumors have begun to circulate that Kermit the Frog is on Obama’s shortlist for vice presidential running mates. No one in the Obama inner circles would confirm these rumors other than to say off the record that the senator is certainly interested in going green. Attempts to locate Kermit have been unsuccessful and he is rumored to be hiding out with Miss Piggy. Efforts to contact Miss Piggy have been futile, and one reporter who allegedly got inside of her house was seen flying out the second-floor window.  MORE

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Fighting Al Qaeda and the Taliban with Panties

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

In response to the brutal military regime in Burma, the women of that country launched an unusual counteroffensive. “The Panties for Peace campaign was launched by the women’s organization Lanna Action for Burma on Oct. 16, 2007, in the hopes of bringing an end to the military regime’s rampant abuse of Burma’s population – and the abuse of Burma’s women in particular. The basis of this protest is the superstition of the male led military junta. They believe that contact with women’s garments, particularly those that cover the lower half of the body is emasculating.”

The brutality against the Burmese people and the Burmese women in particular is an extremely serious situation. However, the notion of using women’s panties against violent people has potential for circumstances outside of Burma. What if the American military adopted this idea and, with the help of American women, launched an all-out blitz against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and terrorists wherever they may be found.  MORE

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Obama Goes to the Wall: McCain Attacks Obama

Friday, July 25, 2008

On Thursday, July 24th, Barack Obama gave a speech to a crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin, Germany. The number of people that attended that speech is as noteworthy as anything Obama could have said. My opinion is that he gave a good speech, one consistent with his message of hope. I will leave it to others to debate the historical merits of his speech.

On Thursday July 22, in Rochester, New Hampshire, John McCain said, ” It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign.”
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Crude Oil Prices: Crude Oil Baloney

Thursday, July 24, 2008

In an earlier post I suggested that the decline in crude oil prices from $147 a barrel to $127 a barrel couldn’t be completely explained by a sudden drop-off in demand. An article in the Financial Times discusses the bankruptcy of SemGroup which in the process of covering its hedging activities could have caused $10 increases in the prices of crude oil.

McCain Pins Obama to the Wall

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The presidential election was all but decided when Senator McCain uttered the magical Republican incantation. What is this magical incantation? Whenever a Republican presidential candidate wants to assure his victory he states that the Democratic candidate will raise people’s taxes and the Republicans will not. Thus when McCain said that Obama will raise taxes the race became essentially over. It doesn’t matter whether this is true or not, because this accusation sticks like wonder glue to the Democratic candidate.  MORE

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Headache for Laura Bush: Dreams for Maureen Dowd

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

In a column in today’s New York Times, Maureen Dowd attempts to portray what appears to be a potentially very offensive book about the first lady, Laura Bush, as just another book that

anyone might read. With utter unctuousness Ms. Dowd says, “It’s the sort of novel Laura Bush might curl up with in the White House solarium if it were not about Laura Bush. It would be interesting to hear how that lover of fiction feels about being the subject of fiction.” This is an incredible, unsupported assumption on the part of Ms. Dowd. It assumes she knows the reading habits of Laura Bush, particularly with regard to sexually detailed novels. Given what Ms. Dowd says later, it is unlikely she has such information. MORE

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President Nancy Pelosi

Educated Press September 18, 2008. Breaking News. Henry Heimlich. This evening at 6:30 P.M. President of the United States, George Bush, and Vice President of the United States, Richard Cheney, were kidnapped in the middle of a reception for the president of Uganda by the Swassian ambassador and his wife. The Swassian ambassador was talking with President Bush while his wife made her way to Vice President Cheney. Simultaneously, they pulled out small unusually shaped pistols and put them to the respective heads of the president and vice president. The Swassian ambassador shouted that the weapons were lethal and he and his wife would not hesitate to use them. Secret Service agents immediately pulled their weapons out and surrounded the president and vice president. President Bush said “Everybody stay calm and we will resolve this situation. Men put away your weapons so that no one gets killed, especially me. “  MORE

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Senator McCain Doesn’t Know the Price of Gas

Saturday, June 28, 2008

According to the Huffington post and several other sources a reporter from the Orange County register asked Senator McCain what was the price of gas. The senator replied that he didn’t know and it was some time since he actually pumped his own gas. The purpose here is not to take a pot shot at Senator McCain. Rather, the real issue is that so many of our leaders are out of touch with the day-to-day realities with which we must all contend.     MORE

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Arianna and Others “Huffed” at Obama

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

 Now that Senator Obama has all but officially been declared as the nominee of the Democratic Party, he has begun to move his political stance to the middle. In the last couple of weeks he has spoken up in favor of national security interests, indicated his interest in continuing support of faith-based social services, and voiced his objection to the Supreme Court ruling against the death penalty for rape of minors in Louisiana. This is a natural move if he wants to become the next president of the United States. The ultra liberal wing of the Democratic Party has taken exception to these moves.    MORE

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Karl Rove: America’s Arrogant Social Misfit

Karl Rove is the sort of guy who if he went to his senior high school prom most likely stood on the side looking at everybody with a date. His skills as a cutthroat political adviser were never questioned until he helped steer President Bush and the Republican Party off the cliff in the 2006 elections. This morning he spoke with utter gracelessness.
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