If we didn't have free speech in this country, we would never see great stuff like this. He was going to use this in his inauguration speech today but Michelle talked him out of it.
Here is the other half of the country's leadership!
Scary part about Biden's...it sounds so real!!
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Showing posts with label obama. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2013
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Today's Apocalypse Sign: All For A Campaign Promise
People, this may be a volatile subject to many, but I feel I need to weigh-in with my two cents worth.
I am of course talking about the "end of combat operations" in Iraq.
Up front let me clarify: I did not vote for Obama. I did not like his weak-ass stance on the way the war in Iraq was going to be handled among other things. I felt the campaign promise for setting a deadline to pull the troops out, was basically giving the people what they wanted to hear so he could get elected. There was no plan or thought on how they were really going to accomplish this. And many people forget the margin of Obama's victory was not that big.
Many have compared the Vietnam war and the Iraq war. Many others (usually in defending the Iraq war) have pointed out how dissimilar the two wars are. And while as a general principle I am not in favor of war short of literal homeland defense, if we choose to engage then we damn well need to have a plan to win. Not create billions of dollars of revenue and profits to the purveyors of war-business. Trust me when I say there will be many people sad to see the "combat mission end" in Iraq.
With all the state-of-the-art armament and munitions at our disposal all we have proven is we cannot save and convert a country that has no clue how to help itself. How to defend itself. How to govern itself. We went in and kicked a beehive and now we are leaving the innocents to fend for themselves. The bees will swarm after we leave. Do we really think we have helped establish a government, a defense force, a police force, hell, a society??
No we have not. We have played with kick-ass toys in a giant sandbox for 6 or 7 years, blown a lot of shit up, supplied the terrorists with continuing incentive to hate the hell out of us, sacrificed too many soldiers lives and now that we have totally fucked up TWO countries (can't forget Afghanistan), we are taking our toys and going home. "Good luck desert people! Your countries were shit before and we helped make them less than shit now! It's been real."
They hate us (or soon will) more than ever mainly because we had no plan.
I don't even know what happened to Saddam Hussein. Is he in prison? Alive? I really don't know.
But here we are, ending combat operations. Why? Nothing else Obama has done since he took office has gone right. The economy...sucks. Unemployment... sucks. Health care reform....sucks. Gulf Oil Spill...sucks and blows. State Dinner...crashed by unknowns. I think he has had a couple nice vacations that went rather well. In a year and a half he has done nothing. So to calm the growing unrest with his administration...he decided to pull the rug out from under the Iraqi people, bring our troops home, and declare what? Victory? A promise kept? Are you serious?? If my son or daughter had died over there I would be having a serious WTF moment right now.
Have you heard the saying that "nature abhors a vacuum"? Guess what...it does! Has no one figured out that as we leave, with no stability, something has to take our place. Iran will not be waiting for an engraved invitation. We are leaving Iraq totally defenseless. Iran and Iraq have always warred. Now I'm no Pentagon pundit but what the fuck do we think is going to happen? The "insurgents" will become the gang style-rulers of Iraq for a while and then Iran (who has no moral qualms about laying waste to Iraq) will have a plan to enlarge their country. And they WILL execute it.
By last count we have wasted 10, count 'em TEN, opportunities to take Bin Laden out. So when we got frustrated with that we figured, "Well, let's invade Iraq and take out Saddam!" We couldn't have shot more from the hip if we had been in the OK Corral. Ready. Fire. Aim was our strategy...oops! what happens after the initial Shock and Awe wears off? We were no more prepared to fight and win a desert war than we were to win a jungle war (Vietnam). Maybe the objective was never TO win.
The bottom line is, even though Bush got us into the war, we were already there. To now engage in some sort of Iraqus Interruptus and withdraw thinking that something was really accomplished is sad. It is sad for the Iraqi people, it is sad for those soldiers families whose children gave their lives, it is sad for the democracies of the world who are now looked upon with even more contempt by the Haters, and it is sad we have emboldened the Haters by failing in our mission.
Apparently though, we are going to stay and "help" the Afghan people a while longer.
Guess the war-business isn't quite over yet.
I am of course talking about the "end of combat operations" in Iraq.
Up front let me clarify: I did not vote for Obama. I did not like his weak-ass stance on the way the war in Iraq was going to be handled among other things. I felt the campaign promise for setting a deadline to pull the troops out, was basically giving the people what they wanted to hear so he could get elected. There was no plan or thought on how they were really going to accomplish this. And many people forget the margin of Obama's victory was not that big.
Many have compared the Vietnam war and the Iraq war. Many others (usually in defending the Iraq war) have pointed out how dissimilar the two wars are. And while as a general principle I am not in favor of war short of literal homeland defense, if we choose to engage then we damn well need to have a plan to win. Not create billions of dollars of revenue and profits to the purveyors of war-business. Trust me when I say there will be many people sad to see the "combat mission end" in Iraq.
With all the state-of-the-art armament and munitions at our disposal all we have proven is we cannot save and convert a country that has no clue how to help itself. How to defend itself. How to govern itself. We went in and kicked a beehive and now we are leaving the innocents to fend for themselves. The bees will swarm after we leave. Do we really think we have helped establish a government, a defense force, a police force, hell, a society??
No we have not. We have played with kick-ass toys in a giant sandbox for 6 or 7 years, blown a lot of shit up, supplied the terrorists with continuing incentive to hate the hell out of us, sacrificed too many soldiers lives and now that we have totally fucked up TWO countries (can't forget Afghanistan), we are taking our toys and going home. "Good luck desert people! Your countries were shit before and we helped make them less than shit now! It's been real."
They hate us (or soon will) more than ever mainly because we had no plan.
I don't even know what happened to Saddam Hussein. Is he in prison? Alive? I really don't know.
But here we are, ending combat operations. Why? Nothing else Obama has done since he took office has gone right. The economy...sucks. Unemployment... sucks. Health care reform....sucks. Gulf Oil Spill...sucks and blows. State Dinner...crashed by unknowns. I think he has had a couple nice vacations that went rather well. In a year and a half he has done nothing. So to calm the growing unrest with his administration...he decided to pull the rug out from under the Iraqi people, bring our troops home, and declare what? Victory? A promise kept? Are you serious?? If my son or daughter had died over there I would be having a serious WTF moment right now.
Have you heard the saying that "nature abhors a vacuum"? Guess what...it does! Has no one figured out that as we leave, with no stability, something has to take our place. Iran will not be waiting for an engraved invitation. We are leaving Iraq totally defenseless. Iran and Iraq have always warred. Now I'm no Pentagon pundit but what the fuck do we think is going to happen? The "insurgents" will become the gang style-rulers of Iraq for a while and then Iran (who has no moral qualms about laying waste to Iraq) will have a plan to enlarge their country. And they WILL execute it.
By last count we have wasted 10, count 'em TEN, opportunities to take Bin Laden out. So when we got frustrated with that we figured, "Well, let's invade Iraq and take out Saddam!" We couldn't have shot more from the hip if we had been in the OK Corral. Ready. Fire. Aim was our strategy...oops! what happens after the initial Shock and Awe wears off? We were no more prepared to fight and win a desert war than we were to win a jungle war (Vietnam). Maybe the objective was never TO win.
The bottom line is, even though Bush got us into the war, we were already there. To now engage in some sort of Iraqus Interruptus and withdraw thinking that something was really accomplished is sad. It is sad for the Iraqi people, it is sad for those soldiers families whose children gave their lives, it is sad for the democracies of the world who are now looked upon with even more contempt by the Haters, and it is sad we have emboldened the Haters by failing in our mission.
Apparently though, we are going to stay and "help" the Afghan people a while longer.
Guess the war-business isn't quite over yet.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Today's Apocalypse Sign: Obamacare Could Be the Death Of Us All
Whether you voted for Obama or not (I did not) this is a subject that affects all of us in some way. It is already trickling down to my work place. The new law puts in place the obligation of employers to provide health insurance to even part-time employees that work only 30 hours a week. The choices then become, for the employer to reduce the part-time help to roughly 20-25 hours per week (in effect reducing their income and possibly forcing some to get a second PT job), or just simply reducing the work force (raising unemployment levels and increasing the work assignments to the remaining full-time or salaried staff).
Please read the info below and other information you find on line to educate yourself about your situation. Some mighty interesting times are coming.
(This has NOT been a paid policitcal announcement and I endorse this post).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Policy Patriots -
It's Official: More than Half Won't Be Able to Stay in Their Employer Health Plan. If you listened to the campaign rhetoric during the 2008 election, you could be forgiven for thinking that health reform would mainly mean insuring people who cannot afford insurance on their own; in the process there would be no tax increases or benefit cuts for the middle class; and, as President Obama repeatedly stated, "If you like the plan you are in, you can keep it!"
Turns out, the reality is 180 degrees different. Things are likely to change least for low-income people. About 18 million of them will be herded into Medicaid. But with no new doctors or nurses, they will find it more difficult to access care than ever before and, according to a new NCPA brief analysis, will likely show up at hospital rooms in increasing numbers.
Middle-class families who already have insurance will see the biggest change:
Within the next few months, senior citizens will begin receiving notices that their Medicare Advantage plans are being cancelled, and for those who continue in Medicare Advantage, they will see premium increases and benefit cuts. Over the next decade, 7.4 million Medicare Advantage enrollees will lose coverage they would have otherwise had.
By September, between one and two million Americans with limited benefit insurance will lose coverage because their insurance doesn't comply with the "no lifetime limit on benefits" regulation in ObamaCare.
What about "Grandfathered" Health Plans? According to the Administration, health reform would grandfather some health plans and, therefore, spare them from onerous, cost-increasing regulatory burdens. Unfortunately, the news isn't good on that front. Under a "mid-range" estimate, more than half of all workers will not be in grandfathered within three years.
Under the most likely scenario, 87 million Americans will no longer be able to retain their current health plan. In fact, the number could be as high as 117 million. Small businesses will be especially hard hit and as many as 80 percent will lose their grandfathered status by 2013.
From the Administration's own statements, it now appears that "grandfathering" was never intended to be a long-term phenomenon. Eventually, all firms will lose their grandfathered status and, in turn, employees will lose the plans they liked.
...And You Could Be Dropped Anyway. As NCPA President John C. Goodman's recent editorial in The Wall Street Journal made clear, even if you are in a grandfathered plan, your employer could drop your coverage anyway. Although estimates vary, the number of workers estimated to lose their employer-provided insurance is incredible. Consider:
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that between nine and ten million workers will lose their coverage.
The Medicare Chief Actuary predicts that fourteen million employees will be dropped.
Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin estimates the number at thirty-five million.
So, what's the bottom line? Because of ObamaCare, the United States could experience a complete restructuring of the economy, with firms dissolving and emerging solely based on government subsidies. Of course, that will means that millions of American workers won't be able to keep the plan they have now.
Educate Your Friends & Family! ObamaCare isn't just a health care bill. It's a law that increases deficit spending, constricts your access to care, destroys your private health insurance coverage and fundamentally changes your relationship with your doctor. Fight ObamaCare through education. Forward this email to your friends and family and encourage them to sign up for the Policy Patriot Weekly Letter. It's important to you. It'll be important to them, too.
The NCPA Needs You! The work of the National Center for Policy (NCPA) comes at a price. We need your help in order to continue the valuable policy work that we do. Please consider donating to the National Center for Policy Analysis. You can donate online or mail a check to:
National Center for Policy Analysis
P.O. Box 650098
Dallas, Texas 75265-0098
Warm regards,
Jeanette Nordstrom
National Center for Policy Analysis
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sorry to end the Week Of Humor with a sobering subject, however we are all involved in this on some level. (Except for those who live OUTSIDE the US.)
Please read the info below and other information you find on line to educate yourself about your situation. Some mighty interesting times are coming.
(This has NOT been a paid policitcal announcement and I endorse this post).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Policy Patriots -
It's Official: More than Half Won't Be Able to Stay in Their Employer Health Plan. If you listened to the campaign rhetoric during the 2008 election, you could be forgiven for thinking that health reform would mainly mean insuring people who cannot afford insurance on their own; in the process there would be no tax increases or benefit cuts for the middle class; and, as President Obama repeatedly stated, "If you like the plan you are in, you can keep it!"
Turns out, the reality is 180 degrees different. Things are likely to change least for low-income people. About 18 million of them will be herded into Medicaid. But with no new doctors or nurses, they will find it more difficult to access care than ever before and, according to a new NCPA brief analysis, will likely show up at hospital rooms in increasing numbers.
Middle-class families who already have insurance will see the biggest change:
Within the next few months, senior citizens will begin receiving notices that their Medicare Advantage plans are being cancelled, and for those who continue in Medicare Advantage, they will see premium increases and benefit cuts. Over the next decade, 7.4 million Medicare Advantage enrollees will lose coverage they would have otherwise had.
By September, between one and two million Americans with limited benefit insurance will lose coverage because their insurance doesn't comply with the "no lifetime limit on benefits" regulation in ObamaCare.
What about "Grandfathered" Health Plans? According to the Administration, health reform would grandfather some health plans and, therefore, spare them from onerous, cost-increasing regulatory burdens. Unfortunately, the news isn't good on that front. Under a "mid-range" estimate, more than half of all workers will not be in grandfathered within three years.
Under the most likely scenario, 87 million Americans will no longer be able to retain their current health plan. In fact, the number could be as high as 117 million. Small businesses will be especially hard hit and as many as 80 percent will lose their grandfathered status by 2013.
From the Administration's own statements, it now appears that "grandfathering" was never intended to be a long-term phenomenon. Eventually, all firms will lose their grandfathered status and, in turn, employees will lose the plans they liked.
...And You Could Be Dropped Anyway. As NCPA President John C. Goodman's recent editorial in The Wall Street Journal made clear, even if you are in a grandfathered plan, your employer could drop your coverage anyway. Although estimates vary, the number of workers estimated to lose their employer-provided insurance is incredible. Consider:
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that between nine and ten million workers will lose their coverage.
The Medicare Chief Actuary predicts that fourteen million employees will be dropped.
Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin estimates the number at thirty-five million.
So, what's the bottom line? Because of ObamaCare, the United States could experience a complete restructuring of the economy, with firms dissolving and emerging solely based on government subsidies. Of course, that will means that millions of American workers won't be able to keep the plan they have now.
Educate Your Friends & Family! ObamaCare isn't just a health care bill. It's a law that increases deficit spending, constricts your access to care, destroys your private health insurance coverage and fundamentally changes your relationship with your doctor. Fight ObamaCare through education. Forward this email to your friends and family and encourage them to sign up for the Policy Patriot Weekly Letter. It's important to you. It'll be important to them, too.
The NCPA Needs You! The work of the National Center for Policy (NCPA) comes at a price. We need your help in order to continue the valuable policy work that we do. Please consider donating to the National Center for Policy Analysis. You can donate online or mail a check to:
National Center for Policy Analysis
P.O. Box 650098
Dallas, Texas 75265-0098
Warm regards,
Jeanette Nordstrom
National Center for Policy Analysis
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sorry to end the Week Of Humor with a sobering subject, however we are all involved in this on some level. (Except for those who live OUTSIDE the US.)
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Today's Apocalypse Sign: What Will You Do With Your Obamabucks?
The following does not necessary reflect the opinions and thoughts of the blog author...though it mostly does...
Happy Days Are Here Again...
Sometime this year, we taxpayers will again receive another 'Economic Stimulus' payment.
This is indeed a very exciting program, and I'll explain it by using a Q & A format:
Q. What is an 'Economic Stimulus' payment ?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q.. Where will the government get this money ?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money ?
A. Only a smidgen of it.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment ?
A. The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a
high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up..
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.S. economy by
spending your stimulus check wisely:
* If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China or Sri Lanka .
* If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the Arabs.
* If you purchase a computer, it will go to India , Taiwan or China .
* If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico , Honduras and Guatemala ..
* If you buy an efficient car, it will go to Japan or Korea .
* If you purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan .
* If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.
Instead, keep the money in America by:
1) Spending it at yard sales, or
2) Going to ball games , or
3) Spending it on prostitutes, or
4) Beer or
5) Tattoos.
(These are the only American businesses still operating in the U.S. )
Conclusion:
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard
sale and drink beer all day !
No need to thank me, I'm just glad I could be of help.
Happy Days Are Here Again...
Sometime this year, we taxpayers will again receive another 'Economic Stimulus' payment.
This is indeed a very exciting program, and I'll explain it by using a Q & A format:
Q. What is an 'Economic Stimulus' payment ?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
Q.. Where will the government get this money ?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is giving me back my own money ?
A. Only a smidgen of it.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment ?
A. The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a
high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up..
Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.S. economy by
spending your stimulus check wisely:
* If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China or Sri Lanka .
* If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the Arabs.
* If you purchase a computer, it will go to India , Taiwan or China .
* If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico , Honduras and Guatemala ..
* If you buy an efficient car, it will go to Japan or Korea .
* If you purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan .
* If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.
Instead, keep the money in America by:
1) Spending it at yard sales, or
2) Going to ball games , or
3) Spending it on prostitutes, or
4) Beer or
5) Tattoos.
(These are the only American businesses still operating in the U.S. )
Conclusion:
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard
sale and drink beer all day !
No need to thank me, I'm just glad I could be of help.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Today's Apocalypse Sign: What Would You Do, Hotshot?
This test only has one question, but it's a
very important one. By giving an honest
answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The
test features an unlikely, completely fictional
situation in which you will have to make a decision.
Remember that your answer needs to be
honest, yet spontaneous.
Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration
to each line.
THE SITUATION:
You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you caused by flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is
nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making
photos. There are houses and people swirling around
you, some disappearing under the water.
Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury....
===============================================
THE TEST:
Suddenly you see a man and a woman in the water. They
are fighting for their lives, trying not to be taken
down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow they look
familiar. You suddenly realize who they are.
It's Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi!! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take them under forever. You have two options: You can save their lives or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo,
documenting the deaths of two of the world's most powerful
people.
===========================================
THE QUESTION:
Here's the question, and please give an honest
answer......
Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go
with the classic simplicity of black and white?
=
very important one. By giving an honest
answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The
test features an unlikely, completely fictional
situation in which you will have to make a decision.
Remember that your answer needs to be
honest, yet spontaneous.
Please scroll down slowly and give due consideration
to each line.
THE SITUATION:
You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you caused by flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photojournalist working for a major newspaper, and you're caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is
nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot career-making
photos. There are houses and people swirling around
you, some disappearing under the water.
Nature is unleashing all of its destructive fury....
===============================================
THE TEST:
Suddenly you see a man and a woman in the water. They
are fighting for their lives, trying not to be taken
down with the debris. You move closer. Somehow they look
familiar. You suddenly realize who they are.
It's Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi!! At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take them under forever. You have two options: You can save their lives or you can shoot a dramatic Pulitzer Prize winning photo,
documenting the deaths of two of the world's most powerful
people.
===========================================
THE QUESTION:
Here's the question, and please give an honest
answer......
Would you select high contrast color film, or would you go
with the classic simplicity of black and white?
=
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Today's Apocalypse Sign(s): Monkeys, Viagra, and Obama (Not All Together)
MONKEYS
Yesterday I found myself wondering the way I always do (when you're riding 16 hours and there's nothing much to do...what??? Bob Seger???) and then I hear outta the corner of my ear "Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay has his own Facebook page". I stopped, rewound live TV (how did we ever live without being able to do THAT!), and watched as they showed a picture of the Facebook page for the Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay. Go and give it a read. This monkey has over 47,539 fans. It was like all my monkey dreams coming true at once and also extremely unsettling.
I must confess, almost anything and everthing to do with monkeys makes me laugh. Except for the snuff film I saw once that showed people popping the cap off a monkey skull and eating the brains with little tiny spoons. That was just creepy. But everything else involving monkeys I find hilarious.
We even call our Boston Terrier, Caesar, our "little monkey":
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Kinda looks a little monkey-like right?
We even have a stuffed monkey (toy not real) that we take on vacation sort of like the roaming gnome commercials.
But the Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay is the greatest thing yet! They claim the Rhesus Macaque monkey that is running loose in the Tampa Bay/St Petersberg area of Florida may be a decendent to the monkey used in the original Tarzan movie!
Here is the meat of this story: this Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay (I just like writing and saying that!) has evaded authorities for over 2 years!!
They tranquilized it once but it threw its own shit at the guy that shot him and then climbed to the top of the tree to sleep it off. When the drug wore off, he made like Tarzan and got the hell outta there! He now is like a freakin' Monkey Robin Hood, stealing fruit and partying in people's backyards when they aren't home.
Now my question has to be, how are we to believe the authorities can catch terrorists in this country if they cannot even catch a lone primate? They have sent law enforcement, animal control, private bounty hunters (how weird is that)...nothing doing. They know roughly where he is, it is the same 50 square mile area since he was first spotted. They even have said it is quite possibly a previous pet monkey due to the fact that it has been seen looking both ways before crossing the street! WTF!!!
This monkey is making a fool of the authorities. I mean two years?? A blind squirrel finds an acorn more often than that. Maybe we should send a blind squirrel...naaah, nevermind.
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VIAGRA
Here is a reprint of an article from redstate.com
Democrats in the Senate say they are so committed to passing the House’s version of health care
reconciliation fixes verbatim, that they are willing to vote against even the most alluring and unobjectionable of amendments — from legislation banning Viagra for sex offenders to language adding the long-elusive public option.
In what is the final act of the health care reform saga, the Senate on Tuesday began debating reconciliation fixes that the House of Representatives passed two days prior. The process includes a period of what could be unlimited amendments, during which it is widely expected that Republicans will try their best to get the legislation changed.
The idea is that by securing even a slight adjustment in the language, the Senate will have to send the bill back to the House of Representatives for reconsideration. Drawing out the process makes it more likely for it to be tripped up.
On Tuesday, the GOP put its strategy into action, with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okl.) introducing an amendment beyond agreeable. Titled “No Erectile Dysfunction Drugs To Sex Offenders” it would literally prohibit convicted child molesters, rapists, and sex offenders from getting erectile dysfunction medication from their health care providers.
While it will undoubtedly be difficult for Democrats to vote against the measure (one can conjure up the campaign ads already), the party plans to do just that.
“Democrats in the Senate are very unified that this is not going back to the House,” Sen. Wyden (D-Ore.) told the Huffington Post on Tuesday, minutes before the Coburn amendment was introduced.
The coming votes in the Senate on the GOP’s many amendments, including the attempt to ban the provision of viagra to sex offenders, are sure to provide some entertaining political theater and perhaps form the basis for a campaign ad or two against Senate Democrats who are up for reelection in 2010.
In a related monkey story:
See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil
What I want to know about this is why was it ever okay to give sex offenders Viagra?? Do a Google search for "sex offenders banned from viagra" and you will get 74,000 hits that will for sure make you see this as the most recent sign of the apocalypse. I have no more words for this stupidity.
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OBAMA
Oh God please make me stop laughing! When I saw this commercial on TV for the first time I thought Holy Shit! Al Sharpton was going to have another 15 minutes of fame. I am sure this was not endorsed by the NAACP or the Muslim community. I knew it was early in the day but I felt kind of dislocated like I was watching a SNL skit. This is the real shit though.
Here is an article from the Chicago Sun Times addressing the decision by Walgreens to pull this product from their shelves:
Walgreens has pulled a Barack Obama version of the Chia Pet from its stores, and the decision leaves about 200,000 of the pottery plant kits in a West Side Chicago warehouse.
The Deerfield-headquartered drugstore chain made the move Friday after getting a few complaints about the item since the product's April 1 launch, a spokeswoman said.
Walgreens has pulled a Barack Obama version of the Chia Pet from its stores after receiving several complaints.
Chia founder Joseph Pedott -- a Chicago native whose San Francisco-based Joseph Enterprises provides local jobs for the disabled -- said he was inspired to create the Obama head as a show of patriotism.
Pedott, a middle-aged white man, was nervously surveying black women about the product at the Home and Housewares Show in Chicago just two days before the two versions -- a "determined" Obama and a smiling Obama -- hit the stores.
The $19.99 Chia Obama, which sprouts foliage in the space where hair would be, is still available at chiaobama.com, but Pedott said he's trying to find another large brick-and-mortar retailer to sell the item.
The product is the second Chia offering to be based on a person; the company produced a promotional item for Mr. T.
Cheryl V. Jackson
This was funny before the last sentence...Mr T made it hilarious! Who could be next to take their place in chia pet history next to Obama Chia and Mr. T Chia.
I would really like to know the results of those product surveys. Also you can apparently pick up one of the 200,000 leftovers cheap, as a stocking stuffer for next Christmas.
Maybe these three topics weren't as non-related as I first thought.
Oh well, monkeys still make me laugh!
PS. Thanks again Pat for the award!
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