Snow Where??

For those who don't believe how weather patterns are changing throughout the world one needs to see what happened in Baghdad. It snowed there for the first time in memory. Some people might say that hell (at least for the troops that are there) froze over for the first time.

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-31352620080111

Huh??

I didn't have a chance to talk about the following Bush quote since he said it the other day but it's something that really pisses me off and it really shows Bush's continued ignorance toward history.

Bush said "Israel has to stop occupying Arab land" regarding Palestine

Now I'm not sure how much Bush knows what ACTUALLY happened BUT this is land Israel won when ARAB countries decided to attack Israel and failed miserably. And I've never really understood why Palestinians really blame Israel when it's Egypt's, Lebanon, Syria who really is to blame. Another thing I don't understand is if you look at the original plan for a Palestinian state is it was supposed to include parts of Syria and Egypt YET they have NEVER been asked to make sacrifices giving up their land? It's all been up to Israel who should NOT have to give up any land until it's shown that the Palestinians sole purpose is to destroy Israel which is something they said they want time after time.

And another thing Bush SHOULD NOT be doing is making stupid-ass comments like that because the UNITED STATES is doing the same exact thing right now in Iraq.

I always said those who fail to understand history are doomed to repeat it. Bush is proving that as always.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/5442501.html

Any Reason

Is there any disputing Bush is looking for ANY REASON to attack Iran? Did anyone see the bogus video released by the NAVY which claimed Iranian boats tried to provoke an incident with United States ships in the Persian Gulf? I'm sorry but we know since Bush lied when he said Iran had Nuclear Weapons he must be lying about this since he wants more deaths for our troops. And if you look and the Gulf of Tonkin, the phony incident which got us involved in the Vietnam War there is precedent.

Is it important

How important is race and gender when choosing a candidate?

I also remember when Keith Ellison got elected to Congress as the first Muslim-American many people felt for the sole reason he was part Muslim he should not be allowed to serve because so many people associate being Muslim as being a terrorist. In fact I have the comment in my archives from Glen Beck (on CNN Headline News) directly commenting to Ellison "hey are you a terrorist?"

Also Obama has also taken heat from guys like Limbaugh who compare him to Osama intentionally to try to compare him to a terrorist which any sane person knows is not true.

This is not saying anyone who believes a woman or an African American or a Muslim or anyone of a different race or sex doesn't deserve to be President is a racist. They are truly though I feel resistant to change and resistant to except the fact there are more qualified people to be President then middle aged white males.

Is it me

I've kinda noticed this but I wonder if it's me or not.

I'm wondering why it seems the media is seemingly telling the media who to vote for instead of people like myself who do their own research.

For example you noticed how for a long time McCain was the media darling from the Republicans then all the sudden the media seemed to jump on the Fred Thompson bandwagon when he entered the race then all the sudden the media jumped on the Romney bandwagon then he slipped and then the media jumped on Huckabee bandwagon now the right wing media is back on the McCain bandwagon since it appears he is going to win the New Hampshire Primary tonight.

Then on the Democrats side it seemed the media had a forgone conclusion the election was Hillary's to lose but now the media is jumping on the Obama bandwagon. Now to me the best Democratic Candidate is no longer in the race and never seemed to get any media coverage to begin with which is really strange as well.

So the question is is the media reacting to the people or is it vice versa.

One more comment on the right-wing media how come when Al Gore ran the media complained all the time how he was a robot now they are complaining how Hillary is too emotional? Talk about bias showing.

More lies from guess who?

thanks to thinkprogress.org

You know everything the Bush Administration (especially the so-called President)says is a lie so why does this quote not surprise me at today's daily briefing:

QUESTION: Senator Clinton said on Saturday that the U.S. economy was slipping towards a recession. Is that a view the White House shares; why or why not?

FRATTO: I don’t know of anyone predicting a recession.

So we have a few quotes:

Harvard University economist Martin Feldstein: We are now talking about [a recession happening] more likely than not. … I have been saying about 50 percent. This now pushes it up a bit above that.” [1/5/08]

Lawrence Summers: “[T]he odds now favour a US recession that slows growth significantly on a global basis. Without stronger policy responses than have been observed to date, moreover, there is the risk that the adverse impacts will be felt for the rest of this decade and beyond.” [11/25/07]

National Association for Business Economics survey: “The number of economists forecasting the U.S. will slip into recession almost doubled over the last two months.” [11/19/07]

Warren Buffett: “If I had to pick the chances that we are going into a recession, I would say they are fairly significant.” [10/29/07]

CBO Director Peter Orszag: “The risk of a recession is clearly elevated.” [9/18/07]

So these people are no ones?? Give me a break. I wish I could snap my fingers like Bush thinks he can and say everything's alright when way smarter people then he are saying it isn't. Bush either doesn't pay attention or doesn't care. Either way as usual he's wrong. Ignoring it is not the answer.

NFL

I'm reading a column by T.J. Simers in the Los Angeles Times today he is talking about how Los Angeles is doing just fine without a professional football team(well USC might count). And wanted to touch up on that. It's been many years since the Rams and Raiders left Los Angeles now both teams are on tv a lot (unfortunately since both teams were bad this year) but taking a look at things the only NFL team in Southern California, the San Diego Chargers, barely sell out their playoff game this week against USC Killer Vince Young and the Tennessee Titans.

Personally I don't miss the NFL. We usually get the best games on TV each week and as the NFL surely sees ratings are up in Los Angeles.

I do know though the NFL needs Los Angeles.

I also know the NFL has said they will NOT (thank god) put a team in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

So where does it go from here? We will see.

Is it me??

I realize I'm a novice in politics but I'm confused on one thing after the caucus Thursday: Why is the media saying John McCain was the big winner when he finished fourth. I mean (thanks to thinkprogress.org) some quotes:

MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle: “McCain’s stance on the war. They view it because of who he is and the eye contact during these town meetings. He’s the Babe Ruth of town meetings.”

Fox News’ Greta van Susteren: “I can’t think of anyone happier tonight than Sen. John McCain.”

Politico’s Mike Allen: “Tonight is a fantastic night for John McCain. … He’s one of the biggest winners of the night.”

Newsweek’s Jon Meacham: “To me, the great story about Sen. McCain is, when in doubt, give principle a try.”

Fox News’ Carl Cameron: “Inside Washington, he’s been a real maverick outsider.”

I mean he lost to Huckabee,Romney,Thompson and he's being hailed as a hero. For that matter why isn't the media giving Edwards more publicity for his 2nd place finish yesterday still giving their coverage to Hillary?

And the winner is?

For those not aware the winners of the Iowa Caucus are:

Democrats: Barack Obama

Republicans: Mike Huckabee

Funny Obama spent the most money in Iowa among Democrats and won yet Huckabee spent the least amount of money among Republicans and won.

I would sure hate to be on the plane ride to New Hampshire with Hillary Clinton tonight.

Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to remind you this is only round one. There are 49 more states with New Hampshire voting on Tuesday.

Last to enter first to go??

Remember Fred Thompson? When he entered the race the media just gushed all over him saying he was a savior for the Republicans. Now I see where he might drop out of the race if he doesn't do well in Iowa today. He just didn't have any energy and didn't bring anything to the table that would make people gravitate to him.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7682.html

A favor please

Ladies and gentlemen (and anyone in between) I need a favor. I added a link to a website called technorati.com and if anyone could click it and add this site as a favorite I would appreciate it. It's a website where they rank blogs etc. so I can hopefully get more exposure. Thanks again.

A few questions

I found these at dailykos thought I'd like to get your opinions:

With the caucus tomorrow and ours in February I would like to ask the following questions about what you think. This applies to any candidate from any party:

Who do you think will be the best on policy?

Who is showing leadership?

Who is playing to win?

Who is the best defender of your ideals?

Who is the most likeable?

Who do you think will make the best President?

Who should the Vice President be?

Where to begin

Interesting way to start off the New Year. Oil hits $100 a barrel thanks to Bush. (I'm sorry Robert if you take a look at prices before Bush and now this is a direct result of his attacking Iraq for no reason and Afghanistan for a reason but failing miserably)

We have turmoil in Bush dictator supported in Pakistan

We have the Iowa Caucus tomorrow

We should know who the Democratic and Republican nominees are in about a month or so after Super Tuesday

Welcome to 2008

Predictions

Ok I promised a few predictions. Some will be serious some will be funny(or at least try to be)

Bush will continue to make a mockery of laws in this country as he has done so many times before

The United States, under Bush's "leadership", will continue to be the most hated country in the world

Memphis will win the NCAA Basketball Championship. UCLA will make the Final Four again and USC will make the sweet 16

The Detroit Tigers will win the World Series

The New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl (duh)

Congress and Senate will not impeach Bush or Cheney despite the numerous laws they broke and will continue to break

Nothing will come out of the destroyed CIA tapes even though anyone with half a brain knows Bush/Cheney authorized it

The mainstream media will continue to give Bush a pass despite scandal after scandal

Congress and Senate unfortunately still will not develop a spine and challenge Bush

Despite good efforts from the Bush Administration there will still not be a peace deal in the middle east between Israel and Palestine

The winner of the Presidential Election will be:

(Yeah like I know)

The media will still rather talk about famous people being arrested instead of actual issues

USC will win the Rose Bowl (again duh)

Bush will continue to ignore states with natural disasters

The writers strike will be settled sometime before the Academy Awards

Republicans will continue to ignore Global Warming despite the obvious effects it is causing in the United States

There will be no "fair and balanced" radio. My definition of fair and balanced is for every conservative host there is a liberal host. Ladies and gentlemen that's fair.

The housing crisis will create a recession but it will correct itself after about a year

I don't wanna know how high gas prices will go. All I know is in 2002 gas was $1.55 a gallon now under Bush's torture we see it well over $3.00

Well that's all I have for now I hope everyone does have a happy New Year as always do not drink and drive and I will see everyone next year

O'Idiot

I forgot to talk about Bill O'Idiot's column yesterday in the Los Angeles Daily News as he talks about faith and politics. He wonders why Democrats get a pass on it. It's simple really the reason why Democrats get a pass is because Democrats to make it an issue as Republicans do. Republicans force faith on us when most people just wish to worship how they please.

Sorry Bill O. People like you who once said "if you don't like this as a Chrstian Country you should go to Israel" are what is wrong with the Republican Party because last I checked you are free to worship how you please here in the United States.

Interesting Year

This has been an interesting year to say the least. A few highlights on what we learned

We learned that Democrats don't have a spine. At least yet. Bush got everything he wanted and then some and the bills he vetoed which help people like our troops show how he doesn't care even though Bush put them in harm's way.

We learned Bush is able to break as many laws as he can violating citizens civil rights as well as our constitution.

We learned whatever Bush says is a lies. Period

We learned that the media supports Bush in whatever he does

We learned no matter how many laws Bush breaks the Congress won't impeach him

We learned that insurance companies like Cigna don't care about their covered patients

We learned it's ok to talk about Democrats private sex lives but when Republicans (Larry Craig, David Vitter, Rudy Gulliani so far) have affairs we should shut up. Especially since they attacked Bill Clinton on his private sex life.

We learned that the election cycle is way too long

We were reminded Bush still hasn't captured Osama Bin Laden

We learned if you are in the Justice Department if you prosecute Republicans you get fired

We learned the media, instead of talking about real problems and news in our country, would rather talk about Brittney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, etc.

We learned that people care more about things like steroids then issues that matter

We learned David Beckham coming to Los Angeles didn't really do much to promote Soccer

We learned the Los Angeles Kings still suck

We learned that despite a couple of loses USC is still the most dominant football school in So Cal

We learned how much of an egomaniac Kobe Bryant is

Chritmas Grinch

I have two candidates for my Christmas Grinch award this year. First is Cigna Insurance for denying insurance coverage for someone who needed to liver transplant claiming it was "experimental surgery" when it's not. And of course the teenager died.

But the winner, (I know you are shocked) ,continuing to show how he hates American Soldiers who are in harms way is George Bush. The reason is he announced he is going to veto the Defense Policy Bill which among other things gives are brave men and women soldiers a pay raise. His claim of why he is vetoing it is the most stupid thing I've ever heard "on grounds that it would derail Iraq's efforts to rebuild its country".

We now that Bush hates the soldiers as much as he hates America. The last year of him in office can't come soon enough.

Sad

It's a sad day as the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Bhutto was shot and killed at a rally. While I'm sure Al Queda will be blamed this is a job authorized I believe by the current leader of Pakistan. And also the fact that we are there creates the lack of stability there.

Facts about Media

After reading a letter in the Los Angeles Daily News blasting the "liberal media" I want to again remind the writer the following conservative facts about all networks:

ABC on the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks aired the documentary path to 9/11 which pretty much absolved all blame from George Bush and placed it on Bill Clinton.

CBS refused to air a movie that godforbid didn't put Ronald Reagan in a positive light.

CNN has programs hosted by Lou Dobbs, Glen Beck both well-noted conservatives as well as having Robert Novack and many others

MSNBC Tucker Carlson, Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews are all conservative.

So the myth of the liberal media is just that. I wish these people would stop listening to liars like Rush LImbaugh and open their eyes to facts.

More Right Racism

I know this will upset Robert but this is from Republican right-wing Presidential nominee Ron Paul. From his newsletter in 1992. No wonder he is gaining among Republicans.

http://www.dailykos.com/

Indeed, it is shocking to consider the uniformity of opinion among blacks in this country. Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5% of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty, and the end of welfare and affirmative action.... Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the "criminal justice system," I think we can safely assume that 95% of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.

If similar in-depth studies were conducted in other major cities, who doubts that similar results would be produced? We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, but it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings, and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.

What another loser. Perfect for the Republican Party.