Face Lift

I am in the process of updating this site to the new Blogger features and stuff.

Please ignore any ugly weirdness for the next few days.

The Daily Show - Women's Right To Choose

This is another very amusing clip from the always funny Samantha Bee of The Daily Show.

Click image to watch the video at The Daily Show site.

How To Make A Linkin Park Song

How To Get Into A Club For Free

This one made me laugh. Dress like a DJ, get in anywhere (except a bus apparently).

Just The Facts Ma'am

Palin had a lot to say last night, but how much of it was true, and how much was a lie?

Thankfully the Associated Press keeps tabs on such a thing. Here are some bits I paraphrased from this article:

PALIN: I protected taxpayers from wasteful spending, and said no to the bridge to nowhere.

FACT: As mayor of that tiny town with less than 9,000 people in it, she was responsible for $27m in earmarks. She has requested $750m as governor; more per capita than any other state.

As for the bridge to nowhere, she only rejected the concept of the $398m bridge to a village with 50 people in it, after the idea became ridiculed on national TV. Prior to that she was for it.

PALIN: Obama has written two books, but not written any major legislation.

FACT: Not true. He has been involved in numerous major bills both at state and national level.

PALIN: Obama plans to raise taxes. (Frankly, someone needs to so we can pay off all the debt Bush has run up)

FACT: A recent study showed that Obama would raise middle class tax by about 5% by 2012, and McCain would raise similar tax by 3% in the same period.

However Obama would increase tax on people and small businesses that make more than $250,000 per year. But he also has plans to give over $80Bn in tax breaks to the poor and needy.

McCAIN: Palin is responsible for 20% of the nation's energy (Alaskan Oil). And runs the largest state in the country.

FACT: She is not really responsible for the oil at all. Just like Bush wasn't responsible for Texan oil when he was governor of Texas. And while Alaska may be physically big, by population it is the 47th largest state.

McCAIN: She's commander of the Alaskan National Guard.

FACT: Not really. There's only about 4,200 of them in Alaska and if they are ever to be deployed, they report to the Defense Department, not her.

HUCKABEE: She got more votes running for Mayor than Joe Biden got running for President of the United States.

FACT: Palin got 616 votes to become mayor. When she ran for re-election she got 909 votes.

Biden got 76,165 votes before dropping out of the race.

ROMNEY: We need change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington.

FACT: George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been in charge of Washington since 2000. Congress only changed to a slight Democratic edge in January 2007. And much of their efforts have been vetoed and blocked by Republicans and the President.


So thanks for all the lies. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. In fact, I'm sold: let's vote old man McCain and his Hockey Mom VP!

GOP - Gustav Relief - The Daily Show

This is especially funny. A special report from the GOP conference.

For some reason I was unable to embed this video (if anyone knows how to do that on Blogger from the Comedy Central web site, please let me know). But just click on the image to see the video on their site.

Sarah Palin II

I thought I had been pretty thorough in my previous post about Sarah Palin, the Republican VP candidate. But since old man McCain announced his choice for VP, a lot more facts have come to light. Like the fact that her conservative pro-abstinence, yet oddly pro-contraception stance, has not worked for her unmarried teenage daughter who is now pregnant. Or the fact that she has had to hire a law firm to defend herself in the ongoing investigation where she allegedly abused her power to seek the termination of her ex-brother-in-law from his job as State Trooper.

I came across this interesting blog today that includes some of the answers she gave in a questionnaire she completed when she was being considered for Governor in 2006. The questions and her responses have been paraphrased (except where otherwise indicated), but her full answers and the exact wording of the questions are available at the source. Please enjoy, and as you read, do remember that this is the woman who could be one heart beat away from the president if old man McCain has his way:

• Should abortion be legal in cases of rape, incest, a handicapped baby, cases of genetic defect or to save the life of the mother? Her response: Only if, in the opinion of a doctor, the mother would DIE by having the baby.
• Should children be taught biological facts in sex education classes, or should they be taught abstinence until marriage (without biological facts, such as safe sex practices)? Her response: "Explicit sex education will not find my support." (Too bad her teenage daughter was not given the benefit of a proper sex education.)
• Will you expand laws that try to prevent hate crime? Her response: No.
• Do you support modernising gaming laws, or expanding gambling in the state? Her response: Gambling destroys families. (Alaska is one of a handful of states that don't raise money for good causes with a lottery.)
• Should same sex couples be allowed spousal benefits? Her response: No.
• Are you offended by the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance? Her response: "Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance." As a little education for the wannabe VP, the Pledge of Allegiance was created in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a baptist minister and Christian socialist (yes socialist). He proposed a fifteen word pledge that did not include any reference to a deity. He also proposed the Bellamy Salute, that rather embarrassingly looked exactly like a Nazi salute, and so this was later replaced with the hand on heart gesture. It wasn't until 1954 that the words 'under God' were added, after a few years of religious campaigning. And although I am only a lowly immigrant to these shores, I am pretty sure the Founding Fathers were dead by 1954.
  
• What are your top three priorities as Governor? Her response: "1. Creating an atmosphere where parents feel welcome to choose the venues of education for their children.
  2. Preserving the definition of “marriage” as defined in our constitution.
  3. Cracking down on the things that harm family life: gangs, drug use, and infringement of our liberties including attacks on our 2nd Amendment rights." (Yes that's right, her top three priorities included supporting locking up more people for drug crimes; a policy that has worked so well thus far. And of all the priorities that must exist in that state, her number two priority is to discriminate against homosexuals.)

As some blogs are beginning to observe, this is like a younger female George Bush. While I already suspected that McCain was far too old to attempt to run for office, I honestly never did imagine that his judgment was so badly impaired as to select a woman like this for a running mate.

It's almost like he has given up already. Which is fine with me.

U2 - Original Of The Species

It always amazes me that U2 are not crap. They have been making music for over 20 years, and can still put out incredible songs like this one.

Since I have decided to start adding videos to my blog now, I thought I would add this as my first ever music video. An outstanding song, and interesting video.