Palin The Palm Reader

These photos are just too good not to pass on. Take a look at Sarah's left hand.



Sarah, at the Tea Bag Convention, had notes written on her hand. It looks like they say

Energy
budget (crossed out) cut Tax
Lift American Spirit

These are her three points of what to do if conservatives take over congress. She gave them in answer to one of the questions during the Q and A session. I only listened to a small part of the Q and A session, but I did hear this question. I only lasted about 5 minutes and then could not listen to any more. It seemed to me at the time that the questions were all pre-arranged. This proves it.

She needs crib notes so she can remember the three MOST important things that conservatives need to do. What does that tell you about her dedication and belief in what she is doing? It tells me that this is all put on. Like the Tea Party Convention, she is in it just for the money.

Sarah Palin -- palm reader.

Don't Be A Girly Man

The Senate republicans are a bunch of "girly men". They are afraid to have a question and answer session with Obama. That tells me that they do not even believe their own bullshit. Not willing to stand up to the President?

What's the matter? Afraid that you are going to hear some more truth like this?

Sanford Flies To DC To Demand Stimulus Money

They don't like examples of what hypocrites they are.

"South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) waged a high-profile war against the economic stimulus package last spring, claiming that accepting the $700 million for which his state was eligible would lead to “a thing called slavery.” Even as his state’s unemployment rate climbed above the national average, Sanford maintained his partisan and politically motivated refusal to take the funds.

But yesterday, Sanford flew to Washington to demand $300 million in stimulus money for education."

He should have stayed on the Appalachian Trail.

Mitch, STFU!

I think that it is reasonable to expect that our leaders to be truthful and honorable people. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (the republican cabbage patch doll) apparently has not got the memo.

He said today, "What happened? He was given a 50 minute interrogation, probably Larry King has interrogated people longer than that."

He is talking about the interrogation of underpants bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The statement is not only ridiculous, but completely wrong. The interrogation of Abdulmutallab has been highly successful provided hither to unknown intelligence about terrorists and their activities.

Here is what Keith Olbermann had to say about it.

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Here is some additional information on what Abdulmutallab has provided.

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So Mitch, shut the fuck up!

Obama On the Offensive

The President is finally taking on the republicans. Here he is today talking about the bipartisan commission on debt reduction.

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Next, he had something to say about the recovery package.

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And, let's not forget about health care.

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It is about time that he starts "taking it" to the republicans.

The New Republican Health Care Plan

Will marry for health insurance.

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Need One More Reason To Be Pissed Off At Bankers?

How about this headline:

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein stands to collect $100 million bonus

Contrast that with this headline:

Gates: $10B vaccine program could save 8.7M lives

I wonder how many lives Mr. Blankfein will save with his $100 million?

Today...

...I lost a friend.

I Can't Buy What?!?

The US is the world's largest arms dealer. We recently announced a $6.4 billion arms sales to Taiwan. It seems to have pissed off the Chinese. Is that a problem? Besides the Chinese hold much of our debt, it could be a problem for the US military.

It seems that China is the only place where we can get permanent magnets is critical to enabling control of aircraft and more specifically cruise missiles guidance systems as well as the Joint Direct Attack Munition or JDAM bomb.

How about that! Foreign interests are the only people we can buy a critical component for the control of our aircraft and some of our most sophisticated weapons.

Maybe we have taken free trade globalization a little too far?

Activist Judges

There has been a lot written about the recent Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that invalidated parts of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, commonly known as the McCain-Feingold Act. Some people agree with the decision and some people don't.

But what is not being asked is where did the Supreme Court get the power to decide if something is unconstitutional?

Ask 100 people on the street, and probably 99, if not 100, of them will answer the Constitution. They will be wrong. Article 3 of the Constitution defines the Judicial Branch. No where in there is the Supreme Court given the power to decide what is constitutional and what is not.

Well then, where did it come from? It came from a Supreme Court decision. Yes! They gave the power to themselves. It came from Marbury v. Madison in 1803. This case made them the ultimate power in deciding constitutional adherence.

Thomas Jefferson, founding father and president at the time, was not happy. He knew the intent of the writers of the constitution. Hell, he knew the writers of the constitution! This is what he had to say at the time.

"To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps. Their maxim is boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem [good justice is broad jurisdiction], and their power the more dangerous as they are in office for life and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control. The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves."
—Thomas Jefferson to William C. Jarvis, 1820. ME 15:277

"Despotism of an oligarchy"

Have we reached that condition?

Are We A Nation Of Dodos?

CNN has just released a poll which shows that nearly 3 out of 4 people (21% most, 24% nearly all, 29% nearly half) believe that nearly half or more of the stimulus money has been wasted. 63 percent of the public thinks that projects in the plan were included for purely political reasons and will have no economic benefit.

Joe Klein at Time Magazine has commented about this poll. He points out two important facts:

1. The largest single item in the package--$288 billion--is tax relief for 95% of the American public.
2. The next highest amount is $275 billion in grants and loans to states. This is why your child's teacher wasn't laid off...and why the fire station has remained open, and why you're not paying even higher state and local taxes to close the local budget hole.

That's right. The two largest items, totaling $563 billion, or about 72% of the total stimulus package was for tax cuts and for money to the states so that they would not have to raise your taxes or cut your services.

Where was the "party of tax cuts" on this legislation? Well, no republicans voted for it in the House and only 3 voted for it in the Senate. So, what does this mean? When the republicans talk about tax cuts, they really mean tax cuts for the rich. When it comes to tax cuts for 95% of Americans, the hard working Americans who go to work every day, they are absent.

Look at their actions, not their words.

Joe Klein ends his article with the following statement:
"It is very difficult to have a democracy without citizens. It is impossible to be a citizen if you don't make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you're a nation of dodos."

Are we a nation of dodos?