A Chicken Is Not Pillage

Palin/Bachmann in '12!

Some folks will be dissecting the Rube Goldberg machine of the McCain campaign for many years to come; mostly because several of it's wingnuts and broken gears have been re-purposed for our amusement.  Though I applaud the diligence of the journalists who will continue to study the egos of those that derailed an otherwise poor Presidential run, there really isn't much that I wish to write about it.  My view of it all sums up very quickly, and is penned vastly better than ever I could, by TBogg.

I agree with Jason Zengerle that you have to feel kind of bad for  McCain strategist Steve Schmidt even if he did have a hand in picking the Nome Nitwit as McCain's running mate. As a candidate, McCain was shit-on-a-stick and rolling him in the nuts that is the Palin snowbilly circus sideshow didn't make him any more appealing. But, in the face of the Obama Megatron Steamroller,  the McCain campaign had little choice but to throw the Hail Mary pass that was Bible Spice and then pray that they could keep the media at bay by dazzling them with winks and Wasilla Valley cornpone.

UPDATE:  Just so's we're clear about where I'm coming from:

DRAFT BACHMANN!  But for the VP run, not a mere crazy-ass Governor.

Mr. Smalley Goes To Washington

Y'all already know it.  I just want to celebrate it a little.

Quote of the Day

"All of us are happy — Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds on this day,"

As the US troops pulled out of the Iraqi cities.  I wish these people the best; I really do.  It's their country, and it's absolutely about time we gave it back.  Our soldiers did a helluva job over there.  But we're not their masters, their betters or their babysitters.  Yup, they'll trip and fall, and they'll make mistakes.  Those are theirs to make.  It's about time that we recognize that they can't stand up if we won't stand down.

The Monday Dinosaur

Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus

Another contender for the throne of baddest ass carnivorous Therapods is the Spinosaurus.  It does have legitimate claim to being the largest, but certainly not the toughest.  Admit it, you knew in Jurassic Park III that as soon as the T-Rex clamped down on that pretenders neck the fight was all over.  Right?  AMIRIGHT!?!

Bad Guys

Senator Jay Rockefeller lays it down:

"There is a very small chance any Republicans will vote for this health-care plan. They were against Medicare and Medicaid [created in the 1960s]. They voted against children's health insurance.

"We have a moral choice. This is a classic case of the good guys versus the bad guys. I know it is not political for me to say that," Rockefeller added.

"But do you want to be non-partisan and get nothing? Or do you want to be partisan and end up with a good health- care plan? That is the choice."

Bipartisanship is a dodge, a cheat, an escape.  Above all, it's simply stupid.

Shoot The Messenger Seems Wisdom To These Yutzes

For many long weeks now, I have been trying, angrily at times, to get the single payer advocates to quit babbling about the superiority of their plan and actually review the process of implementation.  It is not enough to say that we need to get from point A to point C without having a plan to get there.  I've taken no small amount of heat for asking, "excuse me, Mr. Big Idea Guy, How you do that?"

The answer is actually simple.  If you want universal coverage and you don't want a forced coercive mandate, than the American way is to have the government provide what private insurance provides, only to more people and better (cheaper).  A strong public option is the way to go.  It's a matter of competition.  There are those who have already ceded the game, and are obviously bitter about it.  There are those with patience, who hold to the idea that actual competition is a better way to go.  I am happy to know that the President sides with me.

I've no doubt that I will hear even more about how Obama will betray us, and Democrats want to supply their corporate masters with an endless supply of kitten blood.  My only response, the only response necessary, is this:

Maybe so.  But I'm willing to have a little faith in competition and my fellow Americans, (okay, very little.)  And I'm willing to have a little faith in the President, who's been in office for 5 months.  If you think that's stupid or naive, don't bother to tell me about it.  I'm tired of the bullshit, and you can't do anything about it anyway, can you?  Well, can you?

Zombieland

Now, this looks fun.

Zombieland.  This is easily the role that Woody Harrelson was born to play.  But I must say, I still don't cotton to zombies running.  Zombies don't run.  That's a fact, brother ... A FACT.

However, I have been remiss and slacking.  I cannot apologize enough for having never brought you The Zombie World News.

The Monday Dinosaur

(A day late.  Hey!  I've been camping.)

  Giganotosaurus Carolinii

Popular culture seems determined to dethrone the king of carnivorous theropods, the T-Rex.  Giganotosaurus is a contender to the throne, since it's larger than the Tyrannosaur, or at least 'might' be.   (T-Rex B from the Hell Creek dig begs to differ.)   Regardless, look at the skull on Giganotosaurus and it becomes clear that this is a dainty boned flower next to the larger brained, structurally reinforced and better dentured Tyrannosaur.

Aren't They The Most Darling Little Hypocrites?

Shorter Steve Eschenbacher:

"Disregard anything that stands against my point, but in the broad venue of our political sphere, the  scandalous scalawags who are Democrats are fattened greedy bastards and the Republicans are huggable horny rapscallions.  We should market Republican in a body spray!"

Now THAT'S funny

I swear that half our Congress is populated with heckled rejects from open mic night at the Joke Factory.  Many of these people are really cARAAZZY!  And the biggest loon in the rain puddle is certainly, Michelle Bachmann.  Truly, a Gong Show reject elected to office on her talent to painfully amuse.