Thursday, October 19, 2006

The "Wall"

Does anyone know why no one in DC is proposing a full, several thousand mile fence between us and Mexico? Well it seems that the powers that be are already in the process of developing an international highway from Mexico to Minnesota and a very long wall would just hinder that process. Now, does that really sound like anyone in charge thinks a wall will work, or for that matter, want one to work. Shit no. It is all lip service til the election is done. Then they can go back to sitting on their fat asses and work only another 76 days next year. For $165000 and up per year, we are really getting our money's worth from these schmucks.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Engagement/ Wedding Process....Friend of Foe?

Thought this would be timely since I have just picked a wedding date. I am now 1.5 months into the engagement process with the Cathedral and Priest now selected and available. This leaves about just under 11 months to fill in the rest of the blanks for the wedding and reception. So far it has been a stressful process and we have not spent dollar #1 yet. I am looking forward to crunch time when we are balancing work, social life, MBA programs, sports, summer, family, and everything else while attempting to make our special day just that...special. I can honestly say that the day after the BIG day will be a joyous event and a great start to the rest of our lives together. Not that any of you( the select few that actually log onto this site) care about the above situation, but since we just established our date, it seemed an appropriate time to chime in on this matter.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Well DUH!!

Gee pal, YA THINK?? These guys and gals stick together like the little balls of poop that stick to your ass hairs and just won't fall properly into the depths of the toilet bowl. To get rid of them ya just HAFTA wipe.
Politicians are about the lowest form of civilized life that I can think of. This is because their jobs basically revolve around "spin"- putting their own version of the truth out there for everyone to see. This means that they put down anything their opponents come up with - even if it's a good thing. This means that they build up anything their side comes up with- even if it ain't such a good thing. This means they HIDE bad things about their side and blow things out of proportion for the other side. It's politics. Nuff said...
My problem with this- meaning THIS case only, not this whole situation of partisan politics- is that it SHOULD be a legal issue only. The case where the guy had a relationship with an underage intern should have seen the guy in jail or UNDER one. The case where the guy text messaged the underage intern should be fully under investigation. If some wrong-doing was found to have happened, he, too, should be put UNDER a jail.
Of COURSE the politicians are gonna have their war of words and this should determine whether the guy gets elected again or not- basically whether he loses his job. However, the LEGAL action is what I wanna know about. Politicians will put all kinds of spin on the situation and I don't care about that. I wanna know the FACTS. Facts will come from the legal investigation- or should.
Your point was that the whole situation sucks and this is true. Any person who closes a blind eye to a potentially illegal situation just because the perp is a friend should be smacked around. Especially if this same person goes OFF against another perp in the same situation just because they are on another team. And that is what we have here- teams. Teams who are playing a game of politics to get their buddy a job in the next election. To do this they hafta get a rival fired. It's a game of who gets elected and who gets ousted...who gets a job and who loses their job. These teams play this politics game against each other but the loser ends up being the American people and that really sucks.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Nancy Pelosi and her pack of flying monkeys

Former Rep. Gerry Studds passed away recently without too much fanfare anywhere except Massachusetts. This gentleman was given a congressional hand slap when he was censured for sexual relationship with an underage male page in 1983. Not only did Mr Studds(such a wonderful porn name if I say so myself) not get brought up on statutory rape, sexual assault, or a host of other felonious acts that applied, he did not resign, get fired, leave after term, NOTHING. He barely received a hand slap for his indiscretions. In fact, the wonderful voters of the state of Massachusetts returned him to office for six more terms, nearly 20 years. What makes this story even better is that when given the opportunity to show leadership and ethical fortitude, Nancy Pelosi chose to offer a handslap to Mr Studds. She voted on no fewer that 3 occasions to give him the handslap ONLY. This is the same person that is calling for the heads of anyone(as long as it is a republican) who knew of Mark Foley's past. She wants leadership in the House, Senate, etc to come down hard on those that knew that he had a problem, yet did not come forward. Well please tell me how an inappropriate Instant Message to an underage male page is worse than an actual SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP with an underage page? Except that one is a FELONY!!! Once again Pelosi proves that she believes what ever the conservatives do or say is wrong and that their actions are satanic and their words are as shallow as a West Virginia Gene Pool. Rep. Studds' actions should have led to much more outrage and the calling for heads of the democratic leaders as well. This never happened. Why? Because it was a democrat and not a republican. This partisan politics is about as senseless and unproductive as it gets. One side says its raining and the other claims the sun is out. No one seems to be able to take anything done by the other side and give an ounce of credit if it is due. Are you telling me that G. W. Bush has done NOTHING in the past 6 years correct(or Clinton the 8 years before that)? I know some of his choices have not turned out to be the best but for Christ's sake, he has done numerous good things that will never be admitted by detractors. Why again do we elect these people?

Accidental oversight...or strategy?

Some interesting information has crossed the desk today. It seems that recently, in a 12 day period, over 150 stories were run at the top news organizations about Mark Foley and his inappropriate Instant Messages to an underage page. This is all well and good considering the child predator implications this places on Foley. However, at this time, Foley has only been proven to "text message" this/these pages. A different story happened a few years back that is much worse that Mark Foley's, but yet was almost a forgotten thought in the media. Former Illinois Rep. Mel Reynolds, Democrat, was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old campaign aid, including solicitation of sex from her 15 year old friend and solicitation of child pornography. The total number of stories that ran across the same top news organizations...19 in a 12 month period. Now there may have been a very good reason that a top congressman being convicted of these heinous acts gets only a nod in the news while Foley is all anyone can talk about. Could it be the 2006 Congressional and Senate elections? Now if that were the case, then you might accuse the media of taking sides. Now that would be just silly. Do not get me wrong, I do not condone anything Mark Foley has done, in fact he is a complete scum bag. However, from a fair balanced stand point, this action only typifies the day to day selective reporting that shows up as "news" each night on the main circuit.