The brilliant orator can't work without a safety net. In fact news reports say that he doesn't (can't) give even small speeches without his teleprompter feeding him his lines. Teleprompter malfunctions last summer revealed the true colors of this genius, a stuttering, stumbling buffoon who cannot live up to the hype.
Two questions:
1) How would the media have treated this if it were Bush who were addicted to teleprompters? They crucified him for him less-than-stellar deliveries. It's at least encouraging that the fawning major media has seen through their rose-colored glasses enough to write such a story. I would have expected more from a Harvard graduate, but maybe that explains why Obama hasn't released his college grades.
2) Remember when Palin's teleprompter malfunctioned during her acceptance speech? She didn't miss a beat and gave one of the most impassioned speeches of the campaign. That's MOXY! That's a woman who's firing on all cylinders! This speech was worlds better than when the McCain campaign muzzled her in later with their list of forbidden subjects.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Gratitude
Thank you, oh thank you Mr. Obama for the reduction in Federal Tax in my payroll! Some people I work with have an extra $30 in their check this pay period.
I however got $0 extra.
This is because I take the maximum deductions and pay $0 in Federal Income Tax (though I still pay 7.65% for Social Security/Medicare). Thanks to the Bush Child Tax CREDIT I pay no Federal/National Income Tax so once you calculate what I owe and subtract the child tax credit I owe nothing. So, Mr. Obama, thanks for nothing. You have not managed to buy my vote by potentially giving me $15 a week in my check while increasing my gasoline, electricity, and natural gas costs 50% through Cap and Trade programs. But that's another rant for another day.
I however got $0 extra.
This is because I take the maximum deductions and pay $0 in Federal Income Tax (though I still pay 7.65% for Social Security/Medicare). Thanks to the Bush Child Tax CREDIT I pay no Federal/National Income Tax so once you calculate what I owe and subtract the child tax credit I owe nothing. So, Mr. Obama, thanks for nothing. You have not managed to buy my vote by potentially giving me $15 a week in my check while increasing my gasoline, electricity, and natural gas costs 50% through Cap and Trade programs. But that's another rant for another day.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Yahoo couldn't find it. Neither could Google. Even the local PBS station listings had a mysterious blank spot at 11 pm. I KNEW (or hoped) that I wasn't imagining this odd little show that I would watch with Tessa in the late night hours. You see, it had this computer animated from and a live host. A live host in a goldenrod yellow T-shirt. And an orange face. A jet black hair. And magenta lipstick. And drawn-in eyebrows. A live host that makes these "I love you but I'M GONNA FRICKIN' KILL YOU" faces at the frog. I'm fairly certain they weren't going for the crazed lunatic look but that's exactly what they got. It's also named "Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld". Not Ribit.
More research shows that you can go to the show's official site or even click over to host James Bondy's official site where you can see him without the orange makeup and order an autographed photo or his CD, Songs of the Heart which is chock-full of showtunes! Don't bother to click on the fanpage link - that MySpace page is closed.
If you're really up for a good time click here for the show's closing song! Embedding disabled by request.
More research shows that you can go to the show's official site or even click over to host James Bondy's official site where you can see him without the orange makeup and order an autographed photo or his CD, Songs of the Heart which is chock-full of showtunes! Don't bother to click on the fanpage link - that MySpace page is closed.
If you're really up for a good time click here for the show's closing song! Embedding disabled by request.
WE'LL MAKE MEEELLIONS!
This post is to publicly state my idea so if it get's stolen I'll sue! Either way, implementation of said idea or lawsuit, I make my millions!
Soon to become a trend in fashionable Hollywood circled - spray tans in colors other than orange. Imagine showing up on the red carpet sprayed a lovely teal or perhaps cornflower blue. Saffron yellow, anyone? I've yet to work out the kinks on spraying stripes or paisley but soon the fashion world will be my oyster!
Gotta go... I've got to take a call - I'm working on getting one of the Obama kids to get sprayed purple and appear on the Disney channel.
Soon to become a trend in fashionable Hollywood circled - spray tans in colors other than orange. Imagine showing up on the red carpet sprayed a lovely teal or perhaps cornflower blue. Saffron yellow, anyone? I've yet to work out the kinks on spraying stripes or paisley but soon the fashion world will be my oyster!
Gotta go... I've got to take a call - I'm working on getting one of the Obama kids to get sprayed purple and appear on the Disney channel.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
All Over The Place
It must be tough to be a liberal/Democrat and look yourself in the mirror these days.
The most recent straw was having your anti-war president agree to send 17,000 troops to Aphganistan.
Earlier that same day your enviro-friendly president took an unnecessary trip to Denver to sign the "stimulus" bill. Whenever the President of the United States travels it isn't just a single private airplane, which is bad enough if you're truly concerned about the environment. First there is an airplane with his armored limo. Then there's Air Force One. And there's also an identical airplane that flies at the same time as a decoy. Talk about a giant carbon footprint every time he flies on an airplane whether it's to Denver, Russie, or the Circle K! This one trip, just because he felt the need to "get out", emitted more of those pesky greenhouse gases than my entire family will emit in an entire year.
But of course the liberal motto is always "Do as I say, not as I do." Hey Gore - wink wink.
And he had to sign this emergency bill because emergencies are great for pushing through legislation that otherwise would make people's eyes bleed. Which is why I don't think O'Bomberman is all that concerned about preventing another terrorist strike. You read that right. I really don't think the current acting President of the United States cares if innocent civilians die as a result of a terrorist attack because then it's another emergency and another opportunity to grab more power. I didn't care much for Bush (Jr. or Sr.) but at least it can be said that he kept this country safe for nearly eight years.
One more time on the "need" for this stimulus package. Under Clinton (Democrat) there was the Community Reinvestment Act that was used by ACORN to pressure banks to make bad loans to people who would not normally meet the requirements for said housing loans. But they got the loans because they were minorities and there were quotas to meet. The banks were eager to get these extremely risky loans off their books and sold them to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, a government institution that mascaraeded as a private institution. The Republicans tried SEVENTEEN TIMES to get some regulation, oversight, or auditing on the issue but were consistently blocked. By Democrats. Democrats who received millions of dollars from Freddie and Fannie. Republicans too were on the take, though only a small percentage compared to the Democrats (and shame on them that any of them took any money... shame on lots of things).
Guess who received the second most money in all of Congress even though he was only there a handful of years? O'Bomberman.
Freddie and Fannie then bundled these bad loans into high-grade securities and sold them on the stock market. A very good explanation of how this all worked is here.
Eventually the banks were full of bad risky loans, Freddie and Fannie were full of bad risky papers, and the stock market was full of bad risky securities, all as a result of the forced quota system. A house of cards. Topple topple topple as soon as these loans, which any actuary would tell you would have an extremely high default rate, began to default.
But at least we can sit back and watch the trailer for Blood Freak, the world's only Christian Slasher Anti-Drug movie. And kids, that's not a paper mache turkey mask... it's a mutated turkey-guy. Warning - it's a bit bloody.
The most recent straw was having your anti-war president agree to send 17,000 troops to Aphganistan.
Earlier that same day your enviro-friendly president took an unnecessary trip to Denver to sign the "stimulus" bill. Whenever the President of the United States travels it isn't just a single private airplane, which is bad enough if you're truly concerned about the environment. First there is an airplane with his armored limo. Then there's Air Force One. And there's also an identical airplane that flies at the same time as a decoy. Talk about a giant carbon footprint every time he flies on an airplane whether it's to Denver, Russie, or the Circle K! This one trip, just because he felt the need to "get out", emitted more of those pesky greenhouse gases than my entire family will emit in an entire year.
But of course the liberal motto is always "Do as I say, not as I do." Hey Gore - wink wink.
And he had to sign this emergency bill because emergencies are great for pushing through legislation that otherwise would make people's eyes bleed. Which is why I don't think O'Bomberman is all that concerned about preventing another terrorist strike. You read that right. I really don't think the current acting President of the United States cares if innocent civilians die as a result of a terrorist attack because then it's another emergency and another opportunity to grab more power. I didn't care much for Bush (Jr. or Sr.) but at least it can be said that he kept this country safe for nearly eight years.
One more time on the "need" for this stimulus package. Under Clinton (Democrat) there was the Community Reinvestment Act that was used by ACORN to pressure banks to make bad loans to people who would not normally meet the requirements for said housing loans. But they got the loans because they were minorities and there were quotas to meet. The banks were eager to get these extremely risky loans off their books and sold them to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, a government institution that mascaraeded as a private institution. The Republicans tried SEVENTEEN TIMES to get some regulation, oversight, or auditing on the issue but were consistently blocked. By Democrats. Democrats who received millions of dollars from Freddie and Fannie. Republicans too were on the take, though only a small percentage compared to the Democrats (and shame on them that any of them took any money... shame on lots of things).
Guess who received the second most money in all of Congress even though he was only there a handful of years? O'Bomberman.
Freddie and Fannie then bundled these bad loans into high-grade securities and sold them on the stock market. A very good explanation of how this all worked is here.
Eventually the banks were full of bad risky loans, Freddie and Fannie were full of bad risky papers, and the stock market was full of bad risky securities, all as a result of the forced quota system. A house of cards. Topple topple topple as soon as these loans, which any actuary would tell you would have an extremely high default rate, began to default.
But at least we can sit back and watch the trailer for Blood Freak, the world's only Christian Slasher Anti-Drug movie. And kids, that's not a paper mache turkey mask... it's a mutated turkey-guy. Warning - it's a bit bloody.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Powers of Ten
An amazing little film from way back in the day. All done without CG. As Fat Albert said, "If you're not careful you might just learn something."
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Dunce Cap
I must just be stupid.
Oil yesterday was $35.94 per barrel. According to my feeble records it's not been that low since I started keeping track. But when I went to get some gas yesterday it cost me $1.969 per gallon. That's what I paid when oil was $62.41 per barrel in early November, nearly double the price. Why isn't gas $1.25 by now? Why does the cost of oil get cut nearly in half and I pay the same for gas but when the price for oil doubles I pay more than double for gas? Must be that new math or something.
Oil yesterday was $35.94 per barrel. According to my feeble records it's not been that low since I started keeping track. But when I went to get some gas yesterday it cost me $1.969 per gallon. That's what I paid when oil was $62.41 per barrel in early November, nearly double the price. Why isn't gas $1.25 by now? Why does the cost of oil get cut nearly in half and I pay the same for gas but when the price for oil doubles I pay more than double for gas? Must be that new math or something.
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