February 2009

For years this has been my picture of choice to describe the right:

Today I must replace it with this gem from yesterday’s “tea party” protests the wingnuts held

For those not familiar with the term “teabagging”, please click here when the children aren’t around, then be thankful that those brave Bostonians weren’t opposing a salad tax by tossing salad into the harbor.

The media is in a frenzy about the Democrats getting ready to “fight” President Obama on his Iraq plan. Of course they are – the media loves anything that might have to do with Democratic infighting.

Personally, I support Obama’s plan. Would I like to see all troops out next year? Of course. But I trust Obama. As matter of fact Obama has given us more reason to trust him than any other politician in history. In his first 40 days he has worked to deliver on an unprecedented amount of campaign promises. So since Obama hasn’t given me any reason to not trust him, I am going to take him for his word and judgment. If he really believes that we need 50,000 troops to remain, then we need that. I want what’s best for my country, not what best aligns with my own political belief.

Also just think back to Bush. Constantly Bush said he would listen to his commanders. For years now the commanders in Afghanistan have been yelling for more troops as that region continues to deteriorate. Bush ignored them, and now we got a bigger mess there then when we first entered that war. So the fact that Obama is proving that he is willing to listen and learn from our military leaders is a big bonus, and something we didn’t see in the past eight years.

But I also agree with the Democrats who are against this plan, and would rather see all our troops pulled out. It also makes me proud to be a Democrat.

Let’s compare this to the recent stimulus battle. Three Republican senators broke with their party to vote for the bill. Were they commended on serving their constituents or personal beliefs that got them elected? No. Instead they are facing punishment from their party.

A new study of online porn subscriptions reveal some interesting numbers:

The biggest consumer, Utah, averaged 5.47 adult content subscriptions per 1000 home broadband users; Montana bought the least with 1.92 per 1000. "The differences here are not so stark," Edelman says.

Wow  - I wonder what Orin Hatch has to say about this? Also interesting is that the top states with porn subscribers were also states that voted for John McCain. Damn I can almost see those Nailin Palin videos flying off the shelves.

When I did my previous post, I was searching for a transcript of Jindal’s comments. The first thing Google popped up was this transcript by FOX News. Same thing on Google News. The problem? It is missing a lot of stuff. No mention of sheriff Lee. No mention of the high speed rail or volcano monitoring. As matter of fact, everything Jindal said that was debunked is not in their transcript.

Compare it to the one on CNN, which is what we saw the other night. Wow it seems like FOX really didn’t like Jindal’s speech – so much that they totally changed it. That really is a new low.

And in case FOX decides to change it back, I do have the full copy saved

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