Corporation & State
Oct 26, 2011
Angry Taxpayers
Just sayin'.
And in ten years this image will be as dated as Pac Man chasing Ronald Reagan around the White House.
Oct 23, 2011
Week in Review and Sunday Comics Oct 23, 2011
Well, I made it to the end of the week. Glad you're here with me. Let's review, shall we?
Quadaffy
was shot in the face and thrown into a freezer. Obama took the credit.
That's fine as long as he takes the credit for what happens next.
A bunch of exotic animals were released in Ohio when their keeper open their cages and then shot himself. The police went on some kind of mad shooting spree knocking down 56 animals. 18 Bengal tigers, 17 Lions, and six black bears. Six were taken alive. A monkey might have been eaten... Why'd they shoot them? Ohio police don't have dart guns with Tiger tranquilizers, do they? And if the lions, tigers and bears had attacked even one person - a child - everyone would be asking why the cops hadn't just shot these animals. Now, here's a question - why was a suicidal animal keeper allowed to have so many exotic animals? Apparently Ohio is not a stranger to Exotic Pets.
Israel
made the most lopsided prisoner swap in the history of prisoner swaps
this week. After 5 years Gliad Shailt was released - in exchange for 477
Palestinians (and another 500 to be named later), some of them were
successful terrorists. Imagine the victim's families reaction. Some say that Israel won in the deal -- and Egypt helped broker the deal. Seems to me that Egypt is the real winner.
Dan Wheldon was brutally murdered on the highway - oh, I mean in a 15 car pile up on the highway. No, on a closed track. Going 250 miles an hour. Well, to quote George Carlin - "...it's the only reason I'm tuning in is to see a crash. I mean, when am I going to be able to see a 54 car pile up and not be in the thing?" Sorry. Cold and mean? Probably.
GOP
debate, what 19? They really ought to quit yelling at each other if any
of them wants to get out of the primaries alive. 9-9-9 or is it 9-0-9?
An electrified Mexican fence - unless it's a joke? Come on Mr. Cain.
Mitt and Romney ought to get swords. No, lightsabers. I'd tune in for
that.
The Zombieland creators are prepping to make a Zombieland TV show. And the Walking Dead season 2 started up again on AMC. It got me thinking - Dracula and Frankenstein had origins and re-boots, but why are zombies so prevalent, especially in the US. Christians, dude. They believe in that sort of thing actually happening.
Occupy A Bunch of streets went global - but because there's no real organization and it's as corruptible as the early Tea Party - yeah, I said it - it gave a bunch of people in Rome an excuse to replay the London Riots. This is not going to end well. Meantime - Read Andy Borowitz's 'Correspondence from the offices of Goldman Sachs' to the Occupiers.
Steve Job's bio comes out soon. Someone must have left it on a bar stool in Silicon Valley, because I already have read the juicy parts.
Well those were the parts worth mentioning since I didn't care to bother getting around to it earlier in the week. Hope to see you 'round next time.
Quadaffy
was shot in the face and thrown into a freezer. Obama took the credit.
That's fine as long as he takes the credit for what happens next.A bunch of exotic animals were released in Ohio when their keeper open their cages and then shot himself. The police went on some kind of mad shooting spree knocking down 56 animals. 18 Bengal tigers, 17 Lions, and six black bears. Six were taken alive. A monkey might have been eaten... Why'd they shoot them? Ohio police don't have dart guns with Tiger tranquilizers, do they? And if the lions, tigers and bears had attacked even one person - a child - everyone would be asking why the cops hadn't just shot these animals. Now, here's a question - why was a suicidal animal keeper allowed to have so many exotic animals? Apparently Ohio is not a stranger to Exotic Pets.
Israel
made the most lopsided prisoner swap in the history of prisoner swaps
this week. After 5 years Gliad Shailt was released - in exchange for 477
Palestinians (and another 500 to be named later), some of them were
successful terrorists. Imagine the victim's families reaction. Some say that Israel won in the deal -- and Egypt helped broker the deal. Seems to me that Egypt is the real winner.Dan Wheldon was brutally murdered on the highway - oh, I mean in a 15 car pile up on the highway. No, on a closed track. Going 250 miles an hour. Well, to quote George Carlin - "...it's the only reason I'm tuning in is to see a crash. I mean, when am I going to be able to see a 54 car pile up and not be in the thing?" Sorry. Cold and mean? Probably.
GOP
debate, what 19? They really ought to quit yelling at each other if any
of them wants to get out of the primaries alive. 9-9-9 or is it 9-0-9?
An electrified Mexican fence - unless it's a joke? Come on Mr. Cain.
Mitt and Romney ought to get swords. No, lightsabers. I'd tune in for
that.The Zombieland creators are prepping to make a Zombieland TV show. And the Walking Dead season 2 started up again on AMC. It got me thinking - Dracula and Frankenstein had origins and re-boots, but why are zombies so prevalent, especially in the US. Christians, dude. They believe in that sort of thing actually happening.
Occupy A Bunch of streets went global - but because there's no real organization and it's as corruptible as the early Tea Party - yeah, I said it - it gave a bunch of people in Rome an excuse to replay the London Riots. This is not going to end well. Meantime - Read Andy Borowitz's 'Correspondence from the offices of Goldman Sachs' to the Occupiers.
Steve Job's bio comes out soon. Someone must have left it on a bar stool in Silicon Valley, because I already have read the juicy parts.
Well those were the parts worth mentioning since I didn't care to bother getting around to it earlier in the week. Hope to see you 'round next time.
Oct 22, 2011
US Out of Iraq
Yea! The US is leaving Iraq after 9 years....Bill Maher said, "I think it's good we're finally leaving Iraq to the people we fought the Iraq war for... Haliburton "
...But the other side of this story is that Iraq rejected the US's request to maintain bases after troop withdrawal.
But you'd have to read that version outside of the US to get that sort of perspective.
And Tehran has more influence in Iraqi politics than the "liberators" do.
Hmm. That's probably not a "win" then is it?
Well, it's something that rhymes with win... spin!
"My Campaign Promise fulfilled!" Just don't look under the rug for the truth.
Saber Rattling
Obama Hails Death Of Muammar Gaddafi As Foreign Policy Success
The President warned
other Middle Eastern dictators, particularly Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad, that they could be next. Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Mr.
Obama, hailed the lifting of the "dark tyranny" over Libya after the
new government confirmed Muammar Gaddafi had been killed, issuing a
warning to other dictators in the Middle East – and particularly Syria –
that they could be next.
Although Obama did not name Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, it was he Obama had in mind when he said the rule of the iron fist in the Middle East is inevitably coming to an end. Those leaders that try to deny the push for democracy will not succeed, he predicted. Read more ....
Two things are immediately troubling about this statement: 1) the US actively tried to pretend to have nothing to do with the Libyan Kinetic Action, but now is taking all the credit, and 2) this particular President campaigned against "Stupid Wars". Stupid Wars - we have 5 of them. Had six yesterday. All wars are pretty stupid - ask a veteran. Now Mr. Obama is saber rattling and trying to scare Assad? Maybe Iran? If anything, Assad and Mock-mood will cling harder to power and try even harder to stop dissent with violence and guns rather than reform because they've seen exactly what will happen to them if they don't.
And to really sit and analyze a US Foreign Policy "Win" - the death of a world leader, in front of an open microphone, isn't exactly a bright idea. But I think to a President who'll do anything to get another 4 years, pretending that he personally shot Quadaffy means he thinks that he's a better shot than Ronald Reagan.
One last thought - what, exactly, is Democracy in the Middle East? Are you absolutely sure that's a Foreign Policy "win" for the US? I don't, but I can run a couple scenarios in my head, and 98 out of 100 aren't exactly "wins" for the US or Israel. I certainly wouldn't be trumpetting success until I knew for sure that the new guys aren't as bad or worse than the old guys.
The President warned
other Middle Eastern dictators, particularly Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad, that they could be next. Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Mr.
Obama, hailed the lifting of the "dark tyranny" over Libya after the
new government confirmed Muammar Gaddafi had been killed, issuing a
warning to other dictators in the Middle East – and particularly Syria –
that they could be next.Although Obama did not name Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, it was he Obama had in mind when he said the rule of the iron fist in the Middle East is inevitably coming to an end. Those leaders that try to deny the push for democracy will not succeed, he predicted. Read more ....
Two things are immediately troubling about this statement: 1) the US actively tried to pretend to have nothing to do with the Libyan Kinetic Action, but now is taking all the credit, and 2) this particular President campaigned against "Stupid Wars". Stupid Wars - we have 5 of them. Had six yesterday. All wars are pretty stupid - ask a veteran. Now Mr. Obama is saber rattling and trying to scare Assad? Maybe Iran? If anything, Assad and Mock-mood will cling harder to power and try even harder to stop dissent with violence and guns rather than reform because they've seen exactly what will happen to them if they don't.
And to really sit and analyze a US Foreign Policy "Win" - the death of a world leader, in front of an open microphone, isn't exactly a bright idea. But I think to a President who'll do anything to get another 4 years, pretending that he personally shot Quadaffy means he thinks that he's a better shot than Ronald Reagan.
One last thought - what, exactly, is Democracy in the Middle East? Are you absolutely sure that's a Foreign Policy "win" for the US? I don't, but I can run a couple scenarios in my head, and 98 out of 100 aren't exactly "wins" for the US or Israel. I certainly wouldn't be trumpetting success until I knew for sure that the new guys aren't as bad or worse than the old guys.
Oct 20, 2011
Quadaffy Cooked
Commanders for Libya's transitional authorities say they have captured ousted leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.Some unconfirmed (which means no one has shown the body to the AP cameras yet) reports say Col Gaddafi has been wounded, others that he has been killed.
♪ Yub nub! Eee chop yub nub! ♪
But -- if true, now the real problems begin. He will have a long trial to convict him of the crimes against Libya. And now the rebel alliance has to govern. Good luck Libyans. I hope you have a better time of it than your neighbors in Egypt - who are discovering that they're still under the boot of the Army.
from.. http://blasphemes.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
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