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Archive for January, 2008


ELECTION ‘08: What I learned at the Democratic debates

  • Wolf Blitzer is the biggest idiot ever.
  • Clinton refused to answer questions on Iraq, her vote and her willingness to disengage from the illegal war.
  • Obama hit hard, but nicely on every topic; healthcare, immigration, character, Iraq…
  • Obama was pretty funny tonight, especially in hitting the GOP.
  • Both of them did well in emphasizing Democratic unity and slamming the GOP.
  • Clinton kept bringing up the 90s and all she did while in the WH.
  • Obama promised more transparency in gov’t.

ELECTION ‘08: Democratic Debates

Very nice so far.  Obama has finally gotten his debate groove going on…on the last debate.  Clinton doesn’t know if she’s running for herself or her 3rd term.  If she wants to run on her record, then fine, but don’t bring up the WH years and  expect us to be on board for a 3rd term.

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Wolf Blitzer is a fucking moron.  He’s done nothing this entire debate but try to start a fight between the two candidates.  Idiot.

Please someone have a screen cap

I just turned to CNN and they’re showing something, but the header on there says:  MOOST UNUSUAL.

I’m recording it, but I have no idea how to get it on my computer.

Dagnabbit!

The Obama site has been down forever!  I’ve been trying to access the site and it’s like everyone in the world is on there not letting me access it.

Obama rally Los Angeles


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Originally uploaded by markland

This is another Markland photo. It’s fucking hilarious.

ELECTION ‘08: Obama rally in Los Angeles

You know how the final Democratic debates are tonight, here in Los Angeles, not far from where I live? I had planned on going. Unfortunately, I can’t take the car because Mr. Fab has to meet a client. So, my plan was to take the kids on the bus/train to Hollywood. They would have loved that. I tried to get them to take a nap, so that I wouldn’t be fighting with cranky kids, but that didn’t work. They just went to sleep 30 min. ago, so I’ve been whining ever since.

But Dave Markland of Metroblogging LA is there to liveblog the debates. His has photos of the Obama rally just getting started.  For more pictures visit Markland’s flickr page.

Flooded basement: A photoblog

Monday before I pumped the basement.

This is today, after two days of pumping and vacuuming out the basement.  I discovered the drain.  It was under a 6″ stack of wet cardboard and newspapers.

My crawlspace behind (upslope from)  the basement.  I’m assuming there’s no drain tile along  the foundation  The water is running along the entire north side of the house.  This photo is interesting in that with the naked eye (even using a flashlight), the entire crawlspace looks completely dry.  The water only shows up when flash is used.f

ELECTION ‘08: McCain endorsements

Sen. McCain, who is majorly hated in conservative circles, seals his fate with endorsements from other Republicans openly despised by conservatives: Rudy 9iu11iani and The Governator. Last night at the debates you could hear that the crowd was firmly behind anyone-but-McCain. The hisses and gasps were audible, every time McCain made a statement, particularly when he got a dig in at Romney.

Giuliani, never was a conservative’s dream. He has many liberal beliefs (no, we don’t want him either) and a creepy personal past. Though, with the latter issue, I think if it involved a gay scandal, he’d have been forgiven if he’d announced that he was born again. Republicans…o.O

Schwarzenegger is having troubles at home. See, he ran this recall campaign against Gray Davis, won it and has spent the last year doing all the same things Gray Davis got recalled for and people aren’t happy. Republicans aren’t happy. Conservatives aren’t happy. Well, the people who own yachts are happy. Now, Republicans in state are grumbling and talking recall. Again. Conservatives, who never embraced the governor are now doing the I-told-you-so dance. Republicans are (finally) regretting their votes.

I won’t presume to know what goes on in the mind of a GOP voter. I mean, these are people who happily voted for Bush twice (4 times in Texans cases) and are now calling Bush ‘liberal’ for some crazy-making reason. Still, McCain was so desperate to be president, that the few ethics he had, he willingly sold them out to be BFF with Bush. McCain likes to talk about how he stood up to the president (like twice), but he fails to admit that he also swiftly got on his knees.

Heading into Super Tuesday, it will be very interesting to see if the endorsements of two non-conservatives will help the so-called “Maverick” and his Weasel Talk Express.

UPDATE:

I just found out that Gov. Hair Perry is going to endorse McCain. Remember that Perry had already endorsed Giuliani. From MSNBCs First Read:

As he continues to rack up high-profile Republican endorsements, John McCain today told reporters that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will endorse him this afternoon. The brief mention of Perry, who endorsed Giuliani in October, was prompted by a reporter’s question of whether backing by Rudy and Schwarzenegger — both who are considered moderate on many social issues — will truly aid McCain in courting Republican votes next Tuesday.

ELECTION ‘08: What the GOP debate taught me

  • Romney and McCain really don’t like each other.
  • McCain is a petty, bitter old man and can’t possibly answer a question without taking a cheap jab at Romney.
  • Huckabee is a crybaby.  He couldn’t answer a questions without whining about not being asked questions.
  • Romney still looks like a 70s sportscaster.  That fugly tie he wore tonight didn’t help.
  • Ron Paul can’t possibly talk like a human.  He’s a Yeller.
  • The Reagan Library is a hideous piece of work.  Not that LA is known for it’s wonderful architecture, but places like that is why.
  • Zombie Reagan got fucked again by the 4 remaining candidates.
  • McCain seems not to understand that Reagan is dead, as he spoke of Reagan in the present tense.  A lot.
  • CNN (where my comments to Political Ticker have been completely discarded) does not have hosts who know how to do debates.
  • Bill Schneider’s (of Political Ticker) liveblog of the debates was an exercise in media bias.  It was clear that he doesn’t like McCain or Romney and entered posts saying that he didn’t understand their answers.  Maybe Schneider’s an idiot.  Oh wait.  Schneider’s a Huckabee fan.  Which clearly makes him a idiot.
  • John McCain can’t ever be president, his voice puts me to sleep. He sounds like he’s babbling about something you don’t care about, so you tune out.  I think that’s why people vote for him.  They just hear what they want to hear, but not everything he actually said.

Alton-wan Kenobi

You should have seen his face and his little movements. He was total Jedi, right down to the hands using the force.