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Archive for November, 2006

Tony Blankley is a Liar

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Well, this may not be as dubious as it sounds. I was on the Hertz bus headed to LAX last Saturday and the last people on the bus included Tony Blankley.  I am pretty sure most people would have no idea who that is, but he currently writes op-ed pieces for the Washington Post, appears on shows like Hardball and the McLaughlin Group and is labeled by most as a Conservative and by some as a Neo-Conservative. Well, when I was exiting the bus with Danielle I asked him if, “he was going to be on this week” to which he replied that he off for the week.  Well, I guess I should have been more specific because I turned on Hardball last night and there he was!  All kidding aside, I don’t agree with most of what Tony says, but it is great to read and listed to what he has to say as I think it represents what many Americans think today. He has actually led a pretty interesting life, you can read more on Tony’s Wikipedia page.

[tags]Tony Blankley, Politics, Liar, Joke[/tags]

Treasuries Rally as Dems Take Control of Congress

Friday, November 10th, 2006

It is sad, but true that most of the people are happy to let all of the work be done by a small percentage of the people. Yet, most people like to complain. It has always been that way, and I am sure that it will most likely continue to be that way.  I am sure that is most of the reason why we have such a bunch of back slapping donkeys in the house and Senate.  When did anyone who calls themselves a Republican think they would hear something like this in a financial news bulletin?

Treasuries are about to have their best week since September based on expectations President George W. Bush will curb spending in response to Democratic control of Congress.

I just received that from a bank that we are working with in one of their daily market updates. The Congress’ members should all be ashamed of themselves no matter what side of the aisle they have been sitting on.  Their job is not to look out for each other, it is to represent the people of their district and their state.  Jokers.

My favorite part of the festivities the other day, when president Bush spoke, was when Bush started to talk about how, “Stay the Course” did not mean keep doing the same thing. Sure pal.  It would have been nice to see Chuck Barry out there with the hook or someone throwing a cream pie in his face right after he said that. I think one of those would have been an appropriate response. What a jerk.  With all due respect, if there is any left in the Presidency, I have not seen someone who is so full of crap in a long time.  Somehow he has convinced his minions that repeating after him is all they need to do. I hope Bush Bot Mania is over and we can get back to living like normal Americans again.

[tags]Bush, Bush Bots, Politics, America, Congress[/tags]

Rumsfeld Out – Gates In

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Well, I was a bit surprised to hear the news this morning right before President Bush spoke, that Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down.  Not that it came as a total shocker, but it was surprising that it came so soon.  What was funny about this morning, more than listening to our President have to field a bunch of questions that he fumbled with, was listening to a newscast on MSNBC while the news of the resignation came over the AP wire.  Nora O’Donnel was talking to another O’Donnel at the White House when the WH O’Donnel’s phone rang.  Distracted, she looked down at the phone and tried to figure out if she should answer. Nora O’Donnel in the studio reported that the AP was apparently reporting that D. Rumsfeld was stepping down as the Secretary of Defense.  During the conversation between the two one could hear protesters outside the White House, but you could not really make out what they were saying.  About 3 minutes after the news went mainstream about the resignation, you could start to make out what the protesters were saying…rather singing.  “Nah, nah, nah nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey, good bye.”

Comedy.

[tags]Rumsfeld,  Politics, Bush, Comedy[/tags]