New Grammar

I'm looking forward to a few words changing after Obama is in the White House:

"Nook-yoo-ler" will once again be nuclear.

"Strategery" will once again be strategy.

"Ah-mer-ca" will once again be America.

Are there more?

For the Animal Lovers..

Fox News World Map

Socialsim! It's coming to get me!

Here are the tax rates, as proposed by Obama and McCain.

See details of each candidate's plans.

USA Wealth Distribution

News flash. It turns out the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Who knew? Here's some great data on wealth distribution in the U.S.A. -- check out graphs 5, 6, and 7.

This helps explain why the wealthiest 1% pay the bulk of the US taxes -- it's because they own the bulk of the US assets...

I do think this "socialism" thing has hit a nerve. McCain's not talking about killing graduated taxation so his policy is really no different, but he is making hay accusing Obama of socialism.

Obama could have avoided this whole attack by rasing taxes by 3% on everyone -- we have two wars and several bailouts fund, and it's clear we need to raise revenues.

Sad that many Americans are patriotic "as long as it doesn't inconvenience me or cost me any money." Do Americans really expect that their only additional contribution to the war should be magnetic ribbons and flags on their bumpers?

Daytona Florida in the Daylight

Tourist towns, especially beach towns, always look a bit third-world in the light of day. Walking around Daytona Beach on an overcast October day had the same feeling one must get walking through a roadside carnival during setup or tear down.

Looking back at the hotels from the main pier I thought this could easily be any beach town accross the world. There were the same run-down looking buildings, and the same transient-looking people.

Only Christians May Apply

The Bush administration's assault on the separation of church and state took another step forward this week.

Have any of the true believers seen what happens when religion has too much control over policy and government? Take a trip through the middle east for several enlightening examples...

Or you could just study US history. The pilgrims risked their lives to get away from a country where the king ruled by divine right. That's right you little religious nutbags, the pilgrims risked their lives to escape a theocratic, christian, government. Now you want one here. Idiots.

Can't Resist...

Are you flipping me off?

During my flight to Little Rock, AR I was browsing the Skymall catalog and ran accross an image of a spilled milk shake in an add for AutoSport's WeatherTech floor mats.

Is it just me, or did the people setting up this photo basically give us the bird?

This isn't some Photoshop hack either. Take a look at the image on AutoSport's catalog page.

I'm going to drop the folks at AutoSport a note and see if I can get a reply from them.

Brad Koch for President

I’m running on the “It’s all just a big game of Risk” platform. First few actions:

1. Economic Policy.
   Pay off current Financial Crisis by KEEPING IRAQ. Sunni / Shia my ass, you’re all Americans now. Everyone, say hello to the 51st state. I’m figuring I can pay off the trillion in my first term – we’ll just have to get rid of all of the foreigners who currently live there.
   


2. Energy Policy.
   Screw Arizona. I’m going to cover the whole damn state in Solar Panels and power the U.S.A. with sunlight. What were all those retirees thinking moving to the surface of the sun just so they could waste water turning desert into golf courses.
   


3. Educational Policy.
   The #1 cause of stupid kids are stupid parents. I’ll put birth control in the water (along with Fluoride) and you’ll need to score over 800 on your SAT to get the antidote.
   


4. Foreign Policy.
   Invade Kamchatka as a base of operations for future Asian exploits
   


5. Health Care.
   What health care. Eat an apple a day. (I'm open for donations from the banana lobby...)
   

My campaign is sweeping the nation!

See the latest news story!

If McCain was a Democrat

If McCain were a democrat, Fox "News" would be "Swiftboating" him 24 / 7:

• "All he did in his military services was crash three planes and get shot down in two others (once by an American pilot). Then he was captured. That's five kills -- all U.S. planes -- I guess that makes McCain a North Vietnamese Ace.


• "How did McCain betray American while in captivity? And which football team did he really name?"


• "Has McCain been brainwashed by the Vietcong while in prison? Will he go crazy in office?"


• "What psychological damage does he suffer from his time as a POW?"
  

Of course, only the republicans or Fox are mean spirited enough to pull this crap. Anyone who participated (or believed) the Swift Boating of Kerry should be ashamed. If the Dems had any balls they'd be doing the same to McCain. The Dems will never win until they're willing to stoop to the crap pulled by the Republicans...

Oh, and if Sarah Palin was a Democrat? Fox would be asking "If Sarah Palin can't keep teenage boys out of her teenage daughter's panties, how's she going to keep terrorists out of America?"

The Partridge Family and Politics

I was browsing Youtube recently and came accross some video from the old Partridge Family television show.

I was struck by the resemblance of Shirley Jones, who played Mom Partridge, to Hillary Clinton.

Sending Balls to Nanci Pelosi

Today I drop-shipped a six-pack of balls to Nanci Pelosi. It’s obvious to me that she, and the rest of the democratic party, need to grow some.

• We know our idiot president lied about Iraqi WMDs, Iraqi ties to Al-Qaeda, and Iraqi attempts to buy nuclear materials.
• We know our idiot president ordered the CIA to forge documents to help sell his lies.
• We know our idiot president lied about torture.
• We know our idiot president lied about betraying an acting CIA agent.
• We know our idiot president lied about illegally wiretapping U.S. citizens.

Lying to start a war is treason.

Of course, we all know these things, but the democrats in congress are more worried about winning seats for their party than they are doing what’s right for the country.

If Nanci and the rest of the democrats had any balls, perhaps we’d be rid of our idiot president. Now that Russia has invaded Georgia, is anyone happy that our idiot president is still in office?

I'll follow up with any communications that come back from her office about the balls. Do you think they'll send a "thank you" card?

If you'd like to send some balls, send them here:

Nanci Pelosi
14th Floor
450 Golden Gate Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Here come the dark ages!

So you think you can dance

My wife is addicted to the reality show "So you think you can dance." I've watched with her a few times and have always felt that one of the judges, Mary Murphy, reminded me of another celebrity. Then I figured it out; she doesn't remind of a single celebrity -- she's the visual child of two celebrities!

This combination of "parents"captures her perfectly. Donkey has her teeth, laugh, and the precursor to her many "woooooo-hooooos" on the show. Rosie just looks like her. Check her out for yourself.

Dear Mr. Nader

Mr. Nader,

How much are Karl Rove and Rupert Murdoch paying you to run for office?

Your arrogance put that idiot Bush in office and led to the biggest political disaster this country has ever seen.

As much as I've admired you over my life, I have nothing but contempt for you now.

Please, please, please, for the sake of the country, just go away.

Brad

When to worry about your neighbor's kids...

Oprah the Jesus Inteview

Yes Oprah has the interview of the millenium, and her picture is still on the cover.

Has anyone else noticed her habit of interrupting a guest's story to relate it to herself?

Guest: "I overcame blindness to open my own restaurant.."

Oprah: "When I opened my own restaurant, with [insert name-drop here] , I had similar issues.

or

Guest: "I had to saw my own arm off to save myself after being trapped under a rock in the wilderness"."

Oprah: "I went hiking on my 5,000 acre farm and got lost. The Dali Lama rescued me."

Yep, she's done it all, and still hasn't found anyone more interesting that herself to put on the cover.