Thursday, November 18, 2010

Give em' up, Hillary.

Posted by Diogenes Sarcastica
11/18/2010

Louisiana Cajun Philosopher and Democratic Strategist, James Carville, said at a Breakfast in Washington D.C. this morning, "If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two."


James, my man. For such an intelligent and astute political observer, you take a gigantic leap in logic. You're assuming Obama has any balls at all.

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(Source: New Orleans Times Picayune) 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

"He knows exactly how smart he is."

Posted by Diogenes Sarcastica
11/16/2010



In David Remnick's biography of Barack Obama,"The Bridge' he quotes longtime Obama friend Valerie Jarrett: 
"I think Barack knew that he had God-given talents that were extraordinary. He knows how perceptive he is. He knows what a good reader of people he is. And he knows that he has the ability, the extraordinary, uncanny ability to take a thousand different perspectives, digest them and make sense out of them, and I think that he has never really been challenged intellectually."


"He's just too talented to do what ordinary people do. He knows exactly how smart he is." 

"So what I sensed in him was not just a restless spirit but somebody with such extraordinary talents that had to be really taxed in order for him to be happy. ... He's been bored to death his whole life." 
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*snicker*
Narcissistic and egotistical  come to mind. But now unappreciated -- simultaneously called "pathetic" and "tone-deaf," respectively, by the left in The Progressive Magazine and the right in The Washington Times. Turns out that Valerie Jarrett is wrong.  As we have witnessed lately, there's nothing extraordinary about Obama's talent in reading people or understanding economics, and his political savvy has always been in doubt.


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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Home Alone

Posted by Diogenes Sarcastica
11/13/2010

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Veterans Day

11/11/2010


Thank You.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Pelosi Throws Party to Celebrate Accomplishments.

Posted by Diogenes Sarcastica
11/10/2010
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Let’s see: Bankrupting the nation, record unemployment, spearheading one of the greatest repudiations a political party has ever suffered, passing the most unpopular bill in history…yup, Princess Pelosi has a lot to celebrate.


 From Hill.com
 Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will host a reception Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill to celebrate “The accomplishments of the 111th Congress,” according to an invitation sent out Monday.
The event will offer congressional Democrats, many of whom will not be returning to Congress next January, an opportunity to reflect on the party’s legislative victories over the past two years. These have included the passage of major healthcare reform, financial regulatory reform, and climate and energy legislation.
Not likely to be lost on attendees, however, is that the unpopularity of many of these “accomplishments” among voters went far to contribute to a wave of Democratic losses in last week’s mid-term elections, in which Democrats lost control of the House and their majority in the Senate was weakened.
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Monday, November 8, 2010

Obama Dazzles Indian Lawmakers With His Amazing Teleprompter Reading Skills…

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They should consider themselves lucky they weren’t subjected to 30 minutes worth of teleprompter-free ahhhs, uhhhs, ummms… 


 From the Washington Post:
He thrilled them by calling for India to have a permanent seat on an expanded U.N. Security Council. He flattered them by recalling India's historic achievements in science, philosophy and the invention of the digit "zero". And he amazed them by using that ubiquitous tool of modern American politics: the teleprompter. (emphasis, mine)
In India, politicians generally speak extemporaneously or from notes or text written on paper. The common perception, explained lawmaker Sanjay Nirupam of Mumbai, is that the really good speakers don't need to have text in front of them. 
h/t Weasel Zippers
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Thursday, November 4, 2010

You Can Blame This on the Cruelty and Short-sightedness of Republicans.

 Denver Voters Reject Plans for 
Extraterrestrial Welcoming Committee.

Tuesday, Denver voters decided not to roll out the red carpet for space aliens by soundly rejecting a ballot initiative that would have required the city to establish an “Extra Terrestrial Affairs Committee.”
Ballot Initiative 300 would require the city to set up an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission, stocked with Ph.D. scientists, to "ensure the health, safety and cultural awareness of Denver residents" when it comes to future contact "with extraterrestrial intelligent beings.”


Promoting the initiative was Jeff Peckman, a silver-haired entrepreneur who lives with his parents. "Low overhead," explains Mr. Peckman, a firm believer in intergalactic life, although he has never been personally contacted by an alien. That gives him more credibility; he says “it’s harder to dismiss him as biased”.

Even before the results came in, UFO buff Peckman, who ran the campaign for Initiative 300, was philosophical about the voters’ verdict on his plan for the city to study reports of UFOs and develop protocols for welcoming aliens to the Mile High City. Recognizing that ET contact protocols aren't foremost in the minds of voters these days, Mr. Peckman had to  refined his pitch on Initiative 300. These days, he promotes it as a jobs bill.

“It took, what, 18 years for health-care reform to happen,” Mr. Peckham said. “And how many years for women to get the vote? So some big things take a while to get going.”

Bryan Bonner, a ghost hunter and founder of the group Rocky Mountain Paranormal Nuts, asserts that "Peckman and his 'little green people' are not representative of the people of Denver." 

"Little green people," Mr. Peckman responds  with outrage, is a "racial slur."


So if aliens land in Denver, they will have to do so without government help.   
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Having spent a lot of time in the Great State of Colorado and the city of Denver, I'm pretty sure any paranormal activity in the skies up there is likely to be flatulence and hot air rising from the People's Republic of Boulder.  D.S.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

GOP Wins Big.....Nation Shudders in Fear!

House Falls to Republicans 
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Related Election Stories:
*  Joy Behar vows not to shave beard until all votes are recounted.
*  Keith Olberman's Teddy Bear ask to be put in protective custody.
*  NYT's Columnist Maureen Dowd's Pharmacist on Alert! 
*  Rosie O'Donnell : "America should secede from the Union!"

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Rally to Restore Sanity??

Posted by Diogenes Sarcastica
10/27/2010



Billed this weekend as "the rally for the people who've been too busy to go to rallies", comedian Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity"  is to provide an arena for voices to be heard above what Stewart describes as "the more vocal and extreme 15–20 percent" of Americans who control the conversation of politics in the U.S.....


This from Bloomberg:
"Democrats are looking to a pair of comedians to do what President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and dozens of other leaders haven’t done yet this election season: Get party members excited about voting. Comedy Central television hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert expect tens of thousands of fans to join them at the “Rally to Restore Sanity” in Washington Oct. 30, three days before congressional elections."
"Stewart is promoting the rally as a “million moderate march” to counter what he calls extreme rhetoric dominating the national political discussion.  Media experts say that just as fans rely on Stewart’s and Colbert’s “fake news” shows for real information, they view the rally as an actual political event."
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When first announced, the democrats criticized Stewart for holding the Rally the weekend before the mid-term election as a stunt that could possible hurt democrat candidates by mocking their governance.
Stewart's response: "Suck It".


But everyone knows Stewart's political leanings, and he can't hide behind his comedy persona this time. What started out as a stunt, is now really an event to garner enthusiasm to vote for dems from Stewart's easily led and mostly political ignorant audience.


Million Moderate March? I don't think so!
On an appearance on The Daily Show recently, Zsa Zsa Huffington announced her leftist rag "The Huffington Post" would provide buses for as many people as need them and who show up at the New York City offices. Oprah Winfrey appeared on The Daily Show and gave the attending audience all free airline tickets to the rally in the same fashion as she would give away secret prizes to her own audience members.  Stephen Colbert did the same on his own show. S.E.I.U. members are all encouraged to attend, it's not known if they are encourage to bring baseball bats or not. But dems penning any hopes of help in the upcoming election from Stewart's audience just seems silly. Most are more worried about the quality of their weed than Nov. 2nd.


But, it will be interesting to see if the whole thing degenerates into a comedy retinue, much like the watching Joe Biden.


Billing this as an event of/for moderates.....regaining sanity in Government?
Pleeease!
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Joe Biden: The gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by Publius Minimus
10/26/2010

 You lookin' to wipe yer ass with a stump, Skippy? 
  
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H/T Nickie Goomba