Following up on my "Occasionally they tell the truth" series, here are two more interesting quotes.
Democrat senator Chris Dodd on the new financial reform bill: "No one will know until this is actually in place how it works." His quote is included in this nice compilation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz1pf5Zx-vE
Democrat representative Hank Johnson of Georgia (we're so proud) gave away the true reason for passing the DISCLOSE Act: If the House doesn't pass the Act, "we'll see more Republicans getting elected."
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/24/hank-johnson-we-need-to-pass-the-disclose-act-to-stop-republicans-from-winning-elections/
Past episodes of this series:
April 21, 2010
Occasionally they tell the truth, Part 2
"Every day we don’t act, the same system that led to bailouts remains in place – with the exact same loopholes and the exact same liabilities. And if we don’t change what led to the crisis, we’ll doom ourselves to repeat it." As Obama advocated for more bailouts and loopholes.
April 14, 2010
Occasionally they tell the truth
"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
World Cup Musings, Part 3
Disallowed goals for phantom fouls. Inability to see the ball in the net. Dead people on the field--oh wait, foul was called, now I feel fine. Some of the dumbest rules in all of sports (soccer offsides call is a joke, completely subjective).
Frank Lampard disallowed goal - Germany v England | World Cup 2010 (27/6/10)
Is it really that difficult to see the ball in the net?
Mexico vs. Argentina FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 HIGHLIGHTS
Watch around 0:48 of this video to see a textbook offsides call that they simply ignored. It looks to me that there might also be an offsides call at 0:27 of the video. Just more evidence for me that this rule is a joke.
Here are some optical illusions, to test your eyes (http://i.imgur.com/Yd4xq.png):
And finally, let's put this whole thing in perspective:
Monday, June 28, 2010
Finding Arizona
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/97093164.html?video=pop&t=a&bctid=CLIP_ID_261155
Before I continue, do you think this is dumber than Hank Johnson's recent comments about Guam? I know, it's a tough call, isn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqyfWFYBXxI
As other commentators have pointed out, if you had to guess which party West and Johnson belong to, what would you guess? Pretty obvious, isn't it.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/97093164.html
West claims that she misspoke. "I did get a passing grade in Geography in high school and in college and I do obviously know that Arizona is on the border."
But this is simply not believable given the context of her statement. She compared Arizona with Texas, "...which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico..." Her point was that she would think twice about supporting a (Milwaukee County) ban on doing business with Arizona if Arizona shared a border with Mexico. Which, of course, nobody believes. She would just make up some other excuse for desiring this ban.
Which brings up another question: Why is Milwaukee County even considering such a ban? What business it is of theirs?
How old is this girl anyway? She speaks like a 12-year-old.
Did you catch the part about "linkage"? What the hell does that mean? Apparently the governor of Arizona talked to Obama so therefore Arizona should not have passed the law in question? It is pretty clear that the federal government isn't doing a damn thing about immigration. So why should a conversation with a man who could not care less about Arizona's problems influence Arizona lawmakers?
Who is Peggy West? She is a Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) District Supervisor. Check out her web page:
http://www.milwaukee.gov/West
Peggy West - 12th District ▪ (414) 278-4269 ▪ peggy.west@milwcnty.com
Peggy West was elected 12th District Supervisor in 2004 and, after being reelected in 2008, is serving her second term representing 50,000 residents on Milwaukee's south side. She currently serves as 2nd Vice-Chair on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor West also has the unique distinction of being the first Latino/Hispanic American to be elected to the Milwaukee County Board.
Supervisor West grew up in Milwaukee and graduated with a degree in Human Services from the Milwaukee Area Technical College. Prior to her election to the Board, Supervisor West worked for 10 years in the human service field.
Supervisor West is currently Chairwoman of the Health and Human Needs Committee and is a member of the Economic & Community Development and Finance & Audit Committees.
Active in her community, Supervisor West was named the 2004 Hispanic Woman of the Year by UMOS, Inc.
A committed believer in community service, Supervisor West volunteers for UMOS, Inc. and Mexican Fiesta and serves as a mentor at Notre Dame Middle School.
Peggy serves on the Latina Resource Center Advisory Board, Sports Authority Planning Council, Health Care Policy Task Force, Milwaukee Center for Independence Board of Visitors, Kosciuszko Community Center Advisory Board and Esperanza Unida Board of Directors; she is Co-Chair of the Side Side National Night Out Planning Committee as well as the Cesar E. Chavez Drive Advancement Committee. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Milwaukee Democratic Party.
Supervisor West resides in the Walker's Point neighborhood and is the proud parent of three daughters.
She is apparently Hispanic. She represents a Hispanic district (the near south side of Milwaukee). She is very involved in Hispanic groups in Milwaukee. And yet she is completely ignorant.
Here is some input from Tuscon:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/the-cholla-jumps/2010/06/24/county-supervisor-peggy-west-dumbest-poltician-east-of-the-mississippi/
"In a stunningly ignorant rant about Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB1070), Peggy West a county supervisor from Milwaukee WI, states in part 'If this were Texas a state that borders Mexico I would have to look twice at this, but it’s Arizona, a state that is a ways removed from the border…' What adds insult to the injury of her stupidity is that she had listed one of her interests as Mexican history on her FaceBook page. The interest has since been removed."
Also removed is a picture of West in her office with a Mexican flag. According to a local talk radio show host, a constituent asked her about it and she denied it. He pointed to a picture on her Facebook page. So, she either lied about having a Mexican flag in her office or she doesn't know what the Mexican flag looks like (which is completely believable, actually).
Back to one of her quotes: "I did get a passing grade in Geography in high school and in college and I do obviously know that Arizona is on the border." College. As if. She went to MATC, for crying out loud. Know what that stands for? "Milwaukee's Alternative To College." I don't have anything against MATC, but to call it college is a bit strong. If you're from Milwaukee and you say you went to college there, people think Marquette, UWM, or MSOE. Nobody includes MATC in that group.
I wonder if West took the same geography class that Obama did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
"I've now been in 57 states, I think, one left to go."
Maybe West thinks that some of these additional states are south of Arizona, between Arizona and Mexico.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Working at Google
http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2010/06/working-at-google-the-first-6-months.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextBigThing+%28The+Next+Big+Thing%29
Although I don't work at the Googleplex now, I did work there for two months when I first started at Google. It is an amazing place, and when I get a chance to go back I deliberately soak it in.
Map link to the Googleplex:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=37.419612,-122.085485&spn=0.010089,0.013561&t=h&z=16
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Song of the Day: Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Driveby
Great song. Great band. Enough said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRLEyIoJZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRLEyIoJZA
Friday, June 25, 2010
Kill the Scabs!
http://wcco.com/local/delta.mechanic.death.2.1756193.html
Today we bring you another glimpse into the union mentality. It's not pretty. I have previously explored this in a couple posts (Self-Destructive Unions (Is that redundant?) and Are Unions Good for the Economy?) but they are nothing compared to this.
First some background: Back in 2005, the Northwest Airlines mechanics went on strike but lost their jobs when they and the airline could not reach an agreement. Northwest hired replacements. Northwest later merged with Delta, and the new airline took the Delta name.
Back to 2010: Jesse Stygar, a Delta mechanic in Minneapolis who had lost his wife to cancer two years ago and was raising his 12-year-old son alone, was killed in an accident at work. The union's take on this story?
Check out exnwa.com (where they conveniently do not retain the following comments, but a local talk show host saved the page when the posts were up). Five years after losing their jobs they still cling to their hate.
http://www.jasonlewisshow.com/pages/ViewerFeedback.pdf
"So this scab is dead? GOOD! Hope the motherf**ker suffered."
"please let me be the first to piss on your grave"
"Looks like the downsizing of the SCAB workforce in MSP will be expedited sooner then later!"
"Now if only another 800 or so SCABS would die, the would be better off!"
"I'm sorry to hear it wasn't Pete Swartz, but at last a good reason to finally use my flight benefits at the new SCAB-AIR. I will be taking a hot steamy dump on your grave. I hope your family reads this."
"Jesse Stygar One less Deltoid scab"
"Piss on the bastard, I hope the SB suffered."
"Dead scab! Tin roof Busted! he he he he he he"
"Another one bites the dust, uh uh another one bites the dust, uh uh"
"Steak, baked potato, and asparagus at our house tonight. Celebration!!! Feeling giddy here, light hearted. Karma got him Hope he had kids. Piss on him"
"The scab didn't give a sh*t about us. He stabbed thousands of honorable people in the back."
"Pictures we want pictures"
"Pretty good natured person here, but wish I could've seen it happen."
"Sounds like the gear door got him in the head. I wonder if his eyes popped out?"
"He'll forever be in Purgatory. Being a liar and cheat, backstabbing traitor he can't make it into heaven and the devil says don't send him down here. I don't want him"
"A high five to all honorable this day"
"I wonder if another scab closed the gear door on his head?"
"Those gear doors will git cha. They don't give a sh*t if you are honorable or a filthy betraying scab coward."
"Another dead scab!!!!"
"Let someone else turn the other cheek, have forgiveness. I have no feeling for the traitor, why should I."
"I look forward to pissing on SCAB Jesse Stygars grave!!"
"Hey lets picket this scabs funeral and then have a everyone take a dump on his grave."
"My eyes nearly went white with joy when I heard the news. I am not a vindictive person, but the scabby deserves no mercy, no quarter, no pity."
"I wish it would have been a scab that I knew."
"Watched the news tonight, they talked about how little Joey lost his mom to cancer two years ago and now Delta killed his daddy. Well this is called KARMA little Joey."
"Another one bit the dust. The song fits the scabs. Other scabs have died before this guy. Roger baski, Al berger to name a few. You f.u. you die!"
"News of SCAB Stygar's death bothers me not in the least. Kind of like when Ho Chi Minh (leader of North Vietnam) died. It reduced the number of the enemy by one. Sure do hope more SCABS make an exit in this manner ... Sure do hope they list the cemetery because that is another grave I have to water the flowers on. Do not worry, I will not be alone and I will wait in that long, long line to urinate on Stygars grave. I still hate all scabs."
"The bad thing about a SCAB is the puss that oozes out when it dies."
"it's name was SCAB."
"as his rib cage was crushing and his organs were busting .....was he thinking this was a good idea rip"
"They forgot to write, ' Jesse crossed a NWA mechanics picket line in 2005 and is a SCAB and is hated through out the USA by 1000's of honorable mechanics that loss their jobs do to his actions. REST IN HELL SCAB."
"Moral to the story..... Dumb Ass, If you don't know the piece of equipment does not care for your safety and your fellow SCABS don't care for your safety...You F&CK UP.....YOU DIE... BYE BYE and welcome to HELL where you now reside. Don't forget to turn in your change of address form."
"Not all scabs are bad. Jesse Stygar is a good scab and a true leader. He leads by example. All scabs should follow is example."
"Another dead scaab,,,,, damm the luck"
"I think you should make the dead scab ' scab of the week'"
"Maybe the little boy won't grow up to be a scab like his old man."
"The scab got what he had coming."
"I request that the family of the dead scab show some dignity and do not bury his traitor ass in Rosemount. We do not need to disgrace this fine city. However, if they choose to bury him there, I will have found a new place to walk my dogs for their potty breaks! RIP Judas."
"Many of these posts are written by people ate up with hate. I'm one of ya! That is just the way every scab should go."
"Fu*k him, he was trash"
A day after a man died. They post anonymously, of course. "Dedicated to the Honorable" their web site says. Right.
Oh, they also maintain a scab list. Why? The only possible reason is to encourage harassment and intimidation.
What is wrong with these people?
Today we bring you another glimpse into the union mentality. It's not pretty. I have previously explored this in a couple posts (Self-Destructive Unions (Is that redundant?) and Are Unions Good for the Economy?) but they are nothing compared to this.
First some background: Back in 2005, the Northwest Airlines mechanics went on strike but lost their jobs when they and the airline could not reach an agreement. Northwest hired replacements. Northwest later merged with Delta, and the new airline took the Delta name.
Back to 2010: Jesse Stygar, a Delta mechanic in Minneapolis who had lost his wife to cancer two years ago and was raising his 12-year-old son alone, was killed in an accident at work. The union's take on this story?
Check out exnwa.com (where they conveniently do not retain the following comments, but a local talk show host saved the page when the posts were up). Five years after losing their jobs they still cling to their hate.
http://www.jasonlewisshow.com/pages/ViewerFeedback.pdf
"So this scab is dead? GOOD! Hope the motherf**ker suffered."
"please let me be the first to piss on your grave"
"Looks like the downsizing of the SCAB workforce in MSP will be expedited sooner then later!"
"Now if only another 800 or so SCABS would die, the would be better off!"
"I'm sorry to hear it wasn't Pete Swartz, but at last a good reason to finally use my flight benefits at the new SCAB-AIR. I will be taking a hot steamy dump on your grave. I hope your family reads this."
"Jesse Stygar One less Deltoid scab"
"Piss on the bastard, I hope the SB suffered."
"Dead scab! Tin roof Busted! he he he he he he"
"Another one bites the dust, uh uh another one bites the dust, uh uh"
"Steak, baked potato, and asparagus at our house tonight. Celebration!!! Feeling giddy here, light hearted. Karma got him Hope he had kids. Piss on him"
"The scab didn't give a sh*t about us. He stabbed thousands of honorable people in the back."
"Pictures we want pictures"
"Pretty good natured person here, but wish I could've seen it happen."
"Sounds like the gear door got him in the head. I wonder if his eyes popped out?"
"He'll forever be in Purgatory. Being a liar and cheat, backstabbing traitor he can't make it into heaven and the devil says don't send him down here. I don't want him"
"A high five to all honorable this day"
"I wonder if another scab closed the gear door on his head?"
"Those gear doors will git cha. They don't give a sh*t if you are honorable or a filthy betraying scab coward."
"Another dead scab!!!!"
"Let someone else turn the other cheek, have forgiveness. I have no feeling for the traitor, why should I."
"I look forward to pissing on SCAB Jesse Stygars grave!!"
"Hey lets picket this scabs funeral and then have a everyone take a dump on his grave."
"My eyes nearly went white with joy when I heard the news. I am not a vindictive person, but the scabby deserves no mercy, no quarter, no pity."
"I wish it would have been a scab that I knew."
"Watched the news tonight, they talked about how little Joey lost his mom to cancer two years ago and now Delta killed his daddy. Well this is called KARMA little Joey."
"Another one bit the dust. The song fits the scabs. Other scabs have died before this guy. Roger baski, Al berger to name a few. You f.u. you die!"
"News of SCAB Stygar's death bothers me not in the least. Kind of like when Ho Chi Minh (leader of North Vietnam) died. It reduced the number of the enemy by one. Sure do hope more SCABS make an exit in this manner ... Sure do hope they list the cemetery because that is another grave I have to water the flowers on. Do not worry, I will not be alone and I will wait in that long, long line to urinate on Stygars grave. I still hate all scabs."
"The bad thing about a SCAB is the puss that oozes out when it dies."
"it's name was SCAB."
"as his rib cage was crushing and his organs were busting .....was he thinking this was a good idea rip"
"They forgot to write, ' Jesse crossed a NWA mechanics picket line in 2005 and is a SCAB and is hated through out the USA by 1000's of honorable mechanics that loss their jobs do to his actions. REST IN HELL SCAB."
"Moral to the story..... Dumb Ass, If you don't know the piece of equipment does not care for your safety and your fellow SCABS don't care for your safety...You F&CK UP.....YOU DIE... BYE BYE and welcome to HELL where you now reside. Don't forget to turn in your change of address form."
"Not all scabs are bad. Jesse Stygar is a good scab and a true leader. He leads by example. All scabs should follow is example."
"Another dead scaab,,,,, damm the luck"
"I think you should make the dead scab ' scab of the week'"
"Maybe the little boy won't grow up to be a scab like his old man."
"The scab got what he had coming."
"I request that the family of the dead scab show some dignity and do not bury his traitor ass in Rosemount. We do not need to disgrace this fine city. However, if they choose to bury him there, I will have found a new place to walk my dogs for their potty breaks! RIP Judas."
"Many of these posts are written by people ate up with hate. I'm one of ya! That is just the way every scab should go."
"Fu*k him, he was trash"
A day after a man died. They post anonymously, of course. "Dedicated to the Honorable" their web site says. Right.
Oh, they also maintain a scab list. Why? The only possible reason is to encourage harassment and intimidation.
What is wrong with these people?
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Gambling on Welfare?
Where do you even start with a story like this? When money is free, people waste it. And we can't have the stigma of "food stamps," can we? Please.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624,0,6190326.story
Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear: "It is reprehensible that anyone would use taxpayer money for anything other than its intended purpose." As if government doesn't do that every day.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624,0,6190326.story
Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear: "It is reprehensible that anyone would use taxpayer money for anything other than its intended purpose." As if government doesn't do that every day.
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