Obama Girl

I can’t say it better than he does…:

 

Septic Politics

My mother sent me this picture this morning. Thought I’d share…

 

President Bush pokes Fun

I can’t believe I haven’t seen this before. I laughed out loud several times. Dubya has some pretty good writers. And I think it’s a classy move on his part to make fun. The joke about the lawyers… well, lets just say it was a good thing I’d finished my coffee.

He also pokes fun at our own Senator Webb, and Barack Obama’s pecs. I’ll be chuckling all day.

 

Yes We Can

Barack Obama speech set to music. Amazing.

Hmmm… WordPress is not letting me embed the video. It’s here. Go watch it.

 

Got this email today (one day after the VA primary). Thought I’d share.

Friend –

You did it.

Not just yesterday, but every day for a year, you did what the cynics said we couldn’t do.

You said the time has come to get beyond the same old tactics that divide and distract us, and you gave people — young and old, rich and poor, black, white, Latino, and Asian — a reason to believe again.

Because of your work, we won the Virginia primary and the other two contests on Tuesday.

And the momentum you created won’t stop now. Together we’re building a campaign that will compete in the general election — and a united Democratic Party that can lead this country for the next generation.

You can keep it going by reaching out to supporters in states that are holding their primaries and caucuses next Tuesday and in the coming weeks.

Sign up now to use our online calling tool, and make calls from your own home today:

http://my.barackobama.com/call

You’ve set an amazing standard and provided a huge boost as we gear up for the next round of contests. Thanks to you, we have a new wind at our backs, and we’re ready to carry our message across the nation.

It’s the same message we took from Iowa to South Carolina and across the nation on February 5th — the same message we had when we were up and when we were down — that out of many, we are one.

And if we are met with cynicism and doubt and folks who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with those three simple words that sum up the spirit of this nation:

Yes, we can.

Thank you for all of your hard work,

Barack

 

Who Should Get My Vote?

So, as I’ve mentioned before, I don’t really like posting about politics. There are a number of reasons for this, but the best at the moment is, many others are doing it better than I possibly could. (There are many more, but you can Google for yourselves.)

But I’m in a state.

I honestly don’t know who to vote for.

This is the first election in my life where I’ll be voting for instead of against. I take this responsibility seriously.

I’m leaning toward Obama. I’ve been following his campaign, have checked out his voting record, am watching the daily news, and am pretty impressed with the guy. Likewise, I’ve been looking at the others. Some have impressed me. Others have not.

I’m a registered independent, with liberal leanings. I also fall into the conservative camp sometimes. I don’t have a party affiliation, so my vote’s open.

Whaddaya think, gang? Are we ready for a black President? A woman? A Mormon?

Who is going to lead us into the future? Who is going to fix the mess that Dubya got us into? Who is going to take us into the Global Economy?

Go ahead and convince me. Anyone?

 

I Don’t Like My Government

I generally don’t post about politics here, as the current state of the Union makes me heartsick, and I don’t really want to argue with strangers about it, but lately I’ve been feeling that I have to say something. According to the most recent Gallup poll, Bush’s approval rating is 32%. The AP poll has him at 31%. That means that 68% to 69% of Americans do not agree with the Bush Administration’s policies, or think that we are accurately represented by our President. I am heartily with the majority, and am disgusted by our current government and its stated priorities. 

The recent trump by congress of Bush’s desire to ignore Turkish genocide of Armenians has both pleased me – that there are some public servants still in the government with a soul – and offended me, as Bush and his cronies attempt to bully Congress in order to preserve a refueling station and war ally. We’re talking about genocide, and the President wants to table it until after the Iraq war (?) is over, so we can get the most military use out of Turkey. Repulsive. 

Add to that the mudslinging going on with S-chip legislation (admittedly flung by both sides, and also admittedly over flawed legislation, but the GOP has big black eyes over this one), the private mercenaries employed by the Executive Branch in Iraq, the constant stomping on civil rights and liberal translation of the Constitution the Bush administration is famous for, among many, many other things, and I’m at wit’s end. 2008 can not get here fast enough for me. 

Sadly, there are no real standouts in the current crop of candidates. It’s the same hodge-podge of characters that got His Accidency elected in the first place, and then put us through it for another 4 years. Who knew after September 11 that the administration could be so colossally stupid? And what a tragic fact that the American people didn’t have many better alternatives. 

I have been trying to follow the ‘Think globally, act locally’ idea, and get involved in city council. And I try to vote wisely, and discuss wise voting with friends and loved ones. I am all about fixing the problem in this country, and this is where I have chosen to begin, as this is something real that I can do, other than complain.  I’m open to suggestions, but be warned: try to talk here like they did on Bock’s site, and I won’t even mention you before I delete you.

 

Enough With the Stupid Spending, Already!

Hear about this?The US Navy is spending $600K to alter a building so that it doesn’t look like a swastika from space. Are they worried that the extra-terrestrials monitoring Earth are SS agents? Afraid anyone using Google Earth are going to think that the US Navy are Nazi supporters? This is just idiotic. (Thanks, Doug’s Darkworld, for the story.)

 

We Lost WHAT?!

Apparently, the Pentagon “cannot account for” some 190,000 AK-47 rifles and pistols, 135,000 items of body armor and 115,000 helmets reported to be issued to Iraqi forces as of September 22, 2005.

We seem to have lost them.

The report raised concerns that weapons provided by the United States could be falling into the hands of Iraqi insurgents, just as lawmakers and policymakers in Washington await a September report on the success of U.S. President George W. Bush’s surge strategy for stabilizing Baghdad.

One senior Pentagon official told The Washington Post some weapons probably were being used against U.S. troops. He said an Iraqi brigade created in Fallujah disintegrated in 2004 and began fighting American soldiers.

Iran Contra, anyone? Afghanistan, anyone?

Since 2003, the United States has provided about $19.2 billion to develop Iraqi security forces, the GAO said. The Defense Department has recently asked for another $2 billion to continue the train-and-equip program.

Will we ever learn?

 

Genarlow Wilson – more stupidity in Georgia

 Photo from NPR

 

I can’t actually comment too much on this from my own opinion just now, as I’ll go off on a rant that I may never recover from, and my boys are trying to sleep. But here’s the update from Genarlow’s lawyer:

Genarlow Wilson Update: July 20, 2007

GEORGIA SUPREME COURT HEARING ORAL ARGUMENTS IN WILSON CASE ON JULY 20TH AT 10AM

The Georgia Supreme Court granted Wilson’s request for an expedited [EXPEDITED?! The kid's been in jail for over two years for having SEX! Yeah, fast work there, Georgia] hearing and the Court will hear his legal pleas on Friday, July 20th at 10 am.

The argument will focus on 2 issues.  The first argument will be dealing with the denial of bond.  Wilson’s bond hearing scheduled for July 5th was canceled by Superior Court Judge David Emerson in Douglas County and he dismissed the request. 

The second argument will be about the grant of habeas relief that Wilson won in the Superior Court of Monroe County, Georgia.  The Attorney General of Georgia [aka the dickwad] filed an appeal of the order to release Genarlow Wilson and thus he remains in prison.  Wilson’s lawyer will argue the legal points that the Monroe County Judge was correct that his imprisonment is cruel and unusual punishment.

Thank you everyone for your support and prayers.  Genarlow, his mother and I all thank you.  “An individual can fight an injustice but it take a community to do justice “

BJ Bernstein

I just can’t believe this kind of thing is still happening. I used to live in Georgia, have vacationed there many times with my family, and have nothing but fond memories of the place. But this is beyond fucking belief. LET THE KID OUT OF JAIL, APOLOGIZE, AND KISS HIS ASS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, YOU NONSENSICAL ASS-WIPES!