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February 15th, 2007
U.S. scores low on child welfare
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The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a United Nations survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
From what I’m reading in this, there seems to be a total breakdown of support for families. Particularly for single parent households.
You have religious wack jobs who will tout the “Nuclear family” and nothing else. You have zealots on the right who scream against Hillary’s plan to bring a “Universalized Health Care” system to the U.S. Fact is, kids get sick, and parents can’t afford to take them to the doctors with no insurance.
That’s not to let the Left off the hook. Children being bullied with the lame-ass cliche of “fighting is not the answer” and nothing else doesn’t help. There’s a great program in our district that teaches kids to negotiate and reason with their enemies… but in the real world we know that doesn’t always work.
And Child Protective Services? Don’t even get me started on how many things are wrong with that bureaucracy…
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February 10th, 2007
Simply put, I’m a snarky, sarcastic, jaded bastard.
I value my All-American rights to free speech and voicing my opinions… regardless of who I piss off. (Don’t get me wrong, I realize I am a reflection of my employers to a certain degree, so I *DO* exercise a certain level of responsibility and accountability in all I do and say). But I despise having to self-censor myself.
Oh and did I forget to mention that I helped make websites and strategies for two campaigns? One Republican and one Democrat. Both were facing major hurdles as underdogs but in the end, they won in landslides.
Yes, this is why some of us colorful web personalities are hired by candidates. Though we have a ton of skeletons in our archives, we’re incindiary, controversial, riveting and damned good at what we do in commanding attention.
Which brings us to the “Brawl of the Week” (hat tip to Wulfgar).
John Edwards, Amanda Marcotte & Melissa McEwan -vs- Michelle Malkin, William Donohue & The Fighting 101st Keyboarders
The Plot: Right Wingers dig up dirt from the archives of Pandagon and Shakespeare’s Sister and demand Edwards fire his bloggers for their content.
The Review: Manufactured outrage by people with skeletons in their own closets who would never vote for Edwards anyway… so why even listen to them?
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Posted in As The Web Burns, Attention Trolls™, Brawl of the Week, Modern-day Machiavelli, News & Gossip, Political Cannon Fodder, Pure, unadulterated stupidity | Comments Off
December 18th, 2006
Fed up with “professional politicians”, their empty promises and their failed policies?
So am I.
Watch this space as I make my pitch to become the next President of the United States.
(I mean I can’t make things worse, right?)
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November 8th, 2006
Oh yeah… much joy in Pennsyltucky today.
Say Goodbye to Senator Rick (“I’m a closet case that thinks gay marriage will lead to bestiality and NAMBLA”) Santorum (R)…. one of President Bush’s strongest allies….
UNEMPLOYED!
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November 2nd, 2006
Nah. Not really.
It just proves Kerry still sucks at cracking jokes.
Well, Kerry just plain sucks if you want me to be more specific.
What was supposed to be a crack at the “Commander-in-Chimp” (who has an entire WEBSITE dedicated to his verbal misfirings)… well FrankenKerry fucked the whole delivery of the joke up. What do you expect from a guy who blew 2004? Move on Democrats.
Jon Stewart is relieved to know his job is still safe.
As reported in this morning’s NY Post, the National Guard in Minnesota shows us
the troops have a great sense of humor… God Bless ‘em. HAW! HAW!!!
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October 8th, 2006
As caught by several sources….

Fair and Balanced… my ass.
Nice try O’Reilly, but we all know this child predator scumbag is a Republican, not a Democrat.
AP has done the same thing. Hard to believe it’s an accident. More like trying to divert the short attention spans of the same dumb people that vote straight down the Republican side instead of voting for the best person for the job.
DUH!
Remember people, Republicans like Mark Foley love the little children..
The only hopes of the GOP halting their death spiral in the polls is to feed him to the wolves and make the case that gay people are dangerous.
Not so.
Many studies have proven that predators and pedophiles are OVERWHELMINGLY heterosexual. Not homosexual. But why would Mark Foley feel so comfortable as a Republican given their anti-gay stance?
Well, this page has a long list of Republican pedophiles, predators and people willing to cover it up.
(Including my old buddy Mark Pazuhanich, wow, doesn’t that make you proud!)
Gee, maybe GOP stands for “Grand Ol’ Pedophiles“?
And you wonder why more people trust the Democrats these days?
Had enough, America?
P.S. The Rude Pundit takes on Drudge’s silly claims that the Foley IM’s were just a prank. HAW! HAW!!!!
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September 12th, 2006
*SIGH*
I had no intention of entertaining the “propaganda-drama” that aired on ABC. What people like Michelle Malkin and her buddies have failed to mention in their manufactured outrage and screams of “censorship” is that it was riddled with fictional scenes and misinformation… I mean not even a link from them about it.
Dishonesty as usual. (Gee, shock?).
We all would rather watch a good football game anyway.
They’re pissed that the Clintons (unlike most Democrats) wont take any shit from them. They’ve dealt with most of the GOP’s slander and attacks all through Bill’s 8-year presidency and the best they got on him was a blowjob in an investigation that cost the taxpayers millions.
Which brings me to another point…
Rep. Murtha “Disappointed” That Hillary Clinton Didn’t Endorse Troop Withdrawal Plan…
Please tell me they aren’t serious.
Americans aren’t quitters. Cutting and running is for cowards. We’re in Iraq now. It’s our mess and our problem.
Senator Clinton knows that a withdrawal would be a disaster. She also knows a thing or two about standing your ground.
You fail to realize that you’d be back in power if you provided less criticism and more solutions, don’t you?
I have the solution to all of this, do YOU Democrats?
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September 5th, 2006
Rather than me coming up with something wild and far-fetched (Like how assholes in New York can *honestly* believe I’m divorced and no longer seeing or supporting my children… you know the ones I stayed home from work and picked up from school today?), I bring you another nutty conspiracy theory skillfully debunked by the man I want to be when he grows up: MADDOX….
You see… as long as the Democrats allow lunatics to continue spouting stuff like this, and not disavow them… they will continue to lose and wonder why people use the term “The Looney Left”. With the mid-term elections coming up, and no doubt Terrorism will be the number one topic and ace in the hole for Fox “News” types, we can’t afford to lose this one.
These nutjobs and conspiracy theorists do NOT speak for me. Go take your “Illuminati” fairy tales someplace else.
Posted in As The Web Burns, Brawl of the Week, Humor, Political Cannon Fodder, Pure, unadulterated stupidity, Urban Legends and Scams | Comments Off
June 10th, 2006
Wow! I’m listening to an Mp3 of the Dixie Chicks’ “Not Ready To Make Nice”… and I must say I’m impressed! I’ve heard their music before and country/bluegrass isn’t my thing… they’re more polished now, nice crossover-pop feel. I like it!
Seems their 3 year exile did them some good, lots of soul searching, Rick Rubin producing… I have to buy this CD!
Proving once again the RIAA is dead wrong about MP3′s. I like to sample before I buy. And it’s really hard for die hard conservatives to keep screaming their career is over, considering “Taking The Long Way” has been the #1 album on Billboard’s top 200, Country and Canadian charts since it’s debut… LOL!!! (You guys are killing me here!)
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February 6th, 2006
Republican Senator reminds Atty General Gonzales ‘President does not have a blank check’
Can I get a HELL YEAH!
Checks and balances, baby! That’s why the power is split in three equal parts in our government.
I can’t express how much this all makes me nervous. I was under the impression that the CIA and the FBI have “watchlists”. They know who the badguys are, they’re keeping tabs on them. So why is this “Surveillance Program” so urgent and vital to the War on Terror?
Now to all the sheep in this country that reason all their rights away with “Go ahead, I’ve got nothing to hide! Nyuk! Nyuk!”. Chew on this:
Specter told Gonzales that even the Supreme Court had ruled that “the president does not have a blank check.” Specter suggested that the program’s legality be reviewed by a special federal court set up by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Gonzales then panicked, sputtered more pre-fabricated talking points, rhetoric about how the sky is falling and freaked out as this curveball wasn’t covered in his cue cards from the White House…
So I ask our Federal Government the same question… why not run it past the Federal Court and check it for legalities?
You have nothing to hide, right?
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