9.05.2007

"There's nasty, there's puerile, and then there's Mark Morford's hate mail. Wake the kids!"

One of my favorite newspaper columns to read is by Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle. He's akin to a Lewis Black, but more bitter and left-leaning. Needless to say, his columns (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4) attract a bit of hate mail from across the country.

Here's a few of the recent gems. I especially love all the letters from "Christians" that obviously have taken the teachings of the Bible to heart.

Since you spend most of your life in never-never land, you might not be aware that you have an appointment to stand before the God of the Bible, and be judged by Him for your sins. And your contempt for God will be on the agenda. Try to enjoy the rest of your miserable, worthless life. Eternity is a long, long time.

I can't believe your audacity. We live in a death culture where people are contracepting, murdering children on a daily basis (abortion), and the world's population is growing eerily older as we speak. There will be no more children to support your sorry bum when you are older. Why?? Because NO ONE is having children!!! There will be no more social security and no more "workers" in your nursing home. Why?? Because you all chose to have no more children. Look at Europe!! The Muslims are taking over because the Europeans are too selfish to have kids of their own!!!!!!
God Bless You.

I can't wait to read your articles once Mitt Romney takes the white house. Honestly, there's nobody on either side of the aisle that can challenge him. i wish there were. it would make for a better election. He's ronald reagan part deux. and guess what dude.....he's MORMON!! oh this is gonna be so great! you are gonna be SOOOOO angry! he's gonna take away all your freedoms mark!! all your freedoms and liberties!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

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8.29.2007

My head hurts.

Point.

Counterpoint.

As an aside, could the Brewers pitching staff suck any more? For some silly reason I recently dished out big bucks and put on my Sconnie shirt only to see the Crew score 6 runs in the first three innings and still lose. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

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Oh those funny internet kids and their funny video editing software. comment by  brian, 8/29/2007 6:37 PM

Yea...Sheets is back! Sheets is back! Sheets is back! Just keep saying that with me and I'm sure we can turn this thing around. comment by  Anonymous, 8/30/2007 7:22 AM

8.10.2007

Politics as usual?

Does anybody truly support any of the frontrunners in the Presidential campaign? Does anybody care about any of the issues in the Presidential campaign?

If you are at all curious about which candidates actually agree with you regarding some of the most important issues of the day, spend 2-3 minutes and take this survey:

[H]ere's a really simple way to find out which candidates share your views. This script is composed entirely of data collected by www.2decide.com. Enter your choices below and hit GO to rank the candidates.

I was skeptical of this quiz at first, but after a quick glance the methodology and data seem sound. After taking the quiz, I only had one so-called "front-runner" in my top 3. The quiz did help reaffirm my "ideal" choice, as well as help solidify my support for one of the so-called "front-runners" that will probably be left standing toward the end of primary season.

Once you are done examining your results, go and check out the net-wide results. I realize this survey may result from a skewed sample, but the results nonetheless are interesting. Surprise, surprise...just like the crowning of your high school prom king and queen, the current Presidential race looks decidedly like another sort of contest that isn't exactly based upon policy.

Oh, and if all this political talk has got you down, everybody needs to get a blimp, 'coz blimps are pretty pimp. I suppose you could also get a My-Little-Pony, or build an awesome domino rally. Thanks to b3ta for these last few links.

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I think that the fact that the questions are clearly written as a laundry list of liberal complaints about republican hypocrisy leads to the swing towards Kucinich. I mean, I like the guy, but I think that if questions about issues like right to life, death tax, capital gains taxes, income taxes, funding of the military, our role in the United Nations.......you would see more moderate candidates emerge as the favorites. comment by  Anonymous, 8/27/2007 4:37 PM

1.23.2007

SOTU:

8:15 - Cheney already looks like he wants to shoot somebody (in the face...of course).
8:18 - Balance budget...hmm, will be a $10 Trillion nation debit...$8 trillion of which under just three presidents - Reagan, Bush, and Bush
8:18 - Balanced the budget...three years ahead of schedule...if you don't count Iraq
8:21 - Are all the people there reading along? (do you think the "applause" breaks are highlighted?)
8:23 - I see Obama
8:24 - Tax breaks on the first $15M of health care costs only works if you make more than $15M
8:26 - Is Pelosi trying to make it VERY obvious when she is/is not clapping
8:29 - Energy-notice he always says FOREIGN oil (clean coal my ass)
8:31 - Reduce gas usage by 20% in ten years...that seems like very little over a very long time
8:32 - Double the capacity of the SPR...through drilling?
8:33 - Did he say global climate change...I didn't think he knew what that was (or didn't believe in it)
8:34 - Domestic policy done...on to Iraq
8:35 - "Take the fight to the enemy"..."Staying on the offense"
8:36 - I think he is about to play the "it could be worse" card
8:36 - And there it is
8:39 - He is drawing one big circle around any thing he doesn't like and calling it terrorist...not that there aren't a variety of terrorist organization, but in his mind it seems so simple if they disagree with him, they must be terrorists (with us or against us).
8:41 - Condi looks piiissssed
8:42 - McCain is asleep
8:44 - Define "victory"
8:47 - Wealth of Iraw into rebuilding of Iraq...and into the pockets of the war profiteers
8:48 - Violence could spill out around the country...its not already
8:49 - smirk
8:50 - He just tied not supporting the escallation to not supporting the troops...classy
8:51 - Special counsel to advise on terror? Haven't we had a few of those that the Repubs have ignored in the past?
8:52 - Civillian specialists...aren't those called mercinaries?
8:54 - Is he basically calling out everyone in the world who doesn't like us?
8:54 - AIDS in Africa...was the Red Product thing what clued him in?
8:57 - Dikembe Mutombo - K?!?
9:00 - Wesley Autrey...he''s pointing a lot...was that a chest pound?
9:02 - smirk
Totals:
49 minutes
62 applause breaks

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Did you actually watch it? You must not like yourself very much to put yourself through that. Or possibly you thought it was a stand-up routine? comment by  jp, 1/24/2007 9:15 AM

Well, at first I thought I missed it...but unfortunately I did watch it. Via DailyKos.com. comment by  Unknown, 1/24/2007 10:27 AM

Union: Impossible

Well, its time to get ready for tonights State of the Union address. To help everyone get over the fact that you have to listen to Bush speak for an hour, our friends at Drinking Liberally have come to the rescue with their SOTU Bingo...enjoy!

I won't be playing Drinking Liberally's bingo, instead I will simply be drinking liberally. Via DailyKos.com

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