Starbucks Coffee, Sarah Palin and Her Special Place in Hell

Sarah Palin believes there’s a special place in hell reserved for women who don’t support other women.

Well, if that’s the case, her own seat down there is likely reserved front and center…

The context for her most recent round of projectile vomit comes as Governor Palin was speaking at a rally in California.

She says she was drinking Starbucks coffee, and noticed the quote of the day on the mug… it was from Madeleine Albright, “There is a special place in hell reserved for women who don’t support other women”.

Sigh.

Besides the fact that Governor Palin couldn’t manage to accurately quote the coffee cup in question, I find it more than a little ironic that this particular quote is the one she’s sinking her teeth into.

Sarah Palin may want to stay away from the “women should support women” argument, considering she stands among our enemies when it comes to women and our rights (or lack thereof, should she get her way).

The actual quote reads:

There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.

-Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State and Ambassador to the U.N.

Clearly, Madeleine Albright was not suggesting women should vote all willy-nilly for a fellow woman- such as Palin- especially when said woman is an absolute complete and total idiot.

Madeleine Albright does not support Sarah Palin… not even a little bit… 

… And personally, I actually think it was women like Governor Palin that Albright was speaking of when she made the statement to begin with.

Certainly Sarah Palin has been less than helpful when it comes to women.

She is anything but an advocate of women’s rights- especially women’s reproductive rights. 

Not only is the woman against the notion of other women having the right and the freedom to take responsibility for their own reproductive choices, she required rape victims- fellow women in need- to pay for their own rape exams while Mayor of Wasilla.

Huh.

Not what I would consider helpful or supportive.

Why then, does she deserve our support when she is so adamantly against supporting us?

To state the obvious…

She doesn’t.

So hey, if we women are going to hell for not supporting her…

Then I guess we’ll all see her down there with us.

The Juice Has Expired…

O.J. Simpson has been found guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman armed robbery and kidnapping.

He will likely go to prison for the rest of his life.

I’m not terribly sympathetic, even though I think Simpson was pretty much cooked from the moment he was arrested in connection with this sports memorabalia heist in Las Vegas.

The verdict had less to do with the crimes he was charged with most recently, and more to do with the murders he committed in 1994.

That isn’t really the way the justice system is supposed to work, but Simpson is an arrogant asshole who believed that because he got away with murder 13 years ago (yesterday’s verdict came 13 years to the day after he was acquitted in the Brown-Goldman slayings), he could get away with armed robbery and kidnapping today.

One would think, after being wrongfully acquitted of double homicide, the defendent would have recognized his sheer luck, and chosen not to push it any further.

Wrong.

Simpson believes he walks on water, he’s smarter than the legal system… he thought he was above the law, and he thought he would beat these charges like he beat the other ones.

Looks like Simpson’s the one who got beat.

Bailouts, Pigs, Fat Cats and the Economy

It’s official.

The bumbling b.s. bailout of the century has passed, and George Bush has signed it into law.

Members of Congress have been saying for two weeks now that the passage of this thing was imperative to saving our economy… yet they were unable to get sufficient support for it until they loaded the damn thing up with so much pork that it is practically unrecognizable.

Not to mention the fact that in its final form, it is now even more costly for us, the little guys, who are footing the bill for this sucker.

Oink Oink.

What pisses me off the most at this point- other than the fact that this nonsense became necessary to begin with- are the reactions of the politicians involved in shoving this massive pile of pig shit through.

 All of ‘em.

Democrats, Republicans, the Secretary of Treasury, the President…

Every last damn one of them.

How dare they take all of this money from our pitifully meager pockets- during our own time of need- when we can least afford to spare the change and drop it into these Wall Street Fat Cats’ laps- those who least deserve access to it…

… And then stand out on the damn lawn patting themselves on their backs, acting like this was a job well done?

Oh- and that instantaneous bounce Wall Street expected in response to the bill’s passing?

Didn’t fuckin’ happen.

As news of the bailout spread, the Dow plunged… down a total of 3.22% at close.

Great.

VP Debates, Stupid People and Richard Nixon

I have a few thoughts about the VP Debate last night…

Shocking, I know.

I think Sarah Palin did a great job…

… Well, she did a great job in speaking to the uneducated masses, anyway.

She also did a great job reading from her script.

I’m glad to learn, for all her shortcomings, Sarah Palin is not illiterate.

She can read with the best of ‘em!

Unfortunately, her script was incomplete… so she wasn’t able to answer all of the questions… I guess the Republicans only had enough time to write out the basics for her.

At various points she both cleverly and not-so-cleverly avoided answering the moderator… but since she managed to be cute about it, I doubt Joe Six-Pack really minded that much.

My favorite example of her question-dodging came when the moderator asked the two candidates to explain the differences between Obama’s health care plan and McCain’s. It was Biden’s turn to answer first, and he nailed it- knocked the shit right out of the park.

When it was Palin’s turn, she says, “I want to go back to energy”.

*Uncomfortable Silence*

Huh? You want to go back to energy?

Well honey, I’d like to go back to a lot of things- my pleasant, stress-free childhood, for example- but… um…

Could you answer the question please?

No?

Oh ok.

Moving on then.

The woman didn’t even pretend like she knew what the hell to say about health care.

I don’t blame her- I wouldn’t have been able to defend McCain’s I’m-going-to-give-all-Americans-a-$5,000-tax-credit-to-purchase-a-$12,000-plan excuse for a health care policy either.

Sigh.

Anyway, onward…

Governor Palin’s script-reading talent does not equate to presentation-talent. She behaved completely inappropriately on more than one occasion…

I don’t know- seems that the VP Debate really isn’t the proper forum to be giving “shout outs” and saying such undignified things as ”darn it” over and over again.

I had the TV on this morning as I was getting ready for work… I was listening to CBS… and as I was getting ready to jump in the shower, I heard someone on the news comment about how Senator Biden looked Presidential- like he was ready to lead- while Palin looked… mayoral.

Not surprising that she didn’t look the part, considering she simply isn’t ready to step into the position Senator McCain has thrown her in.

There is one thing, however, that she truly is the best possible candidate for:

Representing the stupid people of America.

Who better to represent a legion of idiots than an idiot herself?

Now hold on, Palin-puppies- before you go getting all offended and shit, allow me to explain the historic precedence for this…

Then you can get offended.

Way back in 1970, Richard Nixon nominated a fella by the name of G. Harrold Carswell for U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

The man had little by way of experience, and was not a very good judge. In fact, a whopping 58% of his rulings were reversed on appeal.

Terrible.

When the American people- and a whole bunch of politicians- complained about the fact that this man was so obviously, blatantly, completely and totally unqualified to sit on the bench of the Supreme Court… Senator Roman Hruska (Republican, Nebraska) stated, in Carrswell’s defense:

 Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance?

Yeah.

That’s a direct quote.

So obviously, this notion of “stupid people deserve representation too” is not a new concept.

Ridiculous, perhaps, but not new.

It is Sarah Palin’s forte’.

John McCain, in nominating this complete and total trainwreck of a politician is saying to all of America,

Even if she is stupid, there are a lot of stupid people in this country. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance?

So hey all you Palin-poodles…

If you don’t mind Senator McCain calling you stupid…

Neither do I.

A Spoonful of Sweetener Makes the B.S. Go Down

The Senate has passed the bailout.

Crap.

I had really hoped they wouldn’t.

They didn’t just pass it… they did it with “sweeteners”.

Doesn’t make that shit any easier to swallow now does it?

Nope.

Sure doesn’t.

Let’s hope the House has the balls to kill it- again.

Regardless, here it is in its entirety…

… for those of you who need a little bathroom reading.

Enjoy.

Senate Bailout Plan

 

Sarah Palin, Foreign Policy, and the Irony of Country First

John McCain is crying again.

He thinks the media is tricking his poor little Pitt Bull Palin into looking like she is so desperately- horribly- out of her league.

Uh…

Right.

None of this could have anything to do with the fact that she is out of her league…

Could it?

Shit- now it’s gotten so bad that I’m not only questioning McCain’s judgment in picking this feisty animal as his hopeful #2 in command- but honestly, I question the soundness of his mind.

Especially considering his most recent claims… that he has asked Governor Palin for advice on foreign policy “many times”.

Wow.

I don’t know guys… that actually scares the living hell out of me…

… And begs the question…

Why in the world would he be asking her for foreign policy advice?

More importantly, what the hell is he asking Little Miss I-have-foreign-policy-experience-because-my-middle-of-nowhere-state-is-close-to-Russia that he doesn’t already know the answer to?

What could she possibly tell Senator McCain about foreign policy?

The woman is beyond ignorant… she is the most clueless political-wanna-be to ever roam the planet…

A planet that she believes humans inhabited- as recently as 6,000 years ago- with dinosaurs, by the way… as in, both dinosaurs and people lived in harmony here on earth… together…

Simultaneously.

… But I digress.

Back to foreign policy.

McCain is asking for advice from Sarah Palin, who went on national TV to explain that since Georgia is our NATO ally, we should strongly consider going to war with Russia.

She didn’t know enough to realize- Georgia is not part of NATO.

Moving on… this oh-so-smart lady recently told the good folks in Philadelphia that we should absolutely reserve the right to launch cross-border attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan, in case it becomes necessary to ”stop terrorists from coming any further in”…

Funny.

John McCain doesn’t think we should entertain that option… in fact, he retracted her statements when questioned about them (really? You can retract other people’s statements?)…

But…

Her statements were strangely reminiscent of Obama’s own stance on the Afghanistan-Pakistan-border-fiasco.

Sigh.

She agreed with McCain’s opponent… but not because she honestly agrees with his stance… but because… she’s too dumb to understand what she’d actually said.

Oh, but she isn’t finished yet…

During her now-infamous interview Katie Couric, Palin, speaking out of complete and total ignorance, actually endorses Hamas (you know- the terrorist group? Yes, that Hamas).

Couric had asked Governor Palin what happens when “the goal of democracy doesn’t produce the desired outcome? In Gaza, the U.S. pushed hard for elections, and Hamas won”… to which our esteemed John McCain running-mate replied:

Yeah, well especially in that region, though, we have to protect those who do seek democracy and support those who seek protections for the people who live there. What we’re seeing in the last couple of days here in New York is a President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, who would come on our soil and express such disdain for one of our closest allies and friends, Israel … and we’re hearing the evil that he speaks and if hearing him doesn’t allow Americans to commit more solidly to protecting the friends and allies that we need, especially there in the Mideast, then nothing will.

Alright listen up, because it’s worth repeating.

Dumb-dumb Sarah Palin just endorsed Hamas.

Does she endorse them because she supports them?

Absolutely not.

She endorsed them because she doesn’t know what the fuck she’s talking about.

Someone very close to me recently told me something…

He said some people are so blinded- by racism, by ignorance, by their party, by classism- that they will support “one of their own” at all costs.

Even when doing so poses a real threat to our very country.

If I wasn’t witnessing the shenanigans of McCain, his brand new best friend and all their supporters first hand, I would have begged to differ.

I would have said Americans, regardless of party lines, put America first.

The GOP’s own slogan during the Convention was “Country First”… ironic, considering how absolutely dangerous this woman is to our very safety, stability… our rights… our everything…

Well Repbublicans, you could have fooled me.

Seriously…

Get the hell out of here with that Country First bullshit.

Rescue Plan- Tastes Even Worse Going Down the 2nd Time

The Economic Bailout- Take 2- is going before the Senate today.

I’m a little disappointed… I know they’ve added some stuff, and yanked other things… but…

The bill still stinks.

I was hoping that the unexpected no-vote in the House on Monday would have given lawmakers some incentive to scrap this butt-ugly thing and start over again…

Maybe get to work on passing something that’s worthwhile.

Unfortunately they either think it’s legislation worth saving, or feel that they don’t have the time to write a new bill.

I say, work some over-time if you have to…

… But stop trying to shove this worthless joke of a “Rescue Plan” down our throats.

 Either come correct, or don’t come at all.

I expect it to pass the Senate today, but like most regurgitated stuff, it tastes worse going down the second time.

Yuck.

Economic Ramblings of a Broke A$$ Woman

It’s taken some days, but I’ve finally figured out how I feel about this economic bailout thing that’s been monopolizing my radio, my tv, my internet, and the proverbial water cooler at work.

I hate it.

Should Congress be successful in resurrecting the bill and bringing it to another vote, I hope it fails miserably.

There.

I said it.

I’ve been waiting- for days- to hear how this thing is going to help Main Street… and now finally understand that Main Street won’t benefit at all.

With that in mind, I say…

Fuck ‘em.

Why should my broke ass incur the debt of financial institutions that A) did this shit to themselves and B) aren’t even willing to throw me a bone by way of thanks for bailing them out?

The answer is, I shouldn’t.

From my vantage point… waaaay down here where I’m sitting… it looks like I’m going to be just as screwed if this thing passes as I will be if this thing fails…

Except that one of those options will result in my incurring a mind-blowingly huge debt on top of everything else I’m trying to shoulder right now.

Either way it goes, my fellow taxpayers and I are no more or less likely to remain in our homes, nor are we any more or less likely to be able to afford fuel for our cars, food for our families, or medical expenses for our loved ones.

The Treasury Secretary, the President, Wall Street and Congress are all running around like some chickens with their heads cut off, screeching about how if we don’t pass this thing, the world is going to come to an end.

Honestly, it’s been real tough to get too stressed about it considering the behavior of Congress- especially yesterday. Our representatives have been cluck-cluck-cluckin’ about how important this bailout legislation is… but when it failed in the House, we learned the reason it died was baby-ass, pansy pettiness.

Our esteemed representatives thought it was more important to let their personal vendettas dictate how they voted on this oh-so-important bill than it was to vote on the issues contained in the thing itself.

Let’s see…  they didn’t like Nancy Pelosi’s speech from the floor of the House yesterday morning, so rather than pass the damn thing like they swore they would, they voted Nay.

Seriously?

This is how they make decisions? This is how our elected officials decide whether or not to pass legislation that according to them may be our last option to save the economy?

Perhaps they don’t really care as much about Main Street as they claim they do… or maybe this shit isn’t quite as big a deal as they’re trying to make it out to be after all.

… And don’t misunderstand- I’m not giving Nancy Pelosi a free pass either… so settle down, Republicans.

Why did she decide to give an Anti-Bush-Administration-and-anything-GOP campaign speech at that particular moment?

Talk about inappropriate.

Seems to me, had the bill been that stinkin’ important, perhaps the representatives would have been concentrating on coming together… not tearing each other apart… and while Nancy-girl was not the only person guilty of doing it, she did it the biggest, in the worst possible place, at the worst possible time.

Yet these same people, who cannot, for the lives of them, bring themselves to put their petty differences aside- for less than an hour- so this thing can pass, want me to believe that the bailout is the end-all-be-all to all things financial?

Doubtful.

Perhaps I would have shared in their urgency had they behaved like adults.

As far as I’m concerned, if the legislation wasn’t important enough for them to stop bickering long enough to pass it, than it likely isn’t important enough for me to get all excited about either.

While our oh-so-mature Congress was been acting like a bunch of spoiled rotten three year olds, I have been patiently waiting to hear what, specifically, will happen, should this bill fail again.

Are we headed for another Great Depression? Will the very fiber of our economy grind to a halt? Will the meager pennies I have in the bank no longer be insured, causing me to lose the little cash flow I currently enjoy?

No one has an answer.

Not a single person knows what the heck is going to happen, should this bailout fail.

Is it possible the market will right itself, causing no additional strain on We The Tax Payers?

Yep.

Is it possible that life will get really miserable for investment bankers?

Yep- that’s almost a guarantee.

Other than the fact that regular ol’ middle class Americans will get no relief whatsoever from bailing the financial sector out, not much else can be stated for sure.

Sorry guys.

Not good enough.

Perhaps it’s time the fat cats in the banking world learn to sink or swim- just like like the rest of us have had to do- while they were gorging themselves- excessively and unnecessarily… and quite frankly, criminally.

I say, welcome to my world…

And there is no life guard on duty.

Crunch.

Depression, Burning Tables and The House of Representatives

The Bailout has failed.

It didn’t even make it past the House today… and well… let’s face it…

This nonsense has officially become a full-blown mess.

The Republicans are blaming the Democrats, claiming the measure would have passed, had Nancy Pelosi not given such a partisan speech on the House floor this morning.

The Democrats are counter-blaming the Republicans, claiming the GOP was being vengeful in not voting for this thing… and that by hatin’ on Nancy Pelosi, they knowingly let the entire country down.

I say both sides are fuckin’ up.

The Dow plummeted further than it ever has in the entire history of the U.S today.

This whole entire situation is… um…

I don’t even know what to say.

It’s jacked up.

We taxpayers never should have been put in this position- being asked to bail out a bunch of fat cats who gambled with their own damn cash and lost- to begin with.

Now that we’re in it, the absolute b.s. is starting to pile high- it’s smelly as hell- and the pile just keeps getting bigger.

We’ve got bickering for the sake of bickering, we’ve got inappropriate earmarking, we’ve got every damn thing except for…

A plan.

What’s most maddening about all this is that we Americans, whose tax dollars are on the line when Congress does eventually come up with a way out of this cluster-fuck, are the most powerless.

There’s nothing we can do about any of this right now.

We just have to trust that the same people who refused to pass this legislation today, due to their own trivial nonsensical disagreements will eventually do the right thing.

In the meantime, while we wait, let’s all just pray that by the time winter comes, we won’t be so desperate that we find ourselves burning our own kitchen tables simply to heat up our homes.

Depressing, isn’t it?

Remembering Paul Newman

As most of us have undoubtedly heard by now, the Great Paul Newman has died.

He was 83.

He will be sorely missed- for his brilliance, his talent, and perhaps even more for his humanity.

From the more than $200 million he has donated to charity from the profits of his Newman’s Own salad dressing company to the 11 Hole in the Wall Camps throughout the world that are benefitting children who suffer from terminal illnesses…

This is a man who gave back.

Prayers and condolences to his beautiful wife, their family, and everyone else who loved Paul Newman.