Projects, interests, and pontifications of Joby Walker
Failblog has a story from Dearborn, Michigan that made it to our local Fox Affiliate. Not only is the story hilarious but it is always amusing to watch NEWS anchors when they have to pause to recover their composure.
While having dinner with some neighbors at Zeek’s Pizza, one of the neighbors was recounting an argument with their child. At the climax of the argument the youth used the most hurtful curse possible, “You don’t even believe in diversity!”. I couldn’t stop laughing, fortunately I hadn’t taken a drink or beer would have been frothing from my nose.
Matt and Trey have released one of the coolest TV show sites there is: South Park Studios. There is a ton of cool stuff on the site but what I like the most is that they are making full episodes available. Gotta love that. Thanks guys!
I really can’t agree more with the Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen on the ridiculousness of the Democrat’s caucus in Iowa:
In “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” King Arthur and his knights come across Camelot, and at least initially, couldn’t be more pleased. After thinking it over, and considering exactly what goes on inside Camelot, Arthur concludes, “On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.”
I’ve come to think of the Iowa caucuses in the same light. Before the nominating process begins in earnest, Iowa has a certain Midwestern charm, filled with voters who appreciate their role in picking the next president. Like Camelot, it’s something to look forward to. But as we finally come upon Jan. 3, and get a look at what’s involved, it’s pretty obvious that the Iowa caucuses are much too silly….
Voting by absentee ballot is prohibited. There are no secret ballots, a bedrock democratic principle. The notion of “one-person, one-vote” does not really apply (the NYT noted that votes are weighted according to a precinct’s past level of participation)…
And just to add insult to injury, no one is allowed to know exactly how many Iowans actually voted for the different candidates — the Iowa Democratic Party gets the numbers, but keeps them private. (The results that designate the “winner” only reflect the share of state delegates each candidate has won.) As Greenfield noted, it means “a candidate who turned out more total supporters than anyone else, across the state, could wind up in second or third place — and no one will know.”
This process should not be tolerated. The Democrat’s caucus in Iowa violates every principle of modern democratic elections the DNC should decertify the process and everyone should ignore Iowa’s Democratic caucus until they institute reforms as the Republicans have.
that a 7 year old is at a higher reading level than Mike Huckabee:
“Who is your favorite author?” Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.
Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.
In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.
“My favorite author is C. S. Lewis,” she said.
I was looking at my Despair.com 2007 calendar that I put together last year, and was appreciating this month: Madness.
Madness does not always howl. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “Hey, is there room in your head for one more?”
heh heh heh…
This is how I’ll always remember her:
SHERYL CROW AND HER TOILET PAPER: I think this is an example of “negative branding.” As I drove home, I heard a local DJ saying that no one will ever be able to listen to her music without thinking of butt-wiping, and then speculating that maybe Lance Armstrong had left her because “she wasn’t diligent enough with the paperwork.”
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) on the campaign trail:
”This reminds me of one of my favorite American heroines, Harriet Tubman,” the senator told 1,800 cheering supporters when her mike was restored.
“She made it to freedom after having been a slave and she got to New York and she could have been so happy . . . but she kept going back down South to bring other freed slaves to freedom.
“And she used to say, ‘No matter what happens, keep going,’ ” Hillary Clinton said. “So we’re going to keep going until we take back the White House!”
I can only assume from her remarks that while President, Bill Clinton enslaved Hillary until she escaped to become a New York Senator. And now her campaign’s foundation is her desire to liberate all of the women Bill left enslaved at the White House. Seems like reasonable grounds for divorce too.