Orange Christ

Orange Christ. Wonder if that's closer to Orange Crush or Orange Julius?

Retarded Comment

Sarah Palin wants Rahm fired for his retarded comment

In a Facebook post, Sarah Palin calls on President Obama to fire Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for reportedly describing the strategy of Senate liberals as "f*ucking retarded."

"Yes, Rahm is known for his caustic, crude references about those with whom he disagrees, but his recent tirade against participants in a strategy session was such a strong slap in many American faces that our president is doing himself a disservice by seeming to condone Rahm's recent sick and offensive tactic."

Meanwhile, an interesting new poll of Republicans finds that a majority think Palin is more qualified than Barack Obama to be president. Ouch.

Dear Campaign Managers

Robo-calls piss me off. And in some cases, such as my own, are detrimental to your candidate.

Your annoyances announce many things to me, the voter, about your candidate. You're too cheap to purchase air on radio or television. As campaign manager, you already realize that all those negative ads on the local news just swim together in the muck. You know that the radio spots on AM radio are particularly useless when there's no baseball on. Fine, I understand you don't want to waste money. I get that. That's the allure of the Robo-Caller. Just set that soulless machine up with a message to call me at inconvenient times. It's even funnier when your machine talks to my machine.

You're also too lazy to canvas the neighborhoods and meet me in person. A knock on my bunker door vs a Robo-Call at dinner time... let's see? You know, actually, I prefer neither. But I do enjoy meeting the candidate, and having him look me in the eye when he's lying about what an 'outsider' he/she is, even though they're the incumbent.

The Robo-Caller also tells me your candidate is too lazy or bored to understand the district that your machine is calling. It also shows me that you have no real interest in any issues. You probably are wasting good dollars calling Democrats to vote in the Republican primary. Thank goodness I don't make any money, or you might actually call me in person to ask for cash.

It's to the point where your opponent could use the Robo-Caller in your name to annoy me into voting against you... now that would be an effective strategy. Luckily, someone in the Statehouse realized that in crafting the laws about how Robo-Calls are allowed. Come on, there's got to be a loophole in there somewhere?

I also think its hilarious that the Robo-Caller has impunity over the Federal statute of the No Call List, which I am on. I also giggle that my caller ID sees that you're calling from other states. You can't even hire an in-state Robo-Caller? With all the unemployment in my State, there's a poor local Robo-Caller collecting dust, while you hire a Robo-Caller from another state? And if you're pinching pennies, why would you use at&t long-distance? They'll kill you in the taxes!

I'd also like to ask your candidate what they're going to do about the 80 million dollars of un-funded pension issues. Robo-Caller doesn't take questions. Nice. No, I get it. It seems like a fantastic idea at the beginning of the campaign.

But Mr. Campaign manager, just so you know, when your candidate annoys me, or wakes up the baby - I write down who your candidate's name, and make a point to vote AGAINST him in the ballot box.

Canadian Health Care: Not Enough Heart

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is set to undergo heart surgery this week in the United States.

CBC News confirmed Monday that Williams, 60, left the province earlier in the day and will have surgery later in the week.

The premier's office provided few details, beyond confirming that he would have heart surgery and saying that it was not necessarily a routine procedure.

Deputy Premier Kathy Dunderdale is scheduled to hold a news conference to provide more details about Williams's condition, as well as how the provincial government will function during his absence.

CBC reporter David Cochrane said Williams appeared to be in good health recently. He described the premier as "fairly active," playing pick-up hockey at least once a week when work permits.(read more) And you should click on this just for the comments of Canadians complaining about the two tiered system they have and also how, if they had the cash, would certainly go to the US to save their lives in a medical emergency.

As a key official though, this is a complete vote of no-confidence of their health care system and speaks volumes of the troubles the Canadians are having with it. So of course, we've got our first contender for HYPOCRITE OF THE WEEK.

But It seems that Mr. Williams would rather be seen as a hypocrite than as a cadaver.

All said, it's not clear if he has some super rare problem that only one doctor in the US provides... but it is clear that his government will still be picking up the tab. So all of you Americans who are denied insurance coverage, I recommend you go to Canada, become the premier, and then come back for that super rare surgery you need.

Dick Bump

And now... Dick Cheney in a bumper car, circa 1976

Not shown is the eight year old under his rear bumper.