Intense Sadz

This is exemplary of our national discourse. A paper of record, after all.

And John Cole as usual is spot-on here.

And Matt Taibbi has been kicking Wall St.’s ass around the block for at least a year or two now.

An uncle about my age and I had a good laugh at Thanksgiving about being ready to die just as the country was completely going into meltdown down the drain, 20-30 years or so.

I have a great family.

Update: I cannot for the life of me understand how even deep-South or Appalachian hard-core Republicans can’t see that they’re getting ripped off by people they don’t seem to be able to blame.

“Let’s distribute wealth UP,” says the poor, health care and toothless average GOP voter, “because one day my jr. high-educated ass could be rich like them! And I don’t want no gubmint takin’ ma money!”

 

This Sounds About Right

At least it fits my own view of how Corporate journalism works.

Matt is a lot of fun.

Update: I’ve worked in a large corporation for 25 years, and most people close to me have worked in large bureaucracies of one kind or another. It’s awfully strange to be hearing about how the government can’t do anything right in the context of your corporation laying off 30% of its employees, and losing a lot of money and (of course, never failing, good times and bad, inevitably) paying the “leadership” bonuses, which I am on record as telling bonus-level folks that if they just changed the word from “bonus” to, “entitlement” I’d be fine with the whole deal.

So, the point about Matt’s post is that a PhD in Organizational Behavior is not required.

 

60 Minutes

Every now and then they still show some cajones.

This one was good. I have watched this process up close and personal. It is real. And it is a horrible creepy waste of public money.

 

Glenn Beck Made Fun Of God’s…

…own abortions! That’s gotta cost him on Judgement Day.

We are in one weird place in history. I suppose any serious crackpot can succeed, Beck is hardly the first, but I’m 50 and I just don’t recall stranger times.

And I was sentient in the ’70’s!

 

No Shit

John Cole sums up just a whole gunnysack fulla problems.

(And the Rolling Stone writer he’s referring to is Matt Tiabbi, whom I can’t believe Goldman-Sachs hasn’t disappeared yet.)

 

Happy Veteran’s Day

A heartfelt sincere shout-out to anyone who has ever served in the defense of this country. Your sacrifice is unimaginable to me. If I was King, you’d never have to pay much for anything “public” ever again.

Bless you all.

 

Presidential Material

Sarah Palin continues to impress.

Update: The commentary at BJ is awfully smart and funny.

 

Annals Of Truly Bad Timing

The GOP electing Michael Steele as one of their leaders in this climate.

Dead man walking.

 

And But As Much As I Hate It…

…Obama is playing this one right.

History moves slow, and he knows it. Progress is made on incremental gains.

I know how he feels about it. It’s just that there are too many Republican Democrats to do anything else, or take any other position. Sad, but true.

The interesting and illuminating question is whether and how he can use this in the ‘10 or ‘12 elections.

How any woman could concede her uterus to a controlling authority is simply beyond me, no matter what she wants to do with it.

 

Stupak (D-Misogynist)

Somewhere near half this country has a stake in this, and I’ll bet all of 15% realize or care it is even happening. Kudos to The Man.

It isn’t about “choice,” it is about punishing women who have non-State sanctioned sex by putting them at higher risk of death. For Christ’s sake, look at History when it comes to women, or Religion when it comes to women, Politics when it comes to women; seriously, get an economy-sized Clue if you think women have had their proportional vote in History.

TBogg has the right reaction, here.

And a terrifically funny and Corporate-Media-if-it-got-big-enough-way to respond. Send some luvin’.

Depending on how you want to express your displeasure, here’s a negative way. Fire these fucks with your wallet.

Still think we’re not going to recover in the 20-30 years to 1-day I have left. Electing Bush The Lesser the second time was a historically short-term unforgivable mistake to make. So I make my adjustments.