John McCain trying to kiss the ass of the worst thing in America, the Christian Right, accepted today the endorsement of Christofascist Pastor John Hagee.
Bill Moyers Journal covered this issue a few months ago on PBS which scared my pants off. It's a look into the organization Christians United for Israel led by Pastor John C. Hagee. In short it is a universal call to all Christians to help factions in Israel fund the Jewish settlements, throw out all the Palestinians and lobby for a pre-emptive invasion of Iran. All to bring Russia into a war against us, causing World War III, followed by Armageddon, the Second Coming, and The Rapture so these Evangelicalfascists can all go to Heaven in their lifetime. The wholesale thirsty enjoyable murder of 7 billion people. And of course the Jews who now support them will all go to Hell. And Catholics! And they call Muslims crazy murdering fascists?
This all revolves around what is called Dispensationalism. We live in the Sixth Dispensation with the Seventh being what is often called the Millennium or the End Times. So popular is this thirst to have everyone in the world killed, that Tim LaHaye's Left Behindseries has sold 65 million copies.
This is not some little group of misfits; they include Jerry Falwell's organization, Pat Robertson and his gang, 50,000 evangelical preachers and even Billy Graham. They are prodded on by the the Likud, the powerful Israeli Lobby, American Neoconservatives and as you see in the video, supported by Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, megalomaniac Newt Gingrich and Texas Senator John Cronyn to name a few. As was the case in 2002 and early 2003 the war drums are beating once again not only throughout the GOP, a pre-emptive war with Iran seems inevitable, and if George Bush and comapany can pull it off in the next few months, that will be TWO of the worst mistakes in human history by ONE guy! And there seems to be no helping ourselves. It's more about relilgion than it is oil, two competing EVANGELICAL religions saying my way or the high way, Evangofascism.
Though the video speaks for itself but I would like to add something.
I was having an argument the other day about absolutes when my adversary claimed there was no such thing. I pondered that and indeed found it problematic. It took a few days but I finally came up with the only one I could. 100% of those who have said the world was coming to an end in their lifetime have been 100% wrong 100% of the time.
President Bush is fist pounding mad about wanting to listen to your phone calls! In Africa the name National Malaria Day after him and women wear his image on the ass.
The 366 registered voters of Arlington, Oregon managed to get enough votes to recall Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist for posing in her underwear on a fire truck before she took office. Some insiders say it was not so much about the sex as her elimination of two paid executive jobs at the Golf Course. Full story from KATU
A demonstration given at the 2008 Black Hat Conference and geek fest should give us pause and reason to consider the possible or probable misuse of the new smart chip enabled credit cards.
A volunteer called from the audience was told to leave his smart card inside of his wallet. With the card “safely” inside the volunteer’s wallet and pants pocket, Inventor and RFID security expert Adam Laurie read and displayed its contents on the presentation screen, the person’s name, account number, and expiration date – all clearly visible!
He was demonstrating his Python script designed for this and countless purposes.
Consider the possibilities. Criminals will lose touch with old scam methods and only require a bit of technology.
A thief can capture the contents of an RFID-enabled credit card just in passing.
The same is true for chips implanted in the human body, work access badges, public transit cards, and the new passports in use in more than 45 countries. The medical community has long been interested in implanting information in our bodies, right or wrong. I’ll admit it has been a boon for animal identification…but that’s as far as Auntie Technology is willing to go.
With astounding irony, credit card companies seem to be some of the biggest advocates of this technology. The companies argue that it will save time when processing payments with the RFID enabled cards.
An amazing display of how things can go wrong can be found on Spanish beaches. Visitors are encouraged to have RFID enabled tags injected into their bodies. The alleged benefit to you being you don’t need to take your wallet to the beach, and merchants can scan your wrist to get a unique ID from which to debit your account for another drink.
Of course, someone with the technology to read it can also stroll along the beach and capture it.
Lastly, proud inventor Laurie demonstrated how his personal code could be changed, then turned himself into a canine by changing his personal info into a coding sequence reserved for animals.
Am I the only one who wonders if it wouldn’t it be just as easy to change it to that of another person?
Best news for last! Anyone may obtain the Python scripts free of charge on Laurie’s website. He also sells the hardware necessary to read and write to RFID tags and cards.
Tis an ill wind which blows no good. Hal Lindsay and other doomsday writers will finally have reason to renew their wait for the Rapture and count their money, now that the “mark of the beast” is here “Without which, nothing may be bought or sold! “ BOO! Hands – Free Way to Steal a Credit Card and More
A roller coaster ride for John McCain this week! A week ago Right-wing radio was declaring John McCain a traitor to conservative ideology and the worst thing that ever happened to the Republican Party. With the New York Times story that his election staff in 2000 wanted to keep him away for Viki Iseman because it was beginning to look like an improper romantic relationship, Right-wing talk radio shifted gears and began a screeching defense of McCain against the true evil in the world, a free press. The pressure was off, the talk radio world had relaxed and McCain was on a roll, he had brought conservatives together! Until yesterday when he lost them again by making a personal attacking on one of their own. The howling on AM radio today may be so loud it warms up the cold spell.
Right-wing talk show host Bill Cunningham was the prep speaker for John McCain's appearance in Cincinnati last night. Along with the photo on the left, the repetition of using Obama's middle name, Hussein, will be permeating the conservative media for the next 9 months until it is forever imprinted on the American psyche.
Recalling how Rush Limbaugh charged Hillary Clinton with murdering Vince Foster by shooting him in the mouth, wrapping him in a carpet and unrolling him down a hill in a park on her lunch hour, I suppose before too long, Barack Hussein Obama will be named the 911 Islamofascist who got away.
If you wonder why these pigs on Right-wing radio do this nastyass stuff let me remind you. After Limbaugh seeded the Vince Foster suicide with his totally made up lies, public opinion changed. The relentless propaganda campaign resulted in 30% of Americans believing that Foster was murdered and another 47% being “not sure” if he was murdered. 77% of the public was sucked right into that crap. In this case I am sure that it will not work quite as well because Barack is so beloved over his momentum, but it may very well be enough to do him in this November.
Be sure to sit through this one to the end! There once was a man named McCain, Who...
The New York Times article said some in John McCain's election staff in 2000 tried to keep him away from Vicki Iseman as it was beginning to look like an improper romantic relationship.
Comparing that to anything the RNC, any conservative publication, or in fact the NYTs itself to what was done to the Clintons' for 8 years is like comparing a wet handkerchief fight between a couple of Teletubbies to 911.
The red state of Kansas weighs in with today’s Sleazy News Hall of Shame Award.
I cannot say the Tracy family was without warning, but the mother still got the surprise of her life when she turned on the garage light. There in living color was her Rottweiler Yogi and an acquaintance in flagrant delecti., The acquaintance, twenty year old Joshua Coman – is not a dog. In fact, he had lived with the family for a time and his passion for the pooch was not entirely a surprise to the family. At first, reports seemed to imply that this was news to the family. More recent updates state that the family found out what Coman was doing with Yody, said to be a gentle sweet dog, a month ago! They told him if he came on their property again they’d call the police.
“Supposedly according to him it’s happened numerous times on several occasions.” said teen age son Justen Tracy.
Coman had even warned the negligent family ahead of time by phoning Wednesday evening to say he was coming over to kidnap (or elope with) their dog. Obviously they didn’t keep an eye out for her safety or virtue – for some time. Coman had even lived with the Tracy family a short time and always showed great affection for Yogi.
More surprises were in store when the police arrived. It seems Coman was already on probation for similar charges involving a Rottweiler in Reno County, he pleaded no contest, but only received six months probation.
More shocking was a website Coman maintained posting pictures of himself with animals. Tracy says there’s a video on the site of his beloved Yogi in their living room, which was taped while they weren’t home. Personally, I believe Dateline should consider this demographic along with their hit “To Catch A Predator” series. There would be mayhem in barns, paddocks, and puppy pens everywhere.
“I always kinda of knew he was sick,” said Tracy proving to be an excellent judge of character, if belatedly for Yogi. Let this be a warning if someone stops by only to see your pet!
The Kinsey Report back in 1948 sited that 50% of rural males said they had sex with animals [Which gives me pause as to how many more did, but were too embarassed to say so]. This is in our most Christian Conservative Republican oceans of red. What's with that?
I have a theory!
Doing ole Betsy in the barn is not adultery, does not invoke the horror of Onan, there is no fear of STD or unwanted pregnancy and most importantly, no having to shell out for dinner and a movie. Well, perhaps a carrot and a little hay...
How many Secret Service agents will it take? However many are in this picture is not enough.
“The national and international profile of Senator Barack Obama gives rise to unique challenges that merit special concern. As an African-American who was witness to some of this nation’s most shameful days during the civil rights movement, I know personally that the hatred of some of our fellow citizens can lead to heinous acts of violence. We need only to look to the assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy as examples.” Bennie Thompson (D - Miss) chairman of the
House Homeland Security Committee. Hushed Worry About Obama
Four events made 1968 the most historic year in American History. To recap for those who were not around at the time. The Vietnam War was escalating and becoming ever more unpopular. Senator Eugene McCarthy became the anti-war candidate for the Democrats, though correct and enjoying growing support, his intellectualism and lack of charisma made him a long shot. From his office in the White House, Lyndon Johnson could hear the daily chants coming from Lafayette Square outside the gate. "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How many kids you kill today!" It weighted upon him and in March he announced he would not run for reelection. Knowing this opened wide the door, Robert Kennedy entered the process to knock out McCarthy and take on the establishment candidate, Hubert Humprhey.
In April, Southern racist James Earl Ray used a sniper rifle to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis Tennessee. In June, Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian jihadist with a handgun assassinated Robert Kennedy moments after he had beat McCarthy in the California primary. Kennedy shot out of the race and McCarthy with less charisma than Dennis Kucinich the nomination would go to Vice President Humprhey. In August outside the convention center in Chicago, demonstrations turned violent as Mayor Daley helped power Humprhey into the nomination. It culminated a few months later with the election of a sour, paranoid crook, Richard Nixon as President of the United States. [Who has at last been redeemed by George W. Bush who took his mantle as the worst president ever].
Not only does this consciousness of 1968 keep many of us in the Hillary camp, but there is a regional aspect to our choices in this matter.
Those of us who live in the South (and Idaho) have never met these reasonable Republicans Mr. Obama says he will sit down and talk it out with. It's hard for me to imagine such a thing as a reasonable Republican after being represented for 20 years by Tom DeLay, or even in causal contact with Republicans as I go about my business, my guess is they all live in New York, California or in the minds of the niave. There are no Republicans which Barack Obama can reason with living on my street, in my town, or my state. Most of them have personal arsenals stamped and promoted by Jesus Christ, and though African Americans are tolerable when they stay inside the loop, having them living in the White House is the stuff of succession and rebellion.
The only way to deal with Republicans is to grab them by their red pointy tails and slam them against the wall until their horns fall off.
In a normal world the republican candidate should have about as much chance of winning the White House this year as George W. Bush getting up on his hind legs and saying, "I can not tell a lie."
If Bush and the republicans have done one thing to benefit America as a whole, versus the already greedy rich and large corporations, I'm at a loss to think of what that might be. Conversely, to name the things he and the GOP have screwed up would fill an ocean.
But this world is not normal and American politics has become crazier than a mule with fire ants up its ass. McCain has out flip-flopped Romney so many times they should change the name of the popular summer footware to "McCains." Why just this week, the anti-torture Senator from Arizona did his fish out of water thing and voted against the Senate bill to ban waterboarding. This from the same guy who for over 30 years has fought torture, and it should be noted had some authority on the issue having spent five and half years in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam war. But as they say, politics makes strange bedfellows and McCain has totally collapsed his principles to chase votes of the religiously insane and wingnuts. Oh, and something the press always gets wrong, waterboarding is not simulated drowning, it is drowning. If you don't have an expert performing the procedure it's easy to actually drown the individual being tortured, an occurrence I'm sure that has happened more than anyone cares to admit.
We've all heard the stories that McCain can't control his temper, not a particularly desirable trait for a guy who controls the red button. And what are his chances of changing this character flaw as he approches his 72nd birthday? He also admits that economics is not his strong suit in a year where Americans consider the economy the number 1 issue. And of course he's stated he'll keep the troops in Iraq for a hundred years if that's what it takes, going completely against the number two issue on American minds. Without question you'd think he's the dream opponent for the dems in the 2008 presidential race.
But not so fast. American politics has been dominated by big money, special interests, and the corporate controlled media for decades. Barak and Hillary are running so close that it's possible the dem nominee might not be determined until the convention in late summer. That means they will have to spend huge sums of money competing with each other right to the end, money they won't have for the general election against McCain. Meanwhile, McCain will have months to build a war chest, and you just know the repubs will hold their noses and fill McCain's coffers.
Personally I prefer Hillary because I think she's best qualified to fight off the repub slime machine. But if Barak gets the nod, I'll support him 100%. What scares me is all this talk we're hearing that the Clinton and Obama supporters won't support the other camp. This sort of talk is the only thing that just might cause us to wake up November 5th with another dangerous loon in the White House.
If Barak or Hillary has any sort of a lead after the March 5 primaries, then that's the time for one of them to concede and support the other for the sake of the country. If they decide to team up, even better. But let's not blow this again, they only need even money to send McCain packing in all 50 states.
Nader's car is certainly not a Corvair, or a big gas guzzler like the 14 mpg FlexFuel 2007 Tahoe vehicle that candidate Mike Huckabee drives. This is according to a poll of candidates posed in next month's issue of Motor Trend magazine.
"What kind of car does the candidate drive?" wasn't even the question posed to the staff member for Rudy Giuliani, whose answer was 'doesn't believe he does.' Not exactly your average Joe, Giuliani probably wouldn't even own a car unless for investment purposes. Although he certainly isn't a public transportation kind of guy either, it is hard to imagine Hizzoner the Mayor behind the wheel of anything not driven by a personal chauffeur.
Barack Obama drives a car from U.S. automaker Chrysler, although the aide couldn't say whether Obama's Chrysler 300 was one of those sweet 300C hemi models or not. The Ford Escape Hybrid twice made the list of cars driven by the presidential hopefuls. Christopher Dodd and John Edwards both have a lot more time now to go for an eco-friendlier ride.
Fred Thompson rounded out the questionaire with his Volvo SUV, John McCain's ride is the 15mpg Cadillac CTS, while the car that Ron Paul drives gets just as far on a gallon of gas with his big Texas Lincoln Town car. Can you guess the name of the candidate who drives a 1960's era Rambler if we remind you that former presidential hopeful George Romney was the 1962 Chairman of American Motors?
If you answered 'self made businessman Mitt Romney' you got the name correct but your answer is, of course, only half right.
Since we got one of those cable box recorders a year or so ago, it seems my every journey through the female controlled living room has Oprah on 24/7. I have nothing against Oprah, but it is not television for macho good looking men like me. Our large HD screen and stereo sound is visible from where I often feed myself in the kitchen while I read the newspaper. Over a year now of watching constant snippages of The Poprah I have noticed an alarming theme that I have named For Winners Only.
I suppose this is not an issue for those who view Ms Winfrey occasionally, but I worry about her steady viewership.
Over 200 audience members win cars as opposed to the 200 million who do not.
The bad teenage girl cleans up her act and succeeds in all she does as opposed to the 95% who do not.
The drug addicted fellow beats it and goes on to great success as opposed to 95% who do not.
The author sells a million books as opposed to 95% of authors do not.
On and on this goes no matter what the issue. It is always that very small portion of those who beat it, who win it and succeed while the 95% who don't, cease to exist.
This constant barrage of seeing only the winners causes the constant viewer to judge those around them in Poprah terms causing them to see their own friends and family - the 95% of us - as losers. It is much the same as watching Romeo and Juliet or Love Story every afternoon. After a few weeks of it your love story begins to look like shit. Or the opposite. Those Jerry Springer type shows where we are presented with an endless string of disgusting losers and end up feeling good about ourselves and loved ones in comparison.
From low beginnings Oprah Winfrey has managed to amass a very successful corporation. She has done so by going along with whatever comes along, which is mostly apolitical good news. She is a powerhouse with an audience is mostly middle aged white women who hang on every word. When she made her move to Barak Obama - she more than anything else - ended the inevitably of Hillary Clinton becoming the first woman President.
The video here is an example of one of her sadder moments. While pushing for the Iraq War she snaps at a young Black woman in the audience who had the gall to question her about it.
Moray, south of Sydney, Australia on a typical race day.
It’s Morcombe in the lead, heading for the finish line – easy win in sight! The crowd cheers, the thoroughbred gives a burst of renewed energy – when out of the corner of Morcombe’s eye appeared the improbable.
A naked pot bellied man, accessorized by only a blue wig had suddenly appeared running along side the horse. Though inebriated, the streaker appears to have given a good showing, only stopping at the finish line with a spectacular belly flop.
The sensible lead horse had long since spooked, effectively losing the race and distancing himself from this visage.
The 31 year old streakier had started celebrating his upcoming nuptials the evening before, but was still fueled up and ready to continue on race day, to the misfortune of steed, rider, and race goers. The streakier was charged with offensive conduct, and the race declared void, I presume because the race was for horses only, he wasn’t registered, and miles of red tape, but they’ll always have this moment to treasure in their bridal book and videos, though we may never know what compels someone to take off their clothes in public. Much like Gertrude Stein, I don’t care what people do in the privacy of their homes, as long as they stay inside and don’t spook the horses!
The Video!
If it turns out that there is evidence of an affair and a
meeting, then his presidential hopes will be over.
The staff of the McCain
campaign had a rude awakening last Jan. 25th. They opened The
Washington Post and found a front-page story linking McCain’s campaign
manager, Rick Davis, to the Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska.
Who, some wondered, was feeding damaging information about Davis to the
press?
Speculation inevitably settled, as it must in McCain World, upon
John Weaver. For nearly a decade, stories about the inner workings of
the McCain apparatus inevitably involved the Weaver-Davis rivalry.
These two McCain advisers share a mutual hatred, one McCainiac told me
Thursday, that is total, absolute and blinding.
The tensions, which divided the McCain presidential campaign until
Weaver was forced out last summer, exist on many levels. First of all,
there is a personal contest for the attention and love of John McCain.
But there are broader issues as well.
Davis is a creature of the political mainstream. He is
even-tempered and charming. He is a lobbyist and a friend of lobbyists.
He is a good manager. In policy terms, his tastes tend toward the
Republican center.
Weaver is a renegade. He has a darker personality. He’s not a
member of elite Washington circles and resented the way McCain would
occasionally get pulled into them. Weaver is a less effective
bureaucrat, but his policy instincts are more daring and independent.
The Davis-Weaver rivalry has lasted for so long because John McCain
has a foot in each camp. McCain is, on one level, a figure of the
Washington mainstream. He admires Alan Greenspan and Henry Kissinger.
He appreciates a steady manager like Davis.
But McCain is also a renegade and a romantic. He loves tilting at
the establishment and shaking things up. He loves books and movies in
which the hero dies at the end while serving a noble, if lost, cause.
He loves the insurgent/band-of-brothers ethos that Weaver exudes.
McCain was loyal to each camp in a house divided. But the poisons
emanating from the rift have spread outward. They are the background
for the article my colleagues at The New York Times published Thursday.
At the core of that article that began on the front page are two
anonymous sources. These sources, according to the article, say they
confronted McCain in 1999 with their concerns that he was risking his
career by interacting with Vicki Iseman. As a columnist, I’m an
independent operator, speaking for myself alone. I have no idea who
those sources are. But they are bound to come from the inner circle of
the McCain universe. The number of people who could credibly claim to
have had a meeting like that with McCain in early 1999 is vanishingly
small. I count a small handful of associates with that stature,
including Davis and Weaver. There is nobody in that tight circle
unaffected by the hostilities that emanate from the rift.
Thursday, as McCain was fervently and completely denying the
allegations of an affair with Iseman, people in all quarters of the
McCain universe were vehemently denying it, too. But even on this
embattled day, they broke down into rival camps over the identity of
the sources.
Many in the Davis camp argued Thursday that Weaver must be the
chief anonymous source, and that he had roped in one other confederate.
He’s had a hard life, they said, and is driven by demons.
Weaver countered by telling reporters that he retains enormous
affection for McCain and desperately wants him to become president.
Moreover, Weaver had been trying to get back into the fold. There is no
way he would be an anonymous source against McCain. Some closer to
Weaver theorized that the sources must be former McCain campaign elders
from 2000 who worked for rival campaigns in 2008.
I checked that possibility out, and it doesn’t hold water. But
while calling around to a dozen senior McCain friends and advisers
Thursday, what struck me was the enormous tragedy of the rift. They all
love McCain. They all say it is absurd to think he abused his power in
the way that is alleged. But the rift is like some primal sore. It
affected every conversation I had Thursday, as it has infected McCain
efforts again and again over the past many years.
At his press conference Thursday, McCain went all-in. He didn’t
just say he didn’t remember a meeting about Iseman. He said there was
no meeting. If it turns out that there is evidence of an affair and a
meeting, then his presidential hopes will be over. If no evidence
surfaces, his campaign will go on and it will be clear that there were
members of his old inner circle consumed by viciousness and
mendaciousness.
But lingering over everything is the bitterness of the rift, which
has caused duplicity and anger to seep into the campaign of this fine
man. The poisons have yet to be drained.
The 366 registered voters of Arlington, Oregon managed to get enough votes to recall Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist for posing in her underwear on a fire truck before she took office. Some insiders say it was not so much about the sex as her elimination of two paid executive jobs at the Golf Course. 
A demonstration given at the 2008 Black Hat Conference and geek fest should give us pause and reason to consider the possible or probable misuse of the new smart chip enabled credit cards.
A volunteer called from the audience was told to leave his smart card inside of his wallet. With the card “safely” inside the volunteer’s wallet and pants pocket, Inventor and RFID security expert Adam Laurie read and displayed its contents on the presentation screen, the person’s name, account number, and expiration date – all clearly visible!
He was demonstrating his Python script designed for this and countless purposes.
Right-wing talk show host Bill Cunningham was the prep speaker for John McCain's appearance in Cincinnati last night. Along with the photo on the left, the repetition of using Obama's middle name, Hussein, will be permeating the conservative media for the next 9 months until it is forever imprinted on the American psyche.
It’s Morcombe in the lead, heading for the finish line – easy win in sight! The crowd cheers, the thoroughbred gives a burst of renewed energy – when out of the corner of Morcombe’s eye appeared the improbable. 
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