A Scary Halloween Tale

Now that the Season of the Witch, Halloween, is upon us, I thought it appropriate to share a particularly dreadful and frightening story: based on actuarial math, McCain has a one-in-four chance of surviving a second term as president. And on the dark and stormy night that his health fails, President Palin will rise from the laboratory table to rampage through the poor little villages of the world community. And at least if Russia decides to attack, Palin has a choice view of the country from her backyard. And she controls the National Guard. So, I guess we're all safe. Perhaps she can buy a plane off of eBay and shoot at the Ruskies from the air.

(Note: New York is closer to Moscow than Alaska. And Palin only controls the National Guard during times of peace)

Read more about McCain's Golden Years here. But don't worry too much - if they've kept Cheney alive this long, McCain could well live into his hundreds.

End of the Line, Sonny Jim, Game's Up

Oh Pinky Jesus, did I just quote a line from Jumaji? Jubejeyedid.

John McCain. What a piece of work that guy is. He's a liar. Oh yeah. He's opportunistic. Remember when running for president involved a commitment to the American people? Remember when executive officers considered themselves civil servants? John McCain wants to be president to satisfy his ego. Much like George Bush, with whom he voted over 90 percent of the time. That 90 percent would also include some pretty hefty spending bills. Do you think a bunch of K Street lobbyists are pulling all-nighters to help McCain, just to be out of work if his "maverick" presidency goes through with eliminating their positions? It's all crap. And what about his war record? He crashed three times (I have a better record as a pilot) and then spent all of his active combat time as a prisoner of war? What REAL combat experience does he have outside of a tiger cage? Not too much. My friend said that before the debates McCain would try to defenestrate himself. My response was: "If he couldn't free himself from a bamboo cage, what makes you think he could throw himself through a window." Yes, I'll go there. I'll attack his service record. Of course, his "heroic" service record includes a massive POW/MIA cover up. And his family values include leaving his cancer ridden wife for a wealthy beer heiress. God, all things considered, watching McCain's campaign is like something out of Guy Maddin's "The Saddest Music in the World." But, you know, without a really sexy woman, an interesting story line, and a dreadful moment of self realization.

So anyway, I had to sit through the debate watching McCain laugh and lie as Obama dragged the truth of his service into the light, especially in regard to McCain's flawed judgment about the Iraq War. Here's a video that backs up every one of Obama's claims.

W(aMu)TF????

The government just seized Washington Mutual and allowed JP Morgan Chase to buy its deposits? The Greatest Depression, people.

The U.S. government closed Seattle-based Washington Mutual amid customer withdrawals of $16.7 billion since Sept. 15, the Office of Thrift Supervision said in a statement. WaMu had "insufficient liquidity'' and was in an "unsound'' condition, the OTS said.

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We Need Marshall Law, not Martial Law

Since the Bush administration was installed into this country by the Supreme Court - and quite literally "by hook and by crook" - conspiracy theorists, pundits, analysts, beltway junkies, and average citizens alike have speculated about the supposed Rove doctrine to maintain a president for life. To essentially create the role of King of America, a position George Washington adamantly declined when offered. The only likely way to achieve this is through martial law. Well...

Beginning in October, the Army plans to station an active unit inside the United States for the first time to serve as an on-call federal response in times of emergency. The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent thirty-five of the last sixty months in Iraq, but now the unit is training for domestic operations. The unit will soon be under the day-to-day control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. The Army Times reports this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to Northern Command. The paper says the Army unit may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control. The soldiers are learning to use so-called nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals and crowds.

Why? This is a question everyone should be asking, especially if they believe that they are still being protected by Posse Comitatus, the Act which states: "Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

In other words; "The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (the Army, Air Force, and State National Guard forces when such are called into federal service) from exercising nominally state law enforcement police or peace officer powers that maintain 'law and order.'"

Given Bush's penchant for rolling society back by generations, and now centuries, it's no surprise that he wants to break a long-standing, 100-year prohibition. Corporate controlled media will continue to put the positive spin on the story, but it's just another pig with a new application of lip gloss. We need Marshall McLuhan, and maybe even Marshall Crenshaw, right now more than we need martial law. The medium is the message. And where are the soldiers of love we were promised?

(Wikipedia the McLuhan and Crenshaw references on your own; I'm tired).

ChristMASS Toys for My Friends

I'm making sure that Santa puts one of these in everybody's stocking this year.

For my religious, creationist friends, I'm asking the Baby Jesus (and wasn't he like 30 when he died for your sins?) to leave little petrified dinosaur turds wrapped in myrrh.

Good Bye Cruel World, I'm Leaving You Today...

Richard Wright

July 28, 1943 to September 15, 2008

Shine on.