Listening to the VP debate I am forced to agree that with my sister’s observation that Sarah Palin sounds like a snotty cheerleader. The mean girl – the one who knows she’s pretty and uses her charms to put down and insult others… she hides her own ignorance by making snide comments with a smile.Â
 It would be nice if she’d answer the question Gwen asks rather than the question she WANTED her to ask…..Â
Loving:
Rachel Maddow. Normally I avoid cable news networks at all costs. But I caught a YouTube video of Rachel Maddow’s new show on MSNBC a couple of weeks ago and may just have to turn in every day to watch this Ph.D and Rhodes Scholar.
Unapologetically liberal, she is intelligent, witty, articulate and fair minded. She offers calm and intelligent discourse (based on facts). My liberal leaning friends will love her.
Anticipating:
Comdeian/Political Satirist Bill Maher takes on all the silliness of religions around the world in this comedy/documentary called Religulous. An advocate of “reason”, Maher is sure to be highly irreverent and offend millions of people. I can hardly wait. (Not for people to be offended, but to go LMAO in the theatre.)
Unsurprised:
I mean, come on.
Was ANYONE surprised by this?
Annoyed… and then pleased:
McCain wanted to postpone the planned Presidential debate Friday night so he could rush back to Washington and inject his vast economic experience into solving the current economic crisis (as if his de-regulation policies weren’t partially responsible for what’s happened…)
But Obama said, no way.
“With respect to the debates it is my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in roughly 40 days will be responsible for this mess,” he said. “I think it is going to be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once. I don’t see why we can’t be constructive in helping with this problem.”
So what happens if Obama is the only one to show up?
He’s hot.Â
He’s sexy.Â
He’s entertaining on the big screen.Â
Loving dad.Â
Generous humanitarian.
And now, another great reason to absolutely love Brad Pitt…
He just donated $100,000 to help fight the discriminatory ban against gay marriage in California, saying…
 “Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree with it, because everyone has the right to live the life they so desire if it doesn’t harm another and because discrimination has no place in America, my vote will be for equality and against Proposition 8”
I love you, Brad.
Speaking of which – I’m so delighted that my favorite former brother-in-law and his long time partner just tied the knot last week in northern California.  When he wrote to tell me the happy news, he said “It actually turned out to be a bigger deal than I thought it would. We’ve felt so married for so long we really didn’t think it would be that big of deal. It was.”Â
Everyone should get the chance to be this happy – with all the legal protections that come with marriage. Â
Congratulations Paul and Craig! I’m SO HAPPY for you!
This is supposed to be a day of remembrance. Remembrance of the attack, remembrance of the national unity which followed it.
Most important of all, remembrance of the dead.Â
But 9/11 has become a brand name…..
Lot’s of articles and commentaries on the election this week. Here are my favorites:
Ability To Lead Armed Forces Pivotal In Election
by Ken Harbaugh
Republicans, Stop Calling Obama Elitist
by Bill Maher (smart-ass comedian, political commentator)
Palin and McCain’s Shotgun Marriage
by Frank Rich
Sarah Palin: George Bush in Lipstick?
by Nico Pitney
**Yes – that’s a morphed photo of George and Sarah…. pretty uncanny, don’t you think?
And my favorite….
Jon Stewart does what he does best
He hits Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris and more with damning evidence of their hypocrisy regarding Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Please people. You really should know better by now. Â
STOP FORWARDING POLITICAL EMAILS.Â
You know the ones…. because you’ve probably received them. You’ve probably forwarded them. Stop it.Â
Just say no.  And tell your friends to just say no!
Friends don’t let friends email lies and stupidity.
In fact, if you get one, just delete it.  They are designed to prey on your fears and biases by using half-truths, distortions or outright lies. The authors have a specific agenda and recognize most people won’t bother to check the facts, and will simply buy into the nonsense…. and then forward to all your friends. Â
And when you do forward it, it just makes you look uninformed and like a dolt (to your friends who are on top of the program)…. or you are guilty of perpetuating lies and confusing your less informed (and gullible) friends. Â
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You’re also adding to the problem of a misinformed public, and the negative, partisan divide that has plagued our country for the last several years. Stop making things worse!  If you can vote, be responsible with that privilege and get the facts before wielding your uninformed finger in the voting booth.
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If you simply must read these emails you receive – then before you do ANYTHING with it….
Here’s a great articleabout this at FactCheck.org. PLEASE READ IT.
That Chain E-mail Your Friend Sent to You Is (Likely) Bogus. Seriously.
Please people. Only you have the power to stop this nonsense.
Watching and listening to McCain speak is so very painful…..    uninformative speech, boring delivery….. and peppered with misinformation. Â
I can’t believe they actually put him in front of a GREEN SCREEN again….  Stephen Colbert must be giddy with possibilities….
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I’ve been watching much of the Democratic National Convention this week and am thoroughly disgusted by the truly deranged commentary.   Rather than journalism, they are all about creating conflict and drama – even if it isn’t there.
The MSNBC team turned into mind readers… especially Pat Buchanan who apparently knows Hillary better than she knows herself.   He told us what Hillary was really thinking while giving her speech – and the journatlists who should KNOW BETTER did the same, or asking everyone they interviewed to take a shot at reading her mind. Never mind what she actually SAID in her speech – they know better what she’s thinking.
And Fox is the worst of them. I was swtiching through all of the news channels to get a feel for the coverage after the speeches, and was shocked by the nonsense I heard there. Were they watching the same speeches????? Â
If FOX news would come out and admit it they are simply a mouth piece for the GOP I could accept that – but their ABSURD moniker of being “Fair and Balanced” makes me want to throw up. Or take a gun and shoot myself. No, take it to the studio and shoot all of them.Â
Anyone who would hire Karl Rove (evil incarnate) to be a news analyst should be shot. OK, maybe I’m taking that too far. Should be sent to an assylum for the truly deluded and deranged. But Karl Rove should be shot, or imprisoned and tortured for all his crimes he’ll never pay for on this earth. It never ceases to amaze me how many people turn off their brains and believe the partisan crap on this not-news station.  I can only figure they like hearing stuff that feeds into their existing world veiw – rather than the way things are.
What has happened to real, objective journalism???
Thank heaven for PBS and C-SPAN.  I watched Bill’s speech last night (which was incredible, by the way) on CSPAN – and when I turned to PBS afterward, I heard intelligent analysis without all the invented drama.
Frankly, the only sources I trust for news are NPR and PBS – and of course Jon Stewart (one of the most trusted journalists in America, by the way) thrown in for a comedic take. Viewers of his “fake” news show actually get
Who do you think are the worst (or best) journalists/analysts and commentators?
Over the years Paris Hilton has received little more than eye rolls from me…
And yet here she is being all clever and making me laugh, in her response ad to John McCain’s moronic (and false) “Celebrity” ad.Â
What a pleasant suprise. Â
McCain’s latest ad “Celebrity” tries to negatively link Obama to the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears… (yes they are all celebrities, but nothing alike as people) and the makes a completely false assertion that he would raise taxes on electricity.  Not true, according to factcheck.org and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
I’m getting more disgusted by the day and I’m afraid you’re going to be seeing a lot more political posts from me as the election gets closer.  What happened to McCain’s promise of a “respectful” campaign?
I really hope my Republican leaning friends/family see through this nonsense and don’t reward the behavior. Don’t be fooled by Karl Rove’s minions this election. Don’t vote McCain! It would be like getting another George Bush, only angrier.
I suggest a vote for Obama! But if you just can’t bring yourself to do that – why not take a look at Libertarian Candidate Bob Barr?