On the 99%ers

The fact that they DIDN'T march on the FED (whose easy money policy, bailout mentality, and artificially low interest rates probably caused the housing crisis), DIDN'T march on Fannie and Freddie (whose reckless policies - the buying up of hundreds of billions in toxic loans - led to the most massive bailout of all), DIDN'T march on the government-backed ratings agencies (whose shitty prognostications kept the whole thing going), and DIDN'T march on the Congressional offices of dullards such as Barney Frank and Maxine Waters (whose dogmatism and depravity shielded these a-holes from seeing that Fannie and Freddie were OBVIOUSLY going bankrupt) leads me to think that these folks are probably little more than clueless partisan jack-offs whose knowledge of the economy is pitiful at best and whose decorum thoroughly matches it.

What I Like Best About Being an Independent

The fact that I don't have to constantly defend bullshit, the indefensible, and sheer idiocy.

On Insular, Delusional, And Ideologically Driven Bloggers

a) They don't just dislike their political opponents, they despise them (attributing to them the most sinister of motives and behaviors), b) they plant their flags bald-faced indiscriminately, and c) they make 1970s wrestling seem nuanced by comparison.

Peter Bush, Peter Obama, Peter Principle

The predominant reason given as to why the Bush administration failed on so many counts was that George Bush really didn't believe in government (an exceedingly bizarre assertion in that the fellow grew it so massively) and so of course he was going to royally fuck things up. An interesting theory (albeit a trifle paranoiac), but being that that couldn't conceivably be the reason for our current President's ineptness and massive failures, might we at this late juncture at least take a look at a couple of alternative explanations; the inherent incompetence of government bureaucracy, political hubris, the will to power, corruption and cronyism, dogmatism, etc.? I mean, it certainly couldn't hurt, right?

Who's Blood is it Anyway?

According to John Alembillah Azumah's book, "The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa", there were infinitely more black Africans enslaved by North African pirates and Middle Eastern Muslims than there ever were by white Europeans and Americans, and the only reason that there aren't a lot of black skinned people in Muslim countries today (as there plainly are in the U.S., Brazil, and the Caribbean islands) is because the men were either castrated (and bled to death) or sent off to war to die and the women sold off as concubines and ultimately murdered (many dropping dead in the desert from forced marches). Gee, wouldn't it be awesome if this was occasionally mentioned in the history books, too (that and the fact that these Muslims enslaved a shitload of Europeans - beginning in Iceland - in addition)?

On Mitch "the Bitch" McConnell's Decision to Not Tackle Tax Reform this Year

Why doesn't he just assume the fetal position and be done with it? The guy is useless, and could he be any more cowardly? The only reason that he doesn't want to take on tax reform this year is because it's an election year and he doesn't want to take away anybody's deductions, pure and simple. I mean, talk about a walking and talking advertisement for fucking term limits - THIS is the one!

Obama's Thesaurus

Period - if. Smidgen - shitload. Spontaneous - orchestrated. Mirror - God.