Distractions! Distractions

Another distraction by the U.S. government to keep us from paying attention to the decline in the U.S.-Congress isspending our tax dollars to find out the truth behind steroid use in baseball. Just what they need to be concentrating on at this time when the dollar is falling, the hosuing market is crashing, the recession is worsening, the wars in Iraq AND Afghanistan are continuing, and a $3 TRILLION budget is at their feet! C'mon people! What next? An ivestigation into the sex life of Madonna? The child custody battle with Britney & KFed? The drug overdose of Heath Ledger? Whether Paris Hilton is a fit dog owner? Even yesterday, Senator Specter approached the NFL commissioner about the "spygate" scandal of the Patriots! Anything to keep our minds off of reality and to keep the government from actually having to face the issues and problems at home. Spend, spend, spend and keep the distractions coming.

In related news, Cupid will be appearing before a Senate hearing committee on whether it is lawful for him to carry concealed arrows and to bring love into the lives of the loveless or whether that would fall under stalking laws and violate a persons right to be unloved.

Also, it was reported by the AP & UPI newswires that Hell has officially frozen over and the ice is thick enough to support the entire U.S. Congress, Supreme Court, and Executive branch.

Nuke me up

Did anyone see this? Apparently the government is looking for input on the proposed transfer of nuclear waste through North & South Carolina on its way to Tennessee for procesiing and then to Utah for disposal. Sounds okay right? Wrong! The nuclear waste is from Italy! Why are we importing another country's nuclear waste? Don't we have enough here that needs disposal? Doesn't Italy have their own disposal plants? If not, then why are they producing nuclear waste. Disposal of nuclear waste is not something I think of as an international affair, much less an intercontinental affair. Hey, since this country is going to "hell in a handbag" anyway, lets open our borders to all the world's nuclear waste-China, Europe, Russia, North Korea, Iran. Maybe that is how we should handle the immigration problem. If the U.S. is full of nuclear & toxic waste, maybe illegal immigrants will stop crossing our borders out of fear of sterilization or mutation. Then maybe the rest of us can live in peace (or in pieces)-watching our reality TV with our third eye while multitasking with four arms.

On a related note, I remember in the early 1980's that if you went deer hunting in S.C. and you bagged a deer, you had to take it to regulation center to have it checked for radiation before you could take it home &/or eat it. Is that where we are headed again?

Where has all the money gone

Here's something that caught my attention and had me wondering. I use Ebay alot both for buying and selling & it struck me hard when I bought an item from Canada and they wanted the money in Canadian dollars instead of U.S. dollars. So, I checked the exchange rate and found the U.S. dollar is worth less! So I took it upon myself to do some research and here is what I came up with. On 1 January 2000 (when Clinton was still President), the U.S. dollar was worth 1.45 Canadian dollars (CD). As of today the U.S. dollar is worth .98 CD or a decrease in value of almost 50%!!! Also, the USD was worth .99 Euros and .61 British Pounds (BP). Today it is "worth" .68 Euros and .51BP! That is a 31% drop in value against the Euro and 16% drop against the BP. No wonder we have a huge deficit in this country now. Our money is becoming worthless. It has even dropped 13.4% against the Chinese Yuan (from 8.2/USD in 2000 to 7.1/USD today). That means China's money is becoming more valuable than ours! No wonder China is buying up all our stocks and land. They will own us before we know it.

Mitt sets up Obama

Mitt Romney announced his evacuation from the Republican candidacy which will disappoint alot of Conservatives who have said that McCain is more liberal than Hillary and would vote for Hillary. What if Hillary loses to Obama (which is highly likely)?

Here is my scenario: Obama takes the Democratic nomination & names Hillary for vice-president which will give the Dems the super ticket against McCain & whoever (I think it will be either Romney or Huckabee) and some Republicans will crossover and put Obama in the White House (which may have to be renamed or repainted).

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Obama gets the racist vote

Well, Super Tuesday is over and we aren't any closer to knowing who is goin to win the Democratic nomination than we were on Monday. We do McCain-and-abel has increased his lead, but Huck-l-berry hound made a strong showing while Mitt-ens sort of folded. Hillary-artillery won the big states, but Obama-nation won more overall states. Looks like Michigan & Florida will need to play a role in the outcome.

I did watch some CNN news yesterday at noon and the were interviewing a professor at a college in NY that happened to be a black man. He has voted for Hillary for the senate every time she ran and said, "She is a good senator and has been good for New York." So the interviewer said, "So you voted for Hillary in the primary..." but he said no that he voted for Obama. When pressed for why he voted Obama, he hemmed & hawed and avoided answering the question, because the answer he implied was "because Obaama is black." Voting for or against someone based on the color of their skin is racist and should have nothing to do with who is going to run the country. If people are voting for Obama because he is black (and that appears to be what is happening all around the country), then that is wrong. A decision should be based on their qualifications only. Obama has not even served a full term in the Senate and has avoided voting on the big issues for over a year. That is not the leader we need at this time of recession.

Party of the parties

Super Tuesday? I think New Orleans has the right idea-Fat Tuesday. Lets follow their lead-eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall die. The fat cats get fatter while the peons get drunk. Sounds like the party for us--maybe a third party such as the Fat Tuesday party would work. A hurricane in every hand and beads on every neck. That's more than we get now from our government. Parties in the streets, dancing, jazz, carefree days. The politicians have their party why can't we. aftyer all, it's just a party.

Super Bowl So-So ads

Well the Super Bowl is over and we did not get to see history made with another undefeated team-poor pretty boy Tom Brady. At least the game was close and good, because the commercials stunk. Was it just me or was this the worst super ad year that I can remember. I always look forward to ads to see what great concepts are out there, but this year was terrible. Most of them I went "Huh?". Others were jsut plain stupid. A few were cute. I did enjoy the Caraville-Frist commercial especially in this time of campaigning, and the Budweiser commercial with Hank the horse was cute. Otherwise, the advertisers did not get their $2 million 30 seconds worth! I wish had the money to spend like that-and that was just for the time slot, not to mention how much they paid the firms to develop and produce the commercials. That's a whole lot of Bud, Pepsi, & Coke that people have to buy to make up for it (I would like to see a stat on how much beer is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday). Did you notice that their were no presidential campaign ads? Even the politicians aren't willing to spend that much money--now that's saying something!