Category Archives: Quickies

WTF Difference Does It Make?

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WTF difference does it make? I mean really.

War by Hollywood. Or Bollywood. He’s dead and we say he’s dead.
He’s managing a Motel 5 in Roswell and we say he’s dead.
Somebody else is dead so he’s still missing but we say he’s dead.

The jihadists are mad at us ’cause we say we killed him. So what? The jihadists were already mad at us. Nothing new there.

Conspiracy theorists are mad at the Obama ’cause maybe he lied when he says we killed him. So what? The conspiracy theorists were already mad at Obama. Nothing new there.

Can’t we go back to a real news cycle like the high speed 40 mph chase of OJ?

I.R.V.

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Early voting starts today in Vermont, 45 days ahead of Primary Day. I can’t believe the Demorats refuse to institute Instant Runoff Voting for their primary elections. Demorats have five candidates vying for governor and IRV is the only way to determine the real will of the people.

Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters

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The networks made a big deal today of Tony Hayward sailing his yacht, Bob, in the clean waters of the English channel. There was one passing comment about President Obama playing golf. Yesterday the Prez visited a construction site in … OHIO.

“People here are not on their yachts today,” Senator Richard Shelby, R-AL, said. “I believe it’s the height of arrogance. He is the chief executive of BP, he was testifying in Washington and now he’s going out on his yacht in England.” Of course there were yachts sailing in the Gulf of Mexico today even if Sen. Shelby pretended not to know that.

Oddly, the networks didn’t show us a single image of Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, Shepard Smith, or Brian Williams, all of whom were also enjoying a DAY OFF the job on a Saturday.

Mr. Obama called this the “biggest natural disaster” in the history of this country. Well, by golly, then he and Mr. Hayward should be out there personally scooping oil out of the water, shouldn’t they? Shouldn’t Ms. Couric, Ms. Sawyer, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Williams be out there, too?

I can understand that the people who live on or near the Gulf would get jacked up by the media with pictures of people relaxing on a day off. It really really irks me that the networks would send in their second team to stir up these troubled waters for no reason other than to sell toilet paper.

They all know better. And so, dear reader, do you.

A Novel Idea!

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Hilary Clinton had apparently never heard of it before but better late to the party than to miss it all together. “We actually think it’s a novel idea to do the needs assessment first and then the planning and then the pledging,” she said during an international conference on aid to Haiti in Montreal today.

From her mouth to the U. S. Congress collective ear.

I think I’ve heard of needs assessment before.

Haiti wants $3 billion forever to rebuild their country. Congress wants $2 trillion each and every year to rebuild health care here.

Despite the “needs assessment” rhetoric, and concerned about corruption and wobbly leadership in Haiti, Ms. Clinton agreed to a 10-year plan that would “create a better capital city and will cost $3 billion” anyway. Ms. Clinton spoke out of both sides of her mouth and threw us under de bus.

We is doomed.