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  • Gandhi Wuz Robbed

    When he heard the Nobel Peace Prize shocker on Friday, Bill Clinton went into one of his purple rages. He picked up the phone and dialed the one person on earth who would be as steamed as he was.

    CLINTON: Hey, man, it’s me. This thing is plumb crazy. Can you believe it?

    W: No way, Jose!

    CLINTON: First that prig Carter. Then that prig Gore. And now President Paris Hilton. The guy’s in office three days and he gets the peace prize? He should have gotten the Nobel in chemistry, because chemistry’s all he’s got. Talk about a fairy tale. This ... is ... just ... wrong! It’s killing me, man. I feel like my head’s explodin’. First I had the vast right-wing conspiracy, and now I have the vast left-wing conspiracy.

    W.: I hear ya, 42. As if his head wasn’t big enough. This cat is all cage, no bird. He doesn’t have a clue.

    CLINTON: Heck no.

    W.: See, I’m the one who should be mad. Let me tell you, this Norwegia thing has nothing to do with him. It’s just another way for the pinkos of the world to drop a cow patty on my legacy. All that garbage in the prize statement about how special La Bamba is for bringing back wimpy multilateral diplomacy, dialogue and negotiations, the kind my dad and Scowcroft loved. Those Nobel ninnies are so lulu left they make the U.N. look like a Fox jamboree. The rookie already got rewarded once for not being me when he got elected. Gosh, what would he do without me?

    CLINTON: Fine, but you never expected to win this prize. You were the quote-unquote war president and proud of it. I had to put up with a gazillion hours of Arafat’s insanity, but I guess that still wasn’t enough for those Oslo ice queens. I guess ending ethnic cleansing in Bosnia wasn’t enough, or bringing peace to Northern Ireland. And I guess my work with the Clinton Global Initiative saving lives in Africa and hanging with Bono and Barbra wasn’t enough.

    W.: Calm down, bro. You gotta take care of that ticker.

    CLINTON: It was a case of premature adulation.

    W.: Heh-heh-heh. Yeah, very pre-emptive, sort of like Cheney’s pre-emptive war policy.

    CLINTON: If they weren’t going to give it to me, they should at least have given it to the Chinese human rights movement or the Iranian protesters or AIDS workers in the Congo. Or even Bono.

    W.: Yeah, man. Bono.

    CLINTON: That would have helped make life better for the good guys and harder for the bad guys. Once again, action loses out to talk, just like with Hillary and Obama in the campaign. Nobel Prize for blah-blah-blah. Heck, I used to be considered a pretty good talker myself.

    W.: It’s aggravating, I agree. But look at it this way, 42. Everybody’s laughing at La Bamba. He gets a Nobel for nada. Being loved by Europeans isn’t gonna do him any good here in the U.S. of A. I whupped that Frenchy Kerry, didn’t I?

    CLINTON: The only peace Obama has made is bringing together the Taliban, Rush Limbaugh, the Palestinians and the Israelis to agree the guy is undeserving. It just confirms everyone’s suspicion that all this dude knows how to do is dazzle.

    W.: He doesn’t want to be a Decider. He wants to be a Transformer. He transformed, all right — from Miss America to Miss Universe. He’s a five-spiral crash, and getting the gold is just a reminder of all he hasn’t done. He’s going to have to look over and see that big medallion hanging up there in the Oval, mocking him as an empty suit, a pretty boy beloved by the Blame-America-First crowd, whenever he has to send more troops to Afghanistan, or the Taliban act up, or Iran fires up for nukes.

    CLINTON: Maybe you’re right, George. Some winners think the Nobel’s the kiss of death. Any peace prize that goes to Henry Kissinger but not Gandhi ain’t worth a can of Alpo. Heck, if Gandhi had known he was going to lose out to Henry the K, he could have had more time to eat french fries and chase girls.

    W.: And finish getting dressed. Heh-heh-heh.

    CLINTON: Barack’s going to give that $1.4 million away to charity. I got a charity. How ’bout he just signs it over to me? Speaking of money, we need to do another of those joint lecture things.

    W.: I’m fairly footloose. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Go choke on a herring, Norwegia!

  • What should Obama do with his Nobel Peace Prize?

    from kausfiles

    Turn it down! Politely decline. Say he's honored but he hasn't had the time yet to accomplish what he wants to accomplish. Result: He gets at least the same amount of glory--and helps solve his narcissism problem and his Fred Armisen ('What's he done?') problem, demonstrating that he's uncomfortable with his reputation as a man overcelebrated for his potential long before he's started to realize it. ... Plus he doesn't have to waste time, during a fairly crucial period, working on yet another grand speech. ...  And the downside is ... what? That the Nobel Committee feels dissed? ... P.S.: It's not as if Congress is going to think, well, he's won the Nobel Peace Prize so let's pass health care reform. But the possibility for a Nobel backlash seems non-farfetched. ...

    the larger than life legend in his own shower ego would never allow him to do this. for a laugh, read some of the comments in the link. many agree that all he does is talk and talk and talk and....

  • Is President Obama deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize?

    24.3%
    Yes, he’s changed the tenor and tone of world diplomacy
    39,342 votes
     
    62.3%
    No, he has no significant accomplishments
    100,795 votes
     
    12.8%
    Perhaps someday, but this award is premature
    20,778 votes
     
    0.6%
    I’m not sure
    907 votes
     
    you can vote here... it will make you feel better

  • you have got to be kidding me....

    In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize 

    I guess now we know what a sham the whole peace prize really is - although if that wasn't crystal clear to you when al gore co-won in 2007 then you are a total sap.

    The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

    "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said. "His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."

    The committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons.

    "Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play," the committee said.

    I wonder how much that little "honor" cost him. what a joke

  • poll taken re: Supreme Court

    Which Supreme Court ruling will have the most impact on your personal life?
    Corporate campaign spending
    ( 10% )
    2nd Amendment gun rights
    ( 34% )
    Suspects' accessibility to lawyers
    ( 1% )
    Seperation of church and state
    ( 34% )
    Constitutionality of anti-terror laws
    ( 23% )

    I guess most folks don't think they'll be doing anything that will require them to get a lawyer. Interestingly, this poll was taken by a Los Angeles radio station. I suspect the numbers would work out quite differently here in Milwaukee.

     

  • AP Poll: Health care overhaul has a pulse

    The latest Associated Press-GfK poll has found that opposition to Obama's health care remake dropped dramatically in just a matter of weeks. Still, Americans remain divided over complex legislation that Democrats are advancing in Congress.

    The public is split 40-40 on supporting or opposing the health care legislation, the poll found. An even split is welcome news for Democrats, a sharp improvement from September, when 49 percent of Americans said they opposed the congressional proposals and just 34 percent supported them.

    Anger about health care boiled over during August. Lawmakers returning home for town hall meetings faced outcries that the government was trying to take over the system, ushering in higher costs, lower quality — even rationing and euthanasia.

    "It's very significant that there's an upturn in support for the plans because after August there was a sense that the whole effort was beginning to decline and would not come back in terms of public support," said Robert Blendon, a Harvard professor who tracks public opinion on health care.

    "Even with this," added Blendon, "the country is still divided over whether or not moving ahead is the right thing to do."

    blah, blah...

    I hope this is just wishful thinking on the Dem's part. Somehow I don't see the masses of protesting people just disappearing off into happyland

  • Emergency flat tires information--you must read this!

    I had a flat tire on the interstate, so I eased my car over to the  shoulder of the road, carefully got out of the car and opened the trunk.

    I took out 2 cardboard men, unfolded them and stood them at the rear of my car facing oncoming traffic. They look so life like you wouldn't believe it! They are in trench coats exposing their nude bodies to the approaching drivers.

    To my surprise, cars start slowing down looking at my lifelike men which 
    made it safer for me to work at the side of the road. And of course, traffic starts backing up. Everybody is tooting their horns and waving like crazy.. 

     
    It wasn't long before astate trooper pulls up behind me. He gets out of his car and starts walking towards me. I could tell he was not a happy camper!

    'What's going on here?'

    My car has a flat tire', I said calmly.

    'Well, what are those obscene cardboard men doing here by the road?'

    I couldn 't believe that he didn't know.. So I told him,

    'Helloooooo, those are my Emergency Flashers..'