Oh, That's What He Meant

From GeeDub's State of the Union Address "...America is addicted to oil... from the Middle East." Oh, sorry! Being addicted to oil is ok as long as the oil isn't from the Middle East.

To follow up on from my last post, aren't we just a bit too dependent on Juarez Ditch Weed? It's BC bud from now on! Dependancy is only good if it comes from the North. Yeah for ANWR.

All Fingers Point at You

Bush to Say 'America Is Addicted to Oil' in Speech

Ahh, Yes and a pot dealer is going to say that his clients are addicted to drugs and need to change. Whatever! Isn't this the same prick trying to drill in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge so we can continue with our oil consumption?

Instability

Jenn's aunt was fired. Don't tell anyone though because she doesn't want the rest of the family to find out and worry. Here's the deal. She has been working for a company for the past 5 years. She helped them start up. She did all of the marketing for them and the revenues grew to the point that, a month ago, they decided to position themselves for acquisition. They brought in two people with "better credentials" and fired Jenn's aunt. Not because she wasn't doing a bang up job but because the people they brought in look better on paper. They would rather have some yutz with a masters in marketing from DU and no experience than a highly experienced individual with a bachelors in business from CSU. It looks better and now they can sell the company. Jenn's aunt is out; along with a few others.
No "Thank you for all the hard work."
No stake in the company's sale.
Nothing, Nada.
The owner told her, "This is a business move that is good for me, I'm sure you understand. There is nothing anyone can do to change my mind at this point."

These corporate shenanigans piss me off and scare me at the same time. Companies expect your undying loyalty, work you long hours, take away vacation and health benefits and reward you by equating you to another bottom line.

Bernard Ebbers, Richard Grasso, Dennis Kozlowski, Ken Lay, John Rigas, Richard Scrushy does the list really need to go on? Everyone one of the companies that these assholes ran received sponsorship/endorsement by the Bush administration. Every one of them! Yet our Commandeer and Cheat wants to cut social security, keep the minimum wage under $6 an hour and privatize anything that could make his friends and family deal that much sweeter. Our government "for the people, by the people" sure is doing a good job of removing "the people" from the equation.

The widening gap between rich and poor

No Place To Start A Religion

All the apologists that say Hamas was elected because the people wanted a change or that they were choosing between the lesser of evils are diluting themselves. The Palestinians hate the Jews as much as the Jews hate the Palestinians. Hamas was elected in a landslide because anyone living in the desert is a loon! I don't know what, or why it happens but you can take an other-wise rational individual and put them in the desert and they go off the hook.

• If you are a Mormon and honestly believe that the Great Salt Lake area is "The Promised Land," you are full-tilt off your rocker.
  
• If you are a Jew in Israel and honestly believe it is "The Promised Land," you are buggier than a shit house rat.
  
• If you are an Arab in the Middle East and honestly believe it is "The Promised Land," you are as sharp as a marble.
  
• If you are any one of the hundreds of occupying forces (including the current US force) that has been to these desert areas and think you are going to "normalize" them, you are definitely wired to the moon.

Seriously! The desert is not the Promised Land. Someplace with workable soil, clean water, mountains, and maybe a mean temperature less than 800 billion degrees Kelvin would be closer to the Promised Land. The mountains of Switzerland, the area around Lake Cuomo, the Pyrenees, anyplace with sustainable means of surviving, besides killing people that don't look, act, or believe what you do would be preferable in my book; but maybe that is why god hates me. Apparently rational thought is not a part of the tenets of any religion originating in a desert land.

We Probably Deserved It Anyway...

The administration is implying that if you have nothing to hide then their spying program won't make you nervous. By that regard, why are they refusing to turn over any of the crucial documentation about the Katrina bungle. What are they trying to hide? We already know it was a colossal screw up, how much worse does it get?

GeeDub's set of double standards amazes me. It is ok for Rove to leak top secret and confidential info since it helps them start a war, but they get pissy if anyone leaks info that shows that the war (or any of their policies) is not justified. They demand paperwork and investigations regarding Kofi Annan and the UN but then refuse to turn over anything that will help clear up torture questions.

Any of you ever walk in on your partner going at it with someone else and have them get mad at you because you didn't respect their privacy by knocking first? Then they get even madder and start blaming you because if you had knocked you never would have walked in on them to begin with and this "problem" of you finding out, never would have occurred. Probably a bad analogy to imagine that you were ever in bed with this administration, but can't you just hear the beer can hitting the door frame as you turn to leave; followed by, "Get the hell out! I know what I am doing here. This is the best for both of us. When I get cleaned up, you had better have dinner ready!" Two days later we, the dutiful, loving country, with two black eyes and numerous broken bones, try to explain how we fell down the stairs or ran into a doorknob. "He loves me. He really does. He is such a good man. He even took me to the emergency room after he beat. . . I mean helped me up."

Mad as Hell

Canada Confirms New Case of Mad Cow Disease

If I was a cow in Canada I would be mad too. My idealized bastion of democratic socialism is loosing healthcare, and retirement benefits. The conservatives are now back in power, albeit by pretty slim margins. And, to make matters worse, The Toronto Star reports that Yellow Card's lead singer just figured out that he isn't 21 anymore.

What is our world coming to?

Tired Analogy

Bin Laden Re-emerges, Warning U.S. While Offering 'Truce'

The comparison between what Bin Laden wants (a truce through attacks); and what Bush wants (peace through pre-emptive military strikes) is an easy leap. I know the correlation has been made a jillion times but again, for the record:

The inscription on The Ministry of Truth building from George Orwell's "1984":

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Going Seedless

I went to Vitamin Cottage today and bought some organic oranges. I pulled apart the first juicy slice and noticed something strange, a seed. Childhood memories came flooding back to me. Am I crazy or did all fruit, at one point, contain seeds? I seem to recall that there were seeds in almost every piece of fruit I ate as a kid. Apples, oranges, pears, grapes, even (and the younger generation might not believe me here) watermelons had seeds. Where are those seeds going and how do fruit reproduce these days? Are seedless avocados next? Were the seeds of my youth a false memory?

I tried an experiment. I went to Safeway and bought a couple of oranges -no seeds. I went to Albertsons and bought a couple of apples -almost no seeds. The thing is that the oranges from Vitamin Cottage with the seeds tasted about a hundred times better than the ones from Safeway. Coincidence? The fruit (as I understand it) evolved as a protection for, and as a means to feed, the seed. I can only imagine that if the seed needed some good nourishment then the fruit would have been pretty damned tasty as a result. Take away the seed and there is no reason for the fruit to taste as good. What is the motivation for the fruit?

The 'ol King Dream

Bush Says King's 'Dream' Not Yet Completed

. . . And let's face it, who should know better about dashing the hopes and dreams of the poor in the US than a rich, white, daddy's boy bent on world domination.

You tell 'em Gee Dub! In fact while you are at it why don't you tell them if you and the boys at the frat house have your way the poor will never see the dream realized (insert sniggering, self-indulgent Bush smirk here).

Truth in the Media

Today Routers reported:

Cheney Leaves Hospital after Breathing Scare

People are just now getting scared that this zombie is still breathing? Hell, what took so long?

Ratted Out

You know, when I was a kid I seldom fessed up to things unless I knew I was going to be finked on by my sister. If she was going to keep her mouth shut I figured there was not much need for me to worry Mom and Dad with the finer details. The thing is I grew up. Now, I tend to fess up to all sorts of things just to keep my conscious clear.

It looks like Tom Delay and my younger self would have gotten along just fine. He only backs out of office when his good buddy Abramoff decides he is going to take a few people down with him. Poor Tom, you just can't trust your friends can you? Although he still maintains he "acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land." Can anyone tell me what "land" these Republicans are living in?