1. Fake Media
It feels like prohibition or something... we're mired in some stupid, nonsensical period that you figger has to end sooner or later. Hopefully, sooner.
This fake media nonsense has to end, right?

1. Newsweek hit piece on Sarah Palin with a sexist photo on the cover: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091117/pl_ynews/ynews_pl984
2. MSNBC uses fake Palin photos from the internet: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2009/11/13/msnbc-uses-fake-sexy-photos-sarah-palin-air-will-network-correct-apo
   

Newsweek and MSNBC are completely illegitimate. Hacks.
Not FoxNews, journalism with righty commentary. No. Complete hacks.

And where is the feminist left on these Palin attacks. The women's groups.
Oh yeah, forgot... the feminist left is a joke as well.

2. W, then Obama Video
I'll take my own, little-to-no substance, cheap shot.
W greets the Marines a ways back. Then, President Obama.


I post this mostly because it's just a great video.
Also, it's jarring to hear W's forthright, heartfelt talk... stark contrast to the last 10 months.
yow, bill

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Bass solo... percussion... keyboard...

QOTD

"Well my Daddy sent a message
'Bout the whiskers on my chin
Never had no problem
Cause I always paid the rent"
- Chicago, "I'm a Man"

Nice chart... 10 year performance by asset class... Aug 1999 - 2009:


Source: www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/09/10-year-asset-class-returns


From "Pump Up The Volume", but left off the soundtrack...

"I like it here."
he he... yow, bill

PS - Daddy, Money, Daddy. Kismet.

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"Transporter malfunction"
- The beginning to many a Star Trek episode

1. Evil Goatee
Three best "transporter malfunction" Star Treks:

1. Best is easy... good/evil universes and Spock with a goatee.
2. Kirk exchanges bodies with a chick
3. The transporter turns Captain Janeway (Star Trek Voyager) into a space turtle or something and she takes the opportunity to get pregnant. I remember taunting Holly about it (she loved Janeway) more than I remember the episode.

2. Jump a car
Here's a video of current (not for long) Cub Joey Gathright jumping over a car. He does it so effortlessly, it's anti-climatic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySfw8f0beg

I'll admit I jumped a car or two in my day. Little different than Mr. Gathright:

• I jumped over the hood.
• Or jump from the ground to the roof.
• I always had to bust a gut to do it.

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"I don't remember the last time I touched a basketball rim."
- Williamt

3. Illogic

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"The illogic is exquisite."
- WSJ article (below) on President Obama pulling the plug on school vouchers

Here's the op-ed: A President and his Priorities
Politics over education.
illogical, captain... yow, bill

PS - There's old Captain Janeway. We met her at Disney World. Very nice. Holly still has her autograph somewhere. I'll bet she was a hot turtle. He he.

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"Nerf torture"
- Dennis Miller description of water-boarding

Or maybe the soft cushions, the comfy chair... he he.

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe38dzJYkY - "Biggles! Fetch the soft cushions"
  
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWS8Mg-JWSg - "Who would cross the bridge of death, must answer me these questions three"
  

"Cardinal Fang! Fetch the comfy chair."
nerf... yow, bill

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"Swisher Out-Pitches Wang"
- Rotoworld headline, source: link

Dang, that's funny.

Swisher was the only Yankee pitcher to not give up a run: boxscore.

Also funny, as of today Apr 14 2009, Swisher leads the Yankee in homer, rbi, run, and batting average.
A-Rod come home!

Cub win.
I heart Lou. What a difference a leader makes!

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"Rat-tat-tat
Ka-boom-boom"
- Punkins, "XYU", live, and video from the Constantine soundtrack

wang... yow, bill

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Dr. Drew... he of sex and reality show fame. I can't say I'm a fan.
There he is over there with his hot wife.
I'm a big fan of hers. He he.

I was surfing and saw Dr. Drew on some talking head show, and he struck a chord. He (pretty) eloquently described what bugs me so much these days.

I'll (less eloquently) summarize with some nerdy bullets:

1. America is moving toward a more socialist and paternal view of government. He described this ala de Tocqueville as a decline in our belief in American individualism and exceptionalism.
   
2. Society is becoming more emotional, rather than reasoned in evaluating problems, politics, life. Evidence of this: the personal emotional investment people seem to have in (unconditionally hating) the former president and (unconditionally loving) the current president.
   
3. The media is a directly enabler in this shift.
   

Or, in rant form... the feds aren't your Daddy, W ain't the devil and Obama is just a politician, and journalism is the lowest of all professions in our country today. Ahhhhh... he he.

If you want to jump all the way into this pool, here's Charles Murray (a WSJ guy, I believe) talking expansively, academically, and boringly on this topic.

And let's wrap with an exceptional QOTD, eh.

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"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality.
But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."
Alexis de Tocqueville, source link

Money!
spring soon... yow, bill

PS - I've posted links to this on Facebook, but it's so great... the new Cub commercial.


Or should I say, it's "exceptional"!

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I once lost a bet (to some foreigner) that "aluminium" wasn't a real word... don't you youngsters make this same mistake.

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"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"
- Emperor, in the video below

Gol dang, this is goofy Star Wars funny.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OQoQ24-v8

"Oh jeez, he's crying"... he he.
peace... yow, bill

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I owe ya Moz... gol dang best flippin' video ever:




sooby sugar... yow, bill

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"We talkin' about practice.
We ain't talkin' about the game.
We talkin' about practice, man."
- Alan Iverson

Here's Alan Iverson's wonderful practice rant... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI

It's wonderful because it's a guy trying, trying desperately, to communicate. I can relate.

Obama win.
Jeez, if I could communicate... three things:

1. No Daddy - There ain't no Daddy. A zillion people in Grant Park last night... the cult of personality. Sorry, Obama is a pol... just like every other one in the bunch.
   
2. Lefty intolerance - It's uncomfortable to say, but there is a difference in the left, the dems, the media. It's a meanness... a callow attitude... an intolerance... it feels like, like high school for Christ's sake. There are the popular kids and those not. There's the manic hatred of W: The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace. There's someone so beautiful and accomplished and unique as Sarah Palin, and she is instantly ridiculed... not her policies or proposals or whatever... her, personally. There is no analog on the flip side of the coin... not Bill Clinton, not Hillary... certainly not Obama. None of these have been treated with this level of personal attack. This intolerance is a symptom of entitlement.
   
3. Personal freedom - I wish there was a candidate that sponsored and believed in personal freedom and responsibility: smaller government, lower taxes, school choice, euthanasia, gun ownership, abortion rights (up to viability), and smoking a gol dang cigarette in a bar might be nice as well.
   

Maybe I'm underwhelmed that black guy is president because I know that America is less racist today than she was yesterday... rinse and repeat. Get it? Yes, there's still racism out there. More importantly, we are approaching, in the limit, a society with no racism. This is a done deal... minority leaders abound and the middle class thrives and this trend continues unabated.

America's racial problem is so localized to the inner city. Why? Minority crime and poverty is a function of the poor schools in inner cities. If people in "the hood" could choose their schools, then education would improve and this problem would be gone in a generation.

Of course, Obama is against school choice. Sigh.

As Steve Martin said, "Roll the crap."
And I heart Alan Iverson.
peace out... yow, bill

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"The heels are on; the gloves are off."
- Sarah Palin

Two more blatant hit pieces on Sarah Palin:

1. A race-card smear by the AP:Analysis: Palin's words carry racial tinge
   
2. A Newsweek hit piece: The Palin Problem
   

There is no lower profession in America than journalism.
None.

Can we acknowledge and recognize the fact that the main-stream media in this country is partisan? The credibility of sources like the AP, Newsweek, CNN and others has sunken below the horizon of credibility for years now.

There's an anger on the left. This anger is zealous and righteous and sarcastic and negative and entitled and intolerant and...

Disclaimer: OK, I'll vie it to you. I know John McCain will throw anyone/everyone under the bus at the drop of a hat. I know that he's a hundred years old. Other than the military, I can't figger a single dang thing that the guy really stands for. And so on.

I'll go even further. I can't tell you that McCain will be a better President than Obama. Who knows? Clinton got in there and turned into a pragmatist... passing NAFTA, welfare reform, etc. W gets in there and the stock market tanks. Go figger.

So, I'm voting for McCain.
Or more accurately, I'm voting against Obama.
Three reasons:

1. No Experience: Yes, Obama has even less experience than Sarah Palin. He hasn't run anything, so now the US? I don't think so.
2. Lefty: Obama is a hard-core leftie... bigger government (bigger than $3T?!?!?!), anti-military, anti-US, anti-business, anti-rural, anti-religion, etc. Everything sucks for the left. This is not what makes America great.
   
3. The Wailing: Close your eyes and imagine the wailing if Barry loses. I know it's a stretch, but just imagine. Man, that's a big smile! I want to vote against those that slash and burn in the name of Barry... the media, Europe, academia, celebrities, etc. You know you're doing something right when you're on the opposite side of that group.
   

And yes, I heart Sarah Palin.

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"This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America. We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism."
- Sarah Palin on Barry O'Bama

Gol dang it... that's what I'm talking about!
palin for prez... yow, bill

PS - And if you're a leftie or a dem and reading this... I could-a probably voted for Hillary. Funny, how someone pragmatic like Hillary Clinton would have been an ideal candidate in these tough economic times. So, don't blame me! As Mike LaFontaine says, "Hey, Wha happen?" He he!

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