billshit is taking a break

the thinking will return january 3, 2011.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

any of the billshit likes over there ----->

buzz job

i promise not to do dick jokes...often.

 

 

 

full-on spaceman chubby

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=full%20on%20robot%20chubby

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/13/toys-not-to-get-kids-christmas_n_795675.html#s205394

Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Believe Them)

is there any connection that can be made between the two todays recommendations?  in the first one, politifact released the results of this years 'lie of the year' readers poll.  the top 4 lies happen to be from republicans.  and they are whoppers.  the second recommendation is one of the many stories you can find on the google relating to a university study which showed that fox news viewers are more misinformed than people who get their news from, well, real news sources.

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/dec/16/lie-year-readers-poll-results/

 

and

 

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6128064/viewers_of_fox_news_are_gravely_misinformed.html?cat=37

president barack obusha

it turns out presidents george w bush and barack obama have a lot more in common than I would have ever thought.  there are the afganistan policies, government eavesdropping on it's own citizens policies, now identical tax policies, and certainly many more.  they also share the same huge failure, the failure to capitalize on support.  on september 11, 2001 president bush had the support of just about the entire world.  he could have done almost anything and every advanced country on the planet would have been behind him.   of course he blew that by doing something most intelligent people could not get behind, invading iraq.  on january 20, 2009 president obama had the support of over two thirds of the american public.  he blew that by poor communication and losing sight of the fact that it is always the economy, stupid.

ebony and ivory live together in perfect stupidity.

todays recommendation:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5318-bush-and-obama-standards-a-similarities

dell, dude

i have two nearly 10 year old computers, so it was time to update and upgrade.  both are dells, and with the exception of the cd drives, both were problem free.  i decided to get another dell.  while poking around their website i noticed a tab for the 'dell outlet'.  i am all about saving money.  because it is a real outlet, the inventory constantly changes.  my advice, get an idea of what you want then track the inventory for a few days.  you will see a range of prices for different models and you can decide how much computer you actually need and how much money you want to spend.  i saved $200 off the price of a new computer by buying it from the outlet.  it comes with the same dell warranty.  the one i got was refurbished, but there are scratch and dent ones that are even cheaper.  dude.

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&dgc=IR&cid=11343&lid=312680

barnes and (not really) noble

every year barnes and noble has a holiday book drive to get books to children in need.  sounds like a nice idea, and they will lead you to believe the point is to get books to those children.  they do accomplish that, but what they fail to mention is the huge profit they are making from their book drive.  you see, you have to buy the books from b&n, at full price, in order to donate the books to their book drive.  you cannot bring in books you bought somewhere else (cheaper of course) or even like-new books that you have sitting around your house.  they dont have any interest in that.  their only interest is getting a customer to buy more books.  quite honestly they wouldnt give two shits if you donated the book to their book drive or threw it in the trash on the way out to your car, as long as you bought that extra book or two from them.  they treat the holiday book drive the same way they treat that membership they have, just another thing to pester the customer about to try to make more money.

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.donationtown.org/news/donate-books.html

GOP senators block 9/11 health bill - update

an update to this tuesdays post, additional recommendation:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/stewart-911-responders-bill_n_798114.html

and the first billshit award goes to:

the tp republican party.  i hope this wasnt too obvious.  actually it goes to the tp repubs who voted for the current tax bill.  and yes i know most of the tp-ers elected in november havent taken office yet.  but.  that doesnt stop me from calling total billshit on the ones who voted for this tax bill.  the same tax bill that is estimated to add almost one trillion dollars to the national debt.  like rudy giuliani with his 9/11, 9/11, 9/11 the tp republicans were all about the debt, debt, debt.  that lasted all of six weeks.  at least they still have their hatred of a black president to keep them fired up.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20025388-503544.html

 

fuck the police

this year five police officers have been killed while on duty in chicago.  last week a law enforcement officer was shot and killed near orlando while making a traffic stop.   the officer in florida had survived two tours of duty in iraq, only to be killed while pulling over a car a few miles from disney world.  there are parts of this country, many parts, that are far more dangerous than iraq or afganistan.  most of us are smart enough to, and lucky enough to be able to, stay out of these dangerous areas.  but the people who protect us do not have that option.  they have to deal with these domestic terrorists every day.  and thats what they are, terrorists.  the news calls them "career criminals" or says "their rap sheet is a mile long" or "theyve been in and out of prison their whole lives".  what the fuck, why are these "people" allowed to live among us?  and why do we continue to subject the the brave men and women who keep us safe to this terrorism? 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-deputy-brandon-coates-20101210,0,1771826.story

GOP blocks legislation to award seniors $250

the republican party treat most of the people that vote for them like a frat boy treats the unattractive drunk girl at last call.

todays recommendation:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_no_cola

GOP senators block 9/11 health bill

never forget.

 

unless millionaires cannot get tax breaks.

 

then not only forget, but fuck the heroes.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40595276/ns/politics-capitol_hill/

compromise? failure. resign!

when the republicans, the minority party, get everything they want, that is not compromise, it is failure.  when the republicans act like a 5 year old spoiled brat and threaten to hold their breath until they get their way and they win, that is not compromise, it is failure.  when the democrats, the party in charge, cannot get legislation passed which will benefit 98% of americans, it is failure.  when the party in charge cannot remove a discriminatory policy that large majorities of both the general public and the current serving military oppose, it is failure.  when the party in charge cannot get the latest version of a treaty ratified that president reagan first proposed, it is failure.   the entire body of national elected democrats must now do the only thing admirable.  resign!  from president obama and vice president biden, to every democrat in the senate and house.  resign!  they have proven themselves, as a collaborative national political party, to be ineffective, incompetent and ignorant.  resign!  even if you have voted for democrats your entire life you must now admit they are failures.  even if you are not a fan of the republicans, you must now admit at least they accomplish their goals.  as for the democrats?  resign!  go away, we dont need you any more.  not only can you not get any of your shit done, even when you have power you cannot stop the republicans from getting their shit done.  resign!

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_resignations_of_notable_government_figures

foxin' hilarious

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/07/stewart-gretchen-christmas_n_792998.html

 

be sure to watch the video.

living with the stupids week - saturday

i think it is only fitting to end the week where it began.  sarah palins followers believe she is so down to earth, so just like them, that next week she just might pop over their house for dinner.  maybe stopping by with some fresh baked cookies for dessert.  her admirers look at her the same way most 12 year old girls look at robert pattinson.  adults at least should be able to accept reality.  real reality, not the reality that is on tv.  sarah palin is not going to be your bff any more than your 12 year old daughter is going to be the future mrs pattinson.   

 

this picture says it all.  we are at the point in this country where our leaders are measured by flag pins, cutesy catch phrases and if they are just like us.  the only way to get more is to get involved and demand more.  educate yourself, dont be a stupid. 

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

it is from a palin rally from the 2008 campaign.  they are now two years more stupid.

 

while watching, feel free to look for any black, hispanic, asian, heck any non-white, people.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZWwgw__WY

living with the stupids week - friday

the biggest mistake, let me repeat that, the biggest mistake the obama administration has made so far has been the failure to recognize the stupids.  the republicans never make that mistake.  they use the stupids every election.  they get people to vote against their own best interests just so "them homos cant get married".  the republicans have learned how to play the stupids like a fine violin while president obama and the democrats have yet to acknowledge the stupids existence.  the republicans convinced the stupids that cutting the taxes of the richest 2% of the country is good for us all.  it isnt.  for many reasons.  it is also sheer mastery to get people to think that health care is evil.  health care.  evil.  wow.  george w bush currently has a 47% positive job approval rating.  w bush, you know, the katrina, unnecessary war, ruin the economy guy.  less than two years out of office 47% of the people polled think he did a good job.  compare that to 45% of the public thinking the current guy is doing a good job.  you know, the black guy who had to mop up the white guys mess. 

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/politics/19taxes.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=michael%20cooper&st=cse

 

and

 

http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Matter-Kansas-Conservatives-America/dp/080507774X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290982635&sr=8-1

living with the stupids week - thursday

glenn beck.  ah glenn beck.  ill just borrow this quote from bill maher, "Keith Olbermann is right when he says he's not the equivalent of Glenn Beck. One reports facts the other one is very close to playing with his poop."

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/NewLeftMedia#p/u/15/ht8PmEjxUfg

 

13 minute vid, but way more entertaining than 'skating with the stars'.

living with the stupids week - wednesday

dont you know the children are our future.  be afraid.  be very very afraid.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_askamerica/20101025/pl_yblog_askamerica/who-is-the-vice-president-ask-america-stumps-voters

living with the stupids week - tuesday

its too easy to pick on the tp.  ive commented before that the tp is just a bunch of old people standing on a street corner, the pic below clearly shows i am right.  there are also people who call themselves tp'ers but are really just confused far right wing republicans.  one of their rallying cries is not to pass the huge national debt to their grandchildren.  this is funny on one level because so much of the tp is made up of people old enough to have grandchildren.  the not haha funny part though is they tend to ignore other real issues that will impact their grandchildren.  at about the 7 minute mark of the todays recommendation video there is a "global warming is bullshit" chant.  i cant understand the connection between not wanting to pass the debt to future generations and also not wanting them to have breathable air and drinkable water.  unless them not wanting to pass the debt to their grandchildren is also bullshit.  which it is.  a smart, logical person would quickly realize you cannot both reduce the debt and cut taxes.  its impossible.  the tp republicans fighting to keep taxes low for the richest people in this country clearly shows their concern for the debt is as phony as their insistence that they are not racists.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/NewLeftMedia#p/u/17/zbyFeFhUTmI

 

its almost 12 minutes long, but what else do you have to watch now that 'dancing with the palin' is over?

living with the stupids week - monday

the biggest problem with the stupids is that too many of them vote.  we've just gone through our third straight "change" election.  think about that for a minute.  the stupids would cause no harm if they just stayed home on election day, or went to walmart instead.  or even better one of those super walmarts with a mcdonalds inside.  half of the stupids are probably actually stupid.  the other half think they are informed, but since their only source of information is fox news or scary, hate filled, right wing am radio they are way more dangerous than the other half.  not knowing something is bad, thinking a lie is the truth is even worse.

 

of the 13 questions asked of the public in the graph below, the 2 that concern me the most are new house leader and TARP loans repaid.  these were such important aspects of this past election, yet only 38% and 16% were answered correctly by the people asked.  i am sure much more than 38% of the public know who the current speaker is.  she is that commie-liberal who wants the children of this country to be personal slaves of chinese families.  as for TARP, the other 84% of the american public must think that president obama has given all that money to kenyan hookers for blow, and to general motors to build a 2012 chevette.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://people-press.org/report/677/

living with the stupids week - sunday

its becoming increasing clear the biggest threat to our country is not coming from the radical right or the looney left.  and its certainly not coming from al qeada.  its coming from the stupids.  i will give in that maybe sarah palin is a good friend to some and a, a, well she is a mother.  but you have to be even dumber than her to think she should lead this country.  she is probably the only politician that would make w. bush look good.  for that reason alone he should really get behind her for president.  if she won, come january 21, 2013 he instantly would look more like george washington than george w. bush.  and as much as you would really like to have a beer with, or shoot some animal with, both of them, thats is not really a good reason to vote for them for high office.  'just like us' is not a qualification for president.  we should not use the same criteria to pick the leaders of this country that we use to pick the winner of 'dancing with the stars'.  and thats the problem isnt it.  sarah palin is queen of the stupids, and there may be just enough of them to lead her to victory.

todays recommendation:

an oldie but goodie since she is on a "book" tour again, its worth 8 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk

2%

the rights refusal to provide health care to americans is their most despicable recent act.  the only thing that currently comes close is their refusal to give tax breaks to regular americans unless the richest 2% get breaks too.  this is unconscionable.  i could write more but quite frankly why bother since it is such an obvious injustice.

 

todays recommendation:

 

ive said it before, he may be a loon sometimes, but i am really going to miss him.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/03/alan-grayson-fox-news-tax-cuts_n_791533.html

 

 

 

and tune in tomorrow for the first part of a week long series 'living with the stupids'.

words, words, words

liberal:  favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

progressive:  moving forward; advancing, promoting or favoring progress toward better conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.

among the millions of other things the democrats have to do to win again, theyve got to stop letting the republicans define the language.  if you read the above definitions to the american public, im sure a large majority would identify themselves with those principles.  if you ask the american public if they are liberal or progressive you will get a resounding "hell no".  and thats the democrats own damned fault.

todays recommendation:

http://cons-lie.com/2010/11/18/obama-the-fascist-and-other-words-to-which-the-right-doesnt-know-the-meaning/

oh that i could write that well anymore, or wasnt too lazy to.

janies got a gun

and everyone else should have one too.  ideally of course no one would have a gun, but we live in reality and not the united states of idealica.  the pandoras box has been opened and the guns are out there.  the only way to fight fire is with fire.  the criminals who use guns do so because they are cowards.  they are sure the people they are commiting crimes against dont have a gun and that they will get what they want.  picture a bank robbery.  criminal goes in to rob the bank, pulls gun, gets money, leaves.  maybe he shoots someone, maybe he doesnt.  now picture that scenario if all the tellers, managers, customers, and people walking by and driving by all had guns.  do you think that criminal would rob that bank?  of course not.  he would be shot 20 times at least.  its the same philosophy behind nuclear weapons that has kept us safe from those for decades.

todays recommendation:

http://www.nra.org/home.aspx

Right Wing Lying Echo Chamber

from fox "news":

A school in Florida has not only banned Christmas - but everything associated with the Christian holiday.  Teachers at Heathrow Elementary School have been ordered to banish images of Santa Claus from classrooms - along with traditional Christmas colors like red and green.  "You can't use red and green," one outraged parent told WESH. "It's ridiculous."  The parent, who serves as a volunteer room mother, said she was recently given a list of guidelines that listed the holiday restrictions.  She said the basic theme of the letter was, "We don't want to offend anyone who doesn't believe in Santa Claus or the Christian beliefs."

thats pretty shitty right?  well it would be if it were true.  but its not.  of course its not.  all fox had to do was to contact the school in question to find out its not true.  but they didnt bother, they just ran the story.  so now millions of people who saw it on fox or heard it on scary right wing am radio think its true.  and because those millions of people think its true, it now is.  even though it isnt.

heres the dummy on fox getting all offended:

http://mediamatters.org/research/201011290017

todays recommedation:

from a few weeks ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBxzMMCokpI

its 15 minutes long, but well worth it and extremely important.