Michael Goldfarb grew a pair. Oh wait, never mind, he didn't. He's just another eunuch with a speech impediment -- that impediment being a complete inability to speak the truth or even say what's on his mind:
This is so awesome. McCain's demanding release of some video that allegedly shows Obama attending an event that was...gasp...also attended by Rashid Khalidi. Now, Rashid Khalidi is certainly a rather controversial figure, in that he's an outspoken supporter for Palestinian rights, and an outspoken critic of Israeli occupation of the West Bank. He's also been accused of being a PLO spokesman, but he denies it, and no evidence has been put forth to support that contention. He's also a long time academic who has taught at Georgetown, Columbia, the University of Chicago, Lebanese University, and the American University of Beirut. To be clear, no one has ever accused him of being a terrorist, but he has been accused of being anti-Israel and holding radical views. But let's accept the fact that at a minimum, he's a flashpoint character.
Does McCain's hypocrisy know no bounds? Or is he just too senile to remember how, when he was chairman of the International Republican Institute he gave over a half million dollars to Rashid Khalidi (see pages 14 and 17 here)? Or, as is more likely, is John McCain simply so desperate, and yet so bereft of any reasons to argue why any one should for him, that he would do nothing else but try to stain Barack Obama for assocations when McCain's own associations with the same people run much deeper?
The best part is that little sleazebag Goldfarb, who's been point person #2 or 3 (right behind McCain and that lil' douchebag Tucker Bounds) in playing the association blame game. He wants to scream out Reverend Wright at the top of his lungs so bad, but knows he can't. Yet he's too chickenshit to say what he believes, and equally too chickenshit to do the right thing.
C'mon, Herr Goldfarb, I dare you to sack up and be the man your parents wished you were, before you left your nutsack at the RNC front door. ONE TIME, dealer!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
And On the Eighth Day...
Liddy Dole got PWNED.
Here is that nice dear lady, Elizabeth Dole, just yesterday, speaking about her U.S. Senate opponent Kay Hagan:
The ad wasn't out five nanoseconds before it was thoroughly debunked. Kay Hagan is a long time Presbyterian and former Sunday school teacher, and just about everyone in North Carolina already knows that.
So how does Kay Hagan respond? Listen to the last few seconds...
I thought about blogging about this yesterday, but was hoping for a response. In a year of seriously negative advertising, Liddy Dole's patently false attack (no shades of gray here) reflects a candidate so desperate that they would even violate their own religious beliefs, simply for the sake of a 100% untruthful attack. Frankly, I find Dole's ad to be one of the most shameless pieces of utter shit ever broadcast in the name of politics, even beyond any of the Swift boat crap.
There's a special place in hell for Elizabeth Dole, already reserved. And it ain't another term in the U.S. Senate.
Liddy, you got the stones to apologize? Or are you more full of shit today than you were yesterday?
I'm Mondogarage, and I approve this message, because self-righteous, self-serving, incompetent, hypocritical, lying fucks like Elizabeth Dole have no place on Earth, much less in Congress.
Here is that nice dear lady, Elizabeth Dole, just yesterday, speaking about her U.S. Senate opponent Kay Hagan:
The ad wasn't out five nanoseconds before it was thoroughly debunked. Kay Hagan is a long time Presbyterian and former Sunday school teacher, and just about everyone in North Carolina already knows that.
So how does Kay Hagan respond? Listen to the last few seconds...
I thought about blogging about this yesterday, but was hoping for a response. In a year of seriously negative advertising, Liddy Dole's patently false attack (no shades of gray here) reflects a candidate so desperate that they would even violate their own religious beliefs, simply for the sake of a 100% untruthful attack. Frankly, I find Dole's ad to be one of the most shameless pieces of utter shit ever broadcast in the name of politics, even beyond any of the Swift boat crap.
There's a special place in hell for Elizabeth Dole, already reserved. And it ain't another term in the U.S. Senate.
Liddy, you got the stones to apologize? Or are you more full of shit today than you were yesterday?
I'm Mondogarage, and I approve this message, because self-righteous, self-serving, incompetent, hypocritical, lying fucks like Elizabeth Dole have no place on Earth, much less in Congress.
Waffles Is A Pollster?
Dude, I thought you were in IT, or some shit. I had no idea you were working for Zugzugby:
Good for a few snickers.
Bodonkey weekly Part Deux tonight, but I won't be around.
Good for a few snickers.
Bodonkey weekly Part Deux tonight, but I won't be around.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
In Lieu of Telling Friends
JUST GO VOTE!
Vote your conscience. Vote your mind. Vote your affiliation. Vote your ideals.
Just vote.
If you don't vote, you fail to exercise the only real power you have in shaping the nation's future.
And please, vote your entire ballot, national, state, local, county, amendments, initiatives, bond issues, what have you. A lot of blood has been spilled ensuring your right -- so use it, please.
Vote your conscience. Vote your mind. Vote your affiliation. Vote your ideals.
Just vote.
If you don't vote, you fail to exercise the only real power you have in shaping the nation's future.
And please, vote your entire ballot, national, state, local, county, amendments, initiatives, bond issues, what have you. A lot of blood has been spilled ensuring your right -- so use it, please.
Grumble Grumble
Man, last night's online poker was a kick in the balls. And hard.
And yet, it started out with such promise, when I went 2 for 2 in attempts to score Tier 1 tokens on Full Tilt. But from that point on, it was downhill all night. Outside of a relative min cash in a $27.50 MTT on JokerStars (something like $49.95), I flunked everything. Everyfuckingthing.
18th in the Bodonkey (after recovering from an early misplay), no dice in the $3r, zero cashes in FIVE separate $12/180s, going out between 30th-50th in each and every one, and basically tubed everywhere I went.
After being in Bodog's $10+1r for a good $40, getting kicked in the junk one table from the bubble, by a mid stack calling off 85% of their chips with KQo or KJo (I held AT and shoved from early position). That one really fucking hurt, as just breaking the bubble would have made the night almost a wash.
Shit, I even tried my first Matrix event, a measly $6.50, and after being near the lead at each table, I went out 6th overall, with a sole 2nd place finish to show for my efforts.
Whatever good run I was on at the beginning of this month is clearly long past over. My roll's a good 20% or so off it's high again, I can't get a cash over 15-20 consecutive events, and I'm not even getting the courtesy of a reacharound.
Bad times, indeed. Maybe it's time to go back to Blackhawk, or play the Tuesday cash game in Boulder, because I sure as shit can't see my way through the online tunnel these days.
I'm rethinking playing the Bodonkey series, since I can't play any of the Thursday events. That means I'd have to try to get my "top 8 scores" over the course of what is now seven or eight remaining Tuesdays. If I'm only available to even play half the events, I'm not seeing the point in trying to match the same score level that others can get who can play all 16-18 events. We'll see. I may give it one more shot, and if I don't finish in the points next Tuesday, I'll likely hang it up. There's not much point chasing a seat in a TOC with one hand tied behind my back.
Good luck at the tables.
And yet, it started out with such promise, when I went 2 for 2 in attempts to score Tier 1 tokens on Full Tilt. But from that point on, it was downhill all night. Outside of a relative min cash in a $27.50 MTT on JokerStars (something like $49.95), I flunked everything. Everyfuckingthing.
18th in the Bodonkey (after recovering from an early misplay), no dice in the $3r, zero cashes in FIVE separate $12/180s, going out between 30th-50th in each and every one, and basically tubed everywhere I went.
After being in Bodog's $10+1r for a good $40, getting kicked in the junk one table from the bubble, by a mid stack calling off 85% of their chips with KQo or KJo (I held AT and shoved from early position). That one really fucking hurt, as just breaking the bubble would have made the night almost a wash.
Shit, I even tried my first Matrix event, a measly $6.50, and after being near the lead at each table, I went out 6th overall, with a sole 2nd place finish to show for my efforts.
Whatever good run I was on at the beginning of this month is clearly long past over. My roll's a good 20% or so off it's high again, I can't get a cash over 15-20 consecutive events, and I'm not even getting the courtesy of a reacharound.
Bad times, indeed. Maybe it's time to go back to Blackhawk, or play the Tuesday cash game in Boulder, because I sure as shit can't see my way through the online tunnel these days.
I'm rethinking playing the Bodonkey series, since I can't play any of the Thursday events. That means I'd have to try to get my "top 8 scores" over the course of what is now seven or eight remaining Tuesdays. If I'm only available to even play half the events, I'm not seeing the point in trying to match the same score level that others can get who can play all 16-18 events. We'll see. I may give it one more shot, and if I don't finish in the points next Tuesday, I'll likely hang it up. There's not much point chasing a seat in a TOC with one hand tied behind my back.
Good luck at the tables.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Back to the Future
Boy Howdy, Mondo's got a new phone!
This actually *is* big news, at least to me. You see, I've been using the same cell phone for at least four years, some cheeseball old school flip phone, with no features, a cracked outer clear cover, old school 9-key pad making texting wayyyyy too much a pain in the ass to make it worthwhile, etc. The phone was not only a piece of utter shite, it wasn't bottom of the line free at the time I got it. How un-baller.
For the most part, I didn't care. I don't spend much time on the phone, and the only real texting I ever did of any significance was with CK during my run at the Caesar's Mega Stack last summer. But that event made me wish (for the first time) that I *could* join the texting generation. And I wished I could take photos of bands that I see, and actually be able to send them to myself to put them on this here blog. And I wished I could get stable reception in my own home. Yeah, I'm demanding like that -- I must want a lot.
Well, last night, we finally did it. The Good Doctor Mondo and I got our new fancy fones. Her needs are much greater than mine, so of course, she went with a Palm Treo. Good stuff. I, on the other hand, wanted something fun. The iPhone is out, given AT&T coverage maps in our area. I'd have to stab myself with plastic forks if I went with Verizon again. So Sprint was the answer, and the answer from Sprint was this:
Okay, okay, I did *not* get the purple, though the Good Doctor Mondo would have loved it if I had, as it's her favorite color. Hell, I might have, if Best Buy carried it. But that picture is the actual size of the form factor. Full QWERTY, 2 megapixel camera, and a large internal screen. In some ways, it's a lot like the Samsung Instinct, but with a real keyboard, and not a digital one. And the best part? I don't drop calls in my own living room.
Is it the most ballin' phone around? Not by a long shot. But it did only hit the street like two days ago, so yeah, for a week, I'll feel cool. At least, I'll actually be able to text without feeling like a putz. And yeah, look for photos of Widowers' Halloween show, and d.biddle's Day of the Dead show here next week...
This actually *is* big news, at least to me. You see, I've been using the same cell phone for at least four years, some cheeseball old school flip phone, with no features, a cracked outer clear cover, old school 9-key pad making texting wayyyyy too much a pain in the ass to make it worthwhile, etc. The phone was not only a piece of utter shite, it wasn't bottom of the line free at the time I got it. How un-baller.
For the most part, I didn't care. I don't spend much time on the phone, and the only real texting I ever did of any significance was with CK during my run at the Caesar's Mega Stack last summer. But that event made me wish (for the first time) that I *could* join the texting generation. And I wished I could take photos of bands that I see, and actually be able to send them to myself to put them on this here blog. And I wished I could get stable reception in my own home. Yeah, I'm demanding like that -- I must want a lot.
Well, last night, we finally did it. The Good Doctor Mondo and I got our new fancy fones. Her needs are much greater than mine, so of course, she went with a Palm Treo. Good stuff. I, on the other hand, wanted something fun. The iPhone is out, given AT&T coverage maps in our area. I'd have to stab myself with plastic forks if I went with Verizon again. So Sprint was the answer, and the answer from Sprint was this:
Okay, okay, I did *not* get the purple, though the Good Doctor Mondo would have loved it if I had, as it's her favorite color. Hell, I might have, if Best Buy carried it. But that picture is the actual size of the form factor. Full QWERTY, 2 megapixel camera, and a large internal screen. In some ways, it's a lot like the Samsung Instinct, but with a real keyboard, and not a digital one. And the best part? I don't drop calls in my own living room.
Is it the most ballin' phone around? Not by a long shot. But it did only hit the street like two days ago, so yeah, for a week, I'll feel cool. At least, I'll actually be able to text without feeling like a putz. And yeah, look for photos of Widowers' Halloween show, and d.biddle's Day of the Dead show here next week...
Olive Branches, Of Sorts
Okay, I wrote most of this originally as a response to a comment from lightning36, a poker blogger whom I respect and like on both counts, his pokerin' and his bloggerin'. He's one tough mother at the tables, and a rather thoughtful and well-reasoned dude. I like the cut of his jib.
Anyway, comments to days' old posts tend to go unread, so I thought I'd share a somewhat less partisan view of what the election next week may mean, and what may result.
And sure, it's probably vain as hell to copy and paste from a comment to a comment to a post, into a brand new post, but fuck it, it's my blog, in'nit?
I'll be the first to admit that there's no way any of us can actually know what the next four years will bring, under a presidency of either candidate. At this point, I'm nearly certain Barack Obama is going to win. I think the Dems will come away with 57 seats in the Senate (and can make Lieberman the senatorial eunuch he deserves to be), and the Dems will significantly expand their majority in the House. Legislation will require some measure of bipartisan ship, because there will not be a filibuster-proof majority, and besides, the Democrats aren't exactly a lock-step party that votes on legislation as a single block.
I truly hope that as president, Barack Obama is all that I think he can be. Yes, he is inexperienced on the national stage, when compared to people like Biden and McCain. However, he is extremely bright and intelligent, and I do think he will surround himself with people much brighter than I am, and people who actually have the country's best interests in mind, rather than a small cabal of oil industry friends. I do believe the national agenda will not be set by a few oil captains to whom the administration has been indebted to for their livelihood.
But that's just it, isn't it? No one can truly predict the future, and voting for any candidate involves a certain amount of faith that you're making the right choice.
I've said many times there are certainly valid and legitmate reasons for a voter to support one candidate over the other. I can't ever conceive becoming a single-issue voter (particularly when it comes to some sort of cultural wedge issue that is not determinative of whether the United States continues to exist as a viable nation). But I can grasp that there are people out there for whom a single issue is all they care about, or that to them, a candidate's stance on a single issue tells them all they need to know on how they might view every other issue of significance.
I also think that in this particular case, there are some invalid reasons related to factors such as race-based fear and paranoia, but I don't personally know anyone in my own life to whom I would ascribe that line of thinking. I am pleased to not personally know anyone who is not voting for Obama because he is black, or on the other hand, is voting for Obama because he is black.
In my case, a lot of of my decision on this vote had to do with knowing that we simply can't afford another four years of "my way or the highway" cowboy diplomacy, because like it or not, we do not live in a one superduperpower world. Not when our economy is inextricably intertwined with so many others', not when our military is too far stretched to be able to be solely responsible for imposing world order, not when much of the civilized world feels like they've been lied to by America once too often. I believe Barack Obama will be a big part of restoring the world's faith in America, and not simply our own, which is equally important. I believe that after a Barack Obama presidency, much of our former place of standing in the world will be restored, such that when America calls out to the world that a certain course of action is crucial and vitally important for everyone's well-being, that the world will listen without taking the default position that we're full of crap.
But do I know beyond any doubt that this will successfully take place? No, no one truly can.
I truly hope in four years, America can look back and say they made the right one.
And you know what? If the choice is ultimately not correct, we're just going to go back and go through the whole process again, anyway, just as we have after every presidency in America's past.
Hope to also see you in the Bodonkey!
Okay, I typed "hope" four times in that post, that's a lot of Hope For Change...
Anyway, comments to days' old posts tend to go unread, so I thought I'd share a somewhat less partisan view of what the election next week may mean, and what may result.
And sure, it's probably vain as hell to copy and paste from a comment to a comment to a post, into a brand new post, but fuck it, it's my blog, in'nit?
I'll be the first to admit that there's no way any of us can actually know what the next four years will bring, under a presidency of either candidate. At this point, I'm nearly certain Barack Obama is going to win. I think the Dems will come away with 57 seats in the Senate (and can make Lieberman the senatorial eunuch he deserves to be), and the Dems will significantly expand their majority in the House. Legislation will require some measure of bipartisan ship, because there will not be a filibuster-proof majority, and besides, the Democrats aren't exactly a lock-step party that votes on legislation as a single block.
I truly hope that as president, Barack Obama is all that I think he can be. Yes, he is inexperienced on the national stage, when compared to people like Biden and McCain. However, he is extremely bright and intelligent, and I do think he will surround himself with people much brighter than I am, and people who actually have the country's best interests in mind, rather than a small cabal of oil industry friends. I do believe the national agenda will not be set by a few oil captains to whom the administration has been indebted to for their livelihood.
But that's just it, isn't it? No one can truly predict the future, and voting for any candidate involves a certain amount of faith that you're making the right choice.
I've said many times there are certainly valid and legitmate reasons for a voter to support one candidate over the other. I can't ever conceive becoming a single-issue voter (particularly when it comes to some sort of cultural wedge issue that is not determinative of whether the United States continues to exist as a viable nation). But I can grasp that there are people out there for whom a single issue is all they care about, or that to them, a candidate's stance on a single issue tells them all they need to know on how they might view every other issue of significance.
I also think that in this particular case, there are some invalid reasons related to factors such as race-based fear and paranoia, but I don't personally know anyone in my own life to whom I would ascribe that line of thinking. I am pleased to not personally know anyone who is not voting for Obama because he is black, or on the other hand, is voting for Obama because he is black.
In my case, a lot of of my decision on this vote had to do with knowing that we simply can't afford another four years of "my way or the highway" cowboy diplomacy, because like it or not, we do not live in a one superduperpower world. Not when our economy is inextricably intertwined with so many others', not when our military is too far stretched to be able to be solely responsible for imposing world order, not when much of the civilized world feels like they've been lied to by America once too often. I believe Barack Obama will be a big part of restoring the world's faith in America, and not simply our own, which is equally important. I believe that after a Barack Obama presidency, much of our former place of standing in the world will be restored, such that when America calls out to the world that a certain course of action is crucial and vitally important for everyone's well-being, that the world will listen without taking the default position that we're full of crap.
But do I know beyond any doubt that this will successfully take place? No, no one truly can.
I truly hope in four years, America can look back and say they made the right one.
And you know what? If the choice is ultimately not correct, we're just going to go back and go through the whole process again, anyway, just as we have after every presidency in America's past.
Hope to also see you in the Bodonkey!
Okay, I typed "hope" four times in that post, that's a lot of Hope For Change...
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Bodonkey is Back!
YES!!!! Scoreboard!!!
You are invited to play in, post or forward this information.
Don't Miss Tuesday's Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament!
Start Time 9:05 pm ET.
Think you have what it takes to bust out a poker pro?
On Tuesday October 28th, 2008 professional poker player and author, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series.
There will be a $75 bounty on Eric's head and the poker blogger who takes Eric's last chips in this tournament will receive a $75 credit to their Bodog member player account. This blogger will also receive a signed copy of Eric's book, Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time. If Eric wins this tournament, he will give the $75 credit to the poker blogger that places 1st runner up. That player will then receive the credit of $75 to his or her account.
This blogger tournament series is open to poker bloggers world wide and runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 9:05 pm ET.
More details available at the official blogger series site at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com
If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/
So what are you waiting for?
Register today and may the best poker blogger take the bulls eye on Eric "Rizen" Lynch!
And also, don't forget to tune in to Buddy Dank Radio for live tournament recaps and updates while you play at http://www.buddydankradio.com
It's been several months since Bodog has graced us with the Bodonkey, and I will absolutely by there. And you should, too. The tourney structures are great, and there's still overlay $T for the top few spots. A great online poker value to be had, for sure.
You are invited to play in, post or forward this information.
Don't Miss Tuesday's Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament!
Start Time 9:05 pm ET.
Think you have what it takes to bust out a poker pro?
On Tuesday October 28th, 2008 professional poker player and author, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series.
There will be a $75 bounty on Eric's head and the poker blogger who takes Eric's last chips in this tournament will receive a $75 credit to their Bodog member player account. This blogger will also receive a signed copy of Eric's book, Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time. If Eric wins this tournament, he will give the $75 credit to the poker blogger that places 1st runner up. That player will then receive the credit of $75 to his or her account.
This blogger tournament series is open to poker bloggers world wide and runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 9:05 pm ET.
More details available at the official blogger series site at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com
If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/
So what are you waiting for?
Register today and may the best poker blogger take the bulls eye on Eric "Rizen" Lynch!
And also, don't forget to tune in to Buddy Dank Radio for live tournament recaps and updates while you play at http://www.buddydankradio.com
It's been several months since Bodog has graced us with the Bodonkey, and I will absolutely by there. And you should, too. The tourney structures are great, and there's still overlay $T for the top few spots. A great online poker value to be had, for sure.
Anecdote Appropos Of....?
Okay, so a couple days ago, the Good Doctor Mondo and I are driving through our housing development...
The development is broken up into four quadrants. One is comprised of condos (both single story, and four-plexes). Two are composed of single family homes and garden homes, from the low $200s to around $400k or so. And the last, which abuts a private country club, is entirely custom homes that went from $600k - $1.5m.
The development is recent, with the first construction taking place in 2000, and in fact, our quandrant (the last to begin) isn't even complete.
We noticed something interesting on this drive. Going through three of the quadrants, we noticed lawn signs for Obama and McCain (as well as lower tier races), and it appeared no more than around 60% or so of the signs were pro-Obama.
But when we got to the high end custom quadrant, there were zero Obama signs at all (though I saw lots of golf carts in the open garages pointing directly to the country club). Not to say every yard had a sign, which they clearly did not. But of the 30% or so yards that had signs, every single one of them was a McCain/Palin sign. And I'm pretty certain Joe the Plumber doesn't live in the Starwood development.
So when you think about just who is in line to benefit from a McFailin' victory, just take a look at the yard signs. It's not for no reason that it appears McCain has a much greater amount of his support from those who already have the most, and who benefited from the single greatest transfer of wealth in American history. Just like it's not for no reason that McCain couldn't bring himself to utter the phrase "middle class" even one time in three debates. McFailin' wouldn't know the real working class if he stepped onto the lawn of one of his eight homes long enough to hand his yardman a glass of lemonade.
If McFailin' is truly for the middle class, then tell me this, why is his support nearly universal in the wealthiest neighborhoods, and less than half in the working and middle class developments?
The development is broken up into four quadrants. One is comprised of condos (both single story, and four-plexes). Two are composed of single family homes and garden homes, from the low $200s to around $400k or so. And the last, which abuts a private country club, is entirely custom homes that went from $600k - $1.5m.
The development is recent, with the first construction taking place in 2000, and in fact, our quandrant (the last to begin) isn't even complete.
We noticed something interesting on this drive. Going through three of the quadrants, we noticed lawn signs for Obama and McCain (as well as lower tier races), and it appeared no more than around 60% or so of the signs were pro-Obama.
But when we got to the high end custom quadrant, there were zero Obama signs at all (though I saw lots of golf carts in the open garages pointing directly to the country club). Not to say every yard had a sign, which they clearly did not. But of the 30% or so yards that had signs, every single one of them was a McCain/Palin sign. And I'm pretty certain Joe the Plumber doesn't live in the Starwood development.
So when you think about just who is in line to benefit from a McFailin' victory, just take a look at the yard signs. It's not for no reason that it appears McCain has a much greater amount of his support from those who already have the most, and who benefited from the single greatest transfer of wealth in American history. Just like it's not for no reason that McCain couldn't bring himself to utter the phrase "middle class" even one time in three debates. McFailin' wouldn't know the real working class if he stepped onto the lawn of one of his eight homes long enough to hand his yardman a glass of lemonade.
If McFailin' is truly for the middle class, then tell me this, why is his support nearly universal in the wealthiest neighborhoods, and less than half in the working and middle class developments?
Weekend Highlight
Barack Obama and 45,000 of his most ardent supporters, on the Oval, at Colorado State University. Such a communal spirit, such fun -- I even got to shake his hand, which, while totally insignificant to anything important, is to me one of the coolest things ever.
Yesterday really was awesome. The Good Doctor Mondo and I woke up early, and headed up to Fort Collins to begin a five plus hour stretch of standing in line, on a crisp and clear day. We got there early, but there were two lines -- one for a group of about 2,000 VIPs, who were those who'd actually volunteered on the campaign, and one for everyone else.
While we were walking to the "everyone else" line, The Good Doctor Mondo gets a call from one of her co-professors (and the only one in their department more politically active than my lovely wife), who joyously lets us know she's got two extra VIP tickets. SCORE!!! So we jump out of one line, and head for the VIP line, which at this point only has about 50-75 people in front of us.
Well, as the day grew longer and warmer, the lines just got longer, and longer, and longer. At one point, the line for the port-o-johns was as long as the VIP line had been when we showed up. Even just minutes before his speech, the line to get in was still two and a half MILES long. But everyone was treating the occasion as a party of sorts, chatting with neighbors, jumping out of line to bring back coffee and sandwiches, trading stories with campaign volunteers from other states, etc. When you're a swing state, you get the troops in from all over, and most of the western US was well represented in line.
Eventually, we made it in, and lo and behold, the Good Doctor and I were right up against the railing, woohoo!!!!
I must say, it really was like a rock concert. But unlike some, I don't find the "celebrity" aspect of this campaign disturbing. I think it's fanfuckingtastic that for once, people are idolizing politicians more than some random rich drunk party girl who may or may not have a modicum of talent for something, or some gangsta rap wannabe, or some jock who might run fast, but goes home and beats his wife and shoots up 'roids, or what not. Whether or not you agree with Barack Obama's policy ideas is one thing, but seriously, it's amazing that someone running for office can be looked up to, and is clearly a positive influence on the youth of today.
The speech itself was standard Obama stump speech material, with a bit of extra discussion of creation of more clean energy jobs, which is important to Colorado, and more so for CSU, where a lot of research and work is being put into wind turbines, and such. There were tons of Secret Service around, including one dude who was a spitting image of Agent Smith from The Matrix. I snapped a few pix on my camera phone, but they suck -- what you see is courtesy of the Good Doctor Mondo, who had a pretty damn good vantage point.
For me, the most exciting aspects of the day were several. First, looking out there and seeing a simply massive field of faces and heads. We're talking about 45,000 people in a city less than an hour away from where Obama had just spoken in front of over 100,000. I'm pretty certain if there were no Fort Collins speech yesterday, nearly all of us would have been in Denver. To think that even after the Denver speech, there were THAT many people still to see him, is mind-boggling:
Secondly, due entirely to the good graces of my wife's colleague, and our early arrival, and getting to stand by the railing, I got to shake Barack's hand on his way out. I thought that was really cool. Everyone was trying to get a piece of him. A couple of the Secret Service agents had collected 5-6 copies of Obama's books to sign, because no one was allowed to hold out pens, and such, for security reasons. Third, Obama has to have about the most ballin' tour bus I've ever seen.
Last, and certainly least, my sweetie even found me in one of the Yahoo News photos of the event. Okay, that last bit is completely unnecessary, but she had fun playing the Mondogarage version of "Where's Waldo", thanks to this Associated Press shot:
I leave you with one thought. Obviously, there are aspects of this election that remain very close. There are states that will go red no matter what, and Obama may be hard pressed to get more than 51-52% of the overall vote. However, it has to be extremely difficult to imagine a scenario where anyone who has energized the electorate enough to draw 150,000 people to see him speak on a Sunday (during football season, no less), will not win this election, absent major shenanigans by the other side. I just don't see it. As charged up as the Republican base allegedly is by the McPalin ticket, it takes them 15 rallies to reach the kinds of people the Democrats brought out just in a single day.
I have no idea what an Obama presidency is going to ultimately bring this country. I am comfortably certain, however, that we have found the real uniter, and not the dividers that the Republicans have been putting forth for the last decades.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the last little cool bit. On the way home, the Good Doctor Mondo and I stopped off at a Starbucks for a couple of chais, and were talking to the barista about how cool the event was. Well, she must have been an Obama supporter, because she said we were getting the "Obama discount", and only charged us the cost of a single plain coffee. Sweet!
Yesterday really was awesome. The Good Doctor Mondo and I woke up early, and headed up to Fort Collins to begin a five plus hour stretch of standing in line, on a crisp and clear day. We got there early, but there were two lines -- one for a group of about 2,000 VIPs, who were those who'd actually volunteered on the campaign, and one for everyone else.
While we were walking to the "everyone else" line, The Good Doctor Mondo gets a call from one of her co-professors (and the only one in their department more politically active than my lovely wife), who joyously lets us know she's got two extra VIP tickets. SCORE!!! So we jump out of one line, and head for the VIP line, which at this point only has about 50-75 people in front of us.
Well, as the day grew longer and warmer, the lines just got longer, and longer, and longer. At one point, the line for the port-o-johns was as long as the VIP line had been when we showed up. Even just minutes before his speech, the line to get in was still two and a half MILES long. But everyone was treating the occasion as a party of sorts, chatting with neighbors, jumping out of line to bring back coffee and sandwiches, trading stories with campaign volunteers from other states, etc. When you're a swing state, you get the troops in from all over, and most of the western US was well represented in line.
Eventually, we made it in, and lo and behold, the Good Doctor and I were right up against the railing, woohoo!!!!
I must say, it really was like a rock concert. But unlike some, I don't find the "celebrity" aspect of this campaign disturbing. I think it's fanfuckingtastic that for once, people are idolizing politicians more than some random rich drunk party girl who may or may not have a modicum of talent for something, or some gangsta rap wannabe, or some jock who might run fast, but goes home and beats his wife and shoots up 'roids, or what not. Whether or not you agree with Barack Obama's policy ideas is one thing, but seriously, it's amazing that someone running for office can be looked up to, and is clearly a positive influence on the youth of today.
The speech itself was standard Obama stump speech material, with a bit of extra discussion of creation of more clean energy jobs, which is important to Colorado, and more so for CSU, where a lot of research and work is being put into wind turbines, and such. There were tons of Secret Service around, including one dude who was a spitting image of Agent Smith from The Matrix. I snapped a few pix on my camera phone, but they suck -- what you see is courtesy of the Good Doctor Mondo, who had a pretty damn good vantage point.
For me, the most exciting aspects of the day were several. First, looking out there and seeing a simply massive field of faces and heads. We're talking about 45,000 people in a city less than an hour away from where Obama had just spoken in front of over 100,000. I'm pretty certain if there were no Fort Collins speech yesterday, nearly all of us would have been in Denver. To think that even after the Denver speech, there were THAT many people still to see him, is mind-boggling:
Secondly, due entirely to the good graces of my wife's colleague, and our early arrival, and getting to stand by the railing, I got to shake Barack's hand on his way out. I thought that was really cool. Everyone was trying to get a piece of him. A couple of the Secret Service agents had collected 5-6 copies of Obama's books to sign, because no one was allowed to hold out pens, and such, for security reasons. Third, Obama has to have about the most ballin' tour bus I've ever seen.
Last, and certainly least, my sweetie even found me in one of the Yahoo News photos of the event. Okay, that last bit is completely unnecessary, but she had fun playing the Mondogarage version of "Where's Waldo", thanks to this Associated Press shot:
I leave you with one thought. Obviously, there are aspects of this election that remain very close. There are states that will go red no matter what, and Obama may be hard pressed to get more than 51-52% of the overall vote. However, it has to be extremely difficult to imagine a scenario where anyone who has energized the electorate enough to draw 150,000 people to see him speak on a Sunday (during football season, no less), will not win this election, absent major shenanigans by the other side. I just don't see it. As charged up as the Republican base allegedly is by the McPalin ticket, it takes them 15 rallies to reach the kinds of people the Democrats brought out just in a single day.
I have no idea what an Obama presidency is going to ultimately bring this country. I am comfortably certain, however, that we have found the real uniter, and not the dividers that the Republicans have been putting forth for the last decades.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot about the last little cool bit. On the way home, the Good Doctor Mondo and I stopped off at a Starbucks for a couple of chais, and were talking to the barista about how cool the event was. Well, she must have been an Obama supporter, because she said we were getting the "Obama discount", and only charged us the cost of a single plain coffee. Sweet!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wassup!
2008 Edition
No Budweisers were harmed in the making of this film. And for the sake of quality beer, none were quaffed, either.
No Budweisers were harmed in the making of this film. And for the sake of quality beer, none were quaffed, either.
McCain Doesn't Like Negotiating With Dictators?
So John McCain is concerned that Obama "pals around with terrorists" (Palin). Well, the man McCain once spent a few days at a luxurious retreat, is the same man ultimately responsible for these:
Yup, a terrorist-sponsoring dictator who sponsored murderous bombing in our very nation's capital, was someone who McCain was not only willing to meet, but willing to fly thousands of miles to South America for the privilege of doing so.
"How Traitorous"
And Sarah Palin has doubts whether bombings of abortion clinics are terrorist acts? She may wish to talk to Emily Lyons and reconsider:
- Emily Lyons shortly after falling victim to Eric Rudolph's bombing of Atlanta clinic
Yup, a terrorist-sponsoring dictator who sponsored murderous bombing in our very nation's capital, was someone who McCain was not only willing to meet, but willing to fly thousands of miles to South America for the privilege of doing so.
"How Traitorous"
And Sarah Palin has doubts whether bombings of abortion clinics are terrorist acts? She may wish to talk to Emily Lyons and reconsider:
- Emily Lyons shortly after falling victim to Eric Rudolph's bombing of Atlanta clinic
Knowing What's Most Important
Courtesy of Jim Kuhnhenn of the AP:
In fact, Palin's stylist turns out to have been the entire McFailin' campaign's highest paid staffer so far this month.
By that measure, hair and makeup would seem to be worth approximately 85% more to the Republican Party than a cogent foreign policy on talking down Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. No wonder McCain can't negotiate with America's detractors -- he can't afford to, what with the cost of lipgloss.
Obviously, it's more expensive to cover up a pig in lipstick than anyone previously thought. Amy Strozzi may or may not be bemoaning the end of her soon-to-be-very-short-lived sideline, but no sweat. I understand Fox is already developing "So You Think You Can Run For Veep" for the 2012 fall viewing season.
But before anyone thinks McCain's too poor to take care of business, please consider that he has actually done some kind of job with the world's dictators in the past. At least I hope some work was involved when he and little-miss-put-upon Cindy were hanging out at Chilean fascist dictator Augustus Pinochet's seaside retreat.
Now that's investigative journalism -- thanks John Dinges.
I'll try to scare up a couple photos of the Letelier bombing -- they're pretty brutal. I actually used to drive past the site twice a day, while I was living in DC. (I know, that's appropos of nothing, but it always seemed odd to drive through bucolic Embassy Row and realize terrorists were blowing up people on that very site.)
So it turns out that McCain was for meeting with brutal terrorism-sponsoring dictators before he was against meeting wtih brutal terrorism-sponsoring dictators. If John McCain is truly against torture, why would he spend a couple days hanging out with someone who was later charged with 36 counts of torturing of his own citizens? THIRTY-SIX!
Of course, to McCain, the distinction is that Pinochet was vocally anti-Communist. Much like Sarah Palin's sorta-semi-tacit support of abortion clinic bombings (to the extent she does not believe they constitute terrorist acts), it would seem if your violent and deadly bombings are done in advancement of a cause the Republican party ticket supports, by god, you're a patriot, not a terrorist.
If only that douchebag Matt Drudge would take a lesson or two in real digging before he started getting on the bandwagon of the most easily-disproven alleged hate attack since...well...since that other douchebag Al Sharpton rode the Tawana Bradley train to his own political oblivion.
In fact, there's no evidence she was even using the ATM at all, according to the ATM's own security camera.
"If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting." - John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News
Obama, you may start measuring drapes now.
WASHINGTON – An acclaimed celebrity makeup artist for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin collected more money from John McCain's campaign than his foreign policy adviser.
Amy Strozzi, who works on the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" and has been Palin's traveling stylist, was paid $22,800, according to campaign finance reports for the first two weeks in October. In contrast, McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was paid $12,500, the report showed.
In fact, Palin's stylist turns out to have been the entire McFailin' campaign's highest paid staffer so far this month.
By that measure, hair and makeup would seem to be worth approximately 85% more to the Republican Party than a cogent foreign policy on talking down Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. No wonder McCain can't negotiate with America's detractors -- he can't afford to, what with the cost of lipgloss.
Obviously, it's more expensive to cover up a pig in lipstick than anyone previously thought. Amy Strozzi may or may not be bemoaning the end of her soon-to-be-very-short-lived sideline, but no sweat. I understand Fox is already developing "So You Think You Can Run For Veep" for the 2012 fall viewing season.
But before anyone thinks McCain's too poor to take care of business, please consider that he has actually done some kind of job with the world's dictators in the past. At least I hope some work was involved when he and little-miss-put-upon Cindy were hanging out at Chilean fascist dictator Augustus Pinochet's seaside retreat.
Now that's investigative journalism -- thanks John Dinges.
At the time of the meeting, in the late afternoon of December 30, the U.S. Justice Department was seeking the extradition of two close Pinochet associates for an act of terrorism in Washington DC, the 1976 assassination of former ambassador to the U.S. and former Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier. The car bombing on Sheridan Circle in the U.S. capital was widely described at the time as the most egregious act of international terrorism perpetrated on U.S. soil by a foreign power.
I'll try to scare up a couple photos of the Letelier bombing -- they're pretty brutal. I actually used to drive past the site twice a day, while I was living in DC. (I know, that's appropos of nothing, but it always seemed odd to drive through bucolic Embassy Row and realize terrorists were blowing up people on that very site.)
So it turns out that McCain was for meeting with brutal terrorism-sponsoring dictators before he was against meeting wtih brutal terrorism-sponsoring dictators. If John McCain is truly against torture, why would he spend a couple days hanging out with someone who was later charged with 36 counts of torturing of his own citizens? THIRTY-SIX!
Of course, to McCain, the distinction is that Pinochet was vocally anti-Communist. Much like Sarah Palin's sorta-semi-tacit support of abortion clinic bombings (to the extent she does not believe they constitute terrorist acts), it would seem if your violent and deadly bombings are done in advancement of a cause the Republican party ticket supports, by god, you're a patriot, not a terrorist.
If only that douchebag Matt Drudge would take a lesson or two in real digging before he started getting on the bandwagon of the most easily-disproven alleged hate attack since...well...since that other douchebag Al Sharpton rode the Tawana Bradley train to his own political oblivion.
A Pittsburgh police commander says a volunteer for the McCain campaign who reported being robbed and attacked near a bank ATM in Bloomfield has confessed to making up the story. Police say charges will be filed. More details to follow.- Huffington Post
In fact, there's no evidence she was even using the ATM at all, according to the ATM's own security camera.
"If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting." - John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News
Obama, you may start measuring drapes now.
Depends On What the Meaning Of "Is" Is?
This hits just keep on coming. So Sarah Palin continues to harp on the all-Ayers all the time tip. It should certainly be reasonable to assume, then, that Sarah Palin is strongly against domestic terrorism in all its forms and any form of domestic bombing right?
Well, maybe not so much.
When asked by Brian Williams of NBC news whether or not she views abortion clinic bombers, even those whose bombings actually killed people (none of Ayers' bombings resulted in any fatalities), Sarah Palin couldn't decide whether an abortion clinic bombing constituted domestic terrorism or not:
Wow.
"I don't know if you could use the word 'terrorist' there..."
I guess the appropriate response is, Sarah Palin was against domestic terrorism before she was for domestic terrorism? The more correct answer is the far right is against all forms of domestic terrorism, unless it's in support of one of our long-cherished planks. In that case, it's not reeeeealy terrorism.
It gets worse, when she ends saying she would lump "in the category of Ayers" anyone who would "seek to destroy innocent Americans". The implication, of course, is her belief that abortion clinic workers are not innocent, and thus, bombing them to death isn't terrorism.
At this point, the only remaining question is, is Sarah Palin simply pretty vacuous and stupid, or just flat out evil? The woman becomes more and more vile every day.
There is no question that Ayers' bombings of Washington buildings in the late 1960s constitute terrorism. Yet can there be any question at all that, say, Eric Rudolph's bombing of an abortion clinic, killing a security guard and critically injuring a nurse, was a terrorist act?
All I've got to say is, please to be running the Palin/Bachmann ticket in 2012.
EDIT: The first video I posted continued the questions, wherein Palin appears to repeat her inability to commit to clinic bombers as terrorits, but is "no longer available."
Well, maybe not so much.
When asked by Brian Williams of NBC news whether or not she views abortion clinic bombers, even those whose bombings actually killed people (none of Ayers' bombings resulted in any fatalities), Sarah Palin couldn't decide whether an abortion clinic bombing constituted domestic terrorism or not:
Wow.
"I don't know if you could use the word 'terrorist' there..."
I guess the appropriate response is, Sarah Palin was against domestic terrorism before she was for domestic terrorism? The more correct answer is the far right is against all forms of domestic terrorism, unless it's in support of one of our long-cherished planks. In that case, it's not reeeeealy terrorism.
It gets worse, when she ends saying she would lump "in the category of Ayers" anyone who would "seek to destroy innocent Americans". The implication, of course, is her belief that abortion clinic workers are not innocent, and thus, bombing them to death isn't terrorism.
At this point, the only remaining question is, is Sarah Palin simply pretty vacuous and stupid, or just flat out evil? The woman becomes more and more vile every day.
There is no question that Ayers' bombings of Washington buildings in the late 1960s constitute terrorism. Yet can there be any question at all that, say, Eric Rudolph's bombing of an abortion clinic, killing a security guard and critically injuring a nurse, was a terrorist act?
All I've got to say is, please to be running the Palin/Bachmann ticket in 2012.
EDIT: The first video I posted continued the questions, wherein Palin appears to repeat her inability to commit to clinic bombers as terrorits, but is "no longer available."
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday Donkarama
Okay, so I alluded to last night being a fun night of online poker, and it was.
At times, it was frustrating (I bubbled two consecutive Tier 1 token SNGs, and had to sit out the big donkament).
But playing the Skillz game after a several week absence was a blast. A good crew. Unfortunately, I bubbled when I went from quartering Hoy to getting quartered by Hoy on a single river card. However, I did manage to collect at least two bounties, so the tourney didn't cost me too much, in the end. I even got to crush PirateLawyer, which is always fun, because he's a good player, to be sure.
Also, I ran really badly in several of the $12/180 SNGs over at JokerStars, but I know how high variance those are. And beyond that, getting close to the bubble in either the Stars $3r or the Bodog $5k (I forget which), I suckered some poor schmoe into committing all his chips on the flop holding AQ on a K high board, to my AK -- only to see turn queen, river queen, and kaput. So sick that it HAD to be the JokerStars $3r.
But it was cool. Kept my head, no tilt. And still managed to make three final tables last night (in the Bodog $5r, a Bodog $8.80, and coolest of all the PokerStars $10 6-max MTT). Unfortunately, no victories, and no top threes -- only an 8th, 4th, and in the 6-max -- you guessed it, 6th. I'm not complaining, because I seriously caught a couple breaks just to get that far in the tournament, but the final hand was a class suck/resuck situation:
This was, literally, about four hands into the final table. NGUYEN_05 and I were the two microstacks at the table, and he snap-called my preflop shove. As lucky as I got on the flop, I was equally unlucky on the turn. One more spot would have been worth a hundo, but oh well. A fun night overall, and a bit more than marginally profitable, but not much so. I gotta stay away from those turbo 12/180s for a while...
At times, it was frustrating (I bubbled two consecutive Tier 1 token SNGs, and had to sit out the big donkament).
But playing the Skillz game after a several week absence was a blast. A good crew. Unfortunately, I bubbled when I went from quartering Hoy to getting quartered by Hoy on a single river card. However, I did manage to collect at least two bounties, so the tourney didn't cost me too much, in the end. I even got to crush PirateLawyer, which is always fun, because he's a good player, to be sure.
Also, I ran really badly in several of the $12/180 SNGs over at JokerStars, but I know how high variance those are. And beyond that, getting close to the bubble in either the Stars $3r or the Bodog $5k (I forget which), I suckered some poor schmoe into committing all his chips on the flop holding AQ on a K high board, to my AK -- only to see turn queen, river queen, and kaput. So sick that it HAD to be the JokerStars $3r.
But it was cool. Kept my head, no tilt. And still managed to make three final tables last night (in the Bodog $5r, a Bodog $8.80, and coolest of all the PokerStars $10 6-max MTT). Unfortunately, no victories, and no top threes -- only an 8th, 4th, and in the 6-max -- you guessed it, 6th. I'm not complaining, because I seriously caught a couple breaks just to get that far in the tournament, but the final hand was a class suck/resuck situation:
This was, literally, about four hands into the final table. NGUYEN_05 and I were the two microstacks at the table, and he snap-called my preflop shove. As lucky as I got on the flop, I was equally unlucky on the turn. One more spot would have been worth a hundo, but oh well. A fun night overall, and a bit more than marginally profitable, but not much so. I gotta stay away from those turbo 12/180s for a while...
Being For It Before You're Against It
It's time for John McCain to start running on his record. Let's start with taxation:
What? John McCain's a Socialist?
John McCain - For reducing working class income taxes, and having the highest earners pay more income taxes, before he was against reducing working class income taxes, and having the highest earners pay more income taxes
Seriously, every time McCain stumps against Obama's tax plan in 2008, he's arguing against McCain's own tax plan in 2000. So to borrow a phrase, "who is the real John McCain"?
"How Flippity Floppity"
Of course, this is just yet one more example of McCain selling out all of his long held principles in order to satisfy his naked ambition for the presidency, no matter how much he has to not only go 180 degrees against his own positions, but to argue that those positions are wrong.
How can you tell McCain sold his soul to the Rovians who are running the campaign? Because it's become painfully obvious that they don't even know the first thing about what McCain stood up for....before he decided to stand up against.
(As an aside, the young woman in the video is an absolute idiot who deserves to spend some time learning first hand what real poverty is -- likening her physician father's level of taxation as being a move closer to slavery....)
What? John McCain's a Socialist?
John McCain - For reducing working class income taxes, and having the highest earners pay more income taxes, before he was against reducing working class income taxes, and having the highest earners pay more income taxes
Seriously, every time McCain stumps against Obama's tax plan in 2008, he's arguing against McCain's own tax plan in 2000. So to borrow a phrase, "who is the real John McCain"?
"How Flippity Floppity"
Of course, this is just yet one more example of McCain selling out all of his long held principles in order to satisfy his naked ambition for the presidency, no matter how much he has to not only go 180 degrees against his own positions, but to argue that those positions are wrong.
How can you tell McCain sold his soul to the Rovians who are running the campaign? Because it's become painfully obvious that they don't even know the first thing about what McCain stood up for....before he decided to stand up against.
(As an aside, the young woman in the video is an absolute idiot who deserves to spend some time learning first hand what real poverty is -- likening her physician father's level of taxation as being a move closer to slavery....)
Credit Due and Paid
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post putting up a document purported to be Sarah Palin's SAT scores.
I mentioned the document had been unconfirmed, but the scores were nevertheless pretty atrocious.
Well, Snopes has now, in their view, determined that the document is in fact a fake. So it's only fair for me to point out that Palin did not, apparentely, only score 825 or whatever combined on her SAT. That actually gives me some measure of comfort.
As it turns out, even the Good Doctor Mondo did not score particularly well on her SAT or GRE, but as she pointed out, that did not stop her from earning two Master's Degrees and a Ph.D., so it shouldn't have mattered anyway. (That said, I still find Palin's perceived lack of intellectual curiousity alarming, but that's a different story entirely.)
I'll write later on pokerz. Last night was quite a bit of fun, actually....
I mentioned the document had been unconfirmed, but the scores were nevertheless pretty atrocious.
Well, Snopes has now, in their view, determined that the document is in fact a fake. So it's only fair for me to point out that Palin did not, apparentely, only score 825 or whatever combined on her SAT. That actually gives me some measure of comfort.
As it turns out, even the Good Doctor Mondo did not score particularly well on her SAT or GRE, but as she pointed out, that did not stop her from earning two Master's Degrees and a Ph.D., so it shouldn't have mattered anyway. (That said, I still find Palin's perceived lack of intellectual curiousity alarming, but that's a different story entirely.)
I'll write later on pokerz. Last night was quite a bit of fun, actually....
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
That's My Kind Of Supporter
From Jason Horowitz at the New York Observer:
Asked if her business made more than $250,000 a year, the cap under which Obama has proposed cutting taxes, she said it did. Told about Obama’s proposal, she answered, “I don’t give a shit. I will never vote for a black man.”
Okay, I don't hold McCain liable for that comment. Of course not. But the evidence is imcontrovertible that he needs the racist vote to win this election. I'm surprised he doesn't start sending surrogates to speak at KKK rallies. After all, the two groups are saying the same kinds of things.
From the same article:
Representative Robin Hayes (R - North Carolina) prefaced his comments by saying it was important to “make sure we don’t say something stupid, make sure we don’t say something we don’t mean.” Naturally, he goes on to say “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.”
That's funny, the Democratic party platform doesn't seem to say anything about not believing in God, or not working hard. But Rep. Hayes clearly seems to think that anyone who is anywhere to the left of Joe McCarthy is an unreal American?
His spokesman strongly denied Rep. Hayes used such langauge. Too bad it's on tape. You can hear Robin Hayes saying all kinds of things his press secretary continues to deny he said right here. (scroll towards the bottom)
Rep. Hayes now admits he said what he said, but that he "didn't mean it", and was just trying to rile up a rally. Funny...that's the same type of tactic KKK members would use to rile up the community before going to find an objectionable black man to lynch. And in North Carolina, 'natch. Hey, Robin, don't forget your pointy sheet on your way out the door, m'kay?
My goodness, I don't even have to address the riot...um, I mean crowd member who said of the election, “It’s like black and white."
Robin Hayes is up for re-election and his opponent is Larry Kissell. I think it's time to donate. To Kissell for Congress, that is.
The really cool part of this is, it's not going to matter. Not when folks such all of my in-laws in North Carolina all early voted for Obama. Among that group are people I was really concerned would never be able to vote for him for reasons I would not really be proud of, and all of whom seemed to leaning strongly against him just a few months ago. Yet just yesterday, they all did -- vote for Obama. Anecdotal evidence, to be sure, but to me, a pretty strong sign that this campaign really just may be over.
Asked if her business made more than $250,000 a year, the cap under which Obama has proposed cutting taxes, she said it did. Told about Obama’s proposal, she answered, “I don’t give a shit. I will never vote for a black man.”
Okay, I don't hold McCain liable for that comment. Of course not. But the evidence is imcontrovertible that he needs the racist vote to win this election. I'm surprised he doesn't start sending surrogates to speak at KKK rallies. After all, the two groups are saying the same kinds of things.
From the same article:
Representative Robin Hayes (R - North Carolina) prefaced his comments by saying it was important to “make sure we don’t say something stupid, make sure we don’t say something we don’t mean.” Naturally, he goes on to say “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.”
That's funny, the Democratic party platform doesn't seem to say anything about not believing in God, or not working hard. But Rep. Hayes clearly seems to think that anyone who is anywhere to the left of Joe McCarthy is an unreal American?
His spokesman strongly denied Rep. Hayes used such langauge. Too bad it's on tape. You can hear Robin Hayes saying all kinds of things his press secretary continues to deny he said right here. (scroll towards the bottom)
Rep. Hayes now admits he said what he said, but that he "didn't mean it", and was just trying to rile up a rally. Funny...that's the same type of tactic KKK members would use to rile up the community before going to find an objectionable black man to lynch. And in North Carolina, 'natch. Hey, Robin, don't forget your pointy sheet on your way out the door, m'kay?
My goodness, I don't even have to address the riot...um, I mean crowd member who said of the election, “It’s like black and white."
Robin Hayes is up for re-election and his opponent is Larry Kissell. I think it's time to donate. To Kissell for Congress, that is.
The really cool part of this is, it's not going to matter. Not when folks such all of my in-laws in North Carolina all early voted for Obama. Among that group are people I was really concerned would never be able to vote for him for reasons I would not really be proud of, and all of whom seemed to leaning strongly against him just a few months ago. Yet just yesterday, they all did -- vote for Obama. Anecdotal evidence, to be sure, but to me, a pretty strong sign that this campaign really just may be over.
Trying to Find My Skillz
Oh, there they are.
Tonight's my favorite flavor of blonkament, the Pot Limit Omahi Hi/Lo -- bring your own straitjacket, because the play in this thing is going to be insane (present company included, no doubt).
I have to wonder how the word "skill" can be fairly applied to a bunch of min-talent bloggers when it comes to the ultimate high-variance game. But it hurts, and we like it that way. Or something.
According to our host, cemfrommd, Full Tilt has slightly goofed on the buy in tonight, so it's only $10+1, instead of the normal $12+1. So it's cheaper, wee.
I plan on staying much more within my bankroll tonight, after last week's mostly unintentional bankroll-blowup. I haven't decided whether or not to play the Daily Doubles tonight -- that depends on whether I get home in time to take one crack at winning a token to the $28k donkament. Trying to make it up to Step 3 on Stars most likely, as well. So my online poker menu's pretty much up in the air, as long as I can hold myself to no more than 4-5 tables, it could even be a good night.
Hope to see some of you cats out at the tables tonight.
Oh yeah, almost forgot -- I got my Bodog check in the FedEx over the weekend. So payout took about seven weeks. Not the most convenient thing in the world, but I can deal. We're not talking rent money here. But the system works, and for that I am grateful.
Tonight's my favorite flavor of blonkament, the Pot Limit Omahi Hi/Lo -- bring your own straitjacket, because the play in this thing is going to be insane (present company included, no doubt).
I have to wonder how the word "skill" can be fairly applied to a bunch of min-talent bloggers when it comes to the ultimate high-variance game. But it hurts, and we like it that way. Or something.
According to our host, cemfrommd, Full Tilt has slightly goofed on the buy in tonight, so it's only $10+1, instead of the normal $12+1. So it's cheaper, wee.
I plan on staying much more within my bankroll tonight, after last week's mostly unintentional bankroll-blowup. I haven't decided whether or not to play the Daily Doubles tonight -- that depends on whether I get home in time to take one crack at winning a token to the $28k donkament. Trying to make it up to Step 3 on Stars most likely, as well. So my online poker menu's pretty much up in the air, as long as I can hold myself to no more than 4-5 tables, it could even be a good night.
Hope to see some of you cats out at the tables tonight.
Oh yeah, almost forgot -- I got my Bodog check in the FedEx over the weekend. So payout took about seven weeks. Not the most convenient thing in the world, but I can deal. We're not talking rent money here. But the system works, and for that I am grateful.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Bodonkey II - Revenge of the Bodoggies
Big big thanks to $mokkee for sacking up and ramming this baby home:
The Fall Bodog Blogger Series (Bodonkey II) runs twice a week every Tuesday and Thursday October 28th-December 16th with a TOC scheduled for Thursday, December 18th.
A few improvements have been made to the series. The series tournament structure has been improved to match that of Bodog’s weekly 100k guarantee (2500 starting chips / 15 min levels). Your top 8 scores in the series will be included and the rest thrown out to determine your place on the tournament leaderboard. The top 15% of the total leaderboard will make it to the TOC. So, there’s a possibility there could be more or less than 18 players in the final tournament dependant on the total number of participants. A “Last Chance” tournament will be held on Wednesday, December 17th for Bodog Blogger Series participants who’ve played at least three (3) weekly tournaments. The top 3 finishers in the “Last Chance” tournament will win their seat into the TOC.
Register for the Fall Bodog Blogger Series at BodogBloggerTournament.com
Register early!
And come get my dead money, since it looks like I'll only be playing on Tuesdays. I'll be happy if I can take one of these down and get some of that sweet $T overlay, however.
Thanks again to $mokkee and Bodog, two of the greatest contributors to the online poker blogger community since...well...since cowboys started playing $1-2NL at the MGM during blogger gatherings!
The Fall Bodog Blogger Series (Bodonkey II) runs twice a week every Tuesday and Thursday October 28th-December 16th with a TOC scheduled for Thursday, December 18th.
A few improvements have been made to the series. The series tournament structure has been improved to match that of Bodog’s weekly 100k guarantee (2500 starting chips / 15 min levels). Your top 8 scores in the series will be included and the rest thrown out to determine your place on the tournament leaderboard. The top 15% of the total leaderboard will make it to the TOC. So, there’s a possibility there could be more or less than 18 players in the final tournament dependant on the total number of participants. A “Last Chance” tournament will be held on Wednesday, December 17th for Bodog Blogger Series participants who’ve played at least three (3) weekly tournaments. The top 3 finishers in the “Last Chance” tournament will win their seat into the TOC.
Register for the Fall Bodog Blogger Series at BodogBloggerTournament.com
Register early!
And come get my dead money, since it looks like I'll only be playing on Tuesdays. I'll be happy if I can take one of these down and get some of that sweet $T overlay, however.
Thanks again to $mokkee and Bodog, two of the greatest contributors to the online poker blogger community since...well...since cowboys started playing $1-2NL at the MGM during blogger gatherings!
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