BrotherJamal Simmons Where Art Thou?

Oh how we are missing the man with the nifty quotes in this CNN political coverage.
"If my aunt had a male appendage she'd be my uncle."

Ah, my U.N.C.L.E. Interesting.

US National Debt...

When Jimmy Carter arrived at the White House: $660 billion.

• Added during Carter's four years: $337 billion.
• Added during Ronald Reagan's eight years: $1.6 trillion.
• Added during George H. W. Bush's four years: $1.6 trillion.
• Added during Bill Clinton's eight years: $1.5 trillion.
• Added during George W. Bush's seven years, nine months: $4.5 trillion.
• Portion of the $9.5 trillion added to the national debt during the past 31 years and seven months that came during Republican presidencies: $7.7 trillion.
• Percentage of that $7.7 trillion added during George W. Bush's two terms: 58%.

Could somebody explain again what "fiscal conservative" means?

Voter ignorance - Part 2

Speaks for itself.

Money quote from a "compassionate conservative" at the 1:16 minute mark:

"She should pay double!!!"

45 Slices of Pizza. Really?

I have incredible disdain for competitive eating. Am I the only one?

Today there is a news story about the guy who wins the Nathan's hot dog contest every year. This time he has eaten 45 slices of pizza! Wow. Everyday when I walk to work I see about 5 homeless people asking for food, etc. In Haiti, mothers are making mud "cookies" to feed to their children, because there isn't anything else to eat, and no one can afford the bread in the stores, when there is any.

But yes, this dude is going to go out and consume his body weight in pizza slices.

It's like taking a full oil tanker, overturning it on your front lawn, and then going to fill your gas tank up with $5/gallon gas down the street.

Gluttony. Isn't that one of those "sins" Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt were talking about?

Bill O'Reilly gets his butt kicked!!!

This is an oldie but its good watching....

Bill O'Reilly gets called out as a loud mouth by.....PHIL DONAHUE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctlmholr45c

Candidates as Simpsons.

Election Trains.

Voter ignorance....

This type of ignorance should not be allowed to vote. in any election. Period.

Can she give even one straight answer?

I guess not.

O. M. G.

Wuh de jail? Are you kidding me? This is a joke, right? A reality show? A TV sitcom? An extended SNL skit? Every new video clip supercedes the previous one in the amount of shock, disbelief, and utter embarassment. I mean even if you don't read, just blurt out something! Newsweek! Time! USA Today! Dude, ANYTHING is better then saying, "All of 'em...any of 'em".

See Jen's video clip posted above ^

Dumber than a 5th grader...LIVE!

Hearing it and seeing it proves that you just can't make this stuff up. And she is running for the 2nd most powerful position in the country!

Dumber than a 5th grader....

When someone asks you to name another Supreme Court decision besides Roe v. Wade, as a potential VP of the United States, you answer should not be pure silence.

Was she not around to see the 2000 election and Bush v. Gore? And I won't even mention famous cases learned in grade school like, oh, I don't know….Brown v. Board of Education, Dred Scott Decision, Miranda v. Arizona. The biggest one that she SHOULD know? How about 3 months ago when the state of Alaska lost $2 billion dollars when the Supreme Court ruled to reduce Exxon's punative damages from the Valdez spill????? I guess as governor of Alaska and being married to a fisherman, losing out on $2 billion dollars is irrelevant.

You just can't make this stuff up.

This was part of a letter published in the Express newspaper. 'Teams Obama, Mc Cain - tale of an educational tape'

Team Obama

Barack Obama - Occidental College - 2 years
Coulmbia University - BA political science(International politics)
Havard - Jurist Doctor(J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

Joseph Biden - University of Delaware- BA History
BA Political Science

Syracuse University College of Law - Jurist Doctor (J.D.)




Team Mc Cain

John Mc Cain : Naval Academy- class rank- 894 of 899


Sarah Palin- Hawaii Pacific University - one semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Mantasuka Susitana College - one semester
Univesity of Idaho - 3 semesters - BA in journalism

Interesting!

Congratulations, Jay Karen & Therezh. I enjoyed looking at The video of Rezzy's first day.

No Jack, tell us how you really feel.....

Check out this link. Jack Cafferty rips into Sarah Palin.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8__aXxXPVc

Tina Fey at her best

For those of you that missed the latest SNL skit of Palin's interview with Katie Couric, here it is.

The sad part is that, for the most part, she is not making up the answer she gives with regards to the $700 billion bail-out package. If you go back and watch "Downright Scary - Part 2" for her original answer, you will see that all the main points are verbatim. Rumor is there are other parts of the interview that are worse that CBS has not aired.

Jay and Karen's anniversary

Six years ago on September 28th, Jay and Karen were married.

We spent a great weekend in Niagara Falls. Thanks to everyone for your support over these years.

Jay's bikes

I am going to ride in the 2009 5 Borough Bike Tour. I am posting it here so there is a record of me saying it. I have been saying that I'll participate for the last 3 years!! This time I am ready. I have 2 bikes now and I am in full training mode.

Bike #1 - 1996 (or so) Rocky Mountain Mountain Fusion

Bike #2 - 1989 (or so) Centurion LeMans

Mark these words and if I don't go on that tour, everyone can call me on it....

Wish me luck!!

Rezzy's first day of school

What a day it was. The weather was beautiful. Karen and I took the day off to send Rezzy to school. He was nervous the night before and had a hard time sleeping. It was a mixture of fear and excitement. This is what everyone was talking about....SCHOOL!! It's where the big kids go!!

I think WE - the adults - were experiencing more of the fear and excitement than we thought we were. We understood that we might have had to stay with him until he was comfortable and we told him that. When it was time to go in, he looked up at me and said "Are you coming with me?" Before I could answer, the teacher said "No, they have to go...." He put on a brave face and marched in while holding his new teacher's hand tightly.

I couldn't help but a cry a bit. It seems like yesterday he was born.......

Downright Scary - Part 2

I challenge anybody to translate into a coherent sentence what it is Sarah Palin is trying to say in her response in this video. Because I've watched it several times and I STILL don't know what it is she's trying to say. (The fact that they cut off her answer at the end makes it even worse.) Not only that, this trainwreck of an answer is eerily similar to this train wreck.

Downright scary!

If you think this interview starts off bad (i.e. "If I don't know the answer to a follow-up question you ask me, I should just repeat the previous answer I gave that necessitated the follow-up question in hopes that you will cut me some slack and move on."), just wait until the end when I say I'll have to get back to you on something that doesn't exist: an example of John McCain pushing for more regulation in all of his 26 years in the Senate. Especially when I just finished telling you how he has a great track record. Hmmmm....almost sounds like when McCain said he'll have to get back to a reporter on a position of if health insurance policies should cover birth control just like many cover Viagra. Or when he had to get back to a reporter on how many houses he owned.

Yankee Stadium: In Memoriam...

"The House That Ruth Built..."

After a classy ceremony at the stadium's final game Sunday evening, and in honor of the fact that the Yankees were officially eliminated last night, I decided to make a little slideshow from our Yankee Stadium tour back in June to the sweet music of Frank Sinatra. No other sporting venue has seen more championships in all of professional sports then Yankee Stadium. For you Yankee fans, enjoy! For all you Mets fans....sorry, I don't have a slideshow of Shea Stadium.

How many CARS do you own?

I have to say, McLame is such a kept man. MSNBC reports today that McCain owns.....wait for it......THIRTEEN cars. (Does each home come with a pair of his and hers cars?) That isn't the funny part though. His name is on the title for only one, with Cindy picking up the title on ELEVEN, though she doesn't drive any of those. SHE drives a Lexus through the family beer business, with personalized plates reading "MS BUD." Pointing towards our dependence on foreign oil, McLame's main car is a Cadillac CTS, supposedly not a gas sipper.

How many does Barack own? One. A Ford Escape Hybrid. He traded in his 300C Hemi last year when people started moaning about how the car guzzled gas.

First Presidential Debate in T-5 days. Heroes in T-10 hours.

Which are you more excited about?

Plastic Bags

Amazing statistics on plastic bags. Given the size of this family, if we all did our part we could make a difference. Personally I have three reusable bags. You can get them at any grocery store for about 99 cents. Please click here. for link to Pocono Record slideshow.

I don't get it.....

So this morning I was reading an article about how abortion is dividing the Catholic vote and that if you win Catholics (along with women, "working class" people, blacks, Hispanics, chickens...blah blah blah) that you basically win the swing states, and thus the election. One of the writers on the story spoke with Catholics in Scranton (gotta love 'em) about how they were voting. One guy, of many who the writer interviewed, said that he had supported Kerry 4 years ago, and had voted Hillary during this primary season. When asked who he was voting for now, he said that he was leaning towards McCain "because of the life issue." I am stumped? I don't get it.

This has GOT to be code for something else. A (racial)elephant in the room, perhaps?

Let me explain.

Both Kerry and Clinton support abortion rights and support the ruling of Roe v. Wade (1973), and have made no qualms about going against the Church on this issue (Kerry was banned from receiving communion because of this...but this opens another Pandora's box that I don't have time to argue here). Back to the current issue....

How can a person who voted for two Pro-Choice candidates in the past up and switch to a Pro-Life candidate suddenly, because of the "life issue," an issue that did not sway him in previous election cycles? Could this be the rearing of the proverbial elephant many are afraid to discuss, but has become a VERY REAL reality in this election and an unsaid reason why many say that will NOT vote for Obama?

I welcome thoughts....