Monday, April 28, 2014
I could not agree more.
Every summer somebody guilts me into taking them camping, and every time I spend the entire trip wishing I was back home in my warm bed.
Summer is here again, so I know what's coming.
Now don't get me wrong, when I was younger I went camping all of the damn time.
I even spent the night on a mountain top with no tent or sleeping bag for protection.
Hell I once slept in a damn tree!
But come on, do you have any idea how much my mortgage payment is? Why would I spend all of that money and then to sleep under a swarm of mosquitoes, only to wake up with my clothes soaking wet from a surprise rainfall.
And then I have to spend the next several days trying to work the kink out of my lower back, while answering the hundreds of e-mails that arrived while I was gone.
I live only a few minutes away from great hiking trails, plenty of fishing streams, and more nature than many people see in a lifetime. And all of it is only a handful of minutes away from my very own bathroom and internet.
Now if I can only convince everybody else.
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Palin stumps for the pig mutilator in Iowa. Update!
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| Courtesy of Palin's Facebook page |
Sarah Palin gave GOP U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst rave reviews during a rally today in Iowa.
"I haven't been this excited about a candidate in quite a while," Palin said. (Probably going to come as news to all the other candidates that she feigned excitement for while standing next to them on stage.)
The country needs politicians who can be counted upon to "buck the establishment" and "do what the people, in this case of Iowa, will be sending her to do for us," (Which apparently is to sabotage the government so it no longer functions.) Palin, a former vice presidential candidate, said during a ShePAC's "Heels On, Gloves Off!" rally in West Des Moines.
"So just so happy that, heck yeah we found a candidate that we know we can have faith in," Palin said. "We can trust her. She has proven herself over and over again. She is the right one."
She told the Iowa audience of about 250 on a Sunday afternoon soaked in thunderstorms that she was impressed with Ernst's "Squeal" ad. Ernst got national buzz for the campaign ad, in which she declares that she "grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm" and will "cut through the pork" in Washington.
"It's like, 'Whoa nobody's going to push her around. She's not going to be co-opted," Palin said. (Too late for that, the Koch brothers already own her ass.)
Palin said it was up to the audience to spread word of Ernst's resume. "You will report accurately about this wonderful candidate," she said as the crowd clapped and cheered. "I won't even ad lib what I was going to say about the press because I don't want them to take it out on Joni. OK, I'll try to be nice about what I really think about the lame stream media and how they cover conservative women in politics."
Yeah right, like anything this idiot says anymore is an "ad lib." She is tightly scripted and controlled by those who are paying her way these days.
And apparently those individuals want this lunatic in D.C..
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| Enrst campaign bus. It says, "Honk if you want to make DC squeal." |
The last thing this country needs is any more of these Palin backed obstructionists making it to Washington.
By the way it looks like she is still shopping for her clothes at the first Wal-Mart she sees at whichever venue she arrives at.
@SarahPalinUSA supporting @JoniForIowa "The status quo has got to go!" #TeamJoni pic.twitter.com/05usHZiat5
— Kim Reem (@KimReem) April 27, 2014 Update: Apparently not much of a crowd. Maybe it's the rain, but the ballroom for Palin is far from full pic.twitter.com/zd2AcBmT04
— Robert Costa (@costareports) April 27, 2014 Oh how the not quite so mighty have fallen.Source
The REAL reason that Sean Hannity aggressively defended Cliven Bundy during and after the BLM standoff.
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A possible step forward in the battle for same sex marriage in Alaska.
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled today that the state unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples by denying them equal access to a property tax exemption for senior citizens and disabled veterans.
The rules were challenged by the ACLU of Alaska, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on behalf of three couples who were denied full access to a $150,000 property tax exemption that Alaska makes available to opposite-sex married couples. Because same-sex couples cannot legally marry in Alaska, the state treated them as roommates rather than as families and let them get the exemption for only half of the value of their homes. Roger Leishman, partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, successfully argued the case at trial and on appeal before the Alaska Supreme Court.
"Families in Alaska deserve better than a second-class system of laws for same-sex couples who are just as committed to each other as heterosexual couples," said Joshua Decker, executive director of the ACLU of Alaska. "Our senior citizens and veterans should not have to pay more taxes just because they happen to be gay or lesbian."
I think that Alaska is primed and ready to move forward with marriage equality up here.
Hell we are already getting ready to vote on legalizing marijuana, so we might as well move the state forward in this regard as well.
Besides I want this to happen before that pernicious prick Jerry Prevo dies.
Using his sermons to vilify the LGBT community, and his political influence to help shape policies which oppress them, this man has been the driving force behind homophobia in this state for decades.
I just want the opportunity to see his face when the people of Alaska reject his hate mongering and openly embrace their gay brothers and sisters.
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Surrounded by a rabid sea of NRA supporters Sarah Palin lets the crazy fly: "Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists." Update!
Courtesy of the Washington Times:
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fired up a crowd of thousands inside Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday night to kick off the National Rifle Association’s “Stand and Fight Rally,” saying Americans’ constitutional rights as envisioned by the founding fathers are under attack and policies like gun-free zones constitute “stupid on steroids.”
“They knew that if the Second Amendment goes, the rest of the constitution is not far behind,” she said of the country’s founders. (This is patently untrue, as the emphasis on gun ownership by everyday citizens was NEVER the goal of the Founders. THEY were talking about militias.)
In her approximately 12-minute address, Mrs. Palin also derided what she argued is akin to a ‘blame the messenger’ attitude on gun violence many Americans take today.
“Gun stores are an accomplice to crime,” she said, “and that fork made me fat.”
She also derided those who she said place an emphasis on political correctness in handling the country’s adversaries “instead of putting the fear of God in our enemies.”
She said later in her address that if “I were in charge” — a line that drew applause from the crowd — “they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”
Jesus what a crazed bitch! Actually waterboarding is how we turn perfectly innocent people into lifelong enemies of America.
At one point in the speech Palin said: "If you control oil, you control an economy. If you control money, you control commerce. But if you control arms, you control the people."
Essentially repeating the NRA lie that this administration wants to take away people's guns in order to oppress them, and remove their ability to fend off the police or military when they come to enforce unconstitutional laws.
At another point in her speech she said, "Gals you know that nowadays ammo's expensive. Don't waste a bullet on a warning shot."
Because you know it always better to shoot first and ask questions later.
Palin was beyond crazy in this speech and if you only listen to a few minutes of that you will see that for yourself. However she was standing in front of a crowd that ate up every word.
The country dodged a bullet in 2008, but if this woman, and the NRA, continue to have any impact on our politics there are bound to be far more flying around in the not too distant future.
Update: Raw Story is on this as well:
“Do you know why those clownish little Kumbaya-humming fairytale-inhaling liberals want to be tough all of a sudden and control your guns?” she said. “It’s ‘cuz guys like [Sen.] Al Franken (D-MN) and [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid (D-NV), they’re not satisfied with just taking your money and your job, your truck and your property and your rights, your healthcare – they didn’t want to just stop at that.”
Referring to Attorney General Eric Holder’s suggestion that technology advances, like a bracelet that interacts with a weapon, might help stem the flood of shootings, Palin referenced the many bracelets she wears that commemorate fallen soldiers and various other American causes.
“You can have these bracelets when you pry them past my cold, dead hands,” she said, echoing a popular NRA bumper sticker from the 70′s.
Damn that is one nasty bitch!
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fired up a crowd of thousands inside Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday night to kick off the National Rifle Association’s “Stand and Fight Rally,” saying Americans’ constitutional rights as envisioned by the founding fathers are under attack and policies like gun-free zones constitute “stupid on steroids.”
“They knew that if the Second Amendment goes, the rest of the constitution is not far behind,” she said of the country’s founders. (This is patently untrue, as the emphasis on gun ownership by everyday citizens was NEVER the goal of the Founders. THEY were talking about militias.)
In her approximately 12-minute address, Mrs. Palin also derided what she argued is akin to a ‘blame the messenger’ attitude on gun violence many Americans take today.
“Gun stores are an accomplice to crime,” she said, “and that fork made me fat.”
She also derided those who she said place an emphasis on political correctness in handling the country’s adversaries “instead of putting the fear of God in our enemies.”
She said later in her address that if “I were in charge” — a line that drew applause from the crowd — “they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.”
Jesus what a crazed bitch! Actually waterboarding is how we turn perfectly innocent people into lifelong enemies of America.
At one point in the speech Palin said: "If you control oil, you control an economy. If you control money, you control commerce. But if you control arms, you control the people."
Essentially repeating the NRA lie that this administration wants to take away people's guns in order to oppress them, and remove their ability to fend off the police or military when they come to enforce unconstitutional laws.
At another point in her speech she said, "Gals you know that nowadays ammo's expensive. Don't waste a bullet on a warning shot."
Because you know it always better to shoot first and ask questions later.
Palin was beyond crazy in this speech and if you only listen to a few minutes of that you will see that for yourself. However she was standing in front of a crowd that ate up every word.
The country dodged a bullet in 2008, but if this woman, and the NRA, continue to have any impact on our politics there are bound to be far more flying around in the not too distant future.
Update: Raw Story is on this as well:
“Do you know why those clownish little Kumbaya-humming fairytale-inhaling liberals want to be tough all of a sudden and control your guns?” she said. “It’s ‘cuz guys like [Sen.] Al Franken (D-MN) and [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid (D-NV), they’re not satisfied with just taking your money and your job, your truck and your property and your rights, your healthcare – they didn’t want to just stop at that.”
Referring to Attorney General Eric Holder’s suggestion that technology advances, like a bracelet that interacts with a weapon, might help stem the flood of shootings, Palin referenced the many bracelets she wears that commemorate fallen soldiers and various other American causes.
“You can have these bracelets when you pry them past my cold, dead hands,” she said, echoing a popular NRA bumper sticker from the 70′s.
Damn that is one nasty bitch!
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Hillary Clinton speaks out about Edward Snowden.
Speaking at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton made a restrained but nonetheless damning attack against Edward Snowden.
"People were desperate to avoid another attack, and I saw enough intelligence as a senator from New York, and then certainly as secretary [of State], that this is a constant—there are people right this minute trying to figure out how to do harm to Americans and to other innocent people," Clinton said. "So it was a debate that needs to happen, so that we make sure that we're not infringing on Americans' privacy, which is a valued, cherished personal belief that we have. But we also had to figure out how to get the right amount of security."
As for Snowden's role in exposing the NSA programs, Clinton insinuated that she found his motives suspicious.
"When he emerged and when he absconded with all that material, I was puzzled because we have all these protections for whistle-blowers. If he were concerned and wanted to be part of the American debate, he could have been," she said. "But it struck me as—I just have to be honest with you—as sort of odd that he would flee to China, because Hong Kong is controlled by China, and that he would then go to Russia—two countries with which we have very difficult cyberrelationships, to put it mildly."
Clinton stressed the strangeness of Snowden's decision to flee to countries that have perpetrated cyberattacks against the U.S. She noted that when State Department officials would travel to Russia or China on diplomatic business, they would leave their cell phones aboard the plane with their batteries taken out. "It's not like the only government in the world doing anything is the United States," she said.
"I think turning over a lot of that material—intentionally or unintentionally—drained, gave all kinds of information, not only to big countries, but to networks and terrorist groups and the like. So I have a hard time thinking that somebody who is a champion of privacy and liberty has taken refuge in Russia, under Putin's authority."
With sarcasm creeping into her voice, Clinton implied that Snowden acted all too friendly toward Vladimir Putin, whose country has been harboring Snowden since last August.
"And then he calls in to a Putin talk show and says, 'President Putin, do you spy on people?' And President Putin says, 'Well, from one intelligence professional to another, of course not.' 'Oh, thank you so much!' I mean really. I don't know, I have a hard time following it."
I'm going to leave Hillary's statements here for you to discuss, without adding any of my own opinion.
Besides by now I think most of you know where I am on the Edward Snowden situation.
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Study finds that cancelled health care plans had virtually NOTHING to do with Obamacare.
President Obama took some serious heat last year when insurers started dropping millions of Americans from health plans that were no longer Obamacare-compliant, seemingly breaking his promise, "If you have insurance that you like, then you will be able to keep that insurance."
A new study, however, backs up the administration's claims that the cancellations were part of the normal churn of the individual health market.
After analyzing patterns in the nongroup health coverage market from 2008 to 2011, Harvard professor Benjamin Sommers found that the market was characterized by high turnover before the Affordable Care Act was implemented. Additionally, Summers found that most people who left the nongroup market acquired other insurance within, suggesting that the cancellations attributed to Obamacare are unlikely to have a significant impact on overall coverage rates.
And another GOP talking point bites the dust.
Just have to keep spreading this information around before November.
If enough people are educated about the truth concerning the Affordable Care Act it will be that muhc harder for the Republicans to beat up the Democrats with it during the campaigns.
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