Mike's Blog Round Up
TS here. Goodbye, you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England! And a genuine thanks for all comments and tips, and -- most especially -- your tolerance. Anyway, here are a few keepers from round the Internetz.
“Around 1994, someone called me up to complain about being the victim of a stock fraud. Since representing such folk is my business, I asked him who he wanted to sue. He said he didn't know anyone's name. He explained there was this place called the "internet' where people promoted stocks. The client apparently wanted to sue the internet, or possibly usenet, itself.” -- Arthur
“What I do remember about the Bork hearings, since I was an adult at the time and not a doughy adolescent dreaming of icing those cinnamon buns on either side of Princess Leia's head, is that Bork was forced under oath to allow for "organic development" of that Constitutional text he insisted was inviolate, thereby giving up the game, something the last twenty years of utter failure to redefine the concept into something workable has double underlined.” – Doghouse Riley
“For all Bush has done right, tax cuts, Afghanistan, Iraq, Roberts and Alito, torturing Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, etc., his lack of discipline on domestic spending, especially the Medicare boondoggle are going to be a black mark on his presidency. Well, at least he tortured that guy. Nobody can take that away from him.” – Belle Waring
“All that work by those staff writers to advocate invading Iraq and Iran and now all they have to show for it is 3,800 dead Americans in Iraq rather than the key to the executive pisser.” -- Clif
“Heck, I didn't even know there was mule racing!” – John Hawks
“Guys, I don’t know what conservatarians did to you in your past, but clearly it’s affected you. I suggest yoga or tai chi or something. If that doesn’t work, go find a self-described “libertarian” blog where torture and detention without trial is enthusiastically supported, and go vent at them. But this isn’t one of those blogs.” -- Thoreau
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The president will be remember for one more thing, giving Mexico 500,000 million but not given American children health insurance for 35 million
Alittle bit of humor that's real close to truth.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/181.html
I thought this would be an interesting addition to the round up. I'm not to sure what the make of it but its an interesting turn of events in Argentina. Mrs. Kirchner reminds me of France's segolene royal in a way.:
Student activism in 70s shaped Argentine first lady
By Nicolas Misculin
LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - The political beliefs of Argentine presidential front-runner Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner were forged in the country's turbulent 1970s when she was a leftist activist and law student.
Fernandez, 54, has retained the combative style of her '70s activism during an 18-year legislative career, saying she remains faithful to the ideals of social justice and human rights formed in her youth.
Polls forecast her winning 45 percent of Sunday's vote -- far ahead of closest rival Elisa Carrio, another woman lawmaker -- and succeeding her husband President Nestor Kirchner, who is popular after four years of robust economic recovery.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2528639120071026
Nigerians, stocks and internet phishing are tired. We're feeling wired today because we got our first _phone_ phishing last night!! Nice man called to tell us our name was on an unclaimed account list for Wells Fargo and if we called their 302 number they'd help us reclaim it.
Has to be tough for the average intellect who isn't knowledgeable about tech. I'm restoring a backup of Windows this weekend I made for a little old lady I took under my wing. I have my suspicions which email web link she clicked on but how was she to know it was bogus?
Wow.... just wow.
This... country... is... fucked...
What is the point of even bother, when a country can produce a person capable of thinking the above. And not only thinking it, but feel it is worthy of being shared into the public discourse. Now I know how the last days of the Roman empire must have felt like.
Panem et circenses motherf*ckers....
I know this is off topic, but I'm wondering, can somebody answer a simple question for me? According to most polls I've seen online, Hillary Clinton leads with around a 50 percent margin over Obama and all the rest, yet everywhere online that I read, an overwhelming majority hate Hillary and say they would never vote for her. So, are the polls all bull? Is it a loaded question in the line of "if you are on stranded on an island and the only two candidate options were Clinton or Hitler, who would you vote for?" OR is this election like the last three, rigged and already decided? Someone explain to me the supposed popularity of this strange woman. She is TERRIBLE at giving speeches. She can't debate. Her question and answer sessions with people are like watching paint dry. What is the story with this woman?
Will Work for Internet Access
This administration's current plan to reduce the deficit will take advantage of the 'dumbing down' of the US public by the planned failure of the 'No Child Left Behind' program.
The IRS is outsourcing itself to a Halliburton/Blackwater subsidiary based in Abuja, Nigeria.
They will soon start mailing announcements to all US citizens that:
'Our records show that you are due a tax refund of $1M due to a change in the tax law approved by your government. (See $1M banknote enclosed). DO NOT attempt to cash this $1M bill at this time. In order to process your refund, and to cover handling fees, send us a certified check or money order for $24,000 (Your share of the Iraq war cost), and we will send you instructions for returning the $1M bill, so that we can change it to smaller bills which your local bank will more easily be able to handle. Your government at work. /s/Prince/Cheney.'
As far as the "for all Bush has done right" stuff, this digging into the comments sections of blogs for proof of wingnuttery is just plain bullshit. Come on, every political site on the net that has a comments section has people from the lunatic fringe (either theirs, or the opposite side's trolls) showing up on a regular basis. Besides, on the left, we don't have to dig that deep anyway. Heck, we have Hewitt, Malkin, et al; the top dogs are loony enough...
The best hope for Africa is...Muammar Ghaddafi????
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