Plenty of people seem to have their panties in a bunch over Obama's laughing on 60 Minutes. I'm not linking to any of the number of articles or posts I have read about it. I know I don't have many readers, but I don't want to direct any web hits to such stupidity. Last week, and leaking into this week people still seem to want to discuss Obama's Special Olympics comment from Leno. We are currently in two wars, in the midst of a recession and facing an economy in shatters and what is driving the news? Obama laughing in an interview and a stupid Special Olympics joke. This is one of those few times that if every worst case scenerio comes true and we see the collapse of society I can't help but feel we deserve it for letting our discourse slip this far.
This is one of those posts that guarantees that I will never be able to run for public office.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Paul Krugman
The plan to clean up banking was leaked this past Friday and the reviews of the plan I have read aren't pretty. This is an area that I know very little about and don't really care to. I guess you could say that I enjoy the process more than the meat of things or probably more accurately you could say that I'm just not smart enough to figure it all out. I rely on guys like Krugman to guide my way and Krugman really doesn't like the plan.
This seems to be a common theme among those not liking the plan; it is too much like the Paulson plan.
I might be wrong on this, but I seem to remember Paulson bailing on his plan. Instead of buying up the crappy assests didn't Paulson simply try to inject more capital into the banks? So while this plan is similar to Paulson's, it wasn't really tried was it?
And since stuff like this is pretty boring...
Why was I so quick to condemn the Geithner plan? Because it’s not new; it’s just another version of an idea that keeps coming up and keeps being refuted. It’s basically a thinly disguised version of the same plan Henry Paulson announced way back in September.
This seems to be a common theme among those not liking the plan; it is too much like the Paulson plan.
I might be wrong on this, but I seem to remember Paulson bailing on his plan. Instead of buying up the crappy assests didn't Paulson simply try to inject more capital into the banks? So while this plan is similar to Paulson's, it wasn't really tried was it?
And since stuff like this is pretty boring...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Stop It
While I am bitching about things I just wanted to add that everybody has to stop using 'That is/isn't change we can believe in' type comments when talking about the Obama administration. It was a fucking campaign slogan and using it in the lead in or summary of anything is uncreative and lazy. Also, 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss' is nearly as stupid.
Twitter is for high schoolers
I have long resisted most of the social networking tools. Myspace always seemed to high schoolish to me. I joined recently, because I read it was a great way to drum up readers for blogs. It hasn't worked, but everyday I get invites from 16-year old kids to check out their page. After I recover from the seizure that their page usually gives me due to all the flashy gadgets and what not on it I'm usually left wondering why I ever joined. Same with facebook, which I haven't checked in months.
I'm drawing the line at Twitter. I'm still trying to figure out what the point of it is. I read somewhere that over 300k where following Shaq's Twitter account. Why? I read a lot of blog and a number of them are Twittering. National journalists are even doing it and so are several Senators and Congressmen. One Twitter episode reaffirmed my believe that Twitter really is for high school kids. The quick run-down.
Jake Tapper tweeted (is that the correct term) about Obama's Special Olympics comment from Leno. Actually, Tapper tweeted about it three different times. This is/was, afterall, big important news. Tapper got some mocking from a couple of bloggers. Remember, the meme from the media of late is that Obama shouldn't be doing anything but sitting in a room and thinking really really hard about how to fix the economy and nothing else. Well Tapper didn't like the mocking so he blocked the blogs from reading his Twitter account. Several years ago I coached a team of middle school girls. It reminding me of some of the stupid immature shit I had to deal with them.
Stop Twittering people.
I'm drawing the line at Twitter. I'm still trying to figure out what the point of it is. I read somewhere that over 300k where following Shaq's Twitter account. Why? I read a lot of blog and a number of them are Twittering. National journalists are even doing it and so are several Senators and Congressmen. One Twitter episode reaffirmed my believe that Twitter really is for high school kids. The quick run-down.
Jake Tapper tweeted (is that the correct term) about Obama's Special Olympics comment from Leno. Actually, Tapper tweeted about it three different times. This is/was, afterall, big important news. Tapper got some mocking from a couple of bloggers. Remember, the meme from the media of late is that Obama shouldn't be doing anything but sitting in a room and thinking really really hard about how to fix the economy and nothing else. Well Tapper didn't like the mocking so he blocked the blogs from reading his Twitter account. Several years ago I coached a team of middle school girls. It reminding me of some of the stupid immature shit I had to deal with them.
Stop Twittering people.
Rethinking My Obama Support
My first thoughts while reading this article with my morning coffee was that it was pretty cool. I mean they are going to have beehives! The problem is that they are also going to be growing cilantro and cilantro is just disgusting. It grew it for the first and last time in my herb garden this past summer. I am, however, a big fan of Thai Basil which is also going to be included.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Overnight Non-Music
Roy Bentley - On the Diamond behind Garfield Elementary, Melvin White Proves There Is but One Boog Powell
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