Morning Seditionists

Again this week, I have to ask: “why?” What purpose does it serve to have Rick Lazio as a guest on Bill Maher. Let me be clear, Ricky is nowhere near as annoying as Dana Pigfucker Rohrbacher. He’s just as stupid, though. Maybe even more stupid (assuming there are negative numbers on the IQ scale). I was rather surprised by Suze Orman, though. I never really paid much attention to her before (other than thinking she was an annoying pain in the ass), but I’ll be damned if she didn’t sound like a lefty. Go figure. (more…)

It’s Friday, and not a day too soon. In fact, it’s a day too late. At least. I was pretty thrilled to see how thrilled Mitt Romney was to get the coveted Trump endorsement. Oh, that Donald. He played pretty coy, didn’t he? He teased Newt rather mercilessly. As Charles Barkley would say, it was “turrible. Just turrible.” But I guess millionaires have to stick together (not that Newt isn’t a millionaire, of course, but he’s been pandering to the socialist wing of the Republican party – which makes you wonder why people seem to think Newt is so smart; I guess that’s just in comparison to the rest of the Republicans). And I’m sure Mitt and Donald both share that whole “I don’t give a shit about the poor” thing. (more…)

I had an idea of something to say, but now I have no idea what it was. Lack of sleep will do that, I guess. If you stop hearing from me, it’s probably because I nodded off, went off the road, and died in a fiery car wreck. Not that car wrecks are usually fiery (except on teevee). (more…)

Well, another January is in the books, and it was a strange one here, as we had hardly any snow, and other than the odd day or two, it was pretty warm. In fact, it was 55 degrees yesterday (it’s actually 55 degrees right now). Even if it all turns to crap right now, we’ve gotten quite a break this year – whether the woodchuck sees his shadow or not. (more…)

We dodged the old Lake Effect snow bullet yesterday. Only about 6″, but just to the north in Fulton, they got 32″ (doubling their seasonal total in one storm). That’s a fair amount of snow in a day (less than day). Pretty hard to keep up with that. But today it’s supposed to be in the 40s. My sump pumps are humming away pretty good. One was going every three minutes last night. I can hear it from my bedroom while I’m not sleeping. Bad night and morning, dog-wise. I wish I could just work from home. I mean, I could, of course, if the people who ran the IT department would allow it. Sadly, no.

Decisions, decisions. Looks like we got about six inches of snow out there. Not sure if it’s worth plowing or not. I’m thinking not. Then again, there always seems to be more out there than I thought, so maybe I should. Actually, what I really should do is go back to bed.

Getting a late start today, because the dogs let me sleep in (I wasn’t actually sleeping, but figured I wouldn’t make a move until they did), and only got me up twice last night (first one, then the other – god forbid they both go at the same time). So now I’m watching Bill Maher, and wondering why. Why have Dana Rohrfucker on? He’s a lying, loudmouthed douchebag who adds absolutely no value to the show (or the planet). And combining him with loudmouthed twit Kennedy (she is apparently a celebrity or something?). Oy. Poor Marty Bashir.

It’s Friday. Yes, indeed. Finally. This is the first five-day week I’ve had to work in a while (since before Christmas, I think, but I might have had a 5-day’er in there somewhere), and I’m on-call to boot, so it’s been a long one. Quite glad it’s over. That is to say, I will be quite glad when it’s over. (more…)

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to those poor parental units out there, faced with school closings and class size increases and all that. So I’ve come up with what I’m calling the “Responsible Breeding Act of 2012.” It is, if I do say so myself, a rather elegant solution. My only regret is not having it prepared in time for Gabby Giffords to introduce it on her last day in office (which I’m pretty certain would have ensured enactment). (more…)

I didn’t watch the SOTU last night. But I guess the President posited a bunch of propositions that of course will never happen. Like a millionaire tax rate of 30%. And free ice cream for everybody. The Republicans, predictably, think free ice cream for poor people is a bad idea, though rich people who get free ice cream tend to create more jobs, so that’s cool. Mostly, the Republicans in the audience all looked as if somebody was holding a turd under their collective noses. Which is to say, they looked the same as they always do. (more…)

So, Mittens released one year’s worth of tax returns, and it looks like his effective tax rate is about 14% (which he’s very proud of). I’m not sure where his Cayman Island money fits in. You know what? I think rich people can afford to pay a couple percent more, don’t you? (more…)

Happy New Year! It’s the year of the dragon. Funny, seems like it was the year of the dragon just 12 years ago. It’s also “Blue Monday” – “scientifically” determined to be the most depressing day of the year. Whereas I have to work a 5-day week, and have the “support” duty, I can’t argue. (more…)

We took a giant step toward the dynasty of King Newt in South Carolina last night, as Gingrich pasted that no-good Massachusetts liberal Mitt Romney. Who knew that Rick Perry’s endorsement would have such an impact? I’m confident that Newt will be a benevolent dictator, and am looking forward to his reign. Sucks to be Mitt, though, and I guess what with Republican math being what it is, we should probably wait a week or so and see if it doesn’t turn out that somebody else actually won (or, as they say in Iowa, it’s a “split decision”). (more…)

Got an e-mail from Al Franken yesterday. He said I should shut the fuck up about SOPA and that I’m a misinformed asshole that doesn’t know what I’m talking about (I’m paraphrasing). Clearly, Al and his buddies in the House and Senate are rather shocked at the large number of ignorant assholes such as myself, and this legislation is currently on hold as they try to figure out who the hell woke up the unwashed masses (they’ll probably just attach it to bill extending unemployment benefits or something). Since Al has been a supporter of Net Neutrality (one of the very few people in Congress that I think actually understands the issue), I was kind of confused. So I decided to educate myself, and looked Al up at OpenSecrets. (more…)

Have you ever suffered through one of these commercials where the pitch man yells at you at about 120 decibels, and thought to yourself, “gee, whatever it is they’re selling, I want me some.” No? Me neither. In fact, I will go out of my way to never, ever buy anything from these people – even if I want it. I say this, because the only commercials I sit through these days are the ones on the morning lo-cal news, and “AMERICAN FREIGHT, AMERICAN FREIGHT, AMERICAN FREIGHT!!!! appears to be one of their prime sponsors. I hate that guy. I think he’s the same guy as the NATIONWIDE WAREHOUSE guy. (more…)