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Alternative plots for some recent TV shows

American Horror Story: When Tea Party controls Congress The ‘C’ Word: Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress mocks all of the world’s religions Boardwalk Empire: What Donald Trump yells when he trades St. James Place and Marvin Gardens for Park Place Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place: Herman Cain, Rich Lowrie, and Sarah Palin and how they created the 9-9-9 plan. Sons of Anarchy: Rand Paul and George W. Bush The Good Wife: Marcus Bachmann Two and Half Men: Chris Christie The Walking Dead: Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum How to Make it In America: The Koch Brothers sure fire method to buy your own government Suburbgatory: Where the 99% Middle Class ends up under Republican Control The Big Bang Theory: What will happen if Newt Gingrich was to run into Chris Christie How I Met Your Mothers: Polygamist Warren Jeffs’ bedtime story to his dozens of kids Everybody Hates Chris: Democrats in New Jersey Deal or No Deal: Obama versus Boehner/Cantor Fear Factor: Ratio of terror alert to Dick...

Thoughts while squeezing my fat ass into that coach seat

The flight attendant who has continuously bumped my elbow on this trip has a name tag that says Flight Service Coordinator.   The service sucks and what actually need coordination? Class Warfare 1: Continental Airlines enforces the no coach passengers in the 1 st class bathroom.   Class Warfare 2: USAirways does not. Can Hollywood go 1 month without releasing a comic book, or a sequel, or a full length feature of a TV show, or new version of an older movie? The above notwithstanding, I am totally psyched for the Arrested Development movie. Rebroadcast political debates with pop ups from PolitiFact that rate the claims by the candidates.   Bachmann would get hit with so many Pants On Fire, Marcus would end up with 3 rd degree burns. The way Red Sox Management has attacked Terry Francona via a Boston Globe article is despicable.   The man was a damn fine effective WINNING players manager, until the players tuned him out for their own selfish reasons. People need to q...

It's NOT the end of the world as we know it or is it?

Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, entitled or earned? Discretionary spending, Defense spending, cut spending, borrow and spend Buffet Rule, Obamacare, Bush Tax Cuts, Reaganomics, you named it you own it Payroll tax, tax reform, national sales tax, inheritance tax, death and taxes 9-9-9, 0-0-0, 1%, 99%, 911, help Middle class, class warfare, first class, class dismissed Marginal rate, effective rate, investment income, regular income, Tax Masters wins Subsidies, loopholes, rebates, credits, tax code or DaVinci Code Infrastructure bank, bank bailout, Wall Street, Main Street, another bridge collapses Democrats, Republicans, RINOs, and DINOs, you all suck Deficit, debt, deflation, inflation, stagflation, where’s my nation Regulations, job killing, economic meltdown, Glass-Steagall, shit on by another Seagull Free trade, free market, no free lunch, Is Willy really free? Do nothing Congress, out-of touch President, activist judges, you call that checks and balances? Green jobs, jobs bill...

Tuesday's Tricks and Treats

Stupidity of the U.S. Congress.   They think by voting to cut off aid to the Palestinians they are punishing the Palestinians.   In reality the money they are cutting of pays for the security apparatus in the PA territory and by cutting it off they reward Hamas and damage Israel and its security.   Stupidity of the U.S. Congress part deux.   While the anti-China currency bill may make you feel good about thrashing China, you need to remember that we have been manipulating our currency for over a decade via excessively loose monetary policy. The next time Michele Bachmann goes on about her twenty plus biological and foster children, the interviewer must ask her to name all of them. Now that the President’s jobs bill is dead in the Senate, what does the phoenix look like when it rises from the ashes?   If infrastructure investment gets cut, Obama and the Democrats in the Senate should just resign en masse. Blaiming Dick Durbin and Dodd-Frank finance reform for the...

The Wild West Meets the Cuckoo Nest

The DOJ and BATF principals involved in Operation Fast and Furious need to be reprimanded, fired, demoted, etc. Poor planning was only outdone by horrendous execution.   That being said, as reported by The Arizona Republic, in the fiscal year ending on September 30 th , U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported the confiscation of 95,416 rounds of ammunition at the Mexican border en route to the cartels in Mexico, a 14,455% increase from 2007.   So I ask these Arizona sheriffs and other law enforcement officers instead of whining about the Federal Government and border security why don’t you stop the flow of these straw purchase guns and weapons southward?   The Tea Party and its political hacks have hijacked the 2 nd Amendment in such a way that they would rather supply the murder weapons and materials to drug cartels in Mexico enabling them to run drugs back into the USA than stand up for law, order, and common sense. Meanwhile legislative proposals to force ammuniti...

Some comments about Solyndra and the Government

Solyndra Exhibit 1: Don’t you love how the GOP loves to use the argument that Government shouldn’t be picking winners and losers in business through either loans or subsidies.   Two comments: (1) what the heck do you think the government does on weapons systems and (2) if you oppose subsidies so much then pass a bill banning all subsidies to gas and oil companies NOW. Solyndra Exhibit 2:   The conservative newspaper Economist closed an analysis of the Solyndra failure with this quote:   “ But pointing out how risky venture capital is only raises the question of why the government went into it in the first place. A far better way to promote investment in clean energy would be to raise the price of the dirty sort, through a carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme. It is the sniggering Republicans, of course, who have prevented that from happening.”   What was implied and not said: Big Oil controls the purse strings.   Solyndra Exhibit 3: Republican Congressman and Flor...

Dichotomy: The Musical

I can be Pro-Israel and support a Palestinian State. I can be Pro-business and oppose corporatism. I can be Pro-choice and wish there were no more abortions. I can appreciate one’s faith and support the separation of church and state I can criticize my government and still be patriotic I can oppose war and support the troops I can be progressive and believe spending needs to be cut I can hate taxes and understand why they need to be raised I can dislike an actor’s political views and still enjoy his movies I can think a person is qualified to be President and not give a shit about his religious faith I can support unions and believe in meritocracy I can support the 2 nd Amendment and believe Wayne LaPierre is a douche I can think Palin and Bachmann are unfit to lead and not be sexist I can believe in immigration reform and improved border security I can believe in capitalism and believe government plays a role I can believe in aggressively fighting terrorism and not support torture I ...