AP: Raw Video- 'U.S. House Rejects Sex-Selection Abortion Ban'

Source:Associated Press- U.S. Representative Phil Gingrey (Republican, Georgia) presiding over the House of Representatives.

Source:FRS FreeState 

“The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women’s votes.”  

From the Associated Press 

I would never get an abortion myself (and not just because I’m a man, which makes that biologically impossible) because even if I didn’t want the baby, I prefer options like adoption over aborting potential human lives.

And I sure as hell would never abort a fetus because I didn’t like the gender of the baby. If gender equality (which is what leftists used to claim to care about) means anything, you don’t abort fetuses simply because of the fetuses gender.

But to pass a law out of Congress (even if it’s just in the House) banning abortions because the parents don’t like the gender of the baby, I mean you can say that they’re stupid for doing that, crazy even, but to put them in prison for simply being crazy idiots and perhaps their crazy idiot doctor for doing that, looks like Big Government with way too much free time on his hands, living such a boring life that he feels the need to tell other people what to do, to fill his time and days. 

Sarah McLachlan: ‘I Will Remember You’

Source:Sarah McLachlan- seems unforgettable to me.

“Sarah McLachlan – mv – i will remember you

one of my favs. From her album Rarities, B-sides & Other Stuff (1996)

or you could find it on The Brothers McMullen soundtrack (1995 Seamus Egan Edward Burns)”

From Sarah McLachlan Fan

Source:B.A. Coder- honoring our brave heroes who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom.

"A Nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.' President Abraham Lincoln. A photo story tribute. Music by Sarah McLachlan." 

From B.A. Coder

The United States takes one day out of the year officially to remember and celebrate everyone who has served our country in combat and in our services. And the people who gave their lives and health, to serve their country and to protect everything that we value as a country. Which is our freedom, the ability for Americans to live our own lives. 

Memorial Day is not about weekend sales or parties or cookouts or the unofficial start of summer, in at least the Mid Atlantic and Southeast. And the first good opportunity to go to the beach. We just do those things as Americans to celebrate Memorial Day. We use our freedom to do the things, to celebrate Memorial Day, that our veterans have their gives lives and health, to allow us the freedom to, throw a party, go to a party, go to the pool, or go to the beach. 

Memorial Day, isn’t about perhaps the best three-day weekend of the year. It’s about the freedom to celebrate that day and that weekend and about the sacrifices that our veterans have made.

Our veterans have made those sacrifices and are still doing that today, with all of our troops around the world, so we can have the freedom to celebrate that day, those three beautiful hot days. (At least where I live) That we can enjoy, because we have the freedom to enjoy them, because of what our veterans have sacrificed to give us that freedom. 

So as we are celebrating this beautiful great day, going to our cookouts and parties, going to the pool, going to the beach, take at least a moment to see why you are able to do those things and remember that Memorial Day is not Party Day, it’s not Cookout Day, it’s not Beach Day.

What we do to celebrate Memorial Day are things that we do to celebrate and enjoy what is Memorial Day. And that we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Memorial Day if it wasn’t for the sacrifices that our veterans and their families have made so we do the things we do to celebrate Memorial Day. 

I promise this will be the only political thing I say on this post, but if there’s one day that we as Americans can come together and to celebrate, even as divided as a country that we are and have been for a while now, it should be Memorial Day. Because Memorial Day is about celebrating the people who have made it possible. For us to disagree and even be disagreeable with each other as a country.  

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NFL Network: Walter Payton- A Football Life

Source:NFL Network- Chicago Bears RB Walter Payton. This might be the play where he broke Jim Brown's rushing record against the New Orleans Saints in 1984. But don't quote me on that.

"One of, if not the best, Running Backs in NFL History. I do not own the rights to this content. Like and Subscribe." 

From Zach Crutcher 

There are a lot of running backs today who are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who were bigger, stronger, faster, better receivers, who were more explosive than Walter Payton. But if I had to pick one running back who was better than everyone else as far as being the best all around RB ever, if would be Walter Payton.

If I had to pick the best runner who ever played running back, it would be Jim Brown, who I believe is not just the best runner, not just speed, size and power, but he's the best runner as a running back, wide receiver, kick returner, it didn't matter. Jim Brown is the best runner ever in the history of the NFL. And then Eric Dickerson would be second and I might pick Marcus Allen after Dickerson. There are better receivers as far has hands, footwork, and speed, than Walter Payton. Like Marcus Allen, Roger Craig, would be another one. 

If there are any better blockers who played the tailback position than Walter Payton, I would like to meet that guy. Jim McMahon should probably send Walter Payton a Christmas gift every year just for saving his season, and perhaps the Bears season in 1985, because of the block that Payton through against a blitzing Minnesota Vikings linebacker. 

But as far as running backs who were better running the ball, who had better vision, who hit the holes better and faster, who broke tackles better, who was a better receiver, a better blocker, who had better speed on a football field, I mean if there is a running back who did all of those things better than Walter Payton, I sure as hell would like to meet that guy and shake his hand. But I'm willing to bet anything that running back hasn't even been born yet.  

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Knick Playa: 'Patrick Ewing Knicks Tribute'

Source:Knick Playa- I believe this is from the 1999 season when the New York Knicks returned to the NBA Finals.

"The Greatest Knick of all-time's career, captured in a special tribute...this has made several Knick fans break down with prideful tears...words cannot express the love, nor will it be forgotten, the love can only be felt deep within ones self...and that's where this video comes into play." 

From Knick Playa

I think the main reason why Patrick Ewing isn't remembered more as the great two-way player that he was, is because he was a gentle giant and such a nice guy who preferred to let his play do his talking, instead of telling the world how great he was and what the New York Knicks were going to accomplish under his leadership. Plus the fact he never won an NBA Championship which also doesn't help him. 

But from the late 1980s into the early 1990s, Patrick Ewing was considered the best center, if not big man in the NBA. Had the Knicks beat the Houston Rockets in the 1994 NBA Finals, I think he still would've had that title, or had the Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls in the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals after being up 2-0 in that series, before losing 4 straight, I think Patrick would still have that title as well. 

If you are talking about the greatest, not most popular, or the best centers in the NBA as far as personality, I think Pat Ewing has to be on that list. He's one of the best two-way big men, not just centers, but big men ever. I think only Hakeem Olajuwon would be better from their era. Ewing obviously has the great post game, but great shot blocker, as well as individual defender, excellent rebounder, great big game player. Great size and strength at 7'0, 255 pounds or so of muscle, great quickness, athletic ability. 

I think the Knicks were always just another great player away, especially a great swingman player away from winning the NBA Finals with Pat Ewing. Ewing always played with great role players, but never played with another great player on his team and that cost the Knicks against the Bulls and other great teams from the 1990s. 

Associated Press: 'Nato Protestors Target Boeing'

Source:Associated Press- Occupy Wall Street, vs Boeing.

Source:FRS FreeState 

"Demonstrators launched another round of protests Monday in the final hours of the NATO summit, targeting Boeing headquarters and a suburban community that could become the site of a detention facility to hold illegal immigrants."

From the Associated Press 

There have been really dumb political slogans in America. I guess that’s what we get for electing and reelecting career politicians over and over as a people. Democracy isn’t always intelligent. But the OWS slogan Eat The Rich is about as dumb of a political slogan that I’ve ever heard. Tax the rich, soak rich, outlaw the rich, I don’t agree with any of them, but at least there’s some thinking going on there.

Source:Occupy Wall Street- these Occupy Wall Street protestors apparently were so hungry on this day, that they were going to try cannibalism to try to cure income inequality. LOL

Occupy Wall Street announced last week or a few weeks ago, that they were planning I guess what would be a spring offensive. And we’ve seen evidence of that already with their marches in Chicago this weekend, not just going after Wall Street, but now Boeing. They are mad as hell at corporate America and perhaps American capitalism all together and aren’t going to take it anymore. To paraphrase one of my favorite movies.

It’s not just Wall Street that they are pissed off at, but now corporate America as a whole and perhaps anyone who’s wealthy and part of the 1% in America. That they don’t see as progressive, but my question is what do they expect to get out off all of this other than venting on American capitalism. Do they believe any of the marches where their members get arrested for holding up traffic and disturbing the peace, do you think that comes across well with anyone, who can make a difference. And what they are trying to accomplish, putting a freeze on American capitalism, in order to buy time for them to install whatever they want to replace it with in the future. 

Leftists lets say, people who are further left than FDR Progressives and JFK liberal New Democrats, like to complain and bitch. And a lot of times only seem happier, or not as depressed when they have something to bitch about. There is a term for people like this and Democrats like this that was popular in the 1980s. Doom and Gloom or Doom and Gloomers, people who can only see the empty part of any glass that is not completely full that they try to drink out of. That is what OWS looks like to me. Mental patients that are never happy, always depressed and don’t want to go home. 

Then Candidate Obama when he was still a U.S. Senator and running for President in 2008, early went for lets say New-Left or even Far-Left McGovernite Democrats for their support. Which might make up the majority of OWS, to go along with some Progressives and perhaps Libertarians who are pissed off as crony capitalism, but aren’t on board with what Socialists would replace it with. Because then Senator Obama believed that would be the easiest way to the Democratic nomination and to overcome Hillary Clinton, who had the backing of the Democratic Leadership.

But after Candidate Obama secured the Democratic nomination, quickly pivoted to the center and ran as a center-left Liberal or Progressive Democrat in the general election. Like the smart or even slick politician that he is, get Far-Left on board to win the presidential nomination. And then run to the middle so you don’t look crazy yourself and can appeal to Independents. And its pretty obvious he didn’t want to be seen as closely linked to the Far-Left in the Democratic Party who look like nuts or aliens from another planet frankly to Independents as well as Democrats such as myself.

People who live on communes, share a bedroom and perhaps even a bed with complete stranger so everyone has a place to stay and don’t fit in with the country. I have no problem with people being different, hell I’m pretty different myself. But it’s another thing to look like, or even be serious about trying to take down something thats worked very well in this country. Which is private enterprise and education so people have what they need to do well in that economic system.

One thing that OWS is against, a lot of people actually agree with them, which is crony capitalism. But only a fringe of the country wants to replace American capitalism, with democratic socialism. We don’t want to as a country, take apart companies that are very profitable and have produced a lot of good in this country, or nationalize private companies as well. And because of this OWS is just speaking amongst themselves and looking nutty compared with the rest of the country.

Real Time With Bill Maher: Liberty University

Source:Real Time With Bill Maher- talking about Liberty University.

"Bill Maher: confusing religion with education" 

From Matthew Ives

I agree with Bill Maher on two points here, which is actually a lot since a lot of times I can get through one of his entire monologues (that I managed to stay awake for) and not agree with him on a damn thing. 

Bill Maher is right: Liberty University is not a university. More like the Evangelical fundamentalists version of a political cult where their students (or cult followers) are taught that America is being overrun by gays, women, and perhaps Muslims. And what we need now is a national time machine to make America back to the 1940s culturally and politically where Anglo-Saxon men where the masters of everyone else, especially women. And where gays where even in prison or in mental institutions simply for being gay. And where Muslims weren't even aloud to exist in America, at least not in public. 

The 2nd point Bill Maher is right about is that Liberty University is not only not a university, but the name of the school is wrong. Liberty University? More like Western Theocratic College for people who claim to love Jesus, but believe in Jesus, or at least don't believe what Jesus believed. 

To pick up on Bill Maher's point about Target: just because you can buy milk and coffee at a gas station, doesn't mean the gas station is a grocery store. Liberty University really represents a serious, bad case of false advertising on two levels.

President Barack Obama: Mitt Romney- ‘I Stand by What I Said Whatever it Was’

Source:President Barack Obama- Governor Mitt Romney (Republican, Massachusetts) the multiple choice presidential nominee.

“Mitt Romney in February:

“I’m not sure which is worse; him listening to Reverend Wright or him saying that we must be a less Christian nation”

Does he stand by his comment?

“I’m actually going to –I haven’t, I’m not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was.”

What else does he stand by?

“Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process let it run it’s course and hit the bottom.”

“Let Detroit go bankrupt.”

“I will repeal Obamacare and I’ll kill it dead on it’s first day.”

Reporter:

“Governor Romney, if you don’t deport them, how do you send them home?”

Mitt Romney:

“Well the answer is self-deportation”

“Planned Parenthood, we’re going to get rid of that.”

“Corporations are people my friend.”

“I was a severely conservative Republican governor.”

“I’m not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said, whatever it was.”

Mitt Romney: “I stand by what I said, whatever it was.” 

From President Barack Obama

This is the number one problem that Mitt Romney has going for him, that he’s a multiple personality presidential candidate. That if his real name was Flip Flopper, no one who knows who he is or has some idea who he is, would have no problem believing that. The line: “I stand behind what I said, whatever it was”, could be Mitt Romney’s campaign slogan. Standing behind something you said and not even knowing what you said.

That would be like saying something in a bar when you were drunk and you can’t even remember anything from that night. And you said a bunch of things and someone who was at the bar, holds you to that statement and you tell them: “Well, I stand behind that. Even though I have no memory of actually saying that.”

President Obama has a problem, but I guess it’s a good problem, which Mitt Romney does he run against and he’ll see more than one in this presidential campaign. But for President Obama, does he run against Liberal Mitt from 1994, Moderate Mitt from 2002, Religious-Conservative Mitt from 2007-08, Neoconservative Mitt from this years Republican primaries, or whatever Mitt decides to run for President in the general election.

President Obama, could say: “I kinda like the Mitt from 2002-04, the successful businessman, big believer in economic freedom. Liberal and tolerant on social issues.” Which is how Northeastern Republicans tend to be, but he could also use that Mitt against whatever Mitt we see in 2012. And he could tell Mitt: “You know, I kinda like that guy from 1994 and 2002, whatever happened to that guy?”

Independent voters would like the Massachusetts Mitt as well. And Mitt if he answered the question honestly, which is about as likely as Pat Robertson coming out for same-sex marriage, would say: “Oh, that Mitt is still there, I just keep him hidden, when I’m around the Tea Party who hate that Mitt and see him as an Un-American Socialist.”

Imagine that a successful businessman whose a Socialist, that’s today’s Republican Party for you. Please someone bring back Barry Goldwater and Ron Reagan. Those guys seem completely reasonable to today’s GOP.

I’ve said this for over a year now, the best thing that President Obama has going for him, is his competition or lack of it. With enemies like this, who needs friends, they would be the best members all of them, of the Obama Reelection Committee. Working for the President behind the backs of the GOP. Like Democratic espionage agents, screwing the GOP. And Mitt Romney is the leader of this pack.  

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MSNBC: 'Jeffrey Dahmer's Last Interview'

Source:MSNBC- interviewing serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer.

"To learn more about the world of criminals, visit:Acorn TV." 

Source:True Crime Magazine

I guess any serial murderer has to have a secret life or they couldn't be serial murderers. Because people would know who they are and they would have a hard time, just committing the first murder. They would get caught well before they would commit the 2nd murder. Because again people would know who the murderer is and more importantly law enforcement would know who they are.

By a lot of accounts, Jeffrey Dahmer was a good, decent, intelligent person, who was even charming. Thats the person he was on the outside, someone who could get along with other people and even like them . But thats not the Jeff Dahmer who killed all of those young men that he liked and was even attractive too. The Jeff Dahmer who killed those young men, was someone who enjoyed murdering young men, so he can make them his properties. Collect these male bodies and be able to keep these guys for his pleasure and even continue to have sex with them. 

You could say that Jeff Dahmer was the gay man's version of Ted Bundy, someone who not only enjoyed murdering, but then keeping his victims as his trophies. Thats the Jeff Dahmer who killed all of those young men, not the Jeff Dahmer that his family and friends knew. There were two Jeff Dahmer's, each with their own personality.

There was the public Jeff Dahmer who people liked, that even though he was somewhat shy and quiet, loved his family and friends and someone that people like being with and even socializing with. And then there was the Jeff Dahmer, that the lights went out ( so to speak ) would go out looking for young men to bring home and back to his apartment to keep for himself, kill them and keep them as his collections. 

The private Jeff Dahmer was evil someone who murdered for pleasure and represented why serial murderers are so dangerous, because they are two-faced. Otherwise they again probably wouldn't become serial murderers, because people and law enforcement would know to look out for them. And why we need to do a better job as a society to know who are friends and relatives really are so we get a better idea of the people that we see, are also the same people in private.

Jeff Dahmer wasn't pure evil, even the serial murderer side of him wasn't pure evil, but he did have a side of him that enjoyed murdering people. And I'm not a phycologist or anything but to me thats sounds like some type of mental disease. Not excusing anything that Jeff Dahmer but trying to explain why he did it, because he's clearly responsible for all the murders that he committed. And paid the same price that his victims paid.

Minister Malcolm X: 'You Are Afraid To Bleed!'

Source:Quaddeth- perhaps the original Black Power leader, Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X, in the 1960s.

Source:FRS FreeState 

"Please listen to this and give me your opinions, tell me how it makes you feel."

From Quaddeth 

"MALCOLM X YOU'RE AFRAID TO BLEED" 

Source:See Black Power- Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X in the 1960s.

From See Black Power

All Americans have the constitutional right to defend themselves to the point that they stop that threat. Doesn’t mean they have the constitutional right to kill someone, exactly. But to stop the threat that’s opposing them. Which is what I would like to believe is the message that Malcolm X was trying to convey to African-Americans. But I know better than that and he was trying to tell them to take it a step farther. When racist law enforcement were abusing African-Americans for protesting, even peacefully, he wanted the people to physically fight back, even if that meant getting a big beating and ending up in jail.

Where Martin L. King was saying:“don’t fight back physically. We have just as much of a constitutional right to free speech and assembly. We are more than within our rights here. And if we are attacked, it’s the racist law enforcement that’s breaking the law. And should be arrested and filling the jail cells of the peaceful civil rights protesters. Not the protesters themselves.”

Martin King’s message, was more about unity, not just uniting African-Americans, but the country as a whole, to bring non-African-Americans into the movement, to make it look like a mainstream movement that it became, where you saw all the civil rights legislation that was passed in the 1960s. So the civil rights movement couldn’t be portrayed, “as a bunch of unhappy Negro’s, looking for special rights and are people who are un-American and need to be stopped.”

Similar, but different in a way that gay Americans are being debated against today as well. Even though I don’t see both movements as equal, but both important. I see people fighting for civil rights, so they aren’t discriminated based on their race, ethnicity, or gender as more important than people being discriminated based on their sexuality. But that’s something worth debating about, I’ve had this debate between a friend of mine who is gay.

Malcolm X’s main contribution to the civil rights movement, at least as I see it, was advocating for self-reliance and freedom for African-Americans. So they can live their own lives in freedom and not be harassed by government. And not have to live off of public assistance and be trapped in poverty. He would’ve made a hell of a Conservative Republican or Liberal Democrat today. And based on these notions, I actually have more respect for him than Dr. King. Because of what he was trying to accomplish for African-Americans, was long-term. Which is to empower them to get out of poverty. 

Minister Malcolm X: 'The American Nightmare'

Source:See Black Power- Nation of Islam Minister Malcolm X, in the 1960s.

Source:FRS FreeState 

"MALCOLM X THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE"

From See Black Power

What Malcolm X was laying out in this speech, was what Africans-Americans have gone through since they were given their freedom and no longer slaves. And what they’ve gone through, since being free as slaves. All the racial discrimination that followed them, since being free.

Minister Malcolm was also telling African-Americans, not to fall in love with the Democratic Party. Which was a very important message especially in the 1960s. When the Southern Caucus in the Democratic Party, had so much power in Congress. The so-called Dixiecrats, that could kill legislation on their own to the point had it not have been for Congressional Republicans, (Progressive  Republicans in that party) the civil rights bills of 1964, 65 and 68 do not get past. Because the Southern Caucus would’ve blocked them. Dixiecrats, today are now Southern Republicans, religious and Neo-Confederate Republicans. So he was telling his community, don’t fall in love with the Democratic Party. Because they haven’t done a hell of a lot for you.

Malcolm X’s, message about not falling in love with one party was not only very important back in the 1960s, but probably just as important today. Because once you put all of your eggs in one basket ( so to speak ) you can be taken advantage of. Because the party can take the attitude: “why do we have to respond to their concerns. Why do we even have to listen to them, where do they have to go without us. Are they going to become Republicans, a party that’s lost the African-American vote overwhelmingly the last twenty years or so"

It’s really President Reagan, who was the last Republican President, that could win any substantial votes in this community, with his two landslide victories in 1980 and 84. The problem with the Republicans Party, is that they’ve become the Dixiecrats and haven’t given the African-Americans much incentive to vote for them since the 1960s.

African-Americans like any other community needs to have choices in who to vote for. The Democratic Party now monopolizes this community because they’ve reached out to them. And we now finally have an African-American President. But Africans-Americans tend to be somewhat conservative on social issues, especially in the South. And believe in things like small business and being self-reliant. Not being forced to live off of public assistance. And the GOP hasn’t done much to take advantage of that to their loss. 

President Barack Obama: 'Happy Mother's Day'

Source:President Barack Obama- The First Family of the United States.

"President Obama wishes a happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. 

He shares why First Lady Michelle Obama is the best mom he knows, how his mom and grandmother influenced him, and how the model of strong, responsible, and loving women have been a great gift to his daughters." 

From President Barack Obama

I’ll try to not make this post sound political and I’ll do my best. But keep in mind I’m a political junky, so take that for what it's worth. 

Why would you take a whole day out of the year to celebrate our mother's? How about celebrating mother’s everyday? Well, what they don’t understand is that we do that it’s just that we take a day out of each year, to make that day even more special for our mother’s than every other day of the year, except for maybe their birthday. To celebrate the women who gave us birth, who helped raise us up and in many cases, raised us on their own, or help from their parents. Because with out our mothers, we would’ve never been born. They not only gave us our lives, but gave us our births and played a big role in who we are.

I know this from personal experience and I know my brother’s would say the same thing. What I can say about my own mom, is as a kid, she would try to get me to do things she knew I didn’t like and would never do on my own. Like with the piano, not because she was trying to punish me or something, but because she wanted me to try new things. Experience things outside of my comfort level, to see what the world looks like outside of my own. 

My mom is very sweet and very intelligent, you don’t always see that verbally. As far as her expressing her feelings, but you see it in what she does for you and how she treats you. She’s always wanted you to be your best, whatever that is. One of the reasons why she sent me to summer camp, year after year as a kid, to help me be the best student I could be and learn new things and meet new people.

And then Mom sent me to basketball camp, so I could be a better basketball player. And perhaps to get me out of the house as well. She would put me in activities, that yes I would enjoy, but would enjoy learning about whatever it is we were doing. 

When I think of my mom, it’s what she tried to get out of me. Without her I’m not blogging, because I probably wouldn’t have considered writing at all. Because she’s my best critic and my best friend when it comes to my blogging. Because she tells me where I’m doing well and what I need to improve on. Which is exactly what I want and need, which is exactly what she did today about a post I wrote yesterday, she’s a professional editor and a damn good one. And I appreciate that and everything else she’s done for me. 

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mom’s, especially my own. Love you mom! 

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The Onion: 'Minnesota Braces For The Return of Michele Bachmann'

Source:The Onion- U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (Republican, Minnesota) announcing that she's returning to the hospital to get the full-attention that she deserves. Actually, I have no idea what the hell she's talking about here.

“A fight kind of runs out of steam 15 seconds in, George Washington laments that his vision of the future has not been realized, and Philip Morris releases its new line of Marlboro PM cigarettes. It’s the week of January 9th, 2012.”

From The Onion  

The State of Minnesota has had five months to recover from the return of Representative Michele Bachmann, who thank God doesn’t represent the whole state, only 600K or so Minnesotans have to put up with her. And a lot of those people are mental patients, which is Representative Bachmann’s base of support, being that she’s one of them, just on the lam. You would think that she would be easy to track down, seeing that she’s a U.S. Representative who works in Congress. But that’s perhaps a different story.

I thought I would give a status report on the damage that Representative Bachmann has caused. Report what’s she been saying and then report on what’s actually been happening.

This week Representative Bachmann endorsed Mitt Romney for President and within five minutes of that, Governor Romney’s polls with Independents plummeted and he lost ten points. The Flip Flopper in Chief, managed to bring those numbers back by supporting a constitutional amendment to make same-sex Marriage the law of the land. Which won him support with the homosexual community, something that only Mitt Romney can do. Being that he has a clones of himself.

In other news Representative Bachmann announced that there isn’t a Republican War on Women. Five minutes later she came out for a law that would ban women from the workforce. Her husband Marcus Bachmann also came out of the closet and supports Governor Romney’s constitutional amendment to make same-sex marriage the law of the land as well. He also endorsed Mitt, but endorsed his clone Mitt, the liberal Mitt by accident. So the liberal Mitt picked up points in the homosexual community as well. Which doesn’t do much good for the real Mitt, whoever that person is.

The real Mitt is MIA and there’s an all points bulletin now to try to track down the real Mitt. Officials believe they know what the real Mitt looks like. They’ve seen pictures of him and have talked to Mitt’s other clones. Neoconservative Mitt, Moderate Mitt and Conservative Mitt. But have been unable to track down the real Mitt so far.

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Not Necessarily The News: The Week in What Didn't Happen

Source:IMDB- the case from NNTN.

"An offbeat look at current events, often by dubbing over news video with farcical commentary.

This was back in the day just around the rise of VHS/beta. SO HBO was still the premier channel to get latest release, which at that time was about three years after box release. This show did a lot of dubbing and re-editing so that political figures were saying comedic lines. The sniglet series was also hilarious, and Rich Hall wrote several books containing sniglets. For example, he gave a definition to the act of shaking out only two pills from a bottle, and defined the dirt that the vacuum cleaner can't get at the edge of the floorboard. There were also commercial parodies, one for a hearing aid which drowned out yelling wives and grandchildren. A great show and was not only ahead of its time compared to the daily show, but funnier, too."

From IMDB  

"Hi. This is a rare video. It is the first episode of the HBO comedy series "Not Necessarily The News." This episode was not the pilot episode from September, 1982. It is the first regular episode with the familiar original cast (Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Rich Hall, Mitchell Laurance, Audrie Neenan & Stuart Pankin). This episode introduces several popular features of the show including: sight gags in the lavatory, highway slapstick with background music, funny footage with politicians and the introduction of SNIGLETS (Words that should be in the dictionary but aren't).

Last but not least, Audrie Neenan introduces her news anchor character Jacqueline Pennel, and Stuart Pankin introduces his character, the chief anchorman of NNTN; Bob Charles. Additionally, Stuart does his first skit as "Lenny Slatkin", the president's joke writer. Truly a rare gem in cable television. First telecast on HBO on January 3, 1983." 

Source:Sarah Lee Donovan- Not Necessarily The News with Rich (don't call me Dick) Little.

From Sarah Lee Donovan 

Before The Onion went online and Fox News and MSNBC went on the air, if Americans wanted to find out what wasn't going on in the world, at least as it related to current affairs, they had to watch Saturday Night Live and Not Necessarily The News. if you wanted real political and news satire that was honest enough to advertise itself as political and news satire, it was these TV shows that you had to watch. And of course you read the political tabloids like the New York Post to read about what wasn't going on in the world, at least in New York City. 

So the week in what didn’t happen, this time not from Fox News: 

Fox News is currently on vacation, actually in court, dealing with libel lawsuits filed against them by Democrats. But announced they’ll be back next week reporting everything that didn’t happen next week. Including a special report from Sean Hannity, on the Democratic War on Memorial Day, honoring the service of our servicemen and women. 

The Onion: Andrea Barret & Piper Cahill- 'Mitt Romney: To Travel Back in Time to Kill Liberal Versions of Himself'

Source:The Onion- A Mitt Romney 2012 campaign rally.

"Seeking to dispel accusations of flip-flopping, Romney unveiled plans to use a time machine to kill earlier versions of himself who believed in universal health care and gay rights."

From  The Onion 

This just in from the Romney Campaign: “America doesn’t want consistency when it comes to their politicians, otherwise they would vote for honest people to represent them. Therefor we’re announcing the Romney For America Time Machine that will allow Governor Romney to travel back in time to change any positions from the past, that might be unpopular today. Thank you.”

Source:The Onion- Flip Flopper, I mean Mitt Romney (understandable mistake) announcing the Romney For America Time Machine, that will allow Governor Romney to travel back in time to change whatever positions that he may have had in the past, that might be unpopular with the right-wing base of the Republican Party today. You heard this first from The Onion.

Imagine if Mitt Romney could travel back in time to change more liberal positions he use to have, that me as a Liberal respect. Like when he supported civil unions for same-sex couples just six years ago. Just one position that has pissed off the Christian Right when he was Governor of the Democratic State of Massachusetts. Or back in 1994 and I’m guessing even before that, when he was running for U.S. Senate against Senator Ted Kennedy. Being pro-choice on abortion, or back in 2005-06, signing the twin brother or sister of the Affordable Care Act. Better known as ObamaCare.

But telling the difference between ObamaCare” and RomneyCare, is like telling the difference between the Olsen twins, seeing them for the first time. Or better yet imagine if Mitt could clone himself, when he’s running in Massachusetts. He’s the Liberal Mitt, when he’s running for president in a Christian-Conservative GOP. He’s a more Conservative Mitt, but not far enough for the Far Right. That he scares off independent voters, which is where he is right now.

If Mitt could clone himself, he would be the perfect unbeatable politician: Liberal on social issues, conservative on economic policy. Keeps your taxes and spending down, somewhere in between depending on if he listens to himself, or his clone. On foreign policy, he would be exactly where independent voters are. The Christian-Right, would hate him because he’s not trying to tell Americans how to live their lives. Socialists would hate him because he’s not spending every dollar Uncle Sam takes in, or increasing taxes on everyone. But if this were 1988 or 1980, the Romney Campaign wouldn’t even have to consider creating a time machine, or cloning Mitt. Because this is where the Republican Party use to be politically.

The GOP, so much liberal or classically conservative on social issues, pre-Christian-Right, but took the attitude that government shouldn’t be telling Americans how to live their lives. Which is actually conservative politics as well. Could the time machine be Mitt Romney’s secret weapon to winning the presidential election? What happens after he’s nominated by the GOP and sees independent voters that liked his liberal positions on social Issues? Wait! It’s a time machine, so he would be able to go back in time and delete his ass-kissing of Christian-Right Voters in the Republican primaries. A time machine would be a hell of a secret weapon, if only it existed. The problem is Mitt is stuck with whoever he is. At times its hard to tell with his flip-flopping. I’m not sure even he knows who he is at this point.  

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Socialist Francois Hollande Defeats Conservative Nicholas Sarkozy in French Election: The Socialists Are Coming!

Source:Associated Press- democracy in action in France.

"Socialist candidate Francois Hollande defeated conservative Nicolas Sarkozy to become France's next president, heralding a change in how Europe tackles its debt crisis and how France flexes its diplomatic muscle around the world."  

From the Associated Press 

"François Hollande's victory in France offered a stiff rebuke to Germany's austerity regime, but the new president faces challenges in delivering on his campaign's pro-growth rhetoric. 

French president-elect Francois Hollande reacts to supporters with his companion Valerie Trierweiler while celebrating his election victory in Bastille Square in Paris, France, Sunday, May 6, 2012. France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden - a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years. 

Speaking from the Bastille last night, Hollande gave a clear sense of how he sees his victory: It signaled, he said, a "fresh start for Europe"- an indication that austerity is not be the continent's destiny. The new French president has set off tremors in Berlin by arguing for stimulus spending to revive Europe's ailing economy and calling for eurobonds to finance large infrastructure projects. Hollande has also pledged to veto the German-inspired fiscal compact, which would bind its 25 signatories to stringent budgetary rules, unless it is complemented by measures to promote growth and employment.

All this will doubtless be on the table when Hollande meets Angela Merkel after being sworn in on May 15 or 16. Merkel worked closely with Sarkozy in tackling (or failing to) the European debt crisis and openly supported him against his socialist challenger. As leader of Europe's economic powerhouse and its reluctant financial rescuer, she has proved a stubborn player. Her government's commitment to austerity and structural reform as the only medicine for the eurozone's ills has been adamantine-it will be hard for Hollande to find ways to crack her. On the other hand, he has invested too heavily in his credentials as an anti-austerity champion (on a pan-European level) to yield easily; he is mindful, among other things, of past instances in which French political candidates promised a change of course only to quickly bow to Berlin once elected. Parliamentary elections on June 10 and 17, in which Hollande hopes the socialists will earn an absolute majority, will also contribute to a robust negotiating stance." 

Source: The American Prospect- Francois Hollande, the next Socialist President of the French Republic-

From The American Prospect

The Socialists are coming! The Socialists are coming! Everyone hide your wallets and mattress's and bank accounts, Swiss bank accounts while they're still available! Quick, hurry before you see the Socialists take what's ever left of your personal finances.

Well, this is France, so the French are use to having Socialists in power, perhaps even like it. They pay high taxes with smiles on their faces and then complain when they are only taxed 50, 60 or 70%. And say: "No, I can give you more, I'm not completely broke yet. Quick, take the rest of my money, before I do something with it like pay the rent, buy groceries or actually enjoy life."

This is France with a lot of opportunities to do that, most of them legal by the way. If Socialists came to power in America or someone who is not a Socialist, but where there are millions of Americans dumb enough to believe he is a Socialist, ( are you getting warmer, have you figured out who I'm talking about yet ) there would be riots in the streets.

If there were actually real Socialists coming to power in America, let's say the so-called Progressive Caucus (another way of saying Democratic Socialists of America, to me more accurate ) came to power in Congress and one of their members gets elected President and if we are going to imagine this, (let's also imagine a July blizzard in Phoenix, Arizona about the same odds) there would not only be riots in the streets but people fleeing to other countries. And to them a foreign country would be Hawaii or Puerto Rico. And then they would be shocked that the people there speak English.

Americans, go out-of-their-way to not pay taxes, wouldn't surprise me if most of the Swiss bank accounts are owned by Americans. With Americans shoving the Swiss out-of-the-way to get a Swiss bank account. We cry for days after filing our tax returns, going: "If only I had that money that Uncle Sam took from me, what I could've spent it on." Just some of the differences between France and America.

When Socialists come to power in France, it's a cause of celebration. When Conservatives come to power in France, the people there freak out and complain about the Populist Party trying to transform France into America. And freak out about having to make more decisions about their lives. "Oh no, more freedom! What am I going to, I can't take this! I need the Federal Government telling me what to do!" Just some of the differences between the two countries. 

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Jamie Trudel: The Today Show- Katie Couric vs. Ann Coulter (2002)

Source:Jamie Trudel- NBC News anchor Katie Couric interviewing Far-Right political commentator and author Ann Coulter.

"Today Show interview with Katie Couric and Ann Coulter. Things definitely get tense."

Source:Jamie Trudel

Ah my first piece about Ann Coulter and hopefully my last. Maybe she'll grow up or gain some sense in the future. And maybe the Pacific Ocean will go dry, whatever happens first. Don't plan your schedule around either of those things happening.

Listening to Katie Couric do this interview, is what I like about her professionally with her ability and willingness to not only interview ignorant people, but people who quite frankly lie to advance their careers and to put down the other side. And there are people on both sides of the isle who do these things. Thats what Anne Coulter is in the business to do. She clearly dislikes and that might be putting it lightly anyone to the left of her, which is about 250 million people. Which puts her in a lonely but loud faction in American politics of people who love expressing their First Amendment rights but can't stand people who disagree with them, which is again most of the country when they express there's. 

What Katie Couric was doing in this interview was bringing and ignorant, hateful person out into the public, to show the country how ignorant some people are. Similar to what Bill Buckley did in the 1960s and 1970s on Firing Line by interviewing people on the Far-Left and Far-Right in America.

Just to lay out what Ann Coulter thinks about Liberals, according to her:

We are Un-American, Atheist, Socialists, who love criminals. Or see it as our role to defend them and who are looking to destroy America as it is. So we can transform it into some fascist, socialist utopia, where people who disagree with us aren't welcomed. Thats Ann Coulter's view of liberalism, or at

least what comes out of her writings.

Ann Coulter sees her politics, that she would describe as conservative, but her politics are only conservative in the sense, that she wants to conserve and protect peoples ability to live and think just like her, not the whole country. And that the First Amendment is for people who think just like her according to the Pluto size planet The World According to Ann Coulter. Again, a lonely small world, where the whole country would think and probably look just like her. Even though liberal comes from the word liberty, she sees it as communist. And probably couldn't tell the difference between the two. Thats what's called a blind political eye, not being able to tell the difference between one faction and the other.

Again, if you follow my blogs, you know that I'm a big believer in the First Amendment, as well as education. That when both are working, there's room for the Ann Coulter's and Bill Maher's of the world. Because people will have the knowledge to know who these people are and what they are doing, trying to advance their careers at the expense of others. People they seriously dislike and perhaps to advance the political ideology they follow. They are essentially political hatchet men and women and this is how they make their living. And there are enough people in the country, that follow them to keep them in business.