slow work day = anagram fun!

Sarah Palin is "a sharp nail" who has
probably "slain a harp" seal or two.

Joe Biden, the "jibed one".  'nuff said.

John McCain is clearly in a "no-cinch jam", with
detractors yelling "Baa! Crab amok", despite
Barack Obama having admitted to The Onion -
"Area Man: 'I, uh, back SOBs'".

Hope you enjoy.

In her brief time in the national spotlight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, if nothing else, has rejuvenated the debate in this country regarding certain fundamental values. Interestingly, not all of this stems directly from the candidate's spoken statements but rather from a number of comments made about her by her Democratic counterpart Senator Joseph Biden.
From comments made on Fox and Friends mentioned in an Associated Press article titled “Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics”, voters learn that, to the Delaware Senator, government and politics are the ultimate and perhaps only source of values, truth, and hope.
In analyzing Palin’s acceptance speech, Biden remarked, “I didn’t hear the phrase ‘middle class’ mentioned. I didn’t hear a word about healthcare. I didn’t hear a word about what we’re going to do about the housing crisis, college education, and all the things that the middle class is being burdened by now.”
Maybe these things were not mentioned because for the most part they are not much of the government’s business. If anything, government involvement for the most part tends to exacerbate the problems in these perplexing areas.

In her brief time in the national spotlight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, if nothing else, has rejuvenated the debate in this country regarding certain fundamental values. Interestingly, not all of this stems directly from the candidate's spoken statements but rather from a number of comments made about her by her Democratic counterpart Senator Joseph Biden.

From comments made on Fox and Friends mentioned in an Associated Press article titled “Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics”, voters learn that, to the Delaware Senator, government and politics are the ultimate and perhaps only source of values, truth, and hope.

In analyzing Palin’s acceptance speech, Biden remarked, “I didn’t hear the phrase ‘middle class’ mentioned. I didn’t hear a word about healthcare. I didn’t hear a word about what we’re going to do about the housing crisis, college education, and all the things that the middle class is being burdened by now.”

Maybe these things were not mentioned because for the most part they are not much of the government’s business. If anything, government involvement for the most part tends to exacerbate the problems in these perplexing areas.

In her brief time in the national spotlight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, if nothing else, has rejuvenated the debate in this country regarding certain fundamental values. Interestingly, not all of this stems directly from the candidate's spoken statements but rather from a number of comments made about her by her Democratic counterpart Senator Joseph Biden.

From comments made on Fox and Friends mentioned in an Associated Press article titled “Biden says Palin family is off limits to critics”, voters learn that, to the Delaware Senator, government and politics are the ultimate and perhaps only source of values, truth, and hope.

In analyzing Palin’s acceptance speech, Biden remarked, “I didn’t hear the phrase ‘middle class’ mentioned. I didn’t hear a word about healthcare. I didn’t hear a word about what we’re going to do about the housing crisis, college education, and all the things that the middle class is being burdened by now.”

Maybe these things were not mentioned because for the most part they are not much of the government’s business. If anything, government involvement for the most part tends to exacerbate the problems in these perplexing areas.

Hey everyone,

I PM'ed a lot of people about my exciting news recently, so wanted to make a forum to let everyone know...

I'm now the FEATURED VIDEO (or "Machinima", as they call it) on the official site of Sims, the most popular PC game in the world!!

The video, for my single "Super Star", combines Sims-2 animation with real-life action -- there's a Sims version of me and the real me, meeting for the first time! :p Someone at their headquarters in California saw the video and contacted us, and needless to say we're ecstatic! The video's getting about 10-15 THOUSAND views *A DAY* !!!!

Below is the Sims site -- and the video is placed at the bottom of the homepage. Also, if you click on the video you can go to our YouTube page and leave a comment:

http://TheSims2.com

Please help by spreading the word, and thanks again to everyone for putting up with me and being so supportive!!.... this is my first big break, so it means a lot !!! :)

- shy

ps: there's a higher-quality version of the video on my site:

http://mr-shy.com

If any old-fashioned Republicans who still care about the free American spirit happen to wander onto NewsBusters among so many ditto-head neo-cons, they will probably be saddened at least a little by the story of Chongo, a genuine free spirit and pioneering rock-climber who was evicted from Yosemite and now lives under an abandoned semi-trailer in Sacramento.

But neo-cons won't see anything in the story except some old hippy who isn't contributing his fair share to the corporate bottom-line.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/sports/othersports/30chongo.html?ref=othersports

What say you?

If we'd let Bear Stearns fail, as it should have, would we have slid down the slippery slope to find ourselves where we are today?

Would we have had to bail out the FM's?

Or AIG?

Or all of the greedy Wall Streeters who are standing there with their hands and toungues hanging out?

Just wondered what everyone's thoughts were. 

I think something is very, very rotten in Denmark.

Just got this in the mail--it moved me.

 The Pickle Jar

The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar.

As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar . They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled.

I used to squat on the floor in front of the jar and admire the copper and silver circles that glinted like a pirate's treasure when the sun poured through the bedroom window. When the jar was filled, Dad would sit at the kitchen table and roll the coins before taking them to the bank.

Taking the coins to the bank was a always a big production. Stacked neatly in a small cardboard box, the coins were placed between Dad and me on the seat of his old truck.

Each and every time, as we drove to the bank, Dad would look at me hopefully. 'Those coins are going to keep you out of the textile mill, son. You're going to do better than me. This old mill town's not going to hold you back.'

http://www.youtube.c...

So, is Obama really more deeply involved in this whole mess than anyone lets on?  Most of us understand that he's a puppet, but it looks like some of the puppeteers are the same ones who profited from crushing hopes, dreams, and the economy.

*UPDATE*

It's been brought to my attention that the video above was removed from YouTube due to a claim of copywrite infringement by Time-Warner.  The maker has reposted the video, including an additional rebuttal to TW's claim:

http://www.youtube.c...

In the even that the new video is also taken down, you can try the maker's channel: http://www.youtube.c...

I've requested permission from the maker to distribute the actual video
file outside of YouTube and will update this topic again when I have
received a reply.

*UPDATE (again)*

Now that I've got permission from the creator, you can direct download the video via either of these links:

RapidShare or MegaUpload

If there are any problems with these links, let me know in a PM, please.

I have a few friends that no matter what I say, their only explaination is "it's Bush's fault or the repubs fault" You cannot get through to them with out seeing the hatred boil inside them. They won't even consider looking at other news sourses like NB that sheds light on many media gaffs. What do you do with these types of people?

Insanity.  Pure insanity.

Apparently, for the good folks across the pond, global warming is such a dangerous, yet utterly unproven, threat to the health of the world, which survived much higher past temperatures, ice ages, and a likely impact with a gigantic space rock, that criminal acts possibly having a theoretical, microscopic, and insignificant impact on world CO2 levels, regardless of their unproven link to world temperatures that are unproven to currently be rising *INHALE* are now being condoned and pardoned by the brainwashed masses.  Thoughts, opinions, outrages?

Any right can be abused. How do we usually prevent that? With limitations, right?

We can't shout "fire" in a theater. Or say, "Hi, Jack," in an airport. Libel is prosecutable, slander ditto. Restrictions on "free speech" are not hard to find.

We do have a right to bear arms, but it can be limited and regulated. No machine-guns. No "assault weapons." Magazine-size limits, gun-composition restrictions, ammo restrictions. No problem.

Illegal search and seizure. Yep, but with warrants and evidence, there is no guarantee against any search or seizure. And there's always "probable cause," and "imminent danger."

My point is, rights come with both responsibilities and restrictions, not to mention exceptions. It's hardly a new concept.

So, let's examine the "right" of free speech. In particular, the "rights" of "the press."

How Mexican am I?

Well, just this morning while driving to my church job ( I am a music director at a church, a typical job for classically trained musicians) I was racially profiled, pulled over, handcuffed and confused with another person born with my exact name, a man who had been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.

How do I feel about this? Pretty damned mad. 

Do I feel that race was  a factor?Hmm let's see. The cop was a short white guy ("ginger kid" is the term they use on South Park I believe) who appeared to be hitting the weights, and perhaps the steroids, pretty hard.

Yeah I think race was a factor and I am mad at the cop who pulled me over for "a bad break light"!

I am madder however at the bloated government agency that allows a decent fellow who has never commited or been convicted of a felony to be confused with a career criminal.

This event offers an example as to why I believe that government is best when it is small.

If these pendejos can confuse a man in his mid forties with salt and pepper hair who plays sissy classical music for a living with some gang banger from East LA how can they be expected to create jobs, fix the economy, safe guard the nation etc.

I had been hoping to get on this blog much earlier because this came up just a few days ago when McCain was on "The View".

 Most of us remember when Whoopie  Goldberg raised pompous "concerns" about being forced to become a slave once again due to the fact that McCain promised to appoint strict contrustionist judges to the Supreme Court and other posts.

Well, here is the capper regarding that whole issue. 

A liberal friend of mine who has an insane man crush on Barack Obama dragged me to an event at Green Valley High School back in February. 

(Thankfully this friend is English and as of yet cannot vote.) 

 I saw the great Messiah in person. He came 45 minutes late, gave one of his now well worn "Hope and Change" speeches, and then promptly fell apart when asked specific question in front of an obviously partisan pro Obama audience.

I saw the energy of the room slowly sink as he stumbled over each specific question. He never really had me to begin with, but he prompted my anger when he used the term "The Trickle Down didn't trickle." 

No "Hope and Change" there, just more liberal Reagan Bashing.

The NewsBusters poster "upcountrywater" included a link about Nick Berg in a comment under one of my diaries yesterday, and after some reflection I decided to write a little rememberance and tribute to Nick, even though I never met him, and only heard his name mentioned once before he was killed by insurgents in Iraq.

In the winter of 2004 I was running around Washington trying to persuade various offices in the Department of Defense to think small about repairing the infrastructure of Iraq, and the only reason I ever got in the door anywhere was that many serving officers in Iraq had come around to approximately the same point of view.

A year after the invasion virtually nothing actually functioned anywhere between al Basrah and Mosul, between the Persian Gulf and the border of Kurdistan, and any of the giant projects that the CPA had contracted out to American corporations like Halliburton could be shut down with a few rounds from a primitive mortar.

Every time I publish a political essay that conflicts with the prevailing "wisdom" of the site where it appears, epithets like "moron" and "idiot" quickly accumulate around my name.

But as satisfying as it may be for so many pseudonymous posters to bang out "the idiot Jacob Freeze" or "the moron Jacob Freeze" on their battered keyboards, they could signify an almost equivalent disqualification by writing "the gifted Jacob Freeze" or "the individual of highly superior intelligence Jacob Freeze," since even the highest categories on the scale of intelligence only include two or three people who will ever write anything other than gibberish about the monstrous complexities of the political scene.

I avoid the hopelessness implicit in this sad truth by narrowly basing my own opinions on political economics, for example, on a careful reading of Paul Krugman, and if a question about the political implications of foreign espionage arises where I don't have the guidance of Bob Baer or Pat Lang, I just shut up.

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times..."

The author of Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace apparently hanged himself Friday, September 12, 2008. The first policeman on the scene reported that Wallace's dead hand was still clutching a half-empty bottle of Wild Turkey.

"Yorick," I used to say, "If you ever stick your head in that metaphysical microwave oven, I'll try to achieve a fleeting notoriety by writing an absurd obituary!"

"Hamlet, you unscrupulous idiopath," Himself would reply, "When I go, I'll take you with me! But now it's time for another game of horsie."

Leaving half a bottle of Wild Turkey for the cops was a typically kind gesture by our dear old clown. "Whoever finds me will probably need a drink," Himself would say, and he's saying it now.

[Verbatim transcript]

Yorick: Taint not thy mind... (inaudible)

Hamlet: (inaudible)

Yorick: (inaudible)

First Grave-digger (inaudible)

[Verbatim transcript ends]

I did some research recently and found out some interesting things about "community organizing".  You may remember Saul Alinsky's name being involved in Hillary Clinton's young, radical life.  He wrote a book titled, Rules for Radicals.  You may have heard that Barrack used "Alinsky methods of community organizing".  It is interesting to find out that Saul Alinsky was a man of the people.  Sure, he did some good things involving fighting back against racism.  The rest is straight up marxism.  He believed through community organizing he could exploit the poor and try to target the middle class before they would start to move right as most middle class people tend to do as they get older and become more informed.  If you have some time to research, I suggest taking a few minutes to do so.  Obama wrote an interesting thesis about community organizing in 1990 that I found.  If you would like to read it, here is the link: http://www.edwoj.com/Alinsky/AlinskyObamaChapter1990.htm.  He writes about black people being disenfranchised and writes about the "real change" that Saul Alinsky that needed to happen, only by the help of the people that were willing to pass up the life of climbing the corporate ladder and helping the community.  Remember this was written in 1990.  It is all very interesting and I am suprised that I have yet to read or he

I visited a friend of mine in his fifth-floor walk-up in Atlanta a few days ago, and after I finished huffing and puffing from the climb, we got down to the serious business of talking about Control, the movie about Ian Curtis from Joy Division.

Sam Riley was great as Ian, my friend said, but seeing an actor play epilepsy in the middle of a concert is still nothing like knowing that Ian Curtis could actually die at any given moment on stage.

While he was talking I noticed a few wisps of smoke rising through the floor. "What's that all about?" I said.

"Maybe the building is on fire," my friend said, "but the City Council just passed an ordinance to reduce fires in old wooden tenements by ten percent in the next five years, or maybe it was five percent in the next ten years, or some such shit as that."

I just recently tried it because I know it's another one of those places dominated by liberals.

From what I can tell it's kind of like a chat that you can use to update friends and family with what you are doing. Of course like everything liberal though it turns very political. They had the most tweets ever during the RNC convention and Sarah Palin is a hot topic.

I signed up and just made a few favorable posts about Sarah Palin and I don't know how many people see them, but it's a good place to share latest news. I noticed that newsbusters was on there and so I put them on my list to follow. Now I get a notification that pops up everytime newsbusters has a new post. I like that.

It's something to consider. It's designed for very short posts of 140 character or less so it doesn't take a lot of time either.

Okay yall.

Let's compare Obama's VP to McCain's VP.

You can make serious comparisons, funny jokes, whatever you want.

Just show how Palin kicks Biden's butt!

Okay, I should have held out last month until the *real* video was completed, and THEN posted a forum.... but, anyway.... it's here!! I've bugged a lot of you already, but I wanted to officially announce the launch of this amazing new video I just finished making with Sims 2 animation director "VRevis". It combines her great animation skills with live footage -- bringing together virtual Sim Shy and actual live Shy!....

If you don't see the embedded video above, it's posted on my official site as well as on YouTube, where you can leave a comment:

mr-shy.com

youtube.com

- shy

AMERICANS EMBRACE THEIR FBI/CIA/POLICE SERIAL KILLER PROTECTORS

admin: get your own fbi/cia terrorist badge at:
http://sosbeevfbi.ni...

THE COLD WAR IS ALIVE AND WELL, THANKS TO THE FBI/CIA TORTURERS, ASSASSINS AND TERRORISTS GLOBALLY.

The idea that the USA be allowed to rule the peole of the world is a
fantasy embraced by the Illuminati and their foolish followers. All
nations now recognize that the fbi and the cia have ruined any hope for
world peace as long as the homicidal agents of the United States
government roam the streets and the outer spaces. All persons who
illuminate the corruption and the criminality of the torturers and
assassins of the USA are now credited with the resurrection of the
balance of powers in the world through the establishment of the new
COLD WAR. Conflict between people and nations, as represented in the
COLD WAR serves an irreplaceable function in global politics
until the fbi/cia and their supporters are destroyed, period. Note the
following message that I have sent to corrupt police agenices, fbi,
cia, US Congress and others regarding the global serial killers created
and trained in the USA:

To Chiefs Of Police and all law enforcement personnel in the USA:
Reign in your serial killer police, or I will do it for you.

well not really a contest because their is no prize but I had a couple and I saw someone else give one earlier today so here's a place to keep them if you have one.