How many wars are enough?

Why is the discussion only about how much involvement we should have in Libya?  Can we live with Qadaffi in power? We have for decades.




How many wars will be enough for these people? How many flag-draped coffins need to come home before their sick demented blood-lust is satisfied? How many soldiers need to come home missing arms or legs? How many need to be blinded or paralyzed before we can say enough? How many civilian deaths will it take? How many dark-skinned babies have to die before the party of life will say "stop?" How many widows and orphans need to be created before Bill Kristol can talk about sendidng in ground troops without getting an erection? How much blood do these people need?

America has the best Healthcare System In the World!

(via http://www.journaltimes.com/sports/bucks/article_efc79902-4ebd-11e0-8c1b-001cc4c002e0.html)

Kim Hughes was in trouble, more trouble than he ever envisioned.

While working as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers seven years ago, Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

(which may make him the only person named Kim to have ever had  prostate worries.)

But then Hughes encountered yet another major obstacle.


"I contacted the Clippers about medical coverage and they said the surgery wouldn't be covered," Hughes said. "I said, ‘Are you kidding me?' And they said if they did it for one person, they'd have to do for everybody else."

If you're not familiar with the worst franchise in pro sports, the Clippers are owned by a low-rent Trump clone named Donald Sterling, who is just a really horrible person.

When Dunleavy learned the Clippers wouldn't cover the cost of Hughes' surgery, he mentioned it to his players.


Several of them, including now Milwaukee Bucks forward Corey Maggette, Chris Kaman, Elton Brand and Marko Jaric, were taken aback by the news and decided to offer their assistance.


"Kim was one of our coaches and he's a really good friend of mine, too," Maggette said. "He was in a situation where the Clippers' medical coverage wouldn't cover his surgery. I thought it was a great opportunity to help someone in need, to do something that Christ would do.

Did you hear that, "Christian" Right?  Corey Magette gets the whole Jesus thing better than any of you.

If Hughes had delayed the surgery, and if Maggette and his teammates hadn't provided the necessary financial assistance, Hughes doesn't know what would have occurred.
Well, actually, he does.


"Those guys saved my life," Hughes said. "They paid the whole medical bill. It was like $70,000 or more. It wasn't cheap.

See, the system works! If your employer can't or won't cover your medical expenses, all you have to do is make friends with a bunch of millionaires! It's so simple, and damned effective! Why would anyone want to reform the American healthvare system, the best system in the world!

The Two Reasons I Am Not Wearing Green, So Sue Me.

1. I am not Irish

2. I am not Catholic.

So why would you want me horning in on your holiday anyway?

Honestly, if I was Irish, I'm pretty sure I would be offended by all this "Everyone's Irish Today" crap.

Copyright 2011 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. World rights reserved. 

I'm oretty sure that if I went to an Octoberfest where people were wearing fake lederhosen and swilling beer out of plastic steins and someone said to me "Ach, Efferyone ist German Today," I'd be hard pressed to resist punching him in his non-German mouth for reducing the culture of my ancestors to cheap drunken kitsch.

This is what you think of the land of Goethe, Bach, and Werner Herzog? Fuck you! Gutenberg must be rolling in his grave!

 

No, the good one!

 

Yeah, the printing press guy.

 Aaaaaanyway, I'm not trying to be a spoilsport. I didn't consciously amke a decision to avoid green. If the first shirt on top of the drawer had been green, I probably wouldn't have put it back out of spite, I didn't even think about it being St. Patrick's day today when I got up this morning. It just doesn't matter to me. It's not my holiday. I don't fast for Ramadan either. It doesn't mean I have anything against those who do. I just don't feel like I need to glom on to someone elses's cultural observances. So sue me.

Crazy Candidate of the Day

Bloggers rejoice, our jobs just got a little easier. Sharron Angle is running for Congress!



 If you don't feel like sitting through the video, the announcement goes something like this:

People are talking about losing their homes, unemployment and making ends meet. Fortunately, the solution to all those problems can be found in the Second Amendment.

I'm most concerned with the debt we are passing on to our children. For some reason, it took me eight years to realize that debt was bad. But if we just go back to the Constitution, poof! Debt disappears!

The 2010 election was bittersweet. Conservatives won some victories, just not as many as they would have won had nutjobs like me and Christine O'Donnell not gotten nominated.

But we still face obstacles from Democrats, although technically, since we are the minority party, we are actually the obstacles, but why quibble when look how scary Nancy Pelosi's giant head is! Sure, she no longer has any power, but still!

The Obama administration has made it clear that it intends to pursue the very scary healthcare reform which already passed last year. Also job-killing policies. I'm not sure which policies those are, but just look at this pink slip. Obviously, something killed that job, and since Obama's face is next to the pink slip, well you do the math. 'Cause I sure can't.

And the Democrats for some reason have agreed to go along with the leader of their party! Especially Barney Frank. He's the biggest member of Congress, he dwarfs Harry Reid, so obviously Democrats = Gay!

So today I am announcing that I am running for Congress. Because if I couldn't win maybe the most winnable seat in the Senate, I'm sure that running for Congress will be just as successful--wait, no. That's not it. Um, God wants me to run? 

Adorable Kittens Discuss Jan Brewer

Brewer's Teleprompter Fails

Brewer Has Another Lengthy Pause During Speech: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

 

But I thought Obama was the only person who ever used a teleprompter!

Now the Obama-teleprompter jokes don't make any sense!

 

According to Princess Sparkle Pony, Brewer got snubbed by Sarah Palin

Did Sarah Palin Snub Jan Brewer? [UPDATED]

By now, Jan Brewer is back in Arizona. I'm assuming there was a massive ticker-tape parade upon her return. But what happened to her plans to meet with the Sarah Palin? Granted, the news reports which mentioned the scheduled meeting were a little hazy, and Brewer herself never said she was going to meet with Palin,  but as far as I can tell, it didn't happen.

UPDATE: Interesting that in a blog post at the Arizona Republic about Sarah Palin's choice of Arizona as a possible base for her campaign,  there is the following vagueness:

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who spent the weekend vacationing in Alaska, said she didn't have any conversations with Palin about a possible Senate run while she was in town and that the topic never came up.

Note that the statements above imply that Brewer talked to Palin this weekend without actually stating it. If Brewer didn't meet Palin, the above statements would still be true. Clever! I still find it impossible to believe a Palin/Brewer meeting without photo-ops. 

 

What could be more pathetic than a sitting governor schlepping all the way to Alaska 

to kiss Sarah Palin's ring?

 

Getting all the way up there and then getting stiffed by Airhead McSimpleton!

 

Tee hee hee hee hee hee hee!!!!

 

Apropos of nothing, Jan Brewer reminds me of a lady that you would visit in a rest home, then leave shaking your head whispering "she used to be so sharp."

 Except, Jan was never really that sharp. Remember This fiasco?