Updates and News

The blog posts here have been a bit few and far between of late.  Though I have opinions about recent events such as the surge in child fucking priests coverage (seriously, who didn't know this was going on?) most of these opinions are either deep and multi-faceted (i.e. it takes a long time to explain it) or I'm dealing with new information like Google Buzz being used by a White House staff member or something.  Ordinarily I would have given myself a couple of hours to write about these topics in a given week but these are not ordinary times.  That's more than a little overly dramatic as they're not that unusual.  I've just been a little busier than normal in the world of labor by which I earn money and much busier in the world of making music and art and stuff (in which I mostly spend money).  And you, dear reader, are left bereft of my wisdom and editorial cartoon addiction.  If you have been harmed by my inaction, I apologize.

One thing I have been doing that you might be interested in is a podcast called Modus Operandi or MOpod.  Each week I get together with my friend, Dr. David Overbey, and we record for an hour and a half or so talking about politics, culture, language, pets, sports, and the occasional fart joke.  We also keep a blog over there.  I mirror my content here over there and once in a while Overbey will post something.

So here are the last few podcasts, enjoy:

episode 12 4/4/2010

episode 11 3/26/2010

episode 10 3/12/2010

Blast the Right Podcast

Jack Clark talks some big noise.

This week he points out the lies the McCain/Palin campaign have been perpetuating about earmarks. As you know by now (if you read this blog that is) the conservatives will believe even more fervently in these lies as the truth is shown to them. I think McCain/Palin are depending on it.

"Well, we know that our base will believe whatever we tell them more strongly after it's been shown to be a lie so let's just lie our collective ass off."

We can only hope there are more people in this country whose political leanings range from liberal to moderate than there are conservatives or we are fucked.

Some quotes from the most recent show:

Palin raked in $27 million in earmarks for Wasilla.

The national average per person for earmarks is about $50. Palin got her town $1000 per person.

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The cold hard truth is, Sarah Palin is actually the Pork Barrel Queen of all governors.

Her current request is for $197 million dollars in earmarks.

This is more per person, than any other state in the nation!

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Listen to McCain recently:

audio5: McCain

McCain: Here's an interesting fact. Governor Palin just mentioned she vetoed a half a billion dollars in earmark pork-barrel spending, and Sen. Obama asked for nearly a billion dollars in earmark pork-barrel spending! 932 million dollars, almost a million dollars for every single day he was in the United States Senate. It's remarkable!

The cold hard numbers make a mockery of what McCain said.

First of all, Obama's state, Illinois, has about 13 million people. Alaska has 670,000. You do the math.

Ok, I'll do it for you.

What that means is, Sarah Palin's earmark requests as Governor average $330 per Alaskan each year. Obama's average $18 per Illinois resident each year.

$330 Palin, and $18 Obama. And McCain condemns Obama?! Is McCain just confused again?