Gallimaufry

Let's see, where to begin?

Ron Paul just set a new one day record for raising funds, around six million. As it is fairly widely believed that he has no chance of actually getting the nomination, how do you explain this? I am not a Ron Paul fan, but only because I do not agree with his extreme libertarianism, especially when it has to do with states' rights. So if he has so little chance why are all these people donating so much money. Is this what is truly meant by "the audacity of hope?"

It seems that Ed Rollins, hired as Huckabee's campaign manager, let slip in an interview that Marcos once slipped ten million in cash under the table to Saint Ronald (and possibly much more than that over time). Want to bet you won't hear much more about it, especially from the MSM.

Speaking of the MSM, notice they are completely avoiding the story about Wexler's attempt to impeach Cheney NOW. Wexler and his two comrades wanted to get 50,000 signatures for this attempt at impeachment. They raised 30,000 in the first 24 hours. The latest figure I saw is 61,000. Hopefully there are more by now. But does this make news? Apparently not for the MSM who remain firmly in the pockets of the Brafia.

Romney apparently just can't stop lying (just like Bush/Cheney). Now he claims to have been endorsed by the NRA when he was running for Governor. But it turns out that isn't true, just as it isn't true the was a hunter all his life, and that freedom requires religion, and whatever. Is chronic lying acceptable to Mormons? Or is it just acceptable when someone is running for office? Now it turns out that Huckabee's claim to having a degree in theology is also not true. Is there anything these guys won't say to get elected? Does anyone care or have we just come to understand that lying is perfectly acceptable when running for office?

It seem the Italians do not want an American base near or at their town of Vicenza. Thousands of them turned out, along with supporters from other countries, to march in protest against this base. I hope this catches on quickly around the world where we have something like 700 other bases protecting us from what? Is there some danger that the Italians are about to declare war on us? How about Rumanians? Poles? Maybe the Swedes or Norwegians? Perhaps the Finns? Just think, perhaps if we didn't have all these unnecessary bases everywhere our children could have medical care and better schools (just daydreaming).

Thank god for Chris Dodd whose single-handed bravery at least slowed the Brafia down until next year. Perhaps by then he can enlist some help and do away with this absurd piece of legislature forever. We do not need immunity for companies that climb in bed with the Brafia to break the law.

If you have never read Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English Language," you should. It is amazing what politics does to language and how different individuals interpret statements. The recent flap over Sheehan's (I think that's his name) comment that the Brafia would use Obama's drug use against him is a case in point. It was a perfectly true observation but it resulted in his getting the sack from Hillary's campaign (it was regarded as a dirty trick, which perhaps it was). It was still a true statement but apparently we "can't accept the truth." Now there is a similar flap about Bill Clinton's statement that if we elect Obama we are "rolling the dice." That could mean many things. It could simply mean that as Obama has not been around a lot, or in the Senate for long, we would be taking a chance because we don't know enough about him. That's perfectly sensible. But you could, of course, say the same thing about anyone else, including Hillary. How can we know what she will do if she wins the Presidency. But what makes this worse is that at least one pundit converts this into "we can't trust him." I don't think that is what Bill Clinton meant, at least I hope that is not what he meant. While it might be true that Obama has not been around as long as Hillary, and doesn't have as much experience, that has nothing to do with whether or not he can be trusted. Perhaps everyone in the country should be sworn to silence for six months prior to the election. The candidates could just parade around and pose while we observe their appearance, their clothing, their expressions, posture, whether they take care of their shoes or not, and what kind of haircuts or manicures they have.

LKBIQ:
"Man in this moment of his history has emerged in greater supremacy over the forces of nature than has ever been dreamed of before. He has it in his power to solve quite easily the problems of material existence. He has conquered the wild beasts and he has even conquered the insects and microbes. All is in his hand. He has to conquer his last and worst enemy -- himself."
Sir Winston Churchill