Only in Idaho?

Growling man found on
all fours eating dirt and
dog food arrested for drugs.

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. His birth certificate has been presented to the courts and the State of Hawaii has authenticated it. So when Justice Roberts spoke at the University of Idaho the other day he was presented with a petition with 325,000 signatures asking him to review whether Obama is a citizen or not. I would like to say “only in Idaho,” but I know there are loonies elsewhere as well, perhaps just not as many (well, maybe in Florida).

Is there a bottom line at which point saying “things could get worse” no longer applies? People here say that often. It is usually people who are upset over the stock market or the price of food or gasoline or some such thing, but still have food to eat and a roof over their heads. And so, for most of us, I guess it is appropriate, or permissible, to use such a phrase. But where would there be a situation in which it would simply no longer apply? How about a crippled, homeless, beggar on the streets of Calcutta? Would observing to him/her that “things could be worse” make any sense. I suppose he or she could die. But would that be worse? How would anyone know? I think we should scrap the phrase “things could get worse,” along with “I’m sorry,” as basically useless and unhelpful things to say.

Where does Dick the Slimy get the nerve to even appear in public, let alone pontificate about the condition of the country and the world. He has been so consistently wrong about just about everything why do people continue to even listen to him. Indeed, why does the MSM bother to showcase him when he pretty clearly belongs in jail. And why do they allow him to get away with his truly outrageous claims, like the current economic situation is not the fault of the Bush/Cheney administration, or that Obama’s policies are placing us in danger, and so on. And when he does make such outrageous claims why is he not asked serious follow-up questions. Everyone seems to be terrified of him, perhaps for good reason as he has made it clear he revels in the “dark side.” Now that he is rumored to have his own assassination team things will no doubt be even less challenging for him. He makes Rasputin look like a saint. He belongs in the Hague being tried for his blatant war crimes.

Speaking of such things, will Canada enforce its own laws about letting criminals into their country? Bush is scheduled to speak there tomorrow, but there is a cadre of Canadian lawyers and activists that want him barred from the country, and I believe their laws are clearly on their side. He was given immunity previously because he was then President, but as an ex-President presumably he has no such immunity. If he is allowed into Canada there will be those who will want him arrested and investigated. This could prove to be very interesting. Apparently Canadian law is such that a person needs only to be seriously suspected of war crimes to be arrested, Bush would certainly meet that criterion.

There is apparently some serious controversy between the White House and the Veterans organizations. It seems that the White House wants to privatize at least some part of veterans care, and all of the veterans organizations are dead-set against this. I don’t understand it very well, but frankly, I cannot see why Obama would even consider privatizing anything. When you hear the word “privatize” reach for your six-shooter.

My friend “Bubblehead” has a blog called “The Stupid Shall be Punished.” I’m sure these are submarine talk as his blog is mostly about submarine doings. I think I can understand why the stupid should be punished, and quickly, when it comes to life aboard submarines, but the phrase certainly doesn’t seem to apply outside of the submarine world. Witness the AIG scandal, where the stupid people responsible for their abject failure are receiving enormous bonuses. And think of people like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Hannity and Coulter, who not only go unpunished for spouting the most simple-minded hatred and utter nonsense, but make millions doing so. Stupid hatemongering pays off big-time in the U.S. What is worse about this, is that each of them apparently has an audience willing to listen to their endless drivel and even believe it. I think that just as those who knowingly hire illegal workers should be punished, the corporations that hire and promote these hatemongers should likewise be punished. This is not an example of free speech, it is the equivalent, only far worse, of falsely yelling “fire” in a crowded theater.

LKBIQ:
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop

TILT:
The Red Fox has the widest distribution of any land mammal on earth.