Sestak Scandal

I would guess that of you guys have heard about the Sestak Scandal, but for anyone who has not, here is a brief summary. In the Pennsylvania Democrat Congressional primaries, the 7th district had to close candidates. One of them was White House backed Arlen Specter. The other was white housed opposed Sestak. Sestak won.

So your thinking, ok. So what? Some Dem beat another Dem. Not a big deal right? Wrong! Sestak came on camera saying that the white house offered him a big important job in exchange for dropping out of the race. Thats a bribe, and a very big deal. Now the white house came out and said that they instantly investigated this, and found they did nothing wrong. that was 2 weeks ago. Sestak still claimed they attempted bribery, but he will not say what job it was though.

The important part of this is that the white house said nothing wrong happened, but if nothing wrong took place, then just tell us what did take place. The white house has completely clammed up on this. they will not say anything about this. If it comes out that they did try to bribe him, then they will be in extremely hot water, because not only did they commit a felony, they also tried to cover it up and lied about it!

Now just put 2 and 2 together. It is pretty likely that this is a true claim. if it was not, why on earth would Sestak say, over and over again that it was? and if the white house didst do anything wrong then just say exactly what happened.

Now, even if this is proven to be true it will probably not end in impeachment. Most likely some one will get fired and Obama will explain it all away, and even though it was most likely not directly Obama, if is proven that Obama authorized this bribe, then I can't see how he could escape impeachment.

Well, I was asked to write a post about the 1 year anniversary so here goes.

I haven't been with you the entire year but in the time that I have enjoyed this little blog. I have enjoyed hearing alternate view points, and sharing my own. In the coming years I hope we will all be able to keep an open mind to other ideas. I know I will.

Let's See How Far We've Come

So it's been a year. I don't know what to say other than thank you all so very very much. It's been fun.

One year after all this began

I never expected I would still be here, on this blog, when the one year anniversary rolled around.
My involvement with this blog started when rock4ever95 went out of town, leaving me to fill in his shoes, not an easy task at all and its been a lot of fun watching this thing grow.
I'm just glad I have the chance to be a part of this, and that's really all I have to say. . . .
Thank you for sticking around, hope to see you all at our second anniversary.

quote of the day

The Airline Pilots Sketch
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by John Cleese & Graham Chapman

Transcribed from the video:
"John Cleese on How To Irritate People"

The Cast Captain: John Cleese
First Officer: Graham Chapman
Steward: Michael Palin

(The sketch opens in an aeroplane cockpit.
The Captain and the First Officer are whistling idly.
They are obviously very bored.)

C: I spy with my little eye something beginning with S.
FO: Sky.
C: Mm-hm.
FO I spy with my little eye something beginning with C.
C: Cloud.
FO: Yeah.
Oh God, I'm so bored.
C: I'm fed up with that game. Let's play another game.
I know what..
FO: What?

(The Captain picks up a microphone.)

C: (over intercom) "Hello, this is your Captain speaking.
There is absolutely no cause for concern."
That'll get them thinking.

(The First Officer reaches for the microphone.)

C: No, no, no, no. Not yet, not yet. Let it sink in.
They'll be thinking, er, 'What is there no cause for alarm
about? Are the wings on fire?'
(over intercom) "The wings are not on fire."
Now they're thinking, er, 'why should he say that?'
So we say...

(The Steward enters.)

FO: Oh, how are we doing?
S: (looks down the aisle) They've stopped eating;
Looking a bit worried...
C: Good.
S: Hang on, one of them is going to the washroom.
C: Is he there yet?
S: He's just closing the door... NOW!
C: One... Two... Three..
FO: (over intercom) "Please return to your seats and fasten your
seat-belts immediately."
S: Yes... here he comes, going up the aisle like the clappers.
I'll do the worried walk now.

(He leaves.)

FO: Right. Safety regulations.
C: (agreeing) Safety regulations.
FO: (over intercom) "Please listen carefully. I want you, I want
to remind you of some of the safety regulations.
In the case of emergency it is vitally important to..."

(The Captain makes a radio-static type noise.)

FO: "as the warning buzzer sounds."
C: "Bzzzz"

(They both laugh.)

C: Oh, that's got them rattled.
S: (enters) Great, great! (exit)

C: Hey, I've got an idea!
"Hello, you will find your life-jackets under your seats."
FO: No, they're on the racks.
C: Sh, shh, let them scrabble a bit.
"I'm sorry, you will ind them on the racks above your heads."
FO: Aaah!
S: (back again) Great, great, that was marvellous!
FO: Right. Gobbledegook.
C: Oh, yes.
FO "The scransons above your heads are now ready to flange.
Please unfasten your safety belts and press the emergency
photoscamps on the back of the seats in front of you."
S: (looks out) Marvellous, milling about, climbing over the seats.
FO: "Please find the emergency sprill in the washroom at the back
and release it..."
C: "but do not unfasten your safety belts."
S: That got them back to their seats.
FO: "The emergency sprill MUST be released..."
C: "but do not leave your seats."
FO: "Do not panic."
C: "Tea will now be served."
FO: "Inflate your life-jackets"
C: "and extinguish all cigarettes."
FO: "Please remove the luggage from the racks above your heads and
place it on the racks on the other side of the aircraft."
C: "Except for hand luggage..."
FO: "which you should sit on."

(They are in fits of laughter.)

C: Now have a look.
S: (looks) Hang on... hang on... they've all jumped out!

(They laugh, pointing downwards and looking out of the windows.
After a while the laughter dies away.
There is a lengthy pause.)

C: You know, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some trouble
about this.

(They burst out laughing again. The sketch ends.)

How To Fix Congress

Congress, poor congress sometimes you just have to feel sorry for them. I mean of the three branches they really do the most work, get very little credit, and take most of the blame. Currently they have a 22% approval rating so I thought that now would be a good time to talk about How To Fix Congress(I bet you guessed I was going to say that).

So here is how I would reform Congress, keep the Senate the way it is(Two Senators per state) and get rid of the House of Representatives and replace it with the new and improved House of Representatives(the House of Representatives Beta is you will). What will happen every two years is that people go and vote for their senator(if one is up for reelection) and for which party they like the best.

Then the total votes for each party is tallied and they assign the seats in this way: Let's say that the Republicans got 45%, The Democrats got 52%, The Libertarians got 2%, and the Green Party got 1% then the Republicans get 180 seats that they can fill with whoever won their primaries, The Democrats get 208 seats that they can fill with whoever won their primaries, the Libertarians get 8 seats which they can fill with....... you guessed it! whoever won their primaries, and the Green Party get 4 seats which they can fill with whoever won their primaries.

There would be about 400 seats in The House of Representatives and they would be assigned proportionally. The only problem that I can see is what would happen to those who got less than 1% of the vote, I think that there would probably have to be a law that says that if you get less than .25% of the vote you don't get a seat.

This new system would both give third parties a chance and give those running against incumbents a fair chance. Also coalitions would need to form enhancing bipartisanship.

Ann coulter gun toter

So in the latest issue of Time magazine they named who they think are the 100 most influential people in the world today. Everyone from Glenn Beck to Barack Obama to Lady Gaga were named, and the editors decided to ask all the women named who or what had the most influence on them when they were young. One person said the bible, no huge surprise their, the author of the Hunger Games said her father, again not really surprising, the Speaker of the house said, and I'm not even kidding, the little engine that could(I think I can, I think I can, I think I can so I'll have the whip take a nose count and see if I actually can)

Ann Coulter Said, and I quote, "Do you consider the Second Amendment a person? Otherwise, I'd have to say my mother and father. Also, my brothers: John, for making me read Milton Friedman and Bill Simon as a kid, and Jimmy, for tormenting me throughout my childhood — an invaluable experience if liberals ever send me to Guantanamo."

How can the 2nd Amendment be one of the things that had the most influence on your life? It says that we have the right to keep and bare arms, it's not really philosophical, but I'm not one to talk, I have based my life around Article 1 Section 7 of the Constitution, the part about the veto, revenue bills, and the legislative process. You might think that's a little weird but I've got a friend who's based his life around Article 11 of the Articles of Confederation, you know the bit about Canada being allowed to join the US whenever it wants, the fool!

Seriously though I can think of two possible reasons why she would say the second amendment. My first idea is that she misspoke and meant to say the First Amendment, which is something that could influence you, you know the right to say what you want and such. Or, and I think this is probably it, she was trying to be inflammatory, which would not be totally unheard of for Ms. Coulter.

The political system is obviously broken, and I know that because I lost

So Charlie Christ decided to run as a traitor, whoops sorry I mean independent this week because the political system of Florida is broken. How does Mr. Christ know this? Because he fell behind in the polls.

I would actually like to introduce a new feature on this blog, called the Liberal Rocker Endorses. So in the Florida Senate Race, The Liberal Rocker Endorses, drumroll please, Charlie Christ! Yes Charlie Christ of the backstabbing liar party. Why? Because I think that the Republicans need their own Joe Lieberman, an independent who sort of agrees with them but totally disagrees with them on other issues and votes with the other party.

Anniversary

So the blog's 1st year anniversary is coming up in a few weeks and I want ideas on how we should celebrate it. And they better be good.

If I sound a little forceful it's because I am not an established blogger and thus can be a total and complete egotist.