Saturday, May 24, 2008
South Africa, WTF?
Full disclosure: I love South Africa, extreme soft spot in my heart for SA.
So what the fuck is going on there? Murderous mobs are seeking out "foreigners" who they see as interlopers in the local job markets and killing them. I'm talking setting them on fire, beating them: more than a week of anti-immigrant violence has left 42 dead. Crazy!
NYT:
This nation of about 48 million people is home to an estimated five million immigrants, most of them from neighboring countries with poverty rates even worse than that in South Africa, where about one in four people are jobless. Destitute foreigners are usually willing to work for lower wages, and poor people from here often begrudge the hardscrabble earnings of poor people from somewhere else.
Read about it here.
So where is President Thabo Mbeke in all of this? It is beyond me how he can do such a bad job in everything he does. Where is the government's response? This is what you get when you have leaders who only care about the rich and powerful. Let the poor kill themselves, let them suffer.
And what could someone like McCain say if he were President? "Keep up the good work, that's what I'm trying to get done here with the Mexicans". He could not denounce their actions. Think about that, "Mr. I'm A POW" couldn't stand on the world stage and have any credibility in regards to stopping this. He is the pro-torture and anti-immigrant guy. Well played John.
So what the fuck is going on there? Murderous mobs are seeking out "foreigners" who they see as interlopers in the local job markets and killing them. I'm talking setting them on fire, beating them: more than a week of anti-immigrant violence has left 42 dead. Crazy!NYT:
This nation of about 48 million people is home to an estimated five million immigrants, most of them from neighboring countries with poverty rates even worse than that in South Africa, where about one in four people are jobless. Destitute foreigners are usually willing to work for lower wages, and poor people from here often begrudge the hardscrabble earnings of poor people from somewhere else.
Read about it here.
So where is President Thabo Mbeke in all of this? It is beyond me how he can do such a bad job in everything he does. Where is the government's response? This is what you get when you have leaders who only care about the rich and powerful. Let the poor kill themselves, let them suffer.
And what could someone like McCain say if he were President? "Keep up the good work, that's what I'm trying to get done here with the Mexicans". He could not denounce their actions. Think about that, "Mr. I'm A POW" couldn't stand on the world stage and have any credibility in regards to stopping this. He is the pro-torture and anti-immigrant guy. Well played John.
Yet Another Reason I Find Hillary Annoying
To be honest I don't mind her, I just like Obama so much much more. But in the past few weeks Hillary has shown her true colors and said so many dickhead things, trying to cast doubt on Barack. The "as far as I know he's not Muslim" was an example of this. She was an asshole for saying that.
Now we have Hillary conjuring up RFK's assassination in 1968 as a reason to stay in the campaign, knowing full well Obama has Secret Service protection due to threats, the earliest a candidate has had such consideration. Does she not see this is like saying, "I might as well stay in, Barack may get killed"? It seems pretty obvious.
So here comes the real dickhead part. The non-apology apology. From the NYT:
Instead, she issued one of those tedious non-apology apologies in which it sounds like the person who is being offended is somehow at fault: "I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy family was in any way offensive."
This is the norm I guess. Just reinforces my impressions. I noticed she never apologized to Obama and his family in context to how most everyone would have interpreted the comment. Lame. Hillary, go to the store and buy a clue.
More here.
Now we have Hillary conjuring up RFK's assassination in 1968 as a reason to stay in the campaign, knowing full well Obama has Secret Service protection due to threats, the earliest a candidate has had such consideration. Does she not see this is like saying, "I might as well stay in, Barack may get killed"? It seems pretty obvious.
So here comes the real dickhead part. The non-apology apology. From the NYT:
Instead, she issued one of those tedious non-apology apologies in which it sounds like the person who is being offended is somehow at fault: "I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy family was in any way offensive."
This is the norm I guess. Just reinforces my impressions. I noticed she never apologized to Obama and his family in context to how most everyone would have interpreted the comment. Lame. Hillary, go to the store and buy a clue.
More here.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Abortion Voted On In The UK
See how another country voted on the topic of abortion. The Brits voted against changing the laws today. They are going to keep the current 24 week limit on abortions, they were looking to cut it to 22 weeks. They also expanded women's rights to fatherless births. This was the first Commons debate on abortion for 18 years. PM Gordon Brown backed the current limit.
Conservatives were looking to shorten the amount of weeks women have to have an abortion down to as low as 12 weeks. Ministers also eased the rules for women wanting fertility treatment. Women will not have to show there is a dad in their relationship. The change will make it easier for lesbian couples and single mums to have test-tube babies. England already has the one of highest births rates by single mothers in Europe.
Notes: Abortion was made legal in 1967 in the UK, Original limit was 28 weeks.
In 2005, 191,000 women in the UK had abortions. Nine out of ten were before 13 weeks.
Read more here.
I am not pro-abortion, just showing how others view the subject.
Conservatives were looking to shorten the amount of weeks women have to have an abortion down to as low as 12 weeks. Ministers also eased the rules for women wanting fertility treatment. Women will not have to show there is a dad in their relationship. The change will make it easier for lesbian couples and single mums to have test-tube babies. England already has the one of highest births rates by single mothers in Europe.
Notes: Abortion was made legal in 1967 in the UK, Original limit was 28 weeks.
In 2005, 191,000 women in the UK had abortions. Nine out of ten were before 13 weeks.
Read more here.
I am not pro-abortion, just showing how others view the subject.
Bush, His Grandfather Prescott And Nazis
I am not one to use the term Nazis to describe modern day politics. That was then, fascism was huge in Europe, it killed a lot of people. Got it. But when George Bush brings up his appeasement bullshit the other day, I began to give it a closer look.Most people get that Bush is a dick. He spoke in Israel last week about the potential future President of the US, Barack Obama, and compared him to Brit Neville Chamberlain back in 1938. Now Chamberlain appeased Hitler and gave up half of Czechoslovakia, but Bush makes a massive jump by interchanging "meeting with" and "giving in to" when alluding to Obama talking with Iran. Because Bush couldn't talk with another world leader without flash cards, he naturally thinks you'll always lose. Like when Saudi Arabia tells Bush to suck their nuts or when Putin sells nukes to whoever he wants or Dictator Musharraf shields Bin Laden for years. While you're at it, add China fucking us and everyone they can in Africa to the list.
Enough set up. Here's what I see. You know Grandpa Prescott Bush helped finance the Nazis during WWII. His Union Banking Corp was seized by the US Government. Google it. So Bush is a descendent of a Nazi appeaser.
Now look at the way Bush runs his government. Gulags, torture, secret wiretapping, endless detentions, over-reaching powers, propaganda programs, secrecy. He leans towards fascism more than anyone I know. So you start to see he acts like Hitler. And what else do they have in common? Hitler came from Austria and got involved in German politics through the Nazi party. He was an interloper. Bush is from Connecticut and moves to Texas and enters politics through the Evangelical church. And as a guy who does not go to church, he is an interloper, as well. Hitler was pushing the Aryan race which was never a member and Bush pushes compassionate conservatism for which he has no true interest.
History will do the same to Bush as it did Hitler. At the time, German citizens were lied to and believed in what ole' Adolph had to say. Same with Bush. The lies were believable at first. But as the truth comes out, so will the fall of the Bush Era and the GOP brand. You never know, there may be trials for war crimes, as well.
And lastly, just take a step back. Who fought and beat the Nazis? A democrat in Franklin Roosevelt. He beat Japan, as well. He taxed, planned and completed the task.
Back then America was unified. A lot more than I can say for what Bush has done dividing people the past 7 years. Like him or hate him, Bush has divided us all.
Wannabe Minority Republicans Wake Up!
This post is directed at the wannabe conservatives who are working class joe's who aspire to be "the man". More pointedly the non-white voters who think being in a Red State is somehow cool or by association think they're well off. You're not reaping those Bush Tax breaks if you're making $40,000. You don't benefit from decreasing social programs. You're getting played by fake "Jesus freaks" who put gay marriage on the ballot to get your vote. And to prove it, ask yourself this: does the GOP have anyone like you they'll promote and vote for?
“Just a few years after the Republican Party launched a highly publicized diversity effort, the GOP is heading into the 2008 election without a single minority candidate with a plausible chance of winning a campaign for the House, the Senate or governor,” notes the Politico. This dry spell is the longest since the 1980s.
Don't think you poor white guys are off the hook, either. Being scared is no way to go through life. You live in a backwater, the newest building in your town is the Post Office. You make less money and work harder. But you still vote for the GOP. You're useless.
“Just a few years after the Republican Party launched a highly publicized diversity effort, the GOP is heading into the 2008 election without a single minority candidate with a plausible chance of winning a campaign for the House, the Senate or governor,” notes the Politico. This dry spell is the longest since the 1980s.
Don't think you poor white guys are off the hook, either. Being scared is no way to go through life. You live in a backwater, the newest building in your town is the Post Office. You make less money and work harder. But you still vote for the GOP. You're useless.
Monday, May 19, 2008
US Billionaire Buffett Backs Barack
Warren Buffett, the world's richest man, is backing Barack Obama for US president. The "Oracle of Omaha", the guy who runs 76 companies around the world, thinks current US economic policy, the Bush/McCain policies, will push the dollar lower against other global currencies. Can you imagine a weaker dollar?
Buffett told a press conference here Monday he had offered support to both Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but that since it appeared Obama would win the party's nomination, "I will be very happy if he is elected president. He is my choice."
Check it.
Buffett told a press conference here Monday he had offered support to both Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but that since it appeared Obama would win the party's nomination, "I will be very happy if he is elected president. He is my choice."
Check it.
The Real McCain
This is so typical of the a Republican allowed to talk complete shit for weeks without being called out for it. Grandpa McCain doesn't know his asshole from his elbow.
Check the website. http://therealmccain.com/
Conservatives don't care about it. As long as he's their guy and he'll cut taxes and protect their wealth for the next generation, he can flip flop all he wants. But if Obama did something when he was 5 years old, then its news.
Check the website. http://therealmccain.com/
Conservatives don't care about it. As long as he's their guy and he'll cut taxes and protect their wealth for the next generation, he can flip flop all he wants. But if Obama did something when he was 5 years old, then its news.
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