I am curious that nobody is talking about it. From what I can tell, the Pakistani is targetting what is basically Taliban Central. Well, their half of it anyways. Now, I sincerly doubt that the Afganistain Taliban would obey the agreement, so I am betting that they are sending hundreds of gunmen over to combat the offensive force of about 30,000 troops and I bet that another ten thousand Pakistani troops or so will reinforce the offensive when they see that winter is coming a little too quickly and the Taliban are dying too slowly.

Now, back to that general's request. He is hoping for somewhere between 10,000 to 90,000 troops. I agree. We should at least get troops levels to somewhere near what we had for Iraq since Afganistain is much harder to crack because of its size and political structure. However, why doesn't he consider those 30,000 Taliban killing troops as the men he need and simply request the other bridgage Obama promised during his campaign and ask the Pakistani army to come down a few extra kilometers?

Two words


Comedy Central

It has been decades since Medicare, a sort-of single payer health insurance, was passed and set up. I don't care how behind the times you are. You MUST what it is and realize it works. It is not perfect, but it works.

It has been way more than a decade since Clinton slammed that thicker than the fifth Harry Potter book universal health care bill in Congress' lap. I know it is dry reading, but you got your example of what universal healthcare looks like.

It has been years since people like the WHO took a look at the US health care system and laughed. Really, how can being below Cuba and a bunch of places third world countries not be embarrassing?

There is still a fifth health care bill being drawn up and I expect it to be just as thick. I doubt that it will finish any time soon. They still haven't voted on ONE of them yet. It will take about late September before the House picks one to send to the Senate.

Then, judging by the speed of how the economic recovery plan was sent to Obama's desk, it will be somewhere around November and December before Obama can sign it....

Before everything gets really nasty. 2010 is a election year, in case some of you forgot. You think you see crazy now? And if what happened during the Clinton administration happens again, we will not have enough votes for the public option in later years. 

And even if he signs it right now, the CBO had graded one of them and discovered that it will take (surprise, surprise) several years to achieve "universal healthcare".

At the same time, Obama is doing some really nasty things to please you right wing nuts and making us really angry AND communicating with republican congressmen more than Bush did. At the same time, these right wing mobs are pushing themselves closer and closer into homocidal rage.

Obama is not going to fast.





He is already pushing it.

So....

To all ya people bitchin that he is going too fast....get a watch. 






 

 

A few days ago, he called the democrats fools for not snipping this thing at the bud. However, the birthers do not conform to the normal flow of politics. Let's look at how things is suppose to go. When your position is shown clear as daylight as stupid and/or that you are to be trusted less, you are suppose to lose some kind of support. Let's look at a few examples.

After Katrina, the people of America saw Bush as he should had been seen at 9/11. Dumb, unorganized, and uncaring. As he continued to screw up, his popularity dropped more and more. There are a lot of regretful Bush voters.

When Obama did something particularly stupid and flip flopped on FISA, something very important and where he was completely right, there was outrage. There were a lot of depressed, angry, and former Obama supporters. I was one of the angry ones.

When McCain picked dumber and more delusional than Bush Madam Palin and the facts about her came out, there were a lot of angry, depressed, and former McCain supporters. Judging by the polls and the election day results, the change must be in the hundreds of thousands at least.

Sometimes it takes time.

It took time to see that yeah, maybe we should had picked the smart enviormentalist than the dumb chicken hawk.

It took time to see that McCain was mentally unstable and someone you do not want with codes to make any country go boom.

It took time to see that Obama, for all his flaws, is not only a great speaker, but someone that really wants to help and a clear and calm thinker on top of that. If he was Bush, he be vacationing in Hawaii for days playing basketbal right now..

But the same is not so for the birthers. No matter what happens, NONE of them quit.

When their little conspiracy theory was debunked again and again, the mountains of evidence did not make a dent in their ranks.

When republicans like McCain and the Bush administration acknowledged it, they did not become more humble.

After being seen as a few degrees less crazy than full blown terrorists, I did not see one former member.

When the fake Kenyan birth certificate brought to you by a detergent doctor near you was shown as a piece of shit, they still think it is real.

When one of their leaders ran away, they get more angry and, if I remember AP Psychology right, through projections, try to portray us rational people as crazy brutes.

No decrease in numbers. No decrease in rhetorical. No decrease in trust. No decrease in anything besides brain cells.

As a matter of fact, I think they are going. It seems to be more birthers in 2009 than in 2008.

So what should we do?

Any suggestions?

Oh. While we are at it. Anyone want to take my bet? Twenty bucks that they are going to present another bull shit birth certificate and fifty that he won't he be labelled as a homo sapien by the end of his eight years. Any takers?



 

I did not notice until much later in the 2008 election cycle. Even then, I was comparing them to McCain and well....that was really unfair of me. Now that they are the last couple, I realized how well muscled they both are compared to the average person. LOL. I don't think there was ever a First Lady that had such biceps. So, let's take a poll.

In a fair hand to hand sudden match, who will do the ass kicking?

And

Do you think you can take them?

(Waves white flag)

I find it curious that the republicans pick a fat asshole like Limbaugh, who must be the most well known and hated "American" as the political force.

I find it curious that their de facto political platform, for the party of "patriots" is little more than treason. Armed revolution?! Succession?! Assassination?! TERRORISM?!?!

I find it curious that when they picked their official head, they picked the guy that is not only stupid, but has been desperately trying to convince people he is a democrat.

I find it curious that their hopes for the presidency lies on a beauty pageant style campaigner like Palin. Like all those girls, they are beautiful and pleasing to look at...until they try to pretend they are smart.

But what I find most curious of all is...how freaking HIGH does 30 percent of America has to be to keep supporting these people! Obama may have to rethink his drug policy.

November 04, 2012 is the first time I will be able to vote for my president. I was little more than a month too young last time, so I am excited. If Obama wants my vote, he has to do the following.

Iraq: I find it interesting that nobody noticed that in his campaign, he never really did put an end date for how long the "support troops" will stay in Iraq. He only had an end date for the "combat troops", which is why I like this "compromise" even better. Since the agreement is for 2011, by the end of 2011, any Americans in Iraq better not have a military uniform on.

Afghanistan: Bush had turned a really bad situation into an even worse one. By 2012, violence must be significantly down and the Taliban must be on the run again. I doubt we can ever destroy all of them. We can't even get rid of our own Taliban here. The idea of not getting our collective asses kicked by people that can't even read is really nice.

Gay Rights: I really do not care about this Defense of Marriage Act thingy. I honestly believe that it will soon be irrelevant as more and more people and states accept it. However, by 2012, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" better be "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Give a Fuck" 

Union Rights: The card check bill must pass. I really don't care about the actual card checking part. What is important is that CEOs must pay a price for their brutal oppression of unions.

Education: I would like the fucking mess Bush passed to actually not get on my nerves. In addition, Obama also promised and is currently working on making the online financial aid application much simpler. I would really like that.

The Economy: There is no bloody way the depression can end this year, but it better end by 2010. I expect a beginning of a Clinton-ish economy after that.

Infastructure: It will take years and trillions of dollars to fix the infastructure Bush pissed on. I want our roads, leeves, and bridges safe by 2012 and no Katrina-like screw ups until then.

Health Care: I want the health care bill passed this year and fully operational by the time Novemeber 2012 comes along.

Enviorment: Cap and trade or cap and tax must be implemented this year. I am not picky on how "strong" it is. I am confident that as soon as we light a fire under our collective behinds, America's famous hidden industrial might that saved us in WWII would come through again.

Gun Control: Anything before you and I get shot by another right wing terrorist

Regulation: If a company fail, the executive must be the first to take the fall. Everything else is icing on top. Maybe that will make them remember the personal responsibility they always scream liberals don't have.

Republicans: This may seem kind of childish, but I demand that they get another ass kicking in 2010.

Civil Rights: I do not believe we know how truely despicable Bush and Cheney's demented mind was. It went from systematic warrantless wiretapping to mass torture to assassination rings. I DEMAND that they go to trial for it. Honestly, in what era was being way too freaking horny a crime high enough to drag your ass through Congress as if you were a war criminal?