Stranger than Fiction

Just when you think you have read every conceivable type of story in the news you come across something like this. What in the world?

A Little Humor Makes an Election Year Tolerable

I came across the list below on the 101 Funny Jokes website and thought it entirely appropriate for this election season as just about every other ridiculous statement has been made about or by the candidates.

Top Ten Things Never Before Said by a Presidential Candidate
10. "Vote for me or I'll slash your tires"
9. "Forget universal health care -- I'm buying every American an XBox"
8. "In a crisis I ask myself, 'What would Tony Danza do?'
7. "I'd give you my plan for economic recovery if I wasn't rip stinkin' drunk"
6. "If your last name begins with 'M' through 'Z,' sorry -- your taxes are doubling"
5. "We're gonna cut the deficit by selling North Dakota to Canada"
4. "I have tons of experience from being president of the Burt Reynolds fan club"
3. "Lady, that is one ugly baby"
2. "When I'm president, I'm putting Regis on Mt. Rushmore"
1. "Read my lips: no new wardrobe malfunctions"

I voted #5 for comment most likely to be made by McCain, #9 for Obama, and #10 for Hillary. Just joking folks. Well mostly.

Governor Spitzer's downfall

Earlier today the governor of the state of New York, Eliot Spitzer, admitted that he was involved in a prostitution ring. So much for the man who took on crime and corruption. This sort of hypocrisy no longer surprises me.

I feel very sorry for his wife and family. The next few weeks and months will be terrible for them. It won't be so great for the citizens of New York state either. Is it too much to expect that elected officals obey the law?

Obama and Clinton

I don't care what his wife says, Obama will never make me give up my cynicism nor does he have the right to. Ratchet down the hyperbole, please. Besides, cynics are right most of the time. Saying that might not win elections, but its true.

Clinton is funny when she's snarky. I'd mock Obama too. I don't know how she refrains from it most of the time. He's so full of pretty ideas and thoughts and not so full of a realistic understanding of the world around him. In a presidential candidate that is laughable. Does that make me petty too? Oh well.

Why does hope draw in so many supporters/followers for Obama? Are we that hopeless? We have our problems, but most of the world does not have a fraction of our wealth, freedom, or opportunities. Why are we acting like we are living during the Great Depression? I like hope too, but real hope. The kind that comes from good solutions to real problems.

A Year and A Day

So, it's been exactly one year and a day since I posted anything on this blog. I don't really remember why I decided to quit, but I could never bring myself to click on that "delete" button.

Now I find myself eager to blog again. Maybe it's the election year and my growing frustration at the rhetoric of a certain sect of my own party and the hollow "change" and "hope" talk of the opposing party that has me ready to blog again.

Either way my renewed desire to blog will most likely be met with little excitement as I had only a handful of readers. (Is blogging to a non-existent audience a cyber form of talking to one's self?) Still, it is fun and on the off chance that I do have readers/comments again I'm going to list my blog commenting rules again.

Rule 1: No comments with profanity, threats of violence, racial slurs, or anything else designed harass and intimidate. I do not tolerate verbal bullying.

Rule 2: No comments with links that are product or service advertisements. My blog does not exist to help random strangers sell vacations or Viagra.

Rule 3: I love debate and those who comment are free to disagree with me and other who comment. However, you are expected to treat others with respect. And yes, I will be the judge of when you have broken Rule 3 without breaking Rule 1.

As always I apologize in advance about the grammar/spelling errors I may fail to catch from time to time.

Amazing Grace

I don't usually write a review or recommendation of a movie or book on my blog, but I'm making an exception for the film Amazing Grace. I saw this movie on Friday and loved it.

The film is about William Wilberforce and the movement to abolish the slave trade in the British empire. It is well acted and very moving. The horrors of the slave trade are discussed more than they are actually show, which is think is a flaw of the film, so it has a rating of PG and is suitable for pre-teen children.

The movie's official website has a link to the Amazing Change Campaign. Slavery is alive and well in much of today's world. Go visit the website and learn how you can continue the work of people like William Wilberforce.

Why I Respect Joe Lieberman

Courtesy of NRO here is the text of the speech that Joe Lieberman delivered on the Senate floor. If ever there was a democrat that I would vote for in a presidential race, Joe Lieberman is it.

Sadly, his speech will largely fall on deaf ears. What we are witnessing in Congress is a monumental failure of will. Most in Congress lack the will to fight or to out-rightly quit, and the will to do anything but complain. What happened to the resolution and the unity after 9/11?

I believe we have a moral responsibility to finish what we started in Iraq. We also owe it to our soldiers to do what is reasonable and necessary to win. If we cannot find the fortitude to do that we should not be asking our soldiers to still be in harms way.