Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Political Compass

http://www.politicalcompass.org


Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

Traffic stopped as police help momma bear

How sad.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/30/bear.cub.traffic.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Fresno Priest Who Came Out Against Prop 8 is Suspended

http://www.towleroad.com/2008/10/fresno-priest-w.html

Sculpture represents nation's economic meltdown

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/30/ice.sculpture.ap/index.html

You know...

...this is another reason why I support Sen. Obama. He's so grounded.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=6136995&page=4

Obama said he has considered what he would do in the future if he lost the election.

"Michelle and I were extraordinarily happy before I started running," he said. "And, you know, I'm a relatively young man. You know, they say that there are no second acts in politics, but, you know, I think there are enough exceptions out there that I could envision returning to the Senate and just doing some terrific work with the next president and the next Congress."

When asked to complete the sentence "On Nov. 5, I'm so happy I won't have to...," Obama laughed and said, "Pack. I am so tired of packing. ... I'm so tired of not having breakfast with my girls. You know, waking up and hearing their chatter -- sometimes, they'll crawl into bed with Michelle and me and they're bouncing around and poking and prodding you and telling you about what's going to happen in their day. Then going downstairs and fixing them some waffles or something. That is -- that is the sweetest of moments. And I haven't had enough of those over the last two years."

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Joke of the Day

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old rancher explained, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.'

Who's the Socialist?

He's the socialist!

This is Brian Moore, the Socialist Party USA nominee for president. And he's tired of Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama calling each other socialists, since as he said last night on The Colbert Report, they're both "capitalists."