Saturday, June 28, 2008
POOL PARTY 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Updates at Writer's Corner
Since the previous admin deleted his page, I have taken over the adminship here at Writer's Corner. I have had admittedly limited time to spend at this group, but now I'm interested in organizing some activities.
Are any of you familiar with Picture Perfect? They post a theme on Wednesday of every week and by Friday, people submit original photography for a contest. If we were to do something similar here, we would give more time, hopefully for submitting one you've written in the past.
Second, I'd like to have long term competitions per form. For example, we'd have a long-term short story contest, poetry contest, satire contest, etc. The topic would ideally be of the writer's choosing.
A third feature that could be possible is various weeks throughout the year, like "Poem Week" "Haiku Week" "Mystery Week" "Romance Week" etc, which wouldn't be competition oriented.
I'm also toying with the idea of expanding Writer's Corner to include different mediums like original music, videos, and especially photography.
I'm open to any and all thoughts on where to go from here.
Ze Baron
Are any of you familiar with Picture Perfect? They post a theme on Wednesday of every week and by Friday, people submit original photography for a contest. If we were to do something similar here, we would give more time, hopefully for submitting one you've written in the past.
Second, I'd like to have long term competitions per form. For example, we'd have a long-term short story contest, poetry contest, satire contest, etc. The topic would ideally be of the writer's choosing.
A third feature that could be possible is various weeks throughout the year, like "Poem Week" "Haiku Week" "Mystery Week" "Romance Week" etc, which wouldn't be competition oriented.
I'm also toying with the idea of expanding Writer's Corner to include different mediums like original music, videos, and especially photography.
I'm open to any and all thoughts on where to go from here.
Ze Baron
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
MULTIPLY AUTOUPLOADER, MEDIALOCKER, and PREMIUM
This, guys, is why I love Multiply.
As many of you are aware, Multiply released their AutoUploader and MediaLocker today. These are single-handedly the best features Multiply has unveiled during my stay here. The MediaLocker just rocks. The AutoUploader isn't quite as exciting, but it's more of a tool you keep in your garage than a fancy gaget you got off an infomercial that you show all your friends.
AutoUploader runs in your system tray (in the lower right corner, next to the clock) and automatically scans and uploads photos and video in selected folders to a place on your page that is 100% private. You can pick the folders and when new content is added, it'll constantly upload it. It will also upload content that was previously placed in the folder. This program runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Multiply MediaLocker... oh how I love thee! You can acess yours with this URL: http://username.multiply.com/manage. Or, just look under your headshot in that bank of links and you'll find it there, snug between "Promote My Site" and "My Contacts." Looking in the left gutter, you can see under "Media Locker" where the landing spot is for everything that is auto-uploaded. Be sure to put the important stuff in a folder on your site as the hi-res stuff goes away after 30 days. (Who can blame 'em -- that takes up a lot of server space!)
Under "Shared Items" you'll find everything on your site. This is like the dashboard for all your content. I used it to delete a lot of my old imports that didn't make it over in once piece. Granted, I couldn't do all of them at once but I did them in three or four batches and it wiped it up nicely. You can also manage tags and access, which is really handy. For example...
If you get hit up by a serial stalker who keeps making new ID's once you block 'em, you can quickly change everything to Contacts-Only using MediaLocker. Or, if you block someone, they can still see things set to "Everyone" if they sign out. You can change all your stuff to "Network" more quickly using this tool.
Multiply Premium is twenty bucks a year and it gives you unlimited storage on your site (including hi-res stuff), as well as 200 MB or 20 minute videos (double what's free now) and ad-free browsing when you go to sites and no ads when people come to your site.
They also have a neat video, but I couldn't get the HTML to include that here. So if you want to see that, read what they have to say, or give them some kudos, go here!
-Ze Baron
As many of you are aware, Multiply released their AutoUploader and MediaLocker today. These are single-handedly the best features Multiply has unveiled during my stay here. The MediaLocker just rocks. The AutoUploader isn't quite as exciting, but it's more of a tool you keep in your garage than a fancy gaget you got off an infomercial that you show all your friends.
AutoUploader runs in your system tray (in the lower right corner, next to the clock) and automatically scans and uploads photos and video in selected folders to a place on your page that is 100% private. You can pick the folders and when new content is added, it'll constantly upload it. It will also upload content that was previously placed in the folder. This program runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Multiply MediaLocker... oh how I love thee! You can acess yours with this URL: http://username.multiply.com/manage. Or, just look under your headshot in that bank of links and you'll find it there, snug between "Promote My Site" and "My Contacts." Looking in the left gutter, you can see under "Media Locker" where the landing spot is for everything that is auto-uploaded. Be sure to put the important stuff in a folder on your site as the hi-res stuff goes away after 30 days. (Who can blame 'em -- that takes up a lot of server space!)
Under "Shared Items" you'll find everything on your site. This is like the dashboard for all your content. I used it to delete a lot of my old imports that didn't make it over in once piece. Granted, I couldn't do all of them at once but I did them in three or four batches and it wiped it up nicely. You can also manage tags and access, which is really handy. For example...
If you get hit up by a serial stalker who keeps making new ID's once you block 'em, you can quickly change everything to Contacts-Only using MediaLocker. Or, if you block someone, they can still see things set to "Everyone" if they sign out. You can change all your stuff to "Network" more quickly using this tool.
Multiply Premium is twenty bucks a year and it gives you unlimited storage on your site (including hi-res stuff), as well as 200 MB or 20 minute videos (double what's free now) and ad-free browsing when you go to sites and no ads when people come to your site.
They also have a neat video, but I couldn't get the HTML to include that here. So if you want to see that, read what they have to say, or give them some kudos, go here!
-Ze Baron
Thursday, June 19, 2008
"NATIONALIZE BIG OIL" -- AN OXYMORON
(With emphasis on the "moron" part.)
John McCain, and now GDUBS, has called for the ban to offshore drilling to be lifted. Now, I do believe that it was McCain's idea first, and then Georgie, thinking he'll be brilliant, exhibits the same sentiments. I don't know what he was trying to do... maybe he was trying to show solidarity between someone easily identified as a good Republican (well, you know what I mean) and someone on shaky footing who needs to firm up the GOP base for the general election. (McCain's getting like 83% of GOP voters to GDUBS' 95%ish).
McCain may be a good Republican (not neccessarily a good conservative) but he needs to pass himself off as a moderate Republican so that the misguided Democrats who are in a fret from having a strong Democrat drop out and having one actually have a flying chance at winning. Bush may be trying to shore up support among Republicans, but all he's doing is tying McCain to himself, even though McCain made the first move.
Which brings me to another point -- is Big Media full of idiots? Well... yes. I think, much like Big Oil and Big Pharma, we shall start calling it Big Media. I like that. Anyway, as stated above, McCain came out with it first, not GDUBS. Besides, no matter how much they like to associate McCain with Bush, they are separate people. In fact, they ought to lighten up on McCain a bit -- remember the McCain-Feingold Immigration Bill? That was not the conservative thing to do, and hardly what Bush would've done (though he is weak in that area.)
Back to Big Oil... after McCain and Bush (here embodying the Republican train of thought, and hopefully that of all sane Americans) pushed for a end to the ban on offshore drilling, the Democrats struck back.
[Let me interject here that ending the ban on offshore drilling wouldn't make it a free-for-all. It would just end the federal ban on it so that coastal states could decide for themselves. That way, eco-nut Calis who don't have any oil could rail against the man while reasonable Gulf Coast states could boost their economies and help lower fuel costs by keeping it in America.]
The Democrats, whom I was beginning to give the benifit of the doubt, never ceased to amaze me. They called for nationalizing the nation's oil refinaries!
I could not believe it. I was dumbfounded.
They propose acquiring private property and running it? It's beginning to look like the Dems actually believe in a mommy state that'll always take care of them. Aside from Welfare and Medicare and this proposed socialized health care, now they want to take over a service to which there is no alternatives?
The government can't do anything right. Take the passport thing where you have to have one to come into the US from Canada or those other assorted countries. Do you know how long it took me to get my passport? Well, neither do I, because I still haven't gotten mine back!
If they can't get me a passport in a reasonable amount of time, how are they going to maintain enough gas at a cheap price when they aren't allowing hardly any to be produced domestically? We pay a large tax on gas to keep our roads nice. I can assure you that PA's roads suck.
I'll pay $4.00 a gallon to keep it out of the government's hands. This was not in the Constitution, which provided for a small government in which all powers not specificly delegated to the feds goes to the states. That's been conviently overlooked, eh?
These Democrat monsters, these idiots, want to slap windfall taxes on oil companies. You tell me how taking away more profits from them will make our prices go down? It's always been shown that the taxes get passed on to the consumer. Americans want to stick the oil companies in the eye, but taxing them (which will be passed back to the consumer) is not the way to do it. You have to stop buying their product. I'm not going to prospect on what should be done there in this blog.
Oil companies are making record profits this year. That's terrible, especially when they are raping Americans. Know what? I want to remove taxes from Big Oil. Let's give 'em a tax break. I believe Exxon Mobil pays near 41% in taxes. That means that 41% of the money they take in goes straight to the government -- they don't even see it. On top of that, they have to take out for overhead and $1xx-a-barrel crude. They still manage to turn record profits. That's how to run a company.
Exxon Mobil pays $27 billion dollars in taxes (on $67.4 billion in taxable income at 41%). They pay as much taxes at the bottom 50% of individual taxpayers... that's 65,000,000 people. They pay 3% of their adjusted gross income, which is taxes of $27.4 of $922 billion. That's right -- Exxon Mobil pays as much as taxes as half of American taxpayers. You want to give them more, and expect to see gas prices go down?
Look, I'm willing to give the Democrats the benefit of the doubt. The problem is, there is nothing left to doubt.
-Ze Baron
Credit for stastics: Mark J. Perry, Ph.D
Monday, June 16, 2008
SUMMER POOL PARTY
I think it's time for another party.
I know it's summer and a lot of you guys are busy, but if you've got time, this is promising to be one of the best parties yet. I've scheduled it for June 29th at 9:30 PM extending into the wee hours. That's 9:30 NYC, 8:30 Chicago, 7:30 Phoenix, and 6:30 LA. Drop in any time from the start until about 2ish and we'll probably be here... at least I'll be!
The theme for this party is "Summer Pool Party," so that means you have to wear some type of swimwear. Make sure anyone you invite is aware of this... I'd hate for them to show up overdressed! (For you party newbies, to "change" into your swimwear, just come with your new icon as your headshot. Posting a note about this party on your page might dispell questions.)
Secondly, if any of you would like to bring something to eat or drink, send either the pic or the URL via PM or email to me. You can do this by getting the link or the HTML for the image. I'm still looking for the chocolate fountain that was stolen by some rascals from the storehouse!
Mark your calenders. Tell your friends! Everyone is invited, so post a link about this. You can include the URL to this post in the link and the invite as HTML. There's no need to register to come, but if you send me an email or PM (or even an explicity stated comment) saying you are coming, I will keep you posted with updates.
Here's the HTML code to add to your site:
I know it's summer and a lot of you guys are busy, but if you've got time, this is promising to be one of the best parties yet. I've scheduled it for June 29th at 9:30 PM extending into the wee hours. That's 9:30 NYC, 8:30 Chicago, 7:30 Phoenix, and 6:30 LA. Drop in any time from the start until about 2ish and we'll probably be here... at least I'll be!
The theme for this party is "Summer Pool Party," so that means you have to wear some type of swimwear. Make sure anyone you invite is aware of this... I'd hate for them to show up overdressed! (For you party newbies, to "change" into your swimwear, just come with your new icon as your headshot. Posting a note about this party on your page might dispell questions.)
Secondly, if any of you would like to bring something to eat or drink, send either the pic or the URL via PM or email to me. You can do this by getting the link or the HTML for the image. I'm still looking for the chocolate fountain that was stolen by some rascals from the storehouse!
Mark your calenders. Tell your friends! Everyone is invited, so post a link about this. You can include the URL to this post in the link and the invite as HTML. There's no need to register to come, but if you send me an email or PM (or even an explicity stated comment) saying you are coming, I will keep you posted with updates.
Here's the HTML code to add to your site:
See you on the 28th!
-Ze Baron
-Ze Baron
Sunday, June 8, 2008
AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY
Nothing steams my broccoli faster than someone publicly airing dirty laundry on their blog. I can honestly tell you that I do not believe I have ever done this on my page. Today, though... well, it's something else.
For the record, I'm about to do that, but this blog is contacts-only. I just want to breach this topic with you guys if and when I eventually piss you off as has happened before.
I hope you all know by now that I started and continue to moderate Y!360 Refugees. Well, recently this note was posted in the group. I ask you to open the link, read the note, and then about the last 15 comments made to the post.
See, some people made some comments to the tone of "Do we even care about Yahoo! anymore?", which he didn't like, and he deleted them. Now, the group is about Yahoo!, that's fine, but it is not about constant Yahoo! bashing. I want a more positivie aura in the group. Well, like I said, he didn't like detractors and he removed the comments.
I got a PM about it later that day. One of the posters was mad that the comments got deleted. I'm not sure if she thought I did it, but when I explained that three people besides Customer Service can delete your comment (you, the poster; him, the thread owner; and me, the admin) she understood what happened a little better.
I chastised him a bit on the blog:
(Quoted comments are in chronological order)
zebaron said
josephdunphy said
A point that I was hinting at, which some seem to have misinterpreted as a continuing Yahoo bashing, was that something fundamental seems to have changed, as time has passed.
josephdunphy said
Perhaps not, but deleting them because of trolling is another matter entirely. Some users were playing the game of hearing what they chose to hear, instead of what had actually been said. One can not dialogue with people who've assigned themselves the right to lie about what others have written. Oh, and speaking as a Jew, I'd have to say that I'm mildly annoyed by the casual reference to the Gestapo for reasons that are in no way related to Godwin's Law. Ahem. The offending parties in this case are exceedingly unlikely to actually be killed by my deletion of their messages, and if it should later be discovered that I happen to have them hanging from meathooks somewhere at this very moment or should be vivisecting them without anesthesia, well, that would be news to me, and probably news to them as well. Which, in case you've forgotten your history, is the sort of thing the Nazis used to do. Shall we take the rhetoric down a notch?I've left biting comments on the page of someone I've had a long and bitter disagreement with. I didn't call them nasty words or insult them. I just pointed out their hypocracies in a somewhat fiery manner. After my first comment was deleted, I left another similiar comment and challenged the blogger: "Leave my comment up. Your readers will decide if I'm the idiot!" He did. They did. I got PMs on Multiply thanking me for saying what I did.
To which I replied:
zebaron said
I don't suspect you encountered trolling on this thread, unless we have two different definitions. Very rarely, almost never, does this group get trolls due to the fact that most content is not visible to non-members, and that most members are aware of the fact that I read every item posted and every comment in the group to ensure this doesn't go on. Are you aware that when you, the thread owner, deletes a comment, it shows "Comment Deleted," just like it does when I delete a comment? When thread owners wantonly delete comments, I get PMs and bad feelings directed my way because they think that I'm playing thought-police. Look, sir, I'm offended at your self-righteous proselytizing. You know as well as I do that I wasn't referring to the torture tactics of the Gestapo, just their habits of snuffing out opposing opinions. And if you'd like me to continue with your analogy... the Gestapo would destroy anyone or anything with an opposing opinion, much like you did here to the extent of your capabilities. We'll take the rhetoric down a notch. "It looks to me like the Stasi got to this thread before I could read the comments. Deleting other people's comments because of a divergence of opinion is not acceptable."He then tried to make a dignified exit. Which was all fine and dandy.
Except...!
He wrote this charming little ditty, belittling the group. My favorite quote:
In fact, I would scarcely credit him with being a man at all. The moderator - who one should be able to count on to be supportive of those dealing with trolls on his group, and this is maybe the most classic forum of trolling to be found - went into absolute hysterics over the fact that I engaged in a reasonable act of moderation on a thread on which the system allowed me to moderate responses.Well, after you've read the blog where it went down (we exchanged no other communication), read his blog and see if you get out of it what he did. Sure, I'm a little more in-your-face than most mods, but I don't think his holier-than-thou attitude took well to my questioning his deleting my comments.
I'm the moderater, hence, I moderate comments! I get all sorts of PMs when thread owners randomly delete comments like this because the posters think it is me doing it. I read every single post and comment in that group, and I moderate it as I see fit, which is only to the lightest neccessary degree.
I'm doing my best to let this one roll off. Obviously no one reads his blogs... plus he's too incompetant to block me (he shut off commenting instead.) So, I guess what I'm trying to convey is please think twice before you publicly blast someone. You might end up looking like this guy. Secondly, don't do what he did and post without naming names to try and appear the bigger man... then your friends (assuming you have any, unlike this fellow) wonder what the hell you are talking about.
Okay... now, the hard part: Honest opinions. Who was in the wrong? How could I have handled it better, or could I even have?
-Ze Baron
Except...!
He wrote this charming little ditty, belittling the group. My favorite quote:
josephdunphy said
In fact, I would scarcely credit him with being a man at all. The moderator - who one should be able to count on to be supportive of those dealing with trolls on his group, and this is maybe the most classic forum of trolling to be found - went into absolute hysterics over the fact that I engaged in a reasonable act of moderation on a thread on which the system allowed me to moderate responses.I'm the moderater, hence, I moderate comments! I get all sorts of PMs when thread owners randomly delete comments like this because the posters think it is me doing it. I read every single post and comment in that group, and I moderate it as I see fit, which is only to the lightest neccessary degree.
I'm doing my best to let this one roll off. Obviously no one reads his blogs... plus he's too incompetant to block me (he shut off commenting instead.) So, I guess what I'm trying to convey is please think twice before you publicly blast someone. You might end up looking like this guy. Secondly, don't do what he did and post without naming names to try and appear the bigger man... then your friends (assuming you have any, unlike this fellow) wonder what the hell you are talking about.
Okay... now, the hard part: Honest opinions. Who was in the wrong? How could I have handled it better, or could I even have?
-Ze Baron
AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY
Nothing steams my broccoli faster than someone publicly airing dirty laundry on their blog. I can honestly tell you that I do not believe I have ever done this on my page. Today, though... well, it's something else.
For the record, I'm about to do that, but this blog is contacts-only. I just want to breach this topic with you guys if and when I eventually piss you off as has happened before.
I hope you all know by now that I started and continue to moderate Y!360 Refugees. Well, recently this note was posted in the group. I ask you to open the link, read the note, and then about the last 15 comments made to the post.
See, some people made some comments to the tone of "Do we even care about Yahoo! anymore?", which he didn't like, and he deleted them. Now, the group is about Yahoo!, that's fine, but it is not about constant Yahoo! bashing. I want a more positivie aura in the group. Well, like I said, he didn't like detractors and he removed the comments.
I got a PM about it later that day. One of the posters was mad that the comments got deleted. I'm not sure if she thought I did it, but when I explained that three people besides Customer Service can delete your comment (you, the poster; him, the thread owner; and me, the admin) she understood what happened a little better.
I chastised him a bit on the blog:
(Quoted comments are in chronological order)
zebaron said
josephdunphy said
A point that I was hinting at, which some seem to have misinterpreted as a continuing Yahoo bashing, was that something fundamental seems to have changed, as time has passed.josephdunphy said
Perhaps not, but deleting them because of trolling is another matter entirely. Some users were playing the game of hearing what they chose to hear, instead of what had actually been said. One can not dialogue with people who've assigned themselves the right to lie about what others have written. Oh, and speaking as a Jew, I'd have to say that I'm mildly annoyed by the casual reference to the Gestapo for reasons that are in no way related to Godwin's Law. Ahem. The offending parties in this case are exceedingly unlikely to actually be killed by my deletion of their messages, and if it should later be discovered that I happen to have them hanging from meathooks somewhere at this very moment or should be vivisecting them without anesthesia, well, that would be news to me, and probably news to them as well. Which, in case you've forgotten your history, is the sort of thing the Nazis used to do. Shall we take the rhetoric down a notch?I've left biting comments on the page of someone I've had a long and bitter disagreement with. I didn't call them nasty words or insult them. I just pointed out their hypocracies in a somewhat fiery manner. After my first comment was deleted, I left another similiar comment and challenged the blogger: "Leave my comment up. Your readers will decide if I'm the idiot!" He did. They did. I got PMs on Multiply thanking me for saying what I did.
To which I replied:
zebaron said
I don't suspect you encountered trolling on this thread, unless we have two different definitions. Very rarely, almost never, does this group get trolls due to the fact that most content is not visible to non-members, and that most members are aware of the fact that I read every item posted and every comment in the group to ensure this doesn't go on. Are you aware that when you, the thread owner, deletes a comment, it shows "Comment Deleted," just like it does when I delete a comment? When thread owners wantonly delete comments, I get PMs and bad feelings directed my way because they think that I'm playing thought-police. Look, sir, I'm offended at your self-righteous proselytizing. You know as well as I do that I wasn't referring to the torture tactics of the Gestapo, just their habits of snuffing out opposing opinions. And if you'd like me to continue with your analogy... the Gestapo would destroy anyone or anything with an opposing opinion, much like you did here to the extent of your capabilities. We'll take the rhetoric down a notch. "It looks to me like the Stasi got to this thread before I could read the comments. Deleting other people's comments because of a divergence of opinion is not acceptable."He then tried to make a dignified exit. Which was all fine and dandy.
Except...!
He wrote this charming little ditty, belittling the group. My favorite quote:
In fact, I would scarcely credit him with being a man at all. The moderator - who one should be able to count on to be supportive of those dealing with trolls on his group, and this is maybe the most classic forum of trolling to be found - went into absolute hysterics over the fact that I engaged in a reasonable act of moderation on a thread on which the system allowed me to moderate responses.Well, after you've read the blog where it went down (we exchanged no other communication), read his blog and see if you get out of it what he did. Sure, I'm a little more in-your-face than most mods, but I don't think his holier-than-thou attitude took well to my questioning his deleting my comments.
I'm the moderater, hence, I moderate comments! I get all sorts of PMs when thread owners randomly delete comments like this because the posters think it is me doing it. I read every single post and comment in that group, and I moderate it as I see fit, which is only to the lightest neccessary degree.
I'm doing my best to let this one roll off. Obviously no one reads his blogs... plus he's too incompetant to block me (he shut off commenting instead.) So, I guess what I'm trying to convey is please think twice before you publicly blast someone. You might end up looking like this guy. Secondly, don't do what he did and post without naming names to try and appear the bigger man... then your friends (assuming you have any, unlike this fellow) wonder what the hell you are talking about.
Okay... now, the hard part: Honest opinions. Who was in the wrong? How could I have handled it better, or could I even have?
-Ze Baron
Except...!
He wrote this charming little ditty, belittling the group. My favorite quote:
josephdunphy said
In fact, I would scarcely credit him with being a man at all. The moderator - who one should be able to count on to be supportive of those dealing with trolls on his group, and this is maybe the most classic forum of trolling to be found - went into absolute hysterics over the fact that I engaged in a reasonable act of moderation on a thread on which the system allowed me to moderate responses.I'm the moderater, hence, I moderate comments! I get all sorts of PMs when thread owners randomly delete comments like this because the posters think it is me doing it. I read every single post and comment in that group, and I moderate it as I see fit, which is only to the lightest neccessary degree.
I'm doing my best to let this one roll off. Obviously no one reads his blogs... plus he's too incompetant to block me (he shut off commenting instead.) So, I guess what I'm trying to convey is please think twice before you publicly blast someone. You might end up looking like this guy. Secondly, don't do what he did and post without naming names to try and appear the bigger man... then your friends (assuming you have any, unlike this fellow) wonder what the hell you are talking about.
Okay... now, the hard part: Honest opinions. Who was in the wrong? How could I have handled it better, or could I even have?
-Ze Baron
Monday, June 2, 2008
BARACK OBAMA...
...wants change, and he'll take it from your pocket.
America blames the President for America's problems. Next time there's not toilet paper in a public bathroom: "God DAMN America! It's all your fault, George Bush!" You've probably worked with people like that. Well, you roll your eyes at them when they blame everything on G-DUB even when there isn't any conclusive evidence.
George Bush shot a cruise missile at the Pentagon! The WTC had bombs in it! George Bush hired local Amish to excavate the land in Somerset to look like a plane crash! Dick Cheney shot JFK! George Bush rigged the gas station's pumps!
Look, sorry, he's not the root of all our problems. He's been a little more impulsive that most of our Presidents, but the reason he gets all this blame, methinks, is because he's the public solo face of government that people can point at while they curse and moan about their problems.
How long, about, has the economy been wobbily and the media has been going bonkers about it? One, maybe two years? Back when this presidential race kicked off, just after the 2006 elections, immigration and the war were the hot-button issues. But now it's the economy and global warming with gas prices tying in to both.
Wait, what? Did I just say the 2006 elections? Yes, that's right, the election when the voters easily swayed by what's on Headline News in the last week rejoiced that Democrats won the majority. Yes, the election when the Democrats seized the Senate and the House from the GOP's clutches.
Is there, perhaps, a connection? The economy tanked almost entirely since the Democratic Congress took office. How about a steaming cup of proof with your flabbergasted pancakes?
The Dow Jones hit 13,000 around April 29, 2007. The new Democrats took office on January 3 (House) and January 3 (Senate).They'd barely had their offices redecorated with blue curtains and hadn't had the chance to mess up any legistalation yet (they have two and six years, respectively.) Now, 2008, after they sat down and shuffled papers, what have we got? Gasoline that is flirting with $4, a housing catastrophe (or so they say), high(er) unemployment, a huge drop in home equity, and a financial crisis that has finally been popped with 1% of homes in foreclosure.
So, how about this little diddy I snagged off a blog:
Yeah, that's right: A Democratic Congress sucks more than Bush. Nancy Pelosi was going to "clean house" but she did no such thing. *sigh*
President Bush's all-time lowest approval rating is 28%. As of May 14th, he sits at 29%. That's funny, though, because Congress's has dipped to 18%... only the fourth time in Gallup's history any Congress's approval rating has dropped below 20%. Pathetic. Good thing that 2008 is a Congressional election year too.
<http://www.gallup.com/poll/107242/Congress-Approval-Rating-Ties-Lowest-Gallup-Records.aspx>
It all comes back to Barack Obama, our cotton-candy politician. Democrats can elicit all degrees of excitement from the people who gather their only information from TV media who have to make it exciting for ratings. Republicians are not so good at that, but look what happens after the initial newness. The Democrats are just bumbling around while Bush is still plodding along actually getting things done.
Did you see that bill that one of the arms of Congress was voting on? It was some sort of global warming bill that is meant to lower America's overall emissions by like 66% by around 2050. Well, this is going to make gas prices go higher and higher and higher. Say, who's proposing the bill? Did you know that G-DUB is threatening to veto the bill?
Barack Obama is just like Nancy Pelosi and her band of bloodsuckers. After the initial brouhaha dies down, it's just an utterly pathetic deflation and we're left with Democraps.
More on the Democratic primary endgame forthcoming.
-Ze Baron
America blames the President for America's problems. Next time there's not toilet paper in a public bathroom: "God DAMN America! It's all your fault, George Bush!" You've probably worked with people like that. Well, you roll your eyes at them when they blame everything on G-DUB even when there isn't any conclusive evidence.
George Bush shot a cruise missile at the Pentagon! The WTC had bombs in it! George Bush hired local Amish to excavate the land in Somerset to look like a plane crash! Dick Cheney shot JFK! George Bush rigged the gas station's pumps!
Look, sorry, he's not the root of all our problems. He's been a little more impulsive that most of our Presidents, but the reason he gets all this blame, methinks, is because he's the public solo face of government that people can point at while they curse and moan about their problems.
How long, about, has the economy been wobbily and the media has been going bonkers about it? One, maybe two years? Back when this presidential race kicked off, just after the 2006 elections, immigration and the war were the hot-button issues. But now it's the economy and global warming with gas prices tying in to both.
Wait, what? Did I just say the 2006 elections? Yes, that's right, the election when the voters easily swayed by what's on Headline News in the last week rejoiced that Democrats won the majority. Yes, the election when the Democrats seized the Senate and the House from the GOP's clutches.
Is there, perhaps, a connection? The economy tanked almost entirely since the Democratic Congress took office. How about a steaming cup of proof with your flabbergasted pancakes?
The Dow Jones hit 13,000 around April 29, 2007. The new Democrats took office on January 3 (House) and January 3 (Senate).They'd barely had their offices redecorated with blue curtains and hadn't had the chance to mess up any legistalation yet (they have two and six years, respectively.) Now, 2008, after they sat down and shuffled papers, what have we got? Gasoline that is flirting with $4, a housing catastrophe (or so they say), high(er) unemployment, a huge drop in home equity, and a financial crisis that has finally been popped with 1% of homes in foreclosure.
So, how about this little diddy I snagged off a blog:
In just one year . Remember the election in 2006?<http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2008/04/since-the-democ.html>
Thought you might like to read the following:
A little over one year ago:1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet;
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars;
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.
Yeah, that's right: A Democratic Congress sucks more than Bush. Nancy Pelosi was going to "clean house" but she did no such thing. *sigh*
President Bush's all-time lowest approval rating is 28%. As of May 14th, he sits at 29%. That's funny, though, because Congress's has dipped to 18%... only the fourth time in Gallup's history any Congress's approval rating has dropped below 20%. Pathetic. Good thing that 2008 is a Congressional election year too.
<http://www.gallup.com/poll/107242/Congress-Approval-Rating-Ties-Lowest-Gallup-Records.aspx>
It all comes back to Barack Obama, our cotton-candy politician. Democrats can elicit all degrees of excitement from the people who gather their only information from TV media who have to make it exciting for ratings. Republicians are not so good at that, but look what happens after the initial newness. The Democrats are just bumbling around while Bush is still plodding along actually getting things done.
Did you see that bill that one of the arms of Congress was voting on? It was some sort of global warming bill that is meant to lower America's overall emissions by like 66% by around 2050. Well, this is going to make gas prices go higher and higher and higher. Say, who's proposing the bill? Did you know that G-DUB is threatening to veto the bill?
Barack Obama is just like Nancy Pelosi and her band of bloodsuckers. After the initial brouhaha dies down, it's just an utterly pathetic deflation and we're left with Democraps.
More on the Democratic primary endgame forthcoming.
-Ze Baron
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