5 posts tagged “john mccain”
In the White House rose garden, Dubya announced his latest fabulous idea: the lift the current ban on offshore oil drilling in the United States. He also announced that he wants Congress to make it easier for oil refineries to expand. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino described the lift as to "pass legislation lifting the congressional ban on safe, environmentally friendly offshore oil drilling." (if ever there was an oxymoron…Dana is the Specialist. To say the words safe, environmentall friendly and offshore oil drilling together wins the prize. New blockbuster film idea: Dana Perino in The Specialist 2: Oxymorona. It will make the just-released film Wanted look like child’s play.) The President of the President’s (that was fun) Economic Council, Keith Hennessey admitted, this will be "measured in years" referring to, the ability to improve the current situation, which was a perfectly intelligent and informed thing to say. Then he made a complete idiot of himself and stated, that the prospect of more oil in the future will make people use more oil now, which will stimulate the economy, and fix the current problem. (Om….Isn’t our problem that we have been using too much and now it has finally caught up with us? Need I say anything about his last statement anyway? Doesn’t stoopid sell itself?) Now, as things work, someone else actually came up with the dumb idea in the first place. Who did so, you may ask? Well…on Sunday, Presidential candidate extraordinnaire John McCain blurted that he wants the ban lifted. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson said in response, it is "a bad idea" (Go, Bill!) and will "take ten years" to get any oil of significance out of the continental shelf. He also stated that it is a "fragile ecosystem" and blasted Congress for failing to pass a bill for a solar energy tax credit. Governor Charlie Crist of Florida has jumped on McCain’s bandwagon (or should we say, SUV) about lifting the ban. This as Congress was poised to extend the ban (since 1981) on offshore drilling. Why ban it, you may ask? Well, first of all, it was banned for environmental reasons. Oil drilling = oil spills. Second of all, it is not the solution for our problems. The process will be this, if the ban is lifted: Thing is, we have been sucking up oil from any source possible at a rate far greater than any other country. Period. Want to know the stats: the US uses 20,800,000 barrels of oil per day (CIA World Factbook) with 303 plus change million people. We are number one. China is number two, and they use 6,930,000 barrels per day. People: 1 billion, 330 million plus change. They have 1 billion, twenty-seven million more people in their country than we do and use one-third as much oil. Do we see a usage problem in the U.S. here?
The news media is whinging that unemployment is "surging' as are oil prices. (unemployment is 5.5%) John McCain is whinging that Barack Obama wants to go backwards, and that he (McCain) will save the country.
It is ironic that a new bill for more money ($183.7 billion) for the Iraq war (which also has a withdrawal date) has a tidbit tacked onto it that says unemployment benefits will be extended after the normal cutoff date of 26 weeks, for an added 13 weeks. John McCain approved the current budget for the military, at over 500 billion dollars. John McCain reminds me of Dr. Evil from Austin Powers films. He even laughs like him. (Hee hee hee heeeeee)
Newsflash for John McCain: You are a Republican. It is your greedy administration that got this country on to this sinking ship. Only a leader with astoundingly good ideas and the energy level of a blossoming nebula could save us. Step aside, Old School. Your walls are crumbling and we can see inside.
It is also the big corporations---mostly Big Oil--- that got us into this mess we're in, and we all know, the white house is in bed with them. How is it possible, that the oil companies are the richest corps in the country, possibly the world, and the people of this planet are suffering in their economies because of high fuel prices, and the oil companies have gotten away with it? Yes, those of us with vision bought smaller cars, and/or live close to work, but we still have to buy food, and the price of food has risen alarmingly and is continuing to rise. And let's not leave out, what they have done to the planet by lobbying for bigger vehicles, the hampering of alternative energy development, and the devastating power plays in other countries (like the Congo).
At a recent hearing by the Senate, Big Oil execs were questioned about price gouging (Note from photo below, they are all white males: couldn't they squeeze Condaleeza in there for flavor? What a bunch of chumps). They answered with whines of they would "lose money" if they lowered prices. They also insisted (whingingly) that they be allowed to drill for oil in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge. (Send lawyers, guns and money; Dad, get me out of this. The fratty brothers at Duke did not teach me how to handle this!)
Dubya says he will veto the bill because of the Iraq withdrawal stipulation.
Drop an don't copy yo, don't call this a co-opt
Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' tha thirst of tha power dons
That five sided fist-a-gon
Tha rotten sore on tha face of mother earth gets bigger
Tha triggers cold now empty ya purse
They rally round the family! with a pocket full of shells
(Rage Against the Machine)
(I can not restrain myself: John McCain has eyes like Dagwood Bumstead. his wife is a walking stick insect with bleached hair. They both are scary.) John McCain’s website reads: "No matter who wins this election, the direction of this country is going to change dramatically. But, the choice is between the right change and the wrong change; between going forward and going backward." Well put. Are they trying to discourage you from voting Republican? I think it is an IQ test. Furthermore, there is a speech he delivered on June 3 in New Orleans in his website. Here are some excerpts: A brief record of his voting: (he did not vote on many bills, by the way, esp. in 2007) John McCain voted yes to table (get rid of) the repeal of the amendment that forbids women in the military and their dependents from getting an abortion in a foreign hospital. (I know, double negatives…he voted to keep it that women in the military and their dependents can not receive abortions in foreign hospitals) He voted no to to pass a bill that would reauthorize federal agricultural programs, in such areas as rural development, food aid, price supports, and conservation, for a five year period. (the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act) He voted yes to the 2007 Defense Dept (Budget) Authorization Bill for $505,230,000,000.00 (the bill passed) He voted no to an amendment which would provide funds for a program to assist low-income families with their energy bills (it got passed anyway). This bill was sponsored by Sen John Kerry and Reps Bill Young and C.W. Bill. He voted no to a bill which would expand access to preventive health care services that reduce unintended pregnancy (including teen pregnancy), reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care. This bill was sponsored by Senators Hillary Clinton and Gregg Judd. The bill did not pass. He voted yes to a bill which allows banks to sell insurance and insurance companies to buy banks. (It passed. Weeee, free enterprise...bank 'em and yank 'em.) Anyone for a Dagwood sandwich?
Nuttier than a Snickers Bar. They are all nutters. I am talking about, the people campaigning for president of the U.S. of A. this year. Here is why: John McCain is simple. He is so obviously insane, there is no denying it. You can see it in his eyes. They glow with an inner light fueled by misfiring synapses that flap around in the dark like bats in a bellfry. They shimmer like the gas planet Saturn, methane and CO2 from all the greenhouse gas spewed by his party's homies, churning around in a soup. And anyone who would run for this position for the Republican party after the oil company dictatorship that has reigned supreme in this country for the past seven and a half years, would have to be. Plus, he says wacky things that contradict themselves. Hillary Clinton was driven nuts by her husband. He may have been a good president, but he was a shyte hubby. He believes receiving oral sex from other women is not cheating. And she remained married to him all these years. Also, she is not right in the head if she thinks taking away the gas tax for a season will improve the economy. I don’t know about you, but saving one dollar eight cents a week (18 cents times ten) is not going to inspire me to suddenly run out to Macy’s department store and buy a pair of $100 sandals (If you want to improve the economy, punish the oil companies, whose record profits will enable their executives’ great-great-great-etc grandchildren to inherit more cash than Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. Gas tax pays for many things, and does not punish them. In fact, people might buy MORE of their product if it is cheaper, so it could actually REWARD them). Now she is putting on her Blue Collar hat, portraying herself as the champion of the working class. Really? When was the last time she had to forgo dining out for a month in order to get both the electric bill and the water bill paid (never)? And why exactly, when she was a big-wig for Wal-mart in the ‘80s and ‘90s, did she do nothing when the retail giant fought against labor unions? (we all know what a great employer the company has been) But apparently, many Democrats are nutters too, cause they believe her when she says she represents the working people. Barak Obama is a nutter. He thinks telling the truth and having really good ideas that will cause actual improvement, will get him elected president of this country. He believes he will be able to get this government to pull away from corporate lobbyists like Big Oil. The people of North Carolina are nutters. They voted him in 56%. (1% picked "no preference". Is that a choice?) They are inspired by someone who seems honest and intelligent. When was that ever a factor in electing a president? (With sarcasm, I speak, said Yoda)
Giuliani and the rest, well…
In the news of late, the media is speculating on who will be chosen as John McCain's running mate. His 2nd in command. Co-pilot to his pilot. Shorty to his Homie. Imbecile to his insanity.
I am convinced, he is insane. He has said some wacky things, and they have gotten wackier. He makes Nixon look stable. And of course, he will be the Repub's choice, because no sane person would want that job at this point.
All finalists have Good Family Values, in the Republican Tradition. Also some like their liquor at lunchtime, which is also very very upper class Republican, in the Country Club Way.
Here are the finalists for his Shorty, and their responses or conditions for doing it:
Jim Carrey:
"I can do it.
Only if I get to play God."
Amy Winehouse:
"I get an unlimited supply of topshelf gin and vodka, and you can never censor my mouth. In fact, ****! "
Paula Abdul:
"I get a QVC credit card in my name with no limit. Ever.
And white pumps will be in fashion all year round. In fact, I'll be bringing back stirrup pants.
One more thing: I get to have Skeet Ullrich as my pool boy."
Marcia Cross:
"I get my own church, and people have to worship me. And I get as much free Botox as is medically possible as often as possible (I'm maxed out right now), and the wife gets nil. In fact, kill her and marry me. Redheads are better anyway." (om...that's not real read in your hair)
Angela Bassett:
"Oh, HELL no!" (then she hung up on them)
Tom Cruise:
"I am related by DNA to the master race aliens. Of course, you will choose me. It is your destiny.
And I get control of NASA. By the way, global warming is due to our spaceship armada hovering over your weenie planet. F*ck the whales."
