Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Behind The Poll Numbers, McCain Is Winning The Independents
Here's the money shot. Note how the independents didn't move during the Dem convention. From Gallup.
The MSM created the "Maverick" brand and no matter how much Obama spends, that is the impression people have of John McCain.
The MSM created the "Maverick" brand and no matter how much Obama spends, that is the impression people have of John McCain.
Salon.com: Palin, The Worst Person Ever
Here is my version of their hit piece. I've taken out the sentence structure and boiled it down to just the descriptive smears.
Palin is a: fundamentalist, christianist, theocrat, extremeist, creationist, climate change doubting, intolerant, book banning, Hamas-like, atrocity loving, Tunisian/Turkish style, impulsive reactionary, intolerant, bigoted, candidate who has the right to hold these views.
We hardly knew that the good people at Salon held such negative views of our Muslim friends. For years, I thought Bush was the gold standard of dispicible behavior.
Palin is a: fundamentalist, christianist, theocrat, extremeist, creationist, climate change doubting, intolerant, book banning, Hamas-like, atrocity loving, Tunisian/Turkish style, impulsive reactionary, intolerant, bigoted, candidate who has the right to hold these views.
We hardly knew that the good people at Salon held such negative views of our Muslim friends. For years, I thought Bush was the gold standard of dispicible behavior.
Gary Sheffield: Two Milestone Homers In One Night
He hit two milestone home runs last night. According to the AP, he hit number 250,000 in major league history. Good for him.
He also helped the Tigers win a game with his other home run. Notable for being one of the most meaningless in major league history. Sheffield has hit .225 this year and helped suck the enthusiasm out of a once interesting Tiger team. While it's certainly not all his fault, his late season surge of power is like a fresh slap in the face for fans and is remarkable as a contrast for all of those RISPs he has littered about in the first 3/4 of the season.
Finally, his spat of meaningless homers has brought the cost per home run to something under a million per...as long as you don't count the social and emotional costs incurred by Detroit fans during this most disappointing season.
He also helped the Tigers win a game with his other home run. Notable for being one of the most meaningless in major league history. Sheffield has hit .225 this year and helped suck the enthusiasm out of a once interesting Tiger team. While it's certainly not all his fault, his late season surge of power is like a fresh slap in the face for fans and is remarkable as a contrast for all of those RISPs he has littered about in the first 3/4 of the season.
Finally, his spat of meaningless homers has brought the cost per home run to something under a million per...as long as you don't count the social and emotional costs incurred by Detroit fans during this most disappointing season.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Negative Externality, The Spanish Prisoner, and "The Plan" Part 2
T Boone's plan. Shut down the natural gas power plants. Convert cars to compressed natural gas (CNG) and replace the 22% of electricity we get from natural gas with wind power from the plains. In plain terms this is a confidence scam in which some people (investors in wind power and conversion specialists) will become very rich by filling in the hidden costs with massive taxpayer support.
Negative externality is a term used to describe the costs not paid by the producer or consumer of goods. Wind energy is the definition of negative externality. I know, most people say that oil is the definition because of the environmental costs...but bear with me.
Wind power on this scale is only viable with massive government subsidies that force (encourage) the producer and consumer to use something they would not otherwise choose. Some people will lose jobs. Others will become very rich. No matter what, an entire industry would be created that never knows what it really costs to produce it's product or what to charge customers to make it a stand-alone enterprise. This disconnect has never worked before because the government is controlling prices. I have heard the "plasma TV" argument and it's total garbage. There was a free market competing to lower prices. For wind energy, this plan lets the government choose winners and losers.
So how is this whole plan like the Spanish Prisoner confidence trick?
The United States plays the role of the wealthy prisoner held hostage by nefarious oil barons.
The confidence trickster (Pickens) has offered us a way to release the US from these barons, IF we supply some of the money to build his scheme. Of course there is a promise that we will be rewarded generously when the prisoner returns. However, once the victims (taxpayers) have turned over our money, we will learn that further difficulties have arisen, requiring more money, and then the trickster continues attempting to get more money until the victim is cleaned out and the process ends, presumably with the victim realizing he has been robbed and that there is neither free electricity, nor any easy rewards.
And what are these difficulties?
1. The natural gas power plants were built where the electricity was needed. The transmission and distribution lines are short and the total system costs are contained within a measurable unit called a utility. So how do we get the power generated in the plains to where it is needed in the big cities that are thousands of miles away? Who pays for this negative externality? What happens to the billions spent on these natural gas plants - many of which are very early in their life cycle? The answer is we do, we do, we do. Billions upon billions in transmission and distribution paid for by the taxpayer while perfectly good natural gas power plants rot in place.
2. Our cars. According to our friends at Car Talk, converting cars to CNG will cost $3,000 to $5,000 dollars. New cars with the CNG upgrade are an extra $3,500 to $7,000. So in this plan, guess who pays for the upgrades. That's right, a magic fairy comes and *poof* free money drops in from the government.
3. While CNG is currently cheaper than gas, only a Marxist would forget that massive adoption of CNG would change the market. And what about the other transmission and distribution market...gas stations? That doesn't currently exist either.
4. Finally, the trickster has us chasing a moving target. Twenty two percent of our electricity is a real number that grows every single year as our economy and population expand. There will never be enough windmills to catch up.
T Boone is a smart man and he has built a coalition of people looking to get rich in a hurry. This scheme is brilliant and plays on so many fears. I think he might just pull it off.
Negative externality is a term used to describe the costs not paid by the producer or consumer of goods. Wind energy is the definition of negative externality. I know, most people say that oil is the definition because of the environmental costs...but bear with me.
Wind power on this scale is only viable with massive government subsidies that force (encourage) the producer and consumer to use something they would not otherwise choose. Some people will lose jobs. Others will become very rich. No matter what, an entire industry would be created that never knows what it really costs to produce it's product or what to charge customers to make it a stand-alone enterprise. This disconnect has never worked before because the government is controlling prices. I have heard the "plasma TV" argument and it's total garbage. There was a free market competing to lower prices. For wind energy, this plan lets the government choose winners and losers.
So how is this whole plan like the Spanish Prisoner confidence trick?
The United States plays the role of the wealthy prisoner held hostage by nefarious oil barons.
The confidence trickster (Pickens) has offered us a way to release the US from these barons, IF we supply some of the money to build his scheme. Of course there is a promise that we will be rewarded generously when the prisoner returns. However, once the victims (taxpayers) have turned over our money, we will learn that further difficulties have arisen, requiring more money, and then the trickster continues attempting to get more money until the victim is cleaned out and the process ends, presumably with the victim realizing he has been robbed and that there is neither free electricity, nor any easy rewards.
And what are these difficulties?
1. The natural gas power plants were built where the electricity was needed. The transmission and distribution lines are short and the total system costs are contained within a measurable unit called a utility. So how do we get the power generated in the plains to where it is needed in the big cities that are thousands of miles away? Who pays for this negative externality? What happens to the billions spent on these natural gas plants - many of which are very early in their life cycle? The answer is we do, we do, we do. Billions upon billions in transmission and distribution paid for by the taxpayer while perfectly good natural gas power plants rot in place.
2. Our cars. According to our friends at Car Talk, converting cars to CNG will cost $3,000 to $5,000 dollars. New cars with the CNG upgrade are an extra $3,500 to $7,000. So in this plan, guess who pays for the upgrades. That's right, a magic fairy comes and *poof* free money drops in from the government.
3. While CNG is currently cheaper than gas, only a Marxist would forget that massive adoption of CNG would change the market. And what about the other transmission and distribution market...gas stations? That doesn't currently exist either.
4. Finally, the trickster has us chasing a moving target. Twenty two percent of our electricity is a real number that grows every single year as our economy and population expand. There will never be enough windmills to catch up.
T Boone is a smart man and he has built a coalition of people looking to get rich in a hurry. This scheme is brilliant and plays on so many fears. I think he might just pull it off.
Amazing Footage of Ike Hitting Cuba
From the look of the waves, one could conclude that God hates commies. Or maybe that God wants to punish smoking. I don't know...let's ask Mikey Moore.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Confusing The Difference Between Energy and Electricity, T Boone Pickens is Damned Liar*, and Other Good Intentions Gone Bad
The difference seems simple enough, but I hear a lot of people including politicians and cable news anchors (read Papa Bear) screw this up most of the time. Not understanding the difference when discussing energy policy can lead to huge mistakes.
For instance, O'Reilly and T Boone Pickens like to quote that we use roughly 25% of the worlds energy but only have 3% of the population. True enough, but they never mention that we (US) generate roughly 26% of the worlds GDP. Obama made the same uninformed statement back in May, which sent me into spasms - Eat Tu Obama.
The issue they are trying to highlight is usually our consumption of petroleum based energy - primarily used for transportation. And that's a conversation worth having. But T. Boone, Obama, and O'Reilly always want to lump total domestic energy consumption, including electricity, with our transportation consumption. The anti-capitalists love this confusion. It allows them to demonize all generation and use of energy as a symptom of a gluttonous society while prosecuting their fight to limit the expansion of energy production, even as the population of this country continues to grow. See California in the Gray Davis days for prime examples.
It seems that the politicians and bureaucrats in Europe have the same problem discerning between total energy and electricity.
Based on the constant confusion between the two here in the US, I would bet the wind farm that we are heading into the same swamp of good intentions and unintended consequences.
*Using statistics to tell untruths.
For instance, O'Reilly and T Boone Pickens like to quote that we use roughly 25% of the worlds energy but only have 3% of the population. True enough, but they never mention that we (US) generate roughly 26% of the worlds GDP. Obama made the same uninformed statement back in May, which sent me into spasms - Eat Tu Obama.
The issue they are trying to highlight is usually our consumption of petroleum based energy - primarily used for transportation. And that's a conversation worth having. But T. Boone, Obama, and O'Reilly always want to lump total domestic energy consumption, including electricity, with our transportation consumption. The anti-capitalists love this confusion. It allows them to demonize all generation and use of energy as a symptom of a gluttonous society while prosecuting their fight to limit the expansion of energy production, even as the population of this country continues to grow. See California in the Gray Davis days for prime examples.
It seems that the politicians and bureaucrats in Europe have the same problem discerning between total energy and electricity.
A former chief scientific adviser to the government has said that EU renewable-energy quotas will cause widespread fuel poverty. Sir David King believes that European heads of state, in agreeing the targets, may have mistaken electricity usage for total energy consumption - leading to overly ambitious and expensive goals being set.
"If we overdo wind we are going to put up the price of electricity and that means more people will fall into the fuel poverty trap," said Sir David, speaking to the BBC.
King believes that the EU heads of state may only have meant to sign up to 20 per cent of electricity being renewable, not 20 per cent of all energy used.
"I think there was some degree of confusion at the heads of states meeting dealing with this," he told the BBC.
"If they had said 20 per cent renewables on the electricity grids across the European Union by 2020, we would have had a realistic target... saying 20 per cent of all energy, I actually wonder whether that wasn't a mistake. I was rather surprised when I heard what the decision was."
Based on the constant confusion between the two here in the US, I would bet the wind farm that we are heading into the same swamp of good intentions and unintended consequences.
*Using statistics to tell untruths.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Bill Maher: The slimiest fuck in TV
Bill Maher has a long history of being an asshole. But what kind of black-hearted little man mocks a down syndrome kid?
Hardy fucking har har har. Hey Maher, you hear the one about the kids with cancer...? You got some material on HIV babies?
But why stop there? He referred to Palin's 17 year old daughter as a bitch in a fake campaign sign.
This sneering hatred is way more than a character flaw, this guy has a mental condition. Since Maher never sees a flaw in anyone with a D after their name, I guess he could be a modern day, cock-tucking, Tokyo Rose. Worthless shrimp fuck.
The kid looks like Edwards comment is at the end...if you want to skip the moonbattery.
Newsmax has a blurb.
And here is the long-winded rant about Palins "knocked-up" daughter and the bullshit about the baby actually being from the daughter. Maher calls them all LIARS. People he knows nothing about.
Here is a transcript via Newsbusters.
JEFFREY TOOBIN: We're not talking about MSNBC or Fox, which are separate cases. But I don't think most of the news media -- the major news networks, CNN -- are biased in favor of one party or the other. There are certain kinds of stories we like. Say, you know, pregnant people. But we don't, I don't think there is a lot of sort of bias in favor of one party or the other.
BILL MAHER: Well, I'm glad you brought that up, tawdry as it is, because I'm not that convinced that that's her baby.
TOOBIN: You know, I'm willing to take their word for it on that, take their word for it that that is her baby.
[Audience laughter]
MAHER: It could be her baby, but it is a little suspicious -- if what I read in US magazine has any weight. I mean-
TOOBIN: I am actually convinced it is her baby.
MAHER: -the daughter -- who we know is fertile because she's knocked up again, or maybe for the first time–
TOOBIN: Yeah, I think for the first time.
MAHER: Okay, but she did like take a five-month leave from high school because she had [uses fingers to make quote marks] “mononucleosis” right around the time the baby was being born. And the mother, the so-called, you know, okay, maybe it is the mother, but, you know, she was back to work three days later. You don't smell something?
TOOBIN: You know what, I don't. I have to say I'm willing to take their word for it on that part of the story. And frankly, I have never been involved in a journalism story where someone who claimed to have a baby, that was ever in dispute. I mean, that's just sort of something we usually take people's word for and I think that's appropriate in this case.
MAHER: Yeah, but look who we're talking about.
[laughter and applause]
TOOBIN: That may be.
MAHER: I mean, but it's not like they're not willing to lie about everything else. You know, this is the party of character.
TOOBIN: Put me down as a believer
[Palin's child] has Down syndrome. She had it when she was 43 years old. And it looks a lot like John Edwards.
Hardy fucking har har har. Hey Maher, you hear the one about the kids with cancer...? You got some material on HIV babies?
But why stop there? He referred to Palin's 17 year old daughter as a bitch in a fake campaign sign.
This sneering hatred is way more than a character flaw, this guy has a mental condition. Since Maher never sees a flaw in anyone with a D after their name, I guess he could be a modern day, cock-tucking, Tokyo Rose. Worthless shrimp fuck.
The kid looks like Edwards comment is at the end...if you want to skip the moonbattery.
Newsmax has a blurb.
And here is the long-winded rant about Palins "knocked-up" daughter and the bullshit about the baby actually being from the daughter. Maher calls them all LIARS. People he knows nothing about.
Here is a transcript via Newsbusters.
JEFFREY TOOBIN: We're not talking about MSNBC or Fox, which are separate cases. But I don't think most of the news media -- the major news networks, CNN -- are biased in favor of one party or the other. There are certain kinds of stories we like. Say, you know, pregnant people. But we don't, I don't think there is a lot of sort of bias in favor of one party or the other.
BILL MAHER: Well, I'm glad you brought that up, tawdry as it is, because I'm not that convinced that that's her baby.
TOOBIN: You know, I'm willing to take their word for it on that, take their word for it that that is her baby.
[Audience laughter]
MAHER: It could be her baby, but it is a little suspicious -- if what I read in US magazine has any weight. I mean-
TOOBIN: I am actually convinced it is her baby.
MAHER: -the daughter -- who we know is fertile because she's knocked up again, or maybe for the first time–
TOOBIN: Yeah, I think for the first time.
MAHER: Okay, but she did like take a five-month leave from high school because she had [uses fingers to make quote marks] “mononucleosis” right around the time the baby was being born. And the mother, the so-called, you know, okay, maybe it is the mother, but, you know, she was back to work three days later. You don't smell something?
TOOBIN: You know what, I don't. I have to say I'm willing to take their word for it on that part of the story. And frankly, I have never been involved in a journalism story where someone who claimed to have a baby, that was ever in dispute. I mean, that's just sort of something we usually take people's word for and I think that's appropriate in this case.
MAHER: Yeah, but look who we're talking about.
[laughter and applause]
TOOBIN: That may be.
MAHER: I mean, but it's not like they're not willing to lie about everything else. You know, this is the party of character.
TOOBIN: Put me down as a believer
Friday, September 5, 2008
Sarah Palin gets 40 million viewers....Preemtive war still a good strategy
I love what Palin has done to a boring election cycle.
First on the revised viewership numbers.
For some context. That's double what Biden got. And according to Rasmussen the American public really liked what they saw. (Note: the link is to subscription Rasmussen data...it should be released in a bit.)
From the US Weekly smear to a series of sneering New York Times editorials, the attacks show that democrats really do appreciate a good preemptive war strategy...as long as it's against people they don't like. By the way, the US Weekly rag is owned by Jan Wenner...a huge Obama donator and a man who will take that cock and put it right in his mouth. Look for more political support in Jan's (pronounced Yan, as in the sound one makes when they have a cock in their mouth) other mag - Rolling Stone.
First on the revised viewership numbers.
Barack Obama apparently isn't the only "rock star" in presidential politics this year. After days of intense media coverage about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's qualifications, more than 40 million Americans tuned in Wednesday to see for themselves what they thought of her. The huge audience for Palin's acceptance speech rivaled that for Obama's address at the Democratic National Convention six days earlier.
For some context. That's double what Biden got. And according to Rasmussen the American public really liked what they saw. (Note: the link is to subscription Rasmussen data...it should be released in a bit.)
From the US Weekly smear to a series of sneering New York Times editorials, the attacks show that democrats really do appreciate a good preemptive war strategy...as long as it's against people they don't like. By the way, the US Weekly rag is owned by Jan Wenner...a huge Obama donator and a man who will take that cock and put it right in his mouth. Look for more political support in Jan's (pronounced Yan, as in the sound one makes when they have a cock in their mouth) other mag - Rolling Stone.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Asshat of the Day
"Judge" Andrew Napolitano appeared on the John Gibson show today and donned an all time asshat.
First Napolitano claimed that Palin "mocked" the constitution by sneering at the "rights" bestowed on GITMO terrorists by judges. So anytime we disagree with a judge we mock the constitution? This fucker went to law school?
After Gibson challenged him, Napolitano claimed that her speech was "closer to Mussolini than to Jefferson."
Not satisfied with a fascist slur, Napolitano said, "the speech was about safety and security. There was security in Hitlers Nazi Germany, there was security in Stalinist Russia."
First Napolitano claimed that Palin "mocked" the constitution by sneering at the "rights" bestowed on GITMO terrorists by judges. So anytime we disagree with a judge we mock the constitution? This fucker went to law school?
After Gibson challenged him, Napolitano claimed that her speech was "closer to Mussolini than to Jefferson."
Not satisfied with a fascist slur, Napolitano said, "the speech was about safety and security. There was security in Hitlers Nazi Germany, there was security in Stalinist Russia."
Megyn Makes a Tabloid Worm Squirm
Megyn. "You're lying."
Doofus: "You're missing the point. Everybody was talking about it, so it's OK."
It's getting pretty bad when you can't live up to the standards set by the National Enquirer.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
A Star Is Born
Wow. Just. Wow.
Sarah Palin is the real deal. I have seen political stars burst on the scene before with great speeches at conventions...and this was another.
Ten minutes in and we knew Fox would gush. Twenty minutes later and she had CNN blown away. And by the end, even MSNBC was giving her respect.
The great quotes:
"I guess being a small town mayor is like being a community organizer (from Chicago), only you have real responsibilities."
"The difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom...lipstick."
"After Obama has those styrofoam Greek columns taken back to a Hollywood set, what does he really intend to do?"
"He (Obama) has taken the time to write two memoirs, but hasn't found the time to author a single important piece of legislation."
"I guess small town people don't know what to make of a politician who heaps praise on us one day and talks about us being bitter when he thinks we are not listening. We would rather have a candidate who doesn't say one thing to people in Scranton and the opposite to people in San Francisco."
"Some politicians use change to advance their careers, others use their careers to advance change."
"Here's a little news flash (for the MSM), I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinions..."
Sarah Palin is the real deal. I have seen political stars burst on the scene before with great speeches at conventions...and this was another.
Ten minutes in and we knew Fox would gush. Twenty minutes later and she had CNN blown away. And by the end, even MSNBC was giving her respect.
The great quotes:
"I guess being a small town mayor is like being a community organizer (from Chicago), only you have real responsibilities."
"The difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom...lipstick."
"After Obama has those styrofoam Greek columns taken back to a Hollywood set, what does he really intend to do?"
"He (Obama) has taken the time to write two memoirs, but hasn't found the time to author a single important piece of legislation."
"I guess small town people don't know what to make of a politician who heaps praise on us one day and talks about us being bitter when he thinks we are not listening. We would rather have a candidate who doesn't say one thing to people in Scranton and the opposite to people in San Francisco."
"Some politicians use change to advance their careers, others use their careers to advance change."
"Here's a little news flash (for the MSM), I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinions..."
Weekend At Bernies The RNC
You would think McCain was hanging on by his fingernails given the talk of the MSM the last couple of days. The pricks in the MSM can't stop talking about the "untimely" death of McCain when trying to initiate an attack on Sarah Palin.
As far as I know, McCain is still alive and HE is the one running against Obama.
Why isn't anyone talking about what the potential death of Joe Biden does to Obama's readiness to be president?
As far as I know, McCain is still alive and HE is the one running against Obama.
Why isn't anyone talking about what the potential death of Joe Biden does to Obama's readiness to be president?
The MSM Is Not Trying to Help Obama
They are now full fledged members of his campaign.
From the coverage, you would think the convention was a scene from Weekend at Bernies and McCain was already at room fucking temperature. Check out Andrea Mitchell.
The Republicans would have been better off broadcasting this convention on Al Jazeera and it's sad when we get better convention coverage from Lindsay Lohan's personal blog.
OK, that's all the excuse I needed.
From the coverage, you would think the convention was a scene from Weekend at Bernies and McCain was already at room fucking temperature. Check out Andrea Mitchell.
The Republicans would have been better off broadcasting this convention on Al Jazeera and it's sad when we get better convention coverage from Lindsay Lohan's personal blog.
I've been watching the news all morning, like everyone else — and (I) keep hearing about the issues related to `teen pregnancy.' ... Well, I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of getting to know Sarah Palin and her political views, and what she can do to make our country a less destructive place," Lohan wrote.
OK, that's all the excuse I needed.
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