Marion Barry is one of the most embarrassing people on the face of the planet. The guy was mayor of Washington, D.C., for I-don't-know-how-long. OK, the Wikipedia article says 1979-1991. Then he was busted for cocaine use and possession. Then he was, believe it or not, re-elected as mayor for another term. He has pled guilty to tax evasion. He has been guilty of numerous traffic offenses. He was, not too long ago, accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend. The list goes on. I know, because I have lived in the D.C. area my entire life and I have therefore had to listen to the on-going adventures of this so-called Man of the People as he went from one idiocy to another.
But that is all irrelevant for this posting, as I often do.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
So Thomas is a Republican ...
... or whichever party is the equivalent in the United Kingdom. Thomas the Tank Engine, that is.
And here is my proof:
Now we certainly do not live in a conservative household by any means (quite the opposite actually). But if this is true, even remotely true, and I shall put a lot of time and effort and energy toward this investigation to determine if it is indeed true, then we shall banish any semblance of Thomas-ness from our house forever more!
Now ... where was the Internet bookmark I had for the list of "pretend make-believe fake children's entertainment characters' hidden political agendas"???
And here is my proof:
Thomas the Tank Engine attacked for 'conservative political ideology'
This seems to be one of those 'whodathunkit' kinds of issues. So Thomas, who we all thought was a relative political-neutral, is actually a lower-class fierce-right-wing downtrodden worker with regard for neither his superiors nor the status quo.
Wow.
WOW!!
And what about all of those poor underpriviledged female trains?
I particularly like a few of the comments:
I particularly like a few of the comments:
"I can't believe she omitted to mention the episode where Harold the Helicopter leads a white supremacist rally and Gordon gets bullied for coming out as gay. Oh no, wait..."
and my favorite comment by far:
(Being an American, I just love the Britishness of that saying.)"What a lot of tosh!!!"
Now we certainly do not live in a conservative household by any means (quite the opposite actually). But if this is true, even remotely true, and I shall put a lot of time and effort and energy toward this investigation to determine if it is indeed true, then we shall banish any semblance of Thomas-ness from our house forever more!
Now ... where was the Internet bookmark I had for the list of "pretend make-believe fake children's entertainment characters' hidden political agendas"???
Friday, December 11, 2009
Obama v. Bush, on wars and Nobel Prizes
On Politico: "Conservative praise for Nobel speech"
Some quotes from some really important people:
Sarah Palin: “I liked what he said," Palin told USA Today. "Of course, war is the last thing I believe any American wants to engage in, but it's necessary. We have to stop these terrorists."
But who gives a shit --- she's a non-entity.
Newt Gingrich: “I think having a liberal president who goes to Oslo on behalf of a peace prize and reminds the committee that they would not be free, they wouldn't be able to have a peace prize, without having [the ability to use] force,” Gingrich said. “I thought in some ways it's a very historic speech.”
But who gives a shit --- he's a non-entity.
But here are the really telling, and ignorant, quotes:
“The irony is that George W. Bush could have delivered the very same speech. It was a truly an American president's message to the world,” said Bradley A. Blakeman, a Republican strategist and CEO of Kent Strategies LLC who worked in the Bush White House.
Added Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations: “If Bush had said these things the world would be filled with violent denunciations. When Obama says them, people purr. That is fine by me.”
Some quotes from some really important people:
Sarah Palin: “I liked what he said," Palin told USA Today. "Of course, war is the last thing I believe any American wants to engage in, but it's necessary. We have to stop these terrorists."
But who gives a shit --- she's a non-entity.
Newt Gingrich: “I think having a liberal president who goes to Oslo on behalf of a peace prize and reminds the committee that they would not be free, they wouldn't be able to have a peace prize, without having [the ability to use] force,” Gingrich said. “I thought in some ways it's a very historic speech.”
But who gives a shit --- he's a non-entity.
But here are the really telling, and ignorant, quotes:
“The irony is that George W. Bush could have delivered the very same speech. It was a truly an American president's message to the world,” said Bradley A. Blakeman, a Republican strategist and CEO of Kent Strategies LLC who worked in the Bush White House.
Added Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations: “If Bush had said these things the world would be filled with violent denunciations. When Obama says them, people purr. That is fine by me.”
"Perception is reality"
Oh my favorite quote comes back again and again ... Note that this is quite a long and unwieldy post, so be prepared for some forks in the road, some rants, some common sense (Warren-style), some tortuous moments, and even more wandering than normal.
Long ago, a few jobs and a few bosses ago, I had a boss's boss's boss who was an idiot. I honestly don't think he meant to do poorly as a manager, however being a senior manager in charge of a couple hundred people means that you should have at least some semblance of managerial aptitude --- you, know, the ability to at least manage your way out of a cardboard box. He didn't. Said manager did virtually nothing right in the several years during which I worked in his organization. He left on his own after a somewhat failed attempt to figure out what was really wrong with his reign by way of an employee "How is management doing?" survey, from which he learned that HE was the problem --- but that is another story. I did, however, take away one single good thing from this guy, something that he preached but didn't do at all well for himself. He'd tell us manager-types (I was at the lowest rung of the managerial ladder at the time --- lucky me ...) that "Perception is reality".
I think I'll say that again:
Long ago, a few jobs and a few bosses ago, I had a boss's boss's boss who was an idiot. I honestly don't think he meant to do poorly as a manager, however being a senior manager in charge of a couple hundred people means that you should have at least some semblance of managerial aptitude --- you, know, the ability to at least manage your way out of a cardboard box. He didn't. Said manager did virtually nothing right in the several years during which I worked in his organization. He left on his own after a somewhat failed attempt to figure out what was really wrong with his reign by way of an employee "How is management doing?" survey, from which he learned that HE was the problem --- but that is another story. I did, however, take away one single good thing from this guy, something that he preached but didn't do at all well for himself. He'd tell us manager-types (I was at the lowest rung of the managerial ladder at the time --- lucky me ...) that "Perception is reality".
Perception is reality.
I think I'll say that again:
Perception is reality.
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