George W. Bush: Good for porn!

This is probably one of the funniest things I've seen: Bush Stimulates The Porn Industry With His Economic Package.

Basically, people are using their stimulus checks to buy a ton of porn off the Internet. Which, as we all know, is exactly what the Internet is for.

Even better: LEWIS BLACK CALLED IT BACK ON MAY 8TH!!! At about 2:32 into it:

There you have it -- Lewis Black, the new Nostradamus.

By the way, if anyone can tell me how to get the embed code to actually work in this blog, I'd be happier than a sugar-addicted child in a candy factory.


Posted by pdmccaul [Just Funny] ( July 02, 2008 07:16 PM ) Permalink | Comments[0]

Wesley Clark's statement (updated)

I hesitate to weigh in on this, but after seeing the Talking Points Memo Veracifier video on the MSM's absolute hissy fit on Clark's remarks, I feel I should point this out on this forum.

Wes Clark never questioned John McCain's war record. I think Digby best summarized what we had to look forward after Clark's remarks: the mother of all hissy fits.

Here's what Clark said (in context):

CLARK: He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee. And he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn't held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded ? that wasn't a wartime squadron. He hasn't been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn't seen what it's like when diplomats come in and say, "I don't know whether we're going to be able to get this point through or not, do you want to take the risk, what about your reputation, how do we handle this publicly? He hasn't made those calls, Bob.

SCHIEFFER: Can I just interrupt you? I have to say, Barack Obama hasn't had any of these experiences either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down.

CLARK: I don?t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.

(emphasis mine)

He basically said that McCain never had to make the executive decisions, e.g., bomb target A, target B or target C, move the troops in or make a strategic withdrawal, etc. And then he said that McCain's experience is not indicative of the executive experience required for the Presidency, which is correct (otherwise, by right-wing logic, any Marine who ever held an M-16 has adequate experience to control the American military).

The MSM's hissy fit is exactly why I only watch my primetime dramas/comedies, sports and the occasional soap. If I have to watch the news, I turn on The Daily Show or The Colbert Report.

UPDATE: Rhetorical question -- why is it acceptable for the (ex-) military people the right hires to impugn on (ex-) military people on the left when it is unacceptable for those liberally-aligned military people to even suggest that a conservatively-aligned general might have forgotten to brush his/her teeth?

John McCain's got a Swift Boater on his side now. I now plan to never watch televised news until further notice.


Posted by pdmccaul [Politics] ( July 02, 2008 09:46 AM ) Permalink | Comments[0]