Sunday, November 16, 2008
Bill Fucks Hillary Part II
I've mentioned Bill fucking Hillary after Chelsea's conception, and now he's done it again. If anyone's a misogynist holding back women's rights, let's talk about this couple. Bill clearly doesn't want her, the woman with the best chance of becoming president (the argument at Sarah Palin is also close is a farce), to be another President Clinton, or at the very least, he lives his life with complete disregard for her political prospects. Here he is again fucking Hillary.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Why Obama Should Fill His Cabinet with (Asshole) Geniuses
"The Genius Cabinet," a recent article by Slate magazine, argues "why the president-elect should surround himself with brilliant -- albeit prickly, semi-autistic, and egomaniacal -- thinkers." (Read: assholes.)
The first man the article discusses is Lawrence Summers. The article speaks highly of Summers' capacities in the realm of the US Treasury, and his former position as the President of Harvard University speaks to his steady economic hand (let us not forget after all, that Summers is asshole number one in the "genius cabinet"). The article also acknowledges Summers' faults while at the same time glossing over them with intimations of his less than desirable history and traits.
The article links to, but does not include, Summers' controversial memo stating that "poor countries need more pollution, not less" because "life and health are worth less in poor countries than in rich ones." (full disclosure: I agree with this completely if we understand "life and health" purely in terms of monetary, not ethical, value). The author does not mention that for which Summers gained recent national attention, an unfortunate statement at a conference when he stated that "innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in science and math careers. Summers also questioned how much of a role discrimination plays in the dearth of female professors in science and engineering at elite universities." Dude, seriously?
If Hillary Clinton were president (full disclosure: I supported Obama from the beginning of the primaries to November 4), she could not, politically speaking, consider Summers. He could not, in a Hillary Clinton administration, vaguely resemble a serious consideration for treasury secretary. Perhaps she would have had to have treated it as an obvious consideration to briefly entertain before immediately discarding -- a mere ceremonial acknowledgment and a passing over. For this reason, Obama can strike a compromise: seriously consider Summers, but pass him over and instead hire another brilliant economist, perhaps a student (or a puppet) of Summers whose social consciousness doesn't resemble that of a single-celled organism.
Certainly Barack needs geniuses to tackle the biggest problems of the day. While the economy is undoubtedly now a matured crisis (fine aging care of GW Bush), so is our cultural fabric. With the struggle of women still unfinished and a nationwide protesting of Proposition 8, a phenomenon that Obama contributed by bringing out a population of voters that overwhelmingly (and ironically) voted against equal rights, cultural healing was a great part of Obama's appeal during his campaign. Saving one crucial aspect of American life (the economy) at the unnecessary expense of another (women's rights and/or GLBT rights) doesn't make much sense. It would be impossible to maintain any sort of unity for his party, and he would surely be looking at a 4-years total in the white house, should he begin splitting his base before he takes oath.
Of course, I think we need geniuses too. But genius and a sense of reality are not mutually exclusive. I'd rather take a slightly "lesser" genius who also has some intellectual integrity and values that don't completely contradict the point of Barack Obama's presidency.
Speaking of Proposition 8, Mr. President-Elect, Mr. Moral Leader, may I be the first to ask, "Where the hell are you?" Now that the election is over, must you pretend your rapid response team never existed? I know you're busy, but a one-sentence statement within 24 hours has never been more needed. And your silence is deafening.
The first man the article discusses is Lawrence Summers. The article speaks highly of Summers' capacities in the realm of the US Treasury, and his former position as the President of Harvard University speaks to his steady economic hand (let us not forget after all, that Summers is asshole number one in the "genius cabinet"). The article also acknowledges Summers' faults while at the same time glossing over them with intimations of his less than desirable history and traits.
The article links to, but does not include, Summers' controversial memo stating that "poor countries need more pollution, not less" because "life and health are worth less in poor countries than in rich ones." (full disclosure: I agree with this completely if we understand "life and health" purely in terms of monetary, not ethical, value). The author does not mention that for which Summers gained recent national attention, an unfortunate statement at a conference when he stated that "innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in science and math careers. Summers also questioned how much of a role discrimination plays in the dearth of female professors in science and engineering at elite universities." Dude, seriously?
If Hillary Clinton were president (full disclosure: I supported Obama from the beginning of the primaries to November 4), she could not, politically speaking, consider Summers. He could not, in a Hillary Clinton administration, vaguely resemble a serious consideration for treasury secretary. Perhaps she would have had to have treated it as an obvious consideration to briefly entertain before immediately discarding -- a mere ceremonial acknowledgment and a passing over. For this reason, Obama can strike a compromise: seriously consider Summers, but pass him over and instead hire another brilliant economist, perhaps a student (or a puppet) of Summers whose social consciousness doesn't resemble that of a single-celled organism.
Certainly Barack needs geniuses to tackle the biggest problems of the day. While the economy is undoubtedly now a matured crisis (fine aging care of GW Bush), so is our cultural fabric. With the struggle of women still unfinished and a nationwide protesting of Proposition 8, a phenomenon that Obama contributed by bringing out a population of voters that overwhelmingly (and ironically) voted against equal rights, cultural healing was a great part of Obama's appeal during his campaign. Saving one crucial aspect of American life (the economy) at the unnecessary expense of another (women's rights and/or GLBT rights) doesn't make much sense. It would be impossible to maintain any sort of unity for his party, and he would surely be looking at a 4-years total in the white house, should he begin splitting his base before he takes oath.
Of course, I think we need geniuses too. But genius and a sense of reality are not mutually exclusive. I'd rather take a slightly "lesser" genius who also has some intellectual integrity and values that don't completely contradict the point of Barack Obama's presidency.
Speaking of Proposition 8, Mr. President-Elect, Mr. Moral Leader, may I be the first to ask, "Where the hell are you?" Now that the election is over, must you pretend your rapid response team never existed? I know you're busy, but a one-sentence statement within 24 hours has never been more needed. And your silence is deafening.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
35 Years?
Great article from CQPolitics.
"Clinton is 60, so if we assume that her 35 years were consecutive, they would have begun in 1973 when she graduated from Yale Law School at age 25. That year she joined the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group for children.
But her math was way off when she claimed the difference with Obama is "35 years of experience." By our count, Obama, who is 14 years younger than Clinton, has three years of experience as a community organizer, four years as a full-time attorney handling voting rights, employment and housing cases, and 11 years in the Illinois Senate and U.S. Senate. That’s a total of 18 years. So the difference between Clinton and Obama is really 17 years. We rate her claim False."
I've mentioned some less than savorable aspects of her experience in my previous post. And this one does not really go into this. However, it does go into the comparison between her experience, and Barack's.
Clinton has been an activist for many liberal causes, but she has also been an activist for many corporate causes. By all accounts she, like Al Gore, are corporate liberals. Her voting record speaks for itself. Women, gays (kind of), minorities? I'm with you. Corporations? I'm with you. You want to build a car park where this forest is? I'm with you. 100%
"Clinton is 60, so if we assume that her 35 years were consecutive, they would have begun in 1973 when she graduated from Yale Law School at age 25. That year she joined the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group for children.
But her math was way off when she claimed the difference with Obama is "35 years of experience." By our count, Obama, who is 14 years younger than Clinton, has three years of experience as a community organizer, four years as a full-time attorney handling voting rights, employment and housing cases, and 11 years in the Illinois Senate and U.S. Senate. That’s a total of 18 years. So the difference between Clinton and Obama is really 17 years. We rate her claim False."
I've mentioned some less than savorable aspects of her experience in my previous post. And this one does not really go into this. However, it does go into the comparison between her experience, and Barack's.
Clinton has been an activist for many liberal causes, but she has also been an activist for many corporate causes. By all accounts she, like Al Gore, are corporate liberals. Her voting record speaks for itself. Women, gays (kind of), minorities? I'm with you. Corporations? I'm with you. You want to build a car park where this forest is? I'm with you. 100%
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Why I Will Never Vote for Hillary
#1 Her campaign donors. Fuck Obama's Rezko. This is some real shit. The kind of shit you can only get because you've already been to the white house.
If you hate the Bushes, no one has more in common with them than the Clintons.
"The royal family of Saudi Arabia gave the Clinton facility in Little Rock about $10 million, roughly the same amount it gave toward the presidential library of George H.W. Bush, according to people directly familiar with the contributions."
Not just $10m...
"Bill Clinton approached Prince Bandar in 1991 for $20 million to launch a Middle East studies program at the University of Arkansas and that Prince Bandar announced that the request was approved shortly before Bill Clinton won the presidential election. There may be some irony in that, by Unger's own account, Saudi Arabia has contributed eight times as much to Bill Clinton's charities than to George H.W. Bush's."
And wasn't that some shit with Scooter Libby?
"[Hillary] Clinton must be careful, however, because Libby's past legal career is closely intertwined with her husband's presidency. During the 1980s and 1990s, Libby was a lawyer for Marc Rich."
Wait, who's Marc Rich? the bbc tells us.
"Mr Clinton defended his pardon partially on the grounds that Mr Rich's charitable contributions in the Middle East had aided the peace process. In 1983, the financier fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution on 51 counts of tax evasion, fraud and violating a US trade embargo with Iran." This is while Iran had hostages.
I mean I'm not saying he's worse than the Bush's...
"The George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, reveals its most generous patrons on a gray marble wall in the foyer. When the center, located at Texas A&M University, was being erected, money flowed in from as far away as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, places that had good reason to thank the 40th president of the United States. But for one donor of at least $100,000 — Texas oilman Edwin L. Cox, Sr. — gratitude may have been closer to home."
But anyone who says the Clintons are no better than the Bushes clearly hasn't done their homework.
And how did that work out for Bill Clinton... pardoning all the people that he did? What did they do for him... or Hillary?
"Three recipients of controversial 11th-hour pardons issued by former President Bill Clinton in January 2001 have donated thousands of dollars to the presidential campaign of his wife, Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., according to campaign finance records examined by ABC News, in what some good government groups said created an appearance of impropriety."
And what's Bill been up to since he left the white house? Hooking up uranium deals for over $100m against US interests?
FYI, Bill has no honest emotion in him.
But Bill's not running, right? HILLARY is. So those 35 years of so-called experience? What the fuck has she done?
"Yet Clinton, as McClatchy notes, spent the bulk of her career in Arkansas--15 out of 35--at one of the state's preeminent corporate law firms, representing clients like Tyson Foods. During that time she did a number of good works. But from 1986-1992 she also sat on the board of Wal-Mart, pushing gingerly for women's rights while staying quiet as the company aggressively opposed labor unions."
Oh and Bill Clinton was supposed to be the first black president right? Except if he was... he'd be eating watermelon...
Don't even get me started on Iraq...
If you hate the Bushes, no one has more in common with them than the Clintons.
"The royal family of Saudi Arabia gave the Clinton facility in Little Rock about $10 million, roughly the same amount it gave toward the presidential library of George H.W. Bush, according to people directly familiar with the contributions."
Not just $10m...
"Bill Clinton approached Prince Bandar in 1991 for $20 million to launch a Middle East studies program at the University of Arkansas and that Prince Bandar announced that the request was approved shortly before Bill Clinton won the presidential election. There may be some irony in that, by Unger's own account, Saudi Arabia has contributed eight times as much to Bill Clinton's charities than to George H.W. Bush's."
And wasn't that some shit with Scooter Libby?
"[Hillary] Clinton must be careful, however, because Libby's past legal career is closely intertwined with her husband's presidency. During the 1980s and 1990s, Libby was a lawyer for Marc Rich."
Wait, who's Marc Rich? the bbc tells us.
"Mr Clinton defended his pardon partially on the grounds that Mr Rich's charitable contributions in the Middle East had aided the peace process. In 1983, the financier fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution on 51 counts of tax evasion, fraud and violating a US trade embargo with Iran." This is while Iran had hostages.
I mean I'm not saying he's worse than the Bush's...
"The George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, reveals its most generous patrons on a gray marble wall in the foyer. When the center, located at Texas A&M University, was being erected, money flowed in from as far away as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, places that had good reason to thank the 40th president of the United States. But for one donor of at least $100,000 — Texas oilman Edwin L. Cox, Sr. — gratitude may have been closer to home."
But anyone who says the Clintons are no better than the Bushes clearly hasn't done their homework.
And how did that work out for Bill Clinton... pardoning all the people that he did? What did they do for him... or Hillary?
"Three recipients of controversial 11th-hour pardons issued by former President Bill Clinton in January 2001 have donated thousands of dollars to the presidential campaign of his wife, Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., according to campaign finance records examined by ABC News, in what some good government groups said created an appearance of impropriety."
And what's Bill been up to since he left the white house? Hooking up uranium deals for over $100m against US interests?
FYI, Bill has no honest emotion in him.
But Bill's not running, right? HILLARY is. So those 35 years of so-called experience? What the fuck has she done?
"Yet Clinton, as McClatchy notes, spent the bulk of her career in Arkansas--15 out of 35--at one of the state's preeminent corporate law firms, representing clients like Tyson Foods. During that time she did a number of good works. But from 1986-1992 she also sat on the board of Wal-Mart, pushing gingerly for women's rights while staying quiet as the company aggressively opposed labor unions."
Oh and Bill Clinton was supposed to be the first black president right? Except if he was... he'd be eating watermelon...
Don't even get me started on Iraq...
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
An M to F Candidate for Change
Obama is so into change, he's actually currently in transition. That's right. By November, Barack Obama will be a pretty lady... um, I mean a lady...
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