The Storyteller Rests

Not just his own story, but everyone's. Go read some Studs Terkel this weekend.

Quote O' The Day

I hope that in January, after Mount Rushmore has been re-carved with the faces of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jeremiah Wright, and Aretha Franklin; after "Fuck tha Police" becomes the new national anthem; after all cigarettes are outlawed except for Kools and Newports; after we've all been forced to become Commie Muslim atheists; after President Obama hands the nuclear launch codes to al-Qaeda; after abortions are not only fully funded but mandatory; after Rastus Odinga Odinga becomes Secretary of State; and after we've all been interned in Learn How To Hate Whitey camps--after all of that, I hope that Caliph Obama Marx X institutes some serious statistical re- education programs, so we won't ever have to deal with this kind of stupid again.

I would have said that we'd have Huey Newton, Nat Turner, and Stokely Carmichael on our money, but of course we won't need any money in our coming Worker's Paradise, now will we, Comrade?

-- Jude, on a roll..

State Of The Union

Obama's 30-minute informercial spells out his plan.


I think A. sums it up best..

Random Thought

A lot of people will watch this world series game tonight not because its a unique completion to a suspended game, but because it promises to likely be over well before midnight eastern..

Hello, Cranky Citizen!

Quote O' The Day

"The problem with the economy is that it is no longer economy-sized.."

-- John Stewart

The Three Ashleys

Read.

One Small Problem

No one told the banks they couldn't just hold onto the bailout money..

Our Liberal Media

...at work.

I only wish Biden had been able to sneak a "Jane, you ignorant slut!" into it somewhere..

It Has To Be Good News For McCain.. Somehow..

Anchorage Daily News endorses Obama..

Alaska's founders were optimistic people, but even the most farsighted might have been stretched to imagine this scenario. No matter the outcome in November, this election will mark a signal moment in the history of the 49th state. Many Alaskans are proud to see their governor, and their state, so prominent on the national stage.

Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool, steady hand. The same cannot be said of Sen. McCain.

Andy! Opie! Fonzie! Time For Dinner!

About halfway through I realized they should be endorsing the Wig Party*...




* sorry

The Dumb, It Burns (Part 4 billion)

Josh is all over this, but it seems to me like this could be the last nail in the McCain campaign coffin if it gets reported correctly.

And staging a black man - on - white woman attack is bad enough as it is.

Evil Empire

Now extra empirical!

Quote O' The Day

It's quite a blow for McCain on each point. But the most galling must be what Powell said about his judgment, his steadiness in moment's of crisis. Powell and McCain are both in their early 70s. Obama is a quarter century younger. And in so many words Powell said that compared to Obama, McCain simply lacks the seasoning, the maturity to be president.

-- Josh

Airport Insecurity

Awesome. Frightening.

During one secondary inspection, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, I was wearing under my shirt a spectacular, only-in-America device called a “Beerbelly,” a neoprene sling that holds a polyurethane bladder and drinking tube. The Beerbelly, designed originally to sneak alcohol—up to 80 ounces—into football games, can quite obviously be used to sneak up to 80 ounces of liquid through airport security. (The company that manufactures the Beerbelly also makes something called a “Winerack,” a bra that holds up to 25 ounces of booze and is recommended, according to the company’s Web site, for PTA meetings.) My Beerbelly, which fit comfortably over my beer belly, contained two cans’ worth of Bud Light at the time of the inspection. It went undetected. The eight-ounce bottle of water in my carry-on bag, however, was seized by the federal government.
...
As we stood at an airport Starbucks, Schnei­er spread before me a batch of fabricated boarding passes for Northwest Airlines flight 1714, scheduled to depart at 2:20 p.m. and arrive at Reagan National at 5:47 p.m. He had taken the liberty of upgrading us to first class, and had even granted me “Platinum/Elite Plus” status, which was gracious of him.
...
To slip through the only check against the no-fly list, the terrorist uses a stolen credit card to buy a ticket under a fake name. “Then you print a fake boarding pass with your real name on it and go to the airport. You give your real ID, and the fake boarding pass with your real name on it, to security. They’re checking the documents against each other. They’re not checking your name against the no-fly list—that was done on the airline’s computers. Once you’re through security, you rip up the fake boarding pass, and use the real boarding pass that has the name from the stolen credit card. Then you board the plane, because they’re not checking your name against your ID at boarding.”

What if you don’t know how to steal a credit card?

“Then you’re a stupid terrorist and the government will catch you,” he said.

What if you don’t know how to download a PDF of an actual boarding pass and alter it on a home computer?

“Then you’re a stupid terrorist and the government will catch you.”

Rantage

Why do the cycle-trons keep subjecting us to piles of so-called undecided voters? Why do they matter? Unless you're 18 and newly unoblivious or someone who just became a citizen, what kind of idiot do you have to be to be undecided at this point?

Know any football fans that don't have a favorite team? See, exactly. There's always one and that particular one has no capacity for rational thought and needs rides places and owes you money. Fuck him.

Same dumbass, different magnitude.

Beer Me!

WaPo's Dana Milbank takes us on a tour of the official on-site debate beer tent...

Enough Said

[1D]

Good News For McCain, Of Course..

Markets plummet - another 7% off the top..

Halfrican*

The NYT digs into people (specifically Alabamans) who seem to be against Obama because he's racially 'other' and, ya know, that ain't right..


* (a term created by me good friend Archie back in the day to describe me.. I still use it because its accurate and funny..)