Nader to Screw Up Another Election

He is the thing that won't die.

Ralph Nader, leader of the Green Party, has just decided to screw up another election by jumping into the race. I think the fact that he has been able to do this is evidence that we need some reform on the rules of how people can decide to run for president. We have a golden opportunity to bring our beloved country out of darkness, and here is this jackass jumping back into the ring to ruin that once again.

Personally, I think he was hired by the Republicans.

Rape Ain't What It Used to Be...

Apparently Senator Henry Douglas from TN has nostalgic views on what rape was back when he was growing up:

"Rape, ladies and gentlemen, is not today what rape was. Rape, when I was learning these things, was the violation of a chaste woman, against her will, by some party not her spouse. Today it’s simply, 'Let’s don’t go forward with this act.'"

Send this genius a letter or email if you are offended (if you are not offended, please refrain from reproducing in the future; the world has enough fools):

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/letterslist/?id=8129

CASTRO STEPS DOWN

After ruling Cuba and dodging over 600 assassination attempts by the United States and surviving 10 U.S. administrations, Castro is calling it quits.

His brother Raul, who is only five years younger than he, is to assume the role of president and Commander-in-Chief. Raul Castro has been running the country for quite some time already, and still there are no signs that Cuba's government will make any changes any time soon. Exiles and descendents of exiles and refugees are salivating, but the odds of them ever reclaiming the property that was taken from them is a very slim chance at best. It is because of their voting power in Florida that no U.S. president has been able to try to make amends with Cuba.

Cuba is one of the last surviving communist countries after the fall of the former USSR.

The U.S. Creates New Al Qaeda Martyr

I was very dismayed to read that the United States bombed parts of Pakistan--without permission--to kill Abu Laith al-Libia, a senior Al Qaeda commander. Al Qaeda is set up so that it does not fall should one of its leaders die, much like our military is designed to survive the death of leaders through a line of automatic succession.

What really disturbs me about this--other than the fact that once again my country has violated another state's sovereignty--is that this "War on Terror" is fought with Cold War mentality. Death to the Westerner and death to an eastern terrorist are not the same. They don't mind dying for their cause. We talk a good game about dying for a cause, but the truth is that while we are willing to risk our lives, few walk into a situation fully prepared to die. Once more, the only thing that comes out of the deaths of these operatives is that they become martyrs, only serving to reinvigorate their cause.

So thanks a lot, CIA, you just made the world a bit more unsafe.

New Threats from DHS

There is evidence that suggests that female suicide bombers are using prosthetics to mimic pregnancy with bombs inside of the would-be wombs.

This bothers me on a personal level because I pitched this idea months ago to someone that works for the government and they told me that it was "highly unlikely." The question that should be brought to the table now is what will happen to the women that are actually pregnant? DHS' hypervigilance already has us walking barefoot through airport terminals, are they going to have doctors on standby to examine pregnant women to see if they are actually with child? I also said that I would not be surprised if they used children and now there is evidence that training camps are being opened to kids as young as 10 years old.

This may be considered to be a crazy idea, but I have always believed in the practice of hide-in-plain-sight. Our increased, visible security efforts are only going to push terrorist to become more creative. Perhaps if we gave off the illusion that our guard was down and had a bunch of plain-clothes walking the airports and subways, then maybe the terrorist would make spotting them a lot easier.

The Election

I know I have not been blogging about the election as I should. The truth is that I have been too busy biting my nails while my eyes were fixated on the television. I promise to come to my senses soon.

Violence in Kenya Escalates

Today in Kenya a church was burned by a mob, who deliberately sought to murder members of the Kikuyu tribe, killing 50 people including children. They attacked people with machetes and then set them on fire and beat anyone that tried to save lives. The violence is the result of the questionable election of President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki tried to meet with opposition leaders to try to address the violence but the opposition refused to meet with him unless he stepped down from power. The U.S. and the EU have refused to acknowledge the election.

It is now estimated that almost 300 people have been killed as a result of the election of Kibaki.

BHUTTO ASSASINATED!

Suicide bombers just took the life of Pakistan's only hope. May God have mercy on their souls.

Putin is TIME Person of the Year

You have got to be freaking kidding me.

Oprah's Commitment to Obama

Originally Oprah was going to throw her hat towards Hillary Clinton. Then she changed it to Obama. I cannot help but believe that the reasons behind her doing this had nothing to do with his campaign issues and everything to do with race. I am one of the few black people I know that refuses to support a candidate on race alone, and I wish Oprah had the courage to do so, too.

Brit Jailed over Teddy Bear

A British woman was jailed for suspicion of violating a religious law in the Sudan for allowing a teddy bear to be named "Muhammed."

Normally I try not to make commentary about other cultures, but someone explain this to me. A teddy bear? Not a nuke, not a crime against humanity....a freaking toy. She could get 40 lashes, a fine, 6 months in jail or a combination of the three.

How the Christmas Wars Stole Christmas...

I never thought about what faiths my friends were until I got ready to start mailing cards for the holidays. Once upon a time I bought "Happy Holidays" cards because I wanted to cover the entire holiday season, and not just Christmas. This year I bought Christmas cards and "Happy Holidays" cards because I was so thrown off by the Christmas wars of the past two years that I don't want to risk offending anyone.

The irony of it is that my friends probably are just glad to get a card and could care less what it says.

Fun with Dick and Jane?

Apparently a new crime wave has emerged since the foreclosures of homes en masse took place in this country.

What a shocker.

Aqua Dots Hurt Tots

Yet another toy is being added to the list of banned items from China. Aqua Dots, that toy that I never considered to be a real toy in the first place, metabolizes into a powerful date rape drug when ingested.

Who are making these toys, pederasts and child killers?

The Word on the Kurds

Iraq wants the Kurd separatists to hit the road. And where are they to go? Turkey? I am sure the Turks would just love that. It would save them the trouble of flying into another country and bombing the hell out of it. The U.S. tried that; it doensn't work.

Roasted Turkey?

Apparently Turkey is thinking about doing some preemptives striking against Kurdish north Iraq. There is great fear among the Turks that an attempt by the Kurds to form their own country might embolden the Kurds in south Turkey to join in and try to take a bit of Turkey with them.

I really have no comment for this; I personally think it wouldn't hurt to just let the Kurds have their own land and call it a day, but given that would probably result in the Turkish Kurds trying to take a bit of Turkey with them, it seems to be a lose-lose situation.

Al Qaida on the Meltdown?

The U.S. military has reported that it has done significant damage to the Al Qaida terrorist group--significant to the point where it has declared victory over the organization.

I don't buy this one bit.

Al Qaida is like a nest of wasps. You think you've killed them all, but unless you kill the source then it will continue to go on forever, and even if you manage to kill the queen of the hive there is another wasp waiting to take the dethroned's place. On a slightly side note, given that this is coming from the same group that declared "Mission Accomplished" for the Iraq War and we are still there, I think that the credibility factor is lacking.

I personally do not believe it is possible to completely destroy Al Qaida; it is a beast that will have to die on its own, and right now it is thriving.

Alabama Sex Toy Ban

Yes, the state of Alabama has nothing better to do with tax dollars than to put laws into place that essentially ban people from having the opportunity to choose how they spend their private time...but it is still legal to own guns, buy porn, Viagra and men's sex magazines.

Alabama legislators, given that Alabama is at the bottom of the barrel every year for education, I think you can find better ways to spend your time. Sex toys do not create prostitution. People who don't want to find dates on their own create prostitution. I would think that sex toys would be a disease-and-unplanned-pregnancy-free alternative. Speaking of unplanned pregnancies, would you rather your daughter use one sex toy 50 times or sleep with 50 different guys? Maybe you see nothing wrong with driving her to an abortion clinic instead of embracing the idea that she could be entertaining herself in a disease-free environment, but the rest of the world does not concur.

The medieval age is over, Alabama. It is high-time you came into the 21st century.

Link to petition against ban:
http://gopetition.com/petitions/say-no-to-alabamas-sex-toy-ban.html

Wow

Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. So we could have had an Academy Award-winning, Peace Prize winner as president...

Put that in your hookah and smoke it.

The Ohio School Shooting: A Thought

The incident in Ohio, where a teenager opened fire wounding four people may very well bear the same origins as the other shootings. My concern with this recent shooting is that students viewed as "different" are going to be targeted by teachers and students, which will only inflame these "different" students even more. Although no one has mentioned it, I cannot help but suspect that this student was subjected to bullying.

Bullying has got to be the most underrated problem in schools. I have constantly heard adults say that bullying is not a big deal, but for a teenager or younger person, it is a huge deal. Schools should start implementing rules that buckle down on bullying instead of fishing out atheists and those who listen to Marilyn Manson.

Unless of course they want to wait until it happens to their school to act.