tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245728901604382772024-03-04T22:31:50.148-08:00Lavender's BackwatersA lady may cross her ankles,
but I'd rather just hit you.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-36382347014835584702010-05-18T15:49:00.000-07:002010-05-18T18:27:46.507-07:00Hypocrisy Blotter of the Day<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >#1</span> INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder acknowledged an affair with a staffer Tuesday and unexpectedly announced his resignation, giving Democrats a chance at capturing what many had thought was a safe Republican seat.</p> <p>The eight-term congressman apologized for his actions but provided no details.</p> <p>"I am so ashamed to have hurt the ones I love," he said at a news conference in Fort Wayne. "I am sorry to have let so many friends down, people who have worked so hard for me."<br />His resignation is effective Friday.</p> <p><em><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Fox News has identified Souder's mistress as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/18/tracy-jackson-mark-souder_n_580144.html" target="_hplink">Tracy Jackson</a>, an aide in his Indiana district office. Video has surfaced of Jackson <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/18/tracy-jackson-mark-souder_n_580144.html" target="_hplink">conducting an "interview" with Souder</a> about a hearing on abstinence education.</em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/18/mark-souder-to-resign-ove_n_579938.html">Story @ Huffpoo</a><br /></em></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >#2</span> Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal has conceded he has "misspoken" in claiming he served in Vietnam but defended his military record and his commitment to veterans.<br /><br />At a news conference backed by veterans, the popular Connecticut attorney general said he meant to say he served "during Vietnam" instead of "in Vietnam." He called it a matter of "a few misplaced words" that were "totally unintentional."</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/13/connecticut-senate-2010-e_n_530932.html">Story @ Huffpoo</a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >#3</span> Bristol Palin has signed with a speakers bureau for a tidy sum of between $15,000 and $30,000 per speech, <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/05/exclusive-bristol-palins-new-job-30000-speech" target="_hplink">RadarOnline reports</a>.</p> <p>[<strong>UPDATE:</strong> Palin family attorney Thomas Van Flein <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100517/us-people-bristol-palin/">confirmed with the AP</a> that Bristol Palin has signed a deal with the bureau and that is indeed her fee range, but said the cost may be adjusted based on her target audience and the preparation required for a particular speaking engagement.]</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/17/bristol-palin-speech-30000_n_579545.html">story @ Huffpoo</a><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Bristol Palin ought to go home and raise the baby she already had. She was unmarried and having sex. She's the last person who should be speaking on abstinence, as she didn't practice it and has profited hugely as a result of behavior that would send Republicans howling into the woods had it been a Democrat's daughter. No role model she!</p><p>!!!<br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >& #4</span> Half-Governor Sarah Palin crashed twice-Governor Wally Hickel's funeral today. Trust me, if Sarah Palin was paying her respects, the check would bounce. The guest list was impressive with many Alaskan dignitaries. And then there was Palin with her daughter Piper, the 8-year-old human shield, in tow.</p><p>[Shannon Moore's friend], <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/wally-hickel-and-sarah-pa_b_569419.html" target="_blank">Geoffrey Dunn</a> asked Hickel last year for a formal, on-the-record response to Palin's stunted career as governor. Dunn wrote, "He took a deep pause. "She fell in love with the national spotlight and lost her ethical compass," he said thoughtfully. "That was a sad day for Alaska and America."</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/sarah-palins-new-low-fune_b_579801.html">story @ Huffpoo</a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Why the crap is Piper never in school? If Birthers want to see Obama's birth certificate, then I want to see Palin's teaching certificate for home-schooling her "human shield." Boy howdy, watch that kid rebel like crazy in about 8 years.</span><br /></p>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-137591079170452232010-05-18T08:34:00.000-07:002010-05-18T08:40:15.771-07:00Oh, and Arizonans?<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100515/us-brewer-palin/?">Not you, Sarah Palin.</a> Only real ones that get their mail here need apply.<br /><br /><a href="http://site.azdems2010.com/">VOTE</a>.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-90979628418150717282010-05-18T08:12:00.000-07:002010-05-18T08:39:11.711-07:00I think we're all forgetting something here.The <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/04/gulf-oil-rig-workers-fami_n_562239.html">eleven men who died</a> will receive no compensation, even though their claims are about as "legitimate" as they get. BP is going to use that adjective to screw the guys whose businesses they destroyed, whose environment they destroyed, and whose lives they killed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.epa.gov/adminweb/history/topics/valdez/04.htm">It will be just like the Exxon Valdez.</a><br /><br /><br />And <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91881057">here's how</a> the Supreme Court, <a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article16690.html">who says that corporations are people too,</a> decided to screw the little guy.<br /><br /><br />Some are dead, and died without compensation of any variety.<br /><br /><p>"They're going to be hurt. Those people are going to be suffering because their economy is going to be shot for a year or so," he said. "It took 20 years before the final round was played out with Exxon, in terms of lawsuits, and then they cut back the initial amount. Not many people got much. A lot of people in 20 years have died, lost their boats and permits. It just really screwed up a lot of people's lives."</p><p><a href="http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/exxon_valdez_a_glimpse_of_the.html">At least Louisiana knows what's coming.</a><br /></p>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-9337851565739730252010-05-17T06:05:00.000-07:002010-05-17T06:07:05.238-07:00New Hits?Hey campers, all of a sudden I'm getting hits & I'm wondering if I should start up again? Gimme a shout if you mystery readers I'm getting stats for say aye...Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-29597078549664408782009-03-04T09:16:00.001-08:002009-03-04T09:35:04.150-08:00Igor Panarin: U.S. Will Collapse By Next Year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/67008/thumbs/s-IGOR-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/67008/thumbs/s-IGOR-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Sarah Palin must be laying low with her secessionist-helpmeet Todd teh First Dud, since this is the zaniness catching my eye today.<br /><br />"Panarin argued that Americans are in moral decline, saying their great psychological stress is evident from school shootings, the size of the prison population and the number of gay men."<br /><br />I kinda snarfed the coffee on that one, no lie. These things are all controversial, and it's a good list, till ... gay men??<br /><br />There are several reasons why gay men are a boon to American society, and I shall lay out some reasons that the male gay population may be the salvation of the American Dream, and should be thus revered:<br /><br />1) The gay man always seems to have a female friend during high school (whether either of them know he's gay, or closeted, or whatevs) which leads to sincere, emo-laden conversations when they should be doing their trig homework. This increases the emotional quotient of both, and trig causes a rash anyway.<br /><br />2) Without the gay man, Broadway's lights would have dimmed years ago, and then what would housewives from Iowa do in New York, go to the Warsaw and rock? psh.<br /><br />3) And let's not forget that every gay couple doesn't produce another human, thus working in their own buttsecksy way to trim the population before we hit 11 billion by the year 2100<br /><br />So, just based on this alone, it's obvious someone's been spiking the Russky prof's vodka with Rush Limbaugh's Oxycodone.<br /><i></i><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/04/igor-panarin-us-will-coll_n_171725.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-21913619577577047692009-02-17T15:51:00.000-08:002009-02-17T16:15:04.093-08:00God Wants Your Knees Crossed? Really??Then where did all these adolescent/horny teenager feelings come from, Mommy? It's the Devil? you say? So if I am strong against Satan <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1823930,00.html">I can stay pure? </a><br /><br />Maybe not so much. Bristol Palin came out and blasted abstinence-only sex education, the biggest <a href="http://www.nomoremoney.org/index.cfm?pageid=947">waste of money</a> since the D.A.R.E. program/ war on drugs, as "not realistic," which would explain both the size and timing of her family's birthday list.<br /><br />This poor girl's face when she says she "doesn't want to get into it" screams of what she's seeing in her mind's eye at the time, which would be her getting into it. The problem is that no matter how much we tell teens that they should wait, they rarely do. There will be the religious, but they have another avenue to channel all that hormonal energy- they sublimate it into God. Or they don't and they play sports really hard. Or they play sports really hard and attract people who get all excited by a hero's attention that....<br /><br />but let's not get into it.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eixcsj7FI6I&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eixcsj7FI6I&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />However, were we to discuss human sexuality with as much embarrassment as we do human psychology (i.e. none at all) then children wouldn't be shamed. Kids would know what the consequences of their choices would be. There would be adequate and available protection for free. Honestly? A goldfishblowl full of condoms in the nurse's office by the door would cut down on the number of girls dropping out because they're knocked up. I haven't had any this year, but I had three or four the last two previous. They say they're psyched, but if they knew now what they knew then, would they have reached for the protection? Maybe the knowledge alone would have kept the pants zipped.<br /><br />Or if they took the plunge, they might be less scared, and that child would have a parent's laser-focused attention on them to see that they did become a real human someday.<br /><br />Maybe we wouldn't be heading towards <a href="http://lavenderpitt.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-quality-not-quantity-dammit.html">eleven billion people on the planet in the next hundred years.</a><br /><br />Maybe it <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">would</span> be quality, not quantity.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-80500349619801142982009-02-05T10:01:00.000-08:002009-02-05T11:46:09.827-08:00Obama's been in for less than three weeks: A review...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/27/obama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 221px;" src="http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/27/obama.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So, Obama's gone from an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/04/chuck-todd-cant-get-worke_n_163897.html">83% approval rating to a 63% approval rating.</a> This is not surprising, considering that I still haven't gotten my magical unicorn delivered yet. *rolls eyes* However, he shall live in my mind as the most amazing politician for one reason and one reason only: he <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28994296/">admitted a mistake</a>. This in and of itself is enough of a miracle that it bears repeating. Agree with him or disagree with him, but a man who can admit a mistake is more of a man who durst not admit to such. George Bush, I am talking to <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/01/2009112155218719767.html">YOU.</a> Going around the media circuit and presenting a revisionist history does not make you a man who learned from his errors; it makes you a man who should have tried once or twice to change a policy that wasn't working. He's still a damned tool. At least he has the grace to stay the hell off the national radar, unlike his puppet master <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/02/04/dick-cheney-issues-new-terror-threat--the-former-vice-president-shows-his-farcical-side.html">Vice President Dick.</a><br /><br />And then there's THIS moron:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Former Chief of Staff to Obama: Put Your Jacket On<br />By Bernie Becker<br /><br />At least one prominent former Bush official has the following message for President Obama: I don’t care if it’s warm enough to grow orchids in the Oval Office. Put your suit jacket on.<br /><br />In an interview scheduled to run Wednesday night, Andrew H. Card Jr. told the syndicated news show Inside Edition that “there should be a dress code of respect” in the White House and that he wished Mr. Obama “would wear a suit coat and tie.”<br /><br />Mr. Card, who was George W. Bush’s first chief of staff, becomes the first member of that famously buttoned-up administration to criticize the more relaxed Obama dress code.<br /><br />According to Inside Edition’s Web site, Mr. Card also said:<br /><br />“The Oval Office symbolizes…the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I’m going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it’s appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.”<br /><br />Mr. Card went on to add that, while he would not criticize Mr. Obama for his appearance, “I do expect him to send the message that people who are going to be in the Oval Office should treat the office with the respect that it has earned over history.”<br /><br />As the Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported last week, Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush have, among other distinctions, drastically different views on White House dress codes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Uh-huh. Had the Bush Administration been more concerned with running the country in a direction other than the ground, perhaps they'd not have had the time to whine about dress code. I'm glad he's more focussed on work. Respect for the Constitution doesn't stem from a suit coat; respect for the Constitution stems from following it and not using it as a birdcage liner to make war and money for political rich bastard cronies.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">So, for the first three weeks I give ole Barry a B+</span>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-51845205908311745782009-01-29T10:23:00.000-08:002009-01-29T11:31:23.137-08:00Psychology Today Says It's "Here to Help"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.themudflats.net/wp-content/uploads/wheres-sarah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.themudflats.net/wp-content/uploads/wheres-sarah.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://sarahpac.com/">SarahPAC </a>has gotten started, and is the brainchild of a group of Republicans who think that this woman is actually a viable candidate for the national stage. I don't know how anyone can feel that way for anything other than purely ideological ideas. It can't be based on job performance, since the woman is so absent from the job she's got that the legislature famously wears<a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/27/where-in-the-world-is-sarah-palin/"> these buttons:</a>
<br />I don't know about you, but her vacuity and ravening hunger for fame and time in the spotlight enrages me enough to keep pounding the drum to expose her for the willing tool she is.
<br />
<br />Just because anyone CAN run for office doesn't mean that everyone SHOULD. She ought to go home and take care of her Down-syndrome baby.
<br />
<br />or at least just go home!
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<br />Pulled from <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20051209-000005.html">A Field Guide to Narcissism</a>:
<br /><p class="text"> <span style="font-size:100%;">Deep desire to be at the center of things is served by extreme self-confidence, a combination that makes narcissists attractive and even charming. Buoyed by a coterie of admiring friends and associates—protected by the armor of positive self-regard—someone with a mild-to-moderate case of narcissism can float through life feeling pretty good about himself. Since they feel entitled to special treatment, they are easily offended, and readily harbor grudges. Yet narcissists are often very popular—at least in the short term.</span></p> <p class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;">The beauty of being a narcissist is that even when disaster stares you in the face, you feel neither doubt nor remorse. In a study, researchers asked a pair of participants to undertake a task that was rigged to fail. Most people tend to protect their partner, sharing either the credit or the blame. "But the narcissists would say, 'It's totally the other person's fault.' They're completely willing to step on someone," says narcissism researcher Keith Campbell, associate professor of social psychology at the University of Georgia.</span></p> <p class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;">Intensely narcissistic people often live tumultuous lives, as few people can tolerate them for long. But having a milder version of the personality type comes with many side benefits. Subclinical narcissists are happy. They are less likely to be depressed, sad or anxious, and rate their subjective well-being more highly. They're less reactive to stress, and recover more rapidly from it.
<br /></span></p><p class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;">1. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Buoyed by a coterie of admiring friends and associates—protected by the armor of positive self-regard—someone with a mild-to-moderate case of narcissism can float through life feeling pretty good about himself.</span></p><p class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;">example: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>
<br /></strong></span></p><p class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/?s=meg+stapleton"><strong>Meghan Stapleton</strong> </a>- Once a beloved and respected Channel 2 News anchorwoman (I’m sensing a theme here), and whose only dreadful performance <strong>before</strong> working for the McCain campaign was literally getting <a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/34838/reindeer_tackles_nbc_news_reporter_in_alaska/index.html">run over by a Christmas reindeer</a> on television, her fall to the dark side can only be described as extraordinary. Known now as Meghan Stapletongue, because that’s kind of what it feels like when she talks, she was front and center with McCain’s “Truth Squad.” As Orwellian as it sounded, the function of the “Truth Squad” was to stand in front of the media with charts and graphs complete with circles and arrows, and connect anyone and everyone that spoke out for accountability in Palin’s ethics investigation, with…(ominous chord)..<em><strong>Barack Obama</strong></em>….(insert high pitched scream here). Another favorite activity was sullying the name and reputation of ex-Commissioner of Public safety Walt Monegan, a dedicated and competent public servant (who refused to illegally fire Palin’s ex-brother-in-law) by calling him a “rogue” and accusing him of “insubordination.” Nice.</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;">2.<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >The beauty of being a narcissist is that even when disaster stare<span style="font-size:85%;">s you in the face, </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";color:red;" >you feel neither doubt nor remorse.</span></span><style>- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-size:7;color:red;" ></span><span style="font-size:14;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <nobr></nobr><span style="font-size:100%;">
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<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/11/palin.investigation/index.html">Palin's reaction:</a></span>
<br /><p> "If you read the report, you will see that there was nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member," Palin said as boarded her campaign bus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "You got to read the report."</p><p> Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get her former brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state investigator's report for the bipartisan Legislative Council concluded Friday. </p>
<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:19;" ><div style="position: absolute; top: 7842px; left: 54px;"><nobr></nobr></div> </span></span> Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-69254431358439592812009-01-28T11:58:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:20:58.624-08:00Sarah Palin Wants To Run in 2012- When the Mayan Calendar Ends. I'm Just Sayin'.Sarah Palin has a PAC now. I can only hope that the body politic of America will expel this infection from itself so that we can continue to undo the damage of the Neocons. However, in the meantime Sarah gets to run all over the country (read: NOT in Alaska) promoting whatever the hell her political agenda (read: self-aggrandizing horsesh*t) actually is.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.adn.com/palin/story/669707.html?pageNum=3&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container">Alaska Daily News:</a><br /><p class="story_readable"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">... it {also} allows Palin to more easily differentiate between her political activity and her gubernatorial duties, Pryor said. She can use the money raised by the political committee to donate to other like-minded candidates or to incur travel expenses on behalf of them. She also can use it to pay for her own political activities unrelated to her official job. </span></p> <p class="story_readable"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> So Palin, for example, can use money raised by the committee to attend two upcoming political events outside Alaska, Pryor said. </span><br /></p><p class="story_readable">Really, how much time has this woman actually spent in her state, running the people's business? Not so much, according to <a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/27/where-in-the-world-is-sarah-palin/">The Mudflats:</a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="story_readable">I think it’s time to dust off those “Where’s Sarah?” buttons. The legislature has worn them before to acknowledge Palin’s Juneau-phobia. And yes, both the Alfalfa/RNC trip and the CPAC trip will happen during the 90 day Legislative session.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" class="story_readable"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">So even if she's not tapping the Alaskans for her trip money, she's depriving them of the services of an active governor. And what about <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/01/AR2009010102033.html">her damned kids not being high-school dropouts, really?</a></span></p><p> <span style="font-size:85%;">In the wee hours of 2008, Alaska Gov. <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Sarah+Palin?tid=informline" target="">Sarah Palin</a></i> wanted everyone to know that both daughter <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Bristol+Palin?tid=informline" target="">Bristol</a></i> and her fiance, <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Levi+Johnston?tid=informline" target="">Levi Johnston</a>,</i> parents of Palin's new grandson, <i>Tripp,</i> are not high school dropouts. "You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time," the former Republican vice presidential nominee told <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/People+Magazine?tid=informline" target="">People magazine</a> in a phone message on New Year's Eve. "They are certainly not high school dropouts." </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"> Palin was also in touch with the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/The+Associated+Press?tid=informline" target="">Associated Press</a> and the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/The+Anchorage+Daily+News?tid=informline" target="">Anchorage Daily News</a> to complain about what she said were erroneous reports that Johnston had dropped out of school. The source of those reports? Possibly Levi himself. In October, the Associated Press interviewed Johnston and reported that he had left school to work as an apprentice electrician. Palin issued a statement Wednesday clarifying that Johnston is "continuing his online high school work" while he does the apprentice thing.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Pft!</span><br /></p>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-19459153199897780522009-01-26T11:19:00.001-08:002009-01-26T11:30:45.900-08:00Palin's $180,000 Campaign Clothes "Stuffed In Trash Bags" At RNC Headquarters: NewMajority (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/47934/thumbs/s-PALIN-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/47934/thumbs/s-PALIN-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Ahhh, Sarah. If only we DID see your borrowed feathers auctioned off and the money used to feed the rural villagers in Alaska! Unfortunately, she is far too self-absorbed as a media whore to pay attention to the job she was actually hired for- that of the stewardship of Alaska. This is why we won't need to worry about her in 2012- she'll lose her gubernatorial bid in 2010, and then maybe we'll by Christ be shut of her.<br /><br /><br /><br />The more she's around, the better I like it- every time she opens her mouth she shows thinking people what a fool with a microphone looks like.<br /><i>About <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/slideshow">Slideshows</a></i><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/23/palins-180000-campaign-cl_n_160313.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-54070664588167282322009-01-22T06:25:00.000-08:002009-01-22T06:25:00.395-08:00It's Quality, Not Quantity, Dammit.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/SocialStudiesResources/Social_Studies_Resources/GHG_Documents/World%20Population%20Growth%20Chart%2008.03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 455px;" src="http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/SocialStudiesResources/Social_Studies_Resources/GHG_Documents/World%20Population%20Growth%20Chart%2008.03.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I was poking around the <a href="http://www.azcongresswatch.com/?p=3660">Arizona Congress Watch</a> blog, just trying to find new ways to keep up with the news and becoming a better-informed human being, when I came across the above-linked letter from some guy named Trent Franks, who I'm guessing is important in Arizona state politics. I actually hope he's not, because his comparison of abortion to slavery was one of the sappiest pieces of sophistry I've ever read. *sneering incredulously*<br /><br />Just in case anyone out there is real unclear, I've made a conscious decision to decline the joys of reproduction, mostly because I don't want the job of raising a baby into a recognizably moral human being; instead, I have chosen to help improve the ones other people have already reproduced. This is extremely satisfying, and I wouldn't trade the choices I've made for anything.<br /><br />However, again and again I find it necessary to put out there the idea that responsible species planning would go a long way towards solving a multitude of problems: unemployment, starvation, homelessness, disease. If people could just remember that before they got overexited on date night, then the nutrition and long life (that also contribute to overpopulation) which humans have scientifically gifted ourselves with would be of benefit to a greater percentage of the population of the world.<br /><br />If you have children, love them, cherish them, and teach them responsible stewardship of the world.<br /><br />If you don't, keep it that way <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">by any means you see fit</span> until you're consciously ready to take on the job, or give the baby human to someone who is.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-63502437178055493912009-01-21T15:23:00.000-08:002009-01-21T18:54:42.812-08:00Where's My Pony !? *stamps foot*<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/875/slide_875_15322_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 550px; height: 400px;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/875/slide_875_15322_large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He must be ordering as we speak.<br /><br />Things I like that happened on his first day:<br />1. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The Guantanamo Bay war crimes court came to an abrupt halt Wednesday as military judges granted President Barack Obama's request to suspend proceedings while he reviews his predecessor's strategy for prosecuting terrorists. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-orders-guantanamo-p_n_159557.html">(huffpoo)</a><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">update:</span> WASHINGTON — The <a id="KonaLink0" target="_top" class="rcLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-executive-order-wou_n_159707.html#"><span style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;color:#038258;" ><span class="rcLink" style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" >Obama </span><span class="rcLink" style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" >administration</span></span></a> intends to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and halt military trials of terror suspects held there, according to a draft order obtained Wednesday. The executive order was one of three expected imminently on how to interrogate and prosecute al-Qaida, Taliban or other foreign fighters believed to threaten the United States.(<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-executive-order-wou_n_159707.html">huffpoo</a> again)</p><br /><br />2. Obama decides to stack the deck <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">against</span></span> torture, as opposed to for it:<br /><p>Lederman, [another] former Clinton Office of Legal Counsel lawyer, is perhaps the most prominent of several high-profile opponents of the Bush Administration's executive power claims joining Obama, a mark that he intends not just to change but to aggressively reverse Bush's moves on subjects like torture. With hires like Barron, Johnen, and Lederman, Obama is not just going back to Democratic lawyers: These are anti-Bush lawyers.</p> <p>Damn straight. Lederman has been a leading opponent of Bush's torture policies, and the legal reasoning behind them. He's <a href="http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-low-can-they-go.html">even suggested</a> that the former administration officials committed crimes in this area. Now, thankfully, Lederman is headed to the OLC. <a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016537.php">(the Washington Monthy)<br /></a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Now, I spose I could keep to the high road, but it's too damned much fun to sink into the morass of spiteful mockery. We gots two to mock today:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">1. Dick Cheney or Jeffrey Lebowski? Gentle Reader, YOU decide! *snicker guffaw*</span></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/1/2/8/4/22774821-22774823-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 227px;" src="http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/1/2/8/4/22774821-22774823-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.signonsandiego.com/img/photos/2009/01/20/74981f2e-d5dd-46b4-876b-38fe16bc1a8dnews.ap.org_t350.jpg?1640fae913a1dac1b26c7eb88806b9f9b0341305"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 222px;" src="http://media.signonsandiego.com/img/photos/2009/01/20/74981f2e-d5dd-46b4-876b-38fe16bc1a8dnews.ap.org_t350.jpg?1640fae913a1dac1b26c7eb88806b9f9b0341305" alt="" border="0" /></a><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2. Sarah Palin just won't go away, and at this point, the more she's around, the better I like her: </span><br /></p><p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. <a id="KonaLink0" target="_top" class="rcLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/palin-attacks-media-stay_n_159830.html#"><span style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" ><span class="rcLink" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(3, 130, 88); color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;color:#0000e0;" >Sarah </span><span class="rcLink" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(3, 130, 88); color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;color:#0000e0;" >Palin</span></span></a> is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children. But political observers say the former Republican <a id="KonaLink1" target="_top" class="rcLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/palin-attacks-media-stay_n_159830.html#"><span style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" ><span class="rcLink" style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" >vice </span><span class="rcLink" style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" >presidential </span><span class="rcLink" style="color: rgb(3, 130, 88) ! important;font-family:Arial,";font-size:13;" >candidate</span></span></a> can't have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.</p> <p>Palin's criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.</p> <p>"I think she's positioning herself. She's attacking the media as a way to generate support among a base she hopes will support her," said Leonard Steinhorn, a professor of communications at American University in Washington and an expert on the presidency.</p> <p>Palin shied away from interviews during the campaign, although her children often accompanied her on her travels, including her oldest daughter, Bristol, who was pregnant at the time.</p> <p>But in recent weeks, she has personally reached out to media outlets such as People magazine and The Associated Press to complain about information she claimed is wrong. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/ANCHORAGE,%20Alaska%20%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%94%20Alaska%20Gov.%20Sarah%20Palin%20is%20going%20on%20the%20offensive%20against%20news%20organizations%20and%20bloggers%20she%20says%20are%20perpetuating%20malicious%20gossip%20about%20her%20and%20her%20children.%20But%20political%20observers%20say%20the%20former%20Republican%20vice%20presidential%20candidate%20can%27t%20have%20it%20both%20ways:%20trotting%20out%20the%20children%20to%20showcase%20her%20family%20values,%20then%20trying%20to%20shield%20them%20from%20scrutiny.%20%20Palin%27s%20criticism%20also%20raises%20questions%20about%20her%20motivations%20because%20she%20has%20said%20she%20is%20open%20to%20a%20presidential%20run%20in%202012.%20%20%22I%20think%20she%27s%20positioning%20herself.%20She%27s%20attacking%20the%20media%20as%20a%20way%20to%20generate%20support%20among%20a%20base%20she%20hopes%20will%20support%20her,%22%20said%20Leonard%20Steinhorn,%20a%20professor%20of%20communications%20at%20American%20University%20in%20Washington%20and%20an%20expert%20on%20the%20presidency.%20%20Palin%20shied%20away%20from%20interviews%20during%20the%20campaign,%20although%20her%20children%20often%20accompanied%20her%20on%20her%20travels,%20including%20her%20oldest%20daughter,%20Bristol,%20who%20was%20pregnant%20at%20the%20time.%20%20But%20in%20recent%20weeks,%20she%20has%20personally%20reached%20out%20to%20media%20outlets%20such%20as%20People%20magazine%20and%20The%20Associated%20Press%20to%20complain%20about%20information%20she%20claimed%20is%20wrong.">(God Bless the Huffpoo!!)<br /></a></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Just keep talking, sweetheart, just keep talking...</span></span></span></span><br /></p><br /><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br /></span></span></p>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-18605180877550094622009-01-20T16:18:00.000-08:002009-01-20T16:23:20.372-08:00Can YOU tell which one is Fast Eddie?He is one of the kids who came to my free period to watch Barack Obama get sworn in as out 44th President. Yay!<br /><a href="http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l161/senchirai/?action=view¤t=0120091003.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l161/senchirai/0120091003.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-14976359474129490382009-01-20T15:46:00.000-08:002009-01-20T15:54:28.968-08:00*Snicker* I got banned from Redstate.com!AHHAHAHAHAHA<br />morons.<br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/01/20/tasteless-pompous-asses-move-in/#comment-16701">the thread that I got excised from the site for</a> (I'm posting as Darwinita)<br /><br /><br />In case you didn't know, Redstate.com is where the 23% flat-Earth Bushfans go to mourn and grouse. I went there today simply to see how sour the grapes were, but man oh man, the fact that Moe Lane actually kicked me off the site for expressing a dissenting opinion only makes me glad all over again that people like that aren't in charge any more. <br /><br />Seriously, they booted me from the site because I disagree with them. It's their site, and they have every right to show just how cowardly and lame they are.<br /><br />Can't stop laughing- for all of Huffpoo's flaws at least they don't ban people for DISAGREEING with each other. Interesting tactic to note: instead of my name, the Webmaster changed it to some load of sh*zer about FISA. Sure that was annoying, but if that's the only bit they can come up with then that's pretty sad.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-50519572813311205732008-12-01T09:52:00.001-08:002008-12-01T10:33:19.422-08:00OK, I give up. I'm obsessed.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.hoover.org/images/sarah_palin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 576px; height: 413px;" src="http://media.hoover.org/images/sarah_palin.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I've realized that the majority of this blog has contained articles about Sarah Palin. I can't even help myself- I find this woman to be a fascinating combination of the worst that politicians have to offer us, and the clearest portrait of how celebrity can suck a person's soul dry.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">political<span style="font-weight:bold;">-</span></span> Sarah's in deeper trouble than she realizes, but only if the Alaskan legislature retains its collective scrotum when it reconvenes in January. This Troopergate thing is not really going away, and I wish it wouldn't. I can only hope that Alaska has more fiber in their system than does the American legislation- I fear Bush will never be held accountable for his war crimes. However, he may be punishing himself; <a href="http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=dgLcZ6OY0yg=">it looks like he's started drinking again.</a> Can't say as I blame him- if I were him I'd be drinking <span style="font-weight:bold;">too.<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">celebrity- <span style="font-weight:bold;"> </span></span>However, Sarah is shameless- and hasn't spent a single day in her state's capital since the election. "My prediction is that for at least the next two years Sarah is going to keep her show on the road because that will be a lot more fun than being Governor of a backwater state that spends most of its time as far out of the limelight in which Sarah has been basking as North and South Dakota do." <a href="http://alaskadispatch.com/tundra-talk/1-talk-of-the-tundra/341-get-used-to-palin-the-shows-just-starting.html">-Donald Craig Mitchell</a><br /><br />The above-referenced article is lengthy, but lays out a great analysis of Sarah Palin, Political Critter. I devoutly hope for her public shaming- it will renew my hope that America just doesn't put up with bullshit, no matter how pretty the bag it comes in.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-30208571806029690582008-11-16T07:18:00.000-08:002008-11-16T08:04:09.403-08:00Tucson's Gay Marriage Ban ProtestSaturday, November 15, Tucson AZ<br /><br />Several dozen folk came out at marched through Downtown Tucson yesterday to protest the passing of Proposition 8 in California and Proposition 102 here in Arizona. Here are some pictures from the event.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUMlSa36o_M&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUMlSa36o_M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCiEw2HC-WihhpDdYPBmDvx-ZRjN03hTtexmKlzjaRg_AkxzZCdudrWSlSsXwWU7ZSCJj9F3yqBiID2x_B6qV-50ugEgkmcIGiKrSXC2EiZY_EEyG7a206WtHQBcIGvXQK2LmaYLRku8/s1600-h/PB150212.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCiEw2HC-WihhpDdYPBmDvx-ZRjN03hTtexmKlzjaRg_AkxzZCdudrWSlSsXwWU7ZSCJj9F3yqBiID2x_B6qV-50ugEgkmcIGiKrSXC2EiZY_EEyG7a206WtHQBcIGvXQK2LmaYLRku8/s320/PB150212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269276698012157330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPykcKvEUhXjlqnoJvHH5WUcQGkEsPF15hy0QXuRsJlwxcRtHERGYLqc46SrT999GSE5IdZmG9ElBW06mgUxj4WiZYQKepLWdF6yZgepFQAzAqDt8ATUdHUMBKQEiML0y5eOy7O1Br2E/s1600-h/PB150210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPykcKvEUhXjlqnoJvHH5WUcQGkEsPF15hy0QXuRsJlwxcRtHERGYLqc46SrT999GSE5IdZmG9ElBW06mgUxj4WiZYQKepLWdF6yZgepFQAzAqDt8ATUdHUMBKQEiML0y5eOy7O1Br2E/s320/PB150210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269276189134006818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbJkgh5vavpQmj2-h6UKGVQHyR-MBYaiKa5OrnpPGYyMa1bcL4OdoNFUf6w-sHFAFpyffeByPNqBuy8fXM0-vyw0MMIA9J5zzh7T7U3Lebu5RPnDWh2OvQSZUBmoSzALrULska8wGqhQ/s1600-h/PB150225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbJkgh5vavpQmj2-h6UKGVQHyR-MBYaiKa5OrnpPGYyMa1bcL4OdoNFUf6w-sHFAFpyffeByPNqBuy8fXM0-vyw0MMIA9J5zzh7T7U3Lebu5RPnDWh2OvQSZUBmoSzALrULska8wGqhQ/s320/PB150225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269276974798944754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 800px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w96.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w96.photobucket.com/albums/l161/senchirai/009fd8fc.pbw" width="800" height="240"></embed><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l161/senchirai/?action=view&current=009fd8fc.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a></div>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-51269426302473218062008-11-12T15:29:00.000-08:002008-11-12T16:09:50.570-08:00Let's Hear It for Fast Eddie!So, about a week before the campaign ended, I stopped writing for a little while. I wanted to just absorb all the history swirling around me, and simply experience what we were all caught up in, our creation: the American Experiment. <br />Psh, I could have saved myself the pretension- the only result of my grand esoteric experiment is that I watched just as much news as ever, read blogs with the same voracity as before, and developed a nice little lazy avoidance habit with my writing. Bad dilettante, bad!<br />So, since I'm not one to mess with Fast Eddie, I shall recount my doings as may be of interest. <br /><br />Since the tuxedo nazis, I have worked for Pima County as an Election Official. This was a long day, starting the night before, when I met Janet the Polling Station Inspector. She was in charge of the whole thing. She lives in my neighborhood a few streets away. At 7:30 on Monday night, we're all standing around the door (me and a few other workers for our precinct) waiting to get in and set up the voting place. Long story short, the key wasn't there and the chick who had it was just sitting down to dinner st Mimi's (and you know how slow that place is). <br />I went to Trader Joe's to pick up some lunchy snacktime fun, plus some coffee for the morning. I was talking to a friend working the register, and had told him about the next day. One of his colleagues totally overheard, and surprised me with a bouquet of little irises when I was paying the tab! "Thank you for working for Democracy," she actually said. I was a bit chuffed, no lie. <br /><br />So I get there, and for the next 14 hours I participated in the machinery of American electoral government. I would detail what I did, but it was fairly dull; i had people fill out a lot of forms about it though, if their id wasn't on the money. People I knew from the neighborhood came in and voted all day, and those I didn't know Janet was quick to dial me in on. She's lived in the neighborhood a billion years, and was a great person to get to know. So, at the end of the day, when we're all running around like idiots to count this, seal that, and certify the other, I did get to know exactly how my precinct voted. I had to sign the tape to help make it official ( o the heady nectar of power. o be still my heart.) Without going into details and setting the werewolves on myself, I will say that Obama was the favored candidate in my precinct with a ratio of 5:1.<br />I was so exhausted when I got home at 8:30 PM that it was all I could do to stay awake through the returns and the speeches. McCain's concession speech was simply, I want to say sublime, but that's not the right word really. I will say that whoever cribbed Shakespeare's line from the Scottish play had the right of it: "Nothing became his campaign like the leaving of it." It was a gracious, noble speech, and I read a great blog explaining why (I just spent twenty minutes I'll never get back again trying to find it. Sorry). I even swiped it while I was chatting with my eyebrow waxer: I posited that McCain's speech was so smooth and elegant because he was no longer at war with himself. Assuming he was a truly noble person, this campaign had to taste like mud in his mouth. Once it was over, and he could step away from the swinish tactics of his staff and advisers, he was a much more relaxed human, and his demeanor showed it.<br />Obama's speech was less memorable, oddly; he was his smooth articulate suave self, and that's as it should be.<br /><br />There's the most sublime line of the night: <span style="font-weight:bold;">that's as it should be.</span>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-45752472653231952642008-10-27T17:51:00.000-07:002008-10-27T17:56:17.627-07:00Article by AP, Picture by Lavender<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5geEArMBIFcU8X281L97WFd7JZWdNZHvpFxluS2fTxdnu_fM_H2Pa8RvSjjnMSCca_9Gz7aA9STMQ0aA8XlwEA6D589TUb7mpKZIGxwv4FqaYRc14nmCuaunBunlHo01MaczcwIyckEs/s1600-h/skinheads+for+obama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5geEArMBIFcU8X281L97WFd7JZWdNZHvpFxluS2fTxdnu_fM_H2Pa8RvSjjnMSCca_9Gz7aA9STMQ0aA8XlwEA6D589TUb7mpKZIGxwv4FqaYRc14nmCuaunBunlHo01MaczcwIyckEs/s320/skinheads+for+obama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262001815738105362" border="0" /></a><br /> <div class="caption"> <h1><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/obama-assassination-plot_n_138297.html" id="title_permalink">Obama Assassination Plot Disrupted By ATF</a></h1><br />Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday Oct. 27, 2008. In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads. The men, Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of West Helena, Ark., are being held without bond. </div> <!-- Subscribe user --> <script type="text/javascript"> document.write(' <div class="email_alerts_head"> <div class="email_alerts_head_img"> <img src="/images/sidebar/email.gif" style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" /> </div> <div class="email_alerts_head_text" style="color:#03497E;"> Get Breaking News Alerts </div> </div> <div class="email_alerts_subsForm"> <form id="politics_form"> <input type="text" class="input_edit" id="subscribe_user_email"> <input type="button" onclick="QuickSubscribeUser.pop(\'politics_form\', \'f28\'); return false;" style="background-color:#03497E;" class="email_alert_button" value="SIGN UP"> </form> <div class="email_alert_neverSpam" style="color:#03497E;">never spam</div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> '); </script><br /><!-- /Inline toolbox --> <p>WASHINGTON — Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.</p> <p>In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people _ 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.</p> <p>The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows," the court documents show.</p> <p>"Both individuals stated they would dress in all-white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt," the court complaint states. "Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt."</p><p>click through title for full article...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-45461484156584767752008-10-27T13:44:00.000-07:002008-10-27T14:18:45.294-07:00Might Mccain lose his own home state?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6USBCFncO4qPPQQkFywllokhuqLN01XF4iKuAmWuO5CYnjPfqwi6VbeortAu57Lg08pBIZZSB22NEDkqPtxsaIl_BNvvk2XE_nLNUtKuVJFqqJ1kMwyhknmPeLrcHNBlrdnhp1P43fwE/s1600-h/electoral+map.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6USBCFncO4qPPQQkFywllokhuqLN01XF4iKuAmWuO5CYnjPfqwi6VbeortAu57Lg08pBIZZSB22NEDkqPtxsaIl_BNvvk2XE_nLNUtKuVJFqqJ1kMwyhknmPeLrcHNBlrdnhp1P43fwE/s320/electoral+map.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261938814565352562" border="0" /></a><br />you betcha! We should only be so lucky. Keep it up, clear thinkers! Don't let this old fool drag our country away from the light!<br /><br />Please note in <a href="http://www.electoral-vote.com/index.html">this handy- dandy map</a> that Arizona is sliding further and further away from "strong Republican" to "barely Republican." Sorry I cut the key off, but you can click through and check the polls yourself on this great site.<br /><br />I'm just ecstatic that Arizona, at this late date, is all of a sudden a swing state forcing defense on the part of the McCain Campaign.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-78037500501483326002008-10-24T12:27:00.000-07:002008-10-24T17:26:45.817-07:00When Will We Stop Scapegoating the Black Man?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/45227/thumbs/s-BGIRL-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 190px;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/45227/thumbs/s-BGIRL-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I know several black men. Some are goofy, some are smooth, some are uptight, some are chill. None of them are so illiterate that they would carve a <span style="font-style: italic;">backwards</span> B in some girl's face, and none are so criminal (or political!) that they would do so because they were robbing a girl or because she was a McCain supporter.<br /><br />Oh wait, this stupid hooker did this to<span style="font-style: italic;"> herself.</span><br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081024/attack-mccain-sticker/">AP</a> story: A McCain campaign volunteer who reported that a tall black man robbed her and then cut a "B" onto her cheek after seeing a McCain bumper sticker on her car has been given a polygraph test because of "inconsistencies" in her story, police said.<br /><br />Good job, <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/characters.html">Mayella Ewell.</a><br />Good job,<a href="http://crime.about.com/od/murder/a/susan_smith.htm"> Susan Smith.</a><br />Good job, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/24/mccain-supporter-who-clai_n_137484.html">Ashley Todd.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4gcmYWHQXf1XeeiiQkhrchE9QC5fvLhNvWWwEGArvtopaD7HkQRiToRFS9AQv3aCH1MnNDaT3gZ80IU9xNI_nYNevsaG-yzOkiTjW9Y5_1xQkU3R_ypd5MQQ3xrX6PXOTRmwKIsTHxc/s1600-h/ashleytodd.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4gcmYWHQXf1XeeiiQkhrchE9QC5fvLhNvWWwEGArvtopaD7HkQRiToRFS9AQv3aCH1MnNDaT3gZ80IU9xNI_nYNevsaG-yzOkiTjW9Y5_1xQkU3R_ypd5MQQ3xrX6PXOTRmwKIsTHxc/s400/ashleytodd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260881054838079714" border="0" /></a>Guess what this is! This is Ashley Todd's myspace screenshot. If her tag line doesn't say it all, then there ain't no more to say.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-66013184226770865762008-10-22T10:03:00.001-07:002008-10-22T10:03:59.730-07:00OK, REALLY??? <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qX1ImnGQYcE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qX1ImnGQYcE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-28669059835998337782008-10-21T12:32:00.000-07:002008-10-21T12:41:43.237-07:00Pointing Fingers Part II- a pictorial<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/images/2008/08/28/flag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/images/2008/08/28/flag.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/44689/thumbs/s-FLAG-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/44689/thumbs/s-FLAG-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>top: a shot of the garbage bags from the Democratic Convention<br /><a href="http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=158061&catid=3">below</a>: <strong>KSDK </strong>-- A NewsChannel 5 Photojournalist shot video of a crew taking down the American flag after Sen. McCain's campaign rally in New Town-St. Charles Monday. <p>In the video, you see the crane lower the flag to the ground and then a crewman cut rope connected to the flag.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Yet another example of right-wing hypocrisy.So the Democrats can't throw out the mini flags from the convention, but the Republicans can drag a house-sized flag on the ground for all to see? God, I can't stand John McCain's lousy campaign.</span></span></span><br /></p>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-67649730672964835282008-10-21T11:01:00.001-07:002008-10-21T12:27:33.381-07:00McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused Of Voter Registration Fraud<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/44523/thumbs/s-DIRTYTRICKSTER-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/44523/thumbs/s-DIRTYTRICKSTER-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So, the Rovian attack technique has been honed so sharp it's cutting itself. Every time the McCain campaign points a finger at Senator Obama, it ends up pointing itself right into trouble. First, there were the Reverend issues; <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fgerald-posner%2Freverend-wright-and-barac_b_91693.html&ei=PRn-SMTFAZLQsAPXsrE0&usg=AFQjCNFtIY8r6F_PE1pHlQXaQR8kCgMXkQ&sig2=usZAJ25qSuU8FfkDvpZV5g">Wright</a> ended up looking mighty sane and stable after seeing <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fgerald-posner%2Freverend-wright-and-barac_b_91693.html&ei=PRn-SMTFAZLQsAPXsrE0&usg=AFQjCNFtIY8r6F_PE1pHlQXaQR8kCgMXkQ&sig2=usZAJ25qSuU8FfkDvpZV5g">Hagee</a> and the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalarticles.net%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2F25%2Fpalin-kenyan-witch-doctorpastor-helped-me-become-governor%2F&ei=jhn-SKHHDYKqsAPvnLlD&usg=AFQjCNF2EKAt65BhgAs8ACQkhvJEhHRSNg&sig2=e4muQiPfSNiX9TkLuuSySg">witch doctor's</a> separate antics with both halves of the Republican ticket. Then, when that didn't stick, they trotted <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/he_lied_about_bill_ayers.html">Bill Ayers</a> out. This didn't work, since McCain has<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2008%2F05%2F05%2Fg-gordon-liddy-john-mccai_n_100134.html&ei=eBr-SKy_DpmWsAPT3dE3&usg=AFQjCNG0p0s0ofud3gh_5vLhhV6WrF0UAg&sig2=B7-DuC9meIiYzqpEj4m2aQ"> G Gordon Liddy</a> hanging around his neck, and Sarah pals around with (read: married to) a member of an organization <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.akip.org%2F&ei=Mh3-SN3_C6GksQPRndEy&usg=AFQjCNGHrq3_TsRLlZ_z6Q66l9CFQF4TlA&sig2=NB2U_H0yqJVWtCg3q0w2iA">whose sole purpose was to secede from the union!</a> If that ain't anti- American, then there is no such thing. Finally, the voter fraud issue: <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acorn.org%2F&ei=VR3-SPXMO6CSsQOXrr1D&usg=AFQjCNEQP6AOlVfLtx5Y4BNt0B2-vM-ddQ&sig2=N8dkSORxuPohXb_iR0-IbA">Acorn,</a> whose paid flunkies tried to weasel out of actually working to register voters, filled out a bunch of crap. They handed the crap in and got their eight bucks an hour, whatever. The difference is that <a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Fox_guest_ties_ACORN_Obama_to_1013.html">Acorn handed all the forms</a> in, whereas this asshole's organization actually threw registrations they didn't like (read: Democratic) into the trash.<br /><br />If McCain were to shut up, maybe he could stop the precipitous slide into hell that his campaign has become; every time he tries to open his mouth he just punches himself in the face. Sad.<br /><i>About <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/john-mccain">John McCain</a></i><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/20/mccain-employing-gop-oper_n_136254.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-15933467069579296992008-10-21T10:18:00.001-07:002008-10-21T12:56:32.017-07:00I love her filthy mouth.<object width="400" height="225"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> </object><a href="http://vimeo.com/1808434?pg=embed&sec=1808434"></a><br /><object width="400" height="225"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1808434&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1808434&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/1808434?pg=embed&sec=1808434">The Great Schlep</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/thegreatschlep?pg=embed&sec=1808434">The Great Schlep</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&sec=1808434">Vimeo</a>.Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724572890160438277.post-14701092785895509872008-10-15T21:10:00.001-07:002008-10-15T21:32:37.648-07:00The Posi and the Aggro<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/43870/thumbs/s-MCCAIN-SCARE-QUOTES-WOMEN-small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 192px;" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/43870/thumbs/s-MCCAIN-SCARE-QUOTES-WOMEN-small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">posi: Barack Obama really clarified and specified his position on Rove V Wade, and explained the rationale by which he shall choose Supreme Court Justices.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">aggro: John McCain used "quotey fingers" to make his points.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">posi: Barack Obama finally was able to reply to the scurrilous Ayers horseshit, and put it to bed for everybody but the Republican Campain flacks.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">aggro: John McCain actually brought up William Ayers, only to have the issue smoothly deflected by Senator Smooth. Obama is right. America doesn't give a shit about Bill Ayers, not when every penny that doesn't go in the tank ends up on the table.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">posi: Every aggravation is the opportunity to cultivate patience, and I am so grateful to the McCain campaign for the opportunities they've given me this evening I. could. just. spit. The eyerolling, blinking grimacing, and spastic twitching complemented the shark-glazed eyes and the gnashing teeth. These displays of histrionics were unwelcome, unpleasant, and in the end, un-Presidential<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">aggro: John McCain interrupted Barack Obama at least three times, out of sheer petulance. Weak!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">posi: Barack Obama handled himself better than I would have, and exactly how one would expect a President to behave.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">aggro: My mother in law is a bit ill, so I came down to make fried chicken and hand out for a couple of days. This isn't the aggro. The aggro is that my in-laws, including my brother-in-law, are all dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, and my b.i.l. is actually a 28%er. I had to watch the debate here, on their turf. <span style="font-style: italic;">They couldn't find MSNBC on the cable listing. It wasn't there. I RAN for the Internet the second the debate was done.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Maxi-posi-blue ribbon-winner of the night: I kept my cool and didn't throw my shoes at anyone, not even the b.i.l. If Obama can maintain his composure in the face of that raging jackanape McCain, I can do no less with my own family that I pretty much love to death.</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Lavender Pitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05665483945990939620noreply@blogger.com0