They're all idiots...

Finally (!) caught the second Republican debate on the interwebs. I was pleasantly surprised; the Fox moderators seemed to want to shake things up, and were reasonably successful. I'll tell you what though, the first candidate to get so angry at one of their fellow contenders that they physically strike them, that's the guy that gets my vote. If McCain walks over and punches Giuliani in the face, that's quality TV. But the Fox moderators threw the candidates some good questions, at least concerning the conservative base, and I was impressed by that.

Also, before discussing my thoughts further, does anyone else feel that the Democrats are fucking stupid to back out of a Fox debate? To show up to Fox debate and be on top of things, and look good, etc... wouldn't that be the smart thing to do? Why is Kucinich the only one with the balls to go on Fox?

Anyway. I'm not real impressed with the opening of the debate. Seriously, it was produced like game show. "Who Wants to Be a President?" But that's what it is. If they can make it more like American Idol, maybe more people will vote. American Idol, if you don't know, is the lowest form of entertainment. That's not opinion, it's fact. It's tied with "The Biggest Loser".

You know, I really like Gov. Thompson's ideas about what to do with Iraq. I don't know if it would work, and I should probably check that out, but I think he's really got something. I'll be interested to see criticism of it.

Also, and let's be clear about this, they won't "follow us home." It's utter nonsense. If they were going to "follow us home," they would be bombing our cities as we speak. Fort Dix is not an example of being followed home, it's an example of extremism. The reason they come over here to begin with are things like our ties with the Saudi family and our involvement with Israel. If we STOP doing boneheaded things in the world, people will stop trying to kill us. (Obviously not everyone. You can't stamp that stuff out. See: Timothy McVeigh, Theodore Kaczynski.) Stop saying that the terrorists "hate our freedom" and are coming to get us. NOW.

The biggest applause (as I'm sure everyone knows by now) came after Giuliani attacked Rep. Ron Paul's statement concerning the 9/11 attacks. The problem is that Paul is right. Paul's statement, that the attacks had to do with American policies overseas, is correct. And anyone who watched what bin Laden said after the attacks knows that. This groupthink, that the terrorists want to kill us because of our freedom, is simply wrong. As Paul says, we need to stop believing that we should be policing the world and cut spending at home.

Guh. None of these people should be leading this country. None of the Democrats should be leading us either. They're all raging morons, every last one of them. Hillary wants to ban flag burning and McCain wants to ban abortion. None of these people believe in personal freedom, and that's a big, big problem, because that's what America is supposed to be about.

Vote Gravel!

Live from fucking nowhere!

So, here we are.

This is being started as a way to channel my general frustration at, well, basically everything. Mostly, I feel a screaming need for a creative outlet. I plan to update regularly, hopefully a couple of times per week, if not more. Mostly, politics and entertainment type stuff, cause that's what I know.

With that in mind: For anyone who doesn't know, the White House issues a weekly radio broadcast from the President. I believe it plays on Saturdays. I don't really know (or care) because I get the podcast of the statement.

This past Saturday, the 12th of May, President Bush was discussing immigration, and he uttered the following: "We must honor the great American tradition of the melting pot. Americans are bound together by our shared ideals, an appreciation of our history, and an ability to speak and write the English language."

Is it just me, or does the last third of that sentence seem to somehow negate the rest of it?

I agree, a working knowledge of the English language is important for immigrants to have, particularly if they're working in certain fields (I refer you to Lewis Black's "White Album"). But really, do you need to drive that point home? Wouldn't homogenizing into English take away from that "melting pot" you're so proudly defending?

What an asshole.