Get rid of Lou Dobbs

I am so sick of Lou Dobbs. He seems to think there are 20 millions illegal aliens in this country who are taking jobs away from middle class americans. Now I consider myself to be middle class. I have no fear of my job being lost. I think what he should say is blue colar americans(is this politically correct to say). In addition he thinks that the Senats decision to consulate Mexico on building the "security" wall along our southern border is wrong and is giving up our national security. Last time I checked we are not at war with Mexico. They are our ally we should be consulting with them. Also the way he looks at the cameras there is this erie similarity to the the T.V. guy on V for Vendetta.

The Enron Verdict

I usually don't like to gloat or rejoice over guilty verdicts but this is one that I am very happy about.

A new type of literacy tests?

Okay take a look at this list courtesy of Wikipedia. I have bolded those who are way to high(although to be honest Reagan getting 1/5 does not seem so bad) I have italicized those who are way to low. Okay yeah I know Lincoln has been dead for a long time and so has FDR but you are telling be that FDR is only 7 points better than Dubya. Also how the hell did 10.08 people select Richard Nixon as the greatest President. Maybe they were laughing as they said this and the poll taker was simply an idiot.
Gallup poll
A Gallup poll about presidential greatness, taken 7-10 February 2005, asked 1008 adults nationwide, "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?" This poll had a margin of error of plus or minus three percent.
1. Ronald Reagan (20%)
2. Bill Clinton (15%)
3. Abraham Lincoln (14%)
4. Franklin D. Roosevelt (12%)
5. John F. Kennedy (12%)
6. George W. Bush (5%)
7. George Washington (5%)
8. Jimmy Carter (3%)
9. Harry Truman (2%)
10. Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
11. Thomas Jefferson (2%)
12. George H.W. Bush (1%)
13. Dwight Eisenhower (1%)
14. Richard Nixon (1%)
15. Other/None/No opinion: 5%
This article also explains how in a recent poll of historians conservative historians ranked Dubya the #6 greatest president of all time. Okay stop yeah I know what you are thinking. Lets play a game lets place 6 presidents(conservative or liberal who are equal to or not better than Dubya) This btw is bases soley on achievement not ideology. I am ranking them in order of greatness.(BTW I am excluding the big 3 Lincoln FDR and Washing)
1 Woodrow Wilson.(League of Nations, brought he United States out of isolantionism) 2 Teddy Roosevelt (First Modern president. Established a strong international prescence and strong federal government)
3 Harry Truman (Cold War leadership and intergration of armed forces)
4 James K Polk.(He accomplished everything he planned to do in 4 years and expaned the country by many leaps and bounds).
5 Andrew Jackson (Charisma, strong federal government. Nullification crisis)
6 Ronald Reagan (won the cold war peacefully)

With the exception of Harry Truman even a conservative historian has to admit that those 6 are at least equal or better than Dubya. Add in the big 3 and it is not even close. Next up a blog on Historical conservativism.

BUSH the Great speaker

Having watching a dry British Speaker knock the socks off his audience I thought about what the British expect of their speakers. Warning: This will be a long Post So on a whim I decided to find out the difference between a good speaker vs a poor speaker. I decided to compare William Jefferson Clinton(Bubba) to George Walker Bush(Dubya). Unfair you might claim but I could have compared Dubya to FDR or say Lincoln now that would be unfair. To show this difference I am going to look at two state of the unions.
Example 1 Bubba

You know, when the framers finished crafting our Constitution in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin stood in Independence Hall and he reflected on the carving of the sun that was on the back of a chair he saw. The sun was low on the horizon. So he said this -- he said, "I've often wondered whether that sun was rising or setting. Today," Franklin said, "I have the happiness to know it's a rising sun." Today, because each succeeding generation of Americans has kept the fire of freedom burning brightly, lighting those frontiers of possibility, we all still bask in the glow and the warmth of Mr. Franklin's rising sun.

After 224 years, the American revolution continues. We remain a new nation. And as long as our dreams outweigh our memories, America will be forever young. That is our destiny. And this is our moment.

Now this is a example of fine speaking. He has flowing brilliant sentences. You can claim speach writters but Dubya could not pull the above off.

Example 2 Dubya
All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way -- they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies. (Applause.)

Okay I know this is a shorter bit but it is clear who is the better speaker. And lets focus on another issue. Why the hell is the President of the United States gloating on national television that we just whacked some terrorists. Cause lets face it thats what we did. When september 11 took place I had no doubt that the United States would begin to covertly assassinate terrorist leaders. I had no problem with this. I assumed that these leaders would just sort of dissapear. But here is the President of the United States with that little smirk of his annoucing this. And he gets applauses for this. Dubya likes these quick hard hitting statements that he can state and smirk and get applauses.

Which brings me to my penultimate point. we as Americans are a rude crass people. Just look at the whole immigration debate. We like to be blunt and hear our politicians say things that are uneducated and unpopular. I think England is looking pretty good again.

Sister's Graduation

Well just got back from St. Louis. My sister was graduating from College. It was really nice. Say John Major speak. Why can't we expect proper diction from our leaders? Oh Well anyway time to get ready for work.

The immigration debate!!!!!

So President Bush(Yeah thats right I amactually calling him by his correct title) just gave a speech a speech about illegal immigration and protecting our borders. I have to say I liked many of the things he had to say. I agree with him about he plans to deal with illegal immigrants who have been in this nation a long time. they do deserve to stay here and they must pay a penalty. I am interested to see however what along time will mean. I am a little nervous about the way Bush plans to close the border. Yes we need our border protected but are we going to contstruct a Maginot Line of the future? However as my good friend ANOVO points out. It is better to have the National Guard out there than those nuts the Minute Men. The Minute Men just scare me. They don't just seem anti immigrant(which is scary nativist to begin with) they seem anti hispanic. Yeah this whole immigration thing is just a mess.

My Paranoid new thought of the day.

So here we are and of course the government is now essentially admiting that it is listening in on many many many people's phone calls(did I mention that it is many of them). Well I know that I am not talking dirty on the phone or talking about any thing illicit but ut lets just think about this. Watergate started over an attempt by CREEP to bug the DNC offices to essentially listen in on campaign strategy. Well what is to stop the White House or its GOP lapdogs in the House and Senate or in the NSA etc to do the same now. I mean yeah I know I am being paranoid. But your telling me Dick Cheney is not going to listen to a conversation of John Kerry or Howard Dean that just happens to be accidentlly listened in on. Yeah right he will be on that like a teenage boy on some sex tape. This just smells like it could be a major political weapon in the hand of the GOP. Democrat party leaders might as well start acting like Tony Soprano when he heads to different pay phones in the middle of the night to order the whacking of people. Or at least they better come up with a really good code to confuse those idiots at the NSA who even when they listen can't crack the codes used by the terrorists.

Shopping for the new pad.

So I have a new place to live and have been slowly buying cool stuff for it. Just bought one of those memory type pillows. I had a 20% off coupon on any one item at Bed Bath and Beyond so we shall see how it is.

The Yankees

Man what happened to the yankees season last night. I mean okay its only one injury and hey we have survived a Jeter injuryin the past. So lets just hope all works out. Go Yanks

First Family Record

So I know it's been a while. Got to get back into the blogging. So Monday night I am waiting for my friend on broadway and on a whim I check out the records just to see what they have. I actually think I was in the back of my mind looking for Vaugh Meader's "The First Family" This is a record made in the early 1960's spoofing JFK. Needless to say come November 1963 Vaughn Meaders career was over. Well I struck gold. Good condition copy of Record for $1.00. Kick Ass huh. I will hand the record and now I just need to get a record player to play it.