We Need More of This In Politicians

Why is it that when a Democrat goes off like this, he's just and "angry Democrat" that needs to be avoided, but when a Republican does it, he's a patriot?



I give him bonus points for not cussing. I'm sure I would have....

Dear City Weekly: Trespassing is Trespassing

Yet another blog post from City Weekly confusing trespassing with something else.

This time, it's not shaving at BYU. The story goes that an unshaven student was asked to leave the library, and he refused. He was then escorted out of the library by campus police.

Much like the infamous Main Street Plaza kiss case last year, it was the actions of the people involved that caused them to be asked to leave. It was their refusal to leave that got the cops involved.

Refusing to leave private property when asked constitutes trespassing.

I'd be willing to bet my next paycheck that if I were to walk into City Weekly's offices and st down to read IN Utah This Week, I'd eventually be asked to leave. Should I refuse, I'd be willing to bet another paycheck that SLPD would show up.

Would City Weekly blog about me being arrested for reading IN Utah This Week?

Probably not.

-Bob

P.S. I would never choose IUTW over CW. I'd rather root for the Yankees.

Hey, Sarah Palin: Will America Also See Blue Mice

Watch the whole video:

"Seeing pink elephants" is a euphemism for drunken hallucination, caused by alcoholic hallucinosis or delirium tremens. The first recorded use of the term is by Jack London in 1913, who describes one sort of alcoholic in the autobiographical John Barleycorn as "the man whom we all know, stupid, unimaginative, whose brain is bitten numbly by numb maggots; who walks generously with wide-spread, tentative legs, falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and pink elephants. He is the type that gives rise to the jokes in the funny papers."[1] London may have derived his metaphor from the 1890s saying "being followed by pink giraffes".[2] (Wikipedia)

"Football" vs "Soccer"

Stolen from JM Bell

If You're The GOP Chairman, Re-write History

The GOP meme of Barack Obama being a miracle worker is continuing. Chairman Steele, take it away:

This was a war of Obama's choosing. This was not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in.

What war is he talking about?

Afghanistan, silly.

Because, really, Obama was the Commander-in-Chief when the war started in October 2001.

And we all know that it was Iraq that attacked us the month before, also on Obama's watch.

See the video for yourself:



-Bob

Dear Governor Herbert

Governor Herbert-

You recently said on TV that you are tired of hearing about the gloom and doom of the economy recently.

However, when I talk to my friends, many of whom are Republicans that would probably vote for you, all I hear is gloom and doom.

Tell the teacher of 5 years who recently was laid off by her school district, and can't find a teaching job for next fall that we have turned the corner.

Tell the previously self-employed wedding photographer who had to take a job at Wal*Mart because nobody's getting pictures taken that we're right on target.

Tell my friend who has an increased workload because his employer is not hiring people for his department because of the economy that things are getting better. (His employer is the LDS Church, BTW.)

Tell my neighbor the dentist, or the employees that he has had to let go because business is down 75% the past 18 months, that you are tired of the gloom and doom.

I'm glad that you are showing how out of touch you are with common Utahns. It will help them vote for Corroon in November.

-Bob

Email From Granato Campaign

From the email box:

Dear Bob,
It's been 40 years since Utah last elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate — but I’m working hard to change that and I need your help!
Some people have tried to tell me that the race is over, that Utah only elects Republicans, and that the people don’t even need to vote. They tell me I should just give up and stop wasting my time, that Utahns will wander into the voting booth on Election Day and check the same box they’ve checked for the last four decades.
You know what I tell them? I tell them they’re wrong.
I don’t believe Utahns are detached or disinterested. I give us more credit than that.
I believe most Utahns want a Senator who will take common sense and mainstream Utah values back to Washington, not more ideological extremism and partisan gridlock.
I believe they want a Senator who will work across the aisle to find solutions that benefit working families, not just give fancy speeches and pound the pulpit.
Most of all, I believe the people of Utah are looking for something different this year — and that their voices will be heard loud and clear at the ballot box on November 2nd.
We can win this election -- but I need your help.
In 1970, Frank E. Moss became the last Democrat to win election to the U.S. Senate from Utah, showing that ours is not a one-party state and that Utah voters are fair-minded folks who want real representation. I believe this remains as true today in 2010 as it was in 1970. We can do this together.
That’s why I’m asking everyone to make a contribution of $19.70 to our campaign — to help us simultaneously remember our past successes even as we prepare for our future victories. Even the smallest contributions will be of great importance as we reach out to voters and spread our message around the state. With your help, we can win this election and begin a new era of leadership in our government.
This fight won’t be easy; we will be fighting against the status quo and special interest dollars the whole way. But, like Senator Moss showed, it can be done. We can do it together.
As always, I look forward to working alongside you as we make history and bring common sense back to Washington.
Sincerely,

Sam Granato
Candidate, U.S. Senate


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[Videos] Happy Canada Day, Eh?

Weird Al:



Rap:



And, the most beautiful anthem in the world (sorry, America):