Kriplekistan

Sorry to all of you out there who rely on these weekly postings for mental stimulation, but I'm going to use this one for personal reasons, which will all but indicate my alma mater and subsequent feelings for it. For your entertainment, keep an eye on #77 Trinton Sturdivant. Only a 300+ pound lineman can dance like that....

Michael Ramirez once again accomplishing more than what I could do with a thousand words.

Everyone's seen the fires affecting Los Angeles and San Diego counties the past few days. The Governator has been doing his best to assuage everyone's fears, President Bush declared almost all of Southern California a disaster area and opened up federal money for those affected. 900,000 plus have been evacuated (including my grandparents) with maybe a million in the next few days, and government reports now say that this many people haven't had to relocate since the Civil War. Thousands of homes are now nothing but cinder, leaving thousands of families wondering what they're going to do. This is truly sad to watch on TV. It is what it is, a natural disaster, a tragedy. Once again however, the best in people is coming through, and there is no greater example than what you see coming from the people of San Diego. Similar to Katrina, thousands of people have now taken refuge in Qualcomm Stadium, home of the Chargers. Instead of being littered with garbage, looting,...

The best thing about being a self confessed conservative is that your job against liberals and indeed, Kriplekistanis (bet you thought I had forgotten about them), is so so easy. They basically make themselves look stupid, and all one has to do is point it out. Now remember my very first post, the difference between a liberal and Kriplekistani is the amount of militancy involved. Liberals can be fine, but when they go over the edge they get the upgrade. This week, Randi Rhodes' supporters and network, Air America, are getting a first class ticket into Kriplekistan and all the spotlight (or lack thereof) it garners. Early on Monday morning, Randi failed to show up for her syndicated talk show on Air America. It should be noted at this point that Air America was created to be a liberal/left wing counter to various conservative/right wing talk shows across the country. It should also be noted that Air America is bankrupt after having existed for less than 24 months, but thats ne...

It never ceases to amaze me how hypocritical politicians can be. Both sides are often guilty of it, especially with "conservative" Republicans of the past 2 Congresses spending like a bunch of poets on payday. Once again however, I'm just completely amazed at the absolute hypocrisy of the Democratic party today and the devastating impact its having on our relations worldwide. One of the Democrats' chief complaints during the 2004 election was that George Bush didn't utilize our allies enough to construct a robust coalition for Iraq. Another complaint of the Democratic Party in the 2006 election was George Bush's lack of diplomacy and understanding of world affairs, as well as a failed strategy for Iraq. Having been in office for less than 1 year, the Democratic Party, which obviously has very little shame left, is again completely contradicting itself. Earlier this week, Representative Tom Lantos, who heads the House Foreign Relations Committee, along wit...

So, thanks to a little thing calling HALO 3, I've had a brief hiatus from blogging, but after my 2nd run through, its time to come back to (cyber)reality. As promised, I'm finally covering the historic summit between North and South Korea, which ended earlier today. The problem with these summits is, while they are indeed historic, don't really provide much by way of blogging material. Two Presidents (actually, one President, one megalomaniacal tyrant) come together, shake hands, have a few chats, and call it a nice time. Well thats how this summit was shaping up until today. Western and East Asian political analysts had a field day speculating over the video feeds emanating from Pyongyang, in which Kim Jong Il could barely move his left arm, seemed despondent, showed an overall lack of energy, and could barely muster the words "I'm pleased to meet you" to South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in front of thousands of well wishers, who we are sure came at t...