Karl Rove is a Unpatriotic Creep

As I was sitting in my hotel room last night waiting for the maintenance man to fix the remote control on the world's smallest hotel TV, I unfortunately landed on Fox "News". Why I bothered getting my TV fixed is beyond me when I can very clearly hear the TV next door.

So on Fox "News" is Carl Rove explaining why the stock market is the lowest it has been in who knows how long. The reason is this. The stock market is looking 4-5 months ahead and they see Obama and his bad policies. They know that although everything is fine now, as soon as Obama takes office the world will stop turning because Obama is so bad for our country. Why not say the moon is made of cheese? That would sound more plausible.

How does he make stuff like this up? Obama hasn't even moved in yet. I think it's really reprehensible, especially in the condition our country is in, to bash the President-elect before he even takes office. And to blame Obama for what's happening now before he even is in office really shows the depths to which Karl Rove will sink. He needs to go sit in the corner for about a day and stare at the Stars and Stripes.

This Guy was Right

Here are some clips from up to two years ago of Peter Schiff. He is the president of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a brokerage firm based in Darien, Connecticut. He is warning of the impending financial doom that we all are in now. What's amazing about these clip is that those that disagree with him, which is everyone, are laughing right in his face. So much for the "experts" getting it right.

Coy Politicians

I am tired of coy politicians.

Like Sarah Palin. When asked if she was interested in the Senate seat that is probably going to be open when Ted Stevens goes to Shawshank she said, oh little old me? Well, I just don't know. I'm just bein the Governor of Alaska and lookin out my door at those Russians. I've never really thought about it, hehehehehe.

Same with Hillary when asked if she was going to run for President or if she is going to be Obama's Secretary of State. Who me? Well I'm just so happy being the Senator from NY, blah blah blah.

What would be refreshing, but will never happen, would be for Hillary to say the following. Yes Barbara, I did have a conversation with Barrack during the campaign. Remember when I wouldn't drop out? Well, Obama came over to my office and we had a long talk. Bill was hiding under the desk and he can confirm all of this. I told Barrack that unless he gave me a really cool job, like Secretary of State, he was totally f*&ked. He's a reasonable man and knew that to win he would have to throw me a bone. So I really worked him over the coals. Bill would giggle every once in a while and I would have to give him a swift kick to keep that idiot quiet. Bill's so excitable. I convinced Obama that I would be tough on those motherf&*#king Iranians and I knew how to play hardball. Just let me talk to them for a few minutes, I said. Just like I'm talking to you Barrack. So Barbara, our meeting went well and that's why you saw me put on that fake smile and campaign for Barrack. I really don't like him but we worked out a deal. Every week I would call him up with my real bitchy voice and remind of what we agreed on. And yes, I did just fly to Chicago to meet with Obama to nail down the timing of the announcement. Me....Secretary of State. Look out you Iranian bastards. Any more questions Barbara?

How to Switch to Digital TV

Ellen Secrets

Some friends of mine went to the Ellen show in LA.

Some days Ellen tapes two shows. She only works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

You have to get there very early and they put you in another area while they figure out who is going to sit where. Only women are allowed to sit on the aisles or on the first three rows. No men are allowed to play in any of the games they have on the show.

A big rule is that you never ever touch Ellen. Ever. You can only touch Ellen if she initiates the contact first. If you violate this rule then you will go home in a flash. Gone. Bye bye.

Ellen comes out for about 15 seconds before the show and that's it. When the show is done she's gone. No interaction with the audience. And most everything is scripted and she's reading from a Tele-Prompter.

I've seen in person The Letterman Show and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I've seen lots of game shows. Wheel of Fortune, $10,000 pyramid. Letterman is insane. At every commercial break he would throw his coat on the floor and start screaming at his staff. You couldn't hear what was going on because the band was so loud. Ed McMahon was funny. The show was over for 1 second I think and he was in his car and halfway home by the time I stood up. I guess he had somewhere to go.

All of these shows are the same. The audience is a prop. My friends were somewhat disappointed that Ellen wasn't more personable but hey....welcome to showbiz.

A Dichotomy

Americans have realized that we personally don't have any more money. Our credit cards are maxed out. The home equity loan and refinance thing doesn't work anymore. Some of us are losing our jobs. People aren't spending money any more. Especially borrowed money. People are actually saving a little. This is good.

The government on the other hand thinks that the way out of our mess is for Americans to begin spending money again. They are re-doing the $700 billion bailout to put more money in the system so that consumers can borrow again. But.....we don't want to borrow any more money. We get it. We're broke. We ain't got no more money. The government doesn't want anyone to experience any pain during the solution to this mess. But there must be pain. Just as if I gain 100 lbs, it's going to suck losing 100 lbs. The answer isn't to buy me more Twinkies. Nothing like a good Twinkie. Are they smaller now? They seem smaller.

So we get it. It's going to get worse. And I don't think the government does get it.

Sean Hannity

I am really disgusted with Sean Hannity.

I heard part of his show while I was driving home from work yesterday.

Obviously Hannity was for McCain.

Hannity was talking about, as he puts it, Obama worship. And he was playing clips from speeches after Obama's win by Louis Farrakhan and Jeremiah Wright. They made some very inflammatory racist remarks. Nothing surprising there. But that's like a democrat talk show host play clips from a KKK leader after Bush won. It's just irresponsible and unpatriotic. And disgusting. And it makes me sick. On the day before veterans day.

Obama is the President elect. John McCain got it right in his acceptance speech. We are all Americans and Obama is our President. Like it or not that's the way it is. So why not support Obama, our President and our country and work together to get ourselves out of the mess we're in. Give the guy a chance. He just did the final walk through yesterday with sellers of the house he's moving into.

Criticizing politicians, our government, policies etc is fine with me. But it's really low to quote crazy people and attribute their ideas to the next President. What is to be gained by that? Does Hannity want Obama to fail and the country to fail? Is Hannity so angry that Obama won that he would be willing for the country to go through four more years of hell just so he can say he was right and those who voted for Obama were wrong? Hannity should be ashamed of himself. He's really lost it. And he claims to be a devout Catholic. Calling all Nuns. Please discipline Sean Hannity.

Stranger than Reality TV

What's going on right now is really bizarre. General Motors is burning through $75 million dollars in cash a day. How is that possible? We went to see W yesterday which is a really good movie. Much better than I thought it would be. And it wasn't that vicious toward W. I wonder how much of that movie is true? And what were the sources for the script? Anyway, on the way to the movie we saw that Circuit City is going out of business and so is Linens and Things. Circuit City isn't a surprise. They've always been a crappy company. Best Buy is way better. Linens and Things....I don't know. They seem good to me I guess. Good for me because I got a humidifier for 30% off.

So now instead of hearing about the layoffs on TV, General Motors and how the economy really sucks....it's right in your face. Big businesses are closing. A huge Chevy dealership in Atlanta went bankrupt and closed 18 locations. I don't see how these small specialty places in a strip mall stay afloat. Like the one that sells only batteries. Doesn't Wal-Mart have batteries? Of course Wal-Mart also has the guy at the checkout line who wears more make up than most women so they've got that going for them.

This is almost as scary and confusing as watching Heroes. I can only watch Heroes with someone else because I don't understand 50% of what is going on. I have to stop the TIVO, say "what is going on, I don't get it", get a look like you truly are a moron, have the plot explained to me for the millionth time and then hit play on the TIVO again.

Delta Fires the First Shot

Delta and Northwest Airlines are now one big happy family. Northwest employees are now Delta employees. Northwest is heavily unionized. Only the pilots and dispatchers at Delta have a union. Delta for sure doesn't want the Northwest people to keep their union so it's time for the fun and games to begin.

Delta announced that Delta employees would be getting a pay raise soon. They didn't say how much....that will be released later. We have to let this first part sink in for a little while. Former Northwest employees who have a union contract will not be able to get the same pay raise as non-union Delta workers because of those Northwest contracts. So now we have started the bust the union fun. Delta has been doing this for a very long time. They have always pit the pilots against everyone else. The others get pay raises and we don't because "a contract is a contract". The flight attendant lounge in Atlanta looks like the Four Seasons while the pilot lounge is a cross between Riker's Island and a Supermax Prison.

This will be interesting to see how this plays out. Delta is very very good at psychological warfare and union busting. But Northwest has had unions before the world was formed. It's fun, fun for everyone!

Palin Bashing

McCain campaign insiders have been leaking campaign stories about Sarah Palin. After the fact Palin bashing. This is really tacky.

These guys are the ones who picked Palin. They could have chosen anyone else but they chose her. And now to whine about her not knowing that Africa was a continent and not a country is absurd. Or the $150,000 clothes bill. Maybe next time you can chose a running mate that you have known for more than 5 minutes.

The transformation from a glamorous $150,000 dressed candidate to Alaska woman has been startling. They interviewed her when she got off the plane in Alaska. Her hair wasn't made up, little make-up, jeans and a sweatshirt. She looked like any other middle class person in America.

So let's all forget Sarah. Leave her alone. Let her hop in her helicopter and chase down beautiful animals with her high powered weapons and kill them dead.

The Morning After

For a very long time, almost two years, we have had almost unlimited access to Obama, McCain and all the rest. Now the instant the election is over, they all disappear. I know they can't continue to campaign forever, thank goodness, but it does seem kind of weird that we have constant speeches, rhetoric, talk of hope, rallies everywhere, zillions of hands being shaken and then silence. Obama retreats into his secret underground bunker to begin his transformation from everyman to the President.

I watched the 700 Club with Pat Robertson the morning after to see what he would say. The mood was funeral like but he didn't bash Obama. They were ecstatic though that gays in California could no longer marry. The country is going down the tubes but at least we stuck it to the gays.

Oprah almost had to be resuscitated on her show she was so excited. She kept screaming like a loon. I get the euphoria. I get that this is something special. But the news media (I don't watch fair and balanced Fox News) is just ridiculously giddy. They act as if Barrack has just beamed down from a distant planet with a magic wand and all will be well. Maybe they have a point. It will be alot better than if the old man got in. And thankfully Obama won big so that there was some definitive win and not endless hanging chads.

And poor John McCain. His secret service protection ended at 6am the day after the election. He and his rich wife had to drive themselves to Sedona. No motorcade. No one to go in and get a #4 super size for them. They would have to drive through the McDonald's drive through themselves. Is the Monopoly game still going on at McDonald's? Maybe they can at least win a free chocolate shake. If I were him, I would have my wife get out $100 million of the $300 million she has and spread it out on the bed. Then I would cuddle with my $100 million. I think that would make the election loss a little easier to take. And then maybe I would take my gun out in Arizona and shoot something. Like a lizard or something.

Obama tipped his hand during his acceptance speech. He said that we have big problems that are going to take a long time to fix. Maybe more than one term. He didn't say that in the campaign did he. He said, "Yes we can". I guess he left out the part of "How long".

Good Luck Obama

Somebody said on the radio the other day that with all of the problems that the new President will inherit....whoever wins will demand an immediate recount the day after the election.

Obama spanked McCain. Not even close.

So Obama my friend. You better get to work and fast. Because the honeymoon is not going to last long. There are so many people that think you're evil incarnate that they would love to see you fail. So get it while the getting is good.

My election coverage viewing was not as fun as I had hoped it would be.

First, Tim Russert wasn't there.

Second, the graphics they use now on TV make me slightly dizzy.

Third, I got to go to the dentist yesterday for two more hours of fun. How I drove home I have no idea. That was very stupid on my part. I got home at noon, took a Vicodin and passed out until 3pm. Watched TV until 930pm, took another Vicodin becuase I foolishly brushed my teeth where this evil dental assistant packed my gums for the crown molds that they made....hey lady, that really hurts. More Novocain please. At one point I asked her if she would do me a small favor. Just put your finger right here for just a second....she said you want to bite my finger don't you....bingo, give her a gold star. Not only do I want to bite her finger I want to bite it hard. So Vicodin at 930pm, unconscious until 12:30am, watch TV until 3:30am and then back to sleep and up at 6:30am. Why did I wake up so early. Beats me.

So two more weeks of chewing on only one side of my mouth and then hopefully I will be pardoned from dentist hell for a few more years. I only hope the same is true for our country. Let's go Obama. Get busy with it.

I Voted

It took four tries but we finally voted. The third try the wait was 3.5 hours and the fourth was 2 hours so we waited it out. It was very orderly with a hint of oppression. There were these two sheriff deputy goons who were very adept at giving the lowly masses dirty looks. In Georgia, you cannot use a cellphone while waiting in line to vote. The sheriff's boys would periodically scream at someone who was using their Ipod and not a cellphone. The deputy could not tell the difference. That was fun. The black people in line, at least 50%, kept their heads down so as not to be arrested by the oppressors. It really was a very strange scene.
I voted against the incumbent sheriff. So there. Ha.

The co-pilot I'm flying with now believes that Obama is the Anti-Christ. He really does. No basis for that belief. He just knows it.