An Obit from The Onion: "Rosa Maria Torres, 81, died peacefully in bed surrounded by fat grandkids."
- If there's one voter block that drives me nuts---yes, even more than progressives---it's moderates. Even though I disagree with most progressive values, at least they have some. And I believe progressives would say the same of conservatives. But moderates, in my opinion, have no guts. They have no "core" values. They really can't be defined by any set of principles. They put their finger up to the wind, and go in its direction. And they love the attention they get every time voting season comes around, because---well---most are also insecure. Politicians like to pander to this group because they don't want to be perceived as belonging to the "fringes." Politicians also know how pliable moderates can be. After all, if you have no core values---no foundation---it doesn't take much to convince you one way or another. Politicians know exactly what moderates want to hear. And, as a moderate, that's just fine because it's all about the attention anyway. Moderates find comfort in that bubble. They are like the person suffering from agoraphobia. As long as the moderate stays in that bubble at home, everything is fine. Breach that safety net and the world suddenly becomes a difficult place to cope with. In other words, moderates are pussies.
- The polling by Public Policy still shows that the president can beat all four current Republican contenders. However, as of this week, their poll also shows Santorum has the best shot (again, for Secret Service personnel, I'm using "shot" only in political terms) at beating Obama. They have Obama at 49% and Santorum at 44%. They also report Romney at 42 to the president's 49%. Newt gets hammered by the president, 40 to Obama's 52%. And Ron Paul trails Obama by 8.
- Parents, you need to watch out for the food police. Talk about government over-reach, this story should get your goat (what does that phrase mean anyway? It reminds me of, "you can't see the forest through the trees." I still don't get that one. Anyway, back to more important stuff). At West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina, a preschooler made the mistake of coming to school with a packed lunch that included a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, some potato chips, and apple juice. Unfortunately for this student, Michelle Obama's Food Police from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the child's lunch failed to meet government guidelines (the lunatic guidelines say lunches MUST consist of one serving of meat, one serving milk, one serving of grain, and two servings of veggies or fruit, even if the lunches are brought from home. And when home-packed lunches do not include the required items, child care providers must supplement them with the missing one. The Food Police gave the child three chicken nuggets. They've also attempted to charge the parents a buck and a quarter for the nuggets). The school's principal is now looking into this travesty. Yo, memo to Food Police: if I had any kids in school and you stuck your dirty, filthy hands into my kid's lunchbox to see what's in, I'd break your friggin thumbs. Carolina Journal
- Hey, remember the other promise of ObamaCare---it was passed so more Americans would have insurance. Guess what? Gallup found that the number of uninsured Americans has risen every year since 2008 (gee, what happened in 2008?). Last year, the number rose 17.1% and the previous year by 16.4%. Is this promise similar to "bending the cost curve." Yes, it's bent---upwards.
- And don't forget, while the cost of ObamaCare rises, many of his donors---I mean---supporters, got waivers.
- Is Jeremy Lin of the Knicks that good? Yes he is. And this is coming from a guy who lost interest in the NBA years ago. But watching this young guy play ball reminds me a lot of Pete Maravich. The NBA could use a boost. The days of Michael Jordon are now ancient history. A guy like Lin, just like Tebow, can put a spark back into the league. In that case, I just might watch another game. By the way, Forbes reported Lin has the world's fastest growing athlete brand, valued at about $14 mil right now.
- And keeping with Lin, another athlete---Floyd Mayweather, Jr., made a dumbass statement. He Tweeted that Lin is getting all this attention because he's "Asian." He went on to Tweet that black ball players do the same thing night after night and don't get the "same praise." Perhaps Floyd got too many shots to the head or just came out from under a rock, but he must have missed some of these great NBA stars who never seemed to get any attention: Michael Jordan, Kareem, Magic, Wilt, Elgin, Dr. J, and yada, yada, yada. Yeh, Mayweather, those guys just didn't get enough attention. Lost tribes people in Brazil heard of most of those guys you putz.
