Archive of entries posted on 2nd November 2012

Wisdom of the Day: Nutrition Solving Postpone Bloomberg Maytag Interventions Mustache Children ADHD

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A Moment With Joe Biden: Hurricane Response

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[by Son of Bob]

And now, a moment with Joe Biden…

BIDEN: …and so, like everything else we’ve tackled in this administration, Barack Obama has shown the American people how it’s supposed to be done. Here this devastating storm hits the northeast, and there’s flooding and all kinds of devastation. We saw what happened with Katrina. We saw how George W. Bush mishandled that, and people went for days without help, without electricity, without food, without gasoline. And those of us who were rightfully upset were told to be quiet, to be patient. Yet the White House let us down. But, with this storm you’ve seen a very different response. You’ve seen the right response, from a president that knows what he’s doing. And, in the aftermath of this storm, I’ve spent the entire day today touring your great state, and the clean up efforts have been amazing. This time the right government agencies were called in and the mess was cleaned up, and people could go back to their normal lives. People have food, clothing… gas stations have plenty of gas, hardly a sign that this disastrous storm even happened. And, that’s due to the quick response of our great president, Barack Obama. And that’s why everyone here in Iowa should go to the polls and cast their vote for Barack and I on Tuesday…

This has been a moment with Joe Biden.

In the Mail: The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

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As a somewhat popular political blogger, I constantly get offered free copies of books, but they’re usually all political books and I’m like, “Ah! Not more political books! Politics is so boring!” But this time I got sent a book that actually is enjoyable: The Onion Book of Known Knowledge.

Anyway, it’s a pretty fancy looking hardcover and is sort of like the Devil’s Dictionary, but in an encyclopedic format. It’s a bunch of funny entries about different stuff, such as this one:

Irish, horrible, drunken, violent, unwashed race of so-called “people” who only warrant an entry in this reference precisely because of how singularly vile they are.

Anyway, that’s just the beginning of the entry since I had to transcribe it by hand (physical books are so low-tech). You can go over to The Onion for more excerpts. Anyway, it’s what you’d expect from The Onion: a decent amount of vulgarity, a smattering of liberal clapper humor, and a lot of funny. Should be a good bathroom book… if people still read books on the can instead of tooling around on the internet on their smartphones.

And if companies want to send me more free stuff, I really want video games and candy. Send me video games and candy and I’ll mention it on my blog.

Did Obama Save Star Wars?

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So why did George Lucas go ahead and sell Lucasfilm and take Star Wars out of his control? Because of the threat of higher taxes next year, he needed the deal to go through this year. So we thought Obama’s constantly threatening to raise taxes causes nothing but strife, but he may have saved Star Wars. Something to think about.

I thought about it. I hate Obama and his stupid taxes more than Jar Jar Binks (but less than the existence of the Star Wars prequels as a whole).

Last Unemployment Numbers Before the Election

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Good news, everyone! Unemployment has gone up only 0.1%. That means unemployment is now 7.9%, 0.1% higher than when Obama came into office four years ago. And that feat cost us a mere $5.6 trillion more in debt.

Of course, unemployment would be over 10% if the work force were the same size as when Obama took office, so yay for discouraged workers in doing their part in keeping unemployment down by just giving up.

So as we go into election next Tuesday, hopefully no one cares much about the economy since Obama doesn’t really have anything good to show for that. But he sure looked presidential standing around waving at people after Sandy! Obama looking presidential… what a novelty! You could see how impressed MSNBC was.

Anyway, Andrew Sullivan has some good news for you: If you voted for Obama in 2008 and don’t in 2012, you never really voted for him. Do you get that? If you vote against Obama this year, your mistake from years past will be wiped clean. You won’t be like those people who voted for Jimmy Carter who have been mocked and derided for decades.

Initiative to Develop 10 Technologies

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According to reports, the Democrat Party has agreed to phone voting. Text voting, actually.

The Initiative to Develop 10 Technologies includes voting by phone as one of the 10 technologies covered. They 10 technologies are:

  • Interconnected computer networks (the Internet)
  • Personal cellular communication (cell phones)
  • Portable message systems (Text messaging)
  • High-definition home entertainment systems (HDTV, etc)
  • Global position systems (GPS)
  • Video communications (Skype, etc)
  • Wind energy
  • Solar energy
  • Electronic voting
  • Rail travel

The initiative has been around for years, and some of the technologies overlap. For instance, video communications often use the Internet. And, now, with the Democrat Party on board, electronic voting and text messaging are merged.

This means that people can vote for Obama without going to the polls. They can simply text their vote to the Initiative to Develop 10 Technologies. They simply text “OBAMA” to, on their cell phone, I, D, the number 10, and T.

Be aware that the Republican Party has not signed on, so people can’t vote for Romney this way. People wanting to vote for Romney have to show up in person at the polls. But, Obama voters can simple text “OBAMA” to I-D-10-T.

Isn’t technology wonderful?

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