Pelosi does it again

Now, where was Nancy in all of this?

Who are we kidding?

So, a woman gets pregnant, whats a f**king miracle about that?

Holding no punches

Wow, I am reading Townhall.com for the first time in more than a week and it seems that last week Doctors Sowell and Williams held no punches at all. They went after Spitzer, Obama, Hillary, the POTUS, and the ethanol industry.

On Spitzer, Dr Sowell "served" him like this

Many in the media refer to Eliot Spitzer as some moral hero who fell from grace. Spitzer was never a moral hero. He was an unscrupulous prosecutor who threw his power around to ruin people, even when he didn't have any case with which to convict them of anything.

Because he was using his overbearing power against businesses, the anti-business left idolized him, just as they idolized Ralph Nader before him as some sort of secular saint because he attacked General Motors.

Linking that to Obama

Currently, various facts are belatedly beginning to leak out that give us clues to the character of Barack Obama. But to report these facts is being characterized as a "personal" attack.

Barack Obama's personal and financial association with a man under criminal indictment in Illinois is not just a "personal" matter. Nor is his 20 years of going to a church whose pastor has praised Louis Farrakhan and condemned the United States in both sweeping terms and with obscene language.

The Obama camp likens mentioning such things to criticizing him because of what members of his family might have said or done. But it was said, long ago, that you can pick your friends but not your relatives.

Then finishes the whole piece with absolute "pwnage"!

Obama chose to be part of that church for 20 years. He was not born into it. His "personal" character matters, just as Eliot Spitzer's "personal" character matters -- and just as Hillary Clinton's character would matter if she had any.

Then Dr Williams opens up a can of whooped () by going on the Ethanol Industry

Ethanol is so costly that it wouldn't make it in a free market. That's why Congress has enacted major ethanol subsidies, about $1.05 to $1.38 a gallon, which is no less than a tax on consumers. In fact, there's a double tax -- one in the form of ethanol subsidies and another in the form of handouts to corn farmers to the tune of $9.5 billion in 2005 alone.

There's something else wrong with this picture. If Congress and President Bush say we need less reliance on oil and greater use of renewable fuels, then why would Congress impose a stiff tariff, 54 cents a gallon, on ethanol from Brazil? Brazilian ethanol, by the way, is produced from sugar cane and is far more energy efficient, cleaner and cheaper to produce.

He goes for the kill right over here

It's easy to understand how the public, looking for cheaper gasoline, can be taken in by the call for increased ethanol usage. But politicians, corn farmers and ethanol producers know they are running a cruel hoax on the American consumer. They are in it for the money. The top leader in the ethanol hoax is Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the country's largest producer of ethanol. Ethanol producers and the farm lobby have pressured farm state congressmen into believing that it would be political suicide if they didn't support subsidized ethanol production. That's the stick. Campaign contributions play the role of the carrot.

The Big Sticks

Earlier today, more "stuff" came out of senator Pelosi:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the nation's ability to lead the world depends on its morality, not military might. "We will begin to reassert that moral authority by attempting to override the president's veto next week," said Pelosi, D-Calif.

I have to disagree with that, as I am a firm believer in "Big Stick Diplomacy".

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

Iraq progress report

Courtesy of Blackfive.net


They mentioned this article from the New York Times*:
Violence Leaves Young Iraqis Doubting Clerics

*The Snake Advocate doesn't take anything the New York Times seriously, but has to admit that this article had some interesting statements. Take this one for example:

Violent struggle against the United States was easy to romanticize at a distance.

“I used to love Osama bin Laden,” proclaimed a 24-year-old Iraqi college student. She was referring to how she felt before the war took hold in her native Baghdad. The Sept. 11, 2001, strike at American supremacy was satisfying, and the deaths abstract.

Now, the student recites the familiar complaints: Her college has segregated the security checks; guards told her to stop wearing a revealing skirt; she covers her head for safety.

“Now I hate Islam,” she said, sitting in her family’s unadorned living room in central Baghdad. “Al Qaeda and the Mahdi Army are spreading hatred. People are being killed for nothing.”

So I guess the whole rhetoric of that the war on terror is creating more terrorists, isn't really conclusive at all.

So, can someone explain to me something here?

What came first, the egg, or the chicken?

"Can you tell me which country is not re-arming now? I think it's not just a question of Russia, or the US, or Great Britain. The government of each country is responsible for updating and providing new technology within the military."

-Sukhoi's Mr Federov.

I guess Mr Fedrov didn't get Mr Obama's sound bite.


I am beginning to think that Obama is back on crack... Read the rest over here.

May there be peace

MSN blows

Well, I've always had issues with the opinions posted on MSN.com and the selected news coverage on MSNBC. However, this article "Gasoline's New Math: Miles Per Dollar" is just ridiculously stupid.

Check this out:

It's time for new rules, and new math: Miles Per Dollar, or mpd.

The formula is simple. Take the old mpg, but divide it by the price of fuel. Unlike the vague mpg, mpd is a remorseless measuring stick, its pointy end aimed directly at your wallet. When gas was cheaper than the dirt it sprang from, 20 miles per gallon seemed pretty solid. Even when gas reached a dollar a gallon, you were still getting 20 mpd, traveling 20 miles on a buck.

Here is the problem:

This chart represents the average price of gasoline in Texas from 1979 to 2008.

Can you see the problem now?

1 gallon now = 1 gallon in a month
1 mile now = 1 mile in a month
Price of fuel now != price of fuel in a month (! is 'not' for those unfamiliar with coding)

So can someone please tell me how is the MPG standard vague and the MPD is a "remorseless measuring stick"?

Stupid asshats...

More Polls

More B.S. and coming from San Fransisco, it has to be organic.

Polls and predictions for Super Tuesday

After New Hampshire, I wonder how people can take poll seriously?

Condi Rocks

Thats about sums it up.

Semper Haj!

We all know that the Marines are the best when it comes down to blowing up shit. They are also known for getting the job done no matter what.

No True Glory

So I finally finished reading "No True Glory: Fallujah and the Struggle in Iraq: A Frontline Account" and I really didn't feel any good for doing so. The book is brilliant and I hope the movie doesn't disappoint by taking out many of the details in the book.
To read a book like this one must prepare mentally to do so, and that is by simply avoiding:
1. Playing any of the Medal of Honor games in the toughest difficulty setting for long hours at a time
2. Playing Command and Conquer: Generals against the maximum number of brutal armies.
3. Watching the Kingdom or Black Hawk Down three times before finishing the book
4. Not getting enough sleep

I feel jumpy every time I think about the last two chapters of the book -operation Phantom Fury. The description of the fire fights, the pain and the destruction is brilliant. I wish my writing style was half as good.

If you compare this book to another brilliant book, One Bullet Away, you can clearly see the major differences in the different phases of Operation Iraqi freedom. The March to Baghdad was quick, and very straight forward. While dealing with an insurgency was very slow, confusing, and created more damage. It took three weeks for Baghdad to fall, and it also took three weeks of combat to clean Fallujah of insurgents.

There is no Glory in death and destruction, but if they have to happen, they must be for a just cause. Cleaning Fallujah from these terrorists was worth it. Any fight that brings people order and freedom is worth it. Time will be a witness to Iraq's freedom, and the end is coming soon.

Finish the Fight.
-Semper Fi

What a crazy world we live in...

At least 22 dead in Va. Tech shooting rampage

Wow, I was going through my RSS feeds before going to bed as usual when I saw this news headline. It is a sad day for all, and my heart goes to the families and loved ones of those students.

What pisses me off is that as many universities, VA Tech probably doesn't allow students to have firearms on campus including their dormitories. Which implies students are defenseless. People have firearms to defend themselves against ass-hats with firearms. The number of causalities could have been a lot less if students had means of self defense.

Don't watch this movie

Don't Watch this Movie

Word.

Racial Profiling?

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America! Here to save the Mother F@#$ing day!

I had a conversation with my friend Wyatt, it went like this:

Zoal says:
Dude check this out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6435391.stm
Zoal says:
I think I should blog about those f*** in the southern hemisphere
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
dude, we need to drop a couple bombs on that country
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
You know the people there couldnt care less about bush or the US
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
Chavez is a f**.
Zoal says:
yeah
Zoal says:
Ass-hat to be accurate...
Zoal says:
Why aren't they blaming Europe for their poverty?
Zoal says:
or Russia?
Zoal says:
or themselves?
Zoal says:
or even China?
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
some liberals in the US must have got to them
Zoal says:
in Free trade there are benefits for both parties
Zoal says:
but both parties have to offer something
Zoal says:
whats so unfair about that?
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
nothing. freedom is never unfair
Zoal says:
Plus, they aren't citizens of the United States of America
Zoal says:
then why should the good old US of A give a rat's ass about their welfare in the first place
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
I know I don't
Zoal says:
the US is not getting enough credit in this world
Wyatt Shmiatt says:
they should quit worrying about it.
Zoal says:
they should.
Wyatt says:
The world is great because of the US. If people don't realize that, H them.
Zoal says:
Word.

Moral of the story: Like it or not, USAID provides economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries to provide a better future for all.

America, F*** Yeah!

Not for the weak at heart

The following video contains significant amount of violence and use of "offensive" language. You've been warned.




Thats right. Fuck MTV.