The Straight Talk Express: The Lobbying Years

This is what happens when you run a campaign against lobbyists and everyone working on your team is a.........lobbyist.

I hear the nonstop dripping of contradictions.

El Presidente de Cuba?

Great idea Mr. Fish!

Who wouldn't want a flamboyant, cross dressing, corrupt Presidente?

#1

Our boy has done it. Georgie hasn't just beaten the all time record for lowest public approval rating for a president, our special lad has smashed it.

Worse than Nixon's 23% during Watergate, worse than Truman's 22% during the Korean War.

George hit 19% overall approval and a whopping 14% on his economic leadership.

Unfortunately for all, he has almost a year left to worsen everyone's lives.

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

The new 12 million dollar terrorist court is prefabricated to be sent out of the country, set up , used and returned to the U.S. after the executions.

There is a viewing area for the media, however it's soundproofed. Viewing only is allowed.

A censored, broadcast copy may be available, edited as to whatever the government doesn't want you to know.

Inside, up to six defendents at a time can be tried.

High tech kill switches are given to everyone representing the governmet. If anyone says anything to reveal where they've been taken, what was done to them or what state secrets they know (anything that would threaten or embarrass Bush legally), they are instantly silenced.

Another first. The first ever child sentenced to war crimes, Canada's Omar Khadr, who was 15 when captured.

The building is impenetrable to electronic eavesdropping.

Reminder: All telephone conversations and electronic communications are being monitored, everywhere, all the time.

Do not complain or associate with undesirables. It may be unwise to donate money to undesirable causes such as the Democratic party. Afterall, they are soft on terrorism?

Happy Caturday From Dick Cheney's Cat

And fuck the Constitution, human rights and the environment too...grrrrr

Beyond The Law

How dare they...and on Valentine's Day!

Tired and Lazy Isn't Change

I'm sure they're chanting in the streets of Baghdad, 100 more years, 100 more years...bomb bomb Iran....

A tired grumpy old Walnuts can barely beat the religious wacko Huckabee, probably because McCain believes in gravity or climate change and that sanity must scare the ignorant Republican base.

If Obama can't put away this war mongering born again conservative who's distrusted by so many of his own....

Ain't Superstitious

My coffee maker died this morning. I hope that's not a bad omen. I'm usually not superstitious but I'm sure we're all worried about the prospect of John McCain winning in November and probably with that war mongering shill Lieberman as a running mate.

McCain has that likeable smile and folksy way of talking that seems innocuous and friendly to uninformed voters. Except for insiders who say he has a short fuse and terrible temper.

And he was a war hero captured by the enemy...except that he was also flying a jet bombing a country that had never threatened the U.S. not unlike todays McCain who is still hawkish and wants to stay permanently in the Middle East and expand the wars there, to bomb more countries that have never threatened the U.S., instead of going after the people responsible for 911.

Strange Bed-Presidents

At least they believe in evolution...

Spreadin' Freedom

Gulf Daily News has reported that U.S. oil companies have offered $5 million to each Iraqi M.P. who votes in favour of Cheney's oil plan for Iraq.

That's a ridiculous agreement that would give most future control and profits to the big oil companies instead of Iraqis.

Basically, this is the reason for the invasion, destroy the country and they'll sign anything out of desperation.

But time is running out... so bribery is always good business.

The Real State of the Union... Call Bush's Bluff

I was watching a PBS investigation piece, interviewing families losing their homes in the housing mortgage fiasco and all of those interviewed had voted for Bush last time and will continue to vote Republican in the future!

Why can't they change and vote Democrat? Because they were raised with 'Christian values' and some how that's not what Democrats represent!

I don't trust the Dems to dramatically reverse policies that are destroying the middle class but the overall lack of intelligence in economic policy and the failure of Americans to think at all about their own self interests is staggering.

Train In Vain

Missing Joe Strummer...missing the Clash.

Whom Shall We Choose?

Okay, Canadians don't have a say in American elections but we certainly have to suffer the consequences.

I was just reading that Canadian men would choose sex over chocolate 5 to 1, while Canadian women are a toss up!
Q would loose a bag of M&Ms anytime for Angelina but what about the choice of Obama or Hillary for President?
Clearly the solution is to have both, sex and chocolate together but neither seems likely to want the #2 job.

After 8 years of total Republican FUBAR mismanagement, would Americans choose the likable McCain over sex or chocolate?

Rudy Cops A Plea To Florida

So long Rudy.

What happened to support for the the Mayor of America?

Who doesn't love a cross dressing, inveterate liar with a penchant for serial adultery?

Why does America hate Mr. 911?

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

Q gives 2 cats up to that wonderful little Canadian film Juno.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/09/14/juno-movie-trailer/

An excuse to play Rebel Rebel as well? muahahaha

As an existentialist of sorts and an iconoclast always, I appreciate all examples of how intelligent people can make their own life choices without the need to reference religion or authority.

Ellen Page who plays the delightful teen Juno is fantastico and she's from Q's home town of Halifax.

Can an American audience adapt to such moral choices flying around without the baby Jesus choosing for you? Muahahaha

If Ever There Was A Time For Change...

Who ya gonna trust? Billary Clinton? Barack Osama? The other cute lawyer guy with the $400 hair cut?

Any of the Dems is a thousand times better than any of the Repukes running but why is it that the only ones who make it to the top seem most influenced by special interests, mainly corporate America and we're left wondering if 'change' is just a slogan?

The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man

This was Andy Warhol's fav little band and though they only sold records in the thousands, Brian Eno pointed out that everyone who bought one was inspired to start their own little garage band.
Lou Reed couldn't sing or play very well but in rock music, creativity has been at the heart of it.

1) Lou Reed - Sweet Jane - live in Paris, 1974

I saw this tour in '74 in Detroit, back when performances were more raw and unpredictable.
Bassist Prakash John and drummer Penti Glan were from Toronto and that sound is all Mandela and Bush, two very influential Toronto bands of the 60's led by Domenic Troiano and these two solid players.
The guitarist Danny Weis now lives in Toronto and started the 60's bands Iron Butterfly. He is a great player with an interesting career.
The reason they look so apprehensive is Lou Reed may or may not show up, would likely fall off stage or at best miss half of the lyrics. It seemed the more Lou tried to offend his audience the more popular he became.
The album of this tour was 'Sally Can't Dance" and that could equally apply to Lou ;)

Last Months of the Twilight Zone

Mission Accomplished

2007 was a very good year for polluting, non-renewable resources that cause wars....almost 40 billion in profits for Exxon-Mobil alone.