Hillary Clinton, What A Bitch

What snub?

During a Tuesday night appearance on Fox News, Hillary Clinton was asked for the first time about alleged snub:

WALLACE: Finally, Senator Clinton, there was an incident last night at the State of the Union address that is getting a bit of attention. When you get into the hall - we'll put the picture up -- you reached out -- Senator Kennedy and Senator Obama were standing side by side. Senator Kennedy shook your hand, and Senator Obama said he was looking to talk to somebody else. Some people are saying that he snubbed to you. Do you feel like you were snubbed you last night?

SEN. CLINTON: Well, Chris, I reached out my hand in friendship and unity and my hand is still reaching out. And I look forward to shaking his hand when I see him at the debate in California. But what is important here is that any differences between us as Democrats pale in comparison to the differences between us and the Republicans, and I think we will have a unified Democratic Party... We will come together, not only as a party, but as a country in this election year, and I am confident that we are going to present a very strong case to the American people as to why Democrats should once again be in the White House.

k.b.: My title for the post expresses my feelings exactly. Read Barack Obama's response, Campaign Manager David Axelrod's response and a comment by columnist Maureen Dowd here.

You Never Know Where Those Lips Have Been

Rep. Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican, "I am particularly determined in this very ugly, political environment in which we find ourselves that the values of respect and compassion I grew up believing in extend even to a President who has a low approval rating."

k.b.: That was a nice gesture and sentiment from Representative Shays and because he's a Republican he had to use the phrase low approval rating instead of "who sucks"

Erica Jong Is A Feminist Big Mouth And Huffington Post Blocks My Comment

Next Time Boychick, We Take the Whole Thing

Erica Jong, 01.30.2008

What is wrong with the chosen people? Chosen for pain? All the psychological troubles of Jewish men -- from Freud to Lenny Bernstein to Philip Roth -- must stem from the dubious ritual of circumcision.

k.b.: Erica Jong blathers (and yes I did use that word) on in her posts speaking for men and women she doesn't know and has never met and gets everyone in a twist over penis skin.

I told her she posts too much now that Hillary is running for president and to go away. I apparently ticked off a Huff Post moderator. It's not like I called her a femi-nazi like Rush Limbaugh would have, I'm sure, had he read the post. Shockingly Huff Post is no longer my bff. See the rules.

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With Home Ownership Comes Responsibility OR With Responsibility Comes Home Ownership?

A dog looks from its enclosure at a kennel at the Queen Anne's County Department of Animal Service in Queenstown, Maryland, January 24. The most pitiful victims of the subprime mortgage crisis rocking the US are the family pets as people forced out of their homes are giving up their pets.(AFP/Jim Watson)

k.b.: And these people want to own a home. They can't even properly take care of a pet.

Hate Spreads An All Consuming Hate

Anti-Gay Church to Protest Heath Ledger Funeral

Shirley Phelps, of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, has told Sydney radio station 2Day FM that they will also picket any attempt to honor Ledger, 28, at next month's Academy Awards ceremony.

"I'm going to stand outside of any public memorial service that he has here," Ms Phelps said.

"And then the other place I'm going to picket him is when they prop him up to worship his dead, rotting carcass further at the Oscars. I'll be right outside by the red carpet."

The Westboro Baptist Church is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre in the United States.

k.b.: It makes me want to puke just to post this. Do I hate her? No, but just like a spreading plague, all Westboro Baptist church members need to be burned at the stake.

Goth Who Keeps Girlfriend On A Dog Leash Complains After Being Thrown Off Bus

Dani Graves, who lead his fiance Tasha Maltby around with a dog collar, say they were discriminated against by a bus company (Ross Parry)

"She is like a pet to me," Graves told ABC News. "I look after her, I run a bath for her every day, I cook for her, I wake her up every day. I even lay clothes out for her. I spoil her. It makes me happy to spoil her."

And everywhere they go, Graves, 25, leads Maltby, 19, around by a spiked black-leather leash attached to her neck.

k.b.: I like to be different but also I say if you're going to act like a dog you're going to be treated like one.

k.b.: It's always my pleasure to bring the ha-ha to your day.

Weed Kills

A man smokes a marijuana cigarette in Montevideo, May 5, 2007. Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New Zealand have found, as they warned of an 'epidemic' of lung cancers linked to cannabis.(Pablo La Rosa/Reuters)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New Zealand have found, as they warned of an "epidemic" of lung cancers linked to cannabis.

k.b.: I'm glad this study has come out. why?

Background: Bill Mahr is one of my favorite comedians who smokes marijuana and wants it made legal. He and many others use the fact that smoking a joint in your own home hurts no one.

My cousin was killed from a stray bullet by a young man who was playing with his gun in his own home after he smoked marijuana. He left behind a young son, parents, a brother and sister and countless other grieving friends and family including myself. Don't tell me it doesn't hurt.

Colin And His Lovely Irish Brogue

ha, you didn't

k.b.: Funny how you can't understand a word Colin Farrell says till he gets to the word fuck. I don't understand why everyone makes such a fuss for a little slip. I swear all the time and I'm not ashamed or embarrassed. I'm more of both when I spell incorrectly. Kudos to Colin for being a little mortified though.

McCain Wins And Conservative Heads Explode

"seconds away from explosion"


Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 10:00 EST
Some conservatives, it turns out, have a wee problem with Arizona Sen. John McCain. Actually, they hate him. With a passion. ― Alex Koppelman

k.b.: There's no better entertainment and it's double the fun if it's a conservative "talking" head.

"In Bruges" Movie Trailer

Colin Farrell

A Lost Soul

k.b. If you lose your connection to the earth, you've lost your soul.

Do Most Of Us Feel Like Zombies In A Movie Or Is It Just Me

• What awaits: Does Heath Ledger's death have you down? Is all the Democratic candidate infighting leaving you with the strange feeling that they'll screw it up again this time around? Things are probably worse.

Today's chart comes to us via Bob Bronson.

Here's a comparison of 3 prior market crashes: 1930, 1962, 1987 and today. (Note that there is no guarantee that this will be a crash, or if it is it will be the same as those others):

1930, 1962, 1987, 2008

I Wish Life Could Be So Sweet

"Things" don't bring us happiness or contentment. I'd rather be in a certain "place" in life and have a lot less.

Sometimes This Stuff Just Writes Itself

President Bush pointing out the painting A Charge To Keep in the Oval Office.




As Texas governor, President Bush admired a 1916 painting by W.H.D. Koehner hanging in his office. In 1995, Bush wrote a memo to his Texas staff:

[T]he painting is based upon the Charles Wesley hymn “A Charge to Keep I Have”. I am particularly impressed by the second verse of this hymn. The second verse goes like this: “To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill; O may it all my powers engage to do my Master’s will.” […]

When you come into my office, please take a look at the beautiful painting of a horseman determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep and rough trail. This is us.

But in his new book, The Bush Tragedy, Jacob Weisberg explains that the painting has nothing to do with the hymn and “circuit-riders who spread Methodism across the Alleghenies in the nineteenth century.” It actually depicts a horse bandit:

The artist, W.H.D. Koerner, executed it to illustrate a Western short story entitled “The Slipper Tongue,” published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1916. The story is about a smooth-talking horse thief who is caught, and then escapes a lynch mob in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. The illustration depicts the thief fleeing his captors.
The Illustrated President by Scott Horton

A Little Birdie Told Me Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes

Mitt gets a little history help from his friends?

After reviewing the tapes, NBC determined that an open mic picked up a whisper from the audience. It is unclear who it is that says it, but it was not said by any of the candidates, was not heard in the hall and, more importantly, not heard by the candidates.

Darn.

Oh Bill You Big Fibber

Fun Fly Friday

I think I'll call these days Fun Fly Fridays because anything can take flight.

Speaking of flight a new hobby may have been born. Mike had Bruce trying out the radio control flight simulator on his laptop the other night and he was having fun with it. As with Rocky and Bullwinkle sometimes the father and son, teacher and student roles are reversed.

If Mike can teach Bruce to fly the plane, I'll pull a rabbit out of my hat.

They Grow Big Ears In Texas

Have you ever noticed that. Too bad big ears don't correlate anatomically with say brains for instance.

Going Off Means Going Public

When I read the article in the paper this morning by Richmond Times Dispatch writer Michael Paul Williams titled "Your Tirade Now Has Global Consequences" it reminded me that the subject of the article was made into this video on YouTube.

"What would have been an angry exchange has been elevated to a national event."

These are the times, anything we do publicly can become subject to "upload". When my husband heard Mrs. Tistadt's rant he pronounced, "that sounds like you" (or something you would do). He's right. My threshold for defending myself or family against perceived attackers is low. I just don't put anything in writing or leave messages on an answering machine.

Behind The Scenes Cover Up

k.b.: You have to wonder what the Republicans are going to dig up on Bill's post presidential activities. Is it going to be easy for Hillary to use the Right Wing Conspiracy Theory to defend her out of control husband. It took his people four years to payoff and shush women before he ran for president. Wouldn't you like to be behind the scenes on this cover up campaign.

ABC News Caught Trying To Make War Between Obama And Clinton

January 22, 2008 6:13 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: It should have been an easy question for Sen. Barack Obama: “Are you allowing President Clinton to get in your head?”

Yet, it took Obama three tries to answer the question, in what turned into a testy exchange with the New York Times' Jeff Zeleny following a campaign event in Greenwood, South Carolina.

"I am trying to make sure that his statements by him are answered. Don't you think that's important?" Obama shot back, while walking away.

When Zeleny yelled a follow up question suggesting the Illinois senator had not answered the question, Obama fired back angrily, "Don't try cheap stunts like that."

Obama then walked away and shook hands with the mass of voters that surrounded him.

A few minutes later, Obama came back and confronted Zeleny again.

"I will answer your question though off the record, would you like to talk off the record?" Obama asked. Zeleny refused to go off the record and then motioned toward the gaggle of TV cameras gathered around him.

Obama then returned to his supporters and began shaking more hands before returning a third time to the group of reporters.

"My suspicion is that the other side must be rattled if they’re continuing saying false things about us," Obama finally responded, ignoring follow up questions as he left the room.


k.b.: NOW WATCH THE VIDEO AND SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. ABC TRYING TO TURN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTO PERSONAL WARFARE BETWEEN OBAMA AND CLINTON

OK Where's That Groundhog

Current conditions as of 9:40 am EDT
Cloudy 30°

Feels Like:
24°
Barometer: 30.41 in and steady
Humidity: 63%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dewpoint: 21°
Wind: WSW 6 mph
Sunrise: 7:20 am
Sunset: 5:23 pm

High: 45° Low: 33°

Barack Hits Outspoken Bill: "I Can't Tell Who I'm Running Against Sometimes"

Hillary Clinton told Obama, "You talked about Ronald Reagan being a transformative political leader. I did not mention his name." Obama responded, "Your husband did." She shot back, "Well, I'm here. He's not. And..." But Obama interrupted, "Well, I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes."

The Eyes Are the Window To The Soul

Before the race : A dog's eyes are pictured in Morzine-Avoriaz southeastern France, before the start of his "Grande Odysee", an international dog sled race starting from 6th until 16th of January. (AFP/Jean-Pierre Clatot)

How beautiful.

Welcome To My Empty Shell

People can be held together for decades by lethargy, fear, mutual helplessness, or economic dependency, in marriages that are, to my mind, empty shells.

"David Olson of the University of Minnesota, who has studied over 15,000 married couples, recently said that 50% of married people will never be happy, unless they get unusually good therapy.

Other researchers agree ; about 30% of marriages are "empty shells"--little love, little talk, little joy. . . . if you married someone with a totally different view about life.

Only about 25% of couples have "really good marriages." The remaining 25% could achieve a good marriage if they got therapy and/or really worked on obtaining the necessary skills via training or marriage enrichment (or, you can add, self-help). . . . ."Olson believes the needed skills and characteristics are: communication skills, conflict resolution skills, compatible personality, agreement on values and religion, and good sex."

Bill It's Time To Call It A Day

She Loves Me

My Shih Tzu, Choo Choo

Stop The Clintons

Get a STOP THE CLINTONS NOW t-shirt at Cafe Press.

Tell Bill To Put A Sock In It

k.b. Please stop Bill Clinton from returning to the White House.

I Don't Think I'll Find This At Macys

Furry explosion : A model presents a creation by British designer Alexander McQueen during the Men Automn/Winter 2008 collections of the Milan ready-to-wear fashion shows.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)

k.b.: It's a nice cold day here in Virginia with the possibility of a little sloppy weather moving in. Even if I lived in Iceland I wouldn't be caught dead ( with ten of my furriest friends ) with this on top of my head. Now I know that some designers make pieces that are strictly for the runway. Unless they're truly nuts because I wouldn't wear them but do we really have to kill a bunch of innocent animals for this piece of crap? This hat is absurd and I don't normally advocate such a thing but I'm just saying..................................If there is a person out there who does eventually wear this I would like to see the before and after pictures. Before with them wearing it and after someone dumps some permanent red dye all over it.

Update: January 21, 9:56 AM k.b.: My son has sent me a weather report and he says to make the location Greenland. Seems volcanic activity makes Iceland a little too mild for this hat. Thanks Mike.

Please Do Not Send These Two Back To The White House

k.b.: Hillary and Bill Clinton are liars, manipulators, word parsers and act as if they are entitled to this election..

Gays Walk Their Wieners

A dachshund shows affection for his owner just prior to the Third Annual Dachshund Walk in Key West, Florida, December 31, 2007. The event attracted more than 100 dachshunds and their owners for a New Year's celebratory jaunt down sidewalks bordering the island city's Duval Street. REUTERS/Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau

k.b.: FOR THE RECORD: I am not homophobic. I have had friends who are gay. One of my favorite comedians is Kathy Griffin who loves her gays and this gentleman OR HIS DOG in the photo may or may not be gay.

Mitt Trying to Make A Point At Staples, Not So Easy

k.b.: Mitt Romney called out for being a "fibber" by an AP reporter. The best part is listen to the home-grown woman at the end of the video tell it like it is, "I'm not with the campaign but I think you're rude and ugly."
But she's polite. Only in the south.

Update: January 18th, 4:07 PM, k.b.:Temporary computer fixed and on-line. Yaaaaa.........

Gone For A Walk

Out for a stroll : A hostess walks four dogs at Berlin's fairgrounds ahead of a pet show. (AFP/DDP/Berthold Stadler)

k.b.: Computer processor craps out so it's time for a short walk, monkeywrench will return.

Update: January 18th, 4:05 PM, k.b.: It's so hard to stay away.

Vote For Jewelie

Find The Next Firedog

Jewelie is in the running to be Circuit City's mascot for their "firedog" computer service. Her owner's a local southside Virginian and even if Jewelie is voted a runner up the Southside SPCA will receive $1,000.

If you like, there are other cute dogs to choose from and just click those checked boxes off if you don't want spam from Circuit City.

So help out Southside SPCA or another animal shelters around the country and vote.

Aw............Every Owner Should Make Their Dog Be A Cheesehead

A dog named Packer, wearing a cheesehead and a Packers jersey, is seen outside Lambeau Field before an NFL football playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, in Green Bay, Wis.

k.b.: Aw moment and time for a political break. Too much politics at one time makes your brain cheese-wiz

Update January 16: The American Bulldog came in #10 on the American Kennel Club's Top Ten Dog Breeds list.
The bulldog's been off the AKC list for 75 years. The Labrador Retriever has been #1 since 1991.
Congratulations Bullies!

I Think Some Of These Political Pundit's Brains Are In A Fog - A Permanent One

"But the rap on Obama is that he is a fog of a man. We know little about him, and, for all my admiration of him, I wonder about his mettle." Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen

k.b.: Maybe I'm being naive but I believe that Barack Obama has nothing to hide. He's more intelligent than George W.Bush, he's more politically savvy than Bush, he works for the people of the country and not just his political party, not like Bush. I'm sure there is more to learn about Barack Obama and we will in the campaign. He's not hiding himself in some secret fog.

Democracy? Did You Mean To Say Theocracy?

Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in 'God's standards'
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Tuesday January 15, 2008
The United States Constitution never uses the word "God" or makes mention of any religion, drawing its sole authority from "We the People." However, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee thinks it's time to put an end to that.

"I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution," Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. "But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that's what we need to do -- to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view."

K.b.: Huckabee is a nut case. I'll have a little Buddhist chant with my Constitution, please.

Bush: "I'm Sure People View Me As A War Monger"

AP Photo

k.b.:Not at all, I view you as an asshole.

Get It Together Girls And Boys

McCain poses unique challenges to the Democratic Party. His reputation in the media as a political "maverick" and his streak of fiscal conservatism make him appealing to the country's independent voting block. His willingness to address global warming and crusade against special interests make him more than tolerable for some Democrats. And his vehement support for the Iraq war, and the surge that accelerated America's military involvement, obscure some of the consternation with which his fellow conservatives have traditionally greeted him.


"From the honest Democratic perspective," Tad Devine a Democratic strategist with D&D Media told the Huffington Post, "it is just a simple fact that should John McCain emerge as the consensus GOP nominee, he will be very formidable."Sam Stein
The Huffington Post



k.b: =I'm sure John McCain is a nice guy. I'm not voting for him but others will. Americans that want just the right combination of toughness, intelligence, humor, and safety. He came close in the 2000 primary race and some feel he has earned his chance at the Presidency. He started this campaign looking like a counted out wing-nut with his view on the war and other issues. As things change militarily in Iraq and Huckabee and Romney look and sound more foolish, he has a good shot and worse than that, independent voters like him.

Update: January 16, 2008
= Mitt Romney won Michigan last night but that may be just a home state fluke.
Obama, Clinton and Edwards seemed to push back, during the debate, at the media generated race/gender buzz.
Let's keep it up by staying on Democratic issues. The war, economy, health care, etc.

YES WE CAN<

Fox News Attacks Barack Obama

k.b: Now you know why Billo got his blocked shot.
psssst............Do Something!

All You Need Is Love

k.b.: Daddy and Mommy called me on the phone this morning and I feel better.

Due To Technical Difficulties And A Low Mood monkeywrench Is On Hiatus Till Further Notice

Stuck In The Wrong Time And Place

36 Hours in Sarasota, Fla.

Six Times The Love

Every day is take-your-dog-to-work-day for Sarah Babcock, whose dogs include (clockwise from top left) Pilot, Gadget, Thor, Flake, Daisy and Crosby. Photo By: LINDY KEAST RODMAN/TIMES-DISPATCH

Richmond rescue dogs get national exposure in upcoming magazine.

"It's very, very exciting," said Babcock, chief of education and training for the Richmond SPCA, who hopes the cover shot and story will call attention to rescued dogs. "I think this is a great way to suggest that."

k.b.: I'd say Ms. Babcock is one lucky lady.

War, Elections, A U.S. Recession? Who Cares, Smurfs Turn 50 - Happy Birthday

Smurfs Mark 50th Birthday in Belgium

Great, Now Let's Throw Fat Into The Mix

Would you look at all the self-esteem on her.

MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity and depression often go hand-in-hand in middle-aged women, a new U.S. study found.

Women with clinical depression were more than twice as likely to be obese (a body mass index of 30 or more), and obese women were more than twice as likely to be depressed, the study found'

It's likely that depression and obesity fuel one another, said lead author Dr. Gregory Simon, a psychiatrist and researcher at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.

"When people gain weight, they're more likely to become depressed, and when they get depressed, they have more trouble losing weight," he said in a prepared statement.
k.b: I could have told you that.

"It's not that these women are clueless. It's that they're hopeless," said Simon, who suggested that if obese women focus on rebuilding their self esteem, it may help them lose weight.
k.b.: Ah, now we have it. The old self-esteem pitfall. Let's just bring in the self-esteem fairy.


k.b: Maybe they're lazy, like me.

Hold Your Nose

Today's Must Read


Intel Chief Mike McConnell claims that waterboarding would be torture for him personally because he has a deviated septum (or some other nose problem that he's not sure about), but for someone else it might not be torture.
David Kurtz
k.b.: Yes, maybe someone like Aquaman.

k.b.: I say take'em out behind the White House and give it a try.

The Only Way This Country Is Making Any Money

Bush Seals Deal To Sell Saudis $20 Billion In Arms

Still I hope Bush is able to get out of the business after 2009. I think they have a government funded program for retraining political hos.

Shut-Up

Bill Clinton compiles 'list' of Obama attacks.

In a nationally syndicated radio interview on WVON, Bill Clinton said Hillary Clinton's way of handling attacks showed a clear difference from Obama. "She didn't complain about it," he said, citing one in particular that he considered "appalling."

Mount Everest And Sir Edmund Hillary, Forever In The Clouds

Ever since watching Lance Armstrong win his seventh Tour de France, I have admired the men and women of endurance sports. To put your body through all the training required and then the final push to achieve your goal is amazing. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar/Files (NEPAL)

As I was watching the Discovery Channel around the time of the race I came upon a show featuring the sport of high mountain climbing. Not just any mountains but the 8000+ peaks of the Himalayas, particularly Mount Everest. One of those pioneers of climbing Mount Everest died Friday, January 11th, in hospital at the age of 88. He is Sir Edmund Hillary.

Graphic on Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's successful bid to reach the summit of Everest in May 1953.(AFP graphic/Martin Megino)

Explorers Sardar Tenzing Norgay of Nepal, left, and Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand who conquered Mount Everest in 1953, are in this 1953 handout photo. Hillary, was the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers. (AP Photo/NZPA,Penguin Books, HO)

Jamling Tenzing, son of Tenzing Norgay, lights a lamp in front of a portrait of Edmund Hillary to mourn his death in Thamel, Kathmandu. (AFP/Prakash Mathema)

Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at an altitude of 8,848 metres (29,029 feet), is seen in northeastern Nepal in this March 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar/Files (NEPAL)

Sir Edmund Hillary (L) and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa display their climbing gear at the British Embassy in Kathmandu following their conquest of Mount Everest in 1953 in this undated handout photograph. Nepali Sherpa friends of Sir Hillary, who died on January 11, 2008, lit butter lamps and offered special Buddhist prayers in monasteries for the mountaineer, calling him a great philanthropist and friend of Nepal. Hillary, who scaled Mount Everest in 1953 along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, spent much of his life afterwards helping Sherpa communities in Nepal, including projects to build hospitals and schools. REUTERS/Picture

Mount Everest or Sagarmatha (top), highest peak in the world at an altitude of 8,848 metres (29,029 feet) is seen in this aerial view next to 6,812 metres (22,349 feet) high Mount Ama Dablam (bottom R) in this April 22, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Files (NEPAL)


Sir Edmund Hillary July 20, 1919 – January 11, 2008