Taliban new rules: less suicide attacks

You know, here at work we have stretch goals: goals that are either difficult to meet or require perfection, such as "Will fill out 100% of forms by their deadline."

The Taliban might want to try that. According to an alleged new code of conduct, Taliban members are encouraged to lessen suicide attacks and try to avoid harming innocent civilians. The Taliban denies this is real calling it propaganda. I have to agree. If you're going to blow up people, trying to make a goal of blowing up less just seems worthless.

Go for a stretch goal, Taliban. Try for zero suicide attacks.

Ah - that's what common sense sounds like

Well, Obama jumped in on the arrest of Dr. Gates and took a side without the facts. Anybody want to guess where Fox News was on their "Fair and Balanced" reporting? Leave it to Colin Powell to bring some sanity to the situation.

I think Skip [Gates], perhaps in this instance, might have waited a while, come outside, talked to the officer and that might have been the end of it," Powell said in an interview with CNN's Larry King.

I think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal.

I think in this case the situation was made much more difficult on the part of the Cambridge Police Department," Powell said. "Once they felt they had to bring Dr. Gates out of the house and to handcuff him, I would've thought at that point, some adult supervision would have stepped in and said 'OK look, it is his house. Let's not take this any further, take the handcuffs off, good night Dr. Gates.'

That would make sense. I guess that's why no one else said it.

Stop spending money!

News flash, Obama: just spending money is not fixing problems. There are two fatal misbeliefs in the U.S. today:

1. The government can fix your problems


2. Money can fix your problems

It seems Obama thinks both of these are true. I don't know that he could spend more money. He's seeing record deficits. I get it. To some degree it's not his fault. The economic woes were there before he started. I'm not a fan of the bailouts, but he believes they were necessary, so he threw money at it. Okay: several key financial players gave some good reasons why this would work so I could understand why he was persuaded. I can forgive that.

But now he wants to do Universal Health Care. Again, I'm not a fan, but I'm willing to listen and see if we can maybe find common ground. But why now? If this is going to be even more money, why not wait until we've stopped bailing everyone out?

Look, the American people are the ones who can fix their own problems. And money won't fix everything. As you said yourself, Obama, it is the way we live that is partly to blame for driving up health care costs.

Money will not fix it all, but spending all our money will certainly cause new problems. How about we take a rest on the spending and start doing something? Deal?

Obama: taking a page from bush

From Reuters:

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he realized Americans were skeptical about his healthcare overhaul, but that the country's economic recovery depended on implementing the $1 trillion plan.

Obama, insisting the "stars are aligned" for approval this year despite discord in Congress over the plan, warned inaction would undermine the economy, worsen the deficit and cripple millions of Americans financially.

And my hope in Obama just sunk 20 points. This is a Bush/Cheney move: using fear in the unknown to persuade people to your point of view. The position should stand on it's own merits, not on the fear you spew if it doesn't happen.

But, Obama's been heading downhill awhile. It doesn't seem like he's been doing... well, anything. And he spends money like water. His idea of cutbacks is removing half a percent from a bloated budget. And, just like Bush and Cheney, he's all for keeping government secrets. And he wants us to trust him on health care?

Obama: start doing and stop spending. It would go a long way.

Now here's a great line on palin and ethics

Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated state ethics laws by letting supporters set up a legal defense fund to help her battle ethics complaints, a preliminary report on the issue has found.

How ironic. Sarah Palin may have broken ethics laws by trying to battle ethics complaints. But this next part is worse:

An investigator hired by the state personnel board recommended Palin -- who gives up her office on Sunday -- refuse money from the defense fund and ask the state to pay legal fees for ethics complaints that have been dismissed.

Have the state pay for it. Isn't that always the answer.

Rick sanchez's mom on sotomayor

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Not everyone can take a tasing, bro. Rick Sanchez can't. Well, he can't and still look good. After hearing his mom speak about the incident in reference to Sotomayor, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show couldn't resist sharing. Neither could we.

Just chillin

If congress can take huge breaks, why can't we? Something Obscene will be taking a two week break and will be back July 20th.

Ahmadinejad wants to "negotiate" with obama

Word is that President Ahmadinejad in Iran wants to talk to Obama for "negotiations". Interesting. It's amazing what happens when the world things your rigged your elections.

Opaque transparency: obama doesn't get it.

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Obama promised transparency and is yet is hiding more and more from the public. He's making Bush look downright vocal. Even Helen Thomas has jumped in to say that even Nixon didn't control the media as much as Obama. Yikes.

Let the sunshine, Obama!