DOWN GOES BOOMER! DOWN GOES BOOMER! Missouri Shocks #1 Oklahoma in Prime Time Saturday Night!

Yeah, I'm a Missouri Alum, and so of course MU's Great Win tonight is going to be featured on my blog. MU whipped "Big Game Bob" Stoops for the first time since Bobby took over the OU program in 1999. But "Big Game Bob" tried to pull out all of his "Big Game Bob" stops, trying to ice the MU kicker before halftime and trotting out the ol' lateral-it-around play on the last play of the game (nevermind that OU was down by 2 scores at that point). Big Game Bob!!! You Lose, We Win -- Why Don't You Go Back to Norman, Big Game Bob, and Trot Out Some More Fake Pinkel Quotes or Something, Since YOU LOSE.

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/tag/_/name/sooners-tigers-102310

Why Can't We Do This to Our American Politicians? British School Teacher "Banned For Life" For Being "Useless"

He's 46-year-old Nisir Ahmed, and he's the one of three pictured boobs who's on the left. Ahmed was teaching business studies in Great Britain at a school attended by students of age 11 through 18. But no longer, after England's General Teaching Council (a government agency, apparently) recently lowered the boom on Ahmed based upon findings that Ahmed was "useless" and "guilty of serious professional incompetence" that posed a substantial risk of "seriously disadvantaging" his students.

But equally "useless" and "incompetent," it would seem, is the government Teaching Council itself, which reportedly permitted Ahmed to teach in English schools -- despite believing him to be "useless" -- for thirteen years! If some heads aren't rolling around that joint as well, then they've got some real problems.

So what did Ahmed do that was so bad so as to receive a lifetime ban from teaching in English public schools? Well, the list of offenses found by the Teaching Council sounds strikingly familiar and not much unlike the sort of thing we witness from American politicians in both parties on an almost daily basis:

Poor management, leadership and organizational skills; Failing to finish tasks after undertaking them; Poor ability to establish clear and coherent plans and objectives; Consistently working at a slow and non-challenging pace; Lacking "an appropriate level of insight on [his] shortcomings"; and being "incapable of ever improving his work."

Yep, that pretty much aptly describes probably 90% of elected democrat party and republican politicians, I'd say, including our current and most recent awful presidents. So why in the hell can't we just fire them? Oh wait, that's right, we can. And the assclowns in Congress have 10 days about until we Independents get started on that little project. And we don't plan to pull a Mr. Ahmed, either -- we're going to start the job, and we're damn sure gonna finish it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1322989/The-teacher-banned-life-useless.html

Plenty of Whackjobs & Slimeballs on Both Sides to Go Around: Look at this Republican Goof Saying that Violent Revolution Is an Option "On the Table"

Pictured on the left is deranged right-winger republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden from Texas. He's running in Texas' 30th congressional district (Dallas) against longtime democrat party incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson ("Bernice," BTW?). During what's being described as a "rambling" TV interview yesterday, Broden suggested that revolution and a violent overthrow of the American government is an option that's "on the table." (Link to full story at bottom).

Yesterday's comments followed previous remarks by Broden in which he conjured up and cited to images of the American Revolutionary War and Britain's tyrannical King George III, spouting: "We have a constitutional remedy. And the Framers say if that don't work, revolution."

Personally, I think the only revolt we need around here is one against the school teachers who taught Broden to butcher the Queen's English like that. If they can fire Juan Williams for no good reason, let's give the ol' heave-ho to some Dallas grammar teachers as well.

But kidding aside, Broden's dangerous comments obviously serve no constructive purpose whatsoever in American political discourse and should be (and are being) roundly condemned. My best suggestion to Broden: Since you seem so enamored with the notion of repeating the Revolutionary War -- How about you pull a George Washington, sail yourself across the Rio Grande into Mexico in the middle of the night, and then stay there. Do us all a favor.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-broden_22tex.ART0.State.Edition1.33278a9.html

Political Potpourri: Film Legend Clint Eastwood Weighs in on Barack Obama, & NPR Gives Liberal Pundit Juan Williams His Walking Papers.

Eastwood's thoughts on Obama come from a new interview with Katie Couric (first link below). Says Clint (my alltime favorite film actor, BTW) on Obama: "Nice fella," but Clint's "not a fan of what he's doing at the moment." Eastwood also reportedly "told Couric that the president is not 'governing' and he's [Obama's] laying out lines in the hopes that people will believe him 'so he can stay in his position'" of power.

I agree with Clint, but it's not like we're going out on any limbs here -- just look at Obama's current approval ratings, which this week have bottomed out at the lowest level of his presidency. Guess the Chamber of Commerce rants (his primary recent message) have failed to resonate with the American public (to say the least).

As for Juan Williams, whom National Public Radio fired today for his comments this week on Fox News admitting that he gets nervous when he's on a flight with a person in Muslim dress (second link at bottom): First, this has become a highly politicized right-left pissing match issue, the like of which I typically avoid like the plague. But since everyone's talking about it today, and since I like Juan, I feel compelled to say something:

I've been an avid viewer of political argument shows for over 20 years. I grew up watching such old-school shows as Crossfire, Capitol Gang and The McLaughlin Group. As such, I've been watching Juan for at least the better part of 20 years. I've always like Juan because, unlike so many on the left (including a number of folks that I've known personally in my own life), he can express his liberal viewpoints and discuss opposing viewpoints without being hateful, mean-spirited, close-minded and obtuse. He's also obviously a nice guy that one would love to know personally in real life.

I can also say that Juan Williams does not have a bigoted bone in his body. What he was expressing was a truthful admission of the same feeling that many Americans have, and I know that Juan would be the first to also admit that being afraid of the presence of an attired Muslim on a plane is completely irrational (if an Islamic extremist terrorist is on a plane, he/she ain't gonna be decked out in the garb, I can tell you that).

That we can freely discuss, in the open marketplace of ideas, the fact that so many us hold these kinds of irrational fears is only a positive. Such free discussion is the only way that these kinds of fears can be fully exposed for their irrationality. In contrast, it serves absolutely no purpose to silence and/or chill speech on this issue. Someone should tell NPR that.

But let's make no mistake here. Juan wasn't fired because of his comments this week on Fox News. He was fired by the far left-leaning NPR because he's a regular contributor to Fox News programming, and his statements this week provided NPR with a WMD-like pretense to give Juan the ol' pink slip. Which makes the firing all the more ugly and completely antithetical to the merits and fundamental significance of free speech principles.

Put more plainly, NPR should be ashamed of itself. Now, Juan will land just fine through his continued presence on Fox News (which just upped his contract today in response to the NPR firing). But what about the next person that NPR cans for not toting the far left progressive party line? Will that individual land so well? Disturbing stuff. But that's pretty much our daily lot in life as Americans anymore, no?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20020393-503544.html?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130712737&ps=cprs

Mama Diva? "Hurricane Sarah" Reportedly "Wreaking Havoc on the Campaign Trail" with Assorted Instances of Celebrity-Style Crass Behavior.

And that's just what republicans are saying! The story, from today's Politico.com (link at bottom), purports to be based on information from "GOP sources," who repeatedly paint a picture of Palin as being diva-like, "high maintenance," "self-centered" and "herky-jerky." Some conservatives have even taken to calling her "Princess Sarah," with one source telling Politico that "her whole world is chaos."

So why is Palin drawing the ire of so many republicans? Well, the bad behavior alleged by the Politico's sources is quite the proverbial laundry list, including: "Snubbing" senior U.S. senators; Not returning GOP candidates' phone calls; Charging elaborate travel expenses; Breaking promises to endorse certain candidates; Being a nightmare to try to schedule; Shirking her responsibility to show up at events at which she had agreed to appear; Constantly "obsessing about press coverage" at the events for which she does bother to show up; and Placing draconian restrictions upon the scope and nature of those events.

Another reported issue has been the difficulty of GOP candidates even being able to reach Palin in the first place and even knowing how to try to reach her. Politico reports that one GOP U.S. senate campaign actually had to resort to trying to reach Palin through her Facebook page. The campaign never got a response and then had to hit up a news reporter for an e-mail address that might reach Palin. The e-mail drew only a "non-committal reply" from Palin.

Probably telling is the fact that Palin's "camp" is reportedly not denying any of this stuff. Instead, they are offering up excuses such as "she's putting her family first" and that she's been "besieged" on all sides with "pleas for help" from numerous candidates.

But what I'm not sure about is why these stories, while entertaining, would come as any real surprise to much of anyone? The Palin of 2010 strikes me as much more of an aristocratic and cartoon-like celebrity "diva" than a serious politician. And these GOP candidates should realize that if you want to run in the celebrity world, then you've got to pay The Princess (errrr, fiddler). Where's the shock?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43936.html

D'OH!!! They're Saying the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Is Actually 50-100 Years Away! NOW They Tell Me.

The Net is abuzz today with a new report finding that the Mayan-based End-of-the-World prediction for December 21, 2012 is actually a load of bunk! (And I'm glad they're around to tell us these things -- link to story at bottom).

The new report (which is actually a chapter in a new textbook) says that the 2012 Doomsday prediction was based on a miscalculation and mis-conversion of the Mayan calendar dates to the modern calendar. As a result, none of us has to worry about the world ending for at least another 50 to 100 years. As the linked story aptly puts it: "End of the World Postponed."

But where in the Sam Hill was this new report five years ago when I needed it! What in the hell am I supposed to do with the 100 cases of bottled water that I squirreled away down in my basement? Water the yard with 'em? And what about the 25 crates of Campbell's condensed soup that I have in another corner of said basement? I don't think even the local hobo pantry would want that much crap.

And don't even get me started on that 300-lb. pallet of Ramen Noodles that I hauled into my garage on a Skid Steer last year. And as for that fallout shelter that I installed in my backyard: Can you say m-o-t-h-b-a-l-l-s? Yes, I stand before you today a broken man. Damn pesky Doomsday recalculations.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20101019/sc_livescience/endoftheearthpostponed

Funky Like a Monkey: Chimp Goes Ape, Escapes Owner, and Goes Bananas Today on the Streets of Kansas City! You Can Legally Own Those Things, BTW?

This is no monkey business: As reported in today's Kansas City Star online (link at bottom), a female chimpanzee named Sueko "got loose from her chains" today (the owner keeps it chained up?) and wreaked havoc in and around the 7700 block of Indiana Avenue in KCMO. The beast (apparently having a bit of a criminal streak to her) wandered about the neighborhood trying to break into cars and homes.

Then, when the cops showed up, Sueko must have really gone Bedtime For Bonzo because she bashed in a cop car window with her bare hands (or do chimps technically have paws? Hoofs?). (No word if the cop car belonged to Sheriff Lobo, BTW).

KC cops say they were ready to go Rambo on the monkey's ass if she tried to approach any people, as KC's Finest reportedly brandished AR-15 assault rifles to "put the animal down" if need be. Lucky for Sueko, she didn't approach any people, which gave the dog catcher folks time to arrive and shoot the chimp with a tranquilizer dart.

But nothing doin' on that front! Unphased, the monkey shinnied her way up a tree. By that time, her owner had arrived with a giant cage in the back of his truck. The animal finally came down out the tree and scurried into said cage, unharmed. It takes more than one tranquilizer shot to bring down ol' Sueko, the owner crowed. But I wonder: How's Sueko against assault rifles? Idiot.

Which leads me to a question raised at the top. I had thought that it was illegal in this day and age to own any of the "great apes" (chimps, gorillas, orangutans) as pets -- the old TV show B.J. & The Bear (pictured above) notwithstanding? But apparently not, as the Star's story indicates that owning Sueko would have been legal if not for a damn pesky local ordinance that makes it illegal to have "a dangerous animal within city limits." And make no mistake: Chimps -- which are much, much stronger than humans -- can be a very dangerous wild animal.

As a result, Sueko's owner got slapped with a citation (the second time for this owner), and Sueko's for now been transported to an "exotic animal" shelter elsewhere in Jackson County until a "permanent solution" can be determined. Here's hoping that the "solution" ultimately found involves Sueko going to a zoo where she belongs.

One funny part of this story was listening to a local radio station's traffic reporter over the noon hour. It went something like this: "That lane closure on southbound I-35 has you backed up all the way to the Cambridge Circle, and we also have reports of a car fire on northbound I-29 near the airport, which is slowing down traffic. Also reports of a monkey, a primate of some sort, leaping all over parked vehicles on the 7700 block of Indiana in KCMO. You should probably avoid that block until police get things under control..."

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/19/2330884/gorilla-escapes-kc-home-smashes.html

Crunch Time: CHAOS & MADNESS Sweep Through Political Races Across the Country!

This is high entertainment and should only get better in the days to come as we now stand a mere two weeks in advance of the 2010 midterm elections. Just the past few days have seen the following bizarre set of events and quotes from members of both parties (links at bottom):

-Alaska GOP senatorial candidate Joe Miller on Sunday had his bodyguards handcuff a reporter who showed up at a campaign event to try to ask Miller some questions.

-Kentucky republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul (like Miller, a deranged right-winger tea partier) refuses to shake hands with his democrat party opponent, Jack Conway, following a debate Sunday night (for his part, Conway during the debate accused Paul of once tying a woman up and forcing her to "worship a false idol").

-Obama over the weekend likens republicans to the evil Imperial forces from the Star Wars franchise, alleging that "the Empire is striking back."

-Creature of the House Nancy Pelosi gets set today to deliver a new speech in which she is expected to blame nearly every calamity known to man on George W. Bush and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

-The gay boyfriend (not that there's anything wrong with that) of democrat Rep. Barney Frank shows up this weekend and heckles Frank's GOP opponent, Sean Bielat, following a Massachusetts congressional debate.

-Senate majority leader Harry Reid on Sunday takes the insane politicization of the Chilean miners' rescue to a new lows, comparing and likening Obama himself to the miners' heroic story.

-Republicans Sarah Palin and Lindsey Graham, respectively, accuse Obama of lacking the ability to count correctly and of "taking over most of society."

And it's only October 18!!! I think the fun 'n games are just getting started. Hey, I don't call these people deranged right-wingers and loony left-wingers for nothin'!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43737.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43741.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/17/obama_on_gop_the_empire_is_striking_back.html

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43726.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/17/barney_franks_boyfriend_heckles_gop_opponent_after_debate.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/18/harry_reid_obama_like_the_chilean_miners.html

They Have No Shame: American Leftist and Right-Wing Slimeballs Try to Politicize the Chilean Miners Story.

I've heard and seen it all over the place in recent days: Deranged right-wingers such as Rush Slimebaugh trying to credit the good ol' American capitalist system for rescuing the trapped miners, while loony left-wingers such as MSNBC's Chris Matthews dispute that point and claim that if we had a "Tea Party America," the miners would now all be dead (the linked column is one example of some of the back-and-forth).

Enough already! Can there ever be even one natural disaster or tragic (or near-tragic) event domestically or worldwide that the two American political extremes will not try to politicize, take credit for and/or assign blame to the other extreme? It's pure mindlessness. I have little doubt that I could go do a Google search right now and probably find whackjobs trying to blame Bush for the Chiliean miners being trapped or trying credit Bush or some right-wing policy for saving the miners.

And these partisans actually sit around wondering why so much of the electorate (including many Independents) distrusts and is thoroughly fed up with both parties these days and is ready to kick the leftists dems to the curb in a few weeks just two years after kicking a rather pathetic republican party to the same location. They just don't get it. Well, we Independents (the ones who control your election outcomes) are going to be more than happy to keep showing your slimy partisan asses that very same curb, election cycle after election cycle, until you finally stop representing only the minority slivers of the population that constitute your so-called "bases."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-black/capitalism-would-have-kil_b_764948.html

Add a New Title To House Creature Nancy Pelosi's Resume: COWARD.

As shown in the linked YouTube video, today Creature Feature indicates that she will not debate her November GOP opponent, John Dennis. The highly pathetic excuse she gives is that her "time is money" and that she needs to spend her time jetsetting around the country helping her fellow democrat party candidates win their races and retain control of the House -- as if any democrat candidate in the country wants Creature Pelosi anywhere near their race! Really though, she's about as popular across the country as room service in a Mississippi $hithouse.

Which leads me to only one conclusion: She's an arrogant (we knew that), out-of-touch (knew that too), egomaniacal (old news) political coward (not a term I've used previously to describe her). And this far leftist creature -- afraid to engage in the even the most rudimentary activity of a political race (i.e. a debate) -- is actually second in the line of succession to the presidency! Truly frightening, as I've stated before. Hell, even slimeball Senate majority leader Harry Reid debated his opponent this week (albeit giving the sort of listless, rotten performance that must have Lincoln and Douglas rolling over in their graves).

[Postscript: We'll see how a few days of publicity on this story change or don't change the Creature's tune on the debate issue. For now, she says she has better things to do with her time. I doubt that will change, but these slimeball politicians (in both parties) constantly change their tune at the drop of a hat in the face of bad pub -- although that only rarely occurs when it comes to the upper echelon of the politically powerful, such as the Creature of the House.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC4xMOwldSk

WTF? And the Concerning Part Is That You Know Plenty of People Are Going to Watch This!

The first picture above is a scene from Sarah Palin's new TLC reality show ("Sarah Palin's Alaska"), which is set to debut on November 14. A new trailer from the show purports to give a flavor for what the show's all about. That basically comes down to two things, as best as I can tell: (1) Sarah hanging around outdoors; and (2) Sarah hanging around indoors. Exciting stuff, no?

According to the trailer and linked article, if you've ever wondered what it would be like to see Sarah Palin boating, hiking and riding on a dog sled, then this show's for you. And if you are in need some motherly wisdom and advice to pass along to your own kids, then Sarah offers little gems like this: "No boys upstairs," she tells the youngest daughter.

Palin sums up the show by crowing, "This is flippin' fun!" And I do suppose that's one way of putting it, much in the same way that activities like sleeping and yawning can be described as "fun" if you happen to be tired.

But alas, I have no doubt that plenty of fools across the country will watch this silliness (including plenty of hateful liberals looking for new Palin material). As a result, it's definitely a candidate to become the next reality series that I cover/recap on this blog. After recently enduring nine long episodes of The Real Housewives of DC, I guess you might say that I'm just a glutton for punishment.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/15/shots-of-palin-reality-show-revealed/#more-128867

That Son of a Gun: After 5 Years, You’d Think Darth Vader Could Offer Up So Much as a Lousy Apology for Shooting & Seriously Injuring a Fellow Hunter.

A story in today’s Washington Post is shedding new light on the February 2006 incident in which then-vice president Dick Cheney shot another hunter on a South Texas ranch. The Post reports that Cheney has never bothered to apologize to the shooting victim, 82-year-old Harry Whittington (pictured immediately above), which sounds like an emotional issue for Whittington. Indeed, new facts disclosed in the Post’s story make it clear that a simple apology is the least that Cheney could do.

First, the Post debunks the prior claims of Cheney and his defenders that Whittington was an “old friend” and “hunting buddy” of Cheney’s. Whittington tells the post that in reality, the two “barely knew each other and had met briefly just three times since the mid-1970s.”

Next, the Post reports that Whittington’s injuries were “more dire than previously disclosed” by Cheney and the Bush administration. As a result of the shooting, Whittington reportedly still has approximately 30 pieces of birdshot inside his body. It’s also reported that some of that birdshot is near his heart, which caused him to suffer a mild heart attack (sending him to the local intensive care unit) in the days that followed the shooting.

The Post also reports that Whittington suffered a collapsed lung and had to have invasive exploratory surgery “to check his vital organs for damage.” Moreover, says the Post, the shooting was very nearly fatal, as “the load from Cheney’s gun came close to, but didn’t damage, the carotid artery in [Whittington’s] neck.”

As the media has reported previously, Cheney did his best Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick impersonation following the shooting. As the linked story details, Cheney didn’t speak to police investigators until the morning following the shooting, and he didn’t inform the media about the shooting until a local Texas newspaper reported it. Just for good measure, Cheney refused to speak to the media about the shooting for days. The only thing missing from that equation was Mary Jo Kopechne and a dead body.

And apparently all of that delay with the police and the media was so that Cheney could get his story straight and, possibly, so that he could fully sober up. In short, the Post’s story raises new questions about Cheney’s conduct on the day of the shooting. The Post questions “whether the circumstances of the accident ‘may have pushed the limits of safety,’ because the group was hunting at dusk and visibility may have been poor; Cheney may not have had a clear line of fire before shooting, and there may have been alcohol involved.”

Of course! We can’t have a Chappaquiddick without some boozin’, now can we? And Cheney’s never denied that he drank that day, instead giving the classic drunk driver response in the days that followed the shooting and claiming that he only “had one beer at lunch” that day. That from a deranged Neo-con whose administration had no trouble deceiving us about the pretext (WMDs) for entering a costly and bloody war in Iraq.

So are you really going to believe the ol’ “I just had one beer, officer” routine? I sure as hell don’t. That story’s about as probable as the chances of Cheney acting like a man one of these days and apologizing to an individual whom Cheney seriously injured and almost killed.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/10/texas-man-shot-by-vice-president-cheney-in-2006-still-waiting-for-apology.html

Before She Was Weird, Famous & Filthy Rich, She Had a Future as a Potential Gumar & Gun Moll to the Sopranos and Crazy Willie Beano (Rhymes w/ Dino)!

Who'da thunk? I never before realized that Lady Gaga once appeared on The Sopranos, and apparently no one else did either, as the YouTube video of her appearance has only gone viral on the Net over the past few days (the first link below connects to the video). Gaga, then age 15, appeared in the 2001 episode entitled, "The Telltale Moozadell," from Season 3 (as pictured immediately above). ("Moozadell," BTW, is Italian slang for mozzarella cheese).

In the episode, Gaga had very limited dialogue but took part in a scene (which I can actually vaguely recall) in which A.J. Soprano and his friends (Gaga among them) participate in trashing the school pool by tossing various forms of debris therein. Someone's gonna have to pull out his old VHS tapes tonight! (since I'd want to see the entire episode in context and also see how she's named in the closing credits)

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/teen-gaga-sopranos-11852564

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/10/11/2010-10-11_lady_gaga_sopranos_appearance_at_age_15_in_2001_shows_singer_as_one_of_ajs_class.html?r=entertainment

"The Next Sarah Palin"? Before We Go THAT Far, Can We See Her in a Tight T-Shirt, Please?

She's republican Kristi Noem and she's running for Congress in South Dakota as she looks to unseat incumbent democrat Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin. And some of the similarities to Palin are rather striking: Attractive, late 30's; mother of three; rancher; "avid hunter known to hunt elk with a bow and arrow"; highly successful fundraiser; and staunchly conservative (what else?).

But Noem reportedly "wants no part" of being compared to Palin and has "balked" at the idea of Palin campaigning for her in South Dakota. (As a result, I wonder if Todd Palin will be firing off some nasty e-mails at Noem referring to Sarah's "ass" like he was doing last week to Joe Miller?)

And while this may be the thinly populated and fairly conservative state of South Dakota, it's additionally striking how much Noem's congressional race looks like most of the other ones nationwide. For example, incumbent opponent Herseth-Sandlin is out there (like so many dems right now) disingenuously trying to hide from voters what she really is through claims of being "independent" and boasts of voting against her own party and with the republicans (while Noem claims that Herseth-Sandlin actually voted with Nancy Pelosi 90% of the time).

Another similarity is the democrat party's 2010 tactic of focusing almost exclusively upon any bit of dirt that can be dredged from the candidate's past so that there need not be word one spoken as to the democrat party's awful and destructive policies and legislative agenda of the past two years. Herseth-Sandlin seems to be taking this tactic to the extreme, running ads that attempt to take Noem to task for past speeding tickets, of all things! Hell, I think all the tickets are cool. Gal likes her speed! Lady likes it fast!

Maybe next, the democrat party can expend resources trying to uncover whether Noem has ever let her dog run around in public without any tags? And I bet there are some long, lost parking tickets in this woman's closet! And I imagine that someone's surely heard her use curse words a time or two as well!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elections-2010-south-dakota-sarah-palin/story?id=11860378

They Get My Vote For Slimeballs of the Year: Michigan Couple Taunts Dying Little Girl Next Door with Grim Reapers, Crossbones & Coffins.

What a couple of sick scumwads. The linked story reports on the heartbreaking story of 7-year-old Kathleen Edward (pictured on the left) of Trenton, Michigan. She's in the final stages of what's described as Huntington's Disease, a degenerative brain disorder. The same condition killed Kathleen's mother, Laura, when she was 24 years old.

How can things get any more tragic than that for one family? Well, one way is when you have a couple of sleazebucket neighbors named Jennifer and Scott Petkov. It's reported that the Petkovs have been peeved at Kathleen's family ever since a birthday party at Kathleen's house two years ago. It seems that Jennifer Petkov's kids were not invited, but (after the party had started) she texted Kathleen's family and asked if the Petkov kids could come on over. As one of the linked stories reports, "a response to the text did not come quickly enough and it angered Jennifer." Kathleen's family says that Jennifer Petkov has "been harassing them ever since" (with husband Scott also getting in on the act).

"Harassment" is putting it mildly. As Kathleen's terminal condition worsened, the Petkovs saw fit to start taunting the dying little girl: The Petkovs "have . . . admitted to posting grim depictions of Laura and Kathleen on Facebook. One photo depicts Laura in the arms of the grim reaper, while the other features Kathleen's face above a set of crossbones." When Jennifer Petkov was asked why she and her husband posted the vile photos on Facebook, Jennifer said it was for her own "personal satisfaction" and because she knew it would upset the family. Nice lady.

And just for good measure, it's reported that the Petkovs also built and hitched up a coffin to their pick-up truck in their front yard. But apparently even that wasn't enough for these two bullying slimes. They then took to driving the coffin past Kathleen's house and honking the horn so that Kathleen would be sure to see the morbid sight.

All this over sour grapes because little sonny and sweet baby jane didn't get invited over to Kathleen's for the birthday party! I just hope there's a special Coffin Corner section of Hell for the Petkovs and people like them. They deserve their own "Special Section," as they say.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/the_edge/dying-girl-taunted-by-neighbors-in-trenton

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/terminally-ill-year-olds-family-bullied-neighbors/story?id=11851233

Far Left Dem Money Man George Soros Officially Deposes Pope Benedict For the Title of "Most Striking Resemblance to Evil Star Wars Emperor Palpatine"!

Yep, it's official. Wish I could say the same for Soros' disingenuous proclamation today that he's not funding the democrat party this election cycle because he "can't stop an avalanche." Yeah, like I believe for one second that his cash stream to the democrat party has been cut off or dried up, especially as Obama & The Dems complain roundly about campaign funding deficiencies allegedly created by unfounded, McCarthy-esque accusations of illegal foreign money pouring into the Chamber of Commerce. Prove It Isn't True, Says the Obama Administration! (...In true Joe "Have You No Shame" McCarthy form -- hardly a surprise from the same party who tries to convince us on a daily basis that there's a racist under every American bed).

10/12/10 Update: Politico.com reports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today "said 'it doesn’t bother me at all' that the fact-checking site PolitiFact has debunked the White House's claim that the Chamber uses foreign donations to fund its political attacks." And why would it bother them? The facts only get in the way when you're an administration more devoted to Nixonian and McCarthy-inspired tactics than to actually ever acting with any common decency.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/10/democrats_hit_new_low_with_tho.html

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/soros-i-cant-stop-a-republican-avalanche/?hp

So You Think You're Talking Online to the Hot Mama Below, But It Turns Out You're REALLY Talking To...

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That's the bizarre true story which is the subject of a new motion picture (docudrama) called Catfish concerning the world of online dating and romance. The film centers upon the woman pictured immediately above -- Angela Wesselman-Pierce -- "a depressed 40-year-old stepmom of two developmentally handicapped kids in rural Michigan" (you can still say "handicapped," BTW?).

For some odd reason, Pierce didn't think she'd be able to attract males online using her actual photo and identity. So she assumed the identity of a fictitious 19-year-old named Megan Faccio (as in Big Fake-O). And just for good measure, Pierce used pictures which were actually those of 30-year-old Aimee Gonzales (first picture above), "a happily married mother of two with a side business as a model and photographer."

The gorgeous Gonzales didn't know about all of this until filmmakers told her. She seems largely to be a good sport about it and is hopeful that attention from the film will boost her photography and modeling career. As for Pierce, she's also trying to get in on the act. It's reported that she's a painter and (due to her appearance in the film) has raised the commissions on her paintings from $1500 to $1750! Maybe next she can paint a picture of Gonzales and use the work as her new fake online photo?

Perhaps the strangest thing about this story is the account of how Pierce used her "Faccio" alter ego to meet a 24-year-old New York man online and then reportedly actually engaged in a "romance" and "relationship" with the man. Assuming (from those descriptions) that the two met in person at some point and then embarked upon a "relationship," was this dude blind or just plain crazy? Think about it: Expecting to meet a hottie looking like Gonzales, he instead met Pierce, but he still carried on with things!? Maybe she bribed him with promises of free paintings or something.

http://www.newyorkpost.com/p/news/national/bizarre_photo_op_in_new_film_CJRWa5j1lHoZ1OHwo4JpsN

Karl Rove Accuses Obama Administration of Having a Nixon-Style "Enemies List." NO WAY!

That was the accusation from Rove this weekend (link at bottom). An "Enemies List," BTW, as utilized by the Richard Nixon administration, was basically a list of people who are seen as dangerous because they disagree too vehemently and consistently with the administration, and thus such people are targeted for federal government harassment, monitoring and ridicule to the fullest extent possible.

Here's what I say to Rove's allegation: C'mon! I mean, how could you possibly make an "Enemies List" accusation aimed at an administration that once encouraged American citizens to report to the government the identity of any person having a "fishy" opinion in the health care debate? Does that really sound like the kind of administration that would maintain an "Enemies List"? Well, actually, it certainly does. And that's why it wouldn't surprise me at all if Rove's allegation is completely true.

Frankly, it would come as no shock. As often noted in this space, Obama and his administration are very Nixonian in a lot of ways -- from being completely thin-skinned and seemingly paranoid, to having absolutely no tolerance whatsoever for anyone who ever disagrees with them. Matter of fact, those traits are pretty much inherent to the leftist-controlled democrat party these days. And Obama is just one part of that machine.

Final thought: I wonder if I'm on that "Enemies List" somewhere? After all, in response to Obama's previous call for citizens to rat out anyone having a "fishy" opinion on the health care issue, I sent an e-mail to White House turning myself in (as previously documented in this space). So do you think I've made the big list? The way I look at it, I can't think of a bigger badge of honor.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43371.html

Why You, I Oughta: Kim Kardashian Involved in Bar Fight This Weekend in the Big Apple!

As covered in this space, Kim earlier this week proclaimed -- as she arrived in New York City to open a new business with her sister Kourtney -- that Kim's ready to hit the local singles scene and is "ready for some hookups!" Well apparently, the Big Apple isn't quite "ready" for Kim:

It's being reported that Kim was involved in a wild brewhaha this weekend after some dude approached her in a bar. It seems dude's lady didn't care too much for that and -- yadda, yadda, yadda -- bar fight and lady's drink all over Kim's mug.

According to the linked stories, Kim isn't very much the fighter, as the story indicates that Kim needed to dispatch sister Khloe and a male friend to take care of the angry lady who was accosting Kim (allegedly). BTW, Kim reports that she's "totally fine" following the melee, in case you were interested.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20433215,00.html?hpt=T2
http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2010/10/09/Kardashian-OK-after-bar-fight-in-NYC/UPI-77781286646137/

Holy Merde! One of the Wildest Columns I've Ever Seen: "Savage Love"

I'm just stumbling across this one. It's authored by Seattle-based sex advice columnist Dan Savage. The column is basically "Dear Abby" meets the Penthouse Forum, with all of the letters/e-mails to Savage containing some wild-ass sexual story or behavior by the writer. Just a few of the recent topics: "Married Threesomes"; "Cuckold Fetishes" (learn a new word every day); Screaming Lesbians; "Drunken Orgies"; "Ass Man" (Kramer from Seinfeld?); and "Some Stuff That Is Potentially Dangerous." BTW, how do you have a "no-sex threesome" (a phrase used by one of the anonymous letter writers to the column)? Good Grief.

http://www.pitch.com/advice/savage-love-411/2010-10-07/

Report from New Jersey: Democrat Party Conspires to Place Fake Tea Party Imposter on the Ballot to Help Dem Congressman GetRe-Elected.

This report doesn't come from Fox News or Breitbart, either. Instead, it comes from a local New Jersey newspaper (link to full story at bottom). The reported imposter's name is Peter DeStefano. The goal of sticking him on the ballot would be to take votes from the republican candidate so that the democrat party incumbent (John Adler) can win. And the democrat party has reportedly pulled it off, through a slew of dem volunteers (it's not like we're talking about one person acting alone), such that the imposter will appear on the ballot on November 2.

But here's the funny thing: There was a time when this type of almost subhuman political behavior would have shocked me. But it doesn't anymore, and particularly not from the democrat party. What I've noticed this election year is a growing mentality from the far left that the ends always justify the means. Put another way, it doesn't matter how slimy or disingenuous or outright fraudulent the tactic might be -- as long as the democrat ultimately wins, that's all that matters.

We've seen this mentality in other instances where dems have been accused of placing fake tea party candidates on the ballot. We've seen it from the directly fraudulent campaign ads of dem politicians like Alan Grayson (whom I actually think could not care less that his ads are fraudulent). We've seen it when the democrat party continued to cling to a senatorial candidate in Connecticut (Richard Blumenthol) even after it was exposed that he repeatedly lied in speeches about having served in Vietnam. We've seen it from senatorial candidates like Robin Carnahan in Missouri, who had the democrats running ads attacking her opponent for voting in the same fashion that Carnahan had previously said she would vote herself if she was in Congress.

Not that I give republicans a pass when it comes to slimy campaign tactics -- but I must say that I also have not witnessed from the republicans this same sort of "win at all costs" mentality that I see from the far left. It's rather frightening, but at the same time not overly shocking, at least not anymore.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/10080330/Dems-picked-spoiler-candidate

Episode 9 Recap of The Real Housewives of DC!Season 1 Finale: The Salahis Crash the White House (Allegedly)!

Episode Synopsis: Season 1 concludes with Michaele and Tareq Salahi officially crashing a White House State Dinner (allegedly) in late 2009, while the other cast members react (very negatively) throughout the rest of the episode, culminating with plenty of blowups and childish drama!

Segment 1: It’s Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Michaele and Tareq Salahi are in a stretch limo (what else?) on their way to crash (errrr, attend) an Indian State Dinner at the White House. Michaele is on the blower with Stacie and brags about where she and Tareq are headed. Stacie invites them to dinner at her house in the next few weeks and also asks them how they managed to get an invite to the State Dinner. Michaele totally dodges the question. Then off the phone with Stacie, the Salahis continue their ride to the White House and both seem very anxious (geez, I wonder why?).

Arriving at the White House, the Salahis aren’t sure where to direct the limo driver to park (wouldn’t ya think they might just know that information if they’d actually been invited (allegedly)?). Finally, the limo just pulls over and lets the Salahis out right on the street (them being VIP guests at the White House and all)! Then the cops start telling the limo driver that he needs to get the hell out of there (since he’s illegally parked)! From there, the Salahis walk for Lord knows how long towards the White House.

At the first White House security gate, the Salahis are told that their name is not on the guest list (no way!). The lady checking the names inexplicably then tells them that they can proceed to the next security station, and that someone there can “sort this out” (security at its finest on full exhibition!).

Segment 2: This segment abruptly flashes forward to the next day – Wednesday, November 25, 2009. I’m guessing that the reality show cameras were not allowed to accompany the Salahis past that first security checkpoint, and thus we’ve seen all we’re going to see from Bravo with respect to the night of the State Dinner (a fact confirmed after having now watched the entire episode).

On November 25, it’s the daytime, and the Salahis are at a DC hotel looking at the pictures they snapped at the prior night’s State Dinner at the White House. One picture is with vice president Joe Biden, another is with Rahm Emanuel, and still another is with CBS partisan advocate (errr, news anchor) Katie Couric. Then Tareq gets a text message from a friend saying that the Washington Post’s gossip columnist is already writing about how the Salahis crashed the prior night’s State Dinner. The two of them just laugh at this. Then the show runs one of the television news reports from that day saying that the Salahis had crashed the dinner in a major breach of White House security. The story hilariously shows a picture of the Salahis, and the reporters asks, “Who ARE These People?”

Now flash forward another day, to Thursday, November 26. At Stacie’s house, she and husband Jason are startled to see a story in the morning newspaper reporting that the Salahis had crashed the State Dinner. The story reports that “this is the first time in modern history that someone has crashed a White House State Dinner.” Stacie asks, “who would have the balls to do that?” She also reads how the Salahis posted their dinner pictures on Facebook, including one where Michaele has her hand all over Joe Biden’s chest as if he was her husband!! Stacie calls Cat, who has the same feeling of disbelief that the Salahis tried (and did) pull this off. Remarks Cat: “They are so full of $hit, but they are so plastic, not fantastic.” [You know, Cat has a real gift for spontaneous rhyming phrases!]

Segment 3: Next we move forward to Saturday, November 28, 2009. At Stacie’s house, she and Lynda and Mary have gotten together and are drinking wine. They express to each other their shock that the Salahis had the gall to crash (allegedly) a White House State Dinner. Stacie is also upset that the Salahis’ actions (allegedly) “tarnished the First Dinner.” Lynda describes the Salahis as “Bonnie & Clyde in overdrive . . . they are screwing around with our president!” She also asks “why aren’t they in jail?” Mary predicts that “there is no way that they will ever be able to recover from this.” She says that “they will have to create a new identity in a new country." [BTW: This turned out to be a bad prediction on Mary's part, but a later prediction of hers in this episode turns out to be very prophetic -- as KC's Greg Hall would say, Read On...]

Next the three ladies, still sipping on the wine, resolve to get Michaele on the horn to get her side of this story. But alas, they are only able to reach Michaele’s voice mail and leave a message. Stacie leaves a very nice message aimed at getting a return call from Michaele.

On December 1, 2009, we see NBC partisan advocate (errrr, news personality) Brian Williams talking about the Salahis on the evening news, and he’s not taking any bows this time around (Shocker)! Next we see footage of the Salahis’ on that day’s Today Show with Williams’ partisan advocate-in-arms (errrr, colleague), Matt Lauer. On that show, the Salahis maintain that they were invited to the State Dinner and were not crashers. They also claim that “our lives have been destroyed” (in the short span of one week) by those who say that they crashed the dinner.

Segment 4: On Thursday, December 3, 2009, we’re next at Mary’s house. Cat shows up and breaks the amazing news that while she and her husband Charles (a White House photographer) had been invited to the White House Christmas party on December 15, she is now UN-invited simply because she knows the Salahis (and trust me, she doesn’t even like them)! Cat seems furious that this un-invitation has occurred due to the actions of “Miss Plastic, Not Fantastic.”

Next we see video from CNN partisan advocate (errr, talking head) Anderson Cooper talking about the Salahis' crashing (allegedly) of the State Dinner, followed by the reaction of White House press secretary and son of Karl Rove, Robert Gibbs. It’s noted that the Salahis are potentially facing felony criminal charges as a result of the incident.

On the evening of Wednesday, January 13, 2010, we’re now at Cat’s house, where she talks to husband Charles about the stress that the Salahis’ have caused in her life. And there’s tension between Cat and Charles (probably as a result of the stress from the Salahis’ (alleged) actions), as Cat complains to him about failing to sharpen any of the house’s knives recently (she remarks that the dull knives “just aren’t cutting it” for her). Then more TV news footage is shown and it’s revealed that the House Homeland Security Committee wants the Salahis to come in for a congressional hearing -- MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (also a partisan advocate, although at least she, to her credit, never pretends to be anything else) jokingly comments that “everyone’s suggesting that they [the Salahis] RSVP yes” to the House Committee’s request.

At Lynda’s apartment, Cat, Mary, Lynda and Paul Wharton are watching coverage of the Salahis’ testimony before the House Committee. Upon the very first question from the Committee, Tareq takes the Fifth (invoking his constitutional right not to testify in a way that may be incriminating towards himself)! He continues to take the Fifth upon further questioning. The Committee scolds them fairly harshly after that (although the Salahis do have a right to take the Fifth and say nothing).

One grandstanding fool Congressman (Lundgren, whomever that is) starts ranting about the “Constitution protects fools, it protects stupidity” – STFU already, politician. Who’s the more slimy in this picture? The (1) grandstanding politicians who preside over these BS congressional “hearings” with their incessant speech-making or (2) the Salahis themselves? It’s a very close question that I’ll leave you to decide. Then some congresswoman named Cuellar launches into her speech sticking it to the Salahis, although she actually makes some good, rational criticisms of the Salahis’ conduct and therefore gets a pass from me. Yet another congressman calls the Salahis “egomaniacal,” which is a comment very much adored by the spectating Lynda, Mary, Cat and Paul. Lynda remarks, “go to jail,” Salahis. Then the Committee directs some questions to Michaele, and she like Tareq also takes the Fifth.

Then focus shifts back to Tareq, who actually takes the Fifth when asked the simple questions of whether he wore a tux that night and whether he was actually at the event! Next some wiseass congressman asks Tareq whether “you are here right now,” and Tareq actually turns to his attorney for advice on answering that question! Back at Lynda’s apartment, Lynda is piling on Michaele, and she gets into it a bit with Paul, who considers Michaele a friend even though he agrees that the Salahis acted inappropriately in crashing (allegedly) the State Dinner.

Then HILARIOUS! The group at Lynda’s apartment discusses the topic of “who’s going to hire Michaele” for a job after all this. Mary predicts, “I think Playboy is next”! And mind you, this was almost a full year in advance of the announcement that Michaele will be appearing in Playboy. Mary sure nailed that one! The ladies then joke about how Playboy will have to “pad that,” in reference to Michaele’s lack of a chest! (This was precisely my comment when the recent news broke about Michaele’s Playboy appearance).

Segment 5: It’s Thursday, January 21, 2010, and we’re back at Lynda’s apartment. Stacie, Cat and Mary all show up for a meeting amongst the entire cast of the show (save Michaele). They’re meeting to discuss their approach to the dealing with the Salahis going forward. Stacie says that she still wants to hear the Salahis’ side of the story (a noble desire, BTW). Cat comes up with a new moniker for the Salahis – “Celebrity Terrorists.” Stacie wants to invite the Salahis to a dinner, with everyone attending, so that the Salahis can explain their side of things.

But Mary says there’s no way in hell she can be in their presence after they leveled accusations at Mary’s daughter Lolly about being involved in the theft of a vehicle and polo gear belonging to the Salahis (aside point: Mary has an extremely freckled chest, BTW, which I don’t think I’ve previously noted -- you'll find I'm chalk full of non-sequiturs like that!). Lynda also says that she currently has no desire to be around the Salahis. BUT CAT WANTS to be there to confront them, since she got un-invited from the White House Xmas party as a result of even knowing the Salahis.

Next It’s Dinner Time with the Salahis! Michaele and Tareq show up at Stacie’s house, with Stacie, Jason and Cat all in attendance. There is an immediate “can you even cut it with a knife” tension between Cat and the Salahis. Cat sits away from them in the living room, not looking at them, and taking deep breaths to try to keep from exploding upon them verbally. As the Turners and the Salahis make small talk, Cat exits the room in a huff. She then promptly re-enters the room, all bundled up for the cold, and announces that “I’m out of here.” But before she goes, she starts blasting on the Salahis! “You are two of the most artificial, most fake people, that I have ever met in my entire life. You are a disgrace to America!” Michaele stands up: “I won’t take your abuse. You need to be a lady!” Cat calls them a “disgrace” again and storms out.

Segment 6: In the meantime, Michaele has also put on her coat to leave, but Jason hilariously sweet talks her into taking off the coat and staying awhile (have I mentioned before that Jason is one of my favorite people on this show – yes, of course I have). The Turners are easily the two nicest people on this show (and about the only couple you’d like to know in real life), and yet they are also the most capable of putting on a great shuck-and-jive with fellow castmates! Here, it’s all designed to get the Salahis comfortable so that they will hopefully divulge some details about the now-infamous State Dinner!

The Turners and Salahis then sit back down in the Turners’ living room. Stacie reveals to the Salahis that Cat was un-invited from the White House Christmas party because she (Cat) knew the Salahis. Then, complete WEIRDNESS! Stacie merely alludes to the craziness of the past weeks, and Michaele declares that they can’t talk about the State Dinner and even acts at first like she and Tareq must leave. Michaele then says that their “real friends” don’t feel the need to even raise the subject.

Then Jason “cuts to the chase”: He and Stacie want to know the Salahis' side of the story because they have trouble reconciling the news accounts with the Salahis that they’ve grown to know in recent months. AND THAT’S IT! Michaele says, “We’re Done!”, and she and Tareq start to storm out. Off-camera, Stacie observes that this whole “WE CAN’T TALK” thing was being driven more by Michaele than Tareq (whereas most of the Salahis' drama is more typically driven by Tareq, seemingly).

Making their exit, the Salahis scurry out the Turners’ back door (apparently to avoid Bravo’s cameras as best they can), which visibly irritates Stacie and Jason. Back in the house, Stacie realizes that Cat hasn’t really left, but rather is still lingering about out in the yard (more weirdness!). Stacie invites Cat back in, and Cat returns. The three of them discuss the crassness of the Salahis' behavior this night [allegedly -- in case you haven't noticed, I feel the need the say "allegedly" in almost every sentence involving the Salahis since they might otherwise sue me, as they've threatened to do recently with respect to ALL of their DC castmates for so much as even raising the possibility that the Salahis "crashed" the State Dinner].

Stacie then actually refers to the Salahis as “deranged” (which I love, since that’s one of my favorite words) and Jason refers to Tareq as “a fool.” This whole event has been very off-putting to the Turners, who previously were willing to listen to the Salahis’ side of the story. The First Season ends with Cat’s observation that “there’s never a dull moment in DC.” Which is certainly one way of putting it! END OF SEASON ONE.

Final Comment: This was the Season Finale, and thus my coverage of this show ends. Bravo is reportedly airing "Reunion" shows with the cast members the next two Thursdays. I won't be covering those, but I thought I'd mention them for anyone who might be interested. Season 1 is now over. Thank God (I feel just like the ring announcer at the end of the Thunderlips-Rocky Balboa charity fight in Rocky III). Out.

These Look Delicious!

And yes, I'm being serious. They're "spaghetti tacos," which I noticed are getting a lot of buzz on the Internet these days (links below). I'm not sure that there's even any restaurant that carries them. Instead, it seems more like a "make it on your own at home" sort of rage. I will have to give these a try. I like tacos. I love spaghetti. Seems like a match made in heaven. And very low-fat as well, as long as you don't ruin it with a huge helping of cheese or extra meat.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2013081614_spagettitacos06.html?syndication=rss

http://www.icarly.com/iSnaps/photo6970.html

Mega-Ouch! Obama About As Popular in the Show-Me State as a Kansas Jayhawk Redlegger on the Wrong Side of the Border.

I was looking at some new CNN polling data tonight (link at bottom) concerning the U.S. Senate races and Obama approval ratings in several states, including my beloved Show-Me State of Missouri. The complete disconnect of Obama and the democrat party from those of us here in the American Heartland has been discussed many times in this space, and the same is on no better display than in the Missouri polling numbers, where Obama's approval ratings are starting to approach the abysmal (and deservedly so) levels of W Bush in his second term.

61% of likely voters in Missouri disapprove of Obama's job performance, while only a paltry 34% approve (we do, after all, have a lot of blind democrat party partisans in our two major metropolitan areas of Kansas City and St. Louis). My people -- the Independents and the non-liberal, non-conservative dems and repubs of the Missouri small towns and rural areas -- are clearly driving such numbers.

These numbers bode very poorly for your Robin Carnahans and Ike Skeltons of the world. I couldn't give a rat's behind about the Carnahan race, because I think her GOP opponent Roy Blunt is just as much of a slimeball as she is. But as to Skelton, I'll laugh my ass halfway to Columbia on November 2 if voters in his district send him into retirement after 35 years in the House. It's time for you to go, old man, since you're nothing more than a career politician and incessant AND MINDLESS rubberstamp for the far leftist dems who control DC these days.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/10/06/topstate5a.pdf