Clareified

I would say worst Heroes ever, but at this point I’m going with the shorthand: “A new Heroes.”

So a couple of years ago my digital camera stopped being able to upload photos when I used the camera’s cable, one of my most awesome readers suggested I buy a something and use that to upload the pictures –I basically take the memory card out of the camera and plug it into this thing and then plug it into my removable disk drive and upload that way. Anyhoo. This worked like gangbusters, but now the thing is broken and I don’t remember for the life of me, what it was called. This failing is making replacing it…er…difficult.
Here’s a picture in case my “thing” description is like vague or something.

Ugarles: Playing poker with a couple that just had a baby is like people coming to visit you when you’re recovering from surgery.
Zinester: How’s that?
Ugarles: You know, you’re laid up and only see friends who come to your house.
Zinester: Yeah, but you recover from surgery.

Reading my Scrabble blog is great; commenting on my Scrabble blog is greater.

I did in fact play the triangle. I appreciate the faith in me displayed by those who suggested I played an instrument that took “study” or “practice…” Triangle was easy and light to carry. I disavow any pro-Cowboy or Karol sentiment which may be conveyed on my banner.

Ted Stevens convicted on all counts.

Birth order dictates profession.

Only children

Personality: Only children are similar to firstborns in that they are motivated to conform to parental expectations, Dattner says. They are also achievement-oriented, successful in school and have problems delegating work. Research shows they are more confident, articulate and imaginative than other children. They also hate criticism and tend to be perfectionists.

Famous only children: Jack Welch, Tiger Woods, Alan Greenspan and Maria Sharapova.

“If you elect Democrats, you’ll get a bigger government, you’ll get a prescription drug entitlement, they may take over banks. You’ll have the most lavish AG bill in America at a time of record farm profits. Oh, no. That’s right…we just got that from Republicans.” – George Will

I think it was Karol who said it best, “Remember how you didn’t like Al Gore saying ‘I agree with Governor Bush’? Well, McCain is running as if he were like Barack Obama and if you have a choice between the guy and the guy like the guy, why not pick the guy“?

But shhh, that’s the just the private voice of Karol, the public voice apparently has no truck or doesn’t want a truck or something, it’s unclear. But the more I talk to Republicans the more I do see a parallel between them and the 2000 Democrats. Bill Clinton and the Gingrich Congress destroyed much of what I liked about Big Government — economic floors, social liberties, protectionist trade and immigration policies —but Al Gore couldn’t – and didn’t make the case why he would be any different. If anything he blathered on about how he’d be even more conservative and world nation building than Bill Clinton…like because what I always said about Bill Clinton, if that man was anything it was “not conservative enough.” I shrugged, rolled my eyes and voted third party. Now, not for nothing, I lived in Connecticut, so my vote mattered not a lick, so I could vote my conscience and not feel guilty when Bush won. But bottom line is a Republican that says “First, I’ll have no truck with the phony case ginned up to rationalize voting for the most liberal and inexperienced presidential nominee in living memory.” Had best be voting for Barr because John McCain has yessed his way to sidekicking the biggest increase in federal government growth AND spending in our nation’s history. He approved SOCIALIZING BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. Supreme Court judges? Oh, John McCain voted for BOTH BREYER AND GINSBURG. Experience? What the hell experience does McCain have? Apparently he saw Fannie and Freddie steering us toward the abyss, what’d he do? He gave a speech on the floor of the Senate. At least Obama can say “wasn’t there yet.” No, my friends, (to steal a Mccainism) you want to talk to me about your Republican ideals, it best not be in a conversation about John Mccain. Your fears of bigger government and socialism and increase taxes (Mccain after all is the only guy proposing to tax employer health insurance plans — a new tax on BOTH business AND individuals—is not about my Democrats or Obama. My favorite discussions these days involve the words “Wait…wasn’t that the Bush/Paulson plan”? (Insert squirms and stutters.) Another fun tack, as they argue that McCain is going to cut more taxes, protect Israel with his own two hands AND bomb bomb bomb Iran, ask them how he plans to pay for it. (Insert blank stares.)
Look, I like big government, but my big government doesn’t involve buying an AIG but having no say about their corporate boondoggles. My big government builds levies that freaking work and if they fail, my big government sends boats to get its people — doesn’t watch Sean Penn do it. When my government gets the hell out of my way, it’s getting out of my private medical decisions or freedoms of association.
Make no mistake, my friends, this isn’t an election between big government candidates and small government candidates. It’s the different between big government candidates for the poor and middle class or big government candidates for the rich and big business.
Personally, eight years is enough of the rich and big business feasting on Washington D.C.’s teat.
Obama ’08.

All of my friends’ team won this week (Mary is my friend and is a Cowboys fan, in case you guys were playing “gotcha journalism,”) even Ugarles’ hapless Saints. You guys should pay for me to watch the rest of the Patriots’ season live, seems to have had an effect. Which means, we all turn and point and laugh at Vinnay.