But Why is he Wrong?

I will forward my response to a question about my last post.

The question regarded my support for the banking bonuses in the midst of the economic turmoil.

Pierre's answer:
If there was a man who personally made a trillion dollars last year. And unemployment went up to 50%; foreclosures up to 70%. And he gave no one any money; no assistance, no charity, no help.

And he spent all his money on wild parties, golden toilets, and yachts, I'd be okay with it.

Why? Because it's HIS money.

If a government official came to his home and tried to touch one cent of it, outside of the amount they already plunder through taxes, he should kill that official immediately.

When a company like Goldman Sachs makes good investments and pays its CEO $68 million because he created billions in revenue and shareholder value, I'm happy. I'm excited for them and for him. He would have been paid more if it was my choice. But it's not my choice, it's theirs.

I think Carmello Anthony should be paid less to play basketball. But I support the team's right to make that decision. It's not about what I would do in a situation, it's about someone's right to spend their money on what they think is best. It's not my choice, it's theirs.

I don't think the democrats really agree that it's other people's money. I think the Left really feels like it's partly their money that's being made by everyone. And therefore we as a community, should limit their pay. They think we, as a collective, should decide how much bonus to give them. And that we should decide how the company's money should be spent.

I just want to scream from the mountain tops, "My money is not made for the government, it's not made for the children in Africa, it's not made for anyone but me!"

Obama has no right to decide how much any American gets paid. He has no right to decide what any American should do with their lives; and no authority to decide what any of us should do with our money.

You're Wrong Mr. President

One thing​ I don'​t like about​ Obama​,​ other​ than the fact that he's a liber​al socia​list,​ is that he capit​ulate​s to publi​c opini​on as his m.o.

His lates​t is the banki​ng bonus​ buzz in the midst​ of the bailo​ut bonan​za (​allit​.​ anyon​e?​)​.​ He says it's "​shame​ful"​ that banke​rs got $18 billi​on dolla​rs in bonus​es last year.​

That'​s how they get paid!​ Part salar​y,​ part commi​ssion​,​ part bonus​.​ The bonus​es are part of their​ pay packa​ge.​ Not all of them sell deriv​ative​s,​ sir. If I sold respo​nsibl​e inves​tment​s and made the compa​ny money​,​ I shoul​d get a bonus​,​ perio​d.​

I won'​t give up my pay becau​se the idiot​s downs​tairs​ made bad inves​tment​s.​ And I would​n'​t expec​t a bank to do any diffe​rent.​

The sad part is that he knows​ the truth​.​ It's just an unpop​ular opini​on for a polit​ician​ to have.​ Which​ is exact​ly why I don'​t trust​ him. Q.​E.​D.​

Watch Fedor Tonight

Fedor Emelianko(sp?) is the devil. He's the most dominant fighter in the world. Pure-bred killer. He's from somewhere in Europe and is the most feared fighter overseas. Too bad Americans haven't really been properly introduced to him. He'll come by here soon enough.

My fear is that he'll be too old by the time we really see him fight around here. He's been at it for a long time. It'd be a shame for our audiences to just catch the tail end of this legend's skills.

Watch him tonight on Affliction.

(Good Youtube video link)

Must Joe Biden be so creepy

I'm glad no one really pays attention to Joe Biden says. He goofs, hems, haws, and screws up most of his sound bites.

But that's not the worst of it. He's so weird sometimes and it creeps the hell out of me.

Kissing Sons

I guess it's sort of okay to kiss your grown son sometimes. But that's more of a family gathering kind of thing. And even then you have to do that mafia style kiss behind the ear thing where the lips don't really touch the cheeks.

But that ain't Joe's style. He gives all his kids wet smooches in public, boy or girl, old or young. And it's kind of weird.

Touchy Feely with the Commoners

He grabs and prods well-wishers in such a creepy way. I saw video of him rubbing some lady's shoulder while he talked to her. Then he proceeded to put his hands on her face and start rubbing her cheeks. I'm sure she wanted out by that point. But then he did the uber-creepy passing of the back of the fingers across her face. Joe, step away from the poor lady!

There is a line of public decency Mr. Vice President. I think we have another Dan Quayle ready to give us laughs for four years. Cheers Joe!

It's Really Happening

Mr. President. Wow, I'm going to have to get used to calling you that, and you'll have to get used to it too. But you've made it. America is behind you. The whole world is cheering you on. The burdens of our country have been squarely placed on your shoulders. And all I can say is "Don't screwed it up buddy!"

Your pal George had the same support after 9/11, and we all know how that turned out.

I'm not saying to make decision based on making everyone happy; sometimes people hate you because your decisions are tough, and sometimes your ideas just suck--I hope you can tell the difference.

Best of the year Series

The number Four Book of the Year:



Free Lunch, David Kay Johnston.

This book pissed me off, and I guess that was the point. So much of our money gets wasted, misspent, and just plain stolen from the national treasury.

Johnston researched the way pro-sports owners take money to build their stadiums on our dime. How favor from Washington can mask, and sometimes award destructive behavior that threatens the lives of innocents.

The things that this book talks about is the reason why people feel that capitalism needs to be reined in. Law enforcement can't control the corruption. It goes too deep. So liberals conclude that we must regulate. I know we all hate when the liberals are right, but how can we argue against that one?

Our country is being destroyed by the marriage between Washington and Wall Street. I don't trust them. None of us do.


(Link to talk with Bill Moyers here)

Honey, You're going out in that?

Who dressed Michelle Obama? Every other important woman looked the part, she looked like a dull mustard nightmare.

I'm not a fashion whiz, but I think I know what ugly looks like.

If I was Barack, I'd say, Uh, no... you're not going out in that. I'm not getting sworn in to office standing next to Big Bird. So why don't you peck your tall ass upstairs and put on something nice.

You know its bad when your ten-year old looks more presidential than you do.

Best of Last Year Series

I saw some great movies and read some good books last year. I'll spread them out over the next few posts until I get to number one.

Fifth place.


War and Decision, Douglas Feith.

Caution: you'll look at the war differently after reading this book. So if you don't want your beliefs challenged, stay away!

I've heard much of the left-wing's take on Iraq, but this was the first time I heard from someone inside the Pentagon. Doug Feith worked with the White House to make policy on Iraq. War and Decision shook up most of what I believed about the war.


It's harder to blame Bush for everything after realizing how complex the problems were. Feith shows patiently, and clearly how the democrats are wrong for saying that the neo-cons were hell-bent on war, and lied to the country to get their evil plan in place.

(Link to Booktv conversation)

How well do you know Doug?

I wrote a Doug Quiz. Take it and see how you measure up with the rest of the Quail Freaks.
Ultimate Nickelodeon's Doug Quiz(Easy)

Here's the hard one I wrote. (No one but Joel is advised to take this one.) Ultimate Nickelodeon's Doug Quiz (Hard)

Yall Listen Up, the Yall Brigade's on the March!

As those close to me have probably realized by now, I've been studying phonology, linguistics, and the history of the English language like a mad-man lately.

I feel like I'm getting close to really understanding the language. I now know that periods and commas were first written for people who couldn't read, and why Bono didn't get in trouble for saying "fucking brilliant" on national television (hint: it's an adverb in that phrase), and that if someone asked me how to pronounce the word "cute," I could explain it in nerdiest way: produce an unvoiced velar stop followed by a voiced palatal glide modified by a high, back vowel formed dipthong, and end with an unvoiced alveolar stop).

But that's child's play compared to the great battle that I've been apprised of. As everyone knows, English doesn't have a marked plural second-person form. Okay, well maybe not everyone knows it by name. But when I wrote "yall" in the title, I exposed the apparent flaw.

There's no word for "you" (plural). So what's a nation to do? Well in the East they say "you guys," in the South it's "yall," the Deep Southerners say "yous," and in Pittsburgh it's "yuns."

Now there's no way I'm going to live in a country that says "yous" or "yuns." So they're both out the door. "You guys" and "you all" don't fill the need for one word; which leaves us with "yall." So sleak and slender, it encompasses everything we need the second-person plural form to do.

So I'm asking everyone to sign up for the Yall Brigade (cue the patriotic music). We are a force of savvy speakers aiming to establish yall as the crown contraction for plural forms. Your mission is simple, use "yall" every chance you get. Spread the wisdom and joy of this glorious key to furthering literary clarity. Our cause is simple, yet vitally important. And one day, when the annals of our history are being written, we can stand triumphantly and declare that when we saw a need, we didn't hesitate, we filled the gap and changed the you form forever! Do it for me. Do it for yourself. Do it for posterity, yall!