Palin: The thought process

It was very interesting for me to watch the Vice Presidential debate on Thursday, not only for entertainment purposes, but to see if Palin would stumble and bumble her way through it all. She didn't and I must say that she's a quick learner, or make that a quick memorizer.

My hopes were that Biden was going to make her appear silly and, as I like to say, "SMASH Her!", but he didn't for fear of appearing too aggressive and "goin' hard after her because he's debating a woman". What Biden did do is give me some good sighs and looks of "WTF", all the while smiling and even nodding. Joe is a gentleman, after all.

In other Palin news, there is an email circulating that shows people in Palin's state of Alaska rallying against her. Pretty interesting if you ask me because we, in the other continuous states, don't hear or see the news reporting this type of news. By mere appearance and listening to the radio, we're led to believe that everyone in Alaska is 100% in support of Palin and McCain's run for the White House.

Diddy on Sarah Palin

I take solace in knowing that Sean "Puffy" Combs is a fool, at times, but from time to time he breaks out a good one and......I just had to share this with yall.

Happy World Smile Day!

From Drop Box

That's right, the man that gave us the ubiquitous Smiley Face, Harvey
Ball, is being celebrated TODAY with World Smile Day!

Now, I'll be the first to say that today's celebration wasn't on my
radar, but I happened to be at the E. Central Street post office-
Joseph D. Early- and overheard a gentleman ask for a button or
sticker, to which a teller responded, " I didn't even know it was Smiley
Face day!".

I guess we all missed the memo, but there is still time to get your
Smiley Face day on!

Keep smiling as people will wonder what you're up to!

Pelosi busted for missuse of PAC

Remember when Nancy Pelosi was hot-to-trot about Tom Delay for putting his wife on his campaign committee and the PAC payroll?

The Washington Times reported:

Well, it's being reported today that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid her husband's company, Financial Leasing Services, Inc. some $99k for rent, utilities and accounting fees.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with political donations that she supported banning last year.

Financial Leasing Services Inc. (FLS), owned by Paul F. Pelosi, has received $99,000 in rent, utilities and accounting fees from the speaker's "PAC to the Future" over the PAC's nine-year history.

The payments have quadrupled since Mr. Pelosi took over as treasurer of his wife's committee in 2007, Federal Election Commission records show. FLS is on track to take in $48,000 in payments this year alone - eight times as much as it received annually from 2000 to 2005, when the committee was run by another treasurer.

Lawmakers' frequent use of campaign donations to pay relatives emerged as an issue in the 2006 election campaigns, when the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal gave Democrats fodder to criticize Republicans such as former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas and Rep. John T. Doolittle of California for putting their wives on their campaign and PAC payrolls for fundraising work.

Our America, Your America, My America

The video has been on the Internet for awhile, but if you watch it's entirety, you'll see Zoe Kravitz, the daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, speak passionately about why she believes in Barack Obama.


I tried to post the video here, but it has been disabled. When I watched the video, there was pause at the end and then Zoe Kravitz's video begins. View the video HERE

Senate vote to take place tomorrow at 9pm EST

Hill sources buzzing. A Senate bailout vote is scheduled tomorrow at 9pm Eastern.

No bill details seen yet.

How it will go down…There will be up to 6 roll call votes on the following items:

(1)Motion to concur on the House message, H.R. 2095, Rail Safety;
(2)a Dorgan amendment relating to H.R. 7081, the U.S. - India Nuclear agreement;
(3)a Bingaman amendment relating to H.R. 7081, the U.S. - India Nuclear agreement;
(4)passage of H.R. 7081, the U.S. - India Nuclear agreement;
(5)a Dodd amendment to H.R. 1424, relating to the bailout package; and
(6)passage of H.R. 1424, the bailout.

Get your fingers dialing:

202-224-3121.

Here's what the structure may look like:

The Senate will call up H.R. 1424, the text of which will be substituted with the economic rescue plan (a Dodd amendment which must have the consent of both the Majority and Minority Leaders). The only other amendment in order will be a Sanders amendment that will be handled by a voice vote.

The bill will be subject to a 60-vote threshold for passage.

UPDATE II: House Republicans are saying the Senate vote tomorrow is the work of bicameral, bipartisan negotiations.

From a House GOP Leadership aide: “The Senate moving forward tomorrow with the economic stability package gets us one step closer to the bill becoming law – and that is a good thing. The decision is a product of bipartisan-bicameral discussions and we believe that changes to the bill will help us garner more support from House Republicans and smooth the bill to passage.”

More news:

Senate leaders have scheduled a vote for Wednesday on the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan rejected by the House.

Majority Leader Harry Reid and GOP Leader Mitch McConnell say, however, that they’re going to add a tax cut package already rejected by the House on Monday.

The bipartisan move caps a day of behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Capitol Hill over what sweeteners to add to the bill to attract votes from House Republicans.

Reid and McConnell’s move may prove popular with Republicans, but it risks a showdown with House leaders insisting that a popular measure extending certain business tax breaks be financed by tax increases elsewhere in the code.

The Senate plan would also raise federal deposit insurance limits to $250,000 from $100,000.

Gas Shortage

I got a call this morning from a cousin living in Georgia and when she told me that she had to drive 20 miles in order to find a gas station that was open and selling gas, I had to ask what was going on?

She said that ever since Hurricane Ike hit the Gulf of Mexico, they've had close to 3-weeks of gas shortages in Georgia.

She continued to tell me about a gas station that had gasoline and was charging folks $8.43 per gallon and people were lining up to buy gas prior to some customers called a local television station and the Department of Agriculture shut down the station.



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No matter what....I Still Love NY

Seemingly still on his tour of the US, we hadn’t heard much from the British street artist since his endeavors in New Orleans. Recently, Banksy commissioned professional painters Colossal to put up his I Love NY rat piece in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood. The three story high work features a very ironic message, which we have come to expect throughout the years.

Laying the Smacketh Down!

Was Barney Frank off his rocker when talking about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a few weeks ago? It sure looks like he was "off" just a bit.

Alan Greenspan on April 6, 2005, stated that there were some signs to look at more closely and warned of being to aggressive.

What caused the economic crisis? Some blame the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 passed by President Jimmy Carter and subsequently changed by President George H.W. Bush (1989) and President William J. Clinton (1995) and President George W. Bush (2005).

Take a look at this interesting video from Burning Down the House.

More information coming soon.