The Depths of Human Depravity

Call it a final surrender to the insanity of the human race or just indifference or blatant apathy, whatever it was that made me give up writing this blog after just a few entries. However, the story of the attempted murder of Malala Yousufzai, a 14 year old Pakistani girl whose crime was but to stand up for her right to attend school, has fomented some vigor in this comfortable American. Or, perhaps, it's just that my own daughter was born earlier this year and the thought of her having to share a world with ignorant filth such as the religious thugs and bigots called The Taliban, makes me shudder. Let me be clear: the perpetrators of this crime against humanity need to be hunted down with extreme prejudice and made to feel pain while the world watches. And before they are executed they need to be dipped in pig blood in order to deny forever their passage to Allah. I would say these people are vermin but that would be an insult to vermin. They are waste on this earth and the quicker they are dispatched the quicker this earth is a better place. If Pakistan won't handle these tubs of waste wrapped in skin then let it fall to the United Nations. If need be let America take the lead and send over our best men to pull the triggers. I would gladly pay extra taxes for such an undertaking.

The Bully Pulpit

The pastor at Living Stones Church in Crown Point, Indiana recently preached that a vote for Barack Obama was "sever moral schizophrenia" because of his positions on abortion and gay marriage. I can only hope that Living Stones Church's tax exempt status is quickly revoked. Needless to say, said tax exempt status of Living Stones Church and any other place of "religion" is one the greatest scams ever on the American taxpayer. Once I have children I'm going to indoctrinate them on Santa Claus, build them a small pulpit in their room and have them preach away to their peers. That way I'll never have to pay federal taxes again.   

I'm Certainly No Economist, But

While watching our presidential candidates, and all the other lemurs of Washington, scramble to see who could look best standing upon the slumped and beaten body of the "bailout" package, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Mr. Paulson. If allowed to buy these distressed loans at a discount of say, 60 cents on the dollar, than the treasury has a real chance of making some money (possibly an obscene amount money) once valuations return. Where am I wrong on this? Behind these loans are assets and the Treasury can continue to pump capital into the economy and be pro-growth; once the economy grows asset evaluations grow. Of course, how long is it going to take for the market to rebound and the economy to grow again? But if the treasury's margin of safety on these loans is large than it shouldn't take much for them to turn a profit. A profit that could do a lot to clearing out future budget deficits. Then the next president, and the bleary eyed automatons know as Congress, can take all the credit and turn that excess cash into pork, such as the deeply disturbing and theocratic "faith based initiatives."  

Two From Mr. Biden

First, is the recent interview he gave to Katie Couric where he proclaimed: "When the stock market crashed Franklin Roosevelt got on television and didn't just talk about the princess of greed..." Mr. Biden the stock market crashed in 1929 under Woodrow Wilson and there were no TV's at that time. An honest and funny mistake. If I ever had to give a (hopefully non-scripted) nationally televised interview I would make mistakes also, anybody would. A good laugh nonetheless. The second slip isn't quite so funny. Last week Mr. Biden proclaimed, "Catholic social doctrine as I was taught it is, you take care of people who need the help the most." Certainly there most have been a very soft philanthropic glow around Mr. Biden as he uttered this statement.  Yet, I can't help but wonder if Mr. Biden forgot about his recently released tax returns? These documents showed he had donated a whopping average of $380.00 dollars a year, or 0.2% of his annual income, again: 0.2% of his annual income. Certainly the Catholic Church, and its omniscient and benevolent leader, demand more than that, no?

 

Mrs Vice President Just One Question

Sarah Palin's church has decided that there is no better way to spread the suspect and second hand stories of Jesus than to promote a conference in Anchorage, Alaska that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer. Though Mrs. Palin is yet to voice her opinion on the matter, and she better soon with a full repudiation before her electability is severely damaged, the same guilt by association has to be applied to her as is being applied to Mr. Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers. Yet again we have another example of the absolutely irrational, unreasonable lunacy that religion brings into the public forum. We must all feel comforted that the Christian folk of Alaska have the white haired patriarch on speed dial (as he floats somewhere above our heads like a lost dysfunctional Russian Satellite) and can summon him to smote down conversions on those that are stained among us. Absolutely unbelievable! 

It's almost 2009 people.