What Will Obama Do Now That He's Not The Only Rockstar?

The Republican Party, ya know - that stodgy thing for old people, has just stolen and will continue to steal the revolutionary and rockstar thunder that once belonged solely to Barack Hussein Obama. By the time Election 2008 rolls around, Sarah Palin - whom you'll notice I selected as McCain's should-be VP pick days before her announcement - will be America's new buzz and leave Barack Hussein Obama in the dust as old news. So what does Sarah Palin have that McCain does not? Well, that would include experience, bi-partisanship, beauty, directness, tenacity, authenticity, humor, and an all American homestyle feel - she's an absolutely incredible person that will leave Barack Obama looking like an unauthentic overeducated sop.

Liberal pundits are already knocking Sarah Palin for a lack of experience, even though ironically she has about as much experience as the Democrats' top ticket guy. However, Barack Obama is a measly do nothing Senator in a measly do nothing Democratic Controlled Senate. As Mike Huckabee correctly pointed out, Senators pick one or two pet projects and pretty much do nothing. A governor, however, is an executive in an office that's much like the micro-scale of the presidency. The governor must make tons of prudent executive decisions in one day that can have lasting effects. The governor gets as much executive experience in one day of the office than one gets in one year in the Senate. Barack Obama has no experience as an executive - he's either sat in a big office or a big Senate Chamber spewing out his do-nothing rounds of intellectual snobbery.

Sarah Palin, a heartfelt fighter that cares about government working for and being accountable to the people, has had a tremendous amount of executive experience in ways that exactly counter the ways that Republicans in the Executive and Legislative branches betray the philosophy of their party. Her record shows her as a clear fighter against special interests and pork-barrel. In her short tenure, she's worked tirelessly to get corrupt politicians (often from her own party) removed and vetoed loads of wasteful spending. She was an ardent opponent of Alaska's "Bridge to Nowhere".

In case you haven't noticed, Sarah Palin is a babe. She might be the first president that will ever be masturbated to. She's nice, and puts off this soccer mom MILF vibe/imagery that will send guys in this country nuts. For the sheer rockstar appeal, people who think outside the political establishment might have a choice between the first cool black guy to run or the first soccer mom babe - giving people options. She's also a fun bubbly person that people will like. Outside of that superficiality, Sarah Palin is authentically one of the nicest, caring, and non-self serving people in America and likely in all of politics. However, she will fiercely take down any opponent that she does not believe has the best interests of America (aka, their own selfish political interests) in mind. In addition, she has a propensity for these one line zingers that simply sting and shut down her opponents. Women will admire her power, her authenticity, and hopefully elect McCain/Palin so their daughters can see that someone who grew up normally like themselves truly have a shot at being America's president or VP. Most women in America, except hardnosed liberals, are more concerned about having a woman VP that cares about family interests than they are with abortion-on-demand.

Barack Obama doesn't feel authentic to the American people because he speaks above them (the intellectual snobbery of which I regularly speak). Sarah Palin speaks to them, and is one of them - while still being brilliant and tenacious. She didn't go to Columbia and become a politican through rockstardom and intellectual snobbery. She's a true American Dream story - a normal woman who wants change for her kids, for their generation, and starts from the very bottom and rises to the top with consistent hard-work and an authentic desire for the common good that voters recognize - her extreme popularity in Alaska speaks to this. In regards to her abortion stance, Sarah Palin is uniquely pro-life not because she's a religious zealot or doesn't value women's rights, but because she earnestly cares about the sanctity of all human life. Despite knowing her latest son, Trig, was going to have Down Syndrome, she refused to have an abortion and will likely love him as much as her other kids. Her socially conservative credentials will be more accepted in the mainstream because they seem to be issues she authentically cares about as opposed to carefully crafted political calculations.

Sarah Palin is America's true maverick, and represents true hope and change for America. Not Barack BG (big government) Obama.

Veepstakes: John McCain vs. Barack Obama

John McCain's Best Selections:

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin is the younger, attractive, extremely smart, sensible, and practical female governer of Alaska. In this election where America wants to see "change", McCain's selection of Palin would certainly represent "change" and show that McCain is a politican that certainly believes in "change". Palin represents a similar change that can be had with a Lieberman ticket, except her reasonably conservative credentials will not cause any defection of the party base (except a few rednecks who couldn't fathom the idea of a woman president). Should Barack Obama select a white male politician as VP, McCain's selection of Palin would make him seem real progressive and be the real agent of change - a severe embarrassment to Obama. In addition, Palin would help John McCain seal the Hillary women and moderate Democrats - the lucrative 20-30% of Hillary supporters who say that they will refuse to support a Barack Obama ticket.

Joe Lieberman

Lieberman shows America that John McCain is really serious about killing the establishment and not being a whore to devisive partisan politics. Lieberman is a practical pro-America politican who very much represents America's center. If you look at all the states in play, it seems the margin of victory will be decided narrowly by the center. As for Republicans claiming they will defect or not come out to vote, it simply is an empty threat. Any Republican with half a brain will accept Lieberman as a low-position VP who can't really do much anyway over the potentially devastating President Barack Obama. The rednecks who have trouble with Lieberman's abortion views are already dead-set against having a heavy abortionist named "Hussein" getting near the white house. They'll come around.

Barack Obama's Best Selections

Evan Bayh

I would vote for Evan Bayh. Being a somewhat hefty Republican, I think that says a lot. While Bayh certainly will not get me on board with a Barack Obama ticket, it might get a decent amount of moderate/centrist Floridians, Ohioans, Pennsylvanians, Nevadans, and dare I say, uh, "Indianains". Without those, Obama cannot expect to win the electoral college. Should you need background, Evan Bayh is a very reasonable, practical, and centrist New Democrat coalition member who could possibly make Barack Obama look like less of an appeasement communist hack.

H. Rodham Clinton

The liberal media doesn't want to tell you that the Democratic Party is divided. However, it is, and the selection of H. Clinton will work to heal those wounds. Also, some regard Barack Obama as too far from the political establishment, and too much change will result in an inability to play Washington. However, we all know that Hillary Clinton and her dirty weasely claws sure know how to play Washington (as well as B. Jefferson "Is My Peepee Out?" Clinton).

My Selections

• McCain/Palin

• Obama/Bayh

The Time Has Come to Mobilize Against America's Greatest Threat: Barack Obama

What was any small credibility the Democratic Party ever had left had been totally eradicated by the nomination of B. Hussein Obama.

In their worst scheme to date, the Democrats have developed a dangerous religion - a dangerous cult. A cult designed to mystify and awe based on idolatry and superstardom. One, that like a cult, preys on people's greatest fears in a cyclically slumping economy. One that sells indulgences in the form of votes. One that exploits a fragile American condition by convincing America that the empty promise of "Obamatology" is real. The Democrats, being mostly comprised of Atheists, have actually found their God in the form of Barack Obama. One that has actually convinced a severely delusional America that he can move mountains, and unlike anybody else, can part the murky seas of and impart change upon the unnavigable waters of the red-tape and bloated partisan and processed American government.

Barack Obama is absolutely nothing except a Hollywood actor in the grandest psychological and sociological engineering hoax in America's history. Never has their been a time when someone so politically insignificant and so out of touch with American values been elevated to the point that he has a 50/50 shot of winning the US presidency. Elements used to build and engineer this God like cult of Obama include visible worship by the liberal media, white guilt, youth/sexuality, the power of imagery, the erection of a Hitler like cult of personality, and utilization of Obama's powerful Hitler-quality speaking skills.

In order to cover up their magnificent ruse, the holy engineers of Obamatology are claiming that Obama's groundbreaking surge in popularity can be attributed to Obama having an all around parallel to JFK. Unfortunately, Obama is no JFK. The core difference being that JFK believed in and wanted to build upon American values, whereas B. Hussein Obama believes in and wants to build upon European values. JFK believed in economic freedom and free markets. JFK believed that a mighty American military is the greatest peacekeeping force in the world. JFK believed in the might of every American - every American as equal - and decried affirmative action. JFK was a proponent of the death penalty. JFK's wife was the classiest lady in the world, not a horrid "for the first time I'm proud of my country" secular-progressive barbarian. JFK would have been tossed out of today's Democratic party.

JFK's intentions were noble in Bay of Pigs. JFK would have railed against the horrific Hugo Chavez. JFK loathed communism, obviously. Vietnam? Russia? JFK also did not go all "good night and good luck" and refused to condemn Joe McCarthy's noble anti-communist crusade. Obama, while not an "out" communist, keeps regular company with and is heavily supported by groups and persons with heavy communist sympathies. Need I mention who moveon.org, the Daily Kos, Hugo Chavez, Susan Sarandon, and Danny Glover support? You can smell the secular-progressive stench conspicuously oozing from B.O.'s pores day by day.

Obama believes in a free market blend. What the hell is that? Either the market is free or it isn't. And it sure isn't going to be any freer with public school unions and other various unions requiring payback after they've put so much money in the coffers of Queen Obama. Not to mention the recent pro-union business climate bill that Obama is trying to push through Congress. An America controlled by labor is extremely dangerous. Foreign investment has already pulled out enough. Do you want to see it pull out further and watch our economy crumble? A healthy business climate is based on a fair free market wage - when unions demand that their workers are paid more than the market will bear, prices get thrown out of whack, the market gets thrown out of whack, and the whole system comes crumbling down.

Obama's inital position on the military invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan is dangerous. In other words, when he had no evidence that miliary action was not required and not appropriate, he still chose to break with 99% of his colleagues (and side with Barbara Lee, the most dangerous politican in America), and opposed the invasions because he is simply an anti-war Code Pink liberal pansy fruit. What happens the next time when military invasion happens to be the prudent course of action? Can we trust Obama to not be his self-demonstrated form of Code Pink pansy? I think not.

And here's a fabulous reality for you! What if they rename "New York's John F. Kennedy Airport" to "New York's Barack Hussein Obama International Airport"? It will rival the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and the Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai. Wouldn't it be even funnier if the guy that orders the signage for the airport accidentally orders an extra "S" instead of a "B", effectively naming the airport "New York's Barack Hussein Osama International Airport"?

I've mentioned Obama's dangerous positions in my previous posts, but his cult of personality is what's most dangerous and most urgent - and we must mobilize the country to counter this dangerous cult. With an almost God like international admiration, he could have the ability to persuade the US and the world to move closer to a dangerous moveon.org and CodePink mentality, which despite a fradulent cover as a moderate, form the cornerstone of B. Hussein Obama's political sympathies.

JFK is rolling over in his grave.

Australia

Australia - no doubt that this was the most important and best trip of my life. As many of you know, prior to this summer I had been to five out of six of the "inhabited" continents, and never thought I'd make it out to Aussie land so soon. I considered my going to Australia, my sixth continent, a significant lifetime achievement, something that if I died tomorrow might be said about me in a eulogy. The world is a big confusing place and there's an incredible sense of accomplishment and awe over going to every corner of it. It helps you both understand more about other people and ourselves. The idea of "ourselves" as a worldwide people would have been laughable to me just in the California bubble. Also, I guess I've always had a fascination with people - maybe it's because I can't relate to them very well so I have to see and analyze to help me understand.

Another part of the travel is escaping temporary problems in life - or what I perceive to be problems and less fortunate people would view as minor puny setbacks, like Donald Trump's ice division of Trump Corporation going under. I'm such a brat - when guys my age are living in cardboard boxes, hustling for a living, or rotting in rehab, I'm whining about a little bit of nothing.

Anyway, back to Australia.

Melbourne
For my sixth floor roomies, I can report that I got to see our favorite Australian ever, a Miss Anna Jaffe. I can also report that Anna is doing very well. She's as resplendent as ever, even though she won't ever say so. As usual, Anna dodged my picture taking, much like she did around Berkeley. She also was embarrassed by my being so touristy with my huge camera, and demanded I invest in a new one. Anna was also infuriated when I attempted to do a "Steve Irwin"-ish Australian accent - she issued her usual death threats :)

I had the pleasure of being taken around St. Kilda and various parts of Melbourne by Anna and her friend "Procle". Between Anna, Procle, and my Sephardic Jew curls, our presence was like just another day at Temple. Anna and Procle also were mindblowing specimens of this incredible Australian banter and sarcasm we've been hearing about so much in the states. It was a beautiful, constant back and forth sort of "language". As we all know Anna's facility for language, you can imagine how well she performed in the competitive back and forth. If you can imagine anything much the opposite, envision a couple of elderly country folk in the back woods of Tennessee talking about mundane straightforward things in a turtlesque voice. Procle also accused Anna of being "demanding", which of course Anna vehemently denied. Anna was in fact extraordinarily generous, especially allowing me to be so touristy and treating me near the entire day at her insistence.

Some cool things we did included Anna forcing me to drink coffee, despite my strong distaste for the mudlike liquid. She then described how Australian coffee is far superior to any coffee found in the states. Apparently it's not about the beans, but all about the "process". We also went to Luna Park in St. Kilda, which has this legendary mini-Colossus like roller coaster that gives you great views of the beach and St. Kilda. Then the beach. Then a 90 story tower in Melbourne. And a casino...by the way, Anna has developed a severe gambling problem (just kidding Anna). Anna misses you guys, and for Christina, guys and girls. It was an amazing day - thanks again Anna.

Sydney
Absolutely incredible city, just incredible. There's a special feeling that you get being in Sydney that is indescribable. Anyway, I just did the main touristy things, like the Harbours, Opera House, all the requisite buildings and sites, Olympic Park, the Blue Mountains, and Taronga Zoo. Despite all these sites being amazing, what was really incredible for me was just the feeling of being in the city. No other city has quite capitvated me like that before.

Travel Experience/Routing for Qantas and Delta

Los Angeles-Melbourne (747) 23JUL 11:40P-25JUL 7:30A
Melbourne-Sydney (737) 27JUL 6:00A-7:20A
Sydney-Honolulu (763) 30JUL 7:45P-30JUL 9:30A

Qantas was an incredible travel experience from LAX-MEL. Incredible service, incredible entertainment, incredible food, incredible goodies, and the incredible experience of once again flying on a 747 (which I haven't done for a good few years, and not with regularity since flying to New York on Pan Am). It was also extremely strange boarding an international flight right in Los Angeles. I'm so used to having to go through a Delta "gateway" like Atlanta or New York to get somewhere important and global. I also got to experience the "disappearing day" that happens when you cross the international date line overnight

MEL-SYD included a full small breakfast in coach for a 1 hour flight. Wow. After that, I was treated to the beautiful airport that is Sydney's Kingsford Smith.

SYD-HNL was nice. No in-seat entertainment, but still a nice flight.

HNL-LAX connecting on Delta. Late as usual. Finally in first class though, and great service, working in-seat entertainment, and what I thought was a great meal.

The End

I thank God for every one of these incredible experiences. It is such an amazing gift and I'm grateful I've been able to see all that I have so far.

Melbourne:

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Barack Obama and the Donkey Dilemma

As I've long predicted, America would come to understand the true nature of Barack Obama and toss him aside like the elitist (however not nearly as douchebag) John Forbes Kerry-esque snob that he is. Since America was too stupid to analyze his ultra-left voting record, it took a revelation of a twenty year relationship with a disgusting ultra-left and ultra-racist pastor (who thinks the government manufactured the AIDS virus to dispose of minorities) for Americans to realize that B. Obama is a liberal nutcase. Furthermore, Obama really must think we're quite stupid for believing that he never knew his pastor had these racist anti-American sympathies and that he conveniently was not at church when Wright was incessantly spewing his filth. And did I forget to mention Obama's horrid patronizing comments about normal Americans clinging to guns and religion to assuage their economic problems? His contempt for normal non-San Francisco secular progressive snobs is disgusting.

Now the Democrats are having quite a problem and I'm enjoying it very much; they wish they could take back their ballyhooing over Obama now that America has figured out how politically and personally revolting he is. Unfortunately for them, they've electorally puffered up Obama to be their nominee and have found out that my precious H. Rodham Clinton is so much more mainstream and electable (evident by H. Clinton trouncing McCain in the most recent polls by 9%). They've found out that America does not elect radical anti-American red diaper babies. Not to mention one that has next to no experience.

Liberals love to attack their Obama opponents for being racist and not fulfulling their white guilt obligations, but the truth of the matter is that Obama is not black. Obama is genetically 50% white; his mother was a pale far-left secular progressive communist loon from Kansas. Saying Obama would be the first black president ever is like saying I would be the first Hispanic president ever because I'm 50% Latin American - it's simply not the case because I'm functionally white. Obama is in fact less black than he is Arab. He looks very much like an Arab coming from a region that straddles the Northeastern part of equitorial Africa and looks nothing like regular African-Americans. He is also culturally white - despite his dalliances in Chicago, he is a fundamental product of Honolulu and Indonesia, where there are no African-Americans to be found.

Here's another thing that everyone in America is totally onto him about - he is not a Muslim - but an Atheist. His grotesque secular-progressive snobbery is characteristic of no one else but a liberal atheist (likely from San Francisco). Good decent hardworking Americans can smell an atheist from a mile away. I wonder if Obama clings to his "religion" because of any economic and class hardship? Or maybe he's praying for God to stop making his wife and pastor be such deplorable loudmouths?

Speaking of which, what is Obama going to do about his horrible wife who spews anti-American profanities so un-judiciously that it would make Teresa Heinz Kerry blush? Hey Michelle - do ring me when your proud of America again. Resident New York Times bitch Maureen Dowd kind of hit the nail on the head about the uncouth and unacceptably sassy Michelle Obama:

"I wince a bit when Michelle Obama chides her husband as a mere mortal — comic routine that rests on the presumption that we see him as a god ... But it may not be smart politics to mock him in a way that turns him from the glam JFK into the mundane Gerald Ford, toasting his own English muffin. If all Senator Obama is peddling is the Camelot mystique, why debunk this mystique?"-Maureen Dowd, New York Times

The Democrats better get their act together, dig their heads out of their asses (no pun intended), and get Michigan and Florida's electoral votes to throw the nomination towards rotund and glorious Hillary Rodham Clinton. America is a wonderful place, and will not be duped by the likes of a Barack Obama secular-progressive atheist who seeks to restructure our marvelous enterprising free market economy into his vulgar brand of multiculturalism/racism and European Socialism. The Democrats are moving towards these sympathies - and they will not win in America unless they find candidates that dismiss their new brand.

Clinton Trounces McCain in Polls:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_divided_democrats;_ylt=AtUCbzYpQ7v1Np1o9oFqngyyFz4D

Downfall of Obama Thanks to Wright:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_el_pr/obama_pastor

Democrats Polling Gets More Negative:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_divided_democrats;_ylt=AtUCbzYpQ7v1Np1o9oFqngyyFz4D

Should Be Democratic Candidates:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ford_Jr.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Bayh

Since When Did Democrats Have a Monopoly on Cool?

It seems like everytime we enter a new level of schooling, there's always a new chic thing that we are required to do. In elementary school, it was purchasing a sexy new Sonic the Hedgehog lunchbox. In middle school, it was ensuring that part of one's belt was hanging down at least nine inches below the wasteline. In high school, it was having sex and at least pretending that you were doing drugs.

In college, it was becoming a liberal.

Parading around like a hippie, excusing terrible behavior with moral relativism, and spouting out these ridiculous self-righteous platitudes about "supposedly" disadvantaged groups somehow became the cool thing to do upon entering college. New freshmen, oblivious to how to behave or what kind of personality to adopt, somehow decide to become idealist brooding liberals. Oh, and did I mention a requisite clueless fawning over B. Hussein Obama? It must be his drug use, provocation of white guilt, and his anti-"garlic-nosed Italians" pastor that the kids find cool these days. Cause who likes Italians anyway? Take a ride on Alitalia and you'll never want to see another Italian again - trust me.

Anyway, I'm here to say that the liberal monopoly on "cool" can end. How, you ask? Well, by exploiting assets that Republicans inherently have that can be spun into incredibly cool and incredibly sexy forms.

Liberals foster a culture of community and dependency, where stereotypically you have losers in government homes wasting away and feeding off welfare checks, robbing hardworking people who want to buy a jet ski, a BMW, and a sweet ass little condo in Tahoe. Conservatives are champions of economic freedom and independence - the ideal of the hardworking individual rising up and working hard in the marketplace. I believe they call it "Dirty Sexy Money" over at ABC - money is sexy and everybody knows it.

Also, it's just not cool to think of fat ugly wasteful usurping bureaucrats sitting in a bland goverment office robbing wealthy people from sexy Southern California who would rather spend their hard earned money on cool things like Hummers, fake boobs, and tanning salons which we can relish on hip modern shows like The Real Housewives of Orange County. Phew, that was a long sentence. Liberals love their fat bureaucrats that can't be fired despite severe incompetence. They love to waste our money with bloated inefficient government programs that foster dependency and worsen motivation for "disadvantaged" groups to be successful in a modern marketplace.

And we sure as hell all know that conservatives are much more attractive than liberals (in general, and we all know that that drug addicted psychopath Kirsten Dunst is gaunt and ugly; so is her Prius). Why is it that at Berkeley, severe liberals seem to be these gross gaunt complaining smoking tattooed emo chicks and these pathetic skinny odd looking whiny guys who robotically recite regurgitated lines about imperialism and the oppressed? I get bored by these nutcases in our trees. Whining about Iraq was so totally last year. Apparently now it's all about bailing out a bunch of idiots who don't understand the dynamic nature of the real estate market and want others to take responsibility for their impudent decisions.

And as for severely under-educated Hollywood actors glorifying liberalism by spewing these ridiculous inane comments that rival the Berkeley population in their stupidity, they're totally uncool. Also, what credibility does Hollywood have when half of it is in rehab and have marriages that last about as long as Rosie O'Donnell's bowel cycle. Does Kiki Dunst understand complex market theory? I don't think so. Kiki understands that the economy should work in a fashion where we tax rich people so much - to give back to the poor, of course - that the poor become equalized with the rich. Kiki, of course, fails to understand that if you force rich people to live like everybody else, they - um - kind of have no incentive to become rich in the first place. Then, without reward, nobody's rich, we get no innovation, and there's no money to redistribute to the poor because nobody's incentivized to innovate and output.

Younger, flashier, and edgier conservatives like me are parting with the stuffy religious right while still appreciating a slight glaze of moral values; there's nothing more grotesque and unclassy than an unbehaved demoralized liberal in its drug laden habitat. To highlight, the very sexy, rich, etiquette-laden, and edgy Heidi Montag has recently endorsed John McCain. In contrast, uneducated barbarians like Roseanne and Kanye West are endorsing Hillary Clinton and B. Hussein Obama, respectively.

And finally, Republicans kick the bad people's asses (get it done baby) while pussy liberals retreat behind Michael "Double Quarter Pounder" Moore and his silly misinformed glossy selectively edited movies. We are the America "300" - conservatives will not retreat against filthy radical deranged terrorists. We prefer to save those 53 million people and restore their freedoms from Xerxes - oh I mean Saddam and Osama Bin Laden. We are proud, strong, and shining at the top of a hill. And no, we don't need a bunch of weak secular humanists in the UN telling us what to do.

Might I also mention that the anti-military/Iraq film Stop-Loss was an absolute bust at the box office. Apparently a movie that explores defying one's duty to the US Military is - what Democrats? - quite unpopular! Who would have thought that any film that loaded with beefcake guys like Ryan Philippe could do so badly? In The Valley of Elah, Lions for Lambs, and that other anti-American movie with Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal (that apparently no one knows about) have also bombed very heavily at the box office. In contrast, Mel Gibson's The Patriot made about $115M at the box office and his Passion of the Christ made bank upwards of $300M.

And finally, the environment. These smelly "green" hippies, who ironically smoke and pollute the direct environment around them, are totally uncool. They're gross, and no one wants to be around them. The more sophisticated brand name douche of environmental liberalism, Al Gore, is boring and fat (also insane and alarmist). And need I mention the Prius and those who drive it? I think not.

Conservatives are amazing. We are "the party of the rich", we're glossy, we're cool, we have values, we hate hippies, we hate people that hate the US, and we're totally on Team Heidi. Liberals simply can't beat that!

Conditional Support of John McCain; Must Defeat Barack Obama

Conditional Support of McCain

So much to the chagrin of my more conservative friends and acquaintances, I have relucantly decided to support Yon McCain. You'll notice I say "Yon" McCain, because I believe McCain will capture an even larger slice of the crucial Latino vote than President Bush (who I think got about 40-44% in 2004), and will henceforth be called "Yon"; I asked my Aunt to say "John McCain" this weekend and she said "Yon McCain", so I said, hell, I'm going to call him "Yon" McCain from now on. Anyway...

You see, most Latinos frankly don't trust blacks (just ask one of the gangs in Los Angeles) and they don't totally trust women in positions of power (despite the so called "love" for the Clinton machine, and they're aren't many deep South American Latinos in the US), so the only real choice for a good number of Latinos will be the immigration friendly McCain. It's not to say Latinos are bad or to blame for this, as it's an intensely cultural and inherent thing (especially to not see these groups in positions of power), but to not risk offending Latinos, this is what the news media and political analysts are too afraid to say aloud, and what the politicially correct pigeonholers do not want to acknowledge. I'm Latino (okay, half, whatever), so I should know.

To reiterate, I support John McCain not because I have any racial or gender concerns of Obama or Clinton - I simply like his politics better. And I bring up the Latino and politics issue to highlight why I think McCain will get more Latino votes and win the presidency. Conservatives loathe McCain mostly for his immigration policies - it's not because their racist (as they're lambasted by the hard left), but they can't fathom our country not being a sovereign country (like nearly every other country on Earth) and folks with illegal status crowding US hospitals and overloading schools funded with their taxpayer dollars. It has nothing to do with race - if Mexicans looked like Swedes or Gingers, the same people up here would still be pissed.

However, I believe McCain will take measures to fully secure the Southern United States border, but will take a rational (and not necessarily conservative) approach to amnesty that's not quite as liberal as his previous foray that was supported by President Bush. Too many conservatives whine about paths to citizenship and what not, but something reasonable has to be done. And too many liberals are overzealous for open borders and amnesty because they think they'll add to their voting base and exploit Latinos more than they already have. Liberals would turn on minorities so quick if they stopped voting for them - they like to dole out gratuitous handouts to secure loyalty among these groups. Conservatives would give these groups the independence they deserve and would refuse to patronize them, infantilize them, and buy their loyalty as liberals do; it's also imperative to note that most minority groups are extremely socially conservative.

I also believe McCain would do an "okay" job at implimenting conservative economic principles. Firstly, McCain would hopefully as he's said keep the Bush tax cuts permanent, putting money back into the hands of people who willingly spend in all branches of our economy and grow it through entrepreneurship. As much as the concept of low taxes actually bringing in more revenue to the government is so spellbinding for liberals, the leftist associated press admittedly recently that government revenue is at an absolutely all time high (high taxes stifle business, spending, and growth therefore shrinking the economy, and thus the government brings in less revenue); despite the gloriousness of Reaganomics, I'll save that for another blog. Secondly, McCain would hopefully stick to his anti-pork barrel pledges, and unlike President Bush, not be afraid to whip out the veto pen so our taxpayer dollars aren't spent on multi-$100M bridges to nowhere. And if you shrink spending on ridiculous things, you can keep taxes low and shrink the deficits (whose magnitudes are exaggerated, btw). Thirdly, as a Republican, I instinctively think Maverick McCain will tone down the "class-warfare" rhetoric.

His anti-torture and Guantanamo positions aren't too troubling for me, and he'll do a good job in terms of national security and the geo-political arena. As for McCain-Feingold, there's simply no excuse for that.

McCain was not anybody's first choice, but the consequences of not fully backing him and possibly conceding the US to Barack, whose been rated as one of the most liberal Senators in the Senate, are horrifying.

However - the condition - if McCain picks that horrific goon Mike Huckabee of Arkansas to be vice-president, I will refuse to support his campaign at any level as well as during the presidency.

Barack Hussein Obama

B. Obama's record is absolutely troubling, and the nature of his endorsements is terrifying. I will give him credit for a couple more conservative positions (but not conservative enough) on teacher merit pay and healthcare, though. I will also give him credit for being brilliant and "with it". However, the combination of dangerous record and inexperience make him an absolutely unacceptable candidate that must be defeated.

• Endorsed by the dangerous ultra-left and Anti-American "MoveOn.org", which he readily accepted and bestowed praise upon the dangerous group.

• Endorsed by murderer, slanderer, and drunkard Teddy Kennedy (just look up Mary Jo Kopechne on google).
• Refused to say Pledge Of Allegiance as vulgar symbolic gesture.

• Barack Obama's 2006 rating by the Almanac of American Politics describes him as 87% economically liberal and 12% economically conservative.

• Not open to private social security accounts.

• Opposes vouchers or any kind of school choice, however is fine with a type of choice in which a woman chooses to impale the skull of her fetus.

• Socialized health insurance.

• Opposes estate tax cuts, despite those monies already having been taxed.

• His 2006 rating by the Almanac of American Politics (2008) on Foreign Policy is 85% liberal, 12% conservative.

• Irresponsible withdrawal from Iraq.

• Drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.

• Willing to speak to rogue/terrorist states (criticized by H. Clinton)

• Early opponent of Iraq, before it was questionable, showing a far-left Code Pink view of using military force.

• 100% rating from far-left Planned Parenthood and NARAL.

• Hypocritical association with anti-gay pastors in his "40 Days of Faith and Family".

• Rated "F" by NRA.

• Unacceptable levels of disrespect shown to current Commander and Chief President Bush.

• One of the ten ultra-left Democrats to vote NO for Vote 181 to authorize $120M for the funding of the Iraq War and the troops.

• Ultra-partisan in senate: voted 96% with Democrats.

• Voted against bill to prevent desecration of the American flag.

• Voted NO against extension of the Bush tax-cuts.

• Voted NO on confirmation of brilliant and superbly qualified John Roberts to be Chief Supreme Court Justice.

• Polarizing class and race warfare rhetoric.

I Think Gays Should Be Republicans

I love gay people. That's why I think they should be Republicans.

Gays have "fabulous" taste in clothes. Gays have "spectacular" taste in cars, save for the Mazda Miata. Gays shine at a party with their "fabulous" sense of humor and bubbly personalities. In fact, gays are actually becoming the new straight people - with masculine haircuts and a new focus on buffness, they make their liberal straight counterparts look gay.

But for some odd reason, gays by and large are sucked up in the strange world of whiny liberal secular-progressivism (SP). Democrats have recruited gays into a party that does absolutely nothing for them.

I honestly think that Democrats are secretly more "pro-gay marriage" than Republicans are, but with the Catholics and Hispanics swinging toward their side, Democrats are willing to sell out the gays. So in essence, assuming that the new face of the Republican Party is the relatively socially libertarian Rudolph Giuliani, gays are not going to find anyone in either party that's going to allow them to be pushed into the death trap of marriage where they're likely to get divorced and physically abuse each other - it'll be pretty even on the other gay issues.

Instead of whining about a petty antiquated little piece of paper that gays think is somehow required for them to actually love each other, why don't they focus on policies that boost the quality of their everyday lives and share their values on helping gays throughout the rest of the world. Let me explain:

The War on Terror
It is no secret that liberals are overly sympathetic to radical Middle East governments. Whether it's Saddam that killed hundreds of thousands of people (many his own) or the wildly Islamofascist governments in Iran, Afghanistan, or what not, liberals do not see it pertinent to do anything about these nutcases who stand in the way of democracy and freedom.

Ironically, these same governments and radical fringe groups in the middle east are the ones that claim homosexuality doesn't exist and hang/execute people who participate in homosexual acts (Bill Richardson is one for two on the above). Despite the only complaint about gays by the Republican Party being the signing of a marriage bill, gays still talk about President Bush as being considerably more heinous than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose government has executed people committing gay acts, most recently by hanging. If you'll recall, President Bush had a warm and lovely conversation recently with America's most lovable lesbian, Ellen De Generes.

Taxes
So apparently gays have a much higher income than the average straights, especially in a two person gay household vs. two person straight household. Why do they want Democrats and redistributionist liberals taxing the shit out of them so they won't have enough money left over for their big gay cruise to St. Croix or that precious Mazda Miata? Let's face it - gays are by and large self-absorbed, superficial, and money-grubbing...like me. If they understood what Democrats really wanted to do with their hard earned money, they would have a huge fright.

Crimes
Republicans punish criminals and put them away. Democrats want their ridiculous touchy-feely rehabilitation, which as any rational person knows, means they are going to exit jail and orchestrate another gay bashing as they would have otherwise. With so called "hate crimes", or crimes, against gays on the upswing, gays should be concerned about liberals' excessive coddling and defending criminals instead of victims. I certainly wish liberals were as concerned with the four Asian victims of Tookie Williams than they were with that monster himself - perhaps it was a case of affirmative action.

Apparently My "B. Hussein Obama" Facebook Group Was a Flop

So apparently my "B. Hussein Obama" group was wildly unsuccessful, unlike all the other facebook groups I've created or administered.

Let's analyze it piece by piece.

Title. B. Hussein Obama

It's funny cause it's innovative and provocative. And anybody who regularly watches Hannity & Colmes or reads a certain individual's provocative column should recognize where this came from.

1. B. Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, HI. Nothing good comes out of Honolulu except for obese football players.

Funny cause it's true, unless you seriously like pineapples. I guess not many of you have been to Honolulu.

2. B. Hussein Obama turned to drugs due to his racial confusion as a teenager. I'm much more racially confused than B. Hussein Obama and I never did drugs.

Okay, fine. Not so funny, but he shouldn't have claimed he turned to drugs for something so god damn lame. That gives every hybrid white-latino or white-black an excuse for riding the mary jane bandwagon.

3. B. Hussein Obama does not favor profiling at airports. Tell your 85 year old grandmother Eunice to watch the fuck out.

This is funny because all old people have funny names such as Mildred or Eunice. It's also funny because the government refuses to hold more than two arabs at a time whilst they cavity search poor old Mississippi bred Eunice's vagina.

4. B. Hussein Obama, much like John Edwards, is a filthy scumbag lawyer. Fortunately, unlike Edwards, he is not a medium for dead paralyzed children.

Lawyers are scumbags, obviously. And I'm not even talking about the ACLU yet, which was about the caliber of Obama's lawyership.

Does anyone remember when John Edwards, who during his tenure as a scummy trial lawyer (and who is partially responsible for extremely high insurance premiums in America) was trying to defraud a doctor out of millions of dollars by putting on a dog and pony show in which he was the medium for a dead disabled girl? It was the epitome of trial lawyer scum.

5. B. Hussein Obama has used the word "ironclad" to describe the demand from his wife that he quit smoking. The last time someone used a word as stupid as "ironclad" was Al "Chubbycakes" Gore to describe his lunchbox... oops, I mean lockbox.

Ironclad Lockbox. Think back to 2000 you pathetic fools. And lunchbox, because we all know that Al Gore thinks of cheeseburgers all day.

6. B. Hussein Obama is a closet atheist. There are too many closets in the Democratic Party, but lets save Hillary Rodham Clinton for another facebook group.

Let's not pretend that Barack Obama isn't an atheist. His uncomfortable wishy-washyness about religion when confronted with the issue (and refusal to talk firmly about it, or about anything for that matter) makes that perfectly clear.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is widely rumored to be a lesbian. I do believe she has erotic nude shots of Melissa Etheridge...perhaps with some Tammy Lynn Michaels thrown in for good measure.

7. B. Hussein Obama is related to Dick Cheney, which means he may have heart problems.

It's a joke people. It's making fun of how liberals and critics incessantly address Vice President Cheney's heart problems.

8. B. Hussein Obama describes people in his family as looking like retarted people such as Bernic Mac or old white bitches like Margaret Thatcher.

B. Obama really did describe his extended family as a model UN. He said he has people in his family that look like Bernie Mac (who I find retarted) and Margaret Thatcher (who I love, but find to be an old white bitch).

9. B. Hussein Obama's father herded goats - what a hick! Oh, and speaking of hick, his mother is from Wichita.

I'll give this one to you guys. It was stupid. But you know there are only hicks in Wichita.

10. B. Hussein Obama, despite being African-American and moderately wealthy, refuses to drive a Cadillac Escalade.

Now this one is just plain well executed and hilarious. No arguments there.

11. B. Hussein Obama lives on the South Side of Chicago. That's not even "westside" or "eastside"...bitches.

Okay, maybe I was accidentally thinking of Los Angeles. Nobody, who values their life at least, goes to the South of Los Angeles.
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I want to know if it was really that bad.

America's Wal-Mart Abortions: Uphold Morals or Logic?

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mini-VAN Nguyen's Big Multisex Bathroom Boat Ride

April 23, 2007

Well, the self-aggrandizing elections are over, and while it's not very appetizing to have that nutjob Van "Nancy Pelosi with a Penelosi" Nguyen in the Presidency, at least he's not in control of anything important. The federal government deals in trillions, so thank God Mr. "Transvestite Bathrooms" deals only in millions, although that's still millions too much. I wonder how he plans to miraculously override Proposition 209 and subvert state law.

But enough about that male feminazi. I'll outline some of my personal observations on the election:

BCR Success
This is excellent. Not only do I think this candidate will do an excellent job, but it flusters the ultra-left elitists who think they can go unchecked in the Senate.

DAAP Loss
Finally people wised up to shunning candidates that selfishly pump their personal agendas out their bloated blowholes. Dmitri Garcia and his little clan are so grossly self-serving. He's like the Latino Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson, except much less entertaining.

Phallic Composition in the Senate
Does anyone find it funny that four people (or 20%) in the Senate have phallic sounding names.
~ Dong
~ Weiner
~ Wong
~ Urena*

*either referencing urine or urethra

If I really wanted to stretch it, I could do at least three more. If we count rhyming names, I can find at least four of the female anatomy.

TGIF: Too Gay Initiative Fund
Oh God, you have got to be kidding. What's wrong with you people? How can you vote to put an extra $5 per student into the hands of a bunch of radical environmentalists who think that "waterless urinals" are "sexy"? You people are so stupid. As a result of getting roped into "green guilt" propaganda, you're throwing $200,000 bucks away to Berkeley students who have not even vaguely outlined where this exorbitant amount is to be spent.

This is the result of a bunch of arrogant elitist Berkeley students who want to massage their inflated egos by wasting others money in delusional inventions that make them feel they are important.

I'm sure Student Action will find some way to divert a percentage of these funds to fight off a lawsuit anyway.

My Struggle in Voting for President: "Whiny" Student Action vs. "My Hippie Volkswagen" Van Nguyen
I found myself extremely disappointed with The Cal Patriot's endorsement of nutty CalServe candidates for Executive Slates. Out of sheer principle, they should have figured out something else or abstained. Really gross.

I of course voted for neither, but if I had to choose, I think I'd edge it out for Ivanka Napkin. Unfortunately, she's the spawn of Oren Gabriel, the biggest douche bag on the planet, who oddly enough brought his hippie looking parents out to campaign for Miss Napkin (thinking that somehow UC students would be fans of monarchism and royal SA blood). Besides being a dense, stupid, over-indulgent drunk boob, Oren GAYbriel actually hired a real legal firm over a lame unimportant office of self-aggrandizing child's play. Next year, Oren Gabrielle can find a different type of gay bar in which to pop his collar.

Student Action, which should really be named "Students With Egos Bigger Than Oprah's Ass", is so incredibly delusional about its importance. If they really wanted to lower our student fees, they would just cease to exist.

Anyway, so why Ivanka? Well, she's actually labeled a "moderate" on her Facebook profile, and doesn't seem to personally advocate nutty things like most of the other candidates. I like that. She's also kind of hot, and in an office that doesn't matter, I don't want to be looking at mini-VAN Nguyen all year. I wonder if he has a brother named short-BUS Nguyen? If not, we know he has at least taken a ride on one.

As is no surprise for the loopy CalServe candidates, miniVAN Nguyen is a rather sterile commonplace formulation of your average ultra-left nutbag. He demands we think outside of the racial binary, as he feels he is a "white hippie" trapped in an Asian body. I can't wait to see what type of stunts he pulls next year. In fact, voting for him might have been worth the value of watching him try to carry out his laughable policies. I'd chain him to a tree and throw away the key, forcing him to cut down the tree if he wanted to be released. He'd probably write a sob email out to all of us about his crying green tears.

Anyway, For a school that bitches about diversity 24/7, I'm wondering why it chose to elect a rather strongly un-diverse composition in Student Government. Oh well.

I voted for the gay guy whose building the gay fraternity. It would have been a bubbly entertaining event if they tried to disqualify him and controversies of "homophobia" ensued against the most "tolerant" student body in the world. I also was hoping he would institute a big gay boat ride in lieu of the 51.

UC Berkeley: Red-Blooded Greens Seek To Destroy Yellow Fever

From Red, To Yellow, To Green...

April 11 2007

RED

Ah, the 60's. Angry hippies on periods with ample flow. Communism blanketing Berkeley redder than Al Gore's flustered cheeks after public erection grabs from Tipper. Mario Savio and Cesar Chavez pretending their inane unproductive public nuisances were societally relevant (outside of Berkeley). A bunch of exasperating red-faced pot-laced Rasta hippies parading around in their unseemly state of nude indulging in hippy-happy circles and tree hugging parties with Zachary RunningWolf (or as he's known outside of Berkeley, RunningPMS).

YELLOW

Fast forward a good 30 years, and we've mellowed out a bit thanks to the rise of sane hardworking Asians displacing more of the lazy unproductive activist white folk. Despite being a bureaucracy plagued public school, we've still managed to elevate our academic and research superiority and scope; and thanks to this "sane" free market composition, the school continues its place of core importance to students and the state in regards to excellence in competition, innovation, science, and academic drive by [racially blindly] selecting top candidates.

GREEN

Unfortunately, the ultra-left activists at UC Berkeley are trying to immunize the campus from yellow fever and turn it into a new age S-P mantra called "green". In other words, they seek to subvert the state's fair policies of admission in exchange for the radical construction of a campus that a bunch of reverse-racist BAMN nutcases think reflects what they FEEL would be nice in their multicultural heroin ridden fantasies, without regard to the deleterious consequences in the academic and competitive integrity of the school. Just in case you didn't know, hippies have had a poor track record in producing concrete results based on how they FEEL things should be.

"Green", which is pretty much a term that anybody of a radical far-left persuasion loves to throw around, also refers to anything from radical and economically unproductive environmental activism to socialism to an unpractical anti-military ethos. The term can be used widely today to describe such activism as an offshoot of the nutty "green" party, and encompasses far more than just the idea of "green" environmentalism. "Green" is also ironically associated with that which makes one vomit.

Relating to an affirmative action and an anti-Asian agenda, "green" people prefer to describe minority groups as a bunch of incompetent boobs that they are required to babysit. Instead of solving the problem by encouraging accountability from new generations and more widespread school vouchers for choice, "greens" feel they have to systematically take it upon themselves to radically legislate policy that sticks people into positions for which they were not given the tools to really work out the intermediary steps and relegates them to continue marinating in a standard of unsatisfactory performance. The "greens" are not interested in solving the problem. They seek to foster this culture of dependency and helplessness, because without it, they have no reason to exist.

To add insult to the fact that affirmative action simply does not mechanically work, greens "think" it's the public university's job to defy the fact that it's an institution legally required to act impartially on behalf of government. Under equal and non-discriminatory civil protections, it's totally inappropriate for the university and the state to vaguely decide how many Blacks or Hispanics it finds appropriate to satisfy its cushy notions of social justice. Normal people aren't stupid and recognize this, hence the voting for Proposition 209 in California and its counterpart in Michigan.

Another problem the greens are having is marketing "non-market based quota diversity" to students who are already here. I don't understand how my quality of life is going to improve with an extra number of minority students, most of which I never see because they've segregated themselves in La Raza groups or meetings in which they invariably drool over Cesar Chavez. I don't particularly care if my classes are 0% black or 99% black, as long as my peers are of a comparible academic caliber and contribute to furthering the marketability of my Berkeley name education. Enrichment from "multiculturalism" and "cultural diversity" is a concept that doesn't tangibly exist; the marketplace of ideas among all races at UC Berkeley is awash with monolithic liberal scallywagging. These words are simply a cover to forward the radical agenda of subverting fair competitive behavior by convincing Whites and Asians that stepping aside from their hard earned positions would be for the greater good. The "Multicultural Center" at UC Berkeley will be a Unicultural Center for Berkeley whites to marinate in their self-righteousness.

The actual truth is that affirmative action hurts minority groups because it allows them to enter into positions for which they are not directly qualified, thereby preserving a status quo of mediocrity and doing nothing to further their competitiveness for such positions in the future. I'm the one that really cares about disadvantaged minorities. I want them to gain excellent educational opportunities by using their directed public school monies for private vouches where disadvantaged parents can choose where they want their kids to go to school and grow voucher funded private school franchises/charter schools. Liberals choose to soak minorities in dispair by funneling their public school directed monies to selfish violent public school unions and bureaucracy who want to line their own pockets, don't care about performance, and prohibit child molestors from being fired.

In the far-left liberals' aggressive scheme to make the campus into an uncompetitive hotbed of multiculturalism, Asians are unfortunately the disposable commodity. Yes, I'm sorry Mr. Chang, but your superior application must be denied because you're over-represented. Unfortunately, your 1600 and promising experiments to cure cancer must be brushed aside so we can create a diverse multicultural haven.

Mr. Chang posted his response here:

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/01/17/opinion/17109.shtml

Self-Aggrandizing Elitists vs. Out of This World Nutjobs...Oops, I Mean Student Action vs. CalSERVE

Apr 5 2007

It's another year of elitist do nothing self-promoting snobbery or even worse, people who want to waste your money with their horrific CodePink and Greenpeace values.

I suppose I'd rather have my student fees going to a bunch of do nothing hacks like Oren "Douchebag" GAYbriel than a bunch of strange vague non-student related ultra-left programs like unisex bathrooms, a "green" campus (whatever that means), and money that's probably funneled to violent reverse-racists like BAMN.

CalSERVE, what do you plan to do for us White or Asian non-Transvestite folk?

According to CalSERVE's facebook, they're huffing up the S-P keywords "racial justice", "social justice", "transcultural", and "divest". You know CalSERVE, a good 80% of us are White, Asian, have access, and are not disabled...not to mention traditional African-Americans and Hispanics find you hippies kind of strange and socially undesirable. What do you plan to do for us? As much as I've always wanted to pee right next to a girl, I don't know...Perhaps we can gain the matriculation of Ricky Martin, as CalSERVE's "access" policies will give him ample access to dole out golden showers.

And guess what CalSERVE, not only are Iraq, the environment, world issues, and President Bush not helpful to students and none of your business, but you're wasting our time and money trying to do things that belong to important people we actually elect on a state and national level (and no, you're not important). If your going to run for student government, pretend to actually do something that would do something for students (gasp!), like promise a revitalization of Sproul which wont happen or give money to student groups which you'll probably funnel to the Cayman Islands...or your legal defense team. And newsflash, we're already here, so we don't need minority recruitment. And you're vague terms like "justice" and "green" are empty and annoying.

And guess what. Most of the stuff listed below is just fluff that you blowhards can't deliver on:
http://berkeley.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2256200585

Oh, except abortion-on-demand at the Tang Center. That I'm sure you'll pour your heart and soul into.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I leave you with what CalSERVE has called their "accomplishments" ...and what I call a "total joke". I'll embolden terms I find an absolute total and utter bunch of egregious nuttiness, even though it goes without saying that the entire thing should be emboldened.

Spring 2003: Bill Title
SB 6a In Support of the 2003 BESSA Career Fair
SB 15a In Support of Exit Magazine
SB 32 To Support Students Subject to INS Registration
SB 33a In Support of Students for Hip Hop
SB 39a In Support of Splitends Magazine
SB 40 In Support of the 2003 Leadership Symposium
SB 41 In Support of the Committee for Korea Studies
SB 42 In Support of the Eggster Hunt and Learning Festival
SB 50 In Support of Society of Cal Integrative Biology Undergraduate Students
SB 59 To Oppose the USA Patriot Act, Justice Department Directives, and Executive Orders that Prevent the Protection of Civil Liberties and Rights
SB 62 In Support of Berkeley Minority Women
SB 63a In Support of Lambda Theta Nu Sorority's Second Annual Latina Youth Leadership Conference
SB 64 In Support of Efficient and Effective Mediation of Elections Disputes
SB 65 In Support of the Unity Statement
SB 66 In Support of the Colombia Working Group
SB 67 In Support of La Voz de Berkeley
SB 70a In Support of PAA's 27th Annual Pilipino Cultural Night of UC Berkeley
SB 76 In Support of the Third Annual Ethnic Studies Conference
SB 77 In Support of the Themis Journal: Berkeley Journal of Environmental, Health, and Development
SB 81 In Support of Correcting an Error in Title I of the ASUC By-Laws

Fall 2002:Bill Title
SB 2a A Resolution Against the Information Ban
SB 7a In Support of a Hotel and Spa Worker-Led Boycott of the Claremont Resort and Spa
SB 8a In Support of AB 2001 - Ethnic Studies for California Public High Schools
SB 9a In Support of More Classrooms and Better Schools: Yes on Prop 47
SB 11a To Co-Sponsor the Petition to Reverse the Drop in Underrepresented Minority Enrollment at UC Berkeley
SB 16 In Support of Election Day Voter Registration
SB 17a In Support of Financial Aid for All Students
SB 23 In Support of the Greek System's Efforts to Lift the Moratorium on Alcohol
SB 30 In Support of Chicanos and Latinos for Empowerment (Chale)
SB 35 In Support of the Latino Pre-Law Society
SB 36 In Support of Green Building and Clean, Renewable Energy
SB 37 In Support of March Primary Elections
SB 38a In Support of Cal Community Action Days 2002, UC Berkeley's Week of Service
SB 40 In Support of the Arab American Student Union
SB 41 In Support of the Berkeley Chinese Students and Scholars Association
SB 43a In Support of Chaitanya and Chaitanya's Publicity Efforts
SB 48a In Support of a Peaceful Foreign Policy Towards Iraq
SB 49a In Support of Dropping Student Conduct Charges
SB 55a In Support of Let's Rise Asian Mentorship Program
SB 56a In Support of the Youth Vote Coalition Voter Registration Drive
SB 63 In Support of the Berkeley Law Foundation
SB 69 In Support of Students for Out-of-State and International Diversity: An Organization for Non-Residents and Residents (SOID)
SB 71 In Support of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar Chapter
SB 72 In Support of the Associated Students of Psychology (ASP)
SB 76a In Support of an Immediate Moratorium of the Deportation of Southeast Asians
SB 82 In Support of Sigma Omega Tau (SOT)
SB 88a In Support of Cal Libertarians
SB 91 In Support of Cal Women's Boxing Association
SB 98a In Support of Volunteerism and a Thanksgiving Feeding at the First Universal Unitarian Church
SB 99a In Support of PAHC's Mission Iloilo Benefit Concert
SB 100 In Support of Retaining Immigrant Airport Screeners Working at America's Airports
SB 101a In Support of maganda Magazine
SB 102 In Support of the Common Mic
SB 103 In Support of Coca-Cola Corporate Responsibility
SB 104 In Support of Fair Trade Coffee
SB 108a In Support of the Arts for Healing Benefit Performance
SB 115a In Support of Black Unity
SB 116a In Support of Installing Code Blue Phones at Extension Buildings and Etcheverry-Soda Breezeway
SB 118a In Support of Farm Worker Support Committee Speaking Event: Revitalizing La Causa SB 121a In Support of the Student Parent Association
SB 129 Concerning the Rights of the Accused
SB 131 In Support of the Disabled Students Union
SB 138 In Support of the 3rd Annual Women's Rights Conference: A Day of Action and Awareness

The "Spare Any Change" Homeless and Berkeley's Rampant Idiocy

Apr 1 2007

When you look at Berkeley skeletally as a city, it's really not too bad...kind of pretty actually. Unfortunately, the people who live in it, uh, live in it.

I'd have a nice walk down Shattuck if I wasn't bombarded every five seconds with, "Can you spare any change?" or walk by all those crazy rastafarian guttersnipes. I can't even use the word "spare" anymore in normal conversation now thanks to those fetid homeless people.

People - please stop giving to the homeless, especially you, you damn old white haired ultra liberal ladies. You just foster their behavior and cause more homeless to pollute the city. And to you Berkeley city government - you are the biggest problem! Giving the homeless lockers, money, centers, programs, a $8M/year budget, and food will not incentivize them to quit their homeless lifestyle (which a lot actually choose) when they can live it up as "homeless", much to the misfortunate of businesses and citizens who have to endure your European tax rates.

Anyway, here are the staples of the Berkeley Homeless Community I always encounter:

Angry "Dollar for the Bus" Woman

Looks pretty normal. Always standing at the Shattuck & Durant stop. She'll calculatingly approach you and ask for "a dollar for the bus" even though she does not nor will ever have any intention of going on the bus. Once you refuse her, she'll mutter some obscenities under her breath and angrily move onto the next person to whom she'll immediately cheer up for. She'll never realize that she's asked you multiple times over the years, and should realize that no one's going to give her change after she performed her mumble-cuss the first time.

Stupid Rastafarian White Middle Class Hippy

Oh God - they're the worst. These losers are strung out (pun intended) somewhere along Shattuck near Center Street. They're just white middle class potheads who thanks to Berkeley decided capitalism is evil, their parents are totalitarian regressives, and drugs are the way to enlightenment - the essence of Berkeley's inane socialist S-P agenda. As if that wasn't bad enough, they have the effrontery to admit that they want money for drugs...well, some just flat out ask for drugs. Absolutely awful.

Most of the more normal homeless people are generally cheap looking rastas who share the aforementioned philosophies and are more than capable of working with a little cleanup.

I've decided I'm going to take a cup around with me and actually preempt these bastards with an obnoxious "Can you spare any change?" before they are able to get to me.

Super Oversmoked Lady

This old lady has ostensibly had her brain and body just fried by drugs - she looks like a vulture. Her face is wrinkled and has a snarl permanently installed. To add insult to injury, she's usually puffing away at a cigarette whenever she has the balls to ask for change.

Mr. Outside Baja Fresh Breathing Machine

This is the fat black guy with the breathing machine who usually peddles outside Baja Fresh. He always seems very aware and pretty articulate, and knows how to work those puppy eyes to his benefit.

I didn't mind him as much as the other homeless until I found him lounging on the two front disabled seats on the 51 bus talking on a cellphone. What the hell is that? You have the audacity to peddle me for change while you ride the luxurious 51 and use a cellphone? The next time I find him outside Baja Fresh I'm going to ask if my money will be going towards his cellphone payments, since I thought he said he "needed money for a meal today".

Miss Crispy Schizophrenic

This is the crazy fit black lady who is found all around Berkeley either cussing wildly or having a conversation with some entity that does not exist. Fortunately, she does not participate in either of those activities with entities that do exist. Unlike the other homeless, she has a quite fit physique.

Angry Psychopath

Often times, there are just angry psychopaths that go madly yelling through the streets. They're sometimes dangerous, and should have priority in being locked up.

Some of these people are just really high on drugs, and look really freaky and scary.

Creepy Psychopath

This is the kind of guy who for some odd reason has not made it to the looney bin. He sits down next to you at your table at McDonalds, stares at you with tongue out & bloodshot eyes, takes a bite of your hamburger, licks your arm, and proceeds to bark (like a dog) and coo (like an out of tune bird).

El Cheapo Egoísta Con Orígenes Sefarditas y Escoceses

Mar 27 2007

I'm cheap! And selfish!

Well, there's probably a better word for it, and it's not exactly frugal/thrifty. More like a discerning capitalist who loves a good value. And I'm a selfish little bastard who will stop at nothing to line the piggy! Well, except get a job.

Anyway, there are two elements to this. I'll first define what I mean by "cheap" and second define how I got there.

CHEAP
I'm not cheap in the sense that I like cheap things, like two dollar whores and stuff from the dollar store. In fact, I'm very adamant about purchasing some high quality goods, especially those which retain their value, like houses, cars, investments, electronic stuff, etc. Well okay, cars and electronic stuff don't really retain their value, but I don't like shitty cars, and since I don't really care about music, I have the girlie-man IPod nano. And houses are of course, in theory, since I don't yet have the capability to purchase one of them...apart from a plot of land, a trailer, and a mule in Idaho.

However, the essence of my cheapness comes in demanding I find the absolute best deal on a product of ANY price range, and I spend an absurd amount of time mentally calculating which object to choose based on the maximum utility I will get out of the object for the absolute minimum price.

For example, let's say I go to McDonalds. I could get the BigMac meal for $4.99...but I ask, "Hmmm, is there any combination of objects I can order that will yield an equal or greater amount of taste, health, and volume utility for less than $4.99? Maybe I can enlist my dad to order me a senior drink I can refill 4 times?"

It can also be as simple as, "I can to go to two stores that have blueberry muffins. Store A has $1.10 blueberry muffins and is 700ft away, while Store B has $1.30 blueberry muffins and is 250ft away. Is 450 more feet of walking worth $0.20?"

I also like exact change and paying even dollar/quarter amounts. I'll become enfuriated if a purchase I'm making costs $1.26 and I have $6.25 and can't get that clean $5 back. While $4.99 is functionally $5, it will eat at me if I don't have my crisp $5, hence I use a credit card for most purchases and pay it off every month.

It also excites me greatly to hear of good deals, no matter what product and cost range they are in. My brain steps into a state of euphoria when I can get much more utility and value for a lesser price than I would have purchased that utility for anyway. That ranges from a good deal on a blueberry muffin to a deal on a nice computer to a new car, etc. In other words, I'm not averse to buying expensive things...I just like to get a good deal on them. And I hate buying things I don't need. Ugh!

I neurotically do all this with every purchase. It's real sick and sad, I know.

BACKGROUND/ORIGIN
My grandpa grew up during the great depression. He ended up making a lot of money with a successful company that distributed camera equipment, but always remained extremely frugal because of the GD terror in the back of his mind.

Consequently, my dad grew up with that same mentality, except reformed to a type of cheap like mine. He would never buy anything that wasn't a good deal, but would go all out when he found something HE thought was an exceptional deal. He's also very self-centered about his frugality, criticizing purchases that he doesn't value. In the 1980's, he would rail on my mom for her Salvadore Ferragamo shoes, while he bought a $15,000+ computer when computers were a joke. While I'm sure he got a good deal, he would be frustrated if my mom got an amazing deal on Salvadore Ferragamo shoes. If my mom didn't have her wonderful Pan Am job, her Salvadore Ferragamo spending would have been more severely reigned in.

Also ethnicity: I'm about 3.25% Scottish, so that's not really in play. But I probably do have a decent amount of Sephardic Jew.

"Hurry boobala, this nice shirt is on sale for $29.95, but I wonder if we can get that schmock to bargain down. [Sees the child underdressed]. Oh my Gawd boobala, put on ya sweater or ya gonna catch cold! Oh Gawd, the weather has been horrible! It must be the Republicans' fault."

It's Inaccurate to Call Libertarians "Socially Liberal"

Mar 21 2007

While I generally identify as "conservative"...

I sometimes like to call myself "Libertarian" to signify to others my departure from the strongly "Southern Conservative" wing of the Republican Party (even though I personally like Southern Conservatives). While I note that I'm strongly economically conservative and emphasize small government, I very much hesitate to call myself a "social liberal". When I think of people who are socially liberal, I think of people who aggressively pursue left-leaning social policy and want to use government as a tool to bring such left-leaning social policy to fruition.

In contrast, I don't see libertarians as pursuing a leftist or conservative view of social policy but rather seeking a "social free market policy". In other words, we really don't want the government screwing with social policy, which includes the implimentation of aggressively socially liberal and socially conservative policies; or at the very least, government should work towards socially free markets, where policy is dictated by what works best for the majority (and what they desire). We opine that neither Jerry Falwell's opinions nor BAMN's/CodePink's opinions belong anywhere near government. For the most part, we feel society is pretty much fine and not in need of dramatic social overhauls. I personally have a strong distaste for people who try to radically legislate cultural change against the will of the people.

So some "social free market" examples:

1. Gun control (side with conservatives).

It's a socially liberal policy to advocate high levels of gun control, or on the far left, complete abolition of firearms. Whether such policy works is highly debatable.

However the libertarian position is far different. We don't believe it's the government's right to tell you what objects you can and cannot own; you're not guilty until you do anything with a dangerous object. That being said, we believe in very strict punishment for people who abuse those freedoms, and none of that rehabilitation instead of punishment nonsense.

2. Gays (side with moderates)

It's preposterous of the far-right to think that gays just don't exist. If you do a sociological calculation, there's no way in hell (no pun intended) 10% of the population would choose a path that mainstream society views as socially aberrant. I'm totally cool with gay people; I'm not cool with flamboyancy from either gay or straight people.

Religion and religious ethos is totally fine as long as it's not used to guide governmental policy. It's not appropriate to say that gays can't have civil unions because Jerry Falwell thinks that gay is a choice (and a bad one at that). If someone is placed in a situation beyond their control, like being gay, it is appropriate to make civil union legislation to ensure non-discrimination and equality under the law.

That being said, marriage is a religious institution that just happens to be issued by the government to propagate family and stability. If the majority of US citizens don't find gay marriage acceptable, and gays have equal marriage rights in the US with civil unions, then libertarians should not be proponents of legislating against the majority. If gay activists need a piece of paper telling them how much they love each other and want to break with the traditional framework on which our society was built, I don't take much stock in their cause. (In the near future, I do want to blog on my discomfiture with radical gay politics, and how they hurt any gay causes).

3. Affirmative Action (side with conservatives)

BAMN (a violent far-left fringe group entitled "By Any Means Necessary") needs to look up the definition of "racism". Racism, as defined, means making decisions or judgments based on race. If BAMN chooses to use the technical definition, then they are one of the most racist groups in the world, second only to Hitler and the KKK. They just do it backwards by taking radical legislative and physical action to enact discriminatory policies to benefit groups that they stereotype everyone in them to be disadvantaged (while no white people are ever disadvantaged). Libertarians and Republicans are not "racist" at all because they want a society with racially blind and non-discriminatory government and private sector decisions. It's not the place of a government institution to correct what they see as social ills if it discriminates against anybody. The governments shouldn't have opinions; they are required to regard every citizen as unequivocally equal (apart from financial issues, of course).

Anyway, my point is that previous discrimination cannot be righted with reverse discrimination. Libertarians also believe that disadvantaged groups suffer with handouts because it does not incentivize them to overcome shortcomings by outdoing peers. In other words, if you reward mediocrity, the disadvantaged group will have no incentive to overcome mediocrity and will remain mediocre. When I was six and learning how to swim, I swam beautifully in the shallow end but refused to ever enter the deep end. The swimming teacher's method to correct this was to have herself and my parents collectively restrain me and throw me into the deep end. I believe we have to throw disadvantaged groups in the deep end and force them to swim, cause they can, and it will change their lives.

I'm living proof that Affirmative Action is flawed. I'm 50% lumped in some kind of Latin American group just because my mom was born way down there (even though we have Arabesque, Basque, Galacian, Italian, Spanish, Indian, Sephardic etc roots), which entitles me to check the "Hispanic" category on anything if I want, and benefit from any affirmative action policies. At the same time, I look reasonably white (most guess Greek or Italian...okay), I talk totally white, I was raised societally very white, I was raised upper middle class, I went to a private rich high school that costs 2.5 times my Berkeley tuition, I never had a roadblock or a disadvantage, and besides my corruption and wildness (and my Aunt Pay's heavy accent), I have no vestiges of any kind of "Hispanic/Latin" cultural or racial structures; and yet, wow, I can benefit. When I told my college counselor this, he basically said, "Sweet. Whore it up for all it's worth." Is that right?

When it comes right down to it, there are not many issues that libertarians can really say they're actually liberal on. If libertarians say they side more with liberals on the issues or vote more with liberals, then they're not libertarians. They're, uh, liberals!

Western Conservatism all the way baby!

Republicans in Congress and The White House are making some horrible anti-conservative policy decisions, but that doesn't mean that it's smart to vote for the other party if they're doubly worse. Unfortunately, the Democrats have marked their return to Congress with useless and wasteful bickering over foreign policy decisions over which they have no juristiction. If they continue wasting time and being even more divisive than the Republicans just for the sake of being posturatively divisive, they're going to sink themselves again.

USA love.

You Guys Should Wait A Few Months Before Slobbering All Over Obama

Mar 18 2007

It's almost like y'all are Michael Jackson and Barack Obama is Macaulay Culkin. It's kind of gross.

In order to be reasonable here, I'm going to make a concession. It's going to hurt.

Ouch! My Republican friends are going to have my neck, but I don't really mind Bill Clinton. It's not really chic in Republican circles to admit this, but I will because I believe in saying what's right and not towing the party line, especially if it's wrong. His economic policies weren't half bad, he broke with the left in the Welfare Reform Act, and did a few other good things as well as a few bad things. God knows he and Hillary are corrupt, but I can live with that - I'm Latin/Spanish for God sakes, and if there's anything we know about, it's corruption (just take a trip down to see Hugo). And I think the "horny hick" idea is kind of cool (however I think his impeachment was quite appropriate, and his behavior unbecoming for a head of state). This is of course not to say that George Bush Sr. or Bob Dole wouldn't have done a better job. I'm just saying Clinton is a decent compromise if things don't go your way, unlike Nancy "San Francisco Values" Pelosi.

So here's my point: it seems to be chic right now to salivate over Barack Obama as president in much the same way my dog Buddy finds it chic to salivate over my leg. However, none of us really know where he stands or really know where Billary, uh oops, I mean Hillary stands. There's not much talk of policy in Obama's grandiose sweeping diatribes of civil rights and uniting America. Obama's actual record, despite being shorter than Kim Jong-Il's "nuclear love/pepe weapon", is very left-leaning, and those with agendas on the staunch left or right don't have good records in uniting America.

So before you sloppily throw your support behind one candidate or the other, give things a chance to play out. I don't mind if anyone throws their support behind Obama as long as you've given yourself ample time for review and introspection of Obama and other candidates.

Admittedly, I think I've been too early to throw my support behind Giuliani and haven't given myself adequate time to explore Romney. However, I do know where Giuliani stands on most issues, which are made clear by his recent statements and consistent record. His moderate vibe is also very appealing, and I do think his idea of gun-control being a states' rights issue is a nice compromise. My strong family history from New York also makes him personally attractive. And I don't like Romney's flip-flopping. It reeks of John Kerry (equals Phil Angelides, equals gross). McCain is tired, and he wants to repeal tax cuts. That just took me over the edge.

Anyways, I gave Billy a chance, and I think y'all on the left and especially moderates should give Giuliani and perhaps Hillary a look over. This does not apply to John Edwards however. John Edwards = Phil Angelides = real big douche bag. Ironically, I think John Edwards will be at his "Orange County" ranch for quite a long time, and his adding of Kate Michelman as a campaign advisor and Amanda Marcotte as horrifically vulgar blogger have already more than sealed the deal.

Fabulous Realities

Mar 15 2007

Back in the 10th Grade, we had this snooty British teacher for English named Mrs. Katrina Atsinger. She always made sure we knew she had "Hons" (whatever that means) from Oxford in English Language & Literature as she pranced delicately around the room like a gazelle far removed from her heat.

Anyway, we had an assignment that Mrs. Atsinger demanded we do over Christmas Break: look out for "Fabulous Realities". Fabulous realities are kind of like the ironic and hypocritical things people do that totally contrast with what they say they do or believe. It's like finding a militant vegan you know eating a bucket of chicken at KFC.

So I've found some "fabulous realities" over here at Berkeley that I've elected to share:

ONE
Ryan Seacrest......................(okay, I kid).

TWO
I came across a chick with a shirt entitled "be compassionate, go Vegan" outside of Moffitt today. That's fine except for the fact that she was brooding under that big tree outside FSC smoking a cigarette! When I think of Veganism, I think of people who are concerned with good health and the well being of their bodies. What's the point of not ingesting meat if smoking is doubly unhealthful for your body? Where's the "compassion" for your body? Who cares about saving a fucking chicken if you're going to die of lung cancer? Not only that, but she looked brooding and weird like those PETA people who only care about animals and not about people...not to mention she looked gaunt and unhealthy.

THREE
So I was walking down Shattuck after having ingested about 60 oz worth of ice and Coke (about two months ago). It was about 35 Deg F outside, I was shivering & seizuring from all the ice, and I had a sweater and a hoodie on with the hood wrapped tightly around my head. Now get ready for this: at about Center Street, some guy wearing a blue "Environment" t-shirt with about 10 face piercings approaches me (like those fuckers on Sproul), must have noticed my extreme cold and wrapping, and still has the balls to ask: "Care to help fight global warming?" Are you fucking serious? I gave him a cold piercing stare for about 15 seconds, and finally ask "Are you serious?". He apparently doesn't understand what a extremely inconvenient time (no pun intended) that was for him to ask and seemed to be confused. No I don't care to right now, Mr. Greenpeace (I want to go home and heat myself in the bathtub). I scoffed and walked away from the ultra-left element. It seems as if Berkeley liberals are latching onto global warming like Bill Clinton latches onto heavyset Jewish interns.

FOUR

Violent Anti-War activists (not to mention Cindy Sheehan's association with the Chavez-Mahmoud alliance)

FIVE
Al Gore transferring from his Prius to Private Gulfstream Jet...on the way to a Global Warming Conference! (any efficiency Al Gore has gotten in the lifetime of his Prius is immediately eradicated by one trip in his Gulfstream jet).

SIX
Teddy Kennedy talking about preserving life. That's rich.


That's all I can think of right now. Kudos to anyone who can think of any more.