Stupidity in USA, 2001-8

this Tom Tomorrow cartoon is a classic, which ethers ReThuglican non-logic of this lost 2000s decade

Obama selects Biden for VP

Biden is a decent pick that I'm OK with. I was hoping for Wes Clark or Russ Feingold, but I can get behind Biden [||].

Biden has good foreign policy experience, an apparently has decent attack dog/ethering skills. McSame & his Rove Mini-Me campaign manager stay telling lies & ad hominem attacks on Obama. Obama thus far is almost as weak in John Kerry in not defending himself & not attacking McSame.

Biden apparently is horrible at managing his personal finances, & has medium Gaff-A-Lot Syndrome saying things like "you're the first Indian I met outside of 7-11" and stuff like that. Lucky for Biden, McSame can't really attack him on these 2 Biden weaknesses, since McSame shares them & actually has them worse. McSame doesn't know how many houses he has. McSame gaffs constantly, especially making factually incorrect statements on foreign policy like not knowing the difference between Sunni & Shia, while claiming to be a foreign policy guru.

McSame has much dirt, from horrible judgement, horrible school/job performance masked by the nepotism of his daddy/granddady Admirals, wife cheating, financial scandal with Keating 5, etc.

Biden has to morph into Attack Dog Joe & be the "bad cop" to Obama's "good cop".

Break out the keg of ether Joe! Get up in their ass [||]!

Making Sense 2008

Progressive group Campaign for America's Future has a free pdf book Making Sense 2008 discussing the most discussing issues/policies.

opinion on US demography & the Olympics

Ruben Navarrette opinion on US demography & the Olympics

article on acutaries in insurance vs home mortgage

Star Tribune article on how actuaries run analysis in the insurance industry, but no such analysis was done in home mortgage industry. Hence no surprise that a closter fock occurred in the later.