Bin Laden Death Anniversary is Sour Grapes for Republicans
Published May 1st, 2012 | 
The first thing I heard on the news this morning while eating my bowl of Life breakfast cereal, was some Republican talking head whining about Obama “celebrating” Osama Bin Laden’s death. Saying that the president is “politicizing the issue.” Let me get this straight: Bush used the events of 9/11 to prop up his failed presidency for eight fucking years! Every time Bush dipped in the polls, there would suddenly news of some new threat (terrorist plots btw which turned out to be a lot of smoke and mirrors). Bush started a new war in Iraq by lying to the American people and preying on their fears. And let’s not forget “mission accomplished.” And in those eight years, we got further away from the initial goal of the so-called “war on terror.” The Repugs had no problem with this. Yet, they are outraged when the current president acknowledges an accomplishment of his administration. Think about this: Clinton couldn’t get Osama. Bush definitely didn’t get Osama. Obama came into office, changed the war strategy and after, a careful intelligence operation to verify Bin Laden’s whereabouts, ordered a brazen assault on the most notorious terrorist in our era even though he had much to lose if the mission failed.
Is Obama wrong to use a major accomplishment of his presidency to make the case for re-election? I don’t think so. Is he wrong to say, Romney wouldn’t have made the same decision? Perhaps, but it’s not that outrageous to suggest that Romney wouldn’t have had the balls to do what Obama did. Romney has already demonstrated that he’s not a man of much real conviction. He’s self-serving, indecisive and follows whatever direction the political winds blow. Not having any military or foreign policy experience, Romney would have follow what the “experts” were saying about the Bin Laden mission and, by all accounts the “experts” thought it was too big of a risk. Romney more likely than not would have calculated that the odds of failure and it’s negative impact on his own approval ratings wouldn’t have been worth it. And prior to the successful outcome, didn’t he specifically say that going after Osama wasn’t a priority for him? Seriously, I cannot imagine Romney dealing with the crap that Obama has had to deal with. So if Obama is politicizing Bin Laden’s death, is it really worse than Romney and his fellow Repugs politicizing the idea that Obama is playing politics? Makes about as much sense as an HIV patient in New York travelling across the country to get a blood test in Anaheim CA. Admit it Repugs, if Obama was one of you, you’d be setting off fireworks and masturbating on Fox news over this anniversary.
At the end of the day, the choice of who will be president is as much about character as it is about accomplishments. You can make the case that Obama’s accomplishments fell short of the goal depending upon how high you set the bar for him, but Romney has very few real accomplishments and he’s demonstrated time and again as a politician that his character is suspect.
Fat, Out-of-Shape, Lazy Writer
Published April 22nd, 2012 | I am fat. Seriously. I go to the gym at least 4 days a week. I take walks. Still cannot lose weight. When I’m not exercising, though, I basically sit on my ass in front of a computer. I might not feel so bad about that if I was doing some serious writing, but I’m not. Mostly I just stare into space and think about how fat my ass is and about all the writing I’m not doing. I don’t know. Maybe I should start taking myoripped or something. Maybe I should go to the gym 7 days a week. Maybe I shouldn’t have eaten that chocolate cake last night. Whatever . . . I know for a fact I should be writing more. A poem, short story. Another bad novel. Even a screenplay or an essay. Whatever. Not being able to write is a new problem for me. Makes me depressed.
The Fake Hilary Rosen Controversy Misses the Point
Published April 13th, 2012 | Hilary Rosen, Democratic mouthpiece, suffered a foot-in-mouth moment when she went after Ann Romney for being a “Stay-at-home” mom. Republicans are “outraged.” Stay-at-home moms are offended. Even the President has denounced her. Personally, I’m sick of hearing about it because, while Rosen didn’t do herself, the democratic party or President Obama any favors by expressing her point so badly, there are valid arguments to be made:
1. Whether you work outside the home or are a stay-at-home Mom, life is tough.
2. Ann Romney seems like a nice lady. In fact, she and her husband remind me of an aging Ken and Barbie. But the fact they are an attractive couple and may actually be “nice” people says nothing about whether or not the Romneys should occupy the White House. Rosen may not have expressed herself in the best way, but she did make a valid point: The Romneys are wealthy and have never struggled financially. They don’t understand what those of us among the 99 percent (both male and female) go through on a daily basis to survive in this country the way it is now.
3. Republicans around the country have been passing (or trying to pass) a number of laws assaulting Women’s hard-fought rights. These measures not only affect women personally, but also economically.
4. When Mitt Romney made the calculated, cynical decision to throw his wife out there as a surrogate for him on economic and woman’s issues, he made her a target. At least publicly, Mitt supports those anti-woman policies. To stick his wife out there as the face of those policies, and be shocked when a pundit on the opposing side takes a shot at her is incredibly disingenuous. Consider the hypocrisy of his claim that most of the jobs women have lost due to Obama’s policies. When Mitt or his wife makes this claim, it’s laughable. The fact is, a lot of those jobs were lost under the policies of Bush and most of the job losses among women during the Obama years were lost in the public sector, mostly due to budget cuts in the states led by Republican governors. Yet, according to Mitt and Ann Romney, there is no Republican war on women . . . Really?
Don’t get me wrong, I think when people like Hilary Rosen speak, they tend to add credibility to the Republican claims that Democrats are “elitist.” As such, the best thing Rosen can do for the President is to shut the hell up. But let’s not be fooled by Romney’s tactics of obfuscation. Let’s look beyond Rosen’s insult to see the truth: Neither Mitt or Ann Romney care about you.
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