libertease

Obama rules.

2008-01-21T12:43:00.000-08:00

I'm down for Obama, always have been. He's the best Dem running. I still am not quite sure which Rep I like best. My boyfriend was watching the polls the other night and he's for Obama. He has already decided he's voting for Obama so he's emotionally invested in the election already. I have yet to remain faithful to one candidate. The polls he saw on TV showed Shrillery beating Obama and the boyfriend was pissed. His thought was that people are still so racist in this country they'd rather see a woman president than a black man. He might just have a point there.

But Obama was working the black angle pretty hard by appearing at MLK's church. Shrill can go to a black church to speak and she did--in Harlem. But to me, Obama clearly wins this political move of making the most of the holiday. It works in the same way that she can snivel on TV about how she had big plans for this country, but if Obama sniveled on TV, his career would be over. She gets to work the femininity angle like that.

But which angle will go farther in the election? If you just take a look at what takes a person farther in life (or what holds a person back) which is the bigger factor? Race or gender?

Pakistan

2008-01-12T07:22:00.000-08:00

As I try to decide who to vote for this year for president, Pakistan weighs on my mind. Fortunately there's so much crazy stuff going on in the world right now for the candidates to react to so we can get their take on the war, the economy, and anything else that pops up. Take for instance the December 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Out of all the canned responses from the candidates I read on CNN.com that week, only two candidates mentioned the importance of the danger of Pakistan being a nuclear state. They were republican Fred Thompson and democrat Chris Dodd.

Tumblr is becoming a quick favorite of mine

2008-01-12T07:21:00.000-08:00

It's turning into a nice little scrapbook of quickie thoughts composed over the Apple widget "Tumblet." It's also a good little storage spot for quick links. I think it makes a nifty companion to this main blog.

I haven't been watching the news so much

2008-01-11T08:37:00.000-08:00

Not since Shrillery won the New Hampshire primary anyway. Come on! Clinton and McCain victorious? This is getting boring now. Nothing is a bigger turnoff than the 'old guard' getting a win. I think it's meaningless at this point. Oh, but the media is searching for any glint of meaning on the campaign trail right now. That's an even bigger turnoff. Just tell us what's going on. Don't try to predict anything. CNN, you're not psychic.

I decided to fart around on Tumblr

2008-01-11T08:35:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to try something new. So Libertease has a little companion blog there now.

I can't help it

2008-01-07T17:32:00.000-08:00

It's election year and I'm not working in a newsroom like last election. I'm a news junkie. I'm an election junkie. It has to come out somewhere so I can feel better, so here it goes...

I'm not an analyst, poli sci major, or anyone important enough for you to read. All I am is just another voter with a blog. Who knows if anyone will actually read this or think about anything I write. But I guess that's the fun of it all.

Some thoughts about today:

1. Soledad's back! So nice to see you again on CNN!

2. Shrillery has lost the election. She may as well pack it in and go home to Bill and join the threesome. Why? She CRIED. She SNIFFLED. On camera, on purpose, and in front of everyone! I think America is ready for a woman president, provided the woman is a tough chick who doesn't cry in front of her voters. Do you see Condoleeza cry when she has a rough day in the world of foreign relations? This isn't a pageant! Tears don't win you anything, honey.

3. It's too early to nominate the word of the year for 2008. "Change" is nice and all, but it could be usurped by the 2008 version of "flip flop" or whatever "subprime" turns out to be this year. Let's not get ahead of ourselves by jumping on the obvious here.

4. I still love Obama and I'm damn happy for him. But I still don't know who I'm voting for in November. I still have doubts about every single candidate. Well, except for McCain who I'd never vote for. Speaking of...

5. What color is Cindy McCain's face supposed to be? Anyone?

6. I still don't give a shit who Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Chuck Norris, and Oprah Winfrey want to vote for.

7. Liz Edwards looks OK.

8. Michelle Obama looks amazing.

9. Before you ask, yes, it does matter what these people look like, how they dress, and everything they do and say all year. Woot! Let the fun begin!

10. Why hasn't anyone come up with a silly spoof on an "I Heart Huckabees" t-shirt yet? I'm far too busy. You do it and let me know.

11. Romney looks kind of dorky, kind of too perky, like he's trying too hard.

12. I wonder if any of the candidates use a Mac?

OK, I'll stop now. It feels good to blog about an election!

Kramer Met Al Gore!

2007-05-29T11:40:00.000-07:00

Kramer is my coworker at 98-7 The Peak; we both work weekends on the air. Kramer is kind of that guy, oh how to describe him? He looks like an ordinary guy, but manages to get in touch with the fabulous in life every so often. He's the guy who will get off the air at 7pm and take a plane to Vegas, then I find out a week later he won a few grand that night and met a hot chick.

Last week, Kramer met Al Gore in Los Angeles. He even got to do some Q&A on stage with Gore and that made it onto NBC Nightly News. Kramer begged Gore to run for President. Gore is mum on running...will he or won't he? It's shit or get off the pot time.

Anyway, I have no idea how Kramer pulled off his hobnobbing last week, but just thought I'd share.

The REAL Story of VT

2007-04-22T17:02:00.000-07:00

The media has wasted time and resources glamorizing the violence of some nutjob kid in regards to the Virgina Tech story. To keep asking over and over again the dumbest question of all, "why?" allows the REAL story to go unoticed.

It's useless to ask why. Hello! This Cho character was a mentally ill person. It never ceases to amaze me how normal people feel the need to ask the "why" question over and over when not built to understand it to begin with because they are SANE. Just an observation.

Anyway, there is real story. No, actually I think there is more than one real story here. So here's just one.

If you want to understand the mind of a crazy person for your own spiritual needs or whatever, don't bother. Answer your "why" question with this. The guy did it because he had too many rights, and this is true of most mentally ill people walking around freely today. He did it because no one could stop him:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/22/MNGEMPDE6V1.DTL

Maybe it's time to change the laws. I say that as someone who once had to go to court to get a protective order against a schizophrenic stalker.

"No hay mal que por bien no venga" - there is nothing bad from which good cannot come.

Radar's MySpace Friend Race

2007-04-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

You may think I'm crazy, as many times as I've brought up the way MySpace potentially factors into Election 2008, but Radar seems to be going in much the same obsessive direction as I am. So much in fact that they have a graphic! See, they're already more nuts than me.

Radar MySpace Friend Race.

I'm sure you're not at all surprised who has the most friends. Yes, I'm one of Obama's friends. If you're one of his top friends, I'm so jealous!

And I admit, I do have one of these on my profile:

I will also admit I had the Hillary 1984 video on my profile ages ago as well. I will also admit I have yet to donate to his campaign. Not like he needs my help.

If you're Obama's friend, you received this earlier in the week:

Date: Apr 3, 2007 4:42 PM
Subject We're on our way to 100,000!
Body: Friends and fellow supporters of Senator Barack Obama,

We're well on our way to 100,000 friends.

Many of you have been around since 2004, and we've had about 20,000 new friends just in the past couple of weeks.

Thank you all for helping to make this the largest community of supporters for any presidential candidate on Myspace!

If you're not already registered to vote, I've added a link where you can do so quickly and easily, right here on this profile.

Please show your support by posting an Obama '08 banner on your profile.

We've all chipped in and made a lot of noise for the Obama campaign so far. Let's keep it up through 2008 and get him the Democratic nomination!

Thank you all,

-Joe, moderator

Friends and fellow supporters of Senator Barack Obama,

We're well on our way to 100,000 friends.

Many of you have been around since 2004, and we've had about 20,000 new friends just in the past couple of weeks.

Thank you all for helping to make this the largest community of supporters for any presidential candidate on Myspace!

If you're not already registered to vote, I've added a link where you can do so quickly and easily, right here on this profile.

Please show your support by posting an Obama '08 banner on your profile.

We've all chipped in and made a lot of noise for the Obama campaign so far. Let's keep it up through 2008 and get him the Democratic nomination!

Thank you all,

-Joe, moderator

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Will the one who rules MySpace end up ruling the country? Do MySpace-aged people get out of bed to get to the polls on election day?

This guy's better than an Indian casino!

2007-04-06T11:20:00.000-07:00

Obama continues to kick butt with his fundraising activities.

The Chicago Tribune also has a dedicated Obama Watch for your reading pleasure.

Wonder how all the other candidates feel? Hillary does OK, but he rivals her dollar amount so she certainly can't feel safe. It's nice to see a woman running again, but she's not my favorite woman for the job. I'm still thinking about her failed healthcare initiative from back in the day, all that White Water, and how annoying these political dynasties are. Reagan, Bush, Clinton... Let's get some new life in there. No more of this legacy stuff. Our leadership has gotten stale.

The $25 Million Man

2007-04-04T08:14:00.000-07:00

Obama has proven he has the fundraising clout! He's raised $25 million so far this year. It makes your $26 million look kind of paltry, doesn't it Hillary? Meanwhile, I'm for Obama for President, obviously. I even have a little Obama ad on my MySpace page though it remains to be seen how much MySpace will influence the election next year. Obama is also my MySpace friend and so is Joe Biden. I still think Web 2.0 is going to have a nice impact on who becomes our next president. Blogging made the 2004 election evolve into something much more exciting and now it's mainstream. So what will be the next exciting thing to come along to supercharge online communities for the big even next year?

The current lovefest

2007-03-25T17:45:00.000-07:00

Cancer is causing the current love fest in politics. Elizabeth Edwards has it, Tony Snow has it...and these two are sending the well wishes back and forth. It's a love fest! Will the stars of the 2008 election still be in a lovefest this time next year when the mudslinging begins?

Get things out of the Irack!

2007-03-18T18:02:00.000-07:00

It's about time someone came up with this! Ahh...comedy...the only truth in our society.

Campaign Likeability Tactic #37: Self-deprecation

2007-03-18T17:02:00.000-07:00

Senator John McCain, from my home state of Arizona, is trying to up his 2008 likeability factor already by admitting he’s older than dirt and all scarred up. He’s only 70 and already older than dirt? That’s not going to resonate with his over-70 base here in Arizona. This state is full of aging conservatives! Check out the CNN article. Sucking up to one audience is always sure to alienate another.

Libertease

2007-03-17T21:25:00.000-07:00

...Because "freedumb" was taken! ha! I'm just adding this blog to the already long list of blogs just in case I have something to say about the election coming up. THE election coming up. I was trying to get a good blog address before they were all taken!

The meaning of liberty is...say it with me now...no more BUSH!