Weiner Busts Balls
Koran Burning Day?
Don't Count Your Chickens...
A Little Too Much Passion?
Weiner Busts Balls
Of course, my saint-like mannered friends, a story with that tittle has to do with NY Congressman Anthony Weiner. In July 29th congress held a vote to give health care to those who were sickened by the toxins from the 9/11 attacks. That's right, this $7.4 Billion was to go to first responders, and civilians who were exposed to the debris from the falling twin towers. These people are desperately sick and needed this money to help pay their extremely high medical bills. However, the Republicans felt differently about that money.
Politicians play political games and this is one of those times. Since the Democrats were elected to fix the economy and... well the country, the Republicans have tried very hard (and have been successful to a point) to remind everyone that the Democrats can't run a government. Best way to do this is to prevent the whole government from doing anything by clogging up votes such as this one.
Democrats from the House of Representatives thought that everyone could agree with giving the $7.4 Billion to the people that the government failed to protect so that they could get well. So they tried to move the bill along quickly, and therefore would need OVER two-thirds of the house of representatives to pass the bill. This move also prevented Republicans from adding on any bullshit amendments, they just wanted this to be about helping these people. Republicans are a little more than one third of the house of the representatives. Democrats could only get 12 Republicans to help the 9/11 victims. So since they could not get 13 Republicans to vote for this, the bill died.
Which brings us to our friend Anthony Weiner. He didn't expect all Republicans to vote against this, and he didn't take his displeasure lightly. Now, I'll say that he kept it respectable. I mean he went off but its as if he had a 'I'm in front of my fellow Congressmen' filter. But if you can read between the lines, then friend, I have a pretty entertaining story for you:
I wish this guy was representing Jersey. I mean, he did stroll in there a bit worked up already, but he remained relatively cool until someone tried to interrupt him. Now you can interpret it anyway, I took it as:
"I will not yield!" Means "Come up here and Shut me up!"
"The gentleman will observe regular order," means, "You shut the fuck up!"
"The gentleman is wrong," means, "Fuck that mutherfucker!"
"A shame! A shame," means, "Fuck all them mutherfuckers over there!"
"The gentleman will observe regular order," means, "Shut the fuck up!"
"The gentleman is correct in sitting," means, "you better sit the fuck down!!"
I know my version curses a bit more, but after a couple of drinks tell me you don't hear the same thing.
John Stewart from the Daily Show had a great report on this (fun fact, John Stewart and Congressman Weiner not only went to college together, but were roommates):
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Unfortunately this was all moot as the Republicans killed the bill already. Now if the remaining 9/11 survivors want any help with their medical bills for sicknesses that were caused in 9/11 they will have to sue the government that failed to protect them that day.
Luckily it seems the Democrats have developed a spine after all and will bring this bill back up in such a way that it would just need a simple majority.
Koran Burning Day
Now I don't want to say that I saw something like this coming, but I saw something like this coming. It isn't as bad as the Muslim cab driver that was stabbed for being Muslim, or the various assaults and property damage that has been targeted at Muslims, but this can have the most impact.
Who would this Koran burning hurt? Our troops. In various different interviews, General Patraeus (the General recently put in charge of the Afghan war) has made it clear that if this guy does this, it will hurt his troops. Think about it, Bin Laden will have new recruitment tool. If this goes down it'll be easier for the abusers of religion to convince the poor and uneducated that America wants to burn down their way of life.
How can we convince Muslims in Afghanistan that we just want the terrorist out of there when they can see an American pastor and his 'church' burn their holiest book?
This man is an example of what happens when a crazy person perverts a religion for his own agenda. General Pataeus sees similarities between how this guy uses religion to create a fear and hatred, "it is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."
The latest is that this guy said that he is postponing the Koran burning because the Muslims behind the Park51 recreation center (ground zero mosque) have agreed to move the center in exchange for not burning the Koran. Unfortunately this doesn't appear to be true, as the people behind the Park51 recreation center have stated that they never promised him such a thing. I hope they don't do it, just because you shouldn't give into the whims of a nut-job threatening to burn your holy book. Now we have other nut-jobs around the nation that are not only going to do it, but also post it on YouTube themselves. This man has already grabbed plenty of media attention, and now other nut-jobs know how to get nation-wide media attention.
My take? This guy has a history of shady organizations in the past and this (and that mustache) is just his nuttiest idea so far. I hope this guy changes his mind. Again, the government shouldn't get involved, as we have the right to protest as long as its not hurting anyone. This is the other side of the freedoms we have.
Speaking of protests, here is a clip of Colin Powell on 'The View' talking about the Park51 recreation center. He kind of voices my thoughts on it.
Don't Count Your Chickens...
Alright, this doesn't have to do with much, but just check this goalie out. He saves a penalty kick, but goes straight to celebrating and doesn't notice the ball spin its way in there.
A Little Too Much Passion?
Now check out this candidate for county treasurer in Ohio. LOL, this guy has a little too much passion... a little too much caffeine in his coffee... a little too much WWE. I swear I didn't know if this guy was going to go psycho and hit someone with a steel chair. I didn't know he was running for anything, I thought he was challenging me to a Wrestle-mania match.
Well that's it for today.
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