Please vote for me, thus breaking the Seventh Seal and incurring Armageddon

I don’t have to tell you how stupid Israel’s decision to expel Arafat, or threaten to do so, is, but the decision to do this on 9/11 is simply not the act of a friend of the US.

Oh christ on a stick. They didn’t vote to expel him, as the BBC and everyone else said, they voted to “remove” him. So that’s expel *or* assassinate (according to Haaretz).

Of course Bush’s idea of the way to celebrate is to demand new powers to cut out the check and balance provided by the judicial branch in issuing subpoenas, and to expand the death penalty and denial of bail.

The LA Weekly has a story on how radio stations have already called the recall race. Also, Viacom’s Infinity Broadcasting, which owns 36 stations, refuses to take ads (and that includes news stations like KNX). Clear Channel (71) requires a buy of at least 20 stations. Between them, those 2 companies have 1/3 of listeners in SF.

Schwarzenegger says it’s ok that he broke his promise not to take campaign contributions because he won’t be swayed by them because he is “strong willed.” There’s a good campaign slogan: triumph of the will.

You’d think the polls that 69% of Americans think Saddam had something to do with 9/11 would cause news organizations, if not god forbid to present the facts to debunk that view, at least to be careful about not blurring the line themselves. Newsweek’s cover this week says “433 Americans Have Died in the War on Terror,” and yes that includes those in Iraq.

Berlusconi defends Mussolini as “benign.” And unlike Saddam, he "never murdered anyone, he sent people on holiday into internal exile".

Disneyland Paris is to have its first gay day. The mind boggles.


I’ve been reading candidate statements in the voter’s guide, and don’t think that wasn’t harder to find that it should have been). The most fun candidates don’t have statements, but here are some quotes. My comments will be in caps.

Alex-St. James (R)
“Once an Aspirant Catholic Priest, I support life from conception to the grave and the right to bear arms.” OH YEAH, THAT’S A REPUBLICAN.

http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/recall/1-3-1-clementsd.html, THIS GUY I WON’T QUOTE, BUT HIS STATEMENT, THAT HE PAID $10 A WORD FOR, IS ALL ABOUT HOW READING AYN RAND’S ATLAS SHRUGGED CHANGED HIS LIFE.

Warren Farrell (D) SOUNDS LIKE HE’S RUNNING ON A MEN’S RIGHTS PLATFORM. DID YOU KNOW THAT MEN EARN LESS MONEY THAN WOMEN FOR THE SAME WORK?

Larry Flynt claims to have “strong leadership and sophisticated business sense,” THE FIRST TIME THE WORD SOPHISTICATED HAS EVERY APPEARED IN A SENTENCE WITH HIS NAME.

Rich Gosse (R) is running on a fairness for singles platform.

Trek Thunder Kelly, WHO I’VE MENTIONED, THE PERFORMANCE ARTIST WHO WEARS ALL BLUE, BEGIN THUSLY: Dear Voters, Please vote for me, thus breaking the Seventh Seal and incurring Armageddon. I will legalize drugs, gambling, and prostitution so they may be taxed and regulated...

Frank A. Macaluso, Jr. (D): “Don't waste your vote on celebrities or publicity seekers.” I’VE NEVER SEEN SUCH AN UN-CALIFORNIAN STATEMENT IN MY LIFE. WHAT TRUE CALIFORNIAN WOULD CONSIDER A VOTE FOR A CELEBRITY SLASH PUBLICITY SEEKER A WASTE?


Leonard Padilla (Ind.) BEGINS “California's budget cannot be balanced on the backs of its students.” SURE IT CAN. YOU JUST HAVEN’T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION IF YOU THINK IT CAN’T, AND WON’T.

Ronald Jason Palmieri (D), WHO IS GAY, AND QUOTES BILL MAHER IN HIS STATEMENT, SAYS “I am not looking for your vote. I want to convince you to vote intelligently and not waste your vote on those, such as me, who will never be elected. I urge you to vote for one who will foster the American dream that allowed me to be on this ballot.” WASTE MY VOTE? I DON’T THINK I’LL TAKE ADVICE ON WASTAGE FROM THE GUY WHO SPENT $10 A WORD TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE FOR HIMSELF.

Bill Prady (D): You know the wonderful world that exists in television comedies—a world where, no matter what problems arise or conflicts exist, people work together to overcome any obstacle and, maybe, learn a little something? Wouldn't you like California to be a place like that? It can be if you elect Bill Prady to be the next governor of our great state. Bill Prady is an award- winning television comedy writer and producer who will bring the skills he's learned creating sitcom episodes to Sacramento. If elected, he pledges to solve all the state's problems in twenty-two minutes and forty-four seconds with two commercial breaks and a hug at the end. After all this turmoil, isn't this just what California needs?

Kevin Richter (R), quoted in full: “I breathe.”

Kurt E. "Tachikaze" Rightmyer (Ind, the sumo guy) explains that Tachikaze means “wind from a sword stroke.” “I will attack the 800-lb. gorilla of big government from every angle.” AND SOME OF THOSE ANGLES ARE PRETTY DISGUSTING.

Sharon Rushford (Ind). In 1998 my husband had his leg amputated by the state's largest HMO instead of being tested and given medication for his condition. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

B.E. Smith (Ind). I spent two years in federal prison because I grew medical marijuana for myself and others under the Compassionate Use Act passed by the citizens of California. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. UM, YOU DID BRING ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH THE WHOLE CLASS, DIDN’T YOU?

Diane Beall Templin (American Ind.) May the Lord give you the wisdom of Solomon as you vote. I pray that the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God will guide me in all decisions, especially in selecting the best and brightest trusted servants to resolve the budget crisis and heal our land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Lingel H. Winters (D) is running as “a career citizen, not as a career politician.” DIDN’T KNOW YOU COULD MAKE A CAREER OF BEING A CITIZEN. OH, HE’S A LAWYER. YOU CALL THAT BEING A CAREER CITIZEN?