SOTD: David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Berlin 2002)

You've Got To Be Kidding

COURIC: You’ve cited Alaska’s proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?

PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land– boundary that we have with– Canada. It– it’s funny that a comment like that was– kind of made to– cari– I don’t know, you know? Reporters–

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that’s the word, yeah.

COURIC: Explain to me why that enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our– our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They’re in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia–

COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We– we do– it’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where– where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is– from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to– to our state.

SOTD: Wood Brothers - Lovin' Arms

Socialist America

Stunning.

Excerpt from the Market Ticker

"So let's add it up - thus far:

• Housing "bailout" bill, $300 billion
• "Stimulus checks", $160 billion
• "Back door" bailouts done without Congressional authorization, including "hidden" loans that may never be repaid, such as Bear Stearns and "temporary" clearing loans to Lehman Brothers, about $100 billion (in total)
• Treasury's plan to back money market funds, $50 billion
• This new "bailout", $500 billion

Oh, and don't believe that $500 billion number.  Its a lie.  I have long maintained that we have about $2-3 trillion of bad housing-related debt involved, of which only $200-300 billion has been written off.

So there's still $1.7-2.7 trillion out there to be cleared in this mess and you are going to get charged for all of it unless you literally take to the phones and the streets right now - this weekend - and stop it.

This sort of election-year pandering is beyond outrageous; it is nothing other than government theft (from you) to bail out the pigmen of Wall Street who have robbed you blind for the last decade".

Yep.

SOTD: Neil Young - Like a Hurricane

America is Awesome!

Rap Battle, Translated into English

John McCain Asking Palin to be VP

The actual answering machine message McCain left...

Watch the Entire Republican Convention in One Minute!

SOTD: Syntax - Message

SOTD: Bob Dylan - Most of the Time