Tired of the same crap on TV? Then you have to start an e-mail campaign to get a gubernatorial debate in New York to be shown once a week, with all the candidates present. Sure we know that Andrew Cuomo is the only candidate who has any chance of winning, but that was because we believed Carl Paladino was the only candidate who was “mad as Hell and not gonna take it anymore!” and belonged in a mental hospital. Ignorant of course, until we saw who else thinks they can win…Well, there is Charles Barron who has a scorching case of anger
management issues and just hates everyone. He has no real plan except to bash the only man who can win; a mistake considering that he is a fellow democrat whose ass he will be kissing later. Then there are former hooker turned politician (not a far stretch) Kristin Davis, and Jimmy McMillan, of the “Rent is Too Damn High Party,” who is just a complete maniac. Clearly the most entertaining candidate of the evening, with an odd beard and obvious OCD issues because he wears these ridiculous black gloves even indoors. He did provide us however, with the quote of the entire debate, “As a Karate expert, I won’t talk about anyone up here, but our children have no place to live.” Now, that’s classic. He’s got my vote!
On a serious note (If that’s even possible) there were two lesser party candidates who really did make a good impression on me as intelligent competent people, but when you have a free society like we do, even maniacs get to have a say, and that can dilute the message of serious smaller party candidates like Howard Hawkins of the Green Party and Warren Redlich of the Libertarian Party.
NPR has fired longtime news analyst Juan Williams after he went on Bill O’Reilly and said that he gets nervous when he sees Muslims on airplanes. Doesn't everyone? Williams also said political correctness could "lead to some kind of paralysis, where you don't address reality." After Bill O’Reilly wet himself over the fact that this was coming from a black guy, he went on to agree with everything Williams said.
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Yankee fans fear not, Cliff Lee is a dog they won’t get bitten by twice. The Yankees know how to adjust. I’m having a ball watching the “other” series, the Giants and Phillies. Great pitching match-ups and timely hitting.
THIS WEEK’S REASON WHY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US
So I was standing in line at Duane Reade with my daily supply of drugs, cookies and soft core porn when I saw the cover of one of those retarded tabloids and the headline was “Teen Mom Shocker” or some shit like that. Apparently this is a show on MTV now? Fucking really? Is this how far our society has fallen, where our desperately sought after fifteen minutes of fame can now be obtained by out of wedlock impregnation of a minor? Isn’t that a felony? Now you can get on the cover of Star? Its bad enough you have these bimbos who are famous for making sex tapes or having a big ass, now it’s parading around a teen pregnancy? I do not long for the 1950’s where a girl like this would be shunned off to a distant relative, or for stoning this poor fool to death like they do in Iran, but certainly this is not to be celebrated. And MTV, how can you prey on a teenaged girl whose lifelong dream was to be on TV but doesn’t even have the good judgment to use birth control? Can this be called anything but exploitation? Can we arrest MTV?
management issues and just hates everyone. He has no real plan except to bash the only man who can win; a mistake considering that he is a fellow democrat whose ass he will be kissing later. Then there are former hooker turned politician (not a far stretch) Kristin Davis, and Jimmy McMillan, of the “Rent is Too Damn High Party,” who is just a complete maniac. Clearly the most entertaining candidate of the evening, with an odd beard and obvious OCD issues because he wears these ridiculous black gloves even indoors. He did provide us however, with the quote of the entire debate, “As a Karate expert, I won’t talk about anyone up here, but our children have no place to live.” Now, that’s classic. He’s got my vote!
On a serious note (If that’s even possible) there were two lesser party candidates who really did make a good impression on me as intelligent competent people, but when you have a free society like we do, even maniacs get to have a say, and that can dilute the message of serious smaller party candidates like Howard Hawkins of the Green Party and Warren Redlich of the Libertarian Party.
NPR has fired longtime news analyst Juan Williams after he went on Bill O’Reilly and said that he gets nervous when he sees Muslims on airplanes. Doesn't everyone? Williams also said political correctness could "lead to some kind of paralysis, where you don't address reality." After Bill O’Reilly wet himself over the fact that this was coming from a black guy, he went on to agree with everything Williams said.
SPORTS
Yankee fans fear not, Cliff Lee is a dog they won’t get bitten by twice. The Yankees know how to adjust. I’m having a ball watching the “other” series, the Giants and Phillies. Great pitching match-ups and timely hitting.
THIS WEEK’S REASON WHY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US
So I was standing in line at Duane Reade with my daily supply of drugs, cookies and soft core porn when I saw the cover of one of those retarded tabloids and the headline was “Teen Mom Shocker” or some shit like that. Apparently this is a show on MTV now? Fucking really? Is this how far our society has fallen, where our desperately sought after fifteen minutes of fame can now be obtained by out of wedlock impregnation of a minor? Isn’t that a felony? Now you can get on the cover of Star? Its bad enough you have these bimbos who are famous for making sex tapes or having a big ass, now it’s parading around a teen pregnancy? I do not long for the 1950’s where a girl like this would be shunned off to a distant relative, or for stoning this poor fool to death like they do in Iran, but certainly this is not to be celebrated. And MTV, how can you prey on a teenaged girl whose lifelong dream was to be on TV but doesn’t even have the good judgment to use birth control? Can this be called anything but exploitation? Can we arrest MTV?
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- What little support Jimmy McMillan could have garnered for his noble cause was lost long ago when he failed to come up with a coherent plan to enact some sort of rent reduction. Oh, and yeah: blaming the problem on the Jews didn't help either.
ReplyDelete- Juan Williams--like Faux News does 24/7--failed to make the distinction between commentator and analyst. Williams was the latter and as such, his feelings--while shared by many--are irrelevant. We want his political analysis not his personal views. If he wants to be Bernie Goldberg, so be it. But not while carrying the "analyst" title.
- I've been following the Giants and the Phillies all season and I like both teams. (Much to the chagrin of my Mets-rooting friends, in the case of the latter.) So, if the Yankees' season ends in Texas this weekend--fingers crossed it won't--I'll be rooting for the NL team in the WS.
What's up? Someone linked me to your new post, but when I scrolled down to read this one as well some questions popped into my mind.
ReplyDelete1) Why did Charles Barron strike you as having anger management problems when Warren Redlich seemed "intelligent and competent"? The latter took several more swipes at Cuomo than the former over the course of the debate.
2) Howie Hawkins's and Charles Barron's policy ideas were nearly identical(I had a hard time choosing just one of them). Why did one strike you as having no plan except for "hating everyone" when the other struck you as "intelligent and competent"?
3) Are "intelligent and competent" code words? Just curious, cause scrolling down it looks like you use them with some frequency.
Also, McMillan is not very composed or charismatic (tho people end up liking him anyway), but that makes him a poor politician, not a maniac. I'm wondering what you mean by that word as well.
He's got a fly CD out on iTunes (The Rent Is Too Damn High Vol 1). You should grab a copy. Vibe out while you're watching the news or something...
1) I don't form my opinions on Barron after one debate, but of his overall work. Do some research.
ReplyDelete2) If Hawkins struck you as just as angry as Barron we were watching two different debates, and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. But I do not agree with you.
3) They are not code words. And if McMillan's quotes don't strike you as a little crazy, that's ok too. But to the rest of us, saying it's "ok to marry a shoe" might not be the most sane thing to say in a debate.
If you have problems with how I express myself, let me be the first to say I could really care less, sorry.
Thank you for taking me so literally, but maybe it's time to lighten up.
I thought Hawkins and Barron's ideas on progressive taxation, as well as a number of other things, came across as nearly identical. (The animosity towards Cuomo was more a quality Barron shared with Warren Redlich, not Hawkins.) While Hawkins's vocabulary seemed more in line with a long life of upstate liberal activism and Barron's vocabulary seemed more in line with a long career in nyc politics, both parties had substantially similar policy ideas as outlined in the debate and the voting resources I utlized (votesmart.org, and each party's campaign website). I ended up going with Barron because (possibly for the same reason many people went with Cuomo) he seemed to have more of the charisma befitting a politician than Hawkins, who seemed very bookish and smart but also stuttering and awkward. Alas, neither of them got enough votes to put their party in a position for public funding.
ReplyDeleteMcMillan's little couplet DID get him all over youtube though, and got him twice as many votes as Barron, which is not too shabby for a "crazy" guy.
I wasn't trying to be heavy or anything, just think it's always healthy to chickity-check ourselves every once in awhile. Barron may sound like an angry guy to you, but he has a long history of fighting for the rights of black people in NYC. Some people maybe find that agenda aggressive.
Believe it or not, though, the internet can spark conversations, not just an endless stream of noise. I wouldn't engage in a convo with you if I didn't think you were worth engaging...
Funny I never said McMillan wasn't entertaining, just nuts. If you expect me to apologize for using the word maniac to describe someone who perofmed those antics, you are going to have a considerably long wait. A dog doing summersaults also gets all over youtube, that hardly qualifies him as a serious politician, if that's your criteria, you and others like you are in serious danger of having Justin Bieber making legislative decisions for you.
ReplyDelete"chickity check yourself?"...nah it's too easy.