Badger: A fierce animal that will protect itself and its young at all costs, capable of fending off larger animals like wolves and bears. The state animal of Wisconsin.
132 + 1: The number of representatives in the Wisconsin assembly and Senate, plus Gov. Scott Walker.
70,000 Badgers vs. 133 men. I'm betting on the badgers.
K-Daffy Duck's reign is as solid as Jello...before it gets to the fridge.
So, Newt Gingrich is thinking about running for POTUS. Well Newt, might want to keep thinking 'cuz I think you got no chance. If you were the only one running, you'd lose. Keep the tin foil hat handy. You can't beat Pawlenty or Palin for the nomination and you sure as hell can't be Obama.
Speaking of Obama, I sure hope the Dems decide to run someone against him. Maybe Howard Dean would like to try again. I also hope Anthony Weiner decides to run for the Senate. We need someone with guts there.
The Tea Party is threatening to hold the Repubs "accountable", yet they haven't even figured out that they were used and manipulated throughout the election. Just why do you suppose the Party let you guys put the R after your name in the first place? Your ideals aren't any more R than mine. You're supposed to be Libertarians, aren't you?
If the Tea Party is so disgusted with government waste and intrusion, why did only a handful vote against the Boehner boner jet engine project and why are they climbing on board the abortion debate. Passing these draconian laws not only invites government intrusion into people's lives, it requires it.
Said once, saying again department (SOSAD): Obama is not a liberal, progressive, or even Democrat. He's a social Republican. Proof is the health care bill. Check the archives to see why.
Question of the Day: Why isn't anyone talking about the provision in the Walker Bill that allows the governor to assume control of all the energy facilities in the state and do with them whatever he wants? That provision gives him complete autonomy to sell to whomever he wants any/all of those facilities for any amount without any open bidding. Think the Koch brothers have a hand in that? Hmmm...
IMHO: The best picture of the year didn't win. Dead stuttering monarchs are a lot less interesting to me than a movie that challenges you to think. I'll let you guess my pick.
And finally: There was actual ICE on my car when I got off work yesterday morning. ICE! In HB!?! Climate change indeed, my friends.
Until tomorrow, keep the big wheel turning!
Hamster Prez
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Random Ramblings From the Wheel
First, a warm Hamster welcome to our newest reader, BG from Irvine, CA. I am looking forward to hearing from him regarding his first foray into the Hamster Paradigm.
Who'da thunk that Wisconsin would be the last remaining hope of keeping the Oligarchy from attaining power? Well, it hasn't happened yet, of course, since Governor Ego is sticking to his plan. But let's face the fact that the only group of fundraisers for the Democrats are the unions. Without them, the Republicans and their corporate overlords can assume complete control.
Can any Hamster name a single Ruling Class society that didn't end in revolution? I can't.
Obama has been eerily silent on the matter, which I think is incredibly shrewd. While there is certainly no doubt that this is a completely partisan political stunt, staying out of it and letting the People manage their own destiny in this is political calculus.
The Administration's announcement that it would no longer defend DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) in court was another calculation by Team Obama. Since the Republicans have obviously decided that social issues, not jobs or the debt/deficit is their main focus (as if it was ever anything else), he throws them another bone to chew on. This is nothing more than a diversionary tactic, the purpose of which is to keep them working on things other than the important stuff.
By the way, and this is important because one of the FoxBots already said it which means a bunch of their viewers already believe it, "Mubarak Obama" (as she called him)is not choosing which laws to enforce. He very clearly said in his letter to SOH Boehner that while the administration would continue to obey the law, it no longer believed the law is constitutional and therefore would not try to defend it.
Speaking of mindless talking heads, Muhammer G-Q-K-daffy Duck is starting to look like the Glenn Beck of Africa. I wish the press, or maybe his agent, would please give the media the correct spelling of his freaking name. I've seen it spelled with each of the 3 letters above...Ghdaffi, Qaddafi, and Khdafy. Does the guy have a birth certificate we can get our hands on to finally know what his name is? Anyway, he's sounding and looking loonier every day. Killing thousands of his countrymen will certainly earn him a place in history, albeit with the likes of people you normally wouldn't want you name in the same sentence with.
Irony of the day: As the Middle East takes to the streets to bring about democracy, the bastion of that governmental form is moving ever further away from it.
How's that union busting thing working for ya, Mr. Walker? Well, one fact is this: 279 or more than 80% of the teachers at the non-union University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, just voted to join the union after years of turning it down. Nothing pushes people away from your agenda like an agenda they hate and you refuse to confront.
Seventy thousand people hanging around the capitol in Madison on any given day, yet the Republican assembly still passes the damned bill (illegally, of course). You can't even go to the bathroom without stepping on someone opposed to your position and yet you act like they aren't even there. Balls, that's what that takes.
No arrests in 11 days of protests. Freaking amazing!
KEITH OLBERMANN IS BACK...sort of. His new website opened on Friday and his new show will be on Current TV (channel 196 on Dish...check you local listings) weeknights at 8 (probably eastern time) starting in "late spring" (or on the last day of the 6 months off air as part of his departure arrangement at MSNBC). The new blog is www.foknewschannel.com so check it out.
That's all the rambling for this edition. See ya tomorrow!
Hamster Prez
Who'da thunk that Wisconsin would be the last remaining hope of keeping the Oligarchy from attaining power? Well, it hasn't happened yet, of course, since Governor Ego is sticking to his plan. But let's face the fact that the only group of fundraisers for the Democrats are the unions. Without them, the Republicans and their corporate overlords can assume complete control.
Can any Hamster name a single Ruling Class society that didn't end in revolution? I can't.
Obama has been eerily silent on the matter, which I think is incredibly shrewd. While there is certainly no doubt that this is a completely partisan political stunt, staying out of it and letting the People manage their own destiny in this is political calculus.
The Administration's announcement that it would no longer defend DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) in court was another calculation by Team Obama. Since the Republicans have obviously decided that social issues, not jobs or the debt/deficit is their main focus (as if it was ever anything else), he throws them another bone to chew on. This is nothing more than a diversionary tactic, the purpose of which is to keep them working on things other than the important stuff.
By the way, and this is important because one of the FoxBots already said it which means a bunch of their viewers already believe it, "Mubarak Obama" (as she called him)is not choosing which laws to enforce. He very clearly said in his letter to SOH Boehner that while the administration would continue to obey the law, it no longer believed the law is constitutional and therefore would not try to defend it.
Speaking of mindless talking heads, Muhammer G-Q-K-daffy Duck is starting to look like the Glenn Beck of Africa. I wish the press, or maybe his agent, would please give the media the correct spelling of his freaking name. I've seen it spelled with each of the 3 letters above...Ghdaffi, Qaddafi, and Khdafy. Does the guy have a birth certificate we can get our hands on to finally know what his name is? Anyway, he's sounding and looking loonier every day. Killing thousands of his countrymen will certainly earn him a place in history, albeit with the likes of people you normally wouldn't want you name in the same sentence with.
Irony of the day: As the Middle East takes to the streets to bring about democracy, the bastion of that governmental form is moving ever further away from it.
How's that union busting thing working for ya, Mr. Walker? Well, one fact is this: 279 or more than 80% of the teachers at the non-union University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, just voted to join the union after years of turning it down. Nothing pushes people away from your agenda like an agenda they hate and you refuse to confront.
Seventy thousand people hanging around the capitol in Madison on any given day, yet the Republican assembly still passes the damned bill (illegally, of course). You can't even go to the bathroom without stepping on someone opposed to your position and yet you act like they aren't even there. Balls, that's what that takes.
No arrests in 11 days of protests. Freaking amazing!
KEITH OLBERMANN IS BACK...sort of. His new website opened on Friday and his new show will be on Current TV (channel 196 on Dish...check you local listings) weeknights at 8 (probably eastern time) starting in "late spring" (or on the last day of the 6 months off air as part of his departure arrangement at MSNBC). The new blog is www.foknewschannel.com so check it out.
That's all the rambling for this edition. See ya tomorrow!
Hamster Prez
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Note to all Hamsters and Friends...
It has been 6 weeks since my last post and I have spent that time basking in the glow of Frak It. I mean, really, can it get any crazier? Oops. Never say things like that unless you want them to happen. Well, as it happens, I am coming back to the blogosphere to once again tilt at the windmills of my mind. There's going to be a new format, however, one that should ease the digestion a little bit.
I realize that I can be a little verbose, excited, passionate, even wordy. I also realize that you all have lives to live and other things to do. So, with tomorrow night's post I will be serving up kibbles and bits of the news that makes me want to say something. Random Ramblings From the Wheel with occasional longer editorials, which will be clearly marked.
As always, I encourage participation and being passed along to your friends, co-workers, families, and enemies (many of which could fit in any/all of those categories). Feel free to disagree. Civil discourse, unlike what they have in Wisconsin or ReThuglican town halls is always welcome here.
I look forward to posting again, something that I wasn't sure I would ever say again. Until tomorrow, then...
Keep the Big Wheel Turning!
HamsterPrez
I realize that I can be a little verbose, excited, passionate, even wordy. I also realize that you all have lives to live and other things to do. So, with tomorrow night's post I will be serving up kibbles and bits of the news that makes me want to say something. Random Ramblings From the Wheel with occasional longer editorials, which will be clearly marked.
As always, I encourage participation and being passed along to your friends, co-workers, families, and enemies (many of which could fit in any/all of those categories). Feel free to disagree. Civil discourse, unlike what they have in Wisconsin or ReThuglican town halls is always welcome here.
I look forward to posting again, something that I wasn't sure I would ever say again. Until tomorrow, then...
Keep the Big Wheel Turning!
HamsterPrez
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