So I’m sure all of those of you who actually care to follow the whole election race know that John McCain wants to cancel the Presidential debate scheduled for Friday, citing concerns over the current state of the economy and wanting to wait to see what Congress does or whatever. If you don’t see this move as clear way to completely avoid a better equipped opponent perhaps you don’t need to be following anything until you can make an actual informed decision with your vote.

Most people have already seen McCain stumble and succumb to complete senility constantly. Palin can’t speak to reporters anymore without consent because the only thing she’s qualified for doing is clubbing baby seals and walking across the “street” to hang out with her Russian neighbors. Other than constantly attacking or trying to mock Obama for inexperience, McCain is no Ronald Reagan and isn’t quick witted enough to handle Obama in a debate. He knows this and all of his staff knows this.

Here’s hoping the debate happens, I don’t see Obama actually letting McCain pull this obvious and horribly played dodge attempt.

So every morning I read the news or listen to the radio, there’s always something about McCain (usually Palin though, can’t escape her) v. Obama. Though sometimes there’s a little article stating who voters are leaning towards. These polls are usually pretty insignificant and actually tell anything — except the one’s that show which way ex-Clinton backers are leaning.

Basically they, like Clinton herself, are an extremely bitter bunch.

On the other hand, Clinton supporters think more highly of Republican candidate John McCain than other Democrats do. Forty-two percent of Clinton backers view McCain favorably, including 71 percent of them who still don’t support Obama. That compares with 33 percent of all Democrats who see McCain positively.

Seriously folks, get over it. She lost, she had every chance in the world to win and she blew it. Why must you continually dwell on a loss? It’s almost as bad as her not dropping out until damn near last week (quite the exaggeration I know, but still). Obama won and Clinton didn’t, but because she didn’t that means you have to vote for a Senile old man and some deranged mother of a little league baseball team?

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Remember that Apple “1984″ (yeah like the book) ad way back when, when the Macintosh was first introduced to the masses yearning to break free? Yeah me neither, but it was named one of the greatest super bowl ads ever just before this years super bowl. Anyhoo some intrepid soul edited it to attack Hillary Clinton. Now before you go on about “those damn right-wing republicans!”, it’s actually an ad for Barack Obama. But he didn’t have anything to do with it, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, especially since it’s far more creative then any other political ad I’ve seen in… well ever.

Here’s the “offending” video.

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Purdy neat eh?

We all know that the RI/MPAA are quickly becoming the type of entities that drive people to rebel, and that they (more the RIAA so it would seem) will do anything to further their respective agenda’s, whatever those may be. But we common folk don’t actually know (without a little sleuthing that I doubt many have taken upon themselves to do) who is behind this massive litigious beast. That’s where the Consumerist comes in.

In a recent article, the Consumerist lists the top talking heads of each of the labels that make up the RIAA. Gives you their mailing addresses and convenient photo’s of the offending parties. As one commenter stated over at there, they all kind of look like mob bosses don’t they?

We’ve received a lot of requests to “expose” the RIAA for who they really are…

Now maybe with this info we can somehow, someway, get them to stop suing the infirm, elderly, children, and of course the dead. If you haven’t already, go check out that article and have some letter writing fun (it works for mothers against everything, so why can’t it work for you!).

Everybody is tired of politics these days, be it because of corruption or countless scandal. One guy has taken it upon himself to… well actually he’s just making silly ad’s and getting minute press time. But to be completely honest, he still might actually be better then either of the current main choices for Illinois governor.

Unlike Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Nieukirk would live and work in Springfield.
“I’m more than happy to move into the mansion. I need to get out of my parents’ house,” he explained.

Obviously the guy has a sense of humor too and politicians need that, ’cause far too many of them take themselves too seriously. Even when they take themselves seriously, more often then not they don’t even do anything to help the people who elected them. If I vote, I’ll write in Popeye or maybe Cletus the Slackjawed Yokel. Now those are well placed votes.

You can read a nice little article about the guy and him sleeping with your sister here.

Everybody heard the speech and read his first 1995 memoir. Now remember, not a whole lot of people even knew who the hell he was in 1995 to know to buy his book. But now that he’s becoming a household name, oh buddy, watch out ’cause it seems like he’s aiming for MLK or JFK type acclaim (not that he probably doesn’t deserve it).

Since his pseudo announcement of his contemplating to run for presidential candidacy every where you go or surf it’s Obama this, Obama that. I say more power to him if it’s generating more book sales and in turn, more cash in his pocket. That’s the American dream right? Get rich off the masses and laugh all the way to the presidency.

Somehow though, I don’t necessarily think his saying he might run is an attempt at conjuring up interest for his book(s). The guy is eloquent, has the whole family image going for him (lots of Americans eat that up), and is a minority. He’s a first term senator and it seems like from day one that the democratic party was trying to kick him in the pants to get him to run in 2008. Is it because there aren’t any other democrats in office currently that could do a better job at being president or are they just seeing something in him that tells them “if he runs, we could win”?

Whatever the case may be, personally I think this is the best time for him to run. Who cares about his lack of stately experience? GWB has been in office for 6 years and still doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing, not to mention was a governor for a long period of time. Did all that “experience” translate to anything good while he was in office? Nope not at all.

So who’s to say that just because Obama’s been a senator for less then a whole term that he couldn’t do a great job as president? Not me.

I’ll vote for him if he’s on the ballot in 2008. Seems like a better placed vote then Hilary Clinton…

Bit of an iconic and somewhat cheesy graphic being used by the Austrian Pirate Party to illustrate that the 3 aren’t so different. Will it actually make an impact, maybe in Austria but I doubt many people are going to get it, even if they stare at it for days. Makes ya think though.

Championed by Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’ video game law made the sale of violent and sexual explicit games to minors illegal.

Now if only states/governments could get sued for passing/introducing other idiotic legislations. Maybe then tax payers could focus their money on more important things… like eating and of course sacrificing their first born for gas money (not you Zoe, I’d never trade you in for a tank of gas! :D).

On another more important to other folks who live in Illinois, maybe this’ll be another deciding blow to get Rod My-name-sounds-dirty-if-you’re-high out of office. Though the person he’ll presumably be running against is just as bad and just as stupid. Here’s too years more of retarded state spending! Hoorah!

More on this here…

Boycott Cristal This is for all you alcoholic club goers. Apparently Jay-Z is boycotting Cristal due to an executive of the company said something or the other about it being synonymous with rappers and the “bling lifestyle”. So boycott it I guess, or do whatever you want, I’m sure you will anyways. via Boing Boing

LA Police raided South Central Farm because the city reneged on it’s promise and sold the land to some developer. Sounds like something that would happen here in Chicago. [tags]LA, politics[/tags]

via Boing Boing