Joe LIEberman

I can't believe I ever supported this sell-out. Have I changed or has he? After viewing this hilarious (but sadly so true) sock puppet video I'd have to say definitely the latter!

I'm Back (again)

After more than a year off-line, I guess the Ordinary Netizen has to once again speak with some ordinary common sense because of the insanity we are seeing in the so called health care reform. Stay tuned for posts on Joe LIEberman and Obama's pyrrhic victory.

YES WE DID

Palin's Pipeline of Cronyism

Despite Palin's lofty claims of "due diligence" and an "open and transparent" bidding process for who is to eventually (possibly) build the pipeline for supplying natural gas to the lower 48, it turns out that there was really only one viable bidder--TransCanada. Now, this alone isn't too concerning--maybe TransCanada was the only company who could satisfied the requirements. But that's probably my mid-western naivete giving the benefit of doubt.

Well, the lead person in Palin's Pipeline team is a woman named Marty Rutherford, who, as it turns out, worked previously for a lobbying firm--and now, you probably guessed it, here comes the rub: good ol' Marty lobbied for a subsidiary of, yep, TransCanada.

And, last but not least, a cool $500 million "incentive" was given to TransCanada, despite TransCanada's history of agreeing to do the job in 2004 without that sweetener. Now for my east-cost cynicism--so how much of that $500 million gets kicked back to Palin cronies like Marty?

Woman admits making up McCain sticker attack

Typical crazy republican:

(CNN) -- A Republican campaign worker who told police she was assaulted by a man angered by a John McCain sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief said Friday.
Police say Ashley Todd, 20, admitted making up the report she was attacked because of a McCain sticker.

Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, has been charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor, and may face more charges, said Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard at a news conference.

Todd is incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail but had not been arraigned Friday night.

Todd was a volunteer for a John McCain phone bank in Pittsburgh, the campaign said.

Moreover, Sarah Palin spoke with Ashley Todd following the alleged attack. Man, I'd like to have heard that conversation between two crazy people--one fake & crazy politician trying to be sympathetic to a crazy supporter.

Fun with the Electoral Map - Landslide!

This is about the best case scenario that I see as possible; some would include North Carolina, but I think that's a bit out of reach. Either way, it's a landslide victory! And even with a 'worst case scenerio' Obama wins.

Fun with the Electoral Map - Worst Case

A Sign of the Times

Getting fired up to fire local Bush-mate politician!