The Republic National Committee is going to vote on their proposal for a “purity” test for their candidates. Basically, if you don’t agree, and vote in accordance, with 8 of the 10 Party’s positions, you get no funds or backing from the Republican National Committee. Didn’t Hitler have a similar “test”?

I’ve read the proposal, and honestly, there are items I agree with. Having said that, forcing someone upfront to vote and agree with the positions you want passed, is undermining what this country is suppose to be about. We are so quick to want to fix other governments, and promote equality, yet we can have mob-like proposals on the books affecting a candidates ability to even reach The People.

The mere existence of such a proposal makes the party look completely prejudicial and out-dated – as if their old ass candidates didn’t already make them look antiquated enough. I understand some of the party thinks their attempts to be moderate have failed, and they have to go hard-core conservative. But, really, your attempts to be moderate failed because the voters thought you were full of shit. It’s that simple.

Some members are opposed, including Chairman Michael S. Steele. He recognizes how ashamed those fools should be to even suggest such a test, and how dangerous it is to the Party as a whole. They are about to isolate a lot more of their supporters than what was probably imagined.

Picture This: you are a Republican, supporting a Republican candidate, who only agreed on 7 positions in the party. That candidate, who you rallied and voted for, no longer has the funds or support to continue to work for you. You’re a Republican, but you must just not be a good enough Republican, because the Party will not back up one of their own – the one that you’ve chosen. Where do you go from there?

Where’s the Democracy in that?

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The announcement of the iPad…woo freaking hoo. A big ass iPhone. Take a kindle, an iPhone, a compass and there ya go. To be fair, it’s not the worse technicological thing I’ve seen come out. It has a nice big screen and clear picture. You can buy more Apple crap, like iWork, to use on it. It has a touch screen keyboard, and in the event that sucks when you are trying to type up a presentation on a completely flat key-less piece of machinery, you can attach a keyboard to it. Somehow attaching a keyboard seems like it defeats the “tablet” purpose. By the way, has anyone figured out if it prints yet? Anyone? No? Ok.

The craziest thing, to this electronics consumer, is the price. The cheap, crappy reception, no memory one is going to be almost $500! To get a nice one it is almost $900! Why don’t I just spend the extra hundred and get a MacBook? At least the MacBook is proven to be Bluetooth capable, print, have built in USB connectivity, and so on. The tablet just seems like an over-priced novelty.

This is coming from someone who actually likes the iPhone, alot. The iPhone was (is) so cool because it had so many features and apps conveniently on my phone. It was in a class of its own compared to alot of other mobile media devices availalbe at the time. Having these things on a large tablet, that requires perripheals in order to get the most out of my purchase, is just a waste. A waste of money, a waste of space, and a waste of another bag I’d have to drag around. I guess I could slip it into my laptop case and they can make sweet syncing love when I reach my destination — that would need a table for all this shit I have to unpack and hook up now.

The joy of syncing and a clean fresh-from-the-box screen will probably last the purchaser about a week. For their investment sake, I hope I’m wrong. If anyone gets an iPad, leave a comment. I’d love to know how you fair when it comes in. And if anyone isn’t getting one, leave a comment too

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The Supreme Court has stripped down the regulations on business and union and their contributions to election campaigns. Now everyone is gearing up to spend spend spend on their favorite candidate to influence. The government rides their high horse to regulate the financial industry, as they should, but it’s ok to de-regulate election funds. Hmmm.

All kinds of earmarks will certainly go to local and special interest projects instead of to, I don’t know, rebuilding the economy for the masses. Speaking of which, Obama is going to Ohio to address those he addressed two years ago to get elected.

There were promises of an upswing in the job market and reinforcing job security as he connected with the average working class American. Instead he bailed out ungrateful banks who have bonus receiving executives and are back to making a profit. He also created jobs for the limited environmental sect, and spent money on a rack of other things that didn’t try to save the factories that let down their dedicated workers.

Obama gets to meet back up, face to face, with “Main Street” Americans and do what? Make more empty promises? Apologize that these people who were employed two years ago are now jobless with nothing on the horizon because of their age, skillset, and the lack of options in the classifieds?

You can’t tell me many of those people are excited he is coming. You can tell me that most of them regret their choice on their ballot and will not exactly be helping to get him re-elected. I have a sneaking suspicion that a Republican will be in office next term…unless they nominate another Bob Dole or John McCain to run…then maybe Obama will have a chance to keep his spot.

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I’ve been contemplating purchasing DJ Hero. I can live out my fantasy of being a DJ to recognizable songs that I enjoy from the comfort of my own home. Now, it didn’t sell that well last year, but let’s face it, for $150 bucks in our economy, that was just a stretch. However, tax season is upon us. Even those who struggled to make Christmas magic will be spending at least some of their tax money on luxuries such as electronics. I am no exception.

But then I was reading that Activision already announced it’s working on DJ Hero 2 for 2011. Ok, so I can spend $150 next month, and a year later would be faced with dropping that money again for a better version. That happens all the time, but Activision, why warn us that you are doing that? It’s just not an intelligent business move.

It’s like when Sega released the Sega 32X, while announcing that the following year the Saturn would be coming out. Then when the Saturn came out they announced they were working on the Dreamcast to come out a year or two later. Why the hell would someone want to spend a significant amount of money on a product that the company who produced it doesn’t even think is the best? It’s like saying “Here, spend $200 on this, it will keep you busy until we release our really good product next year and you can dump another $300 into our pockets.”

Are gaming companies that egotistical to think we can’t wait to throw money their way, or truly just that ignorant to the fact that consumers may be turned off by the prospect of their purchase being obsolete in a year.

I may still busy the original DJ Hero because I really like the track list. I’m a little on the fence though. I’m certain that the vast majority who heard that announcement have canned their idea to get DJ Hero and will wait the year to get DJ Hero 2. A year of waiting can save you $150 and get you, what will probably be, a better product.

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The government wants to figure out a way to legislate the consumption of salt by Americans. Are you serious? Is this something to legislate? Someone should really have let the American consumer know that their freedom of choice had been revoked.

I love that while they are so concerned about the health of citizens, as too much salt consumption is a prominent cause of high blood pressure, they still allow cigarettes, cheap cigars, and other tobacco products to fill the shelves behind your friendly convenience store clerk. I can buy and indulge in five packs of smokes a day, but I best not be allowed to over consume salt — or under consume, as salt is necessary for life.

Maybe if the salt distributors flooded campaign funds, the way tobacco companies do, politicians would suddenly feel no need to mandate regulations on salt consumption.

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Pat Robertson, yet again, spews his insensitivity while justifying it with his brand of Christianity. According to Robertson, the earthquake disaster was the result of Haiti’s “pact with the devil” that they made to escape French slavery. Even if you feel that way (because your mind is as small as your heart), why would you want to insult all of those people, families, and friends affected by this act of Mother Nature?

Chris Roslan, spokesman for CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), tried to do damage control by stating that Robertson never said the earthquake was “God’s wrath” as many reports claim. Okay…he didn’t, but it’s clear that was implied as he went on about Haiti’s misfortune and the Dominican Republic’s prosperity, the so-called “pact with the devil”, and how’s it’s a blessing in disguise to have the buildings leveled. Did we forget that 50,000 have died?!

I don’t generally have links in my posts, however, I am making an exception. At the bottom of this post is an outside link to a video; watch for yourself the hatred shared with his viewers. Perhaps he did not use the phrase “God’s wrath”, but the message was clear.

Men like Robertson give ALL Christians a bad rap that they don’t deserve. It paints all Christian as being hateful, intolerant, and, most importantly, unconcerned for their fellow man. As a very recognizable figure, his reckless use of his influence is truly unfortunate.

What is frightening is I know there were plenty of people at home cheering him on. *shivers*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5TE99sAbwM

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Bankers apologized to a special commission for their risky behavior that led to the great depression of the 21st century. However, they still said the behavior seemed appropriate at the time. Further, they have no remorse for increasing the salaries of the executives still employed thanks to the multi-billion dollar bailout funded by the taxpayers.

How is that an apology at all? That’s like saying “I’m sorry I killed your husband, but he was dressed like a moose so it seemed appropriate at the time…and hey, I bought 12 more guns, wanna see?”

Don’t bother apologizing. Don’t insult the commission or the citizens, just be honest: “We fucked everyone over. Thank you for fixing our mistake. And don’t worry, we’re going to keep compensating the offenders to make sure other financial consumers get fucked in the future.”

The federal government will be announcing some 2010 plans to recoup the taxpayers’ money. Fees and possible limiting of a financial institution’s size are some of the items on the table to regulate and recoup. No surprise that the banking industry is opposed to the proposals in their entirety. We said we’d help you out, and you continued to help yourself…time to pay the piper.

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Sarah Palin just signed a deal with Fox News to be a contributor, and I am excited!

No, I’m not a staunch Palin supporter…..but man, she was so entertaining during the Presidential Campaign. Sarah had some of the best videoed moments; I just had to favorite it on YouTube. I love listening to her talk circles and make absolutely no sense what so ever…all with that charming accent of hers.

I’ve never looked so forward to tuning into Fox News! And Fox News knows it. Smart on their part.

I know I’m not the only American who will be tuning in JUST to see Palin. Although, I bet I’m one of the few who will admit it.

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I’m not going to even pretend to be the politically correct guru of the East Coast. Actually, I’m very often accused of P.C. fouls. But damn, Harry Reid (aka Democratic Senate Majority Leader from Nevada), do you have any common sense? Any common sense at all? Running around insulting visitors to the Capitol (they’re the ones that pay you to work 103 days a year, dumbass) then going off at the mouth about Obama. Do you get off on having to apologize to people; is that your kink?

It’s not even run of the mill Obama-bashing that many of use do and is just a part of the political game….but to say Barrack is “light-skinned” with “no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one” is inconceivable moronic. I’m not condemning nor condoning his opinion, I just happen to think that even the average person’s mental filter would recognize that statement shouldn’t be made within ear shot of ANYONE if you work on Capitol Hill.

What I find even more confusing is how the hell does the phrase “no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one” flows from ones lips smoothly? It’s a struggle to read it without sounding like I’m an undergraduate of Hooked on Phonics.

Harry, collect your inflated salary, tally up your lobbyists’ donations, enjoy the $9 Million you have in the bank, and shut the fuck up.

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