Maggie's Farm

Biden is a man who had the best of intentions, who seriously believed in his own good nature and brilliance and who, at one time, may have had a quick wit and reasonable view on how politics works.

Sadly, he has grown into the Grand Dad who once had a mind like a steel trap only somebody left it out in the rain and it rusted shut.

Ah well, too many depressing links this morning - too much idiocy in the world - screw it - I'm going fishing.

You're more than welcome to join me. :>)

No offense Buddy - BUT THAT WAS FREAKIN' HORRIBLE!!

Good lord man, have you no mercy?

Wrong again Zach. There IS something faster than the speed of light - that being the jokes that flew across Twitter in an expansion of laughter rivaling that of the Big Bang. To wit:

We don't allow faster than light neutrinos in here, said the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar.

Neutrino. Knock knock.

Hipsters liked neutrinos before they arrived.

I wrote a speed of light joke...but a neutrino beat me to it.

A. To prove particles can travel faster than light
Q. Why did the neutrino cross the road?

I'm going to tweet my neutrino joke yesterday.

Only you would make a point by quoting the title Garrett Hardin's white paper who believed genocide was justifiable on the grounds of ecological balance and that the donating food to Ethiopians during Ethiopian Famine was not justified because it would contribute to additional population which couldn't be sustained - in other words, let them starve for the sake of the ecology.

He was also a closet eugenicist but that's a different subject.

No it isn't - it is widely accepted currency in the eugenicist and genocide community, but no where else.

You can't change the facts. Oh wait - you're an alarmist. You think you can change the facts.

Sorry - lost my head there for a second.

Wasn't there a song about that?

"This is the dawning of the Age of Enlightenment - Age of Enlightenment....."

Oh wait - that was Aquarius - my bad.

There was more to the Palin debacle than good looks. While she is a successful woman based largely on her innate intelligence and political instincts (on a local level), she has a horrible speaking voice which sounds shrill and strident, she had a real lack of background information on which to present her side of the national issues, her "support" staff was more interested in making sure she didn't overshadow McCain (which happened anyway) and her own stumbles and naiveté' about how she was going to be treated by the liberal press. In that sense, Palin was her own worst enemy.

And, as much as I hate to say this, Trig was a major issue because it brought to mind the very nature of motherhood and mothering - which Palin pulled off magnificently much to the chagrin of the liberal abortion oriented feminists, but it made other women, including conservative women, think "what if it had been me?" and they probably came up lacking in the courage department to do what Palin did.

Lastly, a woman will never be elected to VP or President in our lifetimes. Women have too many issues with other women (even those who are friends) and the distaff electorate is not of a single opinion on other women. Even in Maine where you would think that RINOs Snow and Collins would be friends, they were barely colleagues and in fact really didn't care for each other at all - even though they voted the same on almost every issue.

And that's my screed for the day. :>)

I think we're on the same side of a lot of issues, but our approaches are from the opposite sides of the coin as it were. :>)

I actually guess right when McCain was looking around for a running mate. I have a good friend who moved to Alaska 20 something years ago, works in the marine construction industry. Knows Todd Palin pretty well and was very high on Sarah Palin when she was governor. I guessed right on Palin as McCain's pick based on what my friend said - what I didn't know was that she was vulnerable in a lot of different ways.

Don't get me wrong - I like Palin. Liked her even more when the story of her life became known. But I think she can do more for the Republican party being it's conservative conscience and constantly needling the party establishment. In my reality, she's the one we need to lead the party and win everything back.

See above. :>)