Perelandran commentary on a Thulcandran existence
I think she came very close to doing what she needed to do but am not certain she did it. Time will tell, but Biden was excellent. No mistakes from either one. Nothing embarrassing.
And most importantly- it wasn’t boring. Most of it.
I’m walking away feeling like it was a tie, but that Palin definitely kept hope alive for the ticket. I think the enthusiasm is revived for her now. It certainly is in me.
I didn’t see the 60 Minutes pieces tonight on the candidates (I have cable).
A friend of mine did watch, however, and talking with her got me thinking: I’ve already said that McCain and Obama’s domestic economic policies are both a disaster. But what, exactly, will each plan do to the American economy?
McCain’s plan will accelerate inflation. Gold prices (and that of other commodities) will continue to soar. As the dollar gets weaker and weaker, the rate of return on business investment will be lower, and unemployment will rise. As liberals know very well (and are correct, by they way)- the idea that you can continue to cut taxes and spend spend spend (which is what he will do), and not see any consequences, is flat wrong.
Conservative talk radio hosts (of which I am an avid fan! don’t get me wrong) will counter, “well, when you cut taxes, government revenue goes up, because the economy is encouraged to grow and businesses growth translates into more taxes.” This has been true for the Bush administration, and will probably be true for a McCain administration who cuts taxes further. However, Bush did not reduce spending! This is the key part to understand. Yes, I concede that McCain’s tax cuts will increase revenue for the government, but spending will continue to go up. It didn’t go down with a Republican president AND legislature, there is no way it will go down with a Democrat controlled legislature.
Obama’s plan will ruin the economy much more quickly by putting the breaks on business growth. If Obama wins on Nov 2nd, Nov 3rd will be a terrible day on Wallstreet. Capital gains taxes wll go from 15 to 20%. The top 5% income tax bracket will pay the highest tax rate in more than 30 years- the 1970s- a decade not known as the economic good ol’ days. Anyone who does business with big business- translation, anyone who shops, gets their oil changed, eats, invests, or uses (legal) drugs- will pay the price. We haven’t had a recession yet. We probably won’t have one before Bush leaves office. If Obama wins, and if his economic policies are allowed to be imlemented, I guarantee a recession within the next 4 years.
So, there we go. Either plan is bad. Pick your poison. The only silver lining: if McCain wins, he’ll have a hard time getting his plan enacted under a Democratic congress.
In this case, economically speaking, government gridlock is good.
I’ve come to realize that it’s now considered juvenile, lacking in class, or even un-Christ-like to make observations pertaining to the beauty of women in the public eye. This is unfortunate because non gratuitous admiration of beauty has its place- but experience has taught me that a young male makes such observations out loud at his own peril.
So I make the following observation with a certain amount of trepidation. I saw Meghan McCain being interviewed on Fox and Friends this morning about the release of her new children’s book My Dad, John McCain, and I have to say, I was smitten. Her intelligence, her wholesome, classy brand of beauty and charm, and her ability to combine a healthy liberal feminism with conservative femininity is refreshing. And not only that- she blogs!
Link to the Fox and Friends video.
Now of course Ms. McCain is no Amy Adams, but this is no put down- it will be difficult to replace Ms. Adams as the object my male admiration. That being said, were Meghan to, say, give me a call some time (859-967-9144), I’d probably do back flips.
Sorry if this makes you ladies cringe. What can I say? God made the eye to desire beauty just as the ear desires euphony.
ADDENDUM: Even more reason to admire Meghan McCain:
I’ve been surprised by critical comments regarding my weight and body shape. It recently reached a ridiculous level when someone handed me a business card for a plastic surgeon and suggested I needed liposuction. I am proud of my curves and have always loved my fuller figure, as should every woman who is not a size “0″. I want to be a positive role model for my little sister and all of the other young women who read my blog and help perpetuate a more positive image for women, regardless of their body size. I feel empowered to tell everyone that it’s important to maintain a healthy weight that works for them - not everyone is going to be model thin, nor should they expect to be. To every young girl reading this blog, it is inner beauty and happiness that makes a person beautiful, not a number on a scale.
Apparently there is some noise out there about how Oprah doesn’t want to have Sarah Palin on her show.
Not sure how true it is, but I found this to be interesting. Point #4 is an especially interesting proposition; for all practical purposes, one could say that Oprah is Obama’s honorary VP pick anyway- why not have them go head to head?
five reasons why O should have Palin on:
1.) To talk about motherhood, her family and Bristol; if you’re really hung up on politics, O, then this doesn’t have to be a “political” debriefing at all, per se, but a larger look at even more important issues, which your show claims to care about.
2.) It’d get a huge number. Hell yeah! Perhaps one of the biggest numbers in “O” history. This is a mercenary business, O, in case you’ve forgotten.
3.) It’d get the show back to that sweet spot of “relevance” and “news-worthiness.” Wonderful to have all 150-or-so Olympians on Monday’s season premiere, but the Olympics are old news; Palin is fresh news.
4.) Of course, it’s O’s right to support Obama in whatever forum she chooses, but she’s simply too transcendent - her word - a cultural figure to pretend she’s lil’ ol’ objective and non-political Oprah on her show, and yet Obama’s most important supporter in the WORLD when she’s not on screen. That’s a silly artifice, transparent to all. Why not get Palin on and say, “OK, lady, I happen to think this guy walks on water. Now you tell me why he doesn’t, and let’s go at this.” That would be great TV, and far better than a dreary debate between Palin and Joe Biden.
5.) O helped secure at least a million additional votes for Obama but probably lost hundreds of thousands of McCain supporter-viewers - if not more - to her show in the process. Here’s her chance to say to everyone, “I have a right to support whomever I choose, and now to prove to you just how open-minded I am, here’s the gun-toting mama from Alaska on the show.”
So what about it, O?
The previously posted story regarding Amy Adams can be disregarded. Hercules made an honest mistake this morning, and mistook the name of Amy Adams for Amy Ryan. There is a big difference, as you can see:
And to make matters worse, the story posted on AICN has been edited so that it looks as if it specifically said it was NOT Adams making an appearance, and I look like an idiot. But I swear to all, it originally said it would be Ms. Adams. Dash it all, Herc, be a little more careful next time.
I need to start a group or something. AA.. um.. A? But that’d be triple A. And that’s taken.
I’ll keep working on it.
In the meantime, I’m pleased to announce that Herc over at AICN has just reported that Ms. Adams will be appearing on the upcoming season finale of The Office, presumably reprising her role as “Hot Girl”.
What will happen? The word is there will be an engagement on the season finale- not hard to guess which two officers (officers! see what I did there? funny!) are likely to enter into marital bliss. However, what hijinx will ensue when one of Jim’s old flames shows up??
I’m such a ridiculous tv addicted American… somebody somewhere, please, find me a life to live, because I certainly am not doing much with mine.
The Office is probably the funniest thing on tv right now, and Dwight Schrute is the funniest thing about The Office. Consider:
Women are like wolves. If you want a wolf, you have to trap it. Snare it. Then to keep it happy, you have to tame it. Feed it, care for it. Lovingly. The way an animal deserves. And my animal deserves a lot of loving.
Reject a woman, and she will never let it go. One of the many defects of their kind. Also, weak arms.
A hero kills people, people that wish him harm. A hero is part human and part supernatural. A hero is born out of a childhood trauma, or out of a disaster, that must be avenged.
Through concentration, I can raise and lower my cholesterol at will.
When I die. I want to be frozen. And if they have to freeze me in pieces, so be it. I will wake up stronger than ever, because I will have used that time, to figure out exactly why I died. And what moves I could have used to defend myself better now that I know what hold he had me in.
Every time I’m about to do something, I ask myself, “Would an idiot do this?” If the answer is yes, I don’t do it.
Schrutes produce very thirsty babies.
A 30-year mortgage at Michael’s age essentially means that he’s buying a coffin. If I were buying my coffin, I would get one with thicker walls so you couldn’t hear the other dead people.
There are several ways to tell if a perp is lying. The liar will avoid direct eye contact. The liar will cover part of his or her face with his hand, especially the mouth. The liar will perspire. Unfortunately I spoke to Oscar on the phone so none of this is useful.
I know everything about film. I’ve seen over 240 of them.
The Japanese camp guards of World War Two always chose one man to kill whenever a batch of new prisoners arrived. I always wondered how they chose the man who was to die. I think I would have been good at choosing the person.
Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
This blog seems to get more hits from search engines based on the query “Amy Adams” than pretty much any other subject. Yet there is only 1 post devoted to her! A real tragedy.
I thought I’d do my duty as an Adams devotee and let everyone know that she’ll be on Saturday Night Live tonight.
While we’re on the subject- I went and saw Enchanted with my little brother a few months back, and I have to say, it was not terrible. Even entertaining, and borderline charming. The best thing about the movie, of course, was Ms Adams cavorting around in the beautiful wardrobe which her character made each morning before breakfast (out of curtains).
I also just realized that she guest starred on The Office in the final episode of the first season as the, appropriately, “Hot Girl”.
More updates as events warrant.
I don’t mean to sound surprised- he’s proven himself very light on his feet when it comes to comedy the past few months. But on the first Saturday Night Live episode since the writer’s strike, he either had some coaching or has some real natural comedic talent. Check it out:
Kind makes me sad that I disagree with him so vehemently that I started an anti Huckabee group on facebook. It’s amazing what comedy does. I wonder what I’d think about ol’ McCain if he possessed one funny mitocrondria in his entire body.
