The Liquor Talking

My list for this week:

1. I’m pretty sure I don’t need Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. No, check that. I’m very sure. I’m not sure what universe it is where it makes sense to nominate someone to our nation’s highest court who has never spent a day as a judge. Sure, her academic credentials are impressive, but this isn’t some academic exercise we’re talking about. This is the US Supreme Court, the absolute end of the line for where our Constitution rubs up against real life. These are real people, seeking real justice for real problems.

   

   For this, she’s abundantly not qualified, but that just seems to be the way this president rolls. Qualifications take a back seat to ideology. Sigh… 906 more days of this twit. Even the Domos don’t like him.

   
   

2. Other than for pure entertainment value, I can do without Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although there’s something to be said for a guy who will take time out from his busy schedule to condemn an octopus that seems to have an ability to predict the outcome of soccer matches. According to Mahmoud, Paul the psychic octopus is” an agent of western propaganda and superstition.”

   Part of his rant about the encephalopod includes this gem: “Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values.”

   I think our guy has spent too much time around the plutonium they say they don’t have.

   

3. I can do without the moron judge who tossed out a good part of Arizona’s new immigration law. I guess being in the country illegally is a basic, Constitutional liberty. Using this “judges’” logic, states shouldn’t enforce any state law for which there is already a federal law in place.

   

   So, welcome to the US, where some laws are more lawy than others.

4. I can do without the Northern Plains Resource Council. This enviro-taliban outfit is again trying to stall the construction of a rail line to tote coal from a future mine over in eastern Montana. According to these twits, the environmental impact study (for the RAILROAD) didn’t take into account the effects of burning coal on global warming.

   

   Okay, so pastes this in to the study: “The impact of burning coal on global warming is unproven and has nothing to do with the building of a railroad. However, the impact of the NPRC in general is a massive reduction of the average IQ of people in Montana.”

   This group of doofusi firmly believe that there should be two and only two industries in Montana; tourism and agriculture, but only the kind of agriculture they like. Now the people trying to build this railroad have to stop and fight this idiotic move, thereby delaying the creation of good jobs and boatloads of tax revenue for the state. Nice going, jackasses.

5. I don’t need the people who drag wagons and carts through the crowds at the Farmer’s Market. Look, this is a crowded place. If you’re gonna drag a wagon through it, at least pay everyone the courtesy of watching what you’re doing. I get hit in the shins with one more wagon and the paramedics are gonna use it to haul someone out of there.

   

6. I can do without a stupid beagle who despite being two years old, wants to act like thunder is something new. I doubly don’t need one howling (for any reason) at 1 AM, right next to my bed. Oh, he wasn’t at all frightened. He just wanted to add voice to the noise outside and to alert us to it.

   Yeah, just had to have a beagle.

   

   I should kick my own ass.

7. I can do without Fox News. Mostly, I can do without the pompous, arrogance.

   

   Anyone who thinks they’re gonna get all you “need to know” from a single network needs to get out more. Yeah, they’re all slanted, but knowing this let’s you at least have some understanding of what the issues even are. There’s stories that only Fox covers, just like there are stories that only MSNBC covers. Knowing them for what they are (sellers of ad time) is the grain of salt necessary to sit through one of these broadcast or get through the online version without getting put off your lunch.

Have a fine, fine Thursday. Remember that I’m off on Fridays, so tomorrow will be a tad bit late.