Doing What You Are Good At...

Or not.  There is a list of things that Sarah Palin has done and is doing.  She has not really been good at doing any of them.  Her most obvious fail, of course, was her run as Vice President with John McCain.  And then there was that Governorship up in Alaska that she quit at with 18 months left to serve.  (WashingtonPost.com)

And yeah, she gets paid a lot of money to be an "Analyst" on Fox News.  But when she announced that she was not going to run for President in 2012, something else she might fail at, she was blasted by Fox News Chief Roger Ailes.  He told Newsweek that he hired Palin when she was "hot," and her announcement on Mark Levin's conservative talk-radio program deprived Fox News of a ratings bonanza.  Palin hasn't turned into the television asset Ailes had hoped... and might  not be there after her contract is up in 2013.  (NYMag.com)

Now, Juliann Moore, who is playing Palin in the movie “Game Change" on HBO, doesn't think it is all Sarah's fault.  She thinks it is the McCain campaign to blame.  "They were telling her what to do and how to dress. And how to behave,” Moore said. (Politico.com)


So, then what can Sarah do?  Well, apparently, she can't even play herself.  At least according to the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, or the Razzie's.  The Razzie's highlight the duds of U.S. cinema.  The former Alaska governor snagged a nomination for worst actress while playing herself in the documentary, “The Undefeated.”  (ABCNews.com)

What should Sarah do?  Not be Vice President, Governor, President, TV Analyst - or even herself.  Maybe she will just have to go away, then...

Bringing the Vagina into the Run for President

Yep, it was only a matter of time.  With all of the "dicks" running for the GOP ticket, it is now time to bring a "bearded clam" into the race.  Michele not-a-scientist Bachmann had to mention something at the last debate about Gov. Rick Perry's order that girls in Texas need to get an HPV vaccination when they turn 12.  Now, there are many parts of this that are wrong.


HPV, or Human papillomavirus, can lead to cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus in women. (Wikipedia.org)  So, while it sounds very nice for Perry to require that young girls are protected from a potential cancer causer, his intentions may not have been as noble.  It seems that Mr. Perry received political donations from the firm that created the vaccine (WashingtonPost.com) And although HPV can also affect males with anal or penal cancer, they weren't required to get the shot.


Now, on the other side, good ol' Michelle sees this as governmental meddling into the lives of "innocent little 12-year old girls".  She even insinuates that the vaccine would put girls at risk for mental retardation (which is not true, to say the least). And another good ol' girl, Sarah P., praises Bachmann for going up against the "big guns". (CNN.com)  But, just as the Washington Post suggests, would Mrs. Bachmann or Mrs. Palin be against other governmental meddling like preventing polio, chicken pox or the measles.


So, now besides Michele - and maybe someday Sarah, we have a vagina in the race.  More important than deficits, unemployment and poverty levels, I am sure.

It's Just Like Paying Taxes

There is that fight in the government that to help with the U.S. deficit, all they need to do is raise taxes.  Now the fight continues since the GOP tax pledge doesn't sit well with raising taxes.  Even Republican Candidate leader Rick Perry says he’d push for a tax system that would be “as light on the job creators as you can be". (DeathAndTaxesMag.com) The job creators (are there really any of those out there?) need to be protected?  The country needs to be in debt so that the corporate leaders of America would have it easier?


Well, it seems that the would-be job creators are already benefiting from that, yet the jobless rate increases.  "Of last year's 100 highest-paid corporate executives in the United States, 25 earned more in pay than their company recorded as a tax expense in 2010." (CBSNews.com) So, these corporations average global profits of $1.9 BILLION and yet they aren't hiring anybody.  Places like Verizon, GE, eBay are dodging taxes, and rewarding their CEOs for the evasion.


Maybe it is time to raise those damn taxes!  The ratio of CEO pay to the average U.S. worker's compensation is 325 to 1.  With those kind of odds, one would think they can afford it!

It's All About the...

Well, the first "E" word that might pop into mind would be "Economy" when we look at the debacle that is the debt ceiling discussions going on in Washington these days.  But, in reality it all comes down to another "E" word:  "Election".  The fight going on between the Dems and the GOP is definitely about who is going to get elected next year.


Most of the GOP thinks that Obama is not doing a good job.  He is going to cause Social Security Payments and Medicare coverage to end.  Which surprisingly doesn't really bother the people who would be receiving those benefits.  Obama did break records with "grass-roots support" and $86 million for his re-election campaign.  (Reuters.com)

But the big names in the GOP aren't really worried about grass-roots America.  They will not budge on tax increases and are just daring Obama to go ahead and cut Social Security and Medicare.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn't want a revisit of the '90s when the threat of shutting down government helped Bill Clinton get reelected.  (Huffingtonpost.com)  And he says that he refuses "to help Barack Obama get reelected by marching Republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy."


Don't they already have co-ownership??  He also says that his first "choice" was to do something good for the country, but his "obligation" is to his party to prevent them from "being sucked into a horrible position politically."


So all you SS recipients just have to wait and see.  As long as you know that Mr. McConnell has his "obligations" in order.