Hamm On Wry

So, I was reading the latest gem over at JMG, which is about this insanity, and figured that I had to point this bit out:

…whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives…

Fundamentalists, be they Christian, Muslim or whatever other religion, are the one’s who have, throughout history, believed in righteousness of their God, who, I would point out, is the Ultimate Imaginary Friend. Religious wars are fought on the basis that one groups UIF is better than the others’.

Fundamentalists, be they Christian, Muslim or whatever other religion, are conservative, yet they constantly whine about their god, their beliefs, their “moral fiber”, and rage against marriage equality, the gay agenda, activist judges, and many other “liberal” causes, and seek to enforce their own way of living on everyone else.

Yes, people who think and act along the lines of the quote are truly insane. I think more of them spend several hours a week preaching about their UIF than spend time fighting for basic human rights.

So, Hillary responds to the announcement that clippy Ralph Nader will fuck up your homework run for President again. Could someone just take him out to the woodshed and clear up his thinking?

Anyway, the press, being the fantastic people that they are, told the candidates what had happened to get their reactions. And while none of them are surprising, Hillary did an amazingly clean dismissal of Ralph, with the following (from the New York Times):

She added, “I didn’t know that he had said that this morning. Obviously it’s not helpful to whoever our Democratic nominee is. But it’s a free country and I don’t know what party he’ll run on. What did he run on last time, does anybody remember?

The Green Party, a reporter replied.

“Well, you know his being on the Green Party prevented Al Gore from being the greenest president we’ve ever had,” Mrs. Clinton said. “And I think that’s really unfortunate.”

Without being insulting, or evil, or even really catty, she showed exactly how everyone should feel about this twat.

Wow, talk about an Activist Judge. I don’t know all the details, but I got the basics. And now, I have them to share with you.

Wikileaks.org was set up to expose the wrongs of the world that fools have documented. This would be the Web2.0 version of the parking garage where Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein met with the mysterious-yet-hilariously-named Deep Throat. A repository of some of the shittiest things orchestrated by groups of humans that have caused real harm to many other humans.

And how effective is Wikileaks? I’m guessing you’re wondering that because, well, I’d never heard of it before today, either. Hat tip to The World’s Toughest Programmer, Mike.

Well, apparently the site is so good they’ve pissed off China. And several other questionable regimes. Which is all well and good, because governments deserve that sort of headache.

But Wikileaks didn’t stop there. Hell no. They go after everyone who exhibits snake-like behavior. Including a bank in the Cayman Islands. And in going after the oppressive and corrupt, Wikileaks has become the ultimate expression of Freedom of the Press, which is, you might recall, one of our primary rights here in the United States.

Ah, but never let it be said that bankers aren’t clever bastards, since they managed to buy a federal judge in California. How else do you explain that Judge White signed the order, drafted by the Cayman Islands bank’s lawyers without a single amendment? Judge White is a Bush appointee, so it’s certainly conceivable that he suffers from a whiff of douchedom, but Vice President Cheney wouldn’t even pull this stunt, and that man would kill a puppy for a quarter.

Wikileaks have basically registered under every top-level domain, so you can go to, say, wikilinks.cx. If heavy hands are going to try to use our nameservers against us, we should publish their IP address as well: http://88.80.13.160. They have also promised to step up publication of any and all leaks that pertain to the banking industry, which should very quickly ruin several bastard’s days.

I’m dismayed that this Judge didn’t toss the bank’s lawyer out on his ass. I’m disgusted that this Judge even entertained the idea for a second. And I’m absolutely livid that he signed the order. This guy shouldn’t be allowed an opinion on strawberry jam, let alone a core Constitutional Issue such as this.

After twittering for a while about the apparent attempt by Hillary to make Florida and Michigan delegates count towards her campaign after the Democrats had stripped both states of having any voice at all because they caucused/primaried too soon, I’m left with a bad taste in my mouth.

At least, I hope that’s what that taste is. I won’t be happy to find out it was something I ate.

Anywho, the gist of the gig is, as my mom pointed, nothing new. If Hillary, who acted as if both states mattered (and they do, lest we not forget what Florida did with their various chad), wants to change the rules now so that the states actually have a voice, it’s because she won them.

How unfair to Obama is this? Well, I’m of two minds on this. One agrees with the Esteemed Red Sweater, in that changing the rules mid-race is a lot like Madam Mim becoming a purple dragon, as she had explicitely stated that there should be no mythological mumbo-jumbo like ‘pink dragons’. Hillary didn’t complain that taking away their voice in the first place was a bad idea, but it was, and still is, but she shouldn’t be able to change it.

Although, I think it incredibly stupid that Florida and Michigan are, either one, silenced because of a date change. I make no claims about the primary season, and in-party politics being nice or fair. They aren’t, nor will they ever be. Hell, the full-on election isn’t fair, either. But, when you take two states out, one of which is so big as to be a golden ticket for the actual candidates, you make several mistakes for your party.

If I were in Florida and my voice wasn’t heard for the candidate, I’d be pissed and vote for the other party. Just to prove how important my state is, really. And if you don’t think the birds on that peninsula won’t do just that, you’re high. Worse, add another fairly large state to the mix, especially one that is shackled by union employment like no other, and, at least for the Dem’s, it’s a bad thing all around.

Those states should have their voice. And Hillary, while not speaking out against the party leadership for their foolish ways at the beginning, did treat the states like they mattered. She really didn’t even win Michigan, but she did win Florida. She treated them like their vote, their voice, will make a difference in the actual election. And now, when she needs their voice to make it to the actual election, she’s using her own to call to them.

Late? Yep. Right or Wrong? Both. It’s not pretty. It’s covered in flaming bits of poisonous bullshit. It’s politics as usual, tho, even if you don’t want to believe it.