i thunk so

Apparently, the campaign for governor in Virginia is so important that the President has begun calling each household individually. I guess those trips on AF1 get a little dull. I’m honored that I’m high enough on his list to have been one of the lucky ones he had time to call. I also found it fascinating that his number is — and this could only be the President’s number — 000-000-0000. I wonder how much the taxpayers are paying for a hot phone number like that. I bet all the biggest corporations are clamoring for it. If you dial that number, do you get to talk to 10 operators at once? I was gonna return his call, but I was busy at my own job.

The President is also making a stop in Richmond, VA, tonight to stump for Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore. Tomorrow I’ll vote. As a conservative, I would normally be inclined to vote for Kilgore (the Republican), but since he kept Russ Potts — the independent candidate — out of the debates, I don’t think I will. I definitely can’t vote for Tim Kain’s brand of socialism (it’s working so well for the French right now). I guess I will probably vote for the guy who has no chance of winning.

So Mr. Kilgore, if you’re reading this: you lost me when you bought into the two-party monopoly. Nothing annoys me more than politicians who think they own the system.

Filed by JP at 9:15 pm under Rants, Government, Personal Drama, Democracy
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Hey Big Oil,

Don’t act like you’re doing me a favor because gas prices are down $0.20 from last week. Quit crying that you don’t have enough refineries when you haven’t invested a penny in building a new refinery in the US for decades. What’s your excuse du jour? Hurricane ____? War in ____? Holiday driving? Labor strike? Global warming? El Niño?

The truth is, the last thing you want is for gas to be affordable; and you certainly wouldn’t want the supply to be greater…that might dent your record profits.

You know when I’ll be happy? I’ll be happy when we’re all pumping hydrogen technology that we invented; and all of those hostage-taking, turban-wearing third-world countries turn back into the useless piles of dust that they are. Until then, I’ll settle for $1.20 a gallon.

Filed by JP at 2:05 pm under Rants, Government
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This is the kind of nonsense that makes me want to stockpile firearms and just wait for the government to take down my front door with a battering ram…and I don’t even own a color laser printer.

Via: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Filed by JP at 1:57 pm under Rants, News Clippings, Government, Conspiracy
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