Be Afraid

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?

This article was printed 15 years ago. 15 years before the straight talk express took a detour through the trailer park in a desperate effort to giddy-up some votes. It is really quite sad that a man like McCain, coming from the honor and prestige of a long successful career, can turn himself into a complete joke in just a few short months. A week before he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, I could defend McCain honestly in debate. Playing the fair handed and thoughtful voter, I went so far as arguing a case in support of him to Sheri. Of course, no honest thinking person could support these clowns after their serial insults to the intelligence of the American people. Back in the day, my beefs with McCain were limited to his pro-lifing and nation building. Now I find him totally unfit for office. He can't even display any longer an ability to make decisions or conduct himself like a grownup, much less a commander-in-chief or statesman.

We went to vote last night in a line that took just over an hour to get through. There were not many others standing in that line that were over 30. This is Madison (i.e. the fake America), so while that observation may not mean much, you can go see for yourself what your lines look like. Thanks to early voting, we have been able to watch Blinky and Winky go down in flames in real time.

Like Chris Rock said.....

What ever happened to crazy?

Circular Firing Squad

With the McCain campaign now locked into a circular firing squad, I suppose I can heed a wise man’s words and stop picking fights with the handicapped. Perhaps it’s more politically correct to call them “reality challenged”.

Miles and motivation are all coming back to me now that the racing action is closing. November will be better, but in the future I need to figure out why I’m always 90 degrees out of phase with the MTB season. I have learned quite a bit this year and am feeling the fire inside again.

Balance and power inside and out, with a plan to get there

Contrast

General election summary.

Palin's Hate 2008 tour continues...

Now she is playing stuff from the new album.

Meanwhile, the mainstream media continues to ignore the fact that Obama played the Keating 5 card. Are they still on the tire swing? Or is it just that hatred and fear make for much more exciting news?

Jumping the Shark

At first she was an unknown. More recently she was funny while revealing to us her staggering lack of qualifications to hold any high office while still coming off to some as cute.
She is no longer funny or cute. As she is showing us this week on her "Hate 08'" tour, this bitch is fucking dangerous. “Hey we are losing the election, let’s start a race war! That should shift the focus from the economy!” Essentially calling Obama a terrorist that hates America, the McCain campaign is now stirring up the fear and hate festering in the belly of the neo-racist youtube underground.

From the Washington Post:

Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."

How dare the media make a white woman look stupid by asking her questions.
And reporting from another event:

"Now it turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers," Palin said.

"Boooo!" said the crowd.
"And, according to the New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, 'launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol,'" she continued.

"Boooo!" the crowd repeated.
"Kill him!" proposed one man in the audience.

Palin went on to say that "Obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in Bill Ayers's living room, and they've worked together on various projects in Chicago." Here, Palin began to connect the dots. "These are the same guys who think that patriotism is paying higher taxes -- remember that's what Joe Biden had said. "And" -- she paused and sighed -- "I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America, as the greatest force for good in the world. I'm afraid this is someone who sees America as 'imperfect enough' to work with a former domestic terrorist who had targeted his own country."

"Boooo!" said the audience.

Greg Sargent wrote this morning that the race has come to resemble quicksand: the more McCain and Palin thrash around, the quicker they sink. He might be right, but they are firing automatic weapons into the crowd on the way down.

Choo-Choo!!

Thanks DailyKOS for a late morning laugh.

Sunday! Sunday! and uh.. Saturday.

I had to use this shot of Sheri's since it catches me in action passing the only guy I beat all weekend. Note the gut. I'm hauling that around for resistance training to make me stronger in late November. The hairy legs are serving the same purpose.

Not only was I fat and slow, but I had issues with the bike all weekend. In the Cat 3 race at Cam-rock on Saturday I rolled a tire. Sir Walls was kind enough to lend his pit wheels so that I could take advantage of the 5 dollar second race and get creamed by the masters. Today I broke a shoe again warming up. Next my bars started slipping thanks to my custom Pilgrim cable hanger. I decided that it wasn't worth knocking my teeth out only to get my ass kicked again. While trying to flee the scene a bunch of fast guys asked me why I didn't just shim the damn thing. I don't know why I hadn't thought of that. I can say that one's resourcefulness with respect to keeping the bike race ready is compromised some when it is known that the body isn't race ready either. Jerry, Rick, Russell and Jeremy helped get the bike going while I suited up again. Thanks guys for the help. This weekend was like having my own pit crew, with every crew member being faster than me. The Wisco race scene is the mostest. I missed my start but at least I caught up to and passed the girls before I got pulled. It made for some good Andy Kaufman style racing. The Lapham course is much more fun when wet, and the steep run up was a big improvement over last year's course. If I keep it up I should be much more comfortable on the bike by the next round of WCA races.

On Saturday Sheri couldn't stop talking about what she wants in a CX bike and thinking about trying a race. By today's race she was full on obsessed. I won't be surprised if she buys a bike tomorrow and races in the mud at Badger Prairie and Gibbs Lake. I tell you Mountain Biking is a gateway drug.

One more laugh before she fades away...

I AM Joe Six-Pack

COURIC: And since you've compared yourself to the average Joe Six-Pack, I'm curious, what beers did you regularly drink before you were tapped for this — to stay unaware of and indifferent to the world?

PALIN: I’ve drank most of them, with a great appreciation for the hops, for the barley —

COURIC: But what ones specifically? I’m curious.

PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.

COURIC: Can you name any of them?

PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our beers