Homer Votes For Romney Because He Invented Obamacare

"Why do we have to choose our leaders? Isn't that what we have the Supreme Court for?"

Hitler Views Secret Romney Video! Scheiss!

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Mr. Romney/Mr. Burns

Click here for Mr. Romney/Burns criticizing his labor force.



Smithers.
Hmm?
Turn on the surveillance monitors.
Yes, sir!
Hmm. It's worse than I thought.

Each morning at nine, they trickle through the gate
They go home early, they come in late
Reeking of cheap liquor, they stumble through the day
Never give a thought to honest work for honest pay!
I know it shouldn't vex me; I shouldn't take it hard
I know I should ignore their capering with a kingly disregard

But look at all those idiots, oh, look at all those boobs
An office full of morons, a factory full of fools
Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blu-u-ues?

I'm just getting started.

They make personal phone calls on company time
They Xerox their buttocks, and guess who pays the dime
Their blatant thievery wounds me, their ingratitude astounds!
I long to lure them to my home, and then release the hounds!
I shouldn't grow unsettled when faced with such abuse
I shouldn't let it plague me, I shouldn't blow a fuse!

But look at all those idiots, oh, look at all those boobs
An office full of morons, a factory full of fools
Is it any wonder I'm singing, singing the blu-u-ues?

What happened? Where are the instruments?
I believe they call this a breakdown, sir.
I can't have any breakdowns here! What if there was an inspector around? Play a guitar solo.
Oh, I'm a little out of practice, sir.
I said do it!!! So do it!!! do it!!! do it!!!
Yes sir. (Guitar Solo)
Yes, excellent. Well done. All right, it's beginning to grate. That'll be sufficient, Smithers. Excuse me?
I said that's enough!
Oh! Sorry sir. Thought I had my mojo working.
Humph.

That man by the cooler, drinking water as if it's free.
Oh, that's Homer Simpson, sir, a drone from sector 7-G.
Yes, well, call this Simpson to my office, and stay to watch the fun.
If he's 6 feet when he enters, he'll be 2 feet when I'm done.
It brings a ray of sunshine to my unhappy life
To make him kneel before me and slowly twist the knife.

Look at all those idiots, oh, look at all those boobs
An office full of morons, a factory full of fools
Is it any wonder, that I'm singing, singing the blu-u-ues?

Take me home, sir,
I'm trying.

Surrounded by idiots, outnumbered by boobs.
An office full of morons, A planet full of fools.
Is it any wonder I'm singing --
Maybe you should be singing, sir.
Oh. Singing the blu-u-ues.

(Look at all those idiots)
Mr. Burns, you -- you make Muddy Waters sound shallow and  (An office full of morons) cheerful by comparison.
Thank you, Smithers. Meaningless, but  (Is it any wonder)  heartfelt compliment. I feel like I got a few things off my chest, and onto the chests of my inferiors.
You did.
(Look at all those idiots)
Why are they still playing?
Um...
(Office full of morons)
They're not still on salary, are they?
We're not validating their parking, sir.

Bill Clinton's Speech, Democratic Convention 2012

Click here for the speech that may well have won the election for Obama and turned around the right track/wrong track assessment by the American people. 48 minutes. One of the best political speeches ever.

What's QE3? (Hint: You Need A Printing Press)

Click here for the Wikipedia entry.

Click here for a reader-friendly informative article from the New York Times.

On a related topic that we're going to be hearing more and more, with more and more intensity from both sides, click here for an article entitled What is the Fiscal Cliff? by Thomas Kenny at about.com.

Sheldon Adelson Rolls The Dice

Click here for an explanation of the probability theory behind Adelson's $100 million bet on Romney. It's from a diary on Daily Kos by Melanie in IA, and explains the calculation of EV (Expected Value). Here's the Wikipedia definition of "expected value":

In probability theory, the expected value (or expectation, or mathematical expectation, or mean, or the first moment) of a random variable is the weighted average of all possible values that this random variable can take on. The weights used in computing this average correspond to the probabilities in case of a discrete random variable, or densities in case of a continuous random variable. From a rigorous theoretical standpoint, the expected value is the integral of the random variable with respect to its probability measure.

For his $100 million bet, Adelson stands to win -- in addition to casino-friendly legislation -- $2 billion a year (payoff: 20 to 1) in reductions to his personal taxes; if the estate tax drops to zero, he and his family stand to win $11 billion (payoff: 110 to 1). Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

(Free bonus jackpot: War with Iran! Payoff from investments with your defense contractor cronies: You need more columns on your calculator!)

Tidbits

Texas Republican Party officially opposes the teaching of "critical thinking skills" in Texas schools. Here it is, as stated in the party platform:

Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

No wonder Texas has provided us with such legislative luminaries as Joe Barton and Louie Gohmert.
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Bill Moyers, in an interview with Mike Lofgren, author of  "The Party is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted," says:

"... what gives Mike Lofgren more clout than the rest is decades of insider experience on Capitol Hill. He was a Fulbright scholar with two degrees in history when he went to work in Congress and became a senior staff member of the House and Senate Budget committees. His specialty was the cost of national security. After 28 years of government service, Mike Lofgren retired and sat down to write a powerful manifesto that took off like a rocket when it was posted on the website Truthout.org."

Lofgren says: "I left the party because it was becoming an apocalyptic cult."

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Wow, I didn't know Melissa Harris-Perry had an academic feud going with Cornel West. At one time West's protege, Harris-Perry split with West when he opposed Obama. Good for her!

“In an self-aggrandizing, victimology sermon deceptively wrapped in the discourse of prophetic witness, Professor West offers thin criticism of President Obama and stunning insight into the delicate ego of the self-appointed black leadership class that has been largely supplanted in recent years,” she wrote in a scathing article for the Nation.

Harris-Perry went on to mock West and his “dear brother” Tavis Smiley as hypocrites in bed with “Wells-Fargo, Walmart and McDonalds,” while simultaneously deriding the president for his inattention to pivotal issues in the African-American community.

I loved it when she recently blew up at a guest on her TV show recently, Hooray for strong women!
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I think we'll be hearing the name "Mike Lofgren" more and more as time goes on. Click here for a link to an article in American Conservative entitled Revolt of the Rich. Here's a quote:

Our plutocracy now lives like the British in colonial India: in the place and ruling it, but not of it. If one can afford private security, public safety is of no concern; if one owns a Gulfstream jet, crumbling bridges cause less apprehension—and viable public transportation doesn’t even show up on the radar screen. With private doctors on call and a chartered plane to get to the Mayo Clinic, why worry about Medicare?

Stephen Schwarzman, billionaire CEO of the Blackstone Group, threw himself a $5-million birthday party, hiring Rod Stewart for the entertainment. His comment on Obama's attitude toward Wall Street fat cats:

“It’s a war. It’s like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.”

Matt Taibbi's Savage Attack On Romney

Click here for Matt Taibbi's Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital in September's issue of Rolling Stone.

Granholm En Fuego

Click here for the complete speech of two-term ex-governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Romney/Ryan Must Be Defeated

Click here for a simply outstanding blog post by Kurt Eichenwald, who apparently is a contributor to Atlantic magazine. I found it by following a link from Daily Kos. Entitled The Five Reasons Why Romney/Ryan Must be Defeated in 2012 – And Why Conservatives Should Hope They Are, it's a devastating critique of the monstrosity the Republican party has become.