Absolutely disgusted with our elected officials...

A few examples of condesending behavior among our elected officials.

Senator Barbara Boxer of California making condescending and subtly racist remarks towards Harry C. Alford (who runs a Black Chaimber of Commerce organization that does not agree with "green jobs initiatives")



Disgusting... but wait, there's more! The condescension is not limited to black people, it also applies to the military! (See the next video.)

Pardon my language here but... you dumb bitch! Who the hell do you think you are? You didn't earn the title of Senator, you were given the title by those who elected you!

But wait, there's more... from Sen. Schumer this time!

Well Senator I chatter quite a bit about this stuff with my friends and family. I am an American and I actually do care about the "pork spending" of this government. You better watch your ass sir, because your constituents are going to wake up one day soon and throw your sorry ass out on the street come election day.

And who could forget our lovable pudgy little fuzzball that everyone just loves, Barney Frank!

Here we see him talking down to a Harvard student... but it is important to note that in this exchange he admits that as a young student, this young man does indeed have the right to free speech and the liberty to ask him a questions. OH GREAT ALMIGHTY CONGRESSMAN FRANK... THANK YOU SIR SO MUCH FOR GRANTING US LOWLY STUDENTS THE RIGHT TO QUESTION YOU! WE BOW AT YOUR FEET FOR THAT HONOR.

My favorite part of this whole exchange... the young woman who says stop bringing up labels and answer the question. Congressman Frank's response... "I believe labeles are important".

All of it... absolutely disgusting!

Where's the modern day Tea Party going to begin?

It's been a while since I have posted anything here, mostly out of laziness. But this time the inner rage is bubbling up again and motivating me to post.

There has been lots of discussion among my family and friends about the actions of the government and the potential for this year to be a very bad year economically. This video clip is just one example of how pissed off yet silent people are being about this issue. And listen to how the IGNORANT CNBC anchors just make light of what Santelli is saying!

I am mad as HELL about the American tax payer having to pull the weight of the lazy scumbags who were dumb enough to get into mortgages they can not afford. I am mad as hell about the trillions of dollars spent by the government that will guarantee that my unborn children will now be slaves to crippling taxes and high inflation.

I am MAD AS HELL... and I can't be silent any more.

Spreading like wild fire all over the web today...

This clip was originally posted at youtube. Take a listen. What do you think about this?

My mind has been tied up with a few logical quandries at the moment.

O.K. I am so frikin fired up lately about the news! I have been struggling to wrap my head around it and learn about it enough to the point where I can understand it. Let's delve into it shall we.

Last week the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a $700 bailout for troubled assets. (How a country in trillions of dollars of debt can consider the idea of spending $700 billion of money that they don't have is beyond me... but that's another issue!) The House of Reps voted this bill down 228 to 205. They said it was a blank check, too much money and lacked oversight.

The House decided to send this bill to the Senate for further debate, revision and vote . They added about $150 billion in spending to the bill and voted for it 74 to 25.

The House of Reps then went ahead and... voted in support of this new bill totaling $850 billion dollars ( 263 yes/171 no).

WTF!? Do not think about the logic behind that for more than 5 minutes or else you will start to experience the symptoms of an anyerism and blood will shoot out of your ears. The human brain is not cabable of such things.

Secondly there is this story that is FINALY getting some attention:
The relationship between Barack Obama and Bill Ayers.

Now that's a bit of a lengthy article. Basically it presents a professional and political connection (not just a coincidental one as presented by the media) between Obama and Bill Ayers. Ayers being a domestic terrorist, founding member of the Weather Underground (Wikipedia that), having bombed the Pentagon, police stations and robed banks. He has never expressed regret for this. Actually... (as mentioned in the story) on the morning of September 11, 2001, New York Times published a profile about this man where he says he only wishes he blew up more buildings and planted more bombs!

If you don't want to read the article, watch this Anderson Cooper video clip. Keep in mind... this is coming from the rather liberal biased CNN and not the typically conservative FOX news network. (Trust me... you will be suprized.)

Now I am not advocating any one political party here... I'm advocating common sense.

Wouldn't common sense dictate that if a political candidate chose to work with someone who is a self admitted domestic terrorist, they are demonstrating a lack of good judgment? A lack of judgment that may not befit them for the position of the highest public office in the land?

I learned early on in life that you can judge a lot about a person by the friends that they keep. I learned that from my parents.

Cathartic... I feel better now. (Slightly.)

Suze Orman is an iddiot...

I have been meaning to blow off some steam regarding the recent near catastrophic meltdown of our nation's economy. I am not going to sugar coat it... things are bad. Things are very bad... for our country and banks. Not necessarily for every average American though. Admittedly we are all paying more for food and gas. It could be worse... 35% unemployment rate and actual soup lines (as in the Great Depression). But if you are smart about your money, you understand how to make financial sacrifices and be disciplined during tough times... do you really need that big screen LCD HDTV that you will be putting on your high interest credit card?

What ever you do, resist the urge to listen to "experts" like Suze Orman. She made an appearance on Lary King and said this (emphasis added):

King: Is this a good time to get into the market?

Orman: No. It's not a good time to get in with brand-new money. I would let these markets kind of wash themselves out. On the other hand, if you're investing in a 401k every month with small amounts of money, that's OK as long as you don't need the money for 10, 15, 20 years. If you just got an inheritance and you have $50,000, should you be putting it in the stock market now? Are you kidding? These are the markets that you just sit on the sidelines and wait on the sidelines and stay away from them until everything works out.

I am no CNN expert, but I do know this... even during the Great Depression the stock market posted an overall gain. And typically in the long term, the stock market delivers a 11% rate of return. So anytime is a good time to get in the stock market... so long as you are going to keep your money there for a while... not until tomorrow, or next month, or even next year. Try 5 to 10 years... or even better a 401k that you are not going to touch for 20 years! And if your 401k has lost a big chunk of its value due to the recent market troubles, and you were hoping to retire in a few years... FIRE your fund manager because they are too stupid to know that your investments should not be in such volatile places when it's so close to your retirement!

As I mentioned I am no CNN economic expert... actually, I am a chemist. But all you need to do (and these CNN experts should do the same) is learn a little history and basic economics.

Watch this video here and get some real advice about what to do about your economic situation. I have been reading this guy's blog for a while. Smart guy... he's no CNN expert though. I( think that's a good thing.)

Breathe in... breathe out... just be smart... everything is going to be alright.

VIDEO COMPLEMENTS OF PAT CONDELL: "More demands from Islam"

I have a desire to share this. I am not going to deal with accusations of me being a hate-monger or racist so I am not going to state my opinions on this piece but I encourage you to form your own opinions.

*UgggHhHhHhgggggggg...* No more turkey...

Hey everybody! What a great holiday break. Pardon my extended absence but things have been a little bit crazy lately.

I celebrated Thanksgiving last weekend with my family. It worked out to be more like 3 different Thanksgivings... the first one being just my parents and I, second grandparents, aunt/uncle and cousins from mom's side of the family and third grandparents from dad's side of the family. Turkey was had on all three days, hence my disdain for that particular food for the time being!

On my mother's side of the family, I have two little cousins. My aunt and uncle just got married about 3 years ago and made a few new additions to the family. Rosario is 2 years old now. She's the rambunctious one in the movie clips above. So full of energy! My apologies for the horrible quality video clips but I can't help to experiment with stuff like this. I took them with my cell phone. They also have an infant, Jon Diego... no more than 3 months old. He's adorable! When I first saw him about a month ago at his baptism, he basically did nothing but sleep! It was only a week ago that I finally saw him with his eyes open. Apparently he does have eyes after all! I will post a picture as soon as I can.

Other things that happened on my break... watched "Evan Almighty" and "Dodgeball", completed reading "The Accidental Tourist", went to Teresa's birthday party (happy 24th!), Jon also came into town for that. He got to meet my family and see my home town of Derby for the first time. Overall it was pretty cool. Very relaxing.

At the moment I am busting my ass trying to get things done and in order in the laboratory before a major quarterly meeting with all of the collaborators of my research. I leave for New York City immediately after the meeting. Then I return and have a few days to polish up my interim seminar for my masters thesis. DAAAAAAMN! Tough to find time to do much of anything other than work lately!

Now you see why I have not been active with the posts recently.

I'll try to write some more before my departure for NYC. I am sure that I will have LOTS to say upon my return!

Something inspirational I have been meaning to post.

I get into these semi-sappy inspirational stories of people triumphing over difficulties in life. I know it's cliché but I can't help it. It gives me hope!