The good old days

NEW YORK - In a summer marked by hurricanes and $3 gasoline, the oil companies struck gold.

Friday, Chevron joined the eye-popping profits parade. The nation’s No. 2 oil company reported earnings of $3.6 billion. The totals only get bigger: Conoco Phillips made $3.8 billion, BP made $6.5 billion, Royal Dutch Shell made $9 billion and Exxon Mobil raked in a whopping $9.9 billion in just three months.

Think, this is an article from Friday’s paper?  Look again.  Three dollar gas?  This is an article from the summer of 2005!

What makes this year different is that the oil companies (and especially Exxon Mobil) have made the most profits ever!!!  Meanwhile, McCain proposes tax cuts for the oil companies and, also like bush, offshore drilling.

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Admittedly, it’s late, but you have until midnight to see the 3 acts to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

Starring Neil Patrick Harris - great actors... great writing,... great fun.

After midnight, you won’t be able to see it without paying (methinks) iTunes.  Funny and wonderful and engaging.  Better than some movies (like Wall-e) and not as long. Oh, it’s only on computer (not tv, not movies).  Really,… treat yourself and click the image… you won’t be sorry.

7 points of light

Arianna Huffington gives Barack Obama 7 points of advice, many documented with quotes from leaders who chose to lead rather than follow the false god of polls.

Voting Republican

Finished laughing? No? Okay, read this:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas.

Via Wired (June 14, 2008 )

Republicans protect oil companies

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address Americas anger over $4 a gallon gasoline.
via The Huffington Post

What more can I add?

Democrats Moving Forward

Saturday, Hillary Clinton did the right thing, and she did it with much grace and in a positive way. As she has said, it is now time for Democrats to come together and correct the course that this country has been on. For us to continue on the course that bush (and believers in his policies) has stubbornly followed, is insane.

Oh, and for those (alleged Hillary supporters) who say they will vote for McCain/bush rather than Barack Obama, the jig is up. Even if the news programs don’t get it, we all know you are really Republicans attempting to split the Democratic vote. It’s the only thing that makes sense.

Recount

I watched HBO’s movie, Recount tonight. My wife refused to watch it because she said it would just upset her. I told her that it was eight years ago, and bush was almost gone, so I wouldn’t be upset by it. I told her that it would be good to see it without being as emotional as I was at the time.

Guess what? All the anger came back.

It plays again tomorrow and will also show up on Video On Demand, if you care to join me in my anger.

happy

Birthday to me.

McCain/Parsley and Islam

What is it about the main stream media, that they don’t want to deal with the obvious? I thought it was bad enough that it has taken so long to even make John Hagee a recognizable name directly connected to John McCain. Remember, McCain actively sought Hagee’s endorsement.

Now, I’ve discovered that McCain also has sought (and has not denounced or rejected) the endorsement of Rev. Rod Parsley a rabid anti-islam preacher. Don’t believe me? Check out the video.

Isn’t it curious that all these fringe people and beliefs belong to the Republicans, and isn’t it curious that the MSM hasn’t connected these people with McCain (can I add a yet to the sentence)?

the all-white elephant

Frank Rich (New York Times) has a fantastic column today entitled, The All-White Elephant in the Room,

in which he lambast the main stream media for its double standard.

…if there’s any coherent message to be gleaned from the hypocrisy whipped up by Hurricane Jeremiah, it’s that this nation’s perennially promised candid conversation on race has yet to begin.

This one is well worth the little time it takes to read. John Hagee is dealt with and questions are raised that have yet to be brought up by the MSM. The defense for not bringing up McCain’s ties to Hagee has been that McCain was not a member or Hagee’s church for 20 years. Mr. Rich points out however,

That defense implies, incorrectly, that Mr. McCain was a passive recipient of this bigot’s endorsement. In fact, by his own account, Mr. McCain sought out Mr. Hagee, who is perhaps best known for trying to drum up a pre-emptive “holy war” with Iran.

It should be interesting to see whether any in the MSM brings up the dead topic again without mentioning Hagee now that it has been exposed in the Times.

(image © Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)