Activists are Knuckleheads

Okay, an update. These particular activists are either stupid or dumb. Watching this, they just had two of their crew jump on board another ship without permission on the high seas. To everyone else with half a brain and a very basic understanding of international law would recognize this as classic, by the book piracy.

For some reason these idiots think their crewmembers have been "kidnapped".

Jesus wept.

And the whales? Well, they're not coming to their rescue either... Apparently even they know the law.

Activists are Funny

Okay, so I saw these advertisements on TV for a program called "Whale Wars". It looked pretty cool and I'm kind of hot on these types of shows, being a fan of The Deadliest Catch and the sort so I set up my way cool recording thing-a-ma-bob to do it's thing and I am now sitting here watching it. Here is my tale on it...

Activists are, by and large, silly, misguided and self-absorbed people. So petty and self-absorbed, in fact, that apparently different activists groups fight with each other about the same things.

I'm trying to balance the extreme irritation I have for people who are so intolerant with anyone that doesn't subscribed to their viewpoints with the fascination of watching these idiots jump in front of the figurative train in an attempt to stop it though sheer will.

So far, I'm still watching.. But I am starting to get the urge to throw something through my TV screen.

It Is Done.

First off, I'd like to congratulate the American people for not fucking up two times in a row. A scant 36 hours ago, it came to pass that Barack Obama is out 44th president, and not a second too soon. If you want any indication of the kind of president Bush is and what he's done to this country, one only look at the reaction around the world to the announcement that Obama will be moving to Pennsylvania Avenue in February. Hell, even the FRENCH approved! That, my friends, is historical by itself.

Now it'll be interesting to see what happens from here... My only fear is that the American people and to some extent the people around the world have raised the bar for Obama so high that anything he does will be seen as falling short.

We shall see. These are no doubt going to be interesting times.

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

I've been struggling to put into words just how to explain the tone and character of the Republican rally cry, and I've seen a disturbing trend developing. At this point in the McCain/Palin campaign, the points that they are hitting on are chiefly thinly vailed personal attacks on Obama. Rallying your populace against an unseen enemy has been tried by another politician and we all know that relying on your population's inability or unwillingness to grow their own brains can only turn out badly. We are beginning to see the fruits of our non-labor now, what with a foreign policy that is reckless at best, an economy that has, for all intents and purposes, imploded, and horrifyingly erronious misallocations of valuable military resources.

What's truly troubling is how close the race is between Obama and McCain. Here's part of the problem. People, in general, are pretty dumb. Here's a few things I've heard, unsolicited, out of people where I live here in suburban Chicago:

"Obama supports gay marriage, which means they would be teaching that to our children in school!"

"Obama is a Muslim, therefore he supports terrorism"

"Obama is a Communist"

This is the kind of stuff I've been hearing and unfortunately, for these people, there's obviously no ability to reason logically with them since apparently they're intellectually void. This is the kind of blind, mindless sheep mentality that saw Bush to a second term. As you'll recall, the battle cry in '04 was "we gotta win the war against terrorism"! Of course, no one at that point had any obvious point of reference since the mainstream news media hadn't clued in yet that Iraq had effectively nothing to do with the current domestic terrorist problem, so all they had to go by was the rhetoric from both parties, and the American people put their money on "the devil you know" spot, without any consideration for any of the other domestic problems we faced at that time. Unfortunately, the American people have only partially awakened to the notion that closing your eyes and wishing something to go away doesn't make it actually go away. The only action that seemed to make sense at the time was to move a Democratic majority to the Hill, but all that did was grind the Federal Government to a complete halt for the last 2 years. If for nothing else, at least if Obama makes it into office, SOMETHING will get done!

I've heard many times the saying "the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer". I never really appreciated what that meant until now, and what's really scary about that is that "poor" line is steadily creeping upward. Make no mistake about it. You are all witness to that quote born out in reality. For the last 6 or so years, a lot of people in the banking and loan industry have made insane amounts of money. When that chicken finally came home to roost, guess who got to foot the bill to put Humpty Dumpty back together again?

Scary, eh?

Tonight, On The Comedy Channel...

The Vice Presidential debate is a mere hour away. We here at the Peeve will be sitting in front of our TV's with popcorn and beer in hand, ready to watch the fireworks, and we promise we will do everything we can not to spray beer in a mist our of our mouths while laughing at the countless gaffes sure to be presented.

So, What's gonna happen? Here's the Peeve's Predictions:

Biden will adopt the "damn the torpedoes, ramming speed" tactic of attempting to bury Palin under he own naïvety.

Palin will answer every question posed to her by either avoiding the question or pontificating about how McCain is going to make the world a better place.

Stay tuned.. Either way, this is gonna be hilarious!

Palin. Renegade. Ummm.... and That's About It...

As promised, I've found the promised Palin/Couric interview. It's even better then I first thought. Please, before starting the ride, ensure that your sitting down and have nothing that might fall out of your mouth onto the keyboard when your jaw goes slack in amazement.



Outstanding.

And, a little bonus, just in case you think Sarah was just having a bad day when she sat down with Katie, here's the Palin/Gibson interview from September 11th.



Gibson, "Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?"

Palin: "Huh?"

Pure

Internet

GOLD!

"If You Put Peanut Butter In a Horses Mouth, It'll Look Like He's Talking!"

So, McCain/Obama round 1 is in the books, and by all accounts it was, well, uninspiring. God knows we could sure use a legitimate contender in the “other” box right about now. The Republicans are certainly not the answer unless you want to see how the Roman Empire went down in flames first hand, and the Democrats might save the nation, not that you’d be able to see it, since the government will have to feed the 200 bazillion dollar budget shortfall that will occur when they attempt to rewire the entire United States to accept wind power and regulate the health care industry, which basically means you’re footing the bill.


Speaking of footing the bill, it appears Uncle Sam has this genius idea that we, the people, buy up almost a trillion dollars of crap even a junk bond trader would run away from like it was anthrax. We, as usual, have ZERO say in it, and sure as hell, if by some miracle this debacle actually turns a PROFIT, I can about guarantee we will not see a cent of it back into our pockets. So, in review, you and I take all the risk, and get none of the reward. Thanks for playing!


I heard rumor of a Palin interview with Katie Couric while I was sitting at work half paying attention to the television. CNN’s Cafferty ran a clip of it, which I was wholly not paying attention to, because I was sort of busy, but more to the point, listening to Sarah Palin speak makes my skin crawl in a way it not experienced since 4th period Spanish class. What caught my attention was Cafferty afterwards basically looking like he was seriously considering getting on a boat and trying to sail TO Cuba to escape the insanity. To paraphrase, he basically said, “In the event McCain cannot continue his job, you’ve just heard from the next potential president of the United States. I’m moving to Chile”.


I’m positive it’s on Youtube by this point, so your crack reporter will get it up for you here on the Peeve post haste. If it’s half as bad as Cafferty makes it out to be, I’m going to be revisiting the idea of defecting to Canada.


Also in the works for you my reader, the Peeve breaks down each party. We’ll review the mission statements, the basic Q and A’s, and boil it all down to layman’s terms. After careful consideration, we’ll start with the Libertarian Party. Why? Because their manifesto reads like the Satanic Bible* of politics, and that, my friends, is just too good to let wait.


*For those of you who are Christian and read the bible, you really should familiarize yourself with the Satanic Bible. It’s hilarious. For those of you who really think it will burn a hole in the book shelf or will invoke the spirit of Newt Gingrich, you can simulate reading the thing. Basically, take any teaching or point the Bible makes, and read it as an opposite. Example: Bible: “Thou Shalt Not Kill”. Satanic Bible: “KILL KILL KILL”…
Easy as pie.

Operation: ANARCHY!!!1!!!11!!!

All you anarchists, non-conformists, liberated minds, free thinkers, vegans, UNITE!

And for all of you youngsters who can't stand the thought of one more ride on the bus and want to stick it to The Man, here's your handbook on how to be well on your way to a life of dumpster diving and petty crime.

Today in Chicago Politics

I think I may have finally figured out who Cook County Board president Todd Stroger really is.

Todd Stroger


Steve Erkel


Coincidence? You be the judge.


God knows he certainly runs the county like a Steve Erkel!