MacDries says, "Nice to know there are still people with character."
Bye Dan, Good Run
...but doncha think you and Brokaw are playing it a bit self-important. So you screwed up. Big deal. You're only journalists, y'know. You didn't invade another country and kill 1375 young people. And you're not Johnny Depp.
You guys are more like my butcher or the guy who changes the muffler on my beat old 93 Jeep Cherokee. Do your job and retire. Someone else will come along. Just hope it's not Bret Hume or David Brooks.

You've always taken for granted that it would be there when you attempted some physical feat, willy-nilly as you smoked your 24th cigarette of the day. Now, even after you've "cleaned-up" extensively, you realize you're bumping into things a lot and stubbing your toe on the same step you've taken for 25 years.

Your hearing is failing too but you're also much less interested in listening to other people going on and on about this and that. This degeneration is a trade-off because, I'm hoping, you can always turn up the music. Some people, however, have entered the period when then have found they have something to say. And it is not always easy to turn down the volume on their Philosphy.

Does this mean you are "more sensitive to others" as you are supposed to have become.

No. Not hardly.

My first glimpse of Geezerhood came the summer before my by-pass, before my Pacemaker. Even before 9/11 by god.

We were up at B & J's Lake Warramaug in CT. B & J are playing tennis, Ann is dripping up to read the NY Times after doing laps for 40-50 minutes. Ann still encourages me to get out there and exercise but I've almost broken her of that. I don't swim much anymore but it was hot so I says to myself, "Why not swim out to the raft. Take a rest and swim back? Cool off!"

And I did.

Right. Well, about 20 yards out towards the 50 yard raft, I says to myself, "Hey are you gonna (like) make it to the fucking raft?"

"Maybe not," I reply and it was a bit dicey thinking about dying by drowning... but obviously I made it. Made it back and on to an extended life by, first, resting for a good 10 minutes and then getting a full-raft run/dive towards shore and coasting as far as momentum could carry me. A few good cardio-challenging strokes and I was touching bottom. Voila!

Haven't been swimming since. Unless swimming is walking chest deep into N & R's pond up-country and taking a dip to wash off the sweat built-up from the hundred yard walk from the screen porch.

Ann is lucky for at least two reasons; she is 13 years younger than her beast, plus she learned early on that exercise was more pleasurable than smoking, booze and drugs. Her beast thinks he's smarter than average but he would trade her youthful wisdom for his stupidity any day.

Ann swims for hours every week, year round, in sweet-water ponds, big lakes, and in chlorine/urine/germ-filled pools that I wouldn't enter. She swims in ocean salt in Puerto Rico, Malibu and Tulumn as our fortunes allow. She managees to not stay at a hotel-motel that doesn't have an exercise room, pool, pond, or lake within striking distance. Oh, in Rome, perhaps, she might settle for a bed near The Borghese Gardens where she can take an early morning hike. But that's about it. ("No thanks", her beast would say, if she ever asked him to join her. "I'll stay here in bed where it's warm. And dry. And easy. Let my Pacemaker pump me into another day.")

If her club pool is closed, no pond or lake in sight, if it's raining, or terrorists are invading Ground Zero a 2nd time, she has her (mostly quiet) Eliptical Trainer in the hallway. It gives her a slight twinge of security whenever she passes it in our loft. She has already worn out 2 (noisy) Nordic Track machines since I met her and I hope to see her wear out a couple more.

I plan to have more to say about this aging process as it extends itself into senility. After that you're all on your own.
Burned Bird
And thus begins the dread season.

MacDries says, "The term 'grin'n bear it' explains my aTTiTude to T."
Three Wives Attempt Suicide After Argument
TEHRAN - All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man took overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive pair of boots, a news agency reported on Sunday.
"My two other wives were very jealous after my 27-year-old wife bought a pair of boots for $450," the husband was quoted as saying by the ISNA student news agency.
"After they had an argument about the price, they all attempted suicide together," he added.
All three women, now in stable condition in the hospital, have separate apartments and cars. Men in Iran, where Islamic law has been in force since 1979, can marry up to four wives, although polygamy is fairly rare.

MacDries says, "Women! Whatcha gonna do."

MacDries says "It's a "Red" state and lots of deer hunters around so watch your back."
Latest Tondos

MacDries says, "That's putting a fine point on it Billy. I'm assuming he means Iraq. Probably wouldn't want to muss those golden locks and jeopardize his status as 2nd sexiest man alive (Jude Law, doncha know, is on the front line there).
Darwin Awards 2004
Go HERE for the runners-up.
THE WINNER!!!:
[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]: Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday.
Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.
Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a  frog gigging trip on an overcast Sunday night when Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned.
The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column.
Upon inserting the bullet the headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.
After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and  struck Poole in the testicles.
The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement, and striking a tree.
Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never operate as intended.
Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might both be dead," stated Wallis.
"I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened," said Snyder.
Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck???
Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole DID, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.

Do you know?
I doubt it.
You are too wrapped up in yourself,
To really realize what is going on,
In the real world.

Well, I'll tell you.

A man shot himself.
There, I said it.
And does your stomach drop,
When I say that it is because of you?
I doubt it.

Did his stomach drop
When the Buckeye State
Was conceded
By our only hope?
Most likely.

He did it
Where everyone thought
Was sad enough
Where our parallel lines toppled over like dominoes.

But how was he alone?
The biggest tourist attraction
Of the big apple
Was deserted?
So no one could stop him.

When those who are less liberal Democrats say
"It's only four more years"
I can't seem to say
"For someone, it's an eternity."
And an eternity is too long...

Dedicated to Andrew Veal, who committed suicide at Ground Zero on November 7th, 2004, four days after George W. Bush won the presidential election.
Yasser Is Dead, Long Live Yasser
One Yasser down, another born.
Bill's RedNeck Libary(sic, see below)
Don't ya Just Miss Him?
"I believe the job of a president is to understand and explain the time in which he serves, to set forth a vision of where we need to go and a strategy of how to get there, and then to pursue it with all his mind and heart,"
- Former Prez Bill Clinton

He's our Reagan. And fuggedfabout Hillary. She ain't no New Yawker and can't cut it, BillWise.

The worst month was last April, with 135 deaths, when the insurgency intensified and U.S. Marines fought fierce battles in Fallujah, only to be withdrawn from the city. That was part of a failed attempt to put the now-defunct Fallujah Brigade of U.S. and allied Iraqi forces in charge.
Ray Johnson Art (1927-1995,)

For Sale: 3 framed works by Ray Johnson, founder of The New York Correspondence School. (Google him for tons of info.)
These works are comprised of 7 orignals exchanged with the owner in the 1970s. Prices are negotiable. Contact BlogMeister at MacDries Design (See above.)

Also two (2-sided) works by May Wilson, fellow member of the same school, for sale.

Quick Queries To Offend Everyone
What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball?
Juan on Juan.

What is a Yankee?
The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone.

What is the difference between a Harley and a Hoover ?
The position of the dirt bag.

What do you see when the Pillsbury Dough Boy bends over?
Doughnuts?

Why is air a lot like sex?
Because it's no big deal unless you're not getting any.

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.

What do attorneys use for birth control?
Their personalities.

What's the difference between a girlfriend and wife?
45 lbs.

What's the difference between a boyfriend and husband?
45 minutes.

What's the fastest way to a man's heart?
Through his chest with a sharp knife.

Why do men want to marry virgins?
They can't stand criticism.

Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring, and good-looking?
Because those men already have boyfriends.

What's the difference between a new husband and a new dog?
After a year, the dog is still excited to see you.

What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying?
The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving.

What's the difference between a porcupine and BMW?
A porcupine has the pricks on the outside.

What did the blonde say when she found out she was pregnant?
"Are you sure it's mine?"

Why does Mike Tyson cry during sex?
Mace will do that to you.

Why did OJ Simpson want to move to West Virginia ?
Everyone has the same DNA.

Why do men find it difficult to make eye contact?
Breasts don't have eyes.

Did you hear about the dyslexic Rabbi?
He walks around saying "Yo."

Why do drivers' education classes in Redneck schools use the car only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?
Because on Tuesday and Thursday, the Sex Ed class uses it.

Where does an Irish family go on vacation?
A different bar.

What would you call it when an Italian has one arm shorter than the other?
A speech impediment.

What does it mean when the flag at the Post Office is flying at half-mast?
They're hiring.

What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo?
A southern zoo has a description of the animal on the front of the cage along with... "a recipe".

How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the F word?
Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell *BINGO*!

What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale?
A northern fairytale begins "Once upon a time..." A southern fairytale begins "Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit..."

MacDries hears that and adds: "Beware of God's messengers. They often have hearing difficulties and we live in a PolyTheisitic Universe where Gods can't seem to agree on much of anything. They seem very like a bunch of humans."
Bush Supporter

Bubba's Library

Notice any similarity?
Latest Painting
31 more Americans dead in Falluja.

I'm not a sexy guy. I went to a hooker. I dropped my pants. She dropped her price. 

I tell ya when I was a kid, all I knew was rejection. My yo-yo, it never came back! 

When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, "We want five thousand dollars or you'll see your kid again. 

"Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt because he leaves a pyramid in every room. 

With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don't want to go out. He wants me to leave. 

Last week I saw my psychiatrist. I told him, "Doc, I keep thinking I'm a dog." He told me to get off his couch. 

I worked in a pet store and people kept asking how big I'd get.

One night I came home. I figured, let my wife come on. I'll play it cool. Let her make the first move. She went to Florida.

I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, "Wait til it gets warmer." 

My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I drink in front of a mirror. 

When I was born the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father, "I'm very sorry. We did everything we could...but he pulled through." 

My mother had morning sickness after I was born. 

My mother never breast fed me. She told me that she only liked me as a friend. 

I was so ugly, my father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet. 

When I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up.

One year they wanted to make me poster boy... for birth control.

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent back a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

My uncle's dying wish was to have me sitting on his lap. He was in the electric chair when he died. 

Once when I was lost I saw a policeman and asked him to help me find my parents. I said to him, "Do you think we'll ever find them?" He said, "I don't know kid. There are so many places they can hide. 

"I remember I was so depressed I was going to jump out a window on the tenth floor. They sent a priest up to talk to me. He said, "On your mark..." 

When my old man wanted sex, my mother would show him a picture of me. 

I had a lot of pimples too. One day I fell asleep in a library. I woke up and a blind man was reading my face. 

My wife made me join a bridge club. I jump off next Tuesday.

I met the surgeon general. He offered me a cigarette.

One time I went to a hotel. I asked the bellhop to handle my bag. He felt up my wife! 

This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the Fruit of the Loom guys laughing at me. 

I'm a bad lover. Once I caught a peeping tom booing me. 

My wife only has sex with me for a purpose. Last night she used me to time an egg. 

It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass! 

My wife isn't very bright. The other day she was at the store, and just as she was heading for our car, someone stole it! I said, "Did you see the guy that did it?" She said, "No, but I got the license plate." 

Last night my wife met me at the front door. She was wearing a sexy negligee. The only trouble was, she was coming home. 

A hooker once told me she had a headache. 

If it weren't for pick-pocketers, I'd have no sex life at all. 

I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said, "Are you going to hate yourself in the morning?" She said, "No, I hate myself now."

I knew a girl so ugly, they use her in prisons to cure sex offenders. 

I knew a girl so ugly, I took her to the top of the Empire State building and planes started to attack her. 

I knew a girl so ugly, the last time I saw a mouth like hers it had a hook on the end of it. 

I knew a girl so ugly, she had a face like a saint--a Saint Bernard! 

I was tired one night and I went to the bar to have a few drinks. The bartender asked me, "What'll you have?" I said, "Surprise me." He showed me a naked picture of my wife. 

During sex my wife always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she called me from a hotel. 

My marriage is on the rocks again. Yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.

One day as I came home early from work, I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy, "Hey buddy...why are you doing that for?" He said, "Because you came home early."

"I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. He told me to wear a brown necktie.

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him, "If you don't mind, I'd like a second opinion." He said, "All right. You're ugly too!"

And we were poor too. Why, if I wasn't born a boy, I'd had nothing to play with! 

Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep.

And now what do we get? We're the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?

Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes. Those Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States you keep going on and on about? All that bullshit about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn't bother to read the first half of the fucking sentence . Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?

No, No. Get the fuck out. We're not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and fucking Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those fucking stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for fucking blue states. And it would be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their fucking Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier. Get it? We started this shit, so don't get all uppity about how real you are you Johnny-come-lately "Oooooh I've been a state for almost a hundred years "dickheads. Fuck off.

Arrogant? You wanna talk about us Northeasterners being fucking arrogant? What's more American than arrogance? Hmmm? Maybe horsies I don't think so. Arrogance is the fucking cornerstone of what it means to be American. And I wouldn't be so fucking arrogant if I wasn't paying for your fucking bridges, bitch.

All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you so shut up and enjoy your fucking Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a fucking swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it, it's a shithole," we said, but you had to have your fucking orange juice.

The next dickwad who says, "It's your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That's right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It's too easy, asshole, they're blue states. It's not your money, assholes, it's fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

Let's talk about those values for a fucking minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you fucking Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It's fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that's right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation. Think that's just some aberration ? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states. And while Nevada is the worst, the Bible Belt is doing its fucking part.

But two guys making out is going to fucking ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you're ruining it pretty well on your own, you little bastards. Oh, but that's ok because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? Cause we fucking get to hear about it every goddamn year at election time. Yes, we're fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you're fucking towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that's a workable formula. Maybe us fucking Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes? No, you're too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the fucking Northeast Liberal Elite. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? It ain't us up here in the North, assholes.

Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.

And no, you can't have your fucking convention in New York next time. Fuck off.

MacDries says, "Plus you will welcome the return of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Diana Krall, Dan Ackroyd, K.D.Lang, Jim Carrey, etc.
Battle For Falluja Underway
Wait a minute! I thought the Mission was accomplished.

MacDries must protest that they are way off on what is "typical utilization" in his geezer experience. But he's not saying in which direction they are erring.
The 14 Defining Characteristics Of Fascism
            By Dr. Lawrence Britt
Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

2. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

3. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Disagreement with government is seen as unpatriotic. Flags are everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

4. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

5. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

6. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

7. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

8. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

9. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common. (Fox News?)

10. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

11. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

12. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked. Science takes a backseat to corporate need and control.

13. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

14. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions,assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

MacDries says, "Hmmmm, sounds a little familiar."

That pretty much sums up my feeling today. I thought Nixon was a bigoted crook and we now know he was. Reagan was awful, an idiot and wrong but not malevolent. Bush 1 was just not very bright. But these guys are truly evil.
This WebLog was started back in March to spread bits of info regarding The Shrub and his quest for election (he wasn't elected so he was not re-elected). Now that the results are in and nothing can be done, I'm not sure I've got the will to continue.
My Main Man, Howard Dean
The guy I started out supporting sent me this email today:

Montana, one of the reddest states, has a new Democratic governor.
First-time candidates for state legislatures from Hawaii to Connecticut beat incumbent Republicans.
And a record number of us voted to change course -- more Americans voted against George Bush than any sitting president in history.
Today is not an ending.
Regardless of the outcome yesterday, we have begun to revive our democracy. While we did not get the result we wanted in the presidential race, we laid the groundwork for a new generation of Democratic leaders.
Democracy for America trained thousands of organizers and brought new leadership into the political process. And down the ballot, in state after state, we elected Dean Dozen candidates who will be the rising stars of the Democratic Party in years ahead.
Tens of millions of us are disappointed today because we put so much of ourselves into this election. We donated money, we talked to friends, we knocked on doors. We invested ourselves in the political process.
That process does not end today. These are not short-term investments. We will only create lasting change if that sense of obligation and responsibility becomes a permanent part of our lives.
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
We will not be silent.
Thank you for everything you did for our cause in this election. But we are not stopping here.

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.
P.S. -- Join others in your community tonight at the Democracy for America Meetup to celebrate your hard work and discuss the next steps for your local group: http://dfa.meetup.com

Howard is still my main man. And he ain't dead. Or brain-dead like Bush.

If you or friends or families need to know your polling place or have friends or family members who don't know -- or have problems voting -- the national, toll-free number is 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)
Or go to the websites:
http://www.electionprotection.com
Or:
http://www.mypollingplace.com
*Thanks Michael
Quote of the Millenium: Last Time
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
--George W. Bush in a Freudian moment of candor during the signing ceremony for the $417 billion defense spending bill.
OK, you asked for it, you got it! HERE is the video. And check out Rummie, he didn't even flinch.
The Basics
Remember your position in the political spectrum.
Zogby Predicts Kerry
Go HERE for his reasons why*.
Zogby predicted Gore's popular vote victory in 2000. He also predicted Clinton/Dole within a hair in '96
*Those idiots who haven't made up their minds.
Eureaka!!!!
Just realized who these "Undecideds" are: They're the people who have to know what the majority is going to do before they can decide; some are contrarians and some are toadies. But mainly they are losers.
The TV Sports Assholes
Boston finally wins a World Series.
Get It? Kerry is from Massachusetts.
Then another decades-old sports trend is tested.
In every presidential election since 1936, if the (Washington) Redskins won their last home game before the election, the incumbent party won the White House.
If they lost, the incumbent party was tossed out.
Good news again for John Kerry, the Packers beat the Redskins 28-14 on Sunday. (At least, that's the tentative final score pending the resolution of the inevitable lawsuits challenging the illegal motion penalty on Washington's James Thrash.)
Sound like JebLand 2000?
Even in an election year the TV Sports Assholes like to pretend that they are relevant. much like the TV Weather Assholes like to pretend that the climate dictates voter turnout.

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