Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term.

The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday’s count.

That’s an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.

I think it’s pretty damn sad that the election ended up being as close as it was. I could be generous and say it was because of absentee ballots that were cast before he was a convicted Felon. To be honest I believe it was so close because a lot of people in Alaska loved the Federal pork Stevens pulled in and ignored his conviction to keep the trough open. Good evidence of this can be found in this article from the Anchorage Daily News which couldn’t help but list all the ‘good’ Stevens had done for the state…. in the end pegging simple ‘bad judgement’ as the reason he commited these Felonies.

I’ve wanted this man gone for a long time. He is one of the worst examples of corrupt pork masters in the Government. Good riddance.

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Hey Obama

Source: zomblog

MSNBC Promo

Looks like MSNBC, as a network, has decided to make its preference for Obama a promotional tagline. But just ignore it. Remember. They’re journalists. They say so (even though Matthews says its his job to make sure the Obama Presidency ‘works’).

MSNBC Promo: ‘Experience the Power of Change’

… MSNBC has now seamlessly integrated its own promotional advertising with that of the Obama campaign.

Related: Matthews doesn’t even bother hiding his bias

Matthews: My Job Is To Make Obama Presidency a Success

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah, well, you know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work, and I think that –

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Is that your job? You just talked about being a journalist!

MATTHEWS: Yeah, it is my job. My job is to help this country.

An incredulous Scarborough kept pressing, astonished at such a complete 180 from Matthews’s repeated insistence during the Bush presidency that he had to hold the government accountable.

It boggles the mind.

“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

No really sure what the means but it sure sounds a hell of a lot like the National Guard.

It also reminds me a bit (just a bit) of Kerry’s mandatory national service draft program.

I also can’t help but wonder if Barney Frank wants to cut the budget of this ‘security force’ by 25% as well.

A quick check of the stats reveals the top three searches leading people to this site are:

f**k obama
f**k america
f**k mccain

Obama leads McCain in f**k searches nearly 4 to 1. America has a slight lead over McCain at 2 to 1. What does this mean? I have no idea.

(side note: I’m pretty sure its this post that is causing these search hits)

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska’s political patriarch in disgrace

Stevens, 84, was convicted of all the felony charges he faced of lying about free home renovations and other gifts from a wealthy oil contractor.

Stevens should resign immediately.  If he doesn’t, the Senate should boot him.   It only takes a 2/3rds vote. Hopefully Senator Steven’s career is now on that ‘Bridge to Nowhere’.

The Republican party deserves to lose this Senate seat for allowing him to run for re-election in the first place.

Biden to Supporters: “Gird Your Loins”, For the Next President “It’s Like Cleaning Augean Stables”

“Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.“

Did he really just say that?  Did he really just say that If we elect Obama their will be a ‘generated, international crisis’?  No wonder they’ve been keeping Biden away from the press.  He might has well have said ‘Vote McCain. Our enemies know what his response will be and won’t test him.’

Hmmmm….  I still think I’m sticking with ‘none of the above’ however.

We’re Screwed ’08

‘Howard Stern Show’ Quizzes Obama Supporters in Harlem on Candidate Policies

The interviewer attributed McCain’s policies to Obama. The people who were asked couldn’t tell the difference.

“Are you more for Obama’s policy because he’s pro-life? Or because he thinks should stay in Iraq and finish this war?”
“I think because our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war. I’m really with him on that.”

“Now if Obama wins do you mind Sarah Palin being vice president?”
“No. No I don’t.”

“Do you think she’ll do a good job?”
“I think she’ll do a good job.”
“Are you glad he elected her to be the VP if he wins?”
“Yep!”

CNN Focus Group Said Biden Won

Notice anything?  Mainly how 13 people said Biden won while 12 people say Palin  won.  While most people would say this is about an even a split as you can get, Soledad O’ Brien announces it as an ‘overwhelming’ win for Biden.

Hilarious Example of Media Bias

Soledad asked them immediately after the debate, “How many thought Joe Biden won the debate tonight?”

I’d say about half the hands go up. O’Brien then inexplicably says, “So, looks overwhelming.” Then she asks who thought Palin won. Again, about half the hands go up and she describes it as “small hands.” Then she quickly declares Biden the winner and calls it a day.

Rumor has it Soledad then asked the Biden voters if they ‘were comfortable or needed a pillow to sit on’.

20 SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN
21 WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY
22 CHILDREN.
23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 4161(b)
24 is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-

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1 paragraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A)
2 the following new subparagraph:
3 ‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WOODEN
4 ARROW SHAFTS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not
5 apply to any shaft consisting of all natural
6 wood with no laminations or artificial means of
7 enhancing the spine of such shaft (whether sold
8 separately or incorporated as part of a finished
9 or unfinished product) of a type used in the
0 manufacture of any arrow which after its as-
1 sembly—
5
2 ‘‘(i) measures  /16 of an inch or less in
3 diameter, and
4 ‘‘(ii) is not suitable for use with a bow
5 described in paragraph (1)(A).’’.
6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
7 this section shall apply to shafts first sold after the date
8 of enactment of this Act.

Now (and please pardon my language since right now it is the only way i can express my frustration), can ANYONE tell me just what the fuck this has to do with an economic bailout?

Our Government is a complete and total joke.

Comments from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid about a ‘major insurance company’ on the verge of bankruptcy send already hard-hit stocks sharply lower.

Several big life insurance stocks fell sharply Thursday, dragged down by jitters about their role in the credit crisis and fears sparked by a comment from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Wednesday about a potential bankruptcy in the industry.

“We don’t have a lot of leeway on time. One of the individuals in the caucus today talked about a major insurance company. A major insurance company — one with a name that everyone knows that’s on the verge of going bankrupt. That’s what this is all about,” Reid said prior to the Senate’s approval of the $700 billion bailout bill.

Careless.  Just plain careless and stupid.  But hey, at least you got your sound bite and camera time right Senator?  Everyone knows that’s the most important thing. right?

But thats not all:

A spokesman for Sen. Reid backtracked a bit Thursday and said that the senator was not aware of any company being in danger of bankruptcy.

“Senator Reid is not personally aware of any particular company being on the verge of bankruptcy. He has no special knowledge about [a bankruptcy] nor has he talked to any insurance company officials,” said Jim Manley, spokesman for Sen. Reid, in an email to CNNMoney.com.

Too late Senator.  The damage is done.

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending

Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.

In moving, even tentatively, into this new area of lending, Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980′s.

”From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,” said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ”If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry.”

But remember folks….  everything that is happening is the sole responsibility of Bush and his ‘Failed Economic Policies’™.  There can be no other reason.

Victim Mentality

But it appears that Peterson made few–if any–payments. The foreclosure was filed July 31, 2007. The balance on the main note then was $435,735.86, plus unpaid interest accrued from Jan. 1, 2007, plus $1,005.72 in late charges. This suggests that Peterson made, at most, one payment on her house: the December, 2006 payment. Given the grace periods typical in home-mortgage business, it is at least as likely that her first payment was not due until January 2007, which would mean she has made zero payments.

So basically it looks like Peterson managed to game the system and live in a half a million dollar home for a year practically for free.  But remember, she’s the victim and the banks, who allowed her to go for a year without payment before forclosing, it the villan.  In Peterson’s own words:

“This bill doesn’t do anything for the people who have lost their homes or are in the process of losing their homes,” Peterson said, according to The Sun. “All the laws passed have been basically to help the lending institutions.”

Well of course…. because obviously taxpayers should be required to keep you in your McMansion…  while you pay nothing.