I'm not big on telling other people to boycott stuff. I don't drink Coke products because of what they do in Africa. Unfortunately, I'm sure Pepsi isn't all that better, but it's my main source of caffine as long as I'm working overnights. And I realize that I make some hypocritical consumer choices, but I just try to do better.

But this time I am calling for a boycott - Circuit City. They suck ass! They're firing higher-earning workers to replace them with stupider, lower-earning people. I get it, you can argue that's capitalism. Their only responsiblity is to the stockholders, blah, blah, blah. OK...my argument back is two-fold. First, is it really best fot the company if they replace (hopefully) loyal, relatively knowlegable workers with underpaid dummies? In the long-run, probably not. Second, they have the right to do that and we as consumers have the right to not shop there - which is what I'm saying you should do - NOT shop there.

Look, I'm sick of companies taking things out on their workers. And usually because the corporation isn't making enough profit. Not losing money, but not making enough profit. F-that and their families, too.


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I'm getting some conflicting information and I'm not sure which is the deal...I hear from mainstream media ( ! ) that the stuff going through congress - funding the war in Iraq has a binding timetable for troops to get out. But I heard on Democracy Now that this stuff is non-binding. I'll hold comment to I get the facts, but I do tend to side with DN. If this stuff is non-binding, then these jokers are bigger assholes than I've given them credit for. Stay tuned.

Labels: capitalism, circuit city, greed

There are blog traffic exchange sites...like Blogmad that I use to bring folks to...well, initially this blog, but now I use it to go to the podcast blog. To get them to send people to your blog, you have to surf others'. There are a lot of idiots out there. Now I'm not going to tell the people who have blogs in which their pet "writes" the posts that they're not being cute...who am I to say that. But there are a lot of Bushies who have their blogs to show how far up The War Criminal's ass they are. Most of them are devoid of any logic, are racist, xenophobic and show disastrous toilet training.

Every time...and I mean every time I come across one of them I want to respond to their ridiculous posts...but this is how I end up stopping myself...

I read the comments that others post on these sites. When I realize the impossibility of having anything close to a dialogue with people like this, I understand that it's just not worth it. The only response I'll get back is name-calling, parrotting and regurgitation. So then I move on to the next blog and find out how Bill's & Edna's Cocker Spaniel ate their new throw pillow. Yum, yum.

Labels: blogmad, blogs

Riddle me this, Dickman...if The War Criminal can pass this quiz by Scott Ritter then I will support continuing the war. If he is able to explain this to me, the I will admit that I was wrong the entire time - that he knows what he's doing and that we should continue to spend billions (sheeeeeooooot, it's going to be over a trillion by the time we get done), send more Americans to their deaths and kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

Labels: shiite, sunni, war criminal

I think I need an adult diaper. I almost soiled myself with all of this.

The neo-cons grip on...well...everything is slipping. All of the lies, all the bullshit is finally...well, I can't say "coming out" because it's really been out all along, but most people wouldn't look at it. Let's say it's starting to finally get paid attention to by more people.

It's really unravelling. There are so many scandals being outed right now, you really can't keep track of them all. And I'm not exaggerating.

To see what I mean, go over to Crooks & Liars. It's so bad now, that I got tired of downloading all the clips.

And while it semi-pains me, I will give credit where it's due...there are democrats who are using their ability to control committees in Congress to get to facts (that everyone else had anyway). Go to C&L and look at what Barbara Boxer did to some nimrod Republican.

But really stop and analyze what's happening here. The Dems are pissed...and I guess there's reason, but they brought a lot of it on themselves. And their uncovering truths, etc. And they keep saying that all this is going to take time, but I want to see who goes to jail. People have died because of some of these neo-con crimes. Billions and billions of dollars have been literally stolen. There needs to be high-level people going to prison...federal prison.

My concern is that all of this is only going to bring things closer to the Clinton era- which sucked ass as well, just not as much ass.

The one clip that sums all of this up for me...I pumped my fist so hard that I almost tore my rotator cuff...is from The Colbert Report...daring the Dems to impeach The War Criminal.

I disagree with John at C&L. Impeachment would NOT be counterproductive. It puts - on record -that these crimes are not acceptable. It shows future neo-cons that there are consequences...not that you'll just have to take your billions of stolen dollars and ride off into the sunset. It is a precedent that MUST be set!

Labels: crooks and liars, impeachment, neo-cons

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Well enough of this vagina talk. Tonight we tackle the penis. Make sure you have your cup. Welcome to everyone listening to the show on All WNY Radio. The Stuart Bedasso Show is now syndicated! We talk about former Green Presidential candidate, David Cobb and his view on guns. We also discuss Dancing with the Retards, Heather Mills and prosthetics. And speaking of retards...Huey Lewis is the retarded Bruce Springsteen.

Music:
Roy Rogers - Cleaning My Rifle, But Dreaming of You
Southpaw Jones - The Last Remaining Beatle
Eleni Mandell - Can't You See I'm Soulful
Too Much Joy - That's A Lie
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
Reitmo Seis - Pa Lante y Sin Miedo

Keep up those calls to your representatives - stop funding the war in Iraq and bring our troops home:
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Labels: david cobb, guns, heather mills, Huey Lewis, retards

This is actually an old story and maybe it was blogged on back in 2005, but the article was just reprinted in the latest Utne Reader magazine. It seems that retards are down with Huey Lewis. Oh sure, the easy response is: aaaand????

But I guess Huey is doubly blessed...he's got a massive crank and the adoring love of our retarded population.

Now...before you get ready to start e-mailing me about using the word "retard", that was the word used in the article...the developmentally disabled "taking back" their word. And if you don't believe me, listen to the opening cut of Marc Maron's Tickets Still Available.

I guess I don't really have a point here...I just wanted to tell the world that retards like Huey Lewis. When you were in the 80's telling folks that, you had no idea it was really true.


Oh alright...one quick political thing...I saw some anonymous quote from a Democratic congressperson...I can't find it, but it had something like, they've had 6 months of subpoena power and every tree they've shaken has had a cat in it - what's going to happen with 6 more months of subpoenas...something like that. OK...great...hearings...heads need to roll. People need to go to jail. Families need to be broken up. I'm serious. These bastards - and wannabe bastards - need to know that they will pay for shenanigans. There must be consequences or it's all for naught. Even Huey Lewis realizes this.

Labels: Huey Lewis, retards, subpoenas

The entire Bush regime has been a big Facist Orgy. Walter Reed is just another example of the folly of privitization...that word really means give your friends our tax dollars. It's not supposed to, but in practice that's all it is. In the past week I have seen evidence that there are hearings going on that is "exposing" the conspiracies that have been going on. And I'm not using that word loosely - it's extremely obvious that all of the crap: Iraq, New Orleans (to a degree), 9/11, voter fraud, No Child Left Untested, etc...every single thing started by the War Criminal has not only been a failure, but the premises they've been built on have been ALL lies. It's tougher to find where anyone in that administration has told the truth than lies.

Look...the corporate media is just starting to let a trickle of this stuff come out, but if you've been watching non-mainstream media you would have seen all of this shit a long time ago. I didn't bother to go see Farenheit 9/11 because I already knew that stuff before Michael Moore's movie came out. Oh, and I don't like Michael Moore. People roll their eyes about the people who look at 9/ll as a conspiracy, but seriously...take all the questions these people are asking and answer them. I dare you. How do explain the heat of the explosions? How do you explain how the buildings dropped down like a demolition? How do you explain the order for military planes NOT to go up at the first sign of trouble? How do you explain that there are NO pictures of the wreckage in Pennsylvania? Go use The Google... Explain it or shut your hole and stop rolling your eyes.

Alberto Gonzalez is a creepy little weasel. What he deserves is to be tortured the same way he has approved the torturing of other people...but the sad thing is he'd probably enjoy getting his nipples ripped off. The only cool thing for all of the neo-cons would be to leave them on an island somewhere to fend for themselves...kind of an old fat guy Lord of the Flies.

Too much? I don't thinks so. Let me give you an example...

First of all, I'll just show you the article where I got this from.

OK...I'll sum it up. The War Criminal's posse says that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses to be one of the masterminds of 9/11 AND he also confessed to killing journalist Daniel Pearl. In KSM's confession - which was in Arabic - he directed everything "from A to Z"...this "from A to Z" was translated from Arabic. "From A to Z" is an American/English expression. It's not Arabic and a real translator would not use an expression like this in his/her interpretation. Some colossal fucking American moron made this confession up.

Oh, and on a final, unrelated note...Valerie Plame can be my undercover agent any time. I'm just saying...I wouldn't mind getting my hands on her dossier, if you know what I'm saying.

Labels: Alberto Gonzalez, facism, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

We just finished a new podcast tonight. Not our most PC moment. A few pops combined with not sleeping for a couple of days got me imitating an Indian Bill-collecting duck. You have to hear it. We also talked about some tarted-up dolls called Bratz. I've never heard of these things, supposedly their little girl dolls dressed in thongs & make-up. Nice job, Madison Ave.

We also talk about fat chicks & big heads on the Food Network, and a small child is called a whore. You should check it out...here.

Labels: bratz, food network, podcast

I will say it...

I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...I told you so...

Did I mention that I told you so?

Dems abandon war authority provision

Here's the reaction at Crooks & Liars. What gets me is the incredulation. Uh...duuuuhhhh.

Unrelated note:
This is pretty cool.

Labels: democrats, iran, wussies

OK...I know Randi Rhodes isn't a racist...Andy Rooney? I have no idea. Don't care.

At this very moment, Randi Rhodes is talking about stuff that's fucked up with the military. (she's a former member of the Air Force, btw) And she's right on with most of it. But I have a problem with one of her arguments...having listened to her show a bit, I'm guessing she just didn't think all of this through.

She's praising the calcified Andy Rooney and some thing he did on military recruiters. Check it out first. His argument that the military is recruiting "losers" is racist, classist and ignorant. Because now people who never went to high school and felons are categorized as "losers". (most of these folks are people of color)

People are now "felons" because of minor drug offenses thanks to mandatory drug sentencing. Stuff that Randi herself admits to doing. And if you get me going on why these "losers" didn't go to high school I'll be here all day. But to generalize and call all of these people "losers"...f-you and your family too.

And Andy (and Randi and others) call for reinstituting the draft. No...no...no. Yes, I get the idea that if the draft is back then people will hit the streets in protest against the war, etc. And I realize my argument may sound trite, but two wrongs don't make a right. If one more person dies in a war because of the draft who wouldn't have died otherwise, then it's wrong. Period.

Now, she just included the Green Party in her list of people who haven't been thinking about going into Iraq...what the hell is she talking about????? The Green Party was the ONLY party who opposed this from the beginning! I usually agree with her, but her reasoning is all over the place on this.

This whole thing ignores the situation that rules this entire argument. Our so-called leaders are war criminals, they need to be impeached, arrested and imprisoned, but our other so-called leaders will only do surface shit...which I've blogged about numerous times.

Labels: andy rooney, draft, randi rhodes

Two quick links for you to check out:

This is video from Real Time with Bill Mahr (courtesy of Crooks & Liars). It's a 2 minute piece of his interview with Seymour Hersh.

And here's an article by David Michael Green. This really explains everything you need to know about why the Clintons suck so bad (if you're anything to the left of...uh...The War Criminal, I guess). It also spells out pretty well of why the other Dems running for the nomination aren't so hot, either. Green comes right up to that line of saying we should go third party...but he just won't do it. Not yet, anyway.

A friend saw the new Ralph Nader documentary An Unreasonable Man. From his accounts, I want to see the movie - more to see how stupid these so-called progressives are than to see about Ralph. I'm going to try to catch it this week.

Labels: Clintons, David Michael Green, Ralph Nader, Seymour Hersh

OK, stay with me on this.

There's starting to be a big tizzy about the condition of Walter Reed Hospital - where veterans go, particularly ones who have just been injured in war. It sucks there and it started to suck a couple of years ago when The War Criminal started privitzing everything. You can see a brief CNN report here.

Democrats in Congress have set up an investigation (with Subpenas) so fast that I think I have whiplash. They're also doling out subpenas to lawyers in the Justice Department who were fired by The War Criminal. THAT'S been there first use of the subpena power that had been getting so many nipples erect.

Now...here's the thing you MUST read. It's Seymour Hersh's article on how we're already into Iran. What people don't know much about it is that Iran is WAAAAAAAY more powerful than Iraq; they have bought hundreds of Russian planes that were specially developed to fuck up US aircraft carriers. They've also been signing treaties with Russia, China, N. Korea and others. If Iran gums up the Strait of Hormuz, it's going to mess up the economies of a lot of countries who are going to be (more) pissed at us. We're talking about a world war...and The War Criminal and his minions as well as the two presidential flavors of the month, Clintonbagger and Obama (I gotta get a nickname for him) continue to use the expression that no option is "off the table" (unlike impeachment). That's code for nuclear weapons.

Folks. This is nearer than you think. And the Democrats are saying that impeachment is off the table and they can't make up their fucking minds on Iraq...and meanwhile World War III is around the corner. Swell.

Call your representatives NOW...tell them to stop funding for troops in Iraq - which will slow down this train to hell. Again...here are the links to contact them:

Your Senator
Your Congressperson

It's a freakin phone call...It's not like anyone's asking you to march in a protest.

On a semi-related note...today's Democracy Now featured and hour-long reach around with Wesley Clark...who's probably running for the Democratic nomination again. It's an interesting thing to check out because once he declares, you won't see another interview like this again. He says a lot of good things, but there's something there that doesn't sit right with me. Well, check out the interview for yourself. When you get down to it, he'll still kill with the rest of them. He'd probably be good as Secretary of State or something like that...but not president.

Labels: iran, Seymour Hersh, Walter Reed, Wesley Clark

Dear Ted Turner,

You owe us, Ted. You unleashed Larry King on an unsuspecting public. Oh sure, he had that overnight radio show - where he would literally fall asleep on the air. But you're the wanker who put him on TV. For that you should be Gillooly'ed. But here's how you can make it up to us, Ted. Buy back CNN. Come on you crazy MF'er...buy back CNN, fire everyone and make it a 24 hour Democracy Now. We can't take it any more, Ted. There isn't one freakin place on anything resembling mainstream media to get any real freakin news. Come on Ted...if we see one more story about that dead fucking bimbo there's going to be rioting in the streets.

Ted, your country...no, the world is calling you. Buy back CNN & do it right.

Labels: CNN, dead bimbo, Ted Turner