Sarah Palin finishes her East Coast bus tour with a full-support declaration for Michelle Bachman’s run for the presidency.

What do you think the chances are that President Palin and her Conservative majority will repeal this bill and likewise cut all the Santa Clause and turtle tunnels out of the budget – and then disband the IRS and institute the Fairtax?

I think that would be a handy way to keep a handle on the budget. It’s important for an economy like ours to run deficits during war time and economic downturns. But those safety systems have been – and most certainly are currently – being abused for the sake of entitlements and keeping the economy hotter than natural.

I think people would be less likely to strike up the banners of war or be so easily sweet-talked into imaginary-Free healthcare if they thought they’d actually have to pay for it in a couple hours when they swing by the Kwiki Mart. It would also kill off this dumb-ass Liberal/Progressive idea of taxing the prosperity out of the motivated in order to welfare any motivation to seek prosperity out of the poor.

What would really be cool is a Constitutional Amendment in the direction of the Freetax, something that would require the tax to be raised to equal spending – with the exception of actual emergencies in which case an actual fiscal plan would be required. Never mind… No exception. It would get abused.

[facetiousness alert]

I have a suggestion for such a tax reform bill: Ban abortion and institute mandatory reversible sterilization in the name of reproductive freedom. In other words, not forcing ALL children approaching sexual maturity to be temporary sterilized infringes upon their precious right to necessary sexual expression, exposition, and experimentation. Reproduction would require a license that would involve testing to weed out the 12-year-old crack-smoking hill-billies and the morbidly degenerate.

We’ll name it the American America Act.

Hey, we could also add this in thee. You know how the stupid Canadians have their arbitrary hate-speech laws that are only enforced against Conservatives? We could have a similar law using the same sneaking logic. We could make ignorant speech a crime. So like, having a protest were you chant demands for the Government to do something like buy people houses, talking about green jobs, claiming the health reform bill will save money, or abandon Iraq or Afghanistan – that would be illegal. The chair! The chair!

Scott Brown elected Massachusetts State Senator

Do you think a woman who had posed nude could ever achieve national political office?

Disaster in Haiti

The only hope long term for Haiti is a deadly disease that only affects jerks. That’s the only hope for a lot of developing nations criminally ruled by jerks. The CIA got close with AIDS, but they didn’t realize back then that butt-sex and being a jerk were not mutually inclusive. Ah well, dreams for the next conservative administration.

‘We are the world’ Haiti relief recording session begins

These people need to be stopped. Send your money to Red Cross.

State of the Union address

I don’t know why people take Obama’s speeches to seriously. I mean, they were never meant to be taken literally. His message is one of hope and change. We can all learn valuable lessons from his speeches but – lol – you can’t apply those ideas directly to policy – that was never the intended purpose of his message.

Toyota Recall

Yeah! Another fat-cat scapegoat! Yeah, let’s get’m! Whoohoo!

Obama getting tough on China for trade agreement infractions

I’m getting tough on my credit cards too. I’m taking a different approach though. I’m paying off the debt – or at least trying.

Underpants bomber now talking, encouraged by parents

Wow Obama administration! Way to go getting the kid to ignore his lawyer’s advice. If only all terrorists had responsible parents. And thanks for telling us about it too. Now all of America knows how great of a job you’re doing protecting us. Hey, so have you gone ahead and put Al Qaeda on the list to receive your FUCKING news letter yet?

Sarah Palin to receive $100k speaking fee for Tea Party Convention

Only a Liberal would find this controversial. She’s a Conservative from Alaska. What do you think she’s going to do with the cash? Buy something with it? You give those people a rifle and a pair of boots – a few years later they’ve got a city with a shipping port. Watch, she’ll invest in some unknown little jackass somewhere and turn another baby-blue state red. Astroturf my ass… U-S-A U-S-A U-S-A

Healthcare reform bill stalled

Ok guys, I get it. You got caught up in all the inaugural excitement. We elected Obama assuming “change” meant a thoughtful approach, but you thought we gave you a mandate to turn the country on its keel. So you went after you’re dreams: single payer, sky-rocketing business costs, and reduced carbon output. I can’t blame anyone for going after their dreams. And hey, at least you go that juicy stimulus!

But those darn Democrats, they got in your way. Single payer was compromised into single payer under a different name – then into a public option. Then even that was compromised – first into some fancy long winded name coined by Pelosi that essentially meant public option, and finally, a year later, into nothing more than a list new regulations – more similar to the Republican alternative to Hillary Care than the brilliant progressive stride we were all assuming would slide through. (Eh, regardless of the naïve math and unfunded state Medicaid mandates) And to add insult to injury, you have to buy some of those Dem votes too.

And darn-it – you could have passed it. Hell, you could have passed a bill covering sea lions FFS. I know you’d like to blame the Republicans, but shit man – you knew you had all the power and that’s how you wrote the bill. No Republican could have voted for that thing any more than you guys could all climb on board with invading Iraq! Or – wait. You got tricked on that one – hu? Well, you know what I mean. You can’t blame the dog you’re walking when you walk into a pole – even if he was enthusiastic about it.

So the question is: What now. Indeed, this bill is shot to shit. Stack that monstrosity on the back of the toilet in the staff bathroom. But what now? Should you pole-vault over the wall with Pelosi? Should you try to come to some reasonable consensus with a few reasonable Republicans? Should you keep this unorganized circus with your ring leader off in his own ring singing his poems?

I’m not sure what you should do. I’d like to see some actual reform though.

Congress to cut funding for KSM trial in NY

Every time anyone asks Obama or anyone in his admin a question about trying KSM in civilian court, they duck the question and assure us he’ll be convicted and executed. So if this is just going to be a $1 billion show trial – why not just “have the trial” (wink-wink)? You know – take a few days off, “have the trial,” print up some transcripts and stuff, execute the bastard, and use the $1 billion on some new Predator drones or something.

Don’t ask don’t tell – once again up for debate

What part of “don’t ask don’t tell” is so hard to understand?

Whoa, Palin’s book is number one on Amazon and it hasn’t been released yet. Amazon also has it for only $9 for a hardcover – a discount from $28.99.

Palin is talking about two things I think. One might be the clause that provides DNR consultations. But the valid thing she’s talking about is the eventual (or immediate) need in any universal provider of anything for free (or paid for through taxes not in proportion to that service) is the need to — ration. And you don’t ration life-saving care away from productive tax revenue sources. It would only be a matter of time, a new downturn or war, before priorities would have to shift to the healthy intelligent young people and the old and deficient would all be screwed – because there aren’t any other options for someone who wants to care for a retarded child or old senile parent.

But her words were still terribly unwise. She threw her lot in with the irrational “Birthers” the Liberal media is making all Conservatives out to be. Getting overly dramatic is off-putting. And universal is totally out with even a public option under pressure. So in reality it’s a little irrational.

And remember. Health care isn’t rationed right now. I keep hearing people say insurance companies ration, or health care is rationed by the fact that people can’t afford it. That’s silly. Rationing means you only get so much, or have to wait for, an amount of something. By that logic you could say the grocery store rations steak because people can only afford so much – or can’t afford any – or food stamps only buy so much. That’s not rationing. You can buy all the steak you want – if you have the money. Regardless of money you could only have so much rationed steak.