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Culture Watch, Vol.26 Nancy Morgan RightBias.com August 4, 2008 |
Click for video: "Leave Barack Alone!"
[WARNING: Explicit Language]The good news is, Congress is adjourned for the next five weeks. The bad news is, Pelosi and pals were successful in avoiding a vote on offshore drilling. Just because 70% of the American people want to drill doesn't mean that the Democrats are going to hand the Republicans a political victory this close to the election. This endless, eternal, ongoing:
ELECTION '08:
Obama's star is becoming tarnished, much to the chagrin of the old media. Those nasty polls continue to show a race that, as we speak,
is now tied. Not one to take this sitting down, Obama has become even bolder. He just announced his new
'emergency economic plan.' In what can only be described as pure socialism, Obama has proposed giving families a $1,000 stimulus check, funded from "windfall profits from big oil." A modern day Robin Hood, this guy.
Speaking of Obama, as we have been for what seems an eternity, "The One" has offered a solution to high gas prices. Americans,
inflate your tires! I kid you not.
The McCain campaign has released a great video, mocking the divine Obama.
'The One' accurately sums up the media induced cult status this empty suit has achieved. Hilarious stuff.
GOOD NEWS:
This commercial being shown on Iraqi TV sums up better than I how much we've accomplished in Iraq. Nothing short of miraculous.
On the immigration front, it appears that the number of illegal immigrants in the US has
dropped by app. 1 million. Banks in Mexico report that remittances from Mexicans in the US
fell 2.2% in the first 6 months of 2008. And the US allowed in
more than 2,300 Iraqi refugees last month, setting a record and putting the Bush administration on pace to surpass its goal of accepting 12,000 Iraqi by next September.
Other good news: The number of chronically homeless
dropped nearly 30 percent from 2005 to 2007 and the number of Americans who consider themselves Democrats
fell two percentage points to 39.2%
 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and new bride, Jennifer Siebel |
GOVERNMENT AT WORK:
Massachusetts Governor
Deval Patrick signed a bill that clears the way for gay and lesbian couples from other states to marry in Massachusetts. As gays celebrated, the CDC issued a
new report. Apparently the US AIDS infection rate is 40% higher than earlier estimates. Oops. In some black communities, the HIV rate actually exceeds that of some African nations.
San Francisco
Mayor Gavin Newsom took time out from the people's business to marry actress Jennifer Siebel. Then, it was back to work, as newly wed Newsom officially
proposed a $1,000 fine for all those irresponsible residents who don't sort their trash into the environmentally correct piles.
Down south in LA, the city council approved
a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants. Seattle, meanwhile, became the first city to discourage the use of paper and plastic shopping bags by requiring retailers to slap
a .20 per bag charge on them. Continuing their valiant efforts to save the earth, Seattle's Mayor Greg Nickels is
planning 'car-free' days throughout the city.
The House successfully kept the issue of offshore drilling from coming to a vote - concentrating instead on approving legislation that
would empower the EPA to regulate the tobacco industry. Congress also tackled illegal immigration by announcing, to great fanfare, their latest solution:
advising illegals to deport themselves rather than risk getting caught.
Last, but not least, the House
issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery. Mea culpa. Next step: reparations. Sigh.
CULTURE:
The clash between gay rights and religious freedom
acquired two new fronts recently, both involving Christians who say they were punished on their jobs for actions that reflect religious disapproval of homosexuality.
A government school in Texas will force students who don't follow the rules to
wear prison-like jumpsuits. Parents complain the policy will make the kids feel like prisoners. Neal Boortz accurately points out,
they are.
Workers at Tyson Food's poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day. Instead, they
will take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.
A British website is
recruiting kids as 'climate cops', encouraging them to keep records on their parents and neighbors for violations of 'energy crimes' against the planet.
Mechanics are starting to see the
damage ethanol is doing to small engines. "When you put that ethanol in here, it eats up the insides, or rusts them out."
The
new 'smart car' gets 40 MPG but isn't heavy enough to set off the sensors that activate left-turn signal lights at intersections.
Memo to McDonalds: The Palestinian Authority is facing
a severe financial crisis due to a lack of donor countries to fulfill their pledges to fund the Palestinians.
A record 9,000 Chinese couples plan to
tie the knot to celebrate the opening of the Olympic games and to take advantage of the lucky date, 8/8/08. The World Bank has designated Linfen, China as the
most polluted city in the world.
Academics have unearthed what they believe to be the
world's oldest joke, a double entrendre about men's sexual desire. Saudi Arabia's religious police have
announced a ban on selling cats and dogs as pets. [Guess you can still buy them for food] The reason? Men are using them as a means of making passes at women. Did you know there is no word for humor in Islam?
Last week, US Airways announced -
no more free water on their flights. Delta, meanwhile, is
doubling its charge for checking a second bag on all domestic flights.
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
This week's award goes to all those ingenious suicide bombers who are starting to wear explosive
'underwear briefs' to evade body searches.
Before I sign off, I have an interesting tidbit. For all of you who have been impressed by T. Boone Pickens commercials touting wind power, you might want to read
this article.by Nancy MorganNancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.
Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.