Daily Archives: February 14, 2010

VP Biden Tells Cheney He Can’t Rewrite History

(h/t for this to Truth Teller)

Vice President Biden was on Meet the Press this AM, telling David Gregory that Dick Cheney just can rewrite history accommodate his own prevarications on events during the so-called War on Terror:

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But it is interesting to note that one a weekend where there is a major offensive ongoing in Afghanistan against the Taliban, that the changing of the Media War Rules are complete — it is OK to criticize a Commander in Chief in a time of war, and it is the Party of Hypocrites who changed those rules. Again. Interestingly enough, without much of a peep from the so-called liberal media. I’m not a believer in the bullshit excuse of criticism giving comfort to the enemy, but you can sure see the depth of repub belief in the concept once their noise machine tells them to stop talking about it.

Nice job here by the Vice President. Whoever is in charge of messaging for the Democrats these days needs to flood the zone with this pushback.

Go Cheney Yourself, Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney poked his head out of his undisclosed location to share this wisdom with the world this morning:

Responding to Biden’s comments that Iraq may end up being one of the Obama administration’s greatest success, Cheney chuckled. “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by my friend Joe Biden,” he said.

“I’m glad he now believes Iraq is a success,” Cheney said. “For them to try and take credit for what has happened in Iraq strikes me as a little strange. … So if they are going to take credit for [Iraq’s success] – fair enough – for what they’ve done while there are there – but it ought to go with a healthy dose of ‘thank you George Bush’ up front. And a recognition that some of their early recommendations with respect to prosecuting that war were just dead wrong.”

“I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do,” Cheney said. “We got rid of one of the worst dictators of the 20th century.”

You know the success Biden is talking about – he’s talking about leaving.

Order An Army of These NOW

Please — City of Wilmington and State of Delaware, we need these Robot Snowplows now:

Yuki-taro takes in snow at the front, squeezes it into rectangular bricks, and excretes said bricks out the back. Try teaching your dog to do that! The bricks can be easily stacked and stored for summer cooling needs – unless those pesky neighborhood kids get at them first!

These Robot Snowplows won’t do much good on I-95 or Rt 1, but seem perfect for clearing side streets and development cul-de-sacs everywhere. And stacking those bricks seems more orderly than throwing more snow onto a pile that may come crashing down on your car as it freezes.

Though only a prototype at present, Yuki-taro’s creators in the snowy city of Niigata expect to have a marketable version ready within 5 years at a cost of under 1 million yen (about $9000). That may sound like a lot, but it’s likely that municipalities would pay the cost and deploy them where needed.

Ask Dr. Liberal

Dear Dr. Liberal,

I’ve recently read about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and it looks pretty good. Should I join?

Signed,

No Kidding (Get it?)

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Dear No Kidding,

The good Dr’s knowledge of all things liberal is vast. I met Noam Chomsky and Kurt Vonnegut in a bar in Cambridge back in 1992 and I pwnd those bitches. And yet, I am man enough to admit that I had to google up some knowledge on the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. (http://www.vhemt.org/ )

I just skim stuff, but I get that the gist is that that these VHEMT folks think that things would be better for everyone if we all decided to stop having kids and gradually died out as a species. Certainly, the inspection line at the DMV would be a lot shorter. This is rooted in the observation that we are on track for an UN-voluntary extinction or, short of that, some really big mass dying events that will be wholly unpleasant and fuck up the planet like mad.

If you read the web site, you cant deny that they make a good case. Not only that they make their case in a very matter of fact and unconfrontational manner which is refreshing for one of these tree hugging enterprises. For example, read their FAQ page about abortion:

Q: Does VHEMT favor abortion?

Only when someone is pregnant.

Seriously though, pregnancy should be prevented whenever possible. Unwanted pregnancy is the cause of almost all abortions, and VHEMT certainly doesn’t favor unwanted pregnancy.

The Movement doesn’t even favor wanted pregnancies. Unfortunately, accidental conceptions still happen, so an available and safe safety net is essential for the well-being of girls and women. Criminalizing abortions has never prevented them from being performed, it just makes them unsafe: illegal abortions cause an estimated 68,000 to 74,000 deaths, with five million suffering from complications each year.

Abortion is inconceivable without conception, so contraception prevents abortions.

The issue of a woman’s right to a legal and safe abortion is somewhat beyond the scope of VHEMT. However, the first word is “Voluntary” and coerced births are not. A wide range of opinions on this subject exists within The Movement.

I’m down with all that. So, yeah…I guess. Sure. Go ahead. Don’t have any children and if it too late for that, indoctrinate your offspring so that your utterly average genetic code passes into history. And oh yeah. If you get discouraged by the fact that it is going to be pretty darn tough to convince the world that voluntary human extinction is a good idea – just remember that most people laughed when a guy from Nazareth told people that he was God, but also the Man, but also the Son of God here on a mission to bait the Romans into killing him so everyone who can say, “Yeah, I’ll buy that” can get off this stinking rock and live in an ice cream castle in the sky forever.

Sincerely,

Dr. Liberal.

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Corrections: (crickets chirping)

Pour me a cup of your thoughts. Until then, the Doctor is out.