Fun With Insomnia Blog

Is the game already in the bag or has it just begun?

I’m rooting for both of them (even as a Libertarian Chicago fan) but I’m afraid the Steelers are a much safer bet, even in a game where anything can happen.

The Steelers at the AFC division championship game should become engaged in a defensive standoff with the Ravens. Obama has to deal with the offensive standoff between Israel and Palestine.
I don’t know about you but I’d rather be slide tackled Terrell Suggs than have Hamas lobbing rockets at me.

The Steelers, coming off a victory in the Tennessee, should have plenty of momentum to propel them through to the Superbowl. Obama is facing an economic downturn that may have plenty of momentum to drag us all into the worst recession, if not worldwide depression we have ever seen.
Not making it to the Superbowl vs. potential famine, calamity and poverty for millions… Eh, depends on if your in the game I suppose.

The Steelers have already won two hard fought victories over the Raven’s this season. Meanwhile the US is embroiled in two front’s in the Mideast that can’t exactly be called victory’s at this point. I’d take the latter option if I was Nixon in the middle of Watergate.

The horses I had in the race are already out of it, but it’s incumbent upon us as Americans to have faith and hold our leaders to a higher standard which I’m hoping Obama can measure up to. This one isn’t just a game, Obama gets sacked and we’re all in for a world of hurt.

Here’s to our new quarterback and hoping the blooper reel turns out in our favor. I’ll admit, I’m skeptical, because in the words of George Will “Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings. “

I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m tired of politicians making promises they can’t keep regarding things they shouldn’t have their hands in to begin with.

If indeed you are with me on this, my question to you is what will it take for YOU to get off your butt, get out of the house and actually physically get to you polling place and VOTE these two faced, slimy good for nothing so called public servants out?

We now have early voting, absentee voting along with a plethora of other options from voter turnout groups that will actually transport you to your polling place if you so desire.

My primary point is this. I’m a patriot, through and through. I genuinely hoped this election cycle with such a massive response to the $700 Billion bail out bill (which we overwhelmingly opposed and they passed anyway) that enough Americans had sat up and took notice of the one party system which we have been living under at least since Vietnam that we would actually do something about it. The Green Party and Libertarian Party are viable alternatives that would at a minimum give us some diversity of opinion on the hill. I’m sorry but if more of us do not become more informed and participate in this great political system we have we may just loose it. All those great Americans that fought and lost their lives to ensure our liberty may have indeed done so in vain.

Get up, vote! Vote for anyone but the incumbent, vote for anyone but a Republican or Democrat! Vote Mickey Mouse in for crying out loud but we need real change, less government not more. If you doubt my point ask yourself what have they done for you lately? Really? Tax rebates? Giving you your own money is not an accomplishment.

I loose sleep over it I tell you. I’m not an insomniac entirely by my own virtue.

Bill O’Reilly is anything but no-spin. I enjoy the guy just because he is much more fair and balanced than many other right wing nut-jobs that claim to be. He did a great interview with Obama here before the election which I do respect, but the slant with which he attacks some of the issues he chooses to comment on is undeniable.

I must say, the way he frames things to make a point is rather excellent, as with most talking heads but similarly disingenuous. In his most recent column O’Reilly states that Obama’s pole numbers have steadily risen since the economic meltdown. This was true until recently when Obama’s lead has dropped from as high as 8 points to as low as 3 depending on the pole, but the column is indeed dated after this most recent decline in margin.

The rest of the article is spot on save a few points of conjecture, but this is just one example of how the talking heads skew their arguments. The best lie is 99.99% truth and the spinners are masters of this fact. Like I say, at least his percentage is that high.

The point here is simply to remind listeners and voters alike to check the facts when they find themselves agreeing with any of these propagandists just a little too much. This goes for the left as well as the right.

I apologize for waxing political, but this stuff does keep me up at night. I’m not an insomniac entirely by choice and I worry about the future of our country when these spin masters are influencing the vast majority of public opinion.