More Dumb-Tarded

Paris Hilton's mom does not approve of John McCain using the image of Paris Hilton in his recent "Celebrity" ad, comparing Obama's celebrity status to that of Hilton and Britney Spears.

"It is a complete waste of the country's time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs," said Kathy Hilton, the mother of that human appletini-fueled rage known as Paris Hilton.

I happen to think the ad is fun and makes a good point. I don't think it's piss-you-pants funny or that it defines the whole campaign.

But I am amused at the indignity of Kathy Hilton over the use of her daughter's self-imposed celebutard status. Of course, the McCain campaign may have thought twice about using the image since the Hiltons are McCain donors.

But where is Kathy Hilton's outrage over her daughter being a retarded slut? It's her daughter that is a waste of everybody's time while there are serious things to focus on in the world.

Yet Kathy Hilton says the ad is "a complete waste of the money John McCain's contributors have donated to his campaign." She can say that, she gave money. And we are entitled to think that the indulgences of her mentally handicapped daughter are a big waste of money. But hey, it's their money.

Since Kathy Hilton is in the habit of spending money to support celebrity morons and their activities, perhaps she should consider donating to Obama instead.

Carving It Up

Not surprisingly, legislative Democrats are ready to carve up the new $22 million budget surplus after they did nothing to bail the state out of a deficit this year. Governor Rell joined Democrats in the "do nothing" approach to budgeting during the recent session, but at least she made budget rescisions and cut in areas which evidently produced the surplus.

Democrats are shamelessly now planning to carve up a surplus they had no hand in producing. They can't save a cent but they sure know how to toss money around and blather about how they are supposedly helping people.

The idea now, is that they will join the Governor in providing assistance to a "wide range of individuals and organizations" for heating oil during the coming winter.

Democrats had a chance to help those people during the regular session. They could have lowered state taxes on petrolium products, but they have consistently and obstinately refused to do so again and again, no matter how hard times are, or how high the prices get in this state.

Now, with an election coming up, Democrats have been given some extra cash to blow, and an excuse to pretend they did something meaningful to give relief from the high cost of energy. They really don't want to remind you that they have been sticking it to you on energy all along. And they will trumpet with great pride this November what a damned great job they did.

There is still a $150 million budget deficit for 2009. But by then the election will be over, and the money dries up. Then I guess every elderly person in the state will freeze to death.

"The One"

This one is even better...

Celebrity

Well, it's an interesting ad. Of course, I am damned glad Obama is not like Britney Spears or Paris Hilton. Primarily because I can do without him getting out of a car with no underwear under his skirt exposing his genitalia, or having a drugged-out sex video of himself circulating the Internet.

But Obama did just proclaimed that we wouldn't be paying as much for fuel if we got our tire pressure checked. Sounds like we need a government program to properly inflate our tires!

Obama may be no Spears or Hilton, but he is most definitely a celebutard.

A Lesser Candidate

As if the Connecticut General Assembly didn't already have too many liberal post-college adolescents who aspire to political grandeur while living in their parents' basement and wearing their dad's ill-fitting suit to work, now we get treated to the aptly named Matt Lesser.

Lesser is running for the 100th District in Middletown, and apparently intends to focus his keen and youthful energy on public policy questions while simultaneously dealing with confusing hormonal urges, new sprouts of downy hair on his chest and struggling with the question of when he'll need his first shave.

Lesser's campaign was today's damp pants highlight over at My Left Nutmeg. There's a twenty minute video there too where you can watch Matt's family and friends watch him give a speech with his head down reading off a note pad on a porch.

Some think that having an extraordinarily young candidate is a good thing; you get fresh ideas and energy. Unfortunately, what you usually get electing such children is immaturity, arrogance, and an office-holder irretrievably out of his depth.

Lesser's resume fascinates. You should check it out on his biography page, which includes a picture that is supposed to be the candidate meeting a constituent, but instead looks like a mom about to give her kid his Scooby-Doo lunch box before he catches the bus for class pictures day at school.

Shockingly, Wesleyan University has belched forth another liberal politico onto our streets. This one was president of the state College Democrats while there. He flatters himself by taking credit for Joe Courtney's victory in the 2nd district because he stopped some drunken UConn students from dropping bing cherries out of their asses into keg cups long enough for them to cast some votes.

Apparently Lesser got himself elected to a land use board in Middletown on the radical platform of actually being in favor of open space, a brave and controversial stance.

Perhaps the most perplexing thing about his half-bio is the passage that concludes that he "...works as Executive Director of an organization working to increase opportunities for young people interested in public service..." What the Hell does that mean? And why won't he name the organization? Strange. Doesn't sound like a real job to me, and it probably isn't.

So who's he running against? Republican incumbent Representative Ray Kalinowski, who is hardly a long-time incumbent, first elected in 2002. Kalinowski also served as Durham First Selectman from 1997-2001. He is an Air Force veteran and a former Secret Service Agent. Lesser is no competition for that kind of experience and service.

Lesser is trying to make a big deal about home heating oil prices. And indeed, it is an important issue. Maybe he can ask his fellow Democrats that currently have a tremendous legislative majority why they tax the oil so much, and why they haven't done a damned thing to help, and instead have glommed on to a plan by our Republican Governor.

Lesser is the archetypal liberal kid, probably well-meaning, but with too little of life under his belt to know what he's doing. His type are led around by the nose by political bosses all the time. Lesser doesn't want to lower your gas tax, and in fact apparently wants to raise your income tax to do away with that pesky property tax.

With Lesser, you will pay morer.

Whitnum for the Taliban

Whitnum: Give the Taliban Back Their Country

This continues to be funny. And sad. And weird. All at once. The inimitable Lee Whitnum, candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Fourth District had a "debate" yesterday with Jim Himes, the other Democratic candidate who wants to square off against Republicans Chris Shays in November.

Moderating honors fell to Tom Appleby of News 12, and it was most likely a highlight of his career, or at least a memorable moment.

Now, Whitnum, in all fairness, did manage to get herself on the ballot for the Democratic primary, and thus,in my opinion, is entitled to debate Himes, who is the chosen one of most Dems and libs in the district, and is certainly the leftwing blogosphere's favorite choice.

Whitnum is a moonbat. And after reading this, I really do wonder if she is retarded.

First, she showed up 20 minutes late for the event, and blamed traffic. Then she talked about the war on terror and blamed the U.S and Israel.

Whitnum, by contrast, must have made Himes appear to be a statesman. She ranted that we should not have invaded Afghanistan and should have "respected their sovereignty." Afghanistan's Taliban government, as we all recall, gave safe haven to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda terror training camps.

Whitnum not only displayed arrogance, rudeness with constant interruptions, and grotesque ignorance, but she truly deserves all the ignominy she has received. She has failed repeatedly to file campaign finance reports on time saying she doesn't want to fuel the bloggers who repeatedly brutalize her for her absurdity, ironically giving them more fuel.

As "Saramerica" Sarah Littman has pointed out, she has exploited her relationship with Senator John Kerry to try to sell books.

While she has been entertaining to watch, Whitnum is apparently too crazy to even be able to recognize how embarrassed she should be by her self.

If Whitnum really wants to sell books and get some money, maybe she could hook up with Mullah Omar. Then she could find happiness with someone she truly agrees with.

Special Session Once Again...

Our Full-Time Part-Time legislature, which according to our state constitution is supposed to convene this year from February to May, has managed to bring themselves in every month in 2008 so far.

In January the General Assembly got together to make minor changes to criminal justice laws so Democrats could pretend to be tough on crime while simultaneously rejecting three strikes proposals that would have made a real difference.

Then they went in from February to May, the session where they are supposed to make budget adjustments, and decided they were going to do nothing with the budget despite a huge looming deficit,

Then in June Democrats decided to come back because the real estate conveyance tax was scheduled to expire, and they couldn't allow that. They also prevented a one-half percent increase in the gross receipts tax on gasoline from taking place, so they could try to sell it as passing a gas tax cut, a typical sham from the Democratic majority.

Now, as June comes to a close, there is discussion of yet another "special" session. And these sessions are indeed "special," (See: Special Olympics).

The Associated Press reports that Governor Rell is meeting with leaders to reconvene the legislature before summer's end, to implement the plan she is calling for using our recently discovered $22 million surplus for a heating oil assistance program.

That's great, and Democrats love the idea. However, Republican calls for a cap on the gross receipts tax on gasoline ought to be addressed. But you can count on that not happening.

The General Assembly has truly distinguished itself this year. During the times they were required to be in session, they didn't do a damned thing. But during the times they are supposed to leave us the hell alone, go back to their law practices or plum non-profit and/or union shill jobs, instead they get together to do the greatest damage.

With a $150 million deficit projected for 2009, and Obama and the Democrats leading this state by 20 points, you can anticipate getting bent over the tax barrel and taking it roughly from behind for another two years. In fact, it's apparently already a monthly event.

A Hell Full of Worthless Animals

Liberal Courant columnist and WTIC radio host Colin McEnroe delivered a rather poignant piece over the weekend in which he acknowledged "malevolent commenters online will take my column and use it to call Hartford a hell full of worthless animals." I would hate to disappoint him at a point where he may be writing with some of his greatest clarity ever.

The column outlines a two-hour wait for the Hartford Police while a burglarized neighbor placed numerous calls and watched countless police cruisers pass to and fro, and details some rather frustrating exchanges with the thin blue line.

The central point of the column appears to be that finally, at this juncture, Colin McEnroe appears to have had enough of what Hartford has become. I congratulate him on finally coming to terms with the fact that Hartford is a dangerous place at night, and its public safety efforts, despite being augmented by state police during the warm months, is unable to cope with the nightly violence, crime and depravity that are the rule of the streets there.

There are two failings by McEnroe here, who is usually a thoughtful and articulate progressive fellow. The first is that McEnroe acts almost astonished as though the current state of Hartford has only just now become intolerable. The second is he fails to bring the blame home to where it lives... Hartford politics.

This goes far beyond partisan politics. In fact, the only partisanship in Hartford is which group of self-interested Democrats can manipulate the system better to their advantage. The people Hartford elect to their local and state offices reflect poorly on the city. Incompetence, disinterest, blatant stupidity, and corruption are the traits that their politicians apparently aspire to. They waste time debating the Iraq war while thier own streets are a war zone. They get a free bisque-colored bathroom while their city burns...

If you want to clean up Hartford, you can start by blowing all the fetid political garbage out the door. Good luck with that. And if this makes me one of Colin McEnroe's "malevolent commenters online" so be it. But a filty city can be cleaned up. See New York City following Giuliani for proof.

The Age of the Estro-Gent

Turns out there is some research that backs up something I long ago instinctively knew all along... the liberal, eco-geek, soy-sucking man has low testosterone and higher rates of infertility.

That's right... this medical study reveals that the sensitive, soy-eating man has a much lower sperm count than men who do not eat soy. What should be particularly alarming to leftwing bloggers is the part that notes this trend increases with obesity.

Maybe it's a vicious cycle... the liberal man wants to be sensitive, won't eat meat so he increases his soy intake... which in turn lowers his sperm count, makes him run a few quarts low on testosterone, and he suddenly gets a lot more sensitive. Probably gets tender nipples too.

This perhaps sheds more light on the Oxygen Network coming to Connecticut... an estrogen-soaked cable station that produces the kind of movies and programming watched mostly by Ben and Jerry's-spooning, post-break up women sitting home alone on a Saturday night in a bathrobe.

Anyway, to my fat liberal blogging friends... please keep eating that soy... you soy boys are the true Estro-Gents. As your political food-choices increase your impotence, natural selection has a shot.