Killer Pork Adobo

There is nothing better in this worls then killer pork adobo. Last night my roommate made some of this delicious meal. She made high quality, killer adobo but i think she used the wrong vinegar. Anyway if i can get her to make pancit bihon and some chicharon I'd be so psyched. Seriously three cheers to A for her work. It was so yum and the rice was perfect. I use to think that if i were ever on death row I'd have steak or ribs...screw that I want pork adobo!!!!

Adobo Rules!!!

Question is this...what is better pork adobo or chicharons?? Is there a better filipino dish??? i htink not but I want some comments.

DC Restaurant Review: Open City

I have lived in Woodley/Cleveland Park for ten years now, I have seen restaurants and bars come and go in the two neighborhoods. Openings and closings are just a fact of life, I was upset when the Washington Park Gourmet closed on Calvert. The reason I bring this up is that I am a guy who does not like sandwiches. I find them to be boring and cold. However, the Washington Park Gourmet made a taragon chicken salad that was incredible. The put on a leaf of lettuce, scoops of chunky taragon chix salad and placed it in a killer baguette. One of a handful of sandwiches that I would ever consciously buy.

So the memory of that great sandwich lingers when I see that corner. I am glad to say those memories have infused themselves into Open City, plus they were playing Weezer.

Now we have Open City Bar/Diner brought to us by the same guys who own Central Perk...I mean Tryst. Open City was packed when I went for breakfast with my friend and this was at 10:00AM. We were told that it would be thirty minutes. The waiting area began to fill up and we were pushed into the dining area. The host was buys calling out names, "micah party of two," No reply. "Sara party of two," No reply. "Lincoln party of two," No reply. Finally we were called after a short 7 minute wait.

The ambiance is frenchy cafe meets young DC married couples and new families. The TV had both meet the press and cartoons going. That's a combination I enjoy "Why are we selling port operation to DPW?" to"Is that a Frosty the snowman cartoon." The wait staff was pleasant and quick.

My friend and I both had the OC Royale or in spanish the Ciudad Arbritire royale. (Someone check my Spanish please...) I also had a small glass of OJ and a cafe au lait. The OJ tasted fresh and the cafe au ait was too frothy but the coffee was strong and freshly grinded. The OC royale or CA royale was bacon, eggs, hasbrown, toast (English muffin) and french toast. All i can say is that the food was very good, but is it really hard ot mess up breakfast food. The french toast was sublime and hinted of goodness, the bacon was perfect crunchy not greasy, the eggs I had, over hard, were fried with just a hint of bacon grease, the hash browns were shredded and a tad undercooked.

Suggestions for the place, add a second TV and show all the networks. Push the better coffee drinks like the Cuban coffee. I know profit is king but it is a bit harsh in there, tables are close together and noise bounces off of everything.

What more can you say about this place but it is a great neighborhood bar, too bad it is infected with convention traffic. I am going to try lunch and dinner and will add to this review. But overall I really enjoyed it. On My DC scale it was, "A suspension bill-- non-controversial everyone assumes it is good and everyone likes it."

Somethings are better then others....

The only jacket that matters, the Cowen Commando.

Jeans at Work Revisted

Our CoS allowed jeans at work day. The boss was out of pocket so it was all good. Even, I wore jeans, me the advocate of "No Jeans" in the work place, me the "Jeans look unprofessional guy." I have to admit everyone looked very stylish and neat which was a plus but jeans smack Capitoll Hill tradition right in the face. Its had to see staff in jeans and have meetings, its just not right. its like messing with Ores cookies, who wants a reverse oreo or one covered in fudge...that's simply wrong. No more jeans at work!!

DC restaurant review: Rosa Mexicana

Chinatown is booming. Last night I went out with some mates after work. I was starved so we started off at Rosa Mexicana. Maybe its just me but any restaurant in DC if you get in anytime before 7PM you're fine. Anytime after and you're SOL. In terms of background this is my fourth time to this restaurant and the first couple of times it was decent to OK.

So we had guacamole for the table to start and it was good, a little on the tame side, it probably should have had more peppers in it. I had a Sol beer and the rest of the table had pomegranate Margaret which seemed to be a smash. It was my understanding that it was all liquor, which is a good thing. I also had some butternut squash soup and the person next to me had the house salad. The soup was wretched way too salty. When is the city going to stop wit this soup, i think every restaurant has it o the menu.

For entrees we had steak, chicken and pork tacos, with those killer corn tortillas, there was some chorizo dish, and I think taquitos. I didn't particularly like my dish, I had pork tacos. The meat was not that slow cooked and much of it was too tough. It was overwhelmed by the sauteed onion and the condiments were bland. I didn't ask the table about the food because we had the most unfortunate incident where our waitress dumped the second round of drinks on one of my friends. It was a little annoying because I don't think anyone actually said, "I'm sorry." The manager came over and he was of almost no use to us or helpful. I thought the main courses were ok nothing great nothing flashy nothing really good, except the tortillas.

Dessert we had apple empandas, chocolate cake and some cheesecake in my opinion they were sucky and again the coffee was shit. What is the deal with good restaurants and shitty coffee. Is it that hard to brew a decent cup!! I personally think a good cup of coffee can make a meal memorable and it can save a meal from certain death. In this case it just showed me that the restaurant like the meal was just adequate, there was no heart in it.

Overall: go to rosa mexicana for drinks and maybe some appetizers and ambiance. Don't go for a meal! You will no be satisfied. In my DC restaurant review scale it would be: Its in full committee, members like it, but it needs serious amendments to make it work.

Full Cable

The full compliment of cable channels is a whole new level of slackdom and intrigue. How can one watch all these channels? How can a person Tivo the quantity? Easy..there really is nothing worth watching on these channels. maybe once a week you will see an OK movie, maybe once a month a good movie, and once a year a real movie. Anyway, I digress...the full cable line up is boring same movies different channels. i think the programmers just share daily programming and it moves down the channel line up each day. Ihope someone figures out a new way to deliver my prgramming traditional prgramming is sucky.

DVD Review- Dune Extended Version

Dune is one of the all time greatest books. Its incrediblle.

The movie by David Lynch is a bit off beat but very entertaining. Who am I kidding it is by far one of my favorite movies of all times. The extra 40 minutes of the DVD were amazing. They enhanced the story and gave it the book flavor it so desperately needed. In the movie Mau'dib after drinking the water of life tells his dead father, "Father, the sleeper has awaken!" That is what this extended DVD did, it awoke the movie. I remember when this version came out on TV a while back I remember watching it and now it is all mine. I love it.

The places I've seen and the places i have to go

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Big Brother is Watching

King George and the Royalist... I mean Republican Party

They take away our rights and we dont blink. They lead us into war and we dont blink. They take the economy turn it upside down and put us into debt and we dont blink. They sell port operations to foreign countries. Why is there not more outrage???? Why dont more people care.

Our outrage and demand for answers turns into us being unpatriotic. They call us unpatriotic as soldiers die everyday, as the south is still rebuilding and the poor are refused public housing in NO. They blame our spending habits when we arent in charge. They cut social programs like Medicaid. They are reducing student financial aid. Cutting veterans funds...the list is endless

What have they done besides tax cuts for the rich and shoot friends who apologize to the VP for whats going on. Dumbass you were shot and nearly died because buckshot enetered your heart.

Why dont people confront the royalist republicans and king george?

I dont know...it shames me and my party that the fight is not taken to them and laid at their feet.

With everything that is going on we should trounce them in the midterms. BUT we wont. We dont have a message of hope or change. We have a message of corruption charges. That gets you half way there we need to tell the people why things would be better with us Dems in charge.

Farpoint Sci-Fi Convention

Farpoint was interesting. It was pointed out to me that it was mainly a Star Wars/Star Trek Convention which was mostly true. We had Buffy, Angel, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, and some Battlestar gear. In terms of costumes we head Darth Vader, a smattering of storm troopers, a bridge crew from some federation ship, a posse of Klingons, some Viper jocks, swamp thing, and some joker from Riddick. It was what I remember from past conventions.

Why arent there more women? dont they watch these shows, maybe we should combine a sci-fi convention with a desperate housewives fair and see what happens. I would love to see some house wives chicks fight it out with some klingon female warriors over a federation transpotter engineer. That's entertainment.

What there needs to be is more BtVS, more Battlestar Galactica, and some Dune and mainly Robotech. anime was not really present so i guess i have to wait for the anime convention this summer. I think diversity and new blood is sorely needed. If we dont hook TNG then we are condemning our future. Luckily my nephew was there. He will carry the torch for the future.

More importantly start pinging 2nd seed's website about scripts, slashers, shippers, etc.

DC Taxi Cab Review: Redtop should be RedSTOP

Those early morning rides to the airport are hard to come by, well its a little obnoxious to ask people to drive you to the airport for a 6:00AM flight, so most people grab a taxi.

I ususally use Redtop Cabs based in VA. They are always early, the cabs are immaculate, and the drivers are friendly and not nosy. This would have been the start of a great review until my latest experience. Just this morning my roommate was off to home for the long weekend. She had a Redtop cab lined up because that is what the house uses and swears by. She's waiting for her cab and it is late so she calls to check in. She gets on the phone and the dispatcher says, "We are overbooked no cab is coming for you." My roommate tells them about the reservation and the response is, 'We are overbooked." My roommate says, "You have to honor my reservation I need to get to the airport." The dispatcher says, "Sorry, we can't help you." Then the obligatory, "This is an outrage, blah blah blah..." The dispatcher just didn't care. What a way to run an operation.

If these guys cant book the reservation then don't book it. If its going to be late call. Its called being consumer friendly.

Right now the only good cab service in DC is Diamond Cab and they suck. So Redtop went from the tops to the cab company that stops. Way to go RedSTOP. You have the worst customer service, your compassion is equal to that of the DMV. You just lost a customer.

Robotech

Both BrowserMetrics and 2nd Seed have great ideas on what actors should be cast in a Robotech live action movie. Robotech helped to mature our love of anime. If you look at the offered cast llsit you will see hints of news radio, the frat pack, and sheer lunacy. I wanted to offer my suggestions.

Rick Hunter has to be Freddie Prinze Jr
Lisa Hayes has to be Sarah Michelle Gellar
Max Sterling is Seth Green
Miriya is Rachel McAdams
Roy Fokker is David Boreanz
Claudia is Gabrielle Union
Breetai is President Bill Clinton
Captain Gloval is Pierce Brosnan
Khyron is Brad Pitt
Ben is Zach Braff
Dolza is Ben affleck but Daredevil Affleck
Exedore is Steve Buscemi
Lynn Kyla is Allyson Hannigan
Lynn Minmei is Rachel Stevans
Azonia is Kate Beckinsale
Sammie is Kirsten Dunst
Kim is Lindsay Lohan
Vanessa is Eliza Dushku

This list is shear madness and will help to capture the essence of the characters and their angst ridden love lost relationships not to mention their abilites to just kick some ass.

Porn??

Are my pictures porn? I dont think they are. I think of the posts as art. Of course that would make: maxim, stuff, fhm, and all those stupid guy magazines art journals. Maybe one day there will be a gallery dedicated to these pictures.

Wow

It finally happened. Im not sure when or how but the thing I have always wanted has happaned.

The Next Lynn Minmei

Cringley's Future-- I hope it doesnt happen

Before you read, everything Cringley says is spot on... Cringley go to the Hill and tell those jokers whats what.

BYOB:
Don't be surprised if Apple saves the day for Blockbuster Video
By Robert X. Cringely

Poor Blockbuster Video hasn't made a profit in years, the stock is down about 90 percent from its 2002 high, NetFlix is cleaning its clock, and nobody - I mean NOBODY - thinks the future looks in any way rosy for this pioneering video rental chain. Steve Jobs to the rescue? Maybe.

The problems at Blockbuster are simple. The company has high inventory and real estate costs compared to either NetFlix's super-efficient rent-by-mail operation or to just about any of the many emerging digital distribution plans. Having that Blockbuster shop just down the road used to be a huge advantage for the chain, providing easy proximity to viewers. But NetFlix comes straight to your house and even though Blockbuster now runs its own NetFlix-type service, those stores aren't (yet) going away, so it can never have NetFlix-like efficiency.

Now jump to Apple's current challenge, which is very different but just as real. Where Blockbuster shares are in the toilet, Apple shares are in the stratosphere where the difference between stall speed and cruise speed is so small that almost any turbulence could bring the stock down. Apple has two notable product challenges, which are managing the Intel transition for its computer line and keeping strong its line of iPod music players and the iTunes Music Store against increasing competition from all sides. Apple's technique for managing both is to be aggressive and to as often as possible surprise customers with good news, not bad. That's why Apple's Intel product roll-out is going faster than originally announced - not because it is going smoother than expected but because Apple PLANNED to do it this way and simply look better. So, too, the Intel notebooks are shipping with faster-than-announced processors. Think that was some mistake on Intel's part or good fortune on Apple's? Think again: it was all planned. So, too, the continually refreshed iPod line with steadily lowering prices to draw-in more customers and fight-off more competitors.

Where Blockbuster is dumb and reactive, Apple is smart and aggressive, but all the maneuvers mentioned in the last paragraph can only help to maintain Apple's current position. They won't help the company and its stock price to grow further. That will require a whole new product initiative - one that doesn't in any way weaken the other parts of Apple.

For a year now I have been writing that Apple is aiming to build a video distribution empire to match its existing music distribution empire. We've seen some of this take place, too, with Apple claiming to have distributed more than 12 million music videos, TV episodes, and motion pictures through the iTunes Music Store. Down the line we'll see Video iPods with larger screens, the Video Express wireless access point-cum-H.264 decoder, faster Mac Minis with larger disk drives, and whole new versions of Apple's seminal Front Row home theater application. As soon as Steve Jobs can sort out his legal problem with little Burst.com and finish signing every movie and TV studio to an electronic distribution deal, we'll see lots more announcements from Apple.

But what about Blockbuster?

Apple will do anything that sells more hardware and software, with software in this instance including multimedia content. The company's success is always based on this combination of hardware and software, which makes it different from all its competitors. Microsoft competes on software, Dell competes on hardware, but if you want to go head-to-head with Apple you have to go both ways, and no other company really does. So any emerging Apple initiatives will involve substantial hardware and software components.

Apple values Blockbuster for only two things - its customer list and neighborhood locations. Every other part of Blockbuster is literally useless, as I am sure Steve Jobs has told the Blockbuster folks over and over and over again. He has no use for Blockbuster management, labor, or even all that shelf space. All Steve values about Blockbuster stores are the sign and the checkout counter.

By now he has so berated and brainwashed Blockbuster management that they believe they are not worthy and will accept whatever Steve deigns to sell to them or to let them sell to us. By now Blockbuster sees Apple and Jobs as their company's salvation. They are ready to drink the Flav-r-ade.

I'm not at all saying, by the way, that Steve Jobs is wrong in his assessment. Blockbuster IS in trouble and has shown itself to be generally clueless. They probably do need Steve, or someone like him.

Apple's Blockbuster product strategy is simple. Start with a new iPod that has video- and audio-out capability. This iPod -- which will be just as good at playing songs as any iPod that preceded it - will be more than just a video storage device. It will be a video player. No make that plural - players - a whole family of video-out iPods, some with flash storage and others with little disk drives.

Take your Video-out iPod to Blockbuster, drop it in a kiosk dock then download from the local xServe your choice of 50,000 movies. You can rent the movie or buy it and you can even choose the resolution, which may or may not affect the final price. Take the iPod home, drop it in the dock attached to your TV and watch the movie. H.264 decoding takes place in the iPod in hardware.

For Apple the point here is to sell iPods to people who might not otherwise every buy one (my Mom, for example), to bring digital downloads to people who don't have broadband or even a computer, and to make it all incredibly easy. You don't even have to return the videos when you are done, since they will automatically time-out.

Apple says it has sold 42 million iPods to date. Just counting on my fingers I'd guess the number of U.S. consumers who have televisions, rent movies, yet lack broadband is probably another 42 million and virtually none of these folks will have yet bought an iPod. It's a whole new market, both for digital content and for iPod ownership.

This strategy does not in any way mean Apple would be giving-up Internet movie distribution. This is just another outlet for the same material but aimed at folks who can't be reached over the Net.

For Blockbuster it comes down to simple salvation. Here's a strategy that actually is made better by having lots of stores. Yet the stores can phase-out VHS and eventually even DVD inventory, cut the labor required to manage that inventory, and take on a new product line to sell along with those microwave popcorn buckets - iPods. Blockbuster stores could be smaller, too. Smaller is cheaper and cheaper is better.

Don't forget the 5800 xSans, 11,600 xServes, and 60,000+ iMacs it would take to outfit all of Blockbuster's U.S. stores.

To be honest, this strategy isn't one I've heard from Apple. I just expect them to do it. Apple has learned a lot from its own stores about the value of a local retail presence. But there aren't enough Apple stores to support an iPod-based video food chain. Hence the need for a host like Blockbuster, which would gladly assume all the financial risk once exposed to Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.

And if Blockbuster wouldn't do the deal, then Hollywood Video would. Since Blockbuster, for all its lack of recent success, probably doesn't have a death wish, the very prospect of its major retail rival running with this deal would force Blockbuster to take it.

So Blockbuster it is.

Remember you heard it here first.

2nd seed is right

2nd seed is right...she's awesome!!! Battlestar rules!!

Hot girls at work Thoughts

Schaffer is unpredictable and he riles people up but talking about it fuels the fire. Ignore him and the problem goes away. People say talk about the problem but it gives the offenders what they want a platform to poop on other people. Schaffer was a great mayor and governor. He is an elder to be respected but we all know what he is like stop feeding the monester of his outrageous comments.

Hot girls at work!!

Below is a Baltimore Sun article about the Comptroller. Its too funny some things never change.

Schaefer unapologetic after embarrassing aide

Comptroller says 'the day I don't look at pretty women is the day I die'

By Jennifer Skalka, Andrew A. Green and Jill Rosen
Sun Reporters

February 15, 2006, 5:35 PM EST

ANNAPOLIS -- Comptroller William Donald Schaefer sent jaws dropping during today's Board of Public Works meeting when he made a provocative remark to a young female aide to the governor.

Responding to Schaefer's request for tea, the woman, who serves as an executive assistant in Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s front office, set a thermal mug in front of the 84-year-old comptroller. Schaefer watched her walk away and then beckoned for her to return. When she obliged, he told her to "Walk again" and stared after her as she left the room.

Speaking with reporters after the meeting, Schaefer defended the comment in a profanity-laced rant.

"That's so goddamn dumb, I can't believe it," Schaefer said when asked about the appropriateness of his remarks. "She's a pretty little girl."

The comptroller said the woman "ought to be damn happy that I observed her going out the door."

"The day I don't look at pretty women is the day I die," he said.

Ehrlich, who has a close personal and professional relationship with Schaefer, quickly left the room at the end of the meeting. A spokesman would not release the name of the employee.

The governor later said Schaefer stopped by his office to explain himself.

"He peeked his head into my office and told the women who work in my front office he certainly did not want to insult anybody, that was not his purpose, and that was the end of that," Ehrlich said.

But others remained incensed.

"Women are not objects," said Sandy Bell, acting vice president of Maryland NOW, the state branch of the National Organization for Women. "Somebody in his position should know better."

Michele Lewis, political and legislative director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Maryland said that while Schaefer is known to be a colorful and often unpredictable character, his actions were inappropriate.

"We've been working long and hard to ensure our public employees that they will be treated with dignity and respect," Lewis said. "That, in my opinion, is not a dignified way to treat any worker, let alone one who works for the state of Maryland."

Schaefer, a former governor and mayor of Baltimore who is expected to run for re-election this year as comptroller, is well-known for his often uncouth public statements. He has railed against multiculturalism and has long called the women with whom he works "little girls."

Louise Hayman, Schaefer's communications director, said Schaefer didn't mean to make the woman uncomfortable. Hayman stressed that he has long been a booster of women, promoting them to influential positions in his administration.

"He has a huge and strong group of female supporters and always has," Hayman said.

But the incident with the Ehrlich employee was one of three peculiar happenings today between the comptroller and female state workers.

Schaefer launched his customary monologue at the start of the meeting by saying that if anyone in the crowd had an anniversary that day, he or she should stand up.

Elizabeth "Billie" Grieb, president of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, announced that it was her third anniversary in the job. He told her to sing "Happy Anniversary" to herself.

At first she demurred, but Schaefer insisted. After Grieb started to sing in front of the crowd of more than 100, he let her sit down.

Through spokeswoman Lainie Contreras, Grieb said that Schaefer is an old friend of hers, and of the zoo, and that she took no offense.

Meanwhile, Martha Smith, president of Anne Arundel Community College, reported to the board that her school was recently ranked No. 1 nationally.

"How do you feel?" Schaefer said.

"I feel great," Smith replied.

Schaefer responded, "You look great, too."

Smith said after the meeting that the comptroller's remark didn't bother her.

"I'm 56 years old," Smith said. "When somebody tells me I look good, I take that as a compliment."

After the meeting, Schaefer left reporters to privately speak to the woman who works for the governor. When he returned, he said that she told him "she was embarrassed" by his comments but that he hadn't apologized.

"The one who's offended is me," he said.

Del. Peter Franchot, a Montgomery County Democrat running for comptroller against Schaefer, declined to say if Schaefer should apologize.

"It's obviously an inappropriate behavior, and I'm sure the comptroller, when he thinks about this, will feel badly about it," Franchot said.

F---hot pockets support the corn dogs!

DC is in a state of snow readiness....but i forgot to buy toilet paper??? Shit i'm doomed. What if I can't poop over the weekend.

I did buy some jerky. I hear it last a long time...the only really good jerky is the teryiaki flavor. I think if i make rice i can eat it with jerky, now that sounds like a good meal...I also bought a crap load of pizzas. They run the spectrum from DiGornos to Totinos. I find these pizzas to be the best on the market. The Totinos combo is especially good and cheap. The reason this pizza is good is because it makes a crisp crust, like wafer thin. The DiGorno's is good because the crust rises...My roommate makes Bobolli pizzas, these are ok but the crust never turns out right. I have some bacon, too. Bacon can save your ass time and time again. You fry up the pack and you can have sandwichs for days.

When i was in the Giant it was packed. I found myself in an aisle face to face with frozen foods. I saw fish poppers, mini-tacos, complete steak-umm sandwichs, fries and potato skins. I felt compelled to buy something so i got corn dogs, veggie corn dogs from boca. They rocked!! Can you put a condiment on corn dogs like mustard. Honestly I'm sacred to try it.

Tim Russert and Cosi

Tim Russert was at Cosi today. I had so many questions and wanted to bother him but I thought it would be uncool. Do I interrupt the man as he is eating or do I mind my own business? I wanted his thoughts on the midterms and the MD governors and senate races. Actually I wanted to gloat about Duke's win over BC but again I thought it might not be the best course of action. The weird thing is that you see some of the most powerful and influential people in the world going to the same places I go. Why is Timmy Russert eating a sandwich at Cosi? Why isn't he at the Palm? I know the answer to these questions I have been around it too long to be phased by it, but it is a good reminder that all these famous influential people are just that...people. i wonder if he has seen Underworld Evolution? Does he order out from Spices? I know he has been interjecting himself into the Klingle Road fight.

A few years back I was in Chipotle when Senate Majority leader Frist came in to eat. He had a burrito and his detail with him, he looked so alone thought. He just sat there by himself eating. I wanted to bother him too but I didn't. In this case it was so surreal because he didn't seem like a regular person he had his detail standing behind him while he ate by himself. I have seen the ragin cajun about town last time he had his daughters at the mall and it looked like he was just being dragged from store to store.

Ultimate i want my political people to be regular joe's. I guess it is an indication that they relate to normal everyday people.

Boehner Victory

Wow, it has been quite the week of upset victories. Yesterday John Boehner won Majority Leader. He beat Roy Blunt who was acting Majority Leader and Majority Whip because Tom Delay had to step down. Boehner won on the second ballot which goes to shoe everyone to fucking count your numbers of votes. Blunt was 7 votes shy of winning the Majority Leader slot on the first ballot, I guess loss is nothing new to Blunt he lost his bid for Governor of Missouri back in the 80's.

Boehner said he is going to reach out to Dems and include more perspectives in floor action. This will hurt Democrats because they will be fiscally sound and moderate. Boehner passed the No Child Left Behind Act by getting Democrats. He scored the big Dem whale by getting Senator Kennedy to support NCLB. So the man has skills. Boehner was a former Gingrich guy but he lost to JC Watts when another leadership coup happened in a Republican Leadership fight back in 1998 after Gingrich was advanced a crap load of money for a book.

Boehner needs a few big wins to establish himself and to take the reins. He needs to kick someone in the balls hard and its going to be the Democrats first and Mike Pence the head of the Republican Conservative Action Team second. If he does that he will run the table in the House.

Larson Victory!!

The upsets of upsets happened in leadership elections over the past week. Darkhorse candidate John Larson won the Democratic Caucus Vice Chair or he became the fourth in line of the Democratic Power structure. That title sounds like an asshole title. He beat out Joe Crowley and Jan Schakowsky on a second ballet vote. Apparently it was engineered that if Schakowsky or Larson one the other supporters would bolt to the other person. So Crowely was duped from the get go.

It's a shot in the ass for moderates. We got our asses handed to us. I think this is the death nail for the party. Here's why? We are not going to take back the House because our message does not resonate with Americans we speak of the poor and protecting a lizard in the desert while the Republicans talk about middle class America. It use to be the Democrats talking about the Middle class what happened. I'll tell you what happened it is far left interest hurting the party. It would be different if we found common ground with liberal interest and moderates but we don't we stick with liberal side and we get hurt.

The worse part is that we have the republicans on the ropes and they know it. Any political observer with half a brain can see it. They are plagued with corrupt leadership: they are cutting vital government services like Medicare, prescription drugs are expensive and confusing, soldiers are being killed without any explanation as to why we are there, pensions are being lost to cash balance plans at their urging and legislating, and they are giving tax cuts to the wealthiest of Americans instead of a tax cut to encourage savings for all Americans! Everything is going wrong for Republicans and we will not take back the House. Maybe then we will listen.

I hope Larson brings some sense to the Leadership.

Dancing with the Stars

Stacy deserves to win. She's by far the best dancer out there. Why is this show good? You know I have 'Shall We Dance' on DVD and it is one of the funnies and best movies to watch and thats about stupid ballroom. The Viennese Waltz is difficult, it is fast and technical. I know Stacy can do it and she is just the hottest girl on the planet.