Tonight: Michelle Obama on Jay Leno

Don't forget to watch Michelle Obama on Jay Leno tonight. 

She'll reveal that she bought her ensemble at J. Crew. 

Yikes...she's an elitist because she doesn't buy her clothes at a consignment store. Coincidentally, Sarah Palin hasn't stopped by her "favorite consignment store" since she began running for governor in her state.  According to the consignment shop owner, Ellen Arvold, it has been about 3 years since she's bought something there. 

Sarah Palin BEFORE her RNC Extreme Makeover: 

Sarah Palin at the Mat-Su's Gov's Annual Picnic.  

Please shut up and sit down, Elizabeth Hasselbeck

Elizabeth Hasselbeck is annoying me. 

Hasselbeck appeared at a recent Sarah Palin rally.  She drew light to media's squabbling over Sarah Palin's clothing controversy: 

Now why is this annoying?

First, if you think it's stupid to talk about her garb just days before the election, THEN DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.  

You were at a rally, not The View.  

You just can't needlessly banter to fill time until the cast of High School Musical 3 comes out for their interview.

Second, the "fixation on her wardrobe" isn't sexism.  

It's because they used $150,000 of public financing to give her an extreme makeover.

Third, who are you? 

Okay, you're a co-host on The View, where you sometimes share the stage with Barbara Walters.

But, let's review your resume, shall we?

-Graduated with a Fine Arts degree from Boston College. Softball captain for two years.

-Member of PUMA's design team after graduation.

-Finished 4th place on Survivor: The Australian Outback.

-Judged 2001 Miss Teen USA Pageant.

-Host of Style's Look for Less from 2002 to 2003.

-Since 2003, a co-host on The View.

Like Sarah Palin, you mistakenly believe you have demonstrated political acumen.

8 more days!!!

Meghan McCain pledges to get a tattoo...

...if her Dad wins New Hampshire/the presidency.

Meghan, if your only condition to get a tattoo is your dad becoming president, then I know you really don't want it.  I doubt anyone in New Hamphshire is will go to the polls to vote John McCain just so they can see you with a new tattoo.  

No comment necessary

The Crazy Palin/McCain rally lady visits Weekend Update. Click here for my original post on this.

Obama's latest fundraising records

According to the Obama campaign, they received contributions from 632,000 new donors in September. That puts the entire fundraising total to more than $605 million, with an average of $86 per person.  

Surprisingly, the two biggest groups that have given donations are the retirees and students. Students!? Young people!? Take that, John Stossel! 

Happy Filipino American History Month!

No, we don't get a day off, but at least Obama's aides are keeping up with all the obscure holidays, celebrations, memorials, etc. 

Obama on Filipino American History Month: 

Filipino Americans have participated in the triumphs and struggles along our road to a more perfect union, from farm workers who helped found the United Farmworkers Union, to the soldiers who fought bravely in World War II, to the thousands of nurses who have saved and improved countless lives, Filipino Americans are an integral part of our country. That’s why I support policies that will honor your sacrifices, like the Filipino Veterans Equity Act.

Read the entire letter. 

So what is Senator Obama's record on the issue of Filipino Veterans? 

He really is committed bringing equity to the Filipino Veterans issues: As a member of the Senate Veteran Affairs Commitee, he co-sponsored the Filipino Veterans Equity Act. It was approved by the Senate, 96-1. 

Although there is a lot of latent racism in the Filipino and Filipino-American community, especially among our own parents and grandparents, I really hope they will look past that and see his compassion for the Filipino community. Check out the Filipino Americans for Obama blog for more. 

Colin Powell on Meet the Press

For the next few days, cable news is going to be inundated with commentary, analysis, and rolling footage of Colin Powell announcing that he will vote for Barack Obama.  To catch the actualy interview, without the "liberal, media elite bias," watch Meet the Press today on MSNBC at 3pm Pacific time. 

I'm sure it's already on the internet, but make it a lazy Sunday, grab some chips, your dirty robe, and cozy up on the counch in front of the original tube. 

So is this latest high-profile endorsement any good? 

On the not-so-awesome side, his name is associated with the WMD debacle.  On the other hand, he is very decorated, a Republican, and considered a true American by many military families.  I doubt that many average Americans care that Kissinger endorses McCain, or even know who he is. Unlike Colin Powell, the former Secretary State, is a household name. 

This may impact the independent and undecided voters who just want to hear a valid point. Although I'm not well-read on the impact of endorsements on presidential campaigns, Powell's endorsement may go a little further than Ben Affleck's.  Powell has the credentials, he's cool, and an intellectual.  Everyone's tired of all the fluff, the mud-slinging, and lip-stick on pigs.  They just want to hear the gawshdarn truth.  

Obama-Biden Tax Calculator

According to Senator Obama, anyone making less than $250,000 will receive a tax cut.  On his website, you can actually calculate what kind of tax cut you'll be receiving. 

The "Obama-Biden Tax Calculator" calculates.... 

Apparently, I'll have $500 of "Obama tax savings," versus $0 of "McCain tax savings." There was also a note: "Plus, under Obama, you may be eligible for: $4,000 tax credit to pay for college expenses." 

Now it's your turn to play! 

Surprise, surprise

Shocking news: The LA Times endorses Barack Obama for president.

In related news, LC won't reignite her friendship with Heidi unless Spencer shaves his creepy, flesh-colored beard. Yowza!

Well this is a doosie

Sarah Palin needs to check-in with reality! 

A bi-partisan Legislative Council authorized the investigation of Sarah Palin's supposed wrongdoings in the state trooper scandal. (If you didn't hear, Gov. Palin tried to fire her sister's ex-husband, a state-trooper...she tried to get the Public Safety Commissioner to fire her ex-brother-in-law, and when he refused, she canned him.) 

Earlier this week, the findings of the investigation were released. 

The first finding says that Sarah Palin acted unethically: 

The first concludes that Palin violated the state's executive branch ethics act, which says that "each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust."  

But, her response when asked about the investigation's findings don't seem to match with

 reality: 

“I’m thankful that the report has shown that there was no illegal or unethical activity there in my choice to replace our commissioner,” she said. “A partisan kind of process that had been undertaken by some of the legislators who haven’t been real happy with anything that I’ve done along the way as governor, that process is now over, with that finding that I haven’t done anything unlawful in replacing the commissioner.” 

Uhhhhhhh....but..you were found to have acted unethically? Well, let's give her a break.  She is

 probably all busy and whatnot from galvanizing crowds to hate Obama, joking about how old Biden is, going to hockey games in order to get booed at, mistaking her supporters for protestors, yenno, stuff that vice presidential candidates do.  Or maybe she's overwhelmed by the "vast variety" of newspapers that are put in front of her, that she failed to read the Anchorage Daily News which first reported the findings of the investigation.  Or maybe, the newspapers she did read out of the "vast variety," just so happened to not have any stories related to the Troopergate case.  Or maybe she doesn't actually read the newspaper. I don't know what's worst, a politican who doesn't like to keep up with politics in the newspaper, or a politician who

 lies hoping people don't notice. 

Well guess what Sarah Palin, PEOPLE NOTICE! 

Will she try to pull another fast one on us? Will she blame the unfavorable portrayal of herself on the gawd-awful mainstream media/liberal elite? Does she think that her own version of the investigation is the truth because it has been filtered by the media? Does she think her supporters are just TOO dumb, too dim-witted, illiterate, and blindly-faithful to her, that they

 won't believe the investigation's findings?  

C'mon Republicans! You're supposed to represent the party of Lincoln! You're smearing his name everytime you invoke the words "we're the party of Lincoln..blah blah blah".  Lincoln is known as one of the most astute politicians of his time. He was a real intellectual--he was self-educated, he read the Bible though never joined the church and he read Shakespeare, he had only months of formal education yet became a lawyer.  This makes me wonder, what would Lincoln think about Sarah Palin? 

This entry has me to conclude two things about this issue. One or both may be right: 

1) Sarah Palin is an airhead, which is why she insists to deny that she behaved unethically even though a bi-partisan investigation says she did. 

2) Sarah Palin thinks WE'RE airheads and that we won't notice when she lies.  

I'm sure the Animal Rights Activists (especially the ones that target UCLA Researches) will have a fit over this one. 

I Voted

And you can too! Go to VoteForChange.com. And hurry! The deadline to register to vote is Monday, October 20th. 

Click here if you want a Voter Registration form mailed to you. 

Click here if you want a Vote-by-mail ballot. 

If you live in the Los Angeles County, you can apply to Vote by mail online. So if you're reading thisk and you live in LA, and you want to vote now...click here. See...that was so easy. 

Another Non-Obama--racist--Country First! Voter

Last Friday, at a rally in Wisconscin: 

Voter: I don't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's an Arab." 

McCain: "No, ma'am. He's a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign's all about. He's not [an Arab]."

 

Wowza that's racist. Was McCain trying to defend Obama against the Arab comment? If so, then he is just as ig'nant as the old lady. 

Why should you Vote No on Prop 8?

The election is just around the corner! Sort of..I hope you're all registered to vote by now.  If you aren't, go to Voteforchange.com to get started. 

A lot of people are torn between the Palin/McCain ticket and the Obama/Biden ticket. I'm going to take a break from bashing Palin like a rented mule to talk about other important things on this year's ballot. 

First off, Proposition 8.  Proposition 8 seeks to ban same-sex marriage. 

I believe Californians should vote NO on Prop 8. 

But why? 

Below is the text from an e-mail I sent to a bunch of friends and family about it: 

When you vote next month, I urge you all to vote NO on Proposition 8. 

A YES vote on Prop 8 will eliminate the right of same-sex couples from marrying. 

You've seen the commercial: the one wear the lady tries to walk from her dressing room to her groom, but can't. 

In California, from 1850-1948, Blacks, Asians AND specifically Filipinos were banned from marrying whites. (See Wiki article) 

It isn't right to ban people from marrying people they want to marry based on race or orientation. 

If we can ban segregation/discrimination in the workplace--the public sphere--why is there a need to do so in the private sphere? 

How does not allowing same-sex couples from hospital visitation rights, inheritance rights, etc. affect YOU? It doesn't. 

Like the anti-miscegenation laws, Prop. 8 is based on fear. A baseless fear.  

And 3 more reasons why you should VOTE NO ON PROP. 8: 

1) Second-class citizenship: Denying people the right to marry, like denying Filipinos from marrying whites, turns them into second-class citizens.  Not giving gay people the right makes them inferior in the eyes of the law and in society.  Living in the world's most powerful and progressive nation--a ban on same-sex marriage is taking a step backward. 

2) Biblically contradictory: From a completely non-religious, strictly Biblical (just the text) standpoint, Jesus is one of the first recorded liberals.  His religious mission called for an egalitarian society: he wanted ALL people to eat at the same table, unlike the Pharisees.  In this day and age, banning same-sex marriage makes us Pharisees--the same people Jesus argued with and who are portrayed as evil and corrupt throughout the Bible. 

3) Homosexuality is not a choice: "The Academy of Pediatrics and the Council on Child and Adolescent Health have also stated that homosexuality is not a choice and cannot be changed." See article . 

4) Our family and friends: It is completely and totally unfair for our own friends and family to not have the same rights as everyone else. 

"Why arn'cha bloggin?"

I've been busy.  I know it is not a great excuse but quite frankly, it's the truth. 

The last few weeks have consisted of going to bed early (before midnight) and waking up to be at my cubicle on time. Although I'm still at my work-study job, I feel more and more like a corporate drone.  But that is not the only thing filling up my time.  I'm on the prowl for a job right now. So when I'm not at Materiel Services or workin on my resume/cover letters, I'm watching Rachel Maddow and co. on MSNBC. Or The Office. Or Heroes. Or Mad Men. Or a good TBS movie. It gets pretty exhausting. And that explains my absence here.  

omg, I'm like--so lame. 

"Never trust a big butt and a smile."

Song of the Day: Bell Biv DeVoe, "Poison" 

Now go revisit: 

"Say, Lou, didya hear the one about the guy who couldn't afford personalized plates, so he went and changed his name to J3L2404?"

From the comments section of the live blog on the VP debate on The Guardian, one of the commentators offered some hard-hitting insight and reference to classic America cinema. 

Saurs

Oct 03 08, 3:18am (about 3 hours ago)

I can't believe all the commenters here who want to nail Margie from Fargo.