Break!

Well folks, I'm off for the week to enjoy the rest of my summer break. The Pissed Off Commie will resume the fight next Monday!

HYRTN: September 13th, 2008

New edition every Mon-Fri at around 9pm PST

Have You RED The News? for September 13th, 2008 - SPECIAL WEEKEND EDITION!:

1. McCain stem cell ad doesn't mention Palin's opposition

"WASILLA, Alaska (CNN) – Sarah Palin is putting her opposition to stem cell research on the back burner for the sake of the Republican ticket.

John McCain's campaign released a radio ad Friday that calls he and Palin "mavericks" who will, if elected, back stem cell research "to help free families from the fear and devastation of illness."

"Medical breakthroughs to help you get better, faster," says the radio ad, which according to the campaign is running in key battleground states. "Change is coming. McCain, Palin and congressional allies. The leadership and experience to really change Washington and improve your health."

McCain and his campaign have said the senator supports research that uses stem cells, including the embyronic variety. But Palin does not."

Unbelievable. Even a fundamentalist nutjob like Failin is willing to put her values in the toilet just to appease to voters. Appalling. That McCan't is using the "maverick" moniker to explain his support for stem cell research is even worse. There are plenty of people that have supported stem cell research before you decided it should be your latest campaign talking point, John. They're called "smart people" and I know you must have come across a few before surrounding yourself in the Gopper Sea.

We need leaders who won't sacrifice their values for votes. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are just such leaders.

I can just imagine Failin squirming like a gummi worm every time McCan't mentions this. It's too late to repent now, Failin, you've sold your soul to the Gopper estate!


2. Ike winds don't cool tone on the trail, as Obama blasts McCain

"MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) – In a shift from the apolitical tone the presidential candidates took during Hurricane Gustav, Barack Obama did not temper his rhetoric Saturday, as his spokesman accused John McCain of “cynically running the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential campaign history.”

“John McCain wants to have a debate about national security let’s have that debate. I warned that going into Iraq would distract us from Afghanistan. John McCain cheer-leaded for it. John McCain was wrong and I was right,” Obama told a screaming New Hampshire crowd.

“The McCain-Palin ticket, they don’t want to debate the Obama-Biden ticket on issues because they are running on eight more years of what we’ve just seen. And they know it,” Obama said. “As a consequence what they’re going to spend the next seven, eight weeks doing is trying to distract you.

“They’re going to talk about pigs and they’re going to talk about lipstick, they’re going to talk about Paris Hilton, they’re going to talk about Britney Spears. They will try to distort my record and they will try to undermine your trust in what the Democrats intend to do.”

Asked why the campaign responded differently than it did around hurricane Gustav, Obama Senior Strategist David Axelrod said,“We have enormous concern for people down there … that’s why we canceled “Saturday Night Live” … but these people also came out because they’re really concerned about the future of the country and he [Obama]wanted to talk about those issues.”

The McCain campaign criticized Obama for showing “zero restraint” given the storm and said “today’s attacks mark a new low from Barack Obama.”"

Woot! Obama swings and it's a homer!

Couldn't agree more with his insightful observations about the decrepitude of the McCan't-Failin ticket. Don't the brainless Gopper followers realize that McCan't is just trying to appeal to their emotions with empty promises and rhetoric so that they vote for him and he can remove the facade of "Change" and bring about eight more years of Big Busher-like reign? Of course they can't - they're brainless.

I'm sick and tired of politicians like McCan't and Failin distorting the truth and sacrificing their virtues for the votes of idiots. These "mavericks" are certainly changing something, and it's the standards of a political campaign - they've lowered those standards to ground-zero. Why can't they be like Barack Obama, who has remained honest, dignified, and courteous throughout the entire election. I guess those qualities just aren't in the Gopper playbook, sheesh.

Open your eyes, people! These politicians just want your vote! They'll claim they're representing you but it's all a facade! Pay attention for once in your complacent lives! There is so much to be angry about! Rargh!


Well, that's all for this abbreviated weekend edition of HYRTN. Stay tuned in to ARWAY:OPOC for an amazing new feature, coming soon!

No News Today!

Hey folks, no HYRTN for today. I was tied up all day at the Apple Store helping one of my helpless friends pick out a new laptop. We decided to go with the MacBook Air, by the way - it's a great machine.

I'll make it up to you guys this weekend, promise! Peace out, comrades.

HYRTN: September 11, 2008

New edition every Mon-Fri at around 9pm PST

Have You RED The News? for September 11th, 2008:

1. Former GOP senator calls Palin a 'cocky wacko'

"(CNN) – Former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee was known for keeping a low-key profile on Capitol Hill, but the Republican -turned -Independent is making waves with his exceedingly blunt comments on newly-minted Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin:

She's a "cocky wacko," he told a Washington think tank earlier this week.

WATCH: Chafee make the remarks

Chafee, the lone Senate Republican to vote against the Iraq war who endorsed Obama's White House bid earlier this year, told an audience at the New America Foundation in Washington Tuesday that Palin's selection has energized Obama backers.

"People were coming into my office, phone calls were flooding in, e-mails were coming in, 'I just sent money to Obama, I couldn't sleep last night' — from the left. To see this cocky wacko up there," he said.

He also described McCain's candidacy as "lackluster” and described the selection of Palin as a throwing "this firestorm, this tornado, into the whole presidential election.""

I've called Sarah Failin a lot of things, but I have never called her a "cocky wacko." And you know, the more I think about it, the more I find Chafee's nickname for her as apt as ever. After all, this a woman who sees herself as an animal in lipstick and has no problem with disparaging the work of the visionary Barack Obama so that she can tout her modest (and I'm being as polite as possible here) political experience. So there you go, cocky, and a wacko.

Chafee sums up rather succinctly the problem with McCan't's campaign - it's being run by the wrong people. Of course, to me, any Gopper is "the wrong people," but even I can admit there are shades of wrongness. Failin and McCan't are probably the worst contenders for the White House in this country's history. One's too old, the other's too crazy, put 'em together and you can kiss the tenants of democracy, freedom, and common sense goodbye.

Sarah, dear: keep on Failin... the sanity test. Hehe.


2. Palin says she didn't hesitate to take VP slot

"(CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she "didn't blink" when Sen. John McCain offered her the Republican vice presidential nomination and is confident she could handle the duties of president if necessary.

"I answered him yes, because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can't blink," Palin told ABC News in her first interview since accepting the No. 2 slot on the GOP ticket.

"You have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on — reform of this country and victory in the war. You can't blink. So I didn't blink then even when asked to run as his running mate," she said."

Coincidentally, America will be ruined with the "blink" of an eye if this nutjob ever made it into the White House. Of course, someone as greedy and arrogant as Sarah Palin would have no problem accepting a post of power, even when she didn't know what a Vice President's job was back in July. Guess she read through "The Idiot's Guide to Vice Presidency" in record time (for her at least) and now she's ready to help lead America... right off a cliff.

Failin is wired all right, on crazy pills. And she's definitely committed ... to ruining this country even more than the last jerk did.

With McCan't's health, it's not unfathomable to see her as the new #1 if the Goppers somehow manage to pull off a miracle (more like a lie-racle, he he he...) and win the election. Now that's a scary thought, isn't it?


3. McCain, Obama joint appearance planned last week

"(CNN) — The idea of a joint September 11 visit to Ground Zero by both John McCain and Barack Obama was in the works for less than a week, according to both campaigns.

Obama suggested the idea to McCain Friday afternoon when the Democratic presidential nominee called his Republican counterpart Friday, the day after the GOP convention ended, to congratulate him on his convention speech.

"[Obama] called after the convention speech, and over the course of the
discussion they mutually agreed to meet jointly in New York," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds.

The two men went to Ground Zero Thursday, entering the site together. Both candidates exchanged brief remarks and spoke with some of those on hand for the commemoration"

Gee, it figures that Barack Obama would come up with such a selfless and courageous idea - one that crosses party lines - only for McCan't to exploit for another measly photo op. This is pretty shameless, Goppers. I mean, I could understand if it were Guliani running, but McCan't showing up is nothing more than an attempt to show that he cares at least as much as Obama. Oh yeah, McCan't? If you really cared about the American people you would have came up with the idea yourself. Check and mate, Johnny boy.


4. Rove to Obama: Attacking Palin is dumb

"(CNN) – Karl Rove is again offering unsolicited advice to Barack Obama, this time advising the Democratic presidential nominee to avoid attacking Sarah Palin directly if he hopes to win the White House in November.

“It's a match-up he'll lose," Rove writes Thursday in his regular Wall Street Journal column. "If Mr. Obama wants to win, he needs to remember he's running against John McCain for president, not Mrs. Palin for vice president."

Rove notes past attempts by Democratic presidential nominees to attack the No. 2 on the GOP ticket have largely fell flat, and says the issues Obama is hitting Palin on are ones the Illinois senator is weak on himself.

"If Mr. Obama keeps attacking Mrs. Palin, he could suffer the fate of his Democratic predecessors. These assaults highlight his own tissue-thin résumé, waste precious time better spent reassuring voters he is up for the job, and diminish him — not her," Rove writes.

Specifically, Rove says it is not in Obama's interest to attack the Alaska governor on her lack of experience or the earmarks she has requested — two issues, Rove says, on which voters may also question Obama's record."

Oh boy, Karl "Crybaby" Rove is at it again, this time giving Obama "advice" about how to run his own election. Earth to Rove: no one cares what you think, not even the corporate pigs at FAUX NEWS who hired you to spout lies to the people (they were impressed by your work in the White House!). You know what's really dumb, Karl? You. You're dumb. And stupid too.

Obama knows that he's running against McCan't. He also knows that the media, specifically your FAUX NEWS, Rove, is putting all this attention on Palin and how she's just so much better than Obama in every possible way. The man has a right to defend his honor. I guess honor an archaic concept to a neo-con Gopper like yourself, Rove, but some people do still have it, and if anyone does it's Barack Obama.

You wanna know what's tissue-thin? My patience for you, Karl Drove (me insane a long time ago with his ignorance and hypocrisy!).

A bit of an update for you guys

Well, it's been 10 days since ARWAY: OPOC has launched, and while things could always have gone better, I'm very pleased with how the blog has been shaping up. According to feedcat, I have 23 readers and that number is literally growing every day! Heh, just like my impatience for the government and the corporations...

So far I've managed to put together one solid recurring feature: Have You RED The News? - a daily communist-tinted recap of some of the hottest news stories in the country. I hope that everyone has been benefiting from my insights! I really enjoy engaging critically with the news because it helps me find the truth within a sea of lies and half-truths. With HYRTN, my hope is that you, the reader, will benefit from my hard work with some truth of your own. I do this solely out of my duty to squelch ignorance wherever it rears it's head, so there's no need to thank me for my hard work... although commenting or sending me an email couldn't hurt!

Very soon, I'll be releasing a new recurring feature that I think a lot of you guys are really going to love. My hope is that it will energize current readers as well as entice new ones. I can't say too much about it, but let's just say that you should watch for it later this week. :)

With that said, keep reading and keep writing to me! I really treasure your insights and I really want to see those comments numbers rising!

September 11: Redux

It's hard to believe it's been 7 years since the September 11th tragedy. I call it a tragedy because it's truly tragic how the government and the corporations continue to warp Americans' minds about what really happened. George W. Bush and his cronies in the White House lied to us then, and they continue to lie to us now. We may never know exactly what went on behind closed doors, but we can be certain that what we've been told is a total fabrication - one that has led us into five years of an unjust war, a tarnished national image, and a ruined economy. But hey, we're the good guys, right? That's all that matters, right? Wrong.

It was my sophomore year of high school when it happened. I heard the news on my car ride to school. At first I didn't know what to believe. Could this have been some Wellesian hoax? The idea of our country being attacked was something that had never passed through my mind. Once I got to school and started talking to my friends, only then could I comprehend the gravity of the situation.

Other than the occasional news update, classes went on as if nothing had happened. That afternoon I got home and just put on some Coldplay and tried to forget about everything. This was all before I had become enlightened by the writings of Marx. I was so young and naive...

After a few months I began to wonder if what was being on FAUX NEWS was anywhere even near the truth. I had never been a particular fan of the network, but after September 11th I started to notice just how little "news" they have left in their programming. Sadly, most of my friends continued to absorb every lie that was told to them. I tried to convince them to turn of FAUX NEWS and put on a real news channel, like CNN, but they all were still too shaken up to talk about anything.

Fortunately I could find like-minded individuals on the internet who, like me, had been able to distance themselves from the whole thing for the sake of academic discourse. After participating in a few online conversations I not only could confirm that what FAUX NEWS and the government were telling us were complete lies, but that the truth was far from being uncovered. Why keep this information away from us? Because the government-corporate machine needs to keep us in control, and the best ways to do that are ignorance and fear. We got both.

Now, 7 years later, we still face unanswered questions and FAUX NEWS and the government still feed us lies. What a time to be an American, huh?

I hope that everyone has learned from this whole ordeal just as I have. My condolences (but not prayers, as I am an atheist) go out to the families and individuals who were personally affected by the event. As for the national tragedy, we're all still a part of it, and will continue to be until the truth prevails.

Sorry about the delay!

Last night I had the today's HYRTN all written up and I accidentally saved it as a draft! Fear not, loyal readers, for I have noticed my error and have corrected it! If only McCan't were capable of doing the same...