Fun with Picasa

I just downloaded the Google picture viewing/manipulating program Picasa for the first time today. I had a few minutes before beddy bye to mess with it just now. It's a pretty powerful tool for no charge. I increased the red in this sunset with the graduated tint tool.

From Pictures

Poison

If you listen below you will hear someone in the crowd shout out "terrorist!" when McCain asks who the real Barack Obama is. This is the poison I was talking about in my post yesterday. It is amazing that such irresponsibility is given a pass.

Honky! Honky!

One of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits

Palin says dishonest shitty things

I'm sorry, I've kept the language under control here recently but after what Palin said recently she is a liar and fear mongerer and not worthy to serve this country as a member of the federal government. Politics is a dirty business but the McCain people right now are really slingin' the shit.

Watch this video below if you can stand it. Some right winger whackos compare Obama's popularity to that of fascist dictators but if you listen to the simplistic and dishonest steaming pile of shit that Palin dishes up here you can see who uses the language of the fascists. Mind you, I'm not calling her a fascist but she is using fascist rhetoric. Country first and mindless chants.

Another thing the right wing is doing is calling Obama "the Chosen One" and deriding the passion that some have for him. I know he's just another politician and he doesn't rile up any kind of great passion or give me the "audacity of hope" but I'll never vote for a politician or a political party whose main strategy is attack, attack, attack with little thought for how it poisons the country's political discussions. I'm not a strict liberal Democratic voter but I'll vote Democrat until the Republicans stop nuzzling the nuts of the nutjobs.

She is supposed to be a leader. She could be one heartbeat, as they say, from the presidency of the United States. She, in so many words, called Obama an enemy of the United States. That is not statesmanship, that is not the what I look for in a leader. We've already had an administration that vilifies political opponents. You don't treat or portray political opponents like enemies. It's shockingly irresponsible.

Those that do close readings of this blog will notice that I changed some of the wording of this post. A friend pointed out that I had stooped to name calling and was behaving no better than the person using the politics of fear. I understand now what he means. He is my sensei, my moral compass, the Skipper to my Gilligan. What I should have originally said was not that Palin was a piece of shit but that everything that comes out of her mouth is shit.

Noisy bastards

If there isn't a city ordinance that says you may not mow your lawn before 9 am on a Saturday then there should as hell should be. Of course this takes place at the house a few down where a certain someone spends way too much time on his lawn. Dude, go watch Fox News before I break out my BB gun.

Wendell and Ed Bunyan

It's a well known fact that the Lord loves a workin' man.

Another link to XKCD?

Heck yeah! Especially if it involves a nod to science fiction and fantasy. You can view the newest comic here.

Push and Toss

I noticed that my cell phone's camera pauses for about a second after I hit the "take" button before it captures an image. I decided that was enough time to toss it in the air. The results of this experiment are below.

The Parking Lot at Work


Library Interior


Mel's Melon (not really a toss but herky jerky movement was involved)


Me, From Above


Morrocroft Shopping Center Parking Lot


I had thought that maybe I was on to something unique and original but a quick Google search showed that there is nothing new under the sun.

The Torturing President

Is there any doubt left that George Bush is a criminal?

Terrorist Fist Jab

Remember that incredible New Yorker cover that featured an illustration that showed the Obama's as the right wing would like middle America to see them? If so, I am sure you will also recall the false concern both the right and the left expressed over the cover. I just saw that John Stewart and Stephen Colbert have recreated the cover for Entertainment Weekly. Man, I love those two guys. I wonder how the worthless pundits will respond to this.