Peakah's Provocations...

Here, have a heaping pile o'crap for breakfast...

My growing boys are making me have to stop at the grocery store a couple of nights a week for boxes of cereal on my way home from a long day at work... Oh if only I could buy one of these!

McPeakMama on Octomom...

It is no ones business how many kids i want to have, how many bedrooms are available, what my income is, etc. Unless it can be proven, and I'm saying really undeniably obvious that these kids are being treated badly and they are being mistreated. Are we now going to regulate how many children are acceptable? It's bad enough there are those rallying and fighting with all their might to kill unborn babies. Like that is normal.

That's my girl!

Sometimes I wonder why I try...
excerpt from recent Facebook activity...

Status Change:
Ray is looking at some fascists on toilet paper and thinking that a dirty ass is still too good a place for Sean Hannity.

Joshua at 11:12am February 13
How about some Pelosi paper, refusing to allow the public to see the stimulus sounds pretty fascist to me...

Ray at 11:41am February 13
Woah....supporters of Bush have ceded their right to criticize government transparency!

Regardless, how is simply "refusing to allow the public to see the stimulus," in and of itself, and act of fascism? A lack of transparency in government certainly isn't unique to fascism. So, what's the underlying purpose that makes it fascist?

Are you maybe suggesting that she and the Dems are deliberately hiding some backroom deals that benefit corporate America and the power elite? You know, those same corporations and wealthy people that Republicans criticize that socialist Pelosi for trying to regulate? If that's the case, how can she be a socialist and a fascist at the same time? You need to enlighten me on how that's possible, Josh.

Joshua at 4:33pm February 13
That makes as much sense as calling Hannity a fascist... so relax Ray. And despite the fact that I was not a Bush supporter in regards to his horrendous fiscal policy, I will always maintain my right to criticize government transparency regardless of who I may have 'supported'. Oh and socialism and fascism are not mutually exclusive... so I think you can answer your own question.

Ray at 5:23pm February 13
HaHaHa...that's some funny stuff right there. I'd love to read your definition of fascism to better understand how polar ideologies like socialism and fascism can be anything other than mutually exclusive. Oh and not only is Pelosi not a socialist, its completely impossible for her - or anybody else - to be a fascist socialist. It makes no sense.

Joshua at 9:48pm February 13
via: http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Main Entry: fas·cism
1often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Main Entry: so·cial·ism
1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Ray, surely you understand that socialism can easily lead to fascism in only a generation or two... an individual doesn't necessarily need to be both socialist and fascist at the same time for there to be a political evolution from socialist to fascist.

But come on, you know there are many many subdivisions of each of these political philosophies that muddy the water... outta room...

Giancarlo at 8:03pm February 14
Dear Sir,
If that's the best definition you may provide, I truly hope you never went to college and if you did my best guess is that you never took a course in social or political theory. If you did, you should ask for a refund from your college prof!
I bid you peace

Joshua at 9:07pm February 14
You bid me peace after insulting me? Sorry I can't appease your snotty ass attitude. I'll leave it to you idiots to negotiate with those who aim to take away your free agency... while I develop my survival skills. Schmuck.

There I go again... angry white guy who is apparently a total idiot...

Ever find yourself wondering why you engage yourself in this sometimes?

Yeah, this is making the rounds on the email, but it's too funny to not put up...

"This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format:

Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers and others who don't pay Income Tax.

Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.

Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.


Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending your stimulus check wisely:

If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China .
If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer it will go to India .
If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico , Honduras , and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car it will go to Japan .
If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan .

And none of it will help the American economy.
We need to keep that money here in America . You can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spend it on prostitutes, beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only businesses still in the US .

It is now confirmed, let the financial dark age begin... err, continue full steam ahead...

The new "stimulus" package is evidence of our new President's utter disregard for the care of critical financial truths... (as evidenced by the recent apocalyptic prophesies should the Senate not spend the money we don't have as fast as freaking possible.)

I read an article today that I think NAILS it. I'm no financial expert, but even I can see the writing on the wall and there's a Harvard Business School Prof who agrees with me... and does not agree with his fellow Harvard grad.

It began as a subprime surprise, became a credit crunch and then a global financial crisis. At last week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Russia and China blamed America, everyone blamed the bankers, and the bankers blamed you and me. From where I sat, the majority of the attendees were stuck in the Great Repression: deeply anxious but fundamentally in denial about the nature and magnitude of the problem.

Soon those of us who dare speak of such silliness shall be shushed...

What really is the magnitude of the problem you may be asking yourself?

They need to grow up and face the harsh reality: The Western world is suffering a crisis of excessive indebtedness. Governments, corporations and households are groaning under unprecedented debt burdens. Average household debt has reached 141% of disposable income in the United States and 177% in Britain. Worst of all are the banks. Some of the best-known names in American and European finance have liabilities 40, 60 or even 100 times the amount of their capital.

The delusion that a crisis of excess debt can be solved by creating more debt is at the heart of the Great Repression. Yet that is precisely what most governments propose to do.

Meanwhile we're told to nod smile and shut the hell up, those in DC know more than you do about this, so don't worry about it, watch your TV shows idiot...

If, say, Argentina had an excessively large domestic debt, denominated in Argentine currency, it could be inflated away -- Argentina just printed more money. If it were an external debt, the government defaulted and forced the creditors to accept less.

Today, America is Argentina. Europe is Argentina. Former investment banks and ordinary households are Argentina. But it will not be so easy for us to inflate away our debts. The deflationary pressures unleashed by the financial crisis are too strong.

Instead of attacking this problem with the freshness of thought that an Obama administration promised to bring, we're going to experience the full assault of his inexperience and arrogance in a way that will change the course of American and World history forever... favoring the crowd who believes that centralized control of all things monetary is the way to go...

It was nice knowing you Mr. Washington, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Adams, Mr. Monroe... in only a few generations from now, you will have been completely erased from the public record. Nice knowing ya.

So what can we do? First, banks that are de facto insolvent need to be restructured, not nationalized.(The last thing the U.S. needs is to have all of its banks run like Amtrak or, worse, the IRS.) Bank shareholders will have to face that they have lost their money. Too bad; they should have kept a more vigilant eye on the people running their banks. Government will take control in return for a substantial recapitalization, but only after losses have been meaningfully written down.

Some actual short term fixes would be...

One solution would be for the government-controlled mortgage lenders and guarantors, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to offer all borrowers -- including those with fixed rates -- the same deal. Permanently lower monthly payments for a majority of U.S. households almost certainly would do more to stimulate consumer confidence than all the provisions of the stimulus package, including tax cuts.

No doubt those who lost by such measures would not suffer in silence. But the benefits would surely outweigh the costs to bank shareholders, bank bondholders and the owners of mortgage-backed securities.

Americans, Winston Churchill once remarked, will always do the right thing -- after they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Those of you who are as fascinated by all this as I am, this author will keep ya busy...