**RAMBLE ALERT**

I am just sick of the way the media has been handling this whole Dick Cheney vs. Barack Obama farce this week. Let's take a sec and think about this:

• Where in the world was Dick the majority of the time he was actually IN office?
• If the argument is that the Bush administration was doing so much to protect us, then why did we get attacked in the first place?
• Why is it that since Obama was elected we are suddenly and completely unsafe although nothing has been changed as far as procedures of national security are concerned. We are still running things like the Bush Administration did. There hasn't even been time to change anything, so we can't be in more danger.
• The Cheney camp is trumpeting that "the people" should be involved in making the decision regarding our national security. Really? REALLY?! Seems to me that when the GOP was in power, we "the people" were TOLD what to do, what to think, and what to say. Oh and by the way you'll like it too! If you don't you'll be branded a terrorist or unpatriotic.
• Where were you, Dick Cheney, on September 11th? just wonderin'.
• Don't you dare bring up the point that "thousands were killed in the name of terror" when you used that horrible day to orchestrate the killing of tens of thousands in our name. Those people say the same things about us, and rightly so.
• Since when does simulating drowning get filed under "tough questioning"?
• I am insulted that the networks are demeaning Barack by sporting a split screen of him and Cheney all week. This is not a debate people. Obama is our president, not Dick Cheney.
• What does it say about the state of our media when the networks so effortlessly fall into the snare of promoting this ridiculous agenda of Cheney's? How pathetic and sad that no one is willing to grow a pair and say no. Bunch of fucking lemmings.

terror tweets just in time for Halloween

If you read my blog, then most likely you follow my Tweets on Twitter either via the computer or on your phone. You may be surprised to hear that by following me you have unwittingly become a witness to what the Federation of American Scientists considers possible terrorist activity. Yep. I possibly pal around with terrorists. Don't tell McCain or my dreams of a bid for the presidency will be dashed.

"Twitter has also become a social activist tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences." read specs here...

Wow. I fit the bill on a few counts here: vegetarian, political enthusiast, I'm in the HRC, I like the Sex Pistols so I might be a bit of an anarchist...

Could they paint with a broader brush on this one? Nothing like aiming at everything in hopes of hitting something.

My take on the whole thing: the media, the government, and basically anyone not in the know when info is tweeted are mad because a select few are reporting to each other instead of heading right for the nearest news outlet or police station. In essence, we are talking to each other as Twitter members and when something juicy gets said, the Nosey Rosies of the world are feeling left out.

Me personally? I don't hang in cool enough Tweet circles to ever get anything more interesting than updates on a 4 yr old in Salt Lake City, and the growing Rat Snake population in Newberry.

Would you trust this man?!

I find it typical yet still intriguing, that the Bush administration continues to lean on the used-to- be-tried-and-true method of reminding us that we could be attacked at any moment by turrrists just about the time they don't want us watching what is going on in Washington.

The latest reminder: Michael Chertoff's "gut feeling"

I don't know about you, but I have a hard time trusting my own gut feeling on simple consumer decisions, so why would I trust the gut feeling of a member of this cult to inform me of something as important as an attack? I'd like some facts please, not whim.

Take a look at this article from India on the subject. Clearly, India knows how to spot an administration that likes to cry wolf.