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So I took a little time off. What mostly happened is that I got so into my Harry Potter books (yes, I'm a geek, sue me) that I really didn't feel like reading too much else. Especially the news over the last few weeks, which was mostly just every pooping themselves silly over Obama (whom I will furthermore refer to as any of his given names, The Messiah, the Chosen One, or Our Lord and Savior) in Europe. Fun stuff there. I will say that is was pretty fun seeing him get slammed pretty hard by Katie Couric (sp?) of all people when he refused to acknowledge that the surge is working. Which is pretty hilarious, if you ask me. What's the big deal? I thought liberals were all about acknowledging their mistakes, isn't that what they are constantly asking Bush to do? Now The Messiah can't talk about his? He's changed his position on the war 5 times already, what's one more going to hurt?

Also, in case you haven't been paying attention, or have just been waiting for me to comment on it like the rest of the world, The Chosen One's new economic plan is one of the most defining moments of his campaign. I am refering to this one, where he states that oil companies should be forced to pay $1000 per household, as a new "economic stimulus plan." I'm glad to see that he's not dancing around being a Communist any more, he's coming right out and saying it: "Hey guys... I, The Messiah, and a freaking Commie. I believe that American companies should be forced through legislation to pay their profits out to private citizens. Yes, I am blatantly trying to buy your vote, and I don't care if that is completely Anti-American." Seriously, if that doesn't freak you out, you are crazy. This guy said it much better than I could:

In regards to the plan, the word “simplistic” springs to mind. One wonders whether Obama knows that Exxon Mobil is not in fact owned by the greedy pair of Mr. Exxon and Mr. Mobil but rather by millions of stockholders, including virtually every citizen with an interest in a mutual fund or a pension fund. It would be fun to see how CALPERS (for instance) would react if President Obama became serious about diminishing the value of their portfolio.

The other word that springs to mind regarding the plan is “demagoguery.” There was a time in this election when John McCain conceded he didn’t know much about economics. With the release of this plan, Barack Obama has essentially screamed, “Me too! Doubly so!!”

I also found Friday's House happenings to be pretty amusing. The Republicans finally grew some balls. Pelosi (Satan incarnate) made a call for the summer recess (month long vacation) and 10 Republicans said "no way, we haven't solved anything on the energy front yet." To which Pelosi basically gave them the finger, turned off all the lights, sent the press out, etc. So those 10 guys found a way to get the lights on, got some of the press back, and kept debating on the floor, eventually via megaphone, until 100 or so came back. And apparently they're planning on doing that all this week too. A stunt, obviously, and while they've had years to get things done, it's still a fairly gutsy move, and one that is proving that they might actually have some will power and momentum to get something done. We'll see.

On a completely unrelated topic, I am pretty sad to report that the X-Files movie is pretty no bueno. I might have enjoyed it a little more if they wouldn't have been so freaking secretive about it, but instead they made all of us think they had some awesome plot hidden under there. They didn't. More like a stock episode, with a few cool things thrown in for us super fans. Sad sad. Oh well.

'Till next time...