That device merely identifies the culprits.
When my sister and her family moved in with me and the electric bill doubled, I found that the bill went back to normal just by bolting line 1 ahead of the meter.
Posted by TIKI AL at June 25, 2009 05:21 AMDid anyone see both Keith Olbermann and Rachel last night? Now, all the gods, goddesses and magically animate objects just HAVE to know how much I despise the utterly shame-free, self-centered sense of entitlement of Republican politicians that transcends mere venality. The stench of hypocrisy is strong enough to drop you to your knees in a strong, following wind. I assign equal worth to such cretins as I do to Torquemada, Pol Pot and Leo Strauss.
I did feel a bit uncomfortable, though, witnessing the salacious glee with which KO read the highly personal emails of Mark Sanford, replete with moody soundtrack and dripping with melodrama. Keith's normal pomposity became unfortunately buffoonish. I think Rachel handled it with more class, as usual.
It's not that I have any sympathy for Sanford, the politician. I find him and his ilk to be despicable. In fact, speaking of ilks, the curious connection of C street with Sanford, Ensign, Tom Coburn and a biblical host of others to be very troubling.
Now, I'm a visual person and I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of a 4 story, red brick, ex-convent in which budding congress critters go to bunk up for a while and PRAY together. Just what in the Hells are they praying for? Moral rectitude? Good Governance? Shucking the rubes? I struggle to picture the meetings.
Do they resemble pop-eyed, twitching, sweating, drooling, babbling frenzies of faith? No, I believe that at least, the Pentecostalists are sincere in their hysteria. Could it resemble a restless, seething, writhing ball of garter snakes in full rut? Nah! At least THAT is productive.
Perhaps it suggests the albino Monk in the Da Vinci Code, hiding in his seedy room, brutally scourging his quivering flesh (and continually voting against his own interests) so that he can feel HOLY enough to sally forth and slaughter Jesus" descendants in the name of - well, Jesus. YES! That's the ticket! The modern, mouth-breathing, Republican "Religious Right" in, appropriately, a nutshell!
Seriously though, the twisted mentality of groups like Operation Rescue, The Family and Dominion Theology in general, are extremely dangerous to civil society and must be exposed. As for Mr. "Presidential Hopeful" Sanford, GO AWAY! At the very least, you should attempt to make amends to your wounded family. For the state whose helm you left adrift in an ultimately selfish act of self-gratification, RESIGN! Unlike assertions by FOX-brained trolls, Democrats usually DO resign immediately when caught with their moral pants down. And their fellow Democrats are usually among those telling them to go. You've disgraced yourself and your party, even if they are incapable of EVER recognizing it. Just go away and bother me no more!
Posted by at June 25, 2009 07:25 AMWhoops! the long screed was from me.
BTW, I bought the Kill-A-Watt some time ago. It is useful to identify those "vampire" devices which keep using power. It should be followed up with a power strip that completely shuts down power for all but a triggering device if feasible. I saved about 50 watts from my computer/monitor/printer and their "power bricks" on my main desktop. As soon as I turn on the computer, everything else turns on as well.
It would be a problem using it on a cable box, which can take up to two minutes to "boot up" if it is shut down. Used wisely, these thing work pretty well.
Posted by DeminNewJ at June 25, 2009 08:11 AMEnsign and Sanford are in the same bible study group. Phony godbots. I'm with Keith on this one.
(sung to Oh Tannenbaum:)
Oh schaudenfreude, oh schaudenfreude,
You bring us so much pleasure!
Man, Redstate is just going batshit insane over this Sanford stuff. As the renowned douche-nozzle, Erick Erickson, says:
What Mark Sanford did was wrong. He needs to go in a dark hole somewhere where no one can see him or hear him and rehabilitate himself.
Okay. So wasn't "rehabilitate yourself"..."in a dark hole"...exactly what Sanford was doing in Argentina? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe Erick the Douche meant go into a cave and masturbate...I mean, slap the Pope's Hat around? And that seems to be some really weird shit to do...go into the dark...if you've done something wrong. Little Erick's mommy and daddy must have been something! Erick, give me a call if you still hug your pillow in a fetal position in a dark room when you've been a "bad boy". You know, thought of boobies or had sex with your male minister.
The douch...uh, Erickson, goes on to say:
Blessed is the Lord God Jehovah who brings forth bread from heaven, water from rocks, and men like Mark Sanford from the dust of the earth. His will be done.
Oh goody! Mark Sanford is just another Adam who bit the apple. So, maybe Sanford needs some religious heterosexual reorientation training? Lay some hands on him, say a couple of "Holy smokes" and a good "god damn" and he'll never be tempted by women again! jesus can cure him of it!
And as Dan "Facts don't get in my way" McLaughlin indicates:
The incident speaks volumes about the peril the nation faces to its way of life...
EXACTLY the point I've been making all along! Heterosexual sex is ruining America! There is just too damn much heterosexual fucking going on. Add the LGBT sex on top of it, why, the damage to the environment from the body heat alone would out do all the global warming caused by cow farts! I'm with you Dan!
Dan has the floor again:
...and the depth of the trust Sanford breached by engaging in a reckless affair at a time when he was one of the small handful of people in the country well-positioned to do something to stop it.
Damn straight! Only Sanford could have stopped all the environmental damage being caused by all this sex...just by people envisioning his face contorted at the moment of orgasm. And the trust!! Oh god, the trust!! He was one of the few republi-KKKons you could trust...unless you know republi-KKKons! And once you know a republi-KKKon keep em away from anyone you care about, Dan.
Posted by phidipides at June 25, 2009 10:12 AM