Monday, July 30, 2007

"Whether You Like It Or Not, Learn To Love It, Because Joe Biden Is The Best Thing Going!" Woooooo

Greatest Wrestler of AllTime Ric Flair - Our Next President Sen. Joe Biden-Link
While Obama and Hillary continue to attack each other, Joe Biden gets back to the two issues that has really been destroying and brainwashing our country for the last 6 years ....... the Iraq war and Republican talking points. As I see Fox News become more and more irrelevant everyday with their war and terrorism rhetoric, the more I watch and listen to every Republican Presidential Candidate, the more irrelevant they become as well. Geeze, it's almost like the Republicans aren't even trying anymore. When is the last time a Republican candidate spoke about ending poverty, or fixing healthcare, or figuring out how to end discrimination against minorities in this country? It's very laughable I know. Yesterday Republican Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani stepped up his rhetorical attacks on the Democratic Presidential Candidates saying that the whole Democratic field are a bunch of "losers" with their heads in the sand when it comes to "Islamic Terrorism." This was Joe Biden's response to that statement: "Rudy Giuliani just doesn't get it. Tough talk and cheap shots won't make America any safer or get mine resistant vehicles to our troops any faster. It is absurd for Rudy Giuliani to call Democrats ‘losers' after five years of failed Republican policies in Iraq. "It is outrageous that three years after the 9/11 Commission made its recommendations virtually nothing has been funded by this White House and yet Giuliani continues to make the pathetic case that his party has provided leadership fighting terrorism. As everyone knows, until we end the war in Iraq, we are distracted from the main agenda of combating terrorism in Afghanistan and strengthening our homeland security. Giuliani and the rest of the Republican candidates continue to cling to this Administration's failed policy that a strong central government can be propped up in Iraq. If these are the positions he wants to defend, I invite him to debate me on these important topics."

I'm sorry Rudy but ..... is this the best you can do? Tell me again, what is your plan to fight poverty? Rudy, what are you going to do about racial disparities in this country? Rudy, when you're done writing letters for Scooter Libby, will you ever get around to writing a healthcare plan? In the words of Ric Flair, if you're gonna talk the talk, you got to walk the walk - and Joe Biden is doing just that ...... Wooooooo!

Friday, July 27, 2007

The New Smashing Pumpkins

For those of you who know me best and what I really enjoy, you know that Music and Sports are my two favorite things ever. Back on July 3rd, three friends and I were able to go see Smashing Pumpkins at the Orange Peel up in Asheville, N.C. This was one of nine shows that they performed while being up there. The Orange Peel only holds around 900 people so as you can imagine we were about 10 feet from the stage the entire time. This is the first time I think the Pumpkins have played since Dec. 2000. Lead singer Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlein are the only two original members who are still with the band. They have added a new electric guitar player, female bass player (and yes she is hotter than the last), and a female keyboardist. They went on around 10:00 and got done right at 1:00am. Corgan blew an amp out in the first hour that took about 20 minutes to correct but other than that, the show was incredible! This is one of the best 10 bands to come out from the 90's era and it's great seeing them back on the road making music. The song below is a brand new song that won't even be on their new cd. He wrote it while in Asheville about a week before this show. He opened the concert with this one and while it doesn't have a name yet, for now we'll just call it "I Don't Mind." Enjoy!