I digitally sent this message (under 2500 words) to the White House. The White House tells me it cares about the comments of the people.

I'm not so sure.

You make a horrific "deal" giving the republicans all they want when you control both houses of congress, and sell it as "bipartisanship"? You say "tax cuts to the rich" haven't worked, yet you sell this "deal" because you wanna get more money in the economy? You call the "cuts in Social Security" a tax holiday, without even getting a compromise to raise the top income cap?

What have you fought for in 2 years? You caved in on Insurance exchanges, on the public option, on enforcing the law against Wall Street, on Guantanamo, on lobbyists, on even DADT? When have you actually gotten anything in these deals in return?

You cave in on everything, and then pompously call your justified critics "unrealistic". Do you realize how weak you look? How do you compromise with people who can't compromise and are busy undermining you every single day?

And you now actually expect this "message" that you "will fight" in 2 years because ... because what ... because you need another excuse to cave in... again.

Real leaders fight every day. Real leaders actually get something when they compromise. Real leaders communicate with the people instead of reading something crafted as a public relations spin.

Go back and understand the history of great democratic leaders, because you look more like a manipulated tool of the elite every day. Hide behind your words and call me unrealistic or whiny or whatever, but you look like a weak hypocrite because of what you do, and you think putting together a "message" will conceal it to the people. The people aren't fools.

Do you even hear yourself speak during the 2008 campaign? What will you say in 2012 when the Republicans roll over you and beat you over the head with this phony bi-partisanship. And then what? What happens to hope then, Mr. President?

I love this song.

Ten times later ... I still love the song. Hope you do too :-)

Because he speaks my own mind. Everything in this 4 minute video rant. That's because its the truth, and Cenk sees it too.

Sorry for my absence from the blogosphere. I could make plenty of excuses, so I won't. It's a personal blog anyway. I'm not the type of fool who actually thinks anything he says is revolutionary and worthy of typing out on a keyboard so that 30 people might read it before reading something else. Writing in general is mainly a good exercise of mental conditioning and development of understanding and knowledge. Just like you have to walk 2 miles a day and do stretching exercises to stay fit, you have to read and write to keep your mind fresh and vibrant.

I suppose I haven't felt so fresh and vibrant lately. Perhaps I've had to learn some different truths than those I've had to learn in the past, except now the truths are more heartbreaking. It's not a negative or a positive notion. It just is. Let it roll off you like rain, and wait for the sun, so you can dry out and feel whole again.

Damn the patsy Democrats. The whole system is so corrupt that the Democrats are paid to be patsies, to lose to the Republicans so the elite can continue this fiction called a two party system, that way the people won't see who are their real masters.

That makes this the fourth year in a row. This year was much less challenging than last year. I was in first place in the 3rd week of April and stayed in First place all year long. My pitching staff nearly fell apart in the second half after phenom Strasberg went down (I picked him up) but after picking up Daniel Hudson, Gio Gonzales, Brett Myers, and Brian Matusz, I was able to stop the free-fall while holding on to Tim Lincecum and Ubaldo. It also helps when you are able to roster 5 great closers, which I was fortunate to do, and none of them went down with injuries this year, thank god, otherwise it would have been a tighter race in the last month.

Once again it is proven that you shouldn't pick up speedsters before the 10th round, and you should only pick 3 or 4 pitchers (2 starters, 2 closers) in your first 11 picks. There will always be 10 pitchers who surprise or out-perform their expected stats in any given year, and there is another 10 pitchers who can have a 2 month span of quality that you can use.

GinoNapoli©August2010

GinoNapoli©August2010.

GinoNapoli©August2010

The native Bostonian is hella funny. And he pulls no-punches with the best sarcasm akin to Jonathan Stewart, except Matt does it in writing.

His recent piece in the Men's Journal is a ribaldry about Sport's figures getting busted for both petty and serious crimes during the off-season called The Jock's Guide to Getting Arrested.

For those of you new to Taibbi, be forewarned, he is typical East-coastt in his "spicy" language and often explicit but accurate sexual references.

From the same source in the last post with Dr. Bea, the Geologist from Berkeley.

WB: The chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon said that the Macondo well was originally drilled in another location, but that “going faster caused the bottom of the well to split open, swallowing tools”, and that BP abandoned that well. You’ve spoken to that technician and looked into the incident, and concluded that “they damn near blew up the rig.” [See here and here].

Do you know where that abandoned well location is, and do you know if that well is still leaking?

Bea: The abandoned well is very close to the current well location. BP had to file reports showing the location of the abandoned well and the new well [with the Minerals Management Service], so the location of the abandoned well is known.

We don’t know if the abandoned well is leaking.