Jimmy strikes again!

Former President Jimmy Carter, apparently suffering from some extreme form of memory loss, attacked the Bush Administration as "the worst in history". His full quote being: "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history" Jimmy has slipped from merely being a partisan hack to his current state of delusional. For those who may agree with Carter, I submit to you that it was the Carter administration that had by far the most "adverse impact on the nat ion and around the world". Lets start with the economy. When Carter took office, interest rates were at 8%. During the Carter years the rate rose to 21.5% dropping to 18% by the end of his term. How many of you out there could afford to buy a house with an 18% interest rate? Under the omnipotent Carter inflation rose from 5.5% to a whopping 18%. And then blamed it on malaise. Wohooo! What a leader! Add that to the house you couldn't afford and you've got some standard of living, high on the hog baby! How about Carter's foreign policy? His failure to support the Shah of Iran gave us the Ayatollah Khomeini. Which, in turn led to the occupation of our embassy in Iran by Iranian militants supported by the Iranian Government who held the embassy staff and U.S. Marines hostage for over a year. One of those militants, who is now the psycho president of Iran, was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Thanks Jimmy! But we did have plenty of time to catch up on our reading thanks to the gas shortage. Long lines at gas stations, rationing, and stations with no gas at all. Sigh, good times, good times. All under the watchful eye of James Earl Carter Jr. Well known Fidel Castro supporter and overseer of corrupt elections of third world strongmen and socialists around the world, Carter has some nerve to say anything about the administration of George W. Bush. Go back to building houses for the poor Jimmy, politics just isn't your bag.

Crybabies

We are rapidly becoming a nation of whiny, thin skinned, humorless dolts. A local radio station ran this billboard a few weeks ago and was immediately assailed by United Latin American Citizens, an activist group, saying they were, what else, offended. What are you, a 4 year old? The intent of this sign is obvious, to stir up this kind of controversy for free publicity. But lets put that aside for the moment. It's an obvious reference to every body's favorite coffee bean picker, Juan Valdez. And a play on the radio station's tag line, the big one. The sombrero, pancho and donkey are all part of the gag. To be offended by something so innocuous is truly childish. So something else must be afoot!


Here comes the shakedown. "We don't just want to slap you on the hand and say you're sorry. We also want something long-term to make an impact on the community," That from the man in the picture to the left, and I do mean left, Jason Riveiro. And there it is folks, a new industry, race hustling. Find a deep pocket and dive in!