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The Lighter Side of...
Author: BobR
Date: 10/10/2008 12:28:57
There's been a lot of heavy news these last few days... Wall Street is imploding, McCain rallies are turning into lynch mobs, the government is listening in on phone sex... Since it's Friday, we thought perhaps it would be nice to take a look at the lighter side of the news...
First Up: In a maverick effort to show what a maverick he is, John "Maverick" McCain has gone all mavericky and mavericked his maverickness. What mavericktude! However, this has pissed off the original Maverick family. Yes, there really is a maverick family, and the adjective actually originated because of one of the family's forefathers. One of the current family members said: "I'm Fontaine Maverick, and John McCain, you sir are no Maverick":
Ouch. This is on top of all the musical artists telling McCain not to use their music. I guess he IS getting more and more like Bush - everyone is really ready for him to just go away.
Next: McCain has said that he knows how to get Bin Laden, and would capture him once he came into office. That leads to the inevitable question: Why wait? Why not tell Bush now, so Bush can go get him now. Apparently, one intrepid reporter asked the White House if McCain had passed that info along to them:
He goes on to summarize what he thinks the answers mean. It's interesting, though, that the White House thinks that McCain stating he knows how to capture bin Laden is related to the campaign and not national security. That would seem to be a clear statement that McCain is full of bullshit. Perhaps it's maverick bullshit.
If McCain is Maverick-lite, the other half of the ticket needs a moniker too. How about Betty, as in "Betty Boop"? That's who CNN is comparing her to with all that blinkin' winking:
Still - we're sure all that winking appeals to Republican base. You know - they're the ones that think we should Give War a Chance, and want to turn America into a theocracy. They also seem to think Armageddon and the Second Coming are just around the corner. Of course, they're wrong. It's already happened. Jesus has come back.... as... a shark?
Yes, apparently there has been a shark virgin birth:
Okay, so maybe not. But perhaps the story of the fishes and the loaves is really just a play on the birds and the bees and the sharks represent... um... okay, I got nuthin.
That's not completely true. I have a smile, and that's a good thing to have on a Friday morning.
First Up: In a maverick effort to show what a maverick he is, John "Maverick" McCain has gone all mavericky and mavericked his maverickness. What mavericktude! However, this has pissed off the original Maverick family. Yes, there really is a maverick family, and the adjective actually originated because of one of the family's forefathers. One of the current family members said: "I'm Fontaine Maverick, and John McCain, you sir are no Maverick":
John McCain I know a Maverick, and you, sir, are no Maverick. Truly. I now know Fontaine Maverick, great-great-grand daughter of Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), and it was he and his sons for which the word was coined. And as she told me in my interview with her Monday night, October 6, 2008 on KGO AM 810, "I'm Fontaine Maverick, and John McCain, you sir are no Maverick."
Samuel Maverick was a Texas cattleman, land baron and politician, so influential that he was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Fiercely independent and equally liberal. Sam became well known for what he didn't do, however. It seems, according to Fontaine, that he had taken some cattle in lieu of a debt he was owed. He let them roam on an island off of Texas, and for whatever reason, didn't brand them. So, any unbranded cattle became known as Maverick's. Now, this more than likely wasn't an act of revolt. No one knows for sure, but Maverick really wasn't much of a cattleman. He was also shrewd, later on in life if cattle weren't branded, he would often claim them.
Sam was also very spirited and free minded. It was because of this that in 1867 the term Maverick was first cited as being used to describe someone with an independent streak, someone not branded.
Ouch. This is on top of all the musical artists telling McCain not to use their music. I guess he IS getting more and more like Bush - everyone is really ready for him to just go away.
Next: McCain has said that he knows how to get Bin Laden, and would capture him once he came into office. That leads to the inevitable question: Why wait? Why not tell Bush now, so Bush can go get him now. Apparently, one intrepid reporter asked the White House if McCain had passed that info along to them:
In last Tuesday's presidential debate, John McCain said that that he will "get Osama bin Laden, my friends." He's been promising that for over a year, but it was only a couple of months ago that someone finally pressed him to describe what he would do differently than President Bush. McCain replied: "I know how to improve our capabilities so that we will capture Osama bin Laden."
That made me wonder whether McCain has shared this critically important knowledge with the President, so today I went to the White House and asked. Here is my conversation with Press Secretary Dana Perino:
Q John McCain said recently that he knows how to get Osama bin Laden. And a couple of months ago he said that he knows how to improve our capabilities so that we would capture bin Laden. Has Senator McCain shared his knowledge with the president?
MS. PERINO: Maybe you haven't been here. I've been very astute at not getting involved in the 2008 election, and I'm not going to start now.
Q It has nothing to do with the elections.
MS. PERINO: Yeah, it does. It has everything to do with the election. That's exactly why you're asking the question. And I'm not going to answer it.
He goes on to summarize what he thinks the answers mean. It's interesting, though, that the White House thinks that McCain stating he knows how to capture bin Laden is related to the campaign and not national security. That would seem to be a clear statement that McCain is full of bullshit. Perhaps it's maverick bullshit.
If McCain is Maverick-lite, the other half of the ticket needs a moniker too. How about Betty, as in "Betty Boop"? That's who CNN is comparing her to with all that blinkin' winking:
Still - we're sure all that winking appeals to Republican base. You know - they're the ones that think we should Give War a Chance, and want to turn America into a theocracy. They also seem to think Armageddon and the Second Coming are just around the corner. Of course, they're wrong. It's already happened. Jesus has come back.... as... a shark?
Yes, apparently there has been a shark virgin birth:
In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.
The first documented case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Neb., zoo.
"This first case was no fluke," [no pun intended] Demian Chapman, a shark scientist and lead author of the second study, said in a statement. "It is quite possible that this is something female sharks of many species can do on occasion."
Okay, so maybe not. But perhaps the story of the fishes and the loaves is really just a play on the birds and the bees and the sharks represent... um... okay, I got nuthin.
That's not completely true. I have a smile, and that's a good thing to have on a Friday morning.
