McCain spokesman speechless when asked to support his attack on Obama *VIDEO*

Say what you want about the wild neo-communist/Nazi/Musim-Arab/Hooverite fantasies that the McCain campaign fabricates about Barrack Obama, but you must admit that it takes a certain amount of creativity to spin such yarns. Unfortunately, their attacks are so ridiculous and far-fetched that they don’t hold up to scrutiny very well. In the video below, a McCain spokesman shuts up tighter than a clam when asked to support his asinine claim that Obama is anti-Semitic and surrounds himself with like-minded individuals.

The most amazing personal library I’ve seen

I’ve dreamed of having a library just like this for as long as I’ve been able to read. Most personal libraries are built to suit their owners, who are usually pretentious and lack the type of scholarly interests that such bibliophilic palaces would imply, and their designs have an uncanny way of reflective as much. But apparently Jay Walker is a true connoisseur with amazing vision.

From Wired. Click to read the article and view more pictures.

Leisurely Sunday ride pictures

Sunday is my rest day from my usual 30-mile ride, so I always take the opportunity to take pictures.

New Obama ad hits the mark

John McCain explicitly stated that he is not George Bush during last night’s debate. Unfortunately for him, his voting record suggests that he may as well be Bush II. His bizarre facial expressions and bad teeth made him look like the bastard love-child of Jack Nicholson a la The Shining and Bush’s evil sidekick Dick Cheney. Senator Obama’s campaign has already released a new ad featuring the schizophrenic miming of John McCain, and refuting his supposed “change” agenda:

Click to watch

They’ve hit the nail on the head with this one.

McCain – is Ashton Kutcher putting you up to this?

The only logical conclusion I can come to with this Sarah Palin business is that the entire nation is being Punk’d.

John McCain is now attempting to put white trash into the highest levels of American government. What’s next? Will the Dukes of Hazard round out the rest of his cabinet? Maybe the Beverly Hillbillies will be chosen to head the Department of Energy.

So far here’s what we know about Sarah Palin:

She’s a religious fundamentalist nutjob

• Believes in creationism and wants it taught in schools
• Would outlaw abortion UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES
• Supports abstinence-only education WHICH HAS BEEN A HORRIBLE FAILURE FOR DECADES

She has no experience with, nor cares about any foreign affairs whatsoever

I don’t think I need to reiterate all of the evidence for this one, as I think everyone has seen it

She’s a hypocrite

• Like all fundamentalists, her family clearly does not follow the retarded Christian ideals that she holds as holy and infallible. It’s a bizarre coincidence that it’s the ‘devout’ Christians that always end up pregnant at 17 by their redneck white trash boyfriends.

Great job McCain. This is the kind of leadership we need. With your help, we’ll be back in the 17th century in no time flat.

If McCain/Palin win, there is going to be a LOT of disenfranchised young people in this country, and as one of them, I will be deeply saddened. The leaders that can make this country even greater than it is are being brushed aside to make way for those who propogate draconian fundamentalist ideals.

Edit: Visit Mulloverthis to commiserate as well.

Dimensia/Inexperience 08′!!

Are you kidding me? Seriously, Johnny? The selection of Sarah Palin, a 44 year old PTA member-cum-politician for vice president is clearly the last act of a dying man. The desperation and disregard for America that this move displays is astounding. If McCain were a young, virile man that wasn’t crippled from years in a bamboo cage and two-time cancer recipient, then having a vice president with barely more political experience than an intern would still be a bad idea. But unfortunately for him, McCain is an ailing old man, and anyone that votes for him should accept the fact that there’s a decent chance that this woman could be the president of the United States!!!

This is a very interesting post from an Alaskan resident: What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective

Quotable Quote

“Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our essences, though light be more congenial to our clayey part.”

-From Moby-Dick, page 45

Sweden & Japan

Sweden & Japan

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NY Times Sunday Book Review – My items of interest

To be honest, I’m usually disappointed with the fiction that the NYT book review decides to cover. It seems to always be dominated by overtly commercial swill. Unfortunately this is a reflection of what people are interested in (look at the best seller list, for christ sake). The essays are my favorite part, but this week a few of their fiction reviews were actually good.

This went immediately on my ‘To Read’ list.

‘Real World’ – Natsuo Kirino
“In Natsuo Kirino’s novel, a juvenile killer on the run in Tokyo murders without conscience — and only in retrospect attempts to invent a philosophy to explain his crime.”
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Weekend Excursion

Some pictures from my trip to Callaway Gardens yesterday. It’s an amazing place to take pictures.