Saturday, August 25, 2007
The great ghetto debate
Since some area pundits have decided to start splitting hairs with respect to the term "ghetto," I decided to do a little investigating just to see if Jeff Pruitt's tirade is unfounded as some have suggested.

According to Thesaurus.com, these are some entries and synonyms for "ghetto."

Main Entry: depressed
Part of Speech: adjective 3
Definition: disadvantaged
Synonyms: cheapened, depreciated, deprived, destitute, devalued, distressed, ghetto, impaired, needy, poor, poverty-stricken, run-down, shanty, skid row*, underprivileged, weakened
Antonyms: booming, flourishing, prospering, rich
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
* = informal or slang


Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry: inner city
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: city center
Synonyms: barrio, center city, central city, condemned buildings, core, core city, downtown, ghetto, public housing district, skid row, slum, slums, urban city, urban ghetto
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

I know that I, for one, usually associate "condemned buildings" and "destitute" with this:


So, I did a Google Image Search for "ghetto." Here were some of the results (and I have taken the liberty of NOT posting the "ghetto booty" and "ghetto ass" porn that surfaced as a result of the query. Curious, these pictures are very different than those that Jeff found.


Now here's the thing: I really don't care too much about the Fort Wayne mayoral race at this point, but the murmuring and grumbling has become exaggerated so drastically that it's now gotten to the point where I can't even hide from it in Ohio (where I live).

I'm sorry, but enough already with this shit. It's getting really old. I'm starting to feel bad for Kelty because his faithful followers won't even give him a chance to go back and say "hey, I screwed up, let's start this fresh." No, instead they keep second guessing the guy and putting words in his mouth and making excuses for him before he has a chance to do so himself. And frankly, it's put him in a really bad position. If indeed he DOES decide to recant and set the record straight on any number of items (read Jeff Pruitt, he's running a lengthy list), he would basically be pissing directly in the face of his supporters who have been a throng of faithful, unwavering apologists.

I have no idea what I would do, were I walking in Matt's shoes. It all seems so lose-lose to me...

Well, that's not entirely true. In the immortal words of some dead guy:

"When you are deep in a hole, stop digging."

At this point, it appears as if every time Kelty opens his mouth, all that comes out is a new silver platter with more cannon fodder for his dissenters. Methinks he ought to stop doing that (talking, that is). And for god's sake Matt, muzzle some of your more rabid flock. They're not helping you. Nay, they are pounding nails in your coffin, man!

It's not inconceivable that Tom Henry may be able to win in November using campaign signs like this:Now to me, that's kinda sad. Tom Henry could literally win, just because he knows how to keep his mouth shut when it counts! It's a messed up strategy, but when you get dealt a hand of cards like this, you would be stoned to not let your opponent's implosion occur without your interference, or for that matter, without you even acknowledging the fact that you have a full boat, Aces over Kings.

I can't be the only one who sees this as a brilliant strategic maneuver. I mean, seriously...Henry has made it through the bulk of his campaign without any appreciable amount of negative press. Sure, there's the occasional blogger who rattles his cage about "no platform" or "where's Henry stand?" and so forth...but if you think for one second that Matt Kelty doesn't secretly crave the ability to trade seats with Henry, you're fucking nuts. Matt realizes, I'm sure, that if he had just reserved some of his hot air and self-congratulatory grandstanding, he wouldn't be knee-deep in a bucket of his own feces.

Although, I should mention that Kelty's antics have amused me as of late. But then, I always have been a Gomer Pyle fan. This whole "awww shucks, I didn't mean it that way" schtick is just hilarious. But then, I don't live in Fort Wayne so it changes my perspective quite a bit, doesn't it? I'm allowed to think it's funny as hell! You poor bastards.

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Written at 8/25/2007 02:03:00 PM by Andrew Kaduk.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Ahem.....
I just wanted to take a minute to wish my wife a happy anniversary.

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Written at 8/23/2007 03:18:00 PM by Andrew Kaduk.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Marines' Charges Dropped in Iraq Deaths

OOPS...
Of course the odds of The Honorable John Murtha recanting his accusation (or should I say his public conviction) are slim to none, but we can hope.
I'd sure love to see the MSM stick a microphone in this old geezers' face and ask him to "clarify" his remarks now, but they won't. He's a Democrat.

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Written at 8/09/2007 07:58:00 PM by Tim Zank.
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OLBY ALMOST DOUBLES HIS AUDIENCE!

From a national perspective, (having 970,000 viewers for a debate between candidates vying to become the next leader of the free world) this debate was an absolute ratings disaster.
On the upside though, Olby should be ecstatic. He added an extra 300 to 400,000 viewers to his base of tin-foil hat wearing, America bashing,
9-11 truthing, conspiracy theorists!
Be it only for one night.
What a putz.
On a related note, just wait until NBC sees Sunday Night Football swirl around the ratings toilet bowl after this shitbag begins his co-host gig. Brilliant, just frickin' brilliant.
H/T tvnewser

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Written at 8/09/2007 09:02:00 AM by Tim Zank.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
SILKY PULLS GRENADE PIN AGAIN, FORGETS TO THROW IT... AGAIN

Answering a question about NAFTA, the 1993 trade agreement signed by Clinton's husband former President Bill Clinton, Edwards said NAFTA was negotiated by Washington insiders and that "you will never see a picture of me on the front of Fortune magazine saying "I am the candidate that big corporate America is betting on'" -- a blunt jab at Clinton who recently donned the cover of Fortune.
But in 2002, Edwards spoke in Washington at the "Fortune Global Forum," a premiere event where attendance is "limited to the chairmen, CEOs, and presidents of major multinational corporations." Edwards told the forum attendees, "People in Washington sometimes overstate government's role in the economy."
It seems like he's just a shit-magnet. Doesn't anybody on his staff remind him what he's done or said or where he's been in the past before he opens his mouth??
H/T Huffpo

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Written at 8/08/2007 03:58:00 PM by Tim Zank.
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SILKY'S HUSBAND/WIFE EXPLAINS FUNDRAISING SHORTAGE

“We can’t make John black, we can’t make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars.”
My, what an "enlightened" point of view.

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Written at 8/08/2007 08:38:00 AM by Tim Zank.
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
REFORM?? YEAH, RIGHT...I GOT YOUR REFORM



"What we did today was momentous. It's historic," declared Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after the vote of 411 to 8.


When the U.S. Senate passed the bill, sending it to the president, Majority Leader Harry Reid(D-Nev.) dubbed it the "most sweeping ethics and lobbying reform in history," saying it would produce "a government as good and honest as the people it represents."
Gee, that sounds SWELL!
Except for:
• The bill was changed to make earmark disclosure voluntary rather than mandatory. • The requirement of 67 Senate votes to suspend the earmark disclosure rule was changed to 40 votes — less than a majority. • The language prohibiting a member or staff from promoting earmarks they would personally benefit from was completely eviscerated. • So was the language prohibiting a member from trading votes for earmarks. • The requirement that earmarks be put on the Internet 48 hours after their inclusion in legislation was changed to "as soon as practical." • The non-partisan Senate parliamentarian was replaced by the majority leader as the referee determining whether earmark disclosure requirements are met.
I'll be the first to admit that Republicans were absolutley terrible with pork barrel crapola, and their reckless disregard for our money cost them dearly. And rightly so, but now it's time for HONEST Democrats to condemn this ridiculous sham of "reform"and tell the Democrat leadership to practice what they preached or they'll suffer the same fate as the Republicans.
Written at 8/05/2007 08:30:00 PM by Tim Zank.
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Olbermann Blames Iraq War Spending for Bridge Collapse



Olbermann teased the August 3 show: "The bridges of every county: How the endless war and endless spending crippled our ability to repair or just check our infrastructure."


This moron is without a doubt the largest douche bag on the planet. Click on the link above for the full transcript of his interview with Air America socialist Rachel Maddow and their cock-eyed analysis.


To draw a correlation between the two is absolutely asinine. There is absolutely no shortage of funds for bridge inspections, (as you can see MN has a 1 billion dollar surplus) rather it's just another inefficient government agency not doing it's job. That particular bridge was "diagnosed" as problematic in the 90's....Just a little earlier than Iraq, Olberdouche.


Written at 8/05/2007 12:36:00 PM by Tim Zank.
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