A "celebutard" weighs in . . .

Lindsay Lohan isn't happy with Republican vice presidential candidate John McCain's choice of running mate, Sarah Palin.

"I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin," the actress, 22, wrote on her MySpace blog Sunday.

"I couldn't be more supportive of a woman in office, but let's face it, it comes down to the person, and their beliefs, male or female," Lohan said.

"I would have liked to have remained impartial, however I am afraid that the 'lipstick on a pig' comments will overshadow the issues and the fact that I believe Barack Obama is the best choice, in this election, for president," she added.

Although Lohan said she feels "it's necessary for me to clarify that I am not against Sarah Palin as a mother or woman", the star believes that Palin -- the Incumbent Governor of Alaska -- isn't ready to run the country.

She said, "I find it quite interesting that a woman who now is running to be second in command of the United States, only 4 years ago had aspirations to be a television anchor, which is probably all she is qualified to be.

"Oh, and... Hint Hint Pali Pal - Don't pose for anymore tabloid covers, you're not a celebrity, you're running for office to represent our, your, my COUNTRY!"

Lohan -- who is rumored to be in a relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson -- also referenced Palin's views on homosexuality.

"Is it a sin to be gay?" Lohan asked. "Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have a child out of wedlock?
"Is our country so divided that the Republicans best hope is a narrow minded, media obsessed homophobe?"

In conclusion, Lohan cited an Associated Press story reporting that Palin's church advocates a conference about prayer curing homosexuality. Wrote Lohan: "Palin's Desire to "save and convert the gays" - really??"

Ronson also chimed in.

"Vote for obama!" Ronson wrote. "Mainly because if she gets elected my green card probably won't get renewed!!!"


DD Comment - WTF?

Normally, I'm for the orange teams . . .

but if it's an old rival . . . not this time. The Lions prevail 55 -13 . . . and they look unstoppable. If this is a warm up to Big 10 competition, toggled with losses by the Bucknuts and Rustnuts this weekend . . . PSU and Wisconsin appear to be the conference contenders so far . . . time, of course will tell . . .

What's not to like about Sarah?

7 Years Later - still true!

"The people who did this to us are monsters; the people who cheered them have hate-sickened minds. One reason they can cheer is that they know we would never do to them what their heroes did to us, even though we could, a thousand times worse.

They know that when we hunt down the monsters, we will try hard not to harm the innocent. Those are the handcuffs we willingly wear, because for all our flaws, we are a decent people."

-- Dave Barry.

Something to ponder . . .

It seems to me that the liberal media and the Dems have spent the past 7 years bashing President Bush, and anyone else for that matter, who supports the war on terrorism. I understand that there are those who will do anything to discredit a strong stance on national defense . . . geez, we've witnessed a steady parade of anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-this, anti-that over since the fateful day we lost 3000 Americans at the hands of terrorists.

What I find disgusting is willingness of some politicians to trade America's security for political popularity and gain. No part of that is right, on either side of the aisle. Fact - there have been no successful attacks against our homeland under the President's watch since that tragic day 7 years ago. Yes, it's true, the President has paid a aweful price in the arena of public opinion for sticking to this single-minded mission of homeland defense (taking it to them on their soil), and sadly U.S. military losses during this time is another high ticket item too. Is there anyone who honestly thinks that freedom is free?

The record on homeland defense speaks for itself . . . we haven't seen images like the one above since 9/11 . . . therein is the legacy of our President and freedom fighters.

Oops . . .

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Sen. Barack Obama's, D-Ill., vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., Wednesday said that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., might have been a better pick for the position than him.

At a rally in Nashua, N.H., a man in the audience told Biden how glad he was that Obama picked him over Hillary, "not because she's a woman, but because, look at the things she did in the past."

"Make no mistake about this," Biden responded. "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of the United States of America, she’s easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. But she’s first rate, I mean that sincerely, she’s first rate, so let’s get that straight."

Spokesman Ben Porritt offered this response from the McCain camp: "Barack Obama’s most important decision of this election, and Biden -- the candidate he selects -- suggests, himself, that he wasn’t the right man for the job, and that Hillary Clinton would have been a better choice. Biden certainly has a credible viewpoint on this."

If there was ever any doubt . . .

If anyone needed proof of France's love for Barack Obama, le Figaro offered it today with an opinion poll. This finds that 80 percent of the French want the Democrat candidate to win the US presidency while only eight percent favour John McCain.

The poll was carried out by TNS Sofres on September 2 and 3, before McCain benefited from the Sarah Palin bounce but it gives an idea of the overwhelming wish in France to see a President Obama take office. Eighty-six percent have a good opinion of him compared with only 35 percent for McCain. The strong support cuts across social class and the political spectrum. The most senior French politicians at the Democratic convention came from President Sarkozy's rightwing UMP party, not the leftwing opposition.

The BBC found pro-Obama feeling to be strong worldwide in a poll this week, but the passion seems to run higher in France than anywhere. There are reasons for this.
France has an idealised and schizophrenic view of the United States that dates back to 1776 when King Louis XVI helped the colonial insurgents fight Britain's peace-keeping force. France feels that it has a founding share in the nation which bestowed jazz, GIs, cocktails, JFK and Clint Eastwood on Europe. It dislikes what it sees as the more primary, messianic and intolerant America that is represented by Republicans and personified by George W Bush.
Given the demonisation of Bush, it is surprising that the Figaro poll found that as many as 18 percent of the French hold a favourable opinion of him.

French misunderstanding of the USA has been glaring in the coverage of Sarah Palin. TV reporters have been at a loss to explain hockey moms and the excitement over a woman whose pitch is patriotism, religion and family values. France prefers American frontier heroes of the fictional kind, courtesy of John Ford or Sergio Leone. Few have noticed that Palin invented a French name for the company which she registered earlier in her career -- Rouge Cou. "It’s a classy way of saying redneck," she told The Anchorage Daily. "It’s a French word, rouge is red, cou is neck. It’s for marketing and consulting, in case I wanted to go that route" (No doubt she has been told that it should be Cou Rouge).

French readiness to take a dark, even irrational, view of America was on display again this week when Jean-Marie Bigard, a popular comic and actor, proclaimed his belief in the conspiracy version of September 11 2001.

"It is absolutely sure and certain now that the two planes that crashed on the (Pennsylvania) forest and the Pentagon never existed. There was never a plane... It is a vast lie", he said on Europe 1, a popular national radio station. After a dressing down by his managers, Bigard apologised today but he did not retract the view, which is shared by many in France as we have seen here before (The New York Times had a good piece yesterday on the consensus in the Middle East that 9/11 was a US conspiracy).

Lest We Forget

Obama wanted to enlist, my ass!

Barack Obama has said he considered joining the United States military when he left school but decided not to because the Vietnam war was over and "we weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point".

DD Comment - sounds like a lame ass excuse to me! He has no clue about "readiness" and "unselfish devotion to Country" . . . and, he can kiss my non-Muslim ass! Oh BTW . . . he made reference to "his Muslim faith" earlier this weekend . . . my oh my . . .

Cow farts, give up steaks on the grill, my ass!

"The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds, for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbon dioxide. The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set to double by the middle of the century.

'In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity,' said Pachauri. 'Give up meat for one day [a week] initially, and decrease it from there,' said the Indian economist, who is a vegetarian."

DD comment: WTF? Why would we not tap methane as a natural fuel source? The agenda here is pretty obvious!

It looks a good year for the Lions . . .

Early in the season it's way too soon to know the "character of the team" that's thrilling us with one-sided victories over so-so teams . . . way too early to tell. However, if there were a year when our schedule would have included a "powerhouse" opponent in week one or two of the schedule, this I believe would be a year in which our team would have done extremely well against.

Wow . . . what an offensive display! Is it possible that this may be one of the better offensive teams PSU has fielded in the past 20 years? If my gut instinct is correct, it may just be . . . and, if Old Scrap can hone the "D" into something that resembles a "traditional D" . . . this might also be "our year" for BCS contention . . . maybe more!

Hats off to JoePa . . . for a few hours yesterday (before FSU played last night), he became the "winningest coach in college football" . . . something he and Bobby Bo will no doubt continue to contend for this season as well. Go get 'em Joe! (I followed you coaching from Day 1 and I hope to see you have one more MNC).

Off field challenges and injuries continue to plague this team . . . there in lays what appears to be the only weaknesses to what otherwise promises to be one hell of a great year!