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Ah, in 2008 this could be one of the most fun battles to watch.  On the left we have Nancy Pelosi – Liberal but not an idiot.  On the left, I mean on the farther left, we have Cindy Sheehan – crazy nut job of epic proportions.  Who would win?

Well, I would obviously hope a Republican would win but it’s San Francisco so that isn’t likely.  So I would have to chose Pelosi over Sheehan.  I mean come on that’s easy.  Sheehan said that she would run against Pelosi if Pelosi didn’t purpose articles of Impeachment against the President.  Well Sheehan, I don’t know if you know this but you can’t just impeach a President because you don’t like him.  You can’t even impeach the President because a lot of people don’t like him.  He has to have done something illegal to be eligible for impeachment.  Don’t misunderstand Pelosi; she would impeach him if she could, but she is smart enough to know that she can’t.

Like I said, Sheehan is a nut job.  Her son’s death seem to have addled her brains.  She actually believes that President Bush caused 9/11 to get a pretext for war and she actually believes that al-Qaeda are freedom fighters.  In other words she’s crazy!  She’s been to Guantanamo Bay to give the terrorist a morale boost while being generally nasty to the guards.  She thinks that Hugo Chavez is a fair kind of guy (he’s the Communist who has come out against free speech) and she loves Fidel Castro.

In a world where you have to chose from the bad or the worst, it is always advisable to chose the bad (assuming good isn’t available).

I enjoyed this parody, so I thought I’d post it. I don’t really agree with the message, but it is pretty clever.

Several clips depicting the Thai king as a monkey were posted on YouTube this past week. Apparently, the Thai Government is extremely offended and has requested that Google (Google owns YouTube) remove the video clips. They view it as an insult to the Thai people and they view it as illegal; insulting the monarchy in Thailand carries a punishment. In fact, recently a Swiss man was sentenced 10 years in prison for defacing a photograph of the King.

I find this a little crazy. Firstly, if somebody is going to play the game; that is be involved in politics whether it be as a President, King, Senator, whatever – they had better be ready to be made fun of. They shouldn’t strike back because somebody is making fun at them; in fact I would say that if they can manage to laugh at themselves they turn out better in the end.

Secondly, the Minister of Information and Technology, Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, is on the record stating that he is a proponent of free speech but will not tolerate materials that offend the monarchy! How contradictory, this guy says he wants free speech and then kills it in the same sentence.

Of course Google made a rather surprise move to refuse aid… they aid the Chinese government in censoring results for Chinese users meaning that Chinese users only receive results approved by the Chinese government. Then again, Thailand had it right, it is all about the money. See Thailand actually only blocked YouTube and not Google so Google can still make money in Thailand plus even if Google was blocked Thailand is such a small market that it wouldn’t break Google’s back to not have it. But not having China would break Google’s back, so that is why they help with the censoring.

“Don’t Be Evil.” Wikipedia. 3 Apr. 2007. Wikipedia. 8 Apr. 2007

“More Clips Mocking Thai King Posted on YouTube.” CNet News. 6 Apr. 2007. cNet. 8 Apr. 2007 http://news.com.com/More+clips+mocking+Thai+king+posted+on+YouTube/2100-1028_3-6174042>.

“YouTube Offers to ‘Educate’ Thai Officials to End Ban Over Videos Mocking Revered King.” FOXNews. 7 Apr. 2007. FOXNews. 8 Apr. 2007