couldn’t resist.

interesting fact.

William Howard Taft.  The 27th president of the US…Wilfred Brimley’s dad….and the inspiration for maternity jeans.  Mustache rides, one nickel!

After I pumped $40 worth of gas into my hot ride this morning (still not filling up my awesome beast of a crossover vehicle), I was listening to the radio in the car and I heard a very interesting fact.  Seven years ago, when George W. Bush and Dick Cheney came into office, the going rate for a barrel of oil was $27.  Today, give or take a buck or two, since it’s always fluxuating, a barrel of oil will run you approximately $117. 

I get it.  It’s a free enterprise, capitalist system we have here in America and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else on Planet Earth.  But what the hell?  Way to line the pockets of your already rich friends, oil-fueled White House.  I can picture it now; the Halliburton folks and all of Dubs’ old cronies in Texas are enjoying their new in-ground swimming pools and new, younger, hotter, stupider wives’ string bikins…all courtesy of the US of A’s insatiable appetite for foreign oil.  Fantastic.

This coming from a (now borderline) Republican?  This coming from a girl who was raised by a Vietnam Vet who owned his own successful small business in an affluent suburb consisting of approxmately 97% Caucassian neighbors?  This from a pro-life Christian against entitlement?

I don’t know everything there is to know about politics, nor do I want to.  There are more important things in life, like family, friends and expensive pairs of shoes making my calves look slim and sexy.  But I guarantee that this administration hasn’t been the first to take advantage of their positions of power.  This got me thinking though.  What were the perks of being friends of presidents in the past?  If Bush’s tycoon buddies were swimming in it, what were our founding fathers siphoning off for their buddies?

Was George Washington cutting deals with dentists (AKA: carpenters)?

Was Thomas Jefferson providing lonely bachelors with beautiful, hard-working, especially “tan” wives?

Did Abraham Lincoln corner the market for ridiculous top hats?

Was William Howard Taft making extra seats at the buffet? (From the looks of it, he had some other form of payola…sexy beast.)

Did JFK get all of his friends hot actress bitches to adulter with?  They do birthday parties!

Was Bill Clinton coordinating blow jobs for sad, Arkansas ingrates right and left? 

Better yet…what would each of the candidates running for Commander in Chief today have to offer their nearest and dearest upon their election to office?  Free power suits from Hillary?  Lifetime supply of Depends from McCain?  I guess only time will tell.

super tuesday jr.: barack vs. hillary.

Last night, the results came in from Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island and unfortunately for us Barack fans, he lost a little ground with HIllary narrowly edging him out in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.  Of course, even after last night, our hope crusader is still in the mix and still ahead by quite a few delegates…but the next six weeks and the superdelegates could definitely swing the candidacy either way. 

I read this article today about how Texas caucuses played out as well, which was helpful for the baRACKING and rolling of America, but this one is definitely WAY too close to call yet.  It will be interesting how the next few weeks pan out.  If Hillary’s hate-mongering, mud-slinging and negative campaigning will work, or if people really do believe in the optimistic, hope-based candy, balloons and puppies Obama are promoting.  Only time will tell.

Additionally, John McCain secured the GOP nomination last night as well, pushing Mike Huckabee out of the race…and leaving Ron Paul on a street corner somewhere in front of a few stacked up milk crates, debating no one about the War in Iraq. 

remember the alamo.

Today is the big political showdown in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island.  While the race for Republicans is pretty clear-cut, the Democrats definitely have their work cut out for them.  I have roots in Ohio and Texas and whatever it is….it’s like these two states tend to be big dealbreakers in political showdowns like this.  There are so many delegates at stake that one state could really swing things drastically.  If you live in my home states, get out and vote.  Or go to John McCain’s cookout in Houston.  WTF.  Way to go after the issues.  Republicans need every vote they can get this time around and he’s over here debating tomato-based versus vinegar-based barbeque…or making slaw with mayo or not.  Pork or beef?  You decide!