"You MEANER!"

When my five year old gets mad she begins with a string of insults starting with "You MEANER. You're ugly. I hate you." She finishes this off with a sound foot stomp and sticks out her tongue to emphasize her point.



Her visceral and vitriolic expression of her anger makes me think of current liberal political pundits, liberal commentators, liberal TV talk show hosts and and famous women who are making their feelings known in this current election season. Especially when they are discussing Governor Sarah Palin. According to them, she is just 'not woman enough, not the right woman, and just 'mean' for legally hunting wildlife in her state.



Joy Behar of THE VIEW recently stated that Governor Palin was 'just mean' because she hunts animals.



After Governor Palin's convention speech numerous guests on various talk shows stated they believed Governor Palin's speech was 'just mean and spiteful' as she pointed out clear discrepancies in Obama's lack of experience and the Democratic Party's slams at her for HER supposed lack of experience.

Michelle Obama wrote her master's thesis on how 'mean' white people were because people tended to hang out with those they were comfortable with and she didn't believe she would ever be fully integrated into white society. How mean we are that she now makes over $300,000 a year in a high level corporate job and her husband is running for the highest office in the land. Yeah, white american's are 'meaners'.

I guess "mean" is all relative in this election as Barack Obama insinuates that Governor Sarah Palin is just a 'pig in lipstick' as he disparages her for being 'just a mayor' while she is a current GOVERNOR.

South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate "whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”

Matt Damon, actor, whose opinion, of course, is always so important and necessary (*snort* pig like) says that Governor Palin's nomination is "like a bad Disney movie." Please keep in mind that in 'good' Disney movies a parent inevitably always dies or is 'evil' in some way which makes me wonder if I would really LIKE a bad Disney movie (does that mean that there are actually 2 intact parents in the home raising their child to achieve all of their dreams? hm...)

Today there are 30 lawyers and investigators in Alaska to find out all the 'mean' dirt they can on Governor Palin courtesy of the Barack Obama campaign for Change and Hope.

I guess he believes we just have to be MEAN to make change and to give us hope.

PIGS PIGS and more PIGS

Penelope movie review

Rated PG. Starting James McAvoy and Christina Ricci. My family LOVES this movie and I felt it pertinent to review it here (tongue in cheek, of course).



Penelope is a young girl born with a PIG nose and pig ears because of a family curse. Her family tries to protect her by shielding her from the public and trying to bribe men to love her. One of her own kind must fall in love with her to break the curse. One young man (McAvoy) begins by being bribed to take a photo of Penelope, but begins to truly like her, although he has yet to 'see' her. All of their interactions are through a one way mirror. Eventually Penelope goes out into the world on her own and comes to the realization that she truly likes herself for who she is and she doesn't need the curse broken. Her personal revelation has the power to break the curse. Of course, true love prevails and McAvoy is a wonderful prince charming to Ricci's independent and resilient Penelope.



It is fitting that this movie is about a woman who has physical pig features that she must come to embrace and accept. In the meantime, the public comes to EMBRACE HER as she begins her journey. Ultimately, it is her own opinion of herself that transform her and frees her. It only seems fitting in light of the current comments by Obama in referencing Sarah Palin's nomination by stating that "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.". Ultimately, Sarah Palin remains strong in the face of blatant personal attacks, searing sexism, and hateful double standards.

Need an uplifting movie right now? See Penelope. McAvoy will melt your heart.

When Pigs Fly

Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama took the unusual step of being one of the few Presidential candidates in memory to personally attack a Vice Presidential Candidate. As fans laughed and jeered,

"OBAMA: That's not change. That's just calling something the same thing something different. But, you know, you can't? ?you know, you can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig. (live from video)

For a reminder of how Obama's comment is being interpreted from his listening audience and those who watched the video, one must remember what was said by GOVERNOR PALIN: "I love those hockey moms. You know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick. "

Obama, interestingly enough, plagarized his speech comments, before the pig comments, from a current political cartoon in the Sept. 5th Washington Post by Tom Toles.

Plagarism, pork, and personal smears seem to be the nature of the Obama campaign for change.