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Vol 161- A Chinaco New Year

Trust me

Go to the very bottom of this page and hit "Click Here"
Then come back and read on until your speakers come alive.

Update

For some, this didn't work for some people.
It worked for me, but I don't know Bush about computers,
so if you give a "F," ask a local cyber geek for help.

Whooooo Pig

To my old Republican buddy in Texas, Johnny Schneider, I can only say, "Whoo Pig."
I hope your home brew dulls the reality of Arkansas football dominance.

No, it's not a tribute to Rush Limba, it's the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
where our best president ever once taught political science,
and your ediotr mastered the art of playing pool for money.

When the Razorbacks kicked Texas's ass,
they held the Longhorns to MINUS 27 yards.

(Excuse me, but isn't minus less than zero?)

Texas - Don't feel too bad.
You see, in Arkansas, they KNOW defense.

Just ask Kenny blue-balls Starr.

Koresh as My Witness

Regular readers know that when I swear to Koresh,
I'm 100 percent honest.

My newest obsession is the HBO Series "The Sopranos!"
The priest is cheating on the wife of one mob boss with another!

I had no idea!

ha ha

I didn't write this.
I don't have gravity with HBO.
They didn't write this for my amusement.

ha ha

In a series about the mob,
the priest comes off as the man without principles.

VCR Alert

Sopranos tonight on HBO.
Tonight closes last season, then new episodes the 16th.

Also,

Monday, the third, Discovery Channel presents "Inside the Venetian,"
at 8PM eastern and 11PM Las Vegas time.

See if they mention the greatest tequila bar in the United States.

Taqueria Cononita is one of the best places on Earth.
I'd like to be there at the very end, when I have minutes to live.
Fine tequila isn't like other drinks.

It's like what Governor Blow Monkey said about knowing Jesus...
you either understand, or you don't.

The Pissed Off American Poll

Do you think because of actual or contrived Y2K problems,
President Clinton will declare a "National Emergency" around or
about January 1st, 2000?

YES 79%

NO 21%

This is all Rush's fault. For 18 months, he's been screaming that
Clinton would do this, "when the Senate finds him guilty."

Pigboy, there's a difference between being entertaining
and scaring the McVeigh crowd into loading their guns.

By the way, I voted "Yes," just to see them wet their pants.
To vote click http://www.dave.smith.net/poa/

Serious Econ

From: rotate172@hotmail.com

Subject: hi bartcop

I was reading your piece on the Clinton economy, and wanted to share some
information with you. Of course, some of the predictions for the economy
have been wrong, however, the methods Clinton used to address the
economic have also not panned out as some believed and continue to tout.
Some items regarding Clinton's first term:

1) Clinton passed a tax increase in 1993. Prior to that passage, mortgage
rates were about 7.2 %. Clinton's tax increase raised those rates to 9%.

First off, I admit I don't know Bush about economics.
But I don't see how a tax increase automatically raises interest rates.
If I wear a red shirt and it rains that day,
I can't be certain the red shirt caused the rain.

2) Clinton's tax increase slowed the growth of the deficit, but only
temporarily. The deficit is expected to continue to grow, as Clinton's tax
plan miscalculated the amount of new revenue the government would receive
by about $10 billion dollars.

What year did you write this?
The deficit is expected to continue to grow?
Do you mean if Bush gets elected?
If Clinton miscalculated, he underestimated how well things would turn out.

3) Economic growth in 1995 was 1.4%, and in the fourth quarter of the fiscal
year was only .9%. This is a rate which just barely skims recession levels.
By comparison, Bush's term in office saw economic growth three times those
numbers, despite the recession.

Two things:
1. Right now, growth is at 4 percent.
2. Butch saw growth because of Reagan's deep, deep depression.
If I made $5 last week, and $10 this week, I can brag all day that my
income doubled, but I still only have $10.

4) Real wages haven fallen 4.6% overall since 1979...2.5% of that drop
occurred during Clinton's first term.

People voted for Clinton in 92 because they wanted change.
They voted for Clinton in 96 because they liked that change.
You're trying to convince me the economy was better under Reagan/Butch.
You're going to be unsuccessful in that attempt.

5) A typical family spends nearly 25% of it's annual income on taxes. This
figure continues to rise each year.

The GOP promised us smaller government, and when the democrats
accused them of cuts, they bragged that they've actually increased the size
of government, but you seem heck-bent on blaming Clinton.

With regards to hiking taxes on the rich, yes Clinton did indeed do that.
There were several others who got higher taxes as well. Not only did some
wealthy individuals file income tax returns of over $200,000 but the
majority of those filing such returns were small business owners (87%).
Those small business owners were actually subjected to larger tax rates (up
to almost 40%)than many large corporations, who typically paid only 35%.

I admire your detective skills.
You have found fault with Bill Clinton's economy.
Most of America has been unable to do what you have done.

Clinton also increased the taxable portion of Social Security benefits by
70%. That means seniors in any income bracket, just as long as they were
collecting Social Security, were taxed at this higher rate.
Let's not forget the 1996 gasoline tax increase, up 6.8 cents per gallon in.
Everybody buys gasoline.

I fail to get your overall point.
If the economy was any better, Greenspan would increase interest rates,
and then you might say that was Clinton's fault.
I read just today that Wall Street is worried that employment is so low,
wages may rise, and that might cause inflation.
Is this another example of Clinton mishandling the economy?

I think that these figures show this economy was made by people's hard work:
to keep up with Clinton tax policy.

Whoa!
You're saying the reason the economy is hot is because people
have had to to "keep up with" Clinton's tax policy?
So you are giving him credit forThe Midas Era.

Rush may have been wrong about recession, but Clinton did come
quite close at one point (albeit not completely) and interest rates did go up.

As a Clinton-backing Democrat, I fail to understand your complaints.
It's like you're complaining that you have to make so many extra trips to
deposit money in the bank since Clinton has been president,
that you've had to buy new tires for your car.
.
It's my opinion that the extra trips to the bank are good news,
but you choose to see that increased tire expense as proof
that Clintonomics has been bad for America.

I think America disagrees with you.
To test our differing theories, let's you and I work to suspend
the 22nd amendment and watch Bill Clinton win a third term.

Other than that, I do enjoy the site.
R. Ford

I enjoyed hearing from you.
I hope you don't consider my replies as an attack.

Great Quotes

"I'm not a perfect man.
I'm not the saint the newspapers and magazines have made me out to be.
I'm a sinner who makes mistakes."

-- Billy Graham, Fox News Sunday, 1/2

He didn't bring up Clinton's cock.
He didn't whore for money.
He's not selling a tape of Hillary Clinton's murder victims.
He doesn't hate blacks or gays.

I always liked Billy Graham.

Why can't other religious leaders be like Billy?

TV Stuff

I taped and watched the first ten episodes of The Sopranos.
I'm hooked - big time.

HBO calls it a drama, but it's damn funny.
If you can sit through their dialog and not laugh out loud,
please send me a list of shows that are funnier.

Internet Rumor

They say...

The talk radio station in Philly has dropped Rush and Dr Laura
from their lineup. They cite sagging ratings and the high cost
of the syndication rights as the reason.

ha ha

Britney Spears

Britney has told her young fans that she has not had a boob job.
You decide.

Before After

Koresh, I don't think Anna Nicole Smith is that big.

Clintonomics 101

BartCop,

I was talking to a dittohead and I used the phrase "Clinton boom,"
and he said I was spouting BS.

He asked me how the president influenced the economy,
and I really didn't know what to tell him.
Can you help?

First off, the first thing you say is, "You go straight to hell."
If anything at all had gone wrong with the economy, if ANY
economic indicators even moved a quarter inch to the south,
assholes like Rush would be screaming,
"That's what you get when you elect a liberal."

Rush always says, "Don't listen to what a liberal says,
watch and see the disasterous results of their policies."
This is a good example.

Today's economy is "another liberal disaster," according to Pigboy.

This crap about Reagan's policies bearing fruit 19 years after he was
elected is horseshit. If the economy really takes nineteen years to change,
that means Carter's problems were caused by Eisenhower's first term?

That's Limba-sized, spoon-fed horse hockey.

Also, by raising taxes on the super rich, Clinton showed Wall Street
he was serious about attacking the out-of-control Reagan deficits,
something Reagan and Butch never had the balls to tackle.

Also, tell him back in 93/94 Rush was screaming at Clinton for
linking government debts to short-term interest rates, because the
interest rate was so goddamn low. Never-tell-a-lie Rush Limba said,
"when interest rates shoot up, and they will because they always do,"
then Clinton's 'risky' fiscal management will force this country into
the biggest recession in all of history."

So, according to Rush himself, Clinton had the ability to drive the
boat into the iceberg, but when we miss the iceberg and pull into the
Port of Midas, Pigboy says Clinton never had the controls?

Pigboy - eat me.

Also, you gotta figure what Clinton did NOT do.
He didn't fuck up.

When a football coach retires, his replacement has some spillover, sure
But if the new coach wins seven consecutive Super Bowls after the
old coach left, they can't say he's riding on the old coach's talent!!!

Well, if you're a tightly-screened lying, Nazi whore, you can.

Clinton gets all A's for handling the economy, and that drives them
fucking crazy because the true ditto-monkeys think you can ONLY
acheive prosperity if you give the super-rich a tax cut and fuck the poor.

(This could've been better, but I'm struggling with the morning after NYs. )

Wait, I have one more: They're going to say,

"Clinton's not responsible. The average American citizen and hard work
created this never-seen-before prosperity, not Bill Clinton."

Ask them why the people were unwilling to work for Reagan or Butch.
That always stops them dead in their tracks.

Tragedy in Virginia

My e-mail kicked out some very interesting pictures last night,
then I turned on the TV today and found out the terrible news.

Here's what happened:
Our roving gay reporter, Matt Fudge, said he had a scoop on
some high-ranking Republicans, including high-profilers such as
Clarence "Slappy" Thomas and Bob Barr.

He said Barr had been drinking heavily at a New Year's party
at the secret apartment owned by the smartest black man on
the high court, Justice Clarence Michael Thomas III.

Previously, Matt had revealed that Rush, Slappy and Bob Dornan
have been having a homosexual three-way for the last several years.
Butt, ...Rush decided to replace Bob Dornan because,
"Unemployed men are a turn-off."

Rush said recruiting new members was Slappy's job.
So last night, while the world was celebrating New Year's Eve,
Slappy got Barr drunker than shit on root beer schnaaps and asked
Barr to model the "F-me" dress that Rush Limba bought for him.
Barr said, "No," and a nasty cat-fight erupted.

"Why I always gotta to wear the dress?" yelled the booming voice.
Neighbors identified the voice as that of Judge C.M.S. Thomas.
There was more fighting, than an eerie quiet, then, ...after a few moments,
moaning and the creaking of bed springs could be heard two floors away.
A neighbor, who calls himself the Wizard Of Whimsy grabbed a camera.

Then, more screaming.

Barr came running out of the apartment, drunk and in flaming drag, screaming,
"Help me, this man is crazy! He's trying to rape me!!"

The Wizard Of Whimsy took this picture and e-mailed it to me.

Seconds later, another figure burst through the door.
The neighbors were speechless when they recognized the oddly-clad figure.

The Wizard snapped another picture and sent it.

There stood a man who appeared to be Justice Thomas,
nude from the waist down,
with a red question mark painted on his forehead.
He was wearing a blank stare and a white costume that most
bystanders said looked like the top layer of a wedding cake.

Twenty minutes later, police arrived and tried to sort out the situation.
The woman was quiet now, almost in a daze, just staring into space.
The wedding cake convinced police it was just sexual horseplay
so the police let the cake take the woman back in his apartment.

... I was shocked when I saw today's headlines.

Headless Body of Bob Barr Found

That picture of Barr was the last one taken of him alive.
The wedding cake was arrested by Vienna, Virginia police.,
but he insists he's not Judge Clarence Michael Thomas III.