GOP'ers. What a bunch of petty losers.

At the RNC headquarters, they fine you $10 for using "Barak" or "Hillary" when referring to the Democratic candidates. Not that I care what sort of sweat-shop conditions the evil orcs at the RNC slave away under in pursuit of their corporatist purposes, but this just shows how small, mean, and utterly useless to democracy the Republican party truly is.

How the Dems will beat John McCain

It looks like, regardless of Limbaugh, Hannity, and the other riech-wing blowhards want, John McCain is going to be the Grand Oil Party's nomminee. Running against him will be Hill or Barak. I really don't care who wins, so long as it's not McCain.

Here's my advice for the Democratic nominee: Run McCain ragged. Set a pace that no 72-year old man can match. Make him spend more time in the air than on the stump. Think of anything that will force him to take long, exhausting road trips. McCain is a cranky old cuss at the best of times. A bleary, tired, ragged McCain is bound to give us some exploitable Macacca moments.

My preference for this strategy is Barak, because he's younger than Hillary. But I think Hillary still has the horsepower to get it done.

So there's some free campaign advice from RPA. We have the fresher legs. Let's use 'em.

Blunt Out!

Young Master Blunt has decided to bow out of the Governor's race. It looks like Nixon beat him just by fighting early, by never giving up, by being ready to to stand up to GOP slime. Like most bullies, GOPers don't have the stomach for a real fight. They just slink away and look for easier pickings.

But this fight is not over. After the GOP primary, some other silk-suited Republican mobster will be propped up by the fat-cat lobbyists, and Jay will have a fight on his hands. So we have to keep working, talking, calling, knocking. We can never let up if we want to rid this state and country of Republican misgovernment.

Long Time No Post

Well, we've taken a little breather from politics for a few weeks. With finals and Christmas and New Year's, it just did not seem the time for railing about Republican evil. To everything there is a season, and the season for beating the GOP into oblivion is definitely here. This blog now shifts into organization mode. We will be talking about ways YOU can work to put people into office who are not corporate robots or right-wing fundamentalists. We will not take sides in Democratic primary races, because ANY Dem is a better choice than ANY Republican. We just thank anyone on the Democratic side for stepping up. Every candidate we field is someone they have to put resources up against. (We do reserve the right to be skeptical about late-minute party switchers. The Paul Morrison debacle in Kansas is a good lesson about that.)

So as the season gets really rolling, look here for information about how you can get involved in the Raytown area for canvasses and other types of volunteering.

It's go time, folks.

Dick Cheney's Company (Haliburton) in action...

A Houston woman has charged her employers, that is Haliburton, with gang raping her in the Green Zone in Iraq. According to an ABC news report here, the woman called her dad FROM THE SHIPPING CONTAINER THE COMPANY MEN HAD LOCKED HER IN after the brutal gang rape. Her dad called his congressman, Ted Poe (R), who got some embassy folks to rescue the woman from a shipping container. (Finally, a Republican who did something to actually help a person in need.)

The corporate goons will fight this with all they have. They will destroy this woman and her family for seeking justice. And Dick Cheney will probably help them.

This is going to air soon. I hope it hits big. I hope it's another slap in the face for the war-profiteering slime at Haliburton.

Blackwater has snipers.

Silly me. I thought all Blackwater mercenaries did was protest our diplomats in the streets of Iraq. So why would they need snipers? And why did they kill some Iraqi's guarding a media outfit? And why is the State Department defending them yet again? You watch, pretty soon we'll have mercenaries fighting Iraqi soldiers, you know, the ones that "when they stand up , we'll stand down." Another Hearts and Minds triumph brought to you by the right-wing Christian mercenary army that is Blackwater.

Who will Bower put on the Board?

Pat Rhele (I can never spell his name right) resigned yesterday, leaving an opening on the Board of Aldermen. So now Mayor Bower has a decision to make. Perhaps he might consider Diane Krizec, who lost to Pat by a scant 50 votes. We can hope. Diane is sharp, no-nonsense, and would be a boon to this town on the Board.

Mayor Bower is a decent guy, but I wonder if he has what it takes to wean himself from the Reaching For Tomorrow crowd that runs this town. Appointing Diane would show us more of what he's made of.

We'll see.

Corporations Lie -- Never forget that.

The big energy players in Kansas are lying about Sebelius, linking her to Iran, Venezuela, and Russia in scurrilous newspaper ad. They say the decision to disallow two new coal plants in Western Kansas will force Kansans to by more energy from these bad men.

They lie. Big surprise. Kansas EXPORTS natural gas to other states, and the US does not even import natural gas from the three countries mentioned.

Hmmmm, let us all guess what party the coal companies sent their contributions to...

It's all about the Benjamins, people, for the modern GOOP (Grand Old Obscene Party.)

Recruiting down, way down.

The Army has a really tough time getting kids and their parents to say "Yes" to recruiters. Check this out, and see that the struggle to get new soldiers is getting even harder. Americans support the troops, but they don't want their kids sent into a debacle. They are voting against this war every day by keeping their kids out of it.

War is the acid test of leadership, and George Bush has failed. His incompetence as Commander in Chief has him leading without followers. He has violated every tenet of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Our troops are a precious national asset, and he has squandered them. Most of the GOP candidates have promised to follow his calamitous course.

We can not afford another Republican administration.