Negative Equity Loan

AITOOW finds it laughable tha Obambi's goal (which of course he will fail to meet) is to "slash" the deficit (not debt) in half by the END of his term? How is this not possible now that the budget is 1.3 trillion in the red. That would make it 650 billion. I think Bush's high (before 08) was 500-something and that included adding a prescription drug plan, 2 wars and tax cuts to the budget. I'm pretty certain that this excludes the one time charge of the 800 billion stimulus package (really 2009 budget part b) that off lined traditional deficit costs (good to see it's not only Wall St that learned this trick from Enron). It is almost all made up of "peace dividend II". My only concern is that the Republican's will win back Congress in two years and save him like they saved Clinton. And BTW the plan to address foreclosures is the same as Bernanke's propping up the banks with equity infusions. This time it's just going to prop up Fannie and Freddie.

And lastly. Were pundits smarter when I was young or was I just so much dumber? I used to be awed by the people on Sunday morning roundtables. Now, I shiver with anger at how unqualified they are.

The Tribe Has Spoken

AITOOW who scoffs at color blind sociologists when they watch the races exposed on such shows as Survivor? As if on cue, the ghetto girls (not sure if they are really from the ghetto just that most of their kind comprise the ghetto) shoot their mouths off and are shocked that anti-social behavior results in their ejection. Hint. It's called anti-social behavior for a reason. If you lived a normal environment, you would know that living for yourself does not make you an asset in a group dynamic. And you and your momma (because Daddy is unkown or uninvolved) do not make up a community. You would also know that even though you may be "da bomb" where you come from, you are still probably the bottom of the barrel when you compete with people from a real community (talkin' 'bout you Jugs Judy, Esq - I would love to see your LSATs). Now spare me the "they purposefully pick miscreants to fortify stereotypes" argument. Societies compete on a micro and macro level. There is no discrepency between these games and what goes on in the real world. It's just fun to shove people's noses in it.

BTW: AITOOW thinks it's unrealistic that the head bitches on campus on Gossip Girl are a Mick, a Spick and a Nig? Maybe at Dalton. Speaking of which, they are no Jews on GG. Talk about unrealistic. Have you been to Jew Nork City?

Ahhh Kelly Clarkson!

AITOOW wonders if AI's new format makes it more likely that the results could be manipulated (ala Howard Stern and Sanjaya)? I don't care. I was just wondering.

Mad Men(tal Deficients)

AITOOW listens to commercials? In that AT&T commercial in which the dad brings his daughter's monkey along on his business trip, the song they pair with it says "Sweet thing. Apple of my eye. You're the only reason I keep on coming home". Didn't the advertising agency ot Ma Bell find it strange that this song expresses the sentiment that the daughter is the only reason he comes home? If it were just the wife, he wouldn't bother. Nice message. It's not like you couldn't choose any song you wanted. And nice content awareness. Another case of negligence in the ad world. That's why they get the big bucks. Worthless industry. And the funny thing is they fancy themselves artistes. Oh, I just thought of something. He's doing his daughter AT&T and you're enabling it.

Unappetizing

AITOOW doesn't grasp the concept of appetizers that cost as much as the main course? Isn't paying a 10X mark up once a meal enough?

Kiss Me Kate - Once You've Put This Bag On

AITOOW would prefer it if Kate Winslet wasn't comfortable exposing her barrel chested body in movies? I have nightmares about those dollar sized nipples hanging from those simian like bags of sand she calls breasts. They were bad enough in that Harvey Kietel movie like ten years ago, but now they just offend. And what's up with her bad dye job. It looks like a Clairol home treatment that has grown out. It just makes her lock jaw, lady beard, face mole and volpish eyebrows stick out more. She looks like the daughter that dwarf from Lord of the Rings and a billy goat would have sired.

It's Howdy Damey Time

AITOOW thinks women who have face lifts and collagen injections look like puppets? Not cute little Sesame Street puppets. But, scary ventriloquist dummy like puppets. See Joan Rivers.