Monthly Archives: November 2010

Song of the Day: Beautiful Loser

[Review] Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

First, apologies to Ray Toro for getting cropped out of the picture. I did my best. :-) Anyways, on to the review…

I’m a huge My Chemical Romance fan. “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” was my favourite debut album since Guns n’ Roses “Appetite for Destruction,” and after seeing them at Projekt Revolution a year or two ago, they’re one of the few bands I’ll go out of my way to see live (April 11 in the Manhattan). It was because of the already high expectations I had that I wasn’t so sure aboot “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” especially when their first two singles, while great videos, didn’t really impress me all that much as songs.

That said, after a few listens, the album is as good if not better as their others.

First, just to give some background on the “story” of the album, a quick cut and paste from Wikipedia…

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Education Reform and Mitch Daniels

Traditionally, Republican’s don’t normally talk aboot education as one of their main campaign issues, and if you’ll excuse the language…it’s aboot fucking time they did. Set aside the fact that it’s probably the most important issue there is (maybe behind the economy), politically it’s ripe for our taking. Everyone agrees that education needs to be reformed, and even moderate Democrats are growing sick and tired of the teachers unions.

Slowly the R’s are starting to get the hint. Newt Gingrich is always full of ideas. Marco Rubio is following the lead of mentor Jeb Bush. Chris Christie is…well Chris Christie. Add Gov. Mitch Daniels to the list, and while he’s talking specifically aboot his home state of Indiana, some of us are hoping to hear him share his ideas on more of a national stage.

Some of them are your common conservative reforms…

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Paul Ryan and the Conservative Capital of Wisconsin

The most fascinating state in the great Republican/Conservative/Tea Party uprising of 2010, in my opinion, was Wisconsin. The Badger State I had always felt was pretty liberal, but this year the R’s took over both chambers of local government, plus Gov-elect Scott Walker, Sen-elect Ron Johnson, and Rep-elect Sean Duffy among others. It’s also home to the Ayatollah of fiscal conservatism…Congressman Paul Ryan.

Ryan’s the cat who, while most officials are urged to run far away from any serious entitlement reforms, is intellectually honest over what the problems are and isn’t afraid to say what he thinks the fixes are (see America’s Future, A Roadmap for). The conventional wisdom is that the voters won’t respond positively, but when you look at the gains Republicans made throughout the Midwest (Wisconsin is only where most of my favourites come from), apparently a little honesty can go a long way.

So sayeth USA Today

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Paul Ryan on Morning Joe talking about cutting spending

Endorsement: Mitch Daniels for President

I know it might be odd to make an endorsement for 2012 a) two years out, and b) before anyone has officially announced they’re running. But I’ve been looking at the list of maybes, and there’s one cat that already stands out for me. That’s why I’m endorsing Mitch Daniels to be the Republican nominee for President.

Don’t get it twisted, I don’t dislike any of the other rumoured candidates (well, maybe Santorum). In the end, I’ll more than likely vote for anyone who has the (R) after their name. That’s November of 2012. Here in November of 2010, we’re going to start hearing people start to announce their intentions where they’ll be lumped into one of three categories: well funded frontrunners, fringe wack jobs, and longshots whose main focus is on the debate and/or their main issue.

That last category is the most important one for me, and why Gov. Daniels is my choice. His main focus (and something I’ve blagged aboot here regularly) is the economy and the country’s current fiscal situation, one he says we need to come together on in a way we don’t normally do outside of wartime. More importantly, he’s willing to talk to people as adults and give his honest opinion on what he feels the solution is, regardless of which part of the electorate (particularly in the Republican primary) he might upset…

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