OK, the news sucks.The bailout passed. The wishes of the people are being ignored. Congress is out of touch and doesn't care about us. So what can we do to feel better - we can play...

...The Official* Vice Presidential Debate Drinking Game!

Prepare yourself for this Thursday's vice presidential debate by printing out the rules below for this year's Vice Presidential Debate Drinking Game! Without further delay, we bring you the rules.

For Sarah Palin:

Every time Palin mentions one of her kids by name, take the number of drinks corresponding to that child's number in her brood (e.g. 1 drink for Track, 2 drinks for Bristol, 3 drinks for Willow, 4 drinks for Piper and 5 drinks for Trig). If she does not give a name, take 1 drink.

When Palin mentions 9/11 in a textually-relevant manner (e.g. "We need to prevent another attack like the one on 9/11″), take 1 drink.

When Palin mentions 9/11 in a gratuitous, textually-irrelevant manner (e.g. "When my son Track was sent over to Iraq on 9/11…"), take 2 drinks.

If Palin uses the phrase, "hockey mom", drink until she takes the self-satisfied smirk off her face.

For Joe Biden:

Every time Biden chuckles condescendingly at Sarah Palin, take 1 drink.

Every time Biden chuckles condescendingly at moderator Gwen Ifill, take 2 drinks.

Every time Biden refers to himself in the third person, take 1 drink. If he uses his full name (e.g. "When people ask me, 'Joe Biden, how did you become so good looking?'"), take 2 drinks.

If Biden points out that despite being less than 1/100th the size, Delaware has more people than Alaska, drink until you see the bottom of your glass.

If either candidate says:

Russia, take 1 drink. U.S.S.R., take 2 drinks. Swimming the Bering Straight, take 3 drinks.
Hillary Clinton, take 1 drink. Bill Clinton, take 2 drinks. Monica Lewinsky, take 3 drinks.
Dick Cheney, take 1 drink.

Finally, if at any point Biden uses the phrase "I know Geraldine Ferraro; Geraldine Ferraro is a friend of mine. Governor, you're no Geraldine Ferraro," chug your beer, turn off your TV, and shoot yourself in the head.
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I don't know who wrote this so I have no link. A friend just sent this in an email. I'm VERY upset about the bailout being passed and am trying to focus on lighthearted things.

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

you missed a great couple for biden.


Biden says
"Look folks"
or he declares his next statement as an honest one.
for example... "In all honesty" or I am being straight with you"

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How about a drink every time McCain says "My Friends."

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I'm Proud I never Voted For Bush!



PAT PAULSEN FOR PRESIDENT

...or the word "maverick."

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

That was the one I heard on the radio, was if the word "maverick" is ever used.

Though this is going to be one heck of a night since I don't drink beer, I do shots, so I'll be replacing "take a drink" with "take a shot" and I'll time how long until entire bottle of teq is gone (1 fifth).

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Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

"The wisest men follow their own direction." - Euripides

Or "Obama doesn't understand."

Or when Obama goes "Ah...ah...ah."

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I'm Proud I never Voted For Bush!



PAT PAULSEN FOR PRESIDENT

Alternately, replace "take 1 drink" with "take a hit off your blunt" and so on, and you have the official Vice Presidential Debate Smoking Game!

Also, Lumara, was the bailout really passed fully? When did it happen?

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I first learned about it here : Bailout Passes Senate; 9 Reasons That's Bad News for You | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet but don't know the details. I haven't read the bill because it's 300 pages long but I heard it had a lot of unrelated "sweeteners" added to coax votes from the resistant Senators - GRRR.

Dammit. Yeah, I'll take a hit off that blunt.

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

Ahh, so then the House hasn't passed it yet. Good, I still don't know how I feel about the damn thing.

That's the spirit! Although you'd have to roll like ten or eleven to keep up with the equivalent amount of drinking, and that'd be a lot of green.

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

To sum the bill up it is full of bribes using tax dollars. It includes some fun things like tax breaks for people who ride bikes to work (Oregon House Member), railroad upkeep all sorts of fun economic related stuff.