It looks like Wal-Mart is hell. Now that part I totally believe.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
The strangest things that happened in Florida in the year 2006.
A man driving in Naples with a pet snake wrapped around his neck crashed his car when the reptile began attacking him. He got out of his car, wrestled with the snake and then drove off, reports said.
The Lee County school superintendent nearly started a trade war with Britain. He decided to keep a Fort Myers high school band from performing in a London parade, saying the terrorist threat was too dangerous. In response, parade officials released a statement warning British travelers about Fort Myers' crime and homicide rates, Lee County's record number of traffic deaths in 2005 and that the area is prone to "catastrophic hurricanes." The band eventually went to the United Kingdom.
The Easter Bunny was fired after he punched a Fort Myers mall customer who was upset that photo ops with the giant costumed rabbit were closing 10 minutes early.
Kathryn Harris, Jeb Bush, and a whole state full of crazy people.
Yep sounds like a party town to me!
The Lee County school superintendent nearly started a trade war with Britain. He decided to keep a Fort Myers high school band from performing in a London parade, saying the terrorist threat was too dangerous. In response, parade officials released a statement warning British travelers about Fort Myers' crime and homicide rates, Lee County's record number of traffic deaths in 2005 and that the area is prone to "catastrophic hurricanes." The band eventually went to the United Kingdom.
The Easter Bunny was fired after he punched a Fort Myers mall customer who was upset that photo ops with the giant costumed rabbit were closing 10 minutes early.
Kathryn Harris, Jeb Bush, and a whole state full of crazy people.
Yep sounds like a party town to me!
Edwards takes on potential Republican Presidential frontrunner John McCain on his Iraq doctrine.
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, targeting a potential Republican rival in 2008, dubbed plans for a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq "the McCain doctrine," in an interview aired on Sunday.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, considered likely to be a Republican candidate for president, has been "the most prominent spokesperson for this for some time," Edwards said in an early salvo of the 2008 campaign.
"I actually, myself, believe that this idea of surging troops, escalating the war -- what Senator McCain has been talking about -- what I would call now the McCain doctrine ... (is) dead wrong," said Edwards.
This is exactly what Edwards needs to do. He needs to define his position as clearly as possible without getting locked into an Iraq strategy of his own. If any of the other presidential hopefuls describe their plan for Iraq they will watch as it is attacked and ridiculed in the press and used by his political opponents.
The best answer is to say that the Bush plan clearly has not worked and it is time for the best political and military minds in this country to get together and make some hard decisions.
Then Edwards can say that he would not be able to provide a difinitive answer until he had access to the data that the White House has been keeping under wraps. This is where the Democrats new subpoena power will come in handy.
But Edwards must stay flexible and quick on his feet until more facts are revealed. I think that there is a ton of information that the Democrats and the public are just not aware of yet.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, considered likely to be a Republican candidate for president, has been "the most prominent spokesperson for this for some time," Edwards said in an early salvo of the 2008 campaign.
"I actually, myself, believe that this idea of surging troops, escalating the war -- what Senator McCain has been talking about -- what I would call now the McCain doctrine ... (is) dead wrong," said Edwards.
This is exactly what Edwards needs to do. He needs to define his position as clearly as possible without getting locked into an Iraq strategy of his own. If any of the other presidential hopefuls describe their plan for Iraq they will watch as it is attacked and ridiculed in the press and used by his political opponents.
The best answer is to say that the Bush plan clearly has not worked and it is time for the best political and military minds in this country to get together and make some hard decisions.
Then Edwards can say that he would not be able to provide a difinitive answer until he had access to the data that the White House has been keeping under wraps. This is where the Democrats new subpoena power will come in handy.
But Edwards must stay flexible and quick on his feet until more facts are revealed. I think that there is a ton of information that the Democrats and the public are just not aware of yet.
Another horrible milestone in Iraq.
The U.S. military death toll in Iraq has reached 3,000, an unwelcome milestone for President Bush who is searching for a way to turn around the unpopular war even if it means sending more troops.
The mark was reached as Bush weighs options, including a short-term increase in forces of up to 30,000, to help control the deteriorating situation in Iraq where daily violence plagues Baghdad and much of the country.
For those who may be confused by the double speak coming from the White House, a short-term increase in forces is just another way to say "stay the course".
I keep hoping that the new year will bring an end to this war. It is getting harder and harder to be an optimist.
The mark was reached as Bush weighs options, including a short-term increase in forces of up to 30,000, to help control the deteriorating situation in Iraq where daily violence plagues Baghdad and much of the country.
For those who may be confused by the double speak coming from the White House, a short-term increase in forces is just another way to say "stay the course".
I keep hoping that the new year will bring an end to this war. It is getting harder and harder to be an optimist.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Saddam is hanged!
Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached, he grew calm.
He clutched a Quran as he was led to the gallows, and in one final moment of defiance, refused to have a hood pulled over his head before facing the same fate he was accused of inflicting on countless thousands during a quarter-century of ruthless power.
I doubt there are very many who will mourn the death of this brutal dictator, but the question is how will this effect the violence in Iraq? Will it make it lessen over time, or just make it worse?
He clutched a Quran as he was led to the gallows, and in one final moment of defiance, refused to have a hood pulled over his head before facing the same fate he was accused of inflicting on countless thousands during a quarter-century of ruthless power.
I doubt there are very many who will mourn the death of this brutal dictator, but the question is how will this effect the violence in Iraq? Will it make it lessen over time, or just make it worse?
Friday, December 29, 2006
Iraqi blogger would like you to know that the media have it wrong about his country. They do not know enough words for "bad" to describe it.
You know your country is in trouble when:
- The UN has to open a special branch just to keep track of the chaos and bloodshed, UNAMI.
Abovementioned branch cannot be run from your country. - The politicians who worked to put your country in this sorry state can no longer be found inside of, or anywhere near, its borders.
- The only thing the US and Iran can agree about is the deteriorating state of your nation.
An 8-year war and 13-year blockade are looking like the country's 'Golden Years'. - Your country is purportedly 'selling' 2 million barrels of oil a day, but you are standing in line for 4 hours for black market gasoline for the generator.
- For every 5 hours of no electricity, you get one hour of public electricity and then the government announces it's going to cut back on providing that hour.
- Politicians who supported the war spend tv time debating whether it is 'sectarian bloodshed' or 'civil war'.
- People consider themselves lucky if they can actually identify the corpse of the relative that's been missing for two weeks.
This guy used to support the war. Not so much anymore.
Edwards hits the ground running.
Touting the slogan “Tomorrow Begins Today,” Edwards, 53, a former senator from North Carolina, pledged a grass-roots campaign that begins with domestic issues, such as eliminating poverty and strengthening the middle class — hence Thursday morning’s campaign announcement in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
Edwards said that he is working on a true universal health care plan, not just access to health care or affordable health care. It’s part of taking care of the nation’s people and America proving itself once again as a model for the rest of the world, he said.
“We need to be patriotic for something other than just war,” he said.
“I don’t want us to stand by and wait for the next election and the next president to solve these problems — although we have some hopes for that — but we want to start taking responsibility now, and doi ng things now,” he said.
I love Edwards "can do attitude", but he needs to be cautious. Already I have seen interviewers trying to trip him up and get him pigeonholed early in this campaign. If they are successful in identifying Edwards with a simple two sentence sound bite that will give his future opponents tons of opportunity to paint themselves in broader brush strokes and make Edwards appear to be two dimensional.
While I applaud the straight talk that is coming from the Edwards camp, they need to be aware that there is a reason that many Presidential hopefuls delay announcing their candidacy.
He needs to stay positive and continue his anti-war posturing. That will definitely resonate with the American population.
Edwards said that he is working on a true universal health care plan, not just access to health care or affordable health care. It’s part of taking care of the nation’s people and America proving itself once again as a model for the rest of the world, he said.
“We need to be patriotic for something other than just war,” he said.
“I don’t want us to stand by and wait for the next election and the next president to solve these problems — although we have some hopes for that — but we want to start taking responsibility now, and doi ng things now,” he said.
I love Edwards "can do attitude", but he needs to be cautious. Already I have seen interviewers trying to trip him up and get him pigeonholed early in this campaign. If they are successful in identifying Edwards with a simple two sentence sound bite that will give his future opponents tons of opportunity to paint themselves in broader brush strokes and make Edwards appear to be two dimensional.
While I applaud the straight talk that is coming from the Edwards camp, they need to be aware that there is a reason that many Presidential hopefuls delay announcing their candidacy.
He needs to stay positive and continue his anti-war posturing. That will definitely resonate with the American population.
Bush administration bitchslaps science again.
Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than three years later no review has ever been done and the book remains on sale at the park, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
“In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.’”
Can you believe this shit?
This is the most backward thinking group of idiots that have ever had control of our country. If we can survive this we should all make a pact to give each presidential nominee an IQ test.
Nobody below 120!
“In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.’”
Can you believe this shit?
This is the most backward thinking group of idiots that have ever had control of our country. If we can survive this we should all make a pact to give each presidential nominee an IQ test.
Nobody below 120!
Americans pick George Bush as the biggest villian of 2006 by a landslide!
When asked to name the past year’s biggest villain, Bush was far and away the #1 choice, commanding 25% of the vote, distantly trailed by Osama Bin Laden (8%), Saddam Hussein (6%), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (5%), North Korean leader Kim Jong II (2%) and Donald Rumsfeld (2%). Satan only took in 1% of the vote, as did Hugo Chavez, Tom Cruise, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Rosie O’Donnell, among others.
Now George in case you were confused, that is a mandate!
(Wow, you know Satan must really disappointed by his poor showing in this poll. He may have to get a better publicist. I bet there is a lot of professional jealousy between him and Bush.)
Now George in case you were confused, that is a mandate!
(Wow, you know Satan must really disappointed by his poor showing in this poll. He may have to get a better publicist. I bet there is a lot of professional jealousy between him and Bush.)
Thursday, December 28, 2006
This so-called "controversy" has really been pissing me of for the last couple of days.
The government declared Thursday that food from cloned animals is safe to eat.
Why does this even have to be explained to people? Why wouldn't food from a cloned animal be just as nutritious as the food harvested from the animal that the cells came from in the first place? It is a clone! That means it is an exact duplicate!
What kind of retard is worried that the Xerox copy of their steak will not taste just as good as the original steak?
"The vast majority of Americans do not want to consume meat or dairy products from cloned animals," Kimbrell told CBS News correspondent Barry Bagnato before the announcement.
Oh them! Well I have news for you, the majority of Americans are morons.
This is truly the dumbest news story of the past week.
Why does this even have to be explained to people? Why wouldn't food from a cloned animal be just as nutritious as the food harvested from the animal that the cells came from in the first place? It is a clone! That means it is an exact duplicate!
What kind of retard is worried that the Xerox copy of their steak will not taste just as good as the original steak?
"The vast majority of Americans do not want to consume meat or dairy products from cloned animals," Kimbrell told CBS News correspondent Barry Bagnato before the announcement.
Oh them! Well I have news for you, the majority of Americans are morons.
This is truly the dumbest news story of the past week.
The troops, that are not hand picked by the Pentagon for interviews, do not support a surge in US forces in Iraq.
Many of the American soldiers trying to quell sectarian killings in Baghdad don't appear to be looking for reinforcements. They say the temporary surge in troop levels some people are calling for is a bad idea.
Spc. Don Roberts, who was stationed in Baghdad in 2004, said the situation had gotten worse because of increasing violence between Shiites and Sunnis.
"I don't know what could help at this point," said Roberts, 22, of Paonia, Colo. "What would more guys do? We can't pick sides. It's almost like we have to watch them kill each other, then ask questions."
You know if you apply just a little logic to this situation you can see that adding more troops will not do a damn thing at this point.
And what many people are still not realizing, or are not willing to admit, is that we were wrong to invade the country in the first damn place! When you make a giant mistake you cannot just continue to make that mistake believing that it will eventually transform into a good choice.
That is the "logic" of an insane person.
Spc. Don Roberts, who was stationed in Baghdad in 2004, said the situation had gotten worse because of increasing violence between Shiites and Sunnis.
"I don't know what could help at this point," said Roberts, 22, of Paonia, Colo. "What would more guys do? We can't pick sides. It's almost like we have to watch them kill each other, then ask questions."
You know if you apply just a little logic to this situation you can see that adding more troops will not do a damn thing at this point.
And what many people are still not realizing, or are not willing to admit, is that we were wrong to invade the country in the first damn place! When you make a giant mistake you cannot just continue to make that mistake believing that it will eventually transform into a good choice.
That is the "logic" of an insane person.
I knew this.
Women are far more unfaithful than men, a survey reveals.
Forty per cent of females cheat on lovers, compared with 34 per cent of males.
And a third of women (34 per cent) fantasise about lesbian sex, compared with 14 per cent of blokes who have gay fantasies.
It is horribly unfair that women continue to believe that men are all dogs and looking for pussy all of the time.
The truth is that there are losers in both genders.
There are men who, no matter how good their relationship is, continue to dangle their lure in the water to attract female attention. They have a compulsion to make themselves feel attractive by getting positive feedback from every woman they see. Sometimes they need more then just attention, they need to conquer the woman sexually. This is usually the result of some stunted emotional growth. Or the fear that they are lacking sexually in some way.
Then there are women who are so insecure that any guy that whispers sweet nothings in their direction is suddenly more desirable then the man who has stood with them through good times and bad, simply because he believes that she already knows how deeply he loves her and does not think he needs to remind her all of the time. She will give the charming stranger the very thing that she has withheld from her lover simply to make herself feel that she is still desirable to men.
It is inexcusable to intentionally hurt the people who love you. People like this are really not capable of real love. And in my opinion that makes them terribly, terribly sad.
Forty per cent of females cheat on lovers, compared with 34 per cent of males.
And a third of women (34 per cent) fantasise about lesbian sex, compared with 14 per cent of blokes who have gay fantasies.
It is horribly unfair that women continue to believe that men are all dogs and looking for pussy all of the time.
The truth is that there are losers in both genders.
There are men who, no matter how good their relationship is, continue to dangle their lure in the water to attract female attention. They have a compulsion to make themselves feel attractive by getting positive feedback from every woman they see. Sometimes they need more then just attention, they need to conquer the woman sexually. This is usually the result of some stunted emotional growth. Or the fear that they are lacking sexually in some way.
Then there are women who are so insecure that any guy that whispers sweet nothings in their direction is suddenly more desirable then the man who has stood with them through good times and bad, simply because he believes that she already knows how deeply he loves her and does not think he needs to remind her all of the time. She will give the charming stranger the very thing that she has withheld from her lover simply to make herself feel that she is still desirable to men.
It is inexcusable to intentionally hurt the people who love you. People like this are really not capable of real love. And in my opinion that makes them terribly, terribly sad.
Gerald Ford, being a man of some competence, says the Iraq war was a "big mistake".
In an interview never before published, former President Gerald Ford said President Bush and his chief advisers "made a big mistake" with their justifications for the Iraq war.
Ford made the comments in a four-hour interview in 2004 with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
"(Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld and (Vice President Dick) Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq," Ford said.
"They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction. And now, I've never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify what they were going to do."
Now my frustration is with the fact that if Ford and others had decided to go public with these sentiments when the war was first being planned, they may have saved us all from this horrible debacle.
I understand a former President not wanting to openly disagree with a sitting President, but if you see a mistake of this magnitude doesn't it demand action?
Ford made the comments in a four-hour interview in 2004 with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
"(Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld and (Vice President Dick) Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq," Ford said.
"They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction. And now, I've never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify what they were going to do."
Now my frustration is with the fact that if Ford and others had decided to go public with these sentiments when the war was first being planned, they may have saved us all from this horrible debacle.
I understand a former President not wanting to openly disagree with a sitting President, but if you see a mistake of this magnitude doesn't it demand action?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
It's official!
Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards is running for president for a second time, his campaign said Wednesday.The campaign Web site's logo is "John Edwards 08" and its slogan is "Tomorrow begins today."
"This campaign is about changing America," the Web site read, listing five priorities that fit neatly with Edwards' message of economic equality: "Providing universal health care for all Americans," "Rebuilding America's middle class and eliminating poverty," and "Creating tax fairness by rewarding work, not just wealth."
Now all we need to do is secure Barack Obama as Edwards running mate and there is nothing standing between them and the White House.
I know that it is early but Edwards has an incredible head of steam and he is way out ahead in the polls. Unless Edwards does something truly stupid, like tell one of John Kerry's jokes, he should have no problem getting the Democratic nomination. And Obama is the obvious runnng mate for him.
Then after eight years of prosperity we can have our first black President elected to the office, Barack Obama. With this team in the White House we may be able to get our country to embrace hope and freedom, and do away with fear and the repression of our civil rights.
I can hardly wait.
The very definition of desperation.
The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks -- including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and putting more immigrants on a faster track to US citizenship if they volunteer -- according to Pentagon officials.
Foreign citizens serving in the US military is a highly charged issue, which could expose the Pentagon to criticism that it is essentially using mercenaries to defend the country. Other analysts voice concern that a large contingent of noncitizens under arms could jeopardize national security or reflect badly on Americans' willingness to serve in uniform.
This is the outcome of the policies of a President who cannot accept the fact that he has failed and remains unable to change his policies.
So instead he will send foreign fighters to die in the place of a dwindling American force.
I guess George believes that we will care less about the loss of non-American lives in Bush's criminal war then we would if our "own people" were dying over there. He is mistaken.
Foreign citizens serving in the US military is a highly charged issue, which could expose the Pentagon to criticism that it is essentially using mercenaries to defend the country. Other analysts voice concern that a large contingent of noncitizens under arms could jeopardize national security or reflect badly on Americans' willingness to serve in uniform.
This is the outcome of the policies of a President who cannot accept the fact that he has failed and remains unable to change his policies.
So instead he will send foreign fighters to die in the place of a dwindling American force.
I guess George believes that we will care less about the loss of non-American lives in Bush's criminal war then we would if our "own people" were dying over there. He is mistaken.
At 93 Gerald R. Ford, our 38th President, passes away.
He pardoned Nixon. He was handily defeated in what was really his first bid to be elected President by Jimmy Carter. And he was hilariously parodied by Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live.So how do we really judge former President Ford all of these years later?
They have found Buddha!
A Nepalese teenaged boy who was hailed as a reincarnation of the Buddha has reappeared after nine months of wandering through the jungles of eastern Nepal, police said."A team of police found the Buddha Boy sitting under a tree in the Piluwa jungle after there were rumours that some locals had spotted the boy on Monday afternoon," said Rameshwor Yadav, a police officer in the Bara district, 170 kilometers (106 miles) east of Kathmandu.
Ram Bahadur Bomjan, 16, had disappeared in March after he reportedly shunned food and water for almost 10 months while he meditated under a pipal tree in Bara near a holy site in Nepal revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
You know it makes it very hard to become a devotee of a religion if they cannot keep track of their deity. I know, I know, Buddha is a "prophet", not a "deity". I still think that it would be a good idea to choose somebody other then an unreliable teenager to represent your religion.
I am having a hard time believing that a teenager went ten hours without eating, much less ten months. I have raised a number of teenagers and they NEVER stop eating.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Here are the results of the 2nd annual "Say something nice about Bill O'Reilly".
Here is my favorite one:
He is the tree that never bends - in a storm of facts.
He is the tree that never bends - in a storm of facts.
Pssst! Hey buddy, do you want to buy our Governor's jet? It is for sale on E-Bay.
Barely a week after taking office, Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican who trounced Mr. Murkowski in an August primary and went on to win the general election in a landslide, says she is following through on one of her campaign promises: She is getting rid of the jet, which Mr. Murkowski, provoking a public backlash, bought against the wishes of the Legislature.
The Murkowski administration acquired the plane, the state’s only jet, for $2.692 million in November 2005, using a special account after it was denied money for the purpose by the Legislature and the federal government. The aircraft came to symbolize what critics called Mr. Murkowski’s disconnection from Alaska voters, who often frown on government excess though they are routinely among the country’s biggest beneficiaries of federal spending.
Now the plane will be put up for sale on eBay, Governor Palin’s office said.
Damn, did this jet cause a lot of problems for our out going Governor! It came to symbolize outrageous overspending and a desire to live an opulent lifestyle at the expense of taxpayers.
It may have had much to do with why he is no longer our Governor.
The guy was a true asshole!
The Murkowski administration acquired the plane, the state’s only jet, for $2.692 million in November 2005, using a special account after it was denied money for the purpose by the Legislature and the federal government. The aircraft came to symbolize what critics called Mr. Murkowski’s disconnection from Alaska voters, who often frown on government excess though they are routinely among the country’s biggest beneficiaries of federal spending.
Now the plane will be put up for sale on eBay, Governor Palin’s office said.
Damn, did this jet cause a lot of problems for our out going Governor! It came to symbolize outrageous overspending and a desire to live an opulent lifestyle at the expense of taxpayers.
It may have had much to do with why he is no longer our Governor.
The guy was a true asshole!
The Iranians that the US military arrested in Iraq were invited there by the Iraqi government. How do you say "Whoops" in Iraqi?
Iraqi and Iranian authorities slammed the United States on Monday for having arrested several Iranians who were visiting Iraq.
A U.S. official said the Iranians were suspected of involvement in attacks against Iraqi security forces.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini warned that "this action is not justifiable by any international rules or regulations and will have unpleasant consequences," Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
A spokesman for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Talabani had invited the Iranians to the country, and the president was "unhappy" about the arrests.
Here is my question. If the Iraqis want these guys in their country, and the Iranians are there to plan attacks against the Iraqis, then how is that a problem of the United States? I mean if they want to invite the bad guys into their country to do them harm, then that is their damn problem.
We just need to get the hell out of Dodge.
A U.S. official said the Iranians were suspected of involvement in attacks against Iraqi security forces.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini warned that "this action is not justifiable by any international rules or regulations and will have unpleasant consequences," Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
A spokesman for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Talabani had invited the Iranians to the country, and the president was "unhappy" about the arrests.
Here is my question. If the Iraqis want these guys in their country, and the Iranians are there to plan attacks against the Iraqis, then how is that a problem of the United States? I mean if they want to invite the bad guys into their country to do them harm, then that is their damn problem.
We just need to get the hell out of Dodge.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Is Global Warming real? Just ask the people whose island was just swallowed by the rising seas.
Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth. The obliteration of Lohachara island, in India's part of the Sundarbans where the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal, marks the moment when one of the most apocalyptic predictions of environmentalists and climate scientists has started coming true.
As the seas continue to swell, they will swallow whole island nations, from the Maldives to the Marshall Islands, inundate vast areas of countries from Bangladesh to Egypt, and submerge parts of scores of coastal cities.
I wonder if we are too late to stop this devastation from occurring?
As the seas continue to swell, they will swallow whole island nations, from the Maldives to the Marshall Islands, inundate vast areas of countries from Bangladesh to Egypt, and submerge parts of scores of coastal cities.
I wonder if we are too late to stop this devastation from occurring?
Since it is so close to Christmas now seems a good time for you to learn about Atheism.
Below is my favorite argument that is used by the faithful to pigeonhole those who do not believe. It is a ridiculous argument but one which crops up in almost every discussion.
10) Atheism provides no basis for morality.
If a person doesn't already understand that cruelty is wrong, he won't discover this by reading the Bible or the Koran — as these books are bursting with celebrations of cruelty, both human and divine. We do not get our morality from religion. We decide what is good in our good books by recourse to moral intuitions that are (at some level) hard-wired in us and that have been refined by thousands of years of thinking about the causes and possibilities of human happiness.
We have made considerable moral progress over the years, and we didn't make this progress by reading the Bible or the Koran more closely. Both books condone the practice of slavery — and yet every civilized human being now recognizes that slavery is an abomination. Whatever is good in scripture — like the golden rule — can be valued for its ethical wisdom without our believing that it was handed down to us by the creator of the universe.
10) Atheism provides no basis for morality.
If a person doesn't already understand that cruelty is wrong, he won't discover this by reading the Bible or the Koran — as these books are bursting with celebrations of cruelty, both human and divine. We do not get our morality from religion. We decide what is good in our good books by recourse to moral intuitions that are (at some level) hard-wired in us and that have been refined by thousands of years of thinking about the causes and possibilities of human happiness.
We have made considerable moral progress over the years, and we didn't make this progress by reading the Bible or the Koran more closely. Both books condone the practice of slavery — and yet every civilized human being now recognizes that slavery is an abomination. Whatever is good in scripture — like the golden rule — can be valued for its ethical wisdom without our believing that it was handed down to us by the creator of the universe.
More taxpayer money getting ready to pour into Iraq.
The White House is expected to announce a reconstruction package for Iraq as part of a plan for a “surge” of up to 30,000 troops into Baghdad when President George W Bush unveils America’s new strategy next month.
Bush is being urged to give up to $10 billion (£5.1 billion) to Iraq as part of a “New Deal” that would create work for unemployed Iraqis, following the model of President Franklin D Roosevelt during the 1930s depression.
You know this is getting embarrassing. Even the slow kid in the back of the class eventually learned something! This idiot still thinks that all of our problems in Iraq can be solved by throwing money at it or shooting at it! Somebody needs to take the country out of his hands and send him to his Goddamn room!
I just cannot figure out how any of the other members of this administration can go along with this! Don't they all realize that they are the biggest fuckups in history?
I mean don't they read this website?
Bush is being urged to give up to $10 billion (£5.1 billion) to Iraq as part of a “New Deal” that would create work for unemployed Iraqis, following the model of President Franklin D Roosevelt during the 1930s depression.
You know this is getting embarrassing. Even the slow kid in the back of the class eventually learned something! This idiot still thinks that all of our problems in Iraq can be solved by throwing money at it or shooting at it! Somebody needs to take the country out of his hands and send him to his Goddamn room!
I just cannot figure out how any of the other members of this administration can go along with this! Don't they all realize that they are the biggest fuckups in history?
I mean don't they read this website?
Santa is dead!
Children watched in horror as a Santa Claus collapsed and died as he handed out presents at a Christmas party on Sunday.
Andrew Robertson was taken ill as the excited youngsters received their gifts. The 82-year-old was taken to a side room and attempts made to revive him, but he was pronounced dead when medics arrived.
I would suggest that the parents save their money to pay for therapy sessions for their kids.
Andrew Robertson was taken ill as the excited youngsters received their gifts. The 82-year-old was taken to a side room and attempts made to revive him, but he was pronounced dead when medics arrived.
I would suggest that the parents save their money to pay for therapy sessions for their kids.
No movement on the minimum wage, but take heart because Dick Cheney got his raise. This administration is shameless!
President Bush signed an executive order Thursday to raise the pay of federal workers, members of Congress and Vice President Dick Cheney in the new year.
Congress passed the pay raises earlier this year, but Bush was required to sign an executive order to enforce them.
This bill also gives a raise to civil servants and uniformed military, that part is good.
But to give the Vice President a raise as millions of Americans struggle to feed their families while stuck earning an embarrassing minimum wage is criminal. Dick Cheney has more money then he knows what to do with, and if he was any kind of human being he would give his vice presidential earnings to charity.
But the words "human being" and "Dick Cheney" just do not go together.
Congress passed the pay raises earlier this year, but Bush was required to sign an executive order to enforce them.
This bill also gives a raise to civil servants and uniformed military, that part is good.
But to give the Vice President a raise as millions of Americans struggle to feed their families while stuck earning an embarrassing minimum wage is criminal. Dick Cheney has more money then he knows what to do with, and if he was any kind of human being he would give his vice presidential earnings to charity.
But the words "human being" and "Dick Cheney" just do not go together.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
The Brits know what is wrong with the world.
More people in Britain think religion causes harm than believe it does good, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. It shows that an overwhelming majority see religion as a cause of division and tension - greatly outnumbering the smaller majority who also believe that it can be a force for good.
The poll also reveals that non-believers outnumber believers in Britain by almost two to one. It paints a picture of a sceptical nation with massive doubts about the effect religion has on society: 82% of those questioned say they see religion as a cause of division and tension between people. Only 16% disagree. The findings are at odds with attempts by some religious leaders to define the country as one made up of many faith communities.
We have made huge strides in dealing with racism, sexism, and classism. But the thing that still causes an enormous amount of hate and strife in the world is religious differences.
The only people who believe that religion has done more good then harm are those people who get most of their information at church. You know, sheep.
The poll also reveals that non-believers outnumber believers in Britain by almost two to one. It paints a picture of a sceptical nation with massive doubts about the effect religion has on society: 82% of those questioned say they see religion as a cause of division and tension between people. Only 16% disagree. The findings are at odds with attempts by some religious leaders to define the country as one made up of many faith communities.
We have made huge strides in dealing with racism, sexism, and classism. But the thing that still causes an enormous amount of hate and strife in the world is religious differences.
The only people who believe that religion has done more good then harm are those people who get most of their information at church. You know, sheep.
South Africa develops a toy which encourages children and adults to "choke their chicken". South Africa is a naughty, naughty place.
Cheeky battery-operated toys called Choke-a-Chicken and Choke-a-Duck are being whipped off the shelves of South African toy stores following strong objections by the national SPCA.
The toys consist of cartoon-like birds which toddle forwards playing a loud, irritating tune. Apart from a small switch hidden in the base, the only way to silence them is to seize them around the throat, at which point they make gasping and choking sounds.
Philosophically I am usually in sync with the SPCA, but sometimes they just don't make any damn sense. I mean they know these are "mechanical" chickens don't they?
The toy kind of sounds like something my stepson would have just loved. He was twisted that way.
The toys consist of cartoon-like birds which toddle forwards playing a loud, irritating tune. Apart from a small switch hidden in the base, the only way to silence them is to seize them around the throat, at which point they make gasping and choking sounds.
Philosophically I am usually in sync with the SPCA, but sometimes they just don't make any damn sense. I mean they know these are "mechanical" chickens don't they?
The toy kind of sounds like something my stepson would have just loved. He was twisted that way.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Wow! This site has a list of all of the female teachers who have boinked their students. With pictures!
You know this is actually really sad.And the saddest part is that I graduated way too early!
The kids today are just spoiled, thats what it is! The most I ever got was a slap on the ass from one of my coaches. And he was fat!
The evolution fairy came and gave this woman two wombs, but I am still stuck with just the one penis. Totally unfair!
A British mother could get into the record books after she gave birth to twins and a single baby at the same time -- from two wombs -- in what is believed to be a world first.
Hannah Kersey, 23, gave birth to the rare triplets -- identical twins Ruby and Tilly, and singleton Gracie -- by Caesarean section seven weeks prematurely in September.
She was born with a condition called uterus didelphys, which means she developed two wombs, but doctors had warned her that she was unlikely to become pregnant in both.
Doctors don't know anything!
Now I cannot quite imagine how having two wombs is a benefit biologically, but I am still jealous.
Hannah Kersey, 23, gave birth to the rare triplets -- identical twins Ruby and Tilly, and singleton Gracie -- by Caesarean section seven weeks prematurely in September.
She was born with a condition called uterus didelphys, which means she developed two wombs, but doctors had warned her that she was unlikely to become pregnant in both.
Doctors don't know anything!
Now I cannot quite imagine how having two wombs is a benefit biologically, but I am still jealous.
Welcome to the John McCain suicide watch!
Remember this? Asked what his response would be to the possibility of Republicans’ losing control, McCain joked: “I think I would just commit suicide.”Well the new Congress is scheduled to take power on January 4th, 2007. So we have until then to say our goodbyes to Senator John McCain.
Good-bye John.
Thanks for fighting for the rights of detainees, right before you caved and supported the administration's right to torture the hell out of them.
Thank you for calling Jerry Falwell a "political agent of intolerance" right before you visited his "University" and kissed his ass on national television.
Thank you for pretending to be a non-conformist maverick while not so secretly supporting an administration that has done more damage to our country and our human rights then any other Presidency in history.
And finally, thank you for supporting the idea of sending more of our precious Americans to die in an illegal war. Because buddy, that decision destroys any chance you may ever have had of being our President.
Of course none of that matters because in thirteen days you will be DEAD. You promised.
Religious intolerance steps out of the shadows and takes a big crap on the Muslims.
A Republican congressman has told constituents that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims" will be elected and follow the lead of a recently elected lawmaker who plans to use the Quran at his ceremonial swearing-in.
Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., made the comments in a letter sent earlier this month to hundreds of constituents who had written to him about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Goode's letter triggered angry responses from a New Jersey congressman and an Islamic civil rights group.
In the letter, Goode wrote, "The Muslim representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
This is just about the ugliest example of religious intolerance by a congressman in this country that I have ever seen.
I mean this guy is asking to use the Koran is a PRIVATE ceremony. The room will probably only be filled with people that are invited by Ellison and therefore none should be offended. It is just like when he practices his faith, it is a private matter and not anybody's damn business!
The only thing that any of us should care about is whether or not Rep. Ellison is going to stay true to our Constitution, because that would be very much unlike our current President!
Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., made the comments in a letter sent earlier this month to hundreds of constituents who had written to him about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Goode's letter triggered angry responses from a New Jersey congressman and an Islamic civil rights group.
In the letter, Goode wrote, "The Muslim representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
This is just about the ugliest example of religious intolerance by a congressman in this country that I have ever seen.
I mean this guy is asking to use the Koran is a PRIVATE ceremony. The room will probably only be filled with people that are invited by Ellison and therefore none should be offended. It is just like when he practices his faith, it is a private matter and not anybody's damn business!
The only thing that any of us should care about is whether or not Rep. Ellison is going to stay true to our Constitution, because that would be very much unlike our current President!
"Stay the course' is the top catchphrase of 2006. Of course according to Tony Snow the President never said it. So who did?
"Stay the course," the phrase dropped by the Bush administration as it searched for a new policy in Iraq, was declared the catch phrase of the year on Thursday by language use group Global Language Monitor.
"It makes number one because it was declared inoperative," said Global Language monitor President Paul JJ Payack.
My favorite part of the "stay the course" response was that they never seemed to know where the course was leading to.
My guess is to "hell in a handbasket".
Maybe that can be the most popular catchphrase for 2007.
"It makes number one because it was declared inoperative," said Global Language monitor President Paul JJ Payack.
My favorite part of the "stay the course" response was that they never seemed to know where the course was leading to.
My guess is to "hell in a handbasket".
Maybe that can be the most popular catchphrase for 2007.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Republican Congressman, Robin Hayes, finally says out loud what the conservatives privately believe to be true.
“Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior.”And that ladies and gentleman is the arrogance of religion at its ugliest. The idea that if we can just get our enemy to accept our religious beliefs then surely they will embrace us as brothers and together we can spread the good word throughout the world.
How many times has that very belief allowed zealots to destroy the culture of an indigenous people in the name of their God? And how can it be that after the benefit of history to show us the error of our ways we can continue to feel justified in steamrolling another people's religion into the dirt and supplant it with our own?
Victims from Haditha might finally be getting justice.
Eight Marines were charged Thursday in the massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha last year.
At least two were charged with murder. Some of those charged were officers who were not there but were accused of failures in investigating and reporting the deaths.
The wheels of justice are certainly moving slowly on this case.
Of all of the terrible things that America inflicted on Iraq during this conflict, this is definitely one of the worst.
At least two were charged with murder. Some of those charged were officers who were not there but were accused of failures in investigating and reporting the deaths.
The wheels of justice are certainly moving slowly on this case.
Of all of the terrible things that America inflicted on Iraq during this conflict, this is definitely one of the worst.
Now I have to make time to watch the Miss USA contest. As if I have time for that in my life!
Shocking photos of a Miss USA contestant have come hot on the fashionable heels of a scandal that rocked reigning Miss USA Tara Conner.The raunchy pics show Katie Rees, Miss Nevada 2007, exposing her breasts, passionately kissing other young women, and simulating oral sex with females and a male.
You know if I could take a moment to speak for men everywhere, this is really what we hoped was happening behind the scenes at these beauty pageants all along. We can't help it if our dirty little imaginations run away with us. And look now it is real! It is like an early Christmas!
No sorry. What I meant to say is that I am horribly ashamed of myself and my gender, and only think of women as equal human beings for whom I have only a deep abiding respect.
By the way the link above has pictures!
More evidence that the Bush administration does not want to stop Bin Laden.
French soldiers in Afghanistan had Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in their crosshairs -- twice -- but did not receive the order from their US commander to open fire, a French documentary reported.
Four French soldiers assigned to a 200-strong special forces unit in Afghanistan under US military control all confirmed -- "at different times and in different places" -- that they could have killed bin Laden but that the order to shoot was not forthcoming, the report claims.
I know that this is a favorite with conspiracy theorists but I have to say that I totally believe that Bush did not want to kill or capture Osama despite his rhetoric to the contrary.
I mean does anybody really think Bush would have been elected to a second term if Bin Laden had been captured at Tora Bora? No damn way!
Bush needs his boogeyman to keep the population to scared to question his grab for power. But those days are over.
Four French soldiers assigned to a 200-strong special forces unit in Afghanistan under US military control all confirmed -- "at different times and in different places" -- that they could have killed bin Laden but that the order to shoot was not forthcoming, the report claims.
I know that this is a favorite with conspiracy theorists but I have to say that I totally believe that Bush did not want to kill or capture Osama despite his rhetoric to the contrary.
I mean does anybody really think Bush would have been elected to a second term if Bin Laden had been captured at Tora Bora? No damn way!
Bush needs his boogeyman to keep the population to scared to question his grab for power. But those days are over.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The Vatican may have stolen Jesus's foreskin. And get this, before it was taken it performed miracles!
This wasn't just the residuum of any holy human—nor was it just any body part. It was the foreskin of Jesus Christ, the snipped-off tip of the savior's penis, the only piece of his body he supposedly left on earth.
Yeah Christianity isn't weird or anything. His foreskin?
Even before its disappearance, the relic had a strange history. It was discovered in Calcata in 1557, and a series of miracles soon followed (freak storms, perfumed mists engulfing the village). The church gave the finding a seal of approval by offering a 10-year indulgence to those who came to venerate. Lines of pilgrims stretched from the church doors to beyond the walls of the fortress town. Nuns and monks from nearby villages and monasteries made candlelit processions. Calcata was a must-see destination on the pilgrimage map.
Now see this is why it so hard for those of us who look at the world logically to understand how people can believe this kind of thing. I mean his foreskin is, by some incredible set of circumstances, saved for posterity. And then it is responsible for creating freak storms and mists of perfume?
Well if just the tip of his winky was this powerful, think what a bad-ass Jesus must have been!
Yeah Christianity isn't weird or anything. His foreskin?
Even before its disappearance, the relic had a strange history. It was discovered in Calcata in 1557, and a series of miracles soon followed (freak storms, perfumed mists engulfing the village). The church gave the finding a seal of approval by offering a 10-year indulgence to those who came to venerate. Lines of pilgrims stretched from the church doors to beyond the walls of the fortress town. Nuns and monks from nearby villages and monasteries made candlelit processions. Calcata was a must-see destination on the pilgrimage map.
Now see this is why it so hard for those of us who look at the world logically to understand how people can believe this kind of thing. I mean his foreskin is, by some incredible set of circumstances, saved for posterity. And then it is responsible for creating freak storms and mists of perfume?
Well if just the tip of his winky was this powerful, think what a bad-ass Jesus must have been!
Top Generals who do not support the surge in forces that Bush and Gates are pushing for are getting ready to retire. Coincidence?
Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, has submitted plans to go ahead with a retirement that is months overdue, according to the U.S. Central Command.
And the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, has indicated in recent months that he also may not stay much longer than the end of this year.
Since they have opposed sending more troops to Iraq, their departures could make it easier for Bush and his new Defense Secretary Robert Gates to switch course in the troubled campaign, where they are considering a short-term surge in forces.
Nothing has changed. If you don't buy into this President's demented view of the situation in Iraq, then you just have to get the fuck out of the way. It is clear to anybody who is paying attention to this that he cannot be stopped as long as he is the President of this country.
We have no choice, we must impeach him! How much more damage are we going to allow him to do?
And the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, has indicated in recent months that he also may not stay much longer than the end of this year.
Since they have opposed sending more troops to Iraq, their departures could make it easier for Bush and his new Defense Secretary Robert Gates to switch course in the troubled campaign, where they are considering a short-term surge in forces.
Nothing has changed. If you don't buy into this President's demented view of the situation in Iraq, then you just have to get the fuck out of the way. It is clear to anybody who is paying attention to this that he cannot be stopped as long as he is the President of this country.
We have no choice, we must impeach him! How much more damage are we going to allow him to do?
Bush accidentally bumps into reality and then runs away like a frightened child.
President Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the United States is not winning the war in Iraq and said he plans to expand the overall size of the "stressed" U.S. armed forces to meet the challenges of a long-term global struggle against terrorists.
As he searches for a new strategy for Iraq, Bush has now adopted the formula advanced by his top military adviser to describe the situation. "We're not winning, we're not losing," Bush said in an interview with The Washington Post. The assessment was a striking reversal for a president who, days before the November elections, declared, "Absolutely, we're winning."
"We're not winning, we're not losing". I am sorry, what is the other choice here. Are we in some sort of victory limbo?
But at least the simple son of a bitch has noticed that we are not making any headway. Thank Odin for small favors.
Maybe this is the first step to a Bush recovery. I once said that Bush and reality had never met, well now he may have had a brief glimpse. I just hope that will be enough to get him to accept some truths about our situation in Iraq. Because buddy we are losing big time!
As he searches for a new strategy for Iraq, Bush has now adopted the formula advanced by his top military adviser to describe the situation. "We're not winning, we're not losing," Bush said in an interview with The Washington Post. The assessment was a striking reversal for a president who, days before the November elections, declared, "Absolutely, we're winning."
"We're not winning, we're not losing". I am sorry, what is the other choice here. Are we in some sort of victory limbo?
But at least the simple son of a bitch has noticed that we are not making any headway. Thank Odin for small favors.
Maybe this is the first step to a Bush recovery. I once said that Bush and reality had never met, well now he may have had a brief glimpse. I just hope that will be enough to get him to accept some truths about our situation in Iraq. Because buddy we are losing big time!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Another female teacher "educates" a male student. If you know what I mean.
A 32-year-old female teacher from the suburban Denver city of Parker has been arrested and accused of a sexual relationship with a male high school student on a trip to Glenwood Springs in western Colorado.
I always said I would never go back to school, but damn things are different now!
I always said I would never go back to school, but damn things are different now!
Dick Cheney is about to get his ass cross examined. Everybody clear your calendars!
Vice President Dick Cheney will be called as a defense witness in the CIA leak case, an attorney for Cheney's former chief of staff told a federal judge Tuesday.
"We're calling the vice president," attorney Ted Wells said in court. Wells represents defendant I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who is charged with perjury and obstruction.
Early last week, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said he did not expect the White House to resist if Cheney or other administration officials are called to testify in Libby's trial, expected to begin in January.
Goddamn it Fitzgerald, where have you been?
I have been waiting for the resolution to this case for over a year now.
I once had huge hope that Fitzgerald was going to bring this administration down. But then I got all disappointed. But now we may be back on schedule.
Get those bastards Patrick, get them!
"We're calling the vice president," attorney Ted Wells said in court. Wells represents defendant I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who is charged with perjury and obstruction.
Early last week, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said he did not expect the White House to resist if Cheney or other administration officials are called to testify in Libby's trial, expected to begin in January.
Goddamn it Fitzgerald, where have you been?
I have been waiting for the resolution to this case for over a year now.
I once had huge hope that Fitzgerald was going to bring this administration down. But then I got all disappointed. But now we may be back on schedule.
Get those bastards Patrick, get them!
Almost a 1,000 active duty servicemen call for an end to the Iraq occupation. Could somebody please show this to the President?
For the first time since Vietnam, an organized, robust movement of active-duty US military personnel has publicly surfaced to oppose a war in which they are serving. Those involved plan to petition Congress to withdraw American troops from Iraq.
After appearing only seven weeks ago on the Internet, the Appeal for Redress, brainchild of 29-year-old Navy seaman Jonathan Hutto, has already been signed by nearly 1,000 US soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen, including dozens of officers -- most of whom are on active duty. Not since 1969, when some 1,300 active-duty military personnel signed an open letter in the New York Times opposing the war in Vietnam, has there been such a dramatic barometer of rising military dissent.
No public support, the Iraqi's want us out, the controlling political party in this country want us out, and now the military doesn't want to go, if this is not a mandate then I have no clue what one would look like.
After appearing only seven weeks ago on the Internet, the Appeal for Redress, brainchild of 29-year-old Navy seaman Jonathan Hutto, has already been signed by nearly 1,000 US soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen, including dozens of officers -- most of whom are on active duty. Not since 1969, when some 1,300 active-duty military personnel signed an open letter in the New York Times opposing the war in Vietnam, has there been such a dramatic barometer of rising military dissent.
No public support, the Iraqi's want us out, the controlling political party in this country want us out, and now the military doesn't want to go, if this is not a mandate then I have no clue what one would look like.
Joe Barbara, one half of the animation team Hanna/Barbara, is Yabba-dabba-done.
Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.
The partners, who had first teamed up while working at MGM in the 1930s, then went on to a whole new realm of success in the 1950s and '60s with a witty series of animated TV comedies, including "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Yogi Bear," "Scooby-Doo" and "Huckleberry Hound and Friends."
These two gentlemen were responsible for so many of my Saturdy morning memories. I have probably watched every single episode of Tom & Jerry half a dozen times and they still make me laugh out loud.
Their cartoons were joyful and silly and a hell of a great way to spend a seven year olds Saturday mornings.
Thank you for the laughter Mr. Barbara.
The partners, who had first teamed up while working at MGM in the 1930s, then went on to a whole new realm of success in the 1950s and '60s with a witty series of animated TV comedies, including "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Yogi Bear," "Scooby-Doo" and "Huckleberry Hound and Friends."
These two gentlemen were responsible for so many of my Saturdy morning memories. I have probably watched every single episode of Tom & Jerry half a dozen times and they still make me laugh out loud.
Their cartoons were joyful and silly and a hell of a great way to spend a seven year olds Saturday mornings.
Thank you for the laughter Mr. Barbara.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Hey are you bored too? Wanna see the top ten sex toy patents? You know you do.
Do I have to mention that the above link is NSFW? Let's use our brain people!
This oral sex mouthguard is also a tasty candy treat. The "Gum Job" consists of two edible mouthpieces that fit denture-style over your upper and lower teeth, protecting your partner's genitals from getting abraded by your incisors.
Anybody else getting hot? Yeah me either.
This oral sex mouthguard is also a tasty candy treat. The "Gum Job" consists of two edible mouthpieces that fit denture-style over your upper and lower teeth, protecting your partner's genitals from getting abraded by your incisors.
Anybody else getting hot? Yeah me either.
I may not be posting much in the near future as I have to go to Amsterdam soon.
Dutch women are getting bigger breasts and 32 percent of them now have a D-cup or bigger compared with 20 percent five years ago.
I am just joking. I am attracted to smart, attractive women with pretty eyes and a devilish sense of humor. They do not have to have any particular body type to get my attention. I love all women. I just love big breasted women more.
And my seat in hell moves just that much closer to the flames.
I am just joking. I am attracted to smart, attractive women with pretty eyes and a devilish sense of humor. They do not have to have any particular body type to get my attention. I love all women. I just love big breasted women more.
And my seat in hell moves just that much closer to the flames.
My little girl leaves today.
She is heading off to visit my sister and her cousins and then flying back home after that.
I cannot describe how great it was to be "Daddy" again. And even though we have plans to get her up here this summer it always feels like it will be an eternity before I see her beautiful face again.
People always wonder how much hurt the human heart can take. Well it can just barely take this much.
We are going to spend today running errands and just being together, and it will be wonderful. It always is.
Give your children a hug today. The memory of those hugs will someday help sustain your heart.
I cannot describe how great it was to be "Daddy" again. And even though we have plans to get her up here this summer it always feels like it will be an eternity before I see her beautiful face again.
People always wonder how much hurt the human heart can take. Well it can just barely take this much.
We are going to spend today running errands and just being together, and it will be wonderful. It always is.
Give your children a hug today. The memory of those hugs will someday help sustain your heart.
Colin Powell says US is losing in Iraq
The former secretary of state Colin Powell said Sunday that badly overstretched U.S. forces in Iraq were losing the war there and that a temporary U.S. troop surge probably would not help.
In one of his few commentaries on the war since leaving office, Powell quickly added that the situation could be reversed. He recommended an intense coalition effort to train and support Iraqi security forces and strengthen the government in Baghdad. Powell was deeply skeptical about increasing troop levels, an idea that appears to be gaining ground as President George W. Bush weighs U.S. strategy options.
"There really are no additional troops" to send, Powell said, adding that he agreed with those who say that the U.S. Army is "about broken."
Powell has been slow to admit this in public but it is nice to have his assessment of the situation to use as leverage against this administration which is living in denial.
The situation is beyond repair and it is just painful watching these men try to show some sense of hope in the face of hopelessness.
In one of his few commentaries on the war since leaving office, Powell quickly added that the situation could be reversed. He recommended an intense coalition effort to train and support Iraqi security forces and strengthen the government in Baghdad. Powell was deeply skeptical about increasing troop levels, an idea that appears to be gaining ground as President George W. Bush weighs U.S. strategy options.
"There really are no additional troops" to send, Powell said, adding that he agreed with those who say that the U.S. Army is "about broken."
Powell has been slow to admit this in public but it is nice to have his assessment of the situation to use as leverage against this administration which is living in denial.
The situation is beyond repair and it is just painful watching these men try to show some sense of hope in the face of hopelessness.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
He is so close.
Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to enter the 2008 race for the White House, two Democratic officials said Saturday.This is the Democrats winning ticket, "Edwards/Obama 2008".
It just cannot lose.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Apparently France does not have any unattractive news anchors. And they are naughty little sluts too. France rocks!
A French news presenter whose affair with a politician has been all over French news media has threatened to sue for invasion of privacy.Marie Drucker said she would leave her job at France 3 temporarily in February, Variety reported. She is the news presenter in the late evening.
Holy crap!
I have no idea what station she works for but it is now my favorite news source in France.
I am having trouble typing with one hand so I will just stop now.
Documents reveal Blair lied about WMD's in Iraq. Anybody surprised? No?
In the testimony revealed today Mr Ross, 40, who helped negotiate several UN security resolutions on Iraq, makes it clear that Mr Blair must have known Saddam Hussein possessed no weapons of mass destruction. He said that during his posting to the UN, "at no time did HMG [Her Majesty's Government] assess that Iraq's WMD (or any other capability) posed a threat to the UK or its interests."
Mr Ross revealed it was a commonly held view among British officials dealing with Iraq that any threat by Saddam Hussein had been "effectively contained".
He also reveals that British officials warned US diplomats that bringing down the Iraqi dictator would lead to the chaos the world has since witnessed. "I remember on several occasions the UK team stating this view in terms during our discussions with the US (who agreed)," he said.
"At the same time, we would frequently argue when the US raised the subject, that 'regime change' was inadvisable, primarily on the grounds that Iraq would collapse into chaos."
So of course if Blair knew then Bush also knew.
You know I have never doubted that before, but reading about the evidence pisses me off all over again.
I really do not think that we have a choice but to impeach Bush and his Vice President, and indict any of his cabinet members and staff who had a hand in this debacle. I mean if our values are based on justice then we just cannot allow this to happen without the people responsible being punished. We just cannot!
Mr Ross revealed it was a commonly held view among British officials dealing with Iraq that any threat by Saddam Hussein had been "effectively contained".
He also reveals that British officials warned US diplomats that bringing down the Iraqi dictator would lead to the chaos the world has since witnessed. "I remember on several occasions the UK team stating this view in terms during our discussions with the US (who agreed)," he said.
"At the same time, we would frequently argue when the US raised the subject, that 'regime change' was inadvisable, primarily on the grounds that Iraq would collapse into chaos."
So of course if Blair knew then Bush also knew.
You know I have never doubted that before, but reading about the evidence pisses me off all over again.
I really do not think that we have a choice but to impeach Bush and his Vice President, and indict any of his cabinet members and staff who had a hand in this debacle. I mean if our values are based on justice then we just cannot allow this to happen without the people responsible being punished. We just cannot!
Twin teachers in trouble for having sex with female student. Okay now stop unbuttoning your pants because there are some unfortunate pictures.
Meet Franca and Antonia Munoz-Juvera. The 26-year-old twins work as teachers at the same California high school. And they're both facing felony charges as a result of an illicit sexual relationship with a female student.
This could have been the stuff of male fantasies for decades. Except for the fact that the two women are clearly space aliens who have come to this planet to seduce our teenage women into bizarre sexual situations. And that would still have been hot if the twins did not each have a forehead the size of a fucking mini-van.
The Smoking Gun apparently did not get the facts right, because as you can see from the picture on the right these were triplets not twins. And I think the one on the right is the real looker in the family.
What the discriminating reveler is decorating his house with this holiday season. FSM light sculpture!
Wouldn't my neighbors just love this.There are instructions in the link above on how to make your own Flying Spaghetti Monster light display.
I think you should do it.
Friday, December 15, 2006
British scientists say that "fat clothes" should come with warning labels that tell you how to not be so damn fat! Anybody else smell a lawsuit?
This is their suggestion for a warning label to be placed on clothes that come in certain sizes.
Printing a helpline numbers for advice with all clothes sold with a waist of more than 40in for men and 37in for boys, women’s garments with a waist of more than 35in or size 16 or above, and more than 31in for girls.
I am concerned for the welfare of people who I think are much too heavy to be healthy but I would never consider telling them to get help.
I guess I am just not quite that fucking rude!
Printing a helpline numbers for advice with all clothes sold with a waist of more than 40in for men and 37in for boys, women’s garments with a waist of more than 35in or size 16 or above, and more than 31in for girls.
I am concerned for the welfare of people who I think are much too heavy to be healthy but I would never consider telling them to get help.
I guess I am just not quite that fucking rude!
The Daily Show's Samantha Bee tries to Americanize Al-Jazeera. This is hysterical.
I cannot believe they let the Daily Show riff on them like this.
At least we know they have a sense of humor.
At least we know they have a sense of humor.
John McCain may be living in a fantasy world even further removed from reality then Bush's as he calls for more troops to be sent to Iraq.
Sen. John McCain said Thursday that America should deploy 15,000 to 30,000 more troops to Iraq to control its sectarian violence, and give moderate Iraqi politicians the stability they need to take the country in the right direction.
You know I thought the big attraction for John McCain was that he was an ex-military man who understands the military. Well then how can he be asking for more troops when we are being told that the military is stretched to the breaking point?
Are these just imaginary forces that exist in the wonderland that occupies McCain's age addled brain?
He is a victim of torture who now supports America torturing detainees, he is a conservative who does not say a thing about he huge expenditures by this administration, and he is a victim of the Rove book of dirty tricks who now kisses Bush's ass like a favored lap dog.
He is one of the worst hypocrites that the Republican party has to offer. And now we need to stick a fork in his ass because he is done.
You know I thought the big attraction for John McCain was that he was an ex-military man who understands the military. Well then how can he be asking for more troops when we are being told that the military is stretched to the breaking point?
Are these just imaginary forces that exist in the wonderland that occupies McCain's age addled brain?
He is a victim of torture who now supports America torturing detainees, he is a conservative who does not say a thing about he huge expenditures by this administration, and he is a victim of the Rove book of dirty tricks who now kisses Bush's ass like a favored lap dog.
He is one of the worst hypocrites that the Republican party has to offer. And now we need to stick a fork in his ass because he is done.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Another video of our proud military humiliating Iraqi children.
Don't these idiots realize that their video will be seen by EVERYONE?
At least one of them seems to realize that what he is doing is wrong, at least he says he knows.
At least one of them seems to realize that what he is doing is wrong, at least he says he knows.
Christian video game has "convert or die" approach to the non-believers.
The game's story line game begins after the rapture, when most Christians are transported to heaven. Earth's remaining population is faced with a choice of joining or combatting the Antichrist, as embodied by a force called the Global Community Peacekeepers that seeks to impose one-world government.
The game's critics depict the ensuing struggle, set in New York City, as one fostering religious intolerance.
"Part of the object is to kill or convert the opposing forces," said the Rev. Tim Simpson of Jacksonville, Fla., who heads the Christian Alliance for Progress. "It is antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
As if the animosity that Christians have toward the secularists was not bad enough now they make a game which suggests that those who do not accept their belief system are better off dead? And this is not considered violent?
Have I mentioned how much I dislike hypocrisy?
And for the record I have the same view toward Grand Theft Auto and any of the first person shooters which allow the gamer to kill the police or any individual who is portrayed an innocent bystander. I do play some games, and find them relaxing but I eschew games where there is unnecessary brutality or which seem to revel in the taking of life.
The game's critics depict the ensuing struggle, set in New York City, as one fostering religious intolerance.
"Part of the object is to kill or convert the opposing forces," said the Rev. Tim Simpson of Jacksonville, Fla., who heads the Christian Alliance for Progress. "It is antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
As if the animosity that Christians have toward the secularists was not bad enough now they make a game which suggests that those who do not accept their belief system are better off dead? And this is not considered violent?
Have I mentioned how much I dislike hypocrisy?
And for the record I have the same view toward Grand Theft Auto and any of the first person shooters which allow the gamer to kill the police or any individual who is portrayed an innocent bystander. I do play some games, and find them relaxing but I eschew games where there is unnecessary brutality or which seem to revel in the taking of life.
Bush administration tries to control scientists.
The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy.
New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists who study everything from caribou mating to global warming. The rules apply to all scientific papers and other public documents, even minor reports or prepared talks, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
If this is not the obvious attempt to keep us from finding out how badly the administration is damaging our country and the world then I cannot imagine what would be.
Keeping us from learning anything but what they want us to learn is a defining characterisitic of this White House. That angers me beyond comprehension. I want the opportunity to embrace or keep a critical eye on new information all by myself. I don't want anybody filtering what information I have access to. Especailly not a White House with an obvious agenda to keep myself, and my fellow Americans, in the dark about very important issues.
New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists who study everything from caribou mating to global warming. The rules apply to all scientific papers and other public documents, even minor reports or prepared talks, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
If this is not the obvious attempt to keep us from finding out how badly the administration is damaging our country and the world then I cannot imagine what would be.
Keeping us from learning anything but what they want us to learn is a defining characterisitic of this White House. That angers me beyond comprehension. I want the opportunity to embrace or keep a critical eye on new information all by myself. I don't want anybody filtering what information I have access to. Especailly not a White House with an obvious agenda to keep myself, and my fellow Americans, in the dark about very important issues.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Bush wants to launder 300 million more taxpayer dollars through Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Bush will soon seek about $100 billion in additional emergency funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a House report Wednesday.
It is still my contention that Bush is using these conflicts to funnel money to his pals in Halliburton, to pay weapons dealers, and contractors, as well as security agencies who are all benefitting from this war. And you can bet your ass they were heavy contributors to the Republican party and George Bush.
To find out just who is being paid with blood money just go here.
So much innocent death just to make his friends rich. These so called Christians are a soulless bunch.
It is still my contention that Bush is using these conflicts to funnel money to his pals in Halliburton, to pay weapons dealers, and contractors, as well as security agencies who are all benefitting from this war. And you can bet your ass they were heavy contributors to the Republican party and George Bush.
To find out just who is being paid with blood money just go here.
So much innocent death just to make his friends rich. These so called Christians are a soulless bunch.
Ray Barone's dad is finally finding peace from his busy body wife. Somewhere there is an abby-normal brain finally laid to rest.
I am a huge fan of "Everybody loves Raymond" and watch it every day on TBS. I loved the character of Frank Barone and his love/hate relationship with his wife.And his turn as the monster in Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstien" was my all time favorite movie when i was fourteen years old.
Peter Boyle was a huge talent, and what a shame to lose him.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Uh oh!
Soy is nutritious and contains lots of good things. Unfortunately, when you eat or drink a lot of soy stuff, you're also getting substantial quantities of estrogens.
Estrogens are female hormones. If you're a woman, you're flooding your system with a substance it can't handle in surplus. If you're a man, you're suppressing your masculinity and stimulating your "female side," physically and mentally.
So apparently eating too much soy can make you a gay man with a small penis.
I eat soy snacks every single day.
This is not a good thing.
I knew my pants were geting looser, but I just thought my ass was shrinking. Shit!
Estrogens are female hormones. If you're a woman, you're flooding your system with a substance it can't handle in surplus. If you're a man, you're suppressing your masculinity and stimulating your "female side," physically and mentally.
So apparently eating too much soy can make you a gay man with a small penis.
I eat soy snacks every single day.
This is not a good thing.
I knew my pants were geting looser, but I just thought my ass was shrinking. Shit!
Still God shopping? This site will give you all the stats you need to know to make an informed decision. You don't want to screw this one up.
I really have no idea how anybody chooses. I mean there are literally thousands of Gods.
It takes me forever just to choose what I want to eat for dinner.
Surely nobody just chooses what is the most convenient. I mean that would just be sad.
It takes me forever just to choose what I want to eat for dinner.
Surely nobody just chooses what is the most convenient. I mean that would just be sad.
This should frighten any intelligent American who still believes in freedom of religion in this country.
A watchdog group that promotes religious freedom in the U.S. military accused senior officers on Monday using their rank and influence to coerce soldiers and airmen into adopting evangelical Christianity.
Such proselytizing, according to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has created a core of "radical" Christians within the U.S. armed forces and Pentagon who punish those who do not accept evangelical beliefs by stalling their careers.
"It's egregious beyond the pale," said Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. "We apparently have a radicalized, evangelical Christian Pentagon within the rest of the Pentagon."
The group asked the Pentagon's inspector general to investigate a video in which some Army and Air Force officers discuss their faith while in uniform.
If the "Jesus Camp" story bothered you, this will scare the holy shit out of you!
You can see the video here.
P.S. By the way any organization that produces video which talks about providing a moral blueprint for lawmakers and then prominently features Tom Delay, should be treated with complete disdain and suspicion by any thinking individual. It has all of the appearances of a satirical video produced by the "Daily Show" or the "Onion". But sadly it is all too serious.
Such proselytizing, according to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has created a core of "radical" Christians within the U.S. armed forces and Pentagon who punish those who do not accept evangelical beliefs by stalling their careers.
"It's egregious beyond the pale," said Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. "We apparently have a radicalized, evangelical Christian Pentagon within the rest of the Pentagon."
The group asked the Pentagon's inspector general to investigate a video in which some Army and Air Force officers discuss their faith while in uniform.
If the "Jesus Camp" story bothered you, this will scare the holy shit out of you!
You can see the video here.
P.S. By the way any organization that produces video which talks about providing a moral blueprint for lawmakers and then prominently features Tom Delay, should be treated with complete disdain and suspicion by any thinking individual. It has all of the appearances of a satirical video produced by the "Daily Show" or the "Onion". But sadly it is all too serious.
4% of Americans support the President's Iraq war strategy. He probably still calls that a mandate.
Forty-three percent say the U.S. should keep fighting, but with new tactics, while 50 percent say the U.S. should begin to end its involvement altogether. Only 4 percent say the U.S. should keep fighting as it is doing now.
Just 21 percent approve of President Bush's handling of the war, the lowest number he's ever received, and an 8-point drop from just a month ago. Most of that drop has been among Republicans and conservatives. Three-quarters of Americans disapprove of how the president is handling Iraq.
However we know that as long as Bush has the support of Laura and Barney he will probably just keep doing what he has been doing.
I think it is pretty clear that reality and George W. Bush have never been formally introduced.
Just 21 percent approve of President Bush's handling of the war, the lowest number he's ever received, and an 8-point drop from just a month ago. Most of that drop has been among Republicans and conservatives. Three-quarters of Americans disapprove of how the president is handling Iraq.
However we know that as long as Bush has the support of Laura and Barney he will probably just keep doing what he has been doing.
I think it is pretty clear that reality and George W. Bush have never been formally introduced.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Another Colorado evangelical is coming out of the closet. They must have huuge closets in Colorado!
In a tearful videotaped message Sunday to his congregation, the senior pastor of a thriving evangelical megachurch in south metro Denver confessed to sexual relations with other men and announced he had voluntarily resigned his pulpit.
A month ago, the Rev. Paul Barnes of Grace Chapel in Doug las County preached to his 2,100-member congregation about integrity and grace in the aftermath of the Ted Haggard drugs-and-gay-sex scandal.
Now, the 54-year-old Barnes joins Haggard as a fallen evangelical minister who preached that homosexuality was a sin but grappled with a hidden life.
It is truly sad watching hypocrisy destroy these peoples lives. But it is for their families that I feel the real empathy. If you are a gay person you should never have to feel that you cannot trust the people who love you with that information. Love should always be unconditional.
A month ago, the Rev. Paul Barnes of Grace Chapel in Doug las County preached to his 2,100-member congregation about integrity and grace in the aftermath of the Ted Haggard drugs-and-gay-sex scandal.
Now, the 54-year-old Barnes joins Haggard as a fallen evangelical minister who preached that homosexuality was a sin but grappled with a hidden life.
It is truly sad watching hypocrisy destroy these peoples lives. But it is for their families that I feel the real empathy. If you are a gay person you should never have to feel that you cannot trust the people who love you with that information. Love should always be unconditional.
Rumsfeld revisits the scene of the crime.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, with only days left in office, paid a surprise farewell visit to U.S. troops in Iraq this weekend, telling them the consequences of the war's failure would be "unacceptable."
Unbelievable! You just cannot find anybody with balls this size anymore.
I don't think that history is going to treat Rumsfeld very well. He might be placed in the same category as whichever one of Custer's scouts told him there were only a handful of "injuns" over the next hill.
Unbelievable! You just cannot find anybody with balls this size anymore.
I don't think that history is going to treat Rumsfeld very well. He might be placed in the same category as whichever one of Custer's scouts told him there were only a handful of "injuns" over the next hill.
Tom Delay's now defunct website has been saved and re-published on another blog. The comments section is a "must read".
Didn't we already stick a fork in your ass and decide you're done?
To paraphrase you: You WERE the Federal Government...now you're a nothing.
The fact that you are trying to keep your name alive by starting a stupid blog is actually kind of pathetic and sad.
Please just go away.
December 10, 2006 Unregistered Commenter Meadows
Pure gold!
To paraphrase you: You WERE the Federal Government...now you're a nothing.
The fact that you are trying to keep your name alive by starting a stupid blog is actually kind of pathetic and sad.
Please just go away.
December 10, 2006 Unregistered Commenter Meadows
Pure gold!
Iraq takes another step toward becoming a dictatorship again.
Major partners in Iraq's governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amid discontent over his failure to quell raging violence, according to lawmakers involved.
The talks are aimed at forming a new parliamentary bloc that would seek to replace the current government and that would likely exclude supporters of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is a vehement opponent of the U.S. military presence.
If they succeed in overthrowing Maliki they will only cause more friction between themselves and al-Sadr. What happens next is as obvious as the lies that George Bush tells. The two sides will battle for control and the winner will have no need of a democratic election, he will have siezed power.
This will signal a return to the type of government that most Iraqis have become comfortable with, a dictatorship.
So the only questions that remain are who will be the new Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and how much will he hate America?
The talks are aimed at forming a new parliamentary bloc that would seek to replace the current government and that would likely exclude supporters of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is a vehement opponent of the U.S. military presence.
If they succeed in overthrowing Maliki they will only cause more friction between themselves and al-Sadr. What happens next is as obvious as the lies that George Bush tells. The two sides will battle for control and the winner will have no need of a democratic election, he will have siezed power.
This will signal a return to the type of government that most Iraqis have become comfortable with, a dictatorship.
So the only questions that remain are who will be the new Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and how much will he hate America?
Sunday, December 10, 2006
There is evidence of evolution occurring just 3,000 years ago. Suck on that Falwell!
A surprisingly recent instance of human evolution has been detected among the peoples of East Africa. It is the ability to digest milk in adulthood, conferred by genetic changes that occurred as recently as 3,000 years ago, a team of geneticists has found.The finding is a striking example of a cultural practice — the raising of dairy cattle — feeding back into the human genome. It also seems to be one of the first instances of convergent human evolution to be documented at the genetic level. Convergent evolution refers to two or more populations acquiring the same trait independently.
Throughout most of human history, the ability to digest lactose, the principal sugar of milk, has been switched off after weaning because there is no further need for the lactase enzyme that breaks the sugar apart. But when cattle were first domesticated 9,000 years ago and people later started to consume their milk as well as their meat, natural selection would have favored anyone with a mutation that kept the lactase gene switched on.
And this is why thinking consumers choose evolution over creationism. Because creationism is old and moldy and evolution is ever changing and, oh what's the word for it? Oh yeah, evolving.
It is like rubbing your clothes against river rocks to get them clean or tossing your tye dye t-shirts into a front loading washer with the newest possible detergent. It just makes more sense.
Some of our Alaskan Republicans are in deep doo-doo.
The subpoena appears to document a widening of the federal corruption investigation in Alaska, which burst into public view in August with dramatic raids of the offices of six legislators, including Ben Stevens. Agents returned to search Stevens' offices Sept. 18.
On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted Rep. Tom Anderson, R-Anchorage, on seven counts charging extortion, bribery, conspiracy and money laundering. The charges describe a scheme in which money was allegedly funneled to Anderson through a shell company in 2004 in exchange for actions he took as a legislator to benefit a private prison company. He pleaded not guilty Friday.
Caught with their hands in the cookie jar. I am guessing that we will see a number of prominent Alaskan Republicans getting their hands slapped. Or hopefully getting slapped into handcuffs.
On the other hand our new Republican governor is attracting a completely different kind of attention.
"Alaska -- The coldest state with the hottest governor.'' I kind of like that.
On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted Rep. Tom Anderson, R-Anchorage, on seven counts charging extortion, bribery, conspiracy and money laundering. The charges describe a scheme in which money was allegedly funneled to Anderson through a shell company in 2004 in exchange for actions he took as a legislator to benefit a private prison company. He pleaded not guilty Friday.
Caught with their hands in the cookie jar. I am guessing that we will see a number of prominent Alaskan Republicans getting their hands slapped. Or hopefully getting slapped into handcuffs.
On the other hand our new Republican governor is attracting a completely different kind of attention.
"Alaska -- The coldest state with the hottest governor.'' I kind of like that.
Do I really have to be this entertaining?
Now, you can play it safe along with music! A scientist has come up with musical condoms that apart from being a contraceptive gives you the opportunity play you own tone that gets louder as the sex gets more vigorous.
Different lovemaking positions determine what tune is played by the condom, which also works like a normal contraceptive.The rubber has tiny sensors connected to a mini electronic device that produces the sounds.
You know if I am giving you the sexual experience of a lifetime you would think that would be enough. But nooo! Now I have to play you a fucking song as well!
This is just too much pressure. I mean what if my dick is tone deaf?
(I cannot help but wonder what an orgy would sound like though. Because I am sort of twisted that way.)
Different lovemaking positions determine what tune is played by the condom, which also works like a normal contraceptive.The rubber has tiny sensors connected to a mini electronic device that produces the sounds.
You know if I am giving you the sexual experience of a lifetime you would think that would be enough. But nooo! Now I have to play you a fucking song as well!
This is just too much pressure. I mean what if my dick is tone deaf?
(I cannot help but wonder what an orgy would sound like though. Because I am sort of twisted that way.)
Freedom is on the march! No not in Iraq, here in America!
A coalition of organizations in support of the impeachment and removal from office of President Bush and Vice President Cheney will hold forums, rallies, and other events in towns and cities across the United States on Sunday, December 10, Human Rights Day. A forum in New York City will kick things off on Saturday, December 9.
The purpose of the events is to organize people to lobby their Congress Members for investigations and impeachment and to lobby their local and state governments for resolutions in support of impeachment. Dozens of cities have already passed such resolutions.
I know that there are many people who just don't want to address this possible scenario, and I myself often have mixed feelings, but is there really any other choice here?
Bush is not going to change any of his policies as long as he is the President. That is just a fact!
The only way to really start the healing process here and around the world is to remove the cancer which has so sickened this great nation. And that cancer is George Bush and Dick Cheney.
The purpose of the events is to organize people to lobby their Congress Members for investigations and impeachment and to lobby their local and state governments for resolutions in support of impeachment. Dozens of cities have already passed such resolutions.
I know that there are many people who just don't want to address this possible scenario, and I myself often have mixed feelings, but is there really any other choice here?
Bush is not going to change any of his policies as long as he is the President. That is just a fact!
The only way to really start the healing process here and around the world is to remove the cancer which has so sickened this great nation. And that cancer is George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
The White House website has this year's "Barney Holiday Extravaganza". Here is almost ten minutes of your life that you will never get back.
This is from the tanscript of he video.Tony Snow: Barney, good to see you, man! Happy Christmas. Ready for the Holidays? Got everything all bought? (Tony hangs his coat on the back of the door.) Hey look, just one little piece of business. I know you’re doing a show. (Barney reading blueprints.) Show’s a good thing, it’s great. I’m really happy you’re doing it, but I’ve got one little bone to pick. Don’t mind if I say that, do you? You can’t have the press room, OK? It will really tick them off!
Yeah having a dog throw a party in the press room is what pisses off the reporters. It is not the constant bullshit that they have to sift through day after day in an attempt to find just one kernel of truth from these lying bastards!
So does the White Hosue really think that spending a couple of hundred thousand dollars on some slick Christmas card to America is going to make us all forget that our fellow Americans are dying in Iraq for a lie? Do they still think we are that fucking simple?
Actually I kind of like the dog. Maybe they should let him run the country for a while. I mean does anybody think he could do any worse?
How do you know that Alaska is a magical place? Because this is where Santa lives, Beeyotch!
So letters sent to the roly-poly icon always find their way to the small town of North Pole deep in Alaska's interior, including those simply addressed to Santa. Last year 120,000 letters arrived from 26 countries, not counting the thousands with no return address. Those that do have return addresses usually get a reply and a North Pole postmark in a holiday effort that has delighted children all over the world for more than five decades.Letters trickle in year round at the community of 1,600, where light poles are curved and striped like candy canes and streets have names like Santa Claus Lane and Kris Kringle Drive. Then, around Thanksgiving, they start pouring in by the thousands each day as Christmas approaches. Even stampless letters get through, a rare exception for the U.S. Postal Service.
"This is special because it has Santa's name on it," said Debra Cornelius, a supervisor at the main post office in the nearby city of Fairbanks. This is where the Santa letters are processed during the holiday rush.
I am still unconvinced about that God fellow, but Santa is clearly the real deal.
Besides I saw him riding his bike down the street just the other day. And I had not even been drinking!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Stephen Colbert's "Truthiness" named word of the year.
"Truthiness" was credited to Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, who defined it as "truth that comes from the gut, not books."
"We're at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people's minds, and truth has become up for grabs," said Merriam-Webster president John Morse. "`Truthiness' is a playful way for us to think about a very important issue."
Stephen Colbert is taking over the world! He is quite literally EVERYWHERE!
"We're at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people's minds, and truth has become up for grabs," said Merriam-Webster president John Morse. "`Truthiness' is a playful way for us to think about a very important issue."
Stephen Colbert is taking over the world! He is quite literally EVERYWHERE!
Cambodian prostitutes sell sex for $1.20. The downside? They might stab your ass.
Koam Roeuy said Suon Da had paid Sa Rida $1.20 to have sex with her. But after Suon Da repeatedly refused to wear a condom, Sa Rida gave up and left the room.
Suon Da chased after her, demanding his money back and slapping the woman, Koam Roeuy said. Sa Rida responded by stabbing Suon Da in the stomach, he said.
Really? $1.20 for sex?
You know the last time I ended up paying for sex it cost me almost $30,000.00 and the bitch took some of the furniture too! Of course they call that marriage, which is the oldest form of prostitution on the planet.
Suon Da chased after her, demanding his money back and slapping the woman, Koam Roeuy said. Sa Rida responded by stabbing Suon Da in the stomach, he said.
Really? $1.20 for sex?
You know the last time I ended up paying for sex it cost me almost $30,000.00 and the bitch took some of the furniture too! Of course they call that marriage, which is the oldest form of prostitution on the planet.
Republican Senator suggests that Bush's war may be criminal. No I did not make a mistake, I said "Republican" Senator!
Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, a Republican who voted in favor of the Iraq war in 2002 and has supported it ever since, now says the current U.S. war effort is "absurd" and "may even be criminal."
In an emotional speech on the Senate floor Thursday night, Smith called for changes in U.S. policy that could include rapid pullouts of U.S. troops from Iraq. He said he never would have voted for the conflict if he had known the intelligence that President Bush gave the American people was inaccurate.
"I for one am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs day after day," Smith said. "That is absurd. It may even be criminal. I cannot support that anymore. ... So either we clear and hold and build, or let's go home."
I would have been so much more impressed by this statement if this guy would have had the guts to say it before the election.
In an emotional speech on the Senate floor Thursday night, Smith called for changes in U.S. policy that could include rapid pullouts of U.S. troops from Iraq. He said he never would have voted for the conflict if he had known the intelligence that President Bush gave the American people was inaccurate.
"I for one am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs day after day," Smith said. "That is absurd. It may even be criminal. I cannot support that anymore. ... So either we clear and hold and build, or let's go home."
I would have been so much more impressed by this statement if this guy would have had the guts to say it before the election.
Pimp daddy four year old gets suspended for feeling up teacher. What is wrong with these people?
A four-year-old hugged his teachers aide and was put into in-school suspension, according to the father. But La Vega school administrators have a different story.
Damarcus Blackwell's four-year-old son was lining-up to get on the bus after school last month, when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee.
The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment."
You know if I was attending school right now I would have a rap sheet a mile long before I was in the third grade.
Children do not know where the boundaries are until they are explained to them. Can you imagine how this young child will now interpret hugs? I weep for his love life.
Damarcus Blackwell's four-year-old son was lining-up to get on the bus after school last month, when he was accused of rubbing his face in the chest of a female employee.
The prinicipal of La Vega Primary School sent a letter to the Blackwells that said the pre-kindergartener demonstrated "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment."
You know if I was attending school right now I would have a rap sheet a mile long before I was in the third grade.
Children do not know where the boundaries are until they are explained to them. Can you imagine how this young child will now interpret hugs? I weep for his love life.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
It is nice to finally see somebody combine the commercialism of Christmas with its religious roots.
I like it!It makes me feel all festive and Christmassy!
Fraternity files lawsuit against University of Georgia because the school will not let them practice religious intolerance. How dare they?
A Christian fraternity filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the University of Georgia and the Board of Regents Wednesday, claiming UGA refuses to recognize the organization because it requires all its members and officers to be Christians.
The fraternity requires its officers and members to pledge their belief in Jesus Christ to participate.
Christians apparently don't mind an activist judges if he rules on their side of an issue.
Florida better watch out, it looks like Georgia is trying to steal their "we are the dumbest state ever" thunder.
The fraternity requires its officers and members to pledge their belief in Jesus Christ to participate.
Christians apparently don't mind an activist judges if he rules on their side of an issue.
Florida better watch out, it looks like Georgia is trying to steal their "we are the dumbest state ever" thunder.
In Cobb County, Georgia you don't just get off with being arrested, then you have to suffer through receiving nude pictures from the cop. Eeew!
Officer Roy Collar was suspended from the county police department’s DUI Task Force after officials received a complaint that he sent a photo of his genitals to a woman he arrested on DUI-related charges.
After getting a look at this homely bastards face I have to say that getting a picture of his package may be the lesser of two evils.
My daughter lives in Cobb County. I am going to suggest that she not break the law. The punishment is just too stiff. ("Stiff" get it? I crack myself up.)
After getting a look at this homely bastards face I have to say that getting a picture of his package may be the lesser of two evils.
My daughter lives in Cobb County. I am going to suggest that she not break the law. The punishment is just too stiff. ("Stiff" get it? I crack myself up.)
Quotes from American soldiers in reaction to the Iraq Study Group report.
"We've been here for 12 months now and there's been no progress," said Spc. Richard Johnson, 20, of Bridgeport, Conn., as he manned a machine gun on the rooftop of an outpost ringed by a shallow moat of sewage.
"It's like holding a child's hand. How long can you hold onto his hand before he does something on his own?" Johnson said. "How much longer do we have to get shot at or blown up?"
"In Iraq, we try to win the hearts and minds of population," said Dow, 32, of Chicago. "They want Americans out of here. They blame us for all their problems. They look at us as the terrorists and then they turn around and help the terrorists who are trying to kill us."
"The Iraqi army is getting there," he said. "But they are still not where they need to be and I doubt they will be by then. Too many times, they are in a selfish state of mind. Too often they are along for the ride while we do the work for them."
"They are only going to do the right thing if someone's watching and they know they will be punished if they don't," he said. "That's not every soldier. I have met some great guys, but it is a lot of them. They don't care, and this is their country."
Asked if he was frustrated with the situation in Ramadi, he replied: "That doesn't cover it."
"U.S. soldiers are dying trying to help people who don't want their help," he said. "That makes you angry."
"We're just sitting around not making any progress. It's annoying. You're not motivated to help anybody," he said, adding his contract was up in 2008 and he did not plan to re-enlist.
"I don't want to live my life like this," he said.
Heart broken yet?
(I must give a head nod to two great sites from which I borrowed this news item. The always relevant Crooks and Liars and the great Daily Kos.)
"It's like holding a child's hand. How long can you hold onto his hand before he does something on his own?" Johnson said. "How much longer do we have to get shot at or blown up?"
"In Iraq, we try to win the hearts and minds of population," said Dow, 32, of Chicago. "They want Americans out of here. They blame us for all their problems. They look at us as the terrorists and then they turn around and help the terrorists who are trying to kill us."
"The Iraqi army is getting there," he said. "But they are still not where they need to be and I doubt they will be by then. Too many times, they are in a selfish state of mind. Too often they are along for the ride while we do the work for them."
"They are only going to do the right thing if someone's watching and they know they will be punished if they don't," he said. "That's not every soldier. I have met some great guys, but it is a lot of them. They don't care, and this is their country."
Asked if he was frustrated with the situation in Ramadi, he replied: "That doesn't cover it."
"U.S. soldiers are dying trying to help people who don't want their help," he said. "That makes you angry."
"We're just sitting around not making any progress. It's annoying. You're not motivated to help anybody," he said, adding his contract was up in 2008 and he did not plan to re-enlist.
"I don't want to live my life like this," he said.
Heart broken yet?
(I must give a head nod to two great sites from which I borrowed this news item. The always relevant Crooks and Liars and the great Daily Kos.)
Coming as no surprise the Iraq Study Group finds that the Pentagon underreported the violence in Iraq.
U.S. military and intelligence officials have systematically underreported the violence in
Iraq in order to suit the Bush administration's policy goals, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group said.
In its report on ways to improve the U.S. approach to stabilizing Iraq, the group recommended Wednesday that the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense make changes in the collection of data about violence to provide a more accurate picture.
The panel pointed to one day last July when U.S. officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. "Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence," it said.
Is our country done being lied to by our government yet? have you all had about enough?
This government regularly blamed the media for not reporting the "good news" out of Iraq while engaging in a campaign to hide the truth from the people who they supposedly work for. These assholes are our employees! They do not get to lie to us and get away with it!
It is time to clean house. I certainly hope the new Democratic Congress is up to it.
Iraq in order to suit the Bush administration's policy goals, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group said.
In its report on ways to improve the U.S. approach to stabilizing Iraq, the group recommended Wednesday that the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense make changes in the collection of data about violence to provide a more accurate picture.
The panel pointed to one day last July when U.S. officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. "Yet a careful review of the reports for that single day brought to light 1,100 acts of violence," it said.
Is our country done being lied to by our government yet? have you all had about enough?
This government regularly blamed the media for not reporting the "good news" out of Iraq while engaging in a campaign to hide the truth from the people who they supposedly work for. These assholes are our employees! They do not get to lie to us and get away with it!
It is time to clean house. I certainly hope the new Democratic Congress is up to it.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Christian school allows dancing for first time in its 87 year history. Stay tuned for the upsurge in teen pregnancies.
Students at John Brown University are swinging in a new era since the 87-year-old Christian school decided to allow dancing on campus.
The new policy allows school-sponsored dances that are structured styles of movement, such as square, folk, salsa, line, waltz, swing and ballroom. The university still forbids impromptu dancing, dance-parties in dorm rooms and freestyle dancing on campus.
Every good Christian knows that dancing releases the demons which then make young people think only of sex until they either get knocked up or die of AIDS.
Its in the bible!
Okay I may be slightly prejudiced against Christian schools.
The new policy allows school-sponsored dances that are structured styles of movement, such as square, folk, salsa, line, waltz, swing and ballroom. The university still forbids impromptu dancing, dance-parties in dorm rooms and freestyle dancing on campus.
Every good Christian knows that dancing releases the demons which then make young people think only of sex until they either get knocked up or die of AIDS.
Its in the bible!
Okay I may be slightly prejudiced against Christian schools.
Australian scientists say don't bother dieting during Christmas Fat-ass, you are just going to fail anyhow. Australians have scientists?
One in four Australians intend to be on a diet over the Christmas festive period, but new research shows most don't know what they're taking on.
This is only true for Australians. And that is just because deep fat fried kangaroo is so bloody fattening.
Americans can totally stay on their diet due to the fact that we are genetically superior.
This is only true for Australians. And that is just because deep fat fried kangaroo is so bloody fattening.
Americans can totally stay on their diet due to the fact that we are genetically superior.
Dick Cheney's gay daughter is knocked up! Turkey baster demands paternity test.
Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, is pregnant.
Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby, said Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for the vice president. The baby is due in late spring.
You know Mary Cheney should get married so that her kid does not get teased for being a bastard. I mean it is bad enough that he has to go through life being related to Dick "Mephistopheles" Cheney.
Too bad her dad hates the gays.
Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby, said Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for the vice president. The baby is due in late spring.
You know Mary Cheney should get married so that her kid does not get teased for being a bastard. I mean it is bad enough that he has to go through life being related to Dick "Mephistopheles" Cheney.
Too bad her dad hates the gays.
Bush receives the "Iraq Report of Obviousness".
A commission on the war in Iraq recommended new and enhanced diplomacy Wednesday so the United States can "begin to move its combat forces" out of the country responsibly.
"The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating," the commission warned after an eight-month review of a conflict that has killed more than 2,800 U.S. troops and grown increasingly unpopular at home. The report was obtained by The Associated Press.
The report warned that if the situation continues to deteriorate, there is a risk of a "slide toward chaos (that) could trigger the collapse of Iraq's government and a humanitarian catastrophe."
You will notice that George can barely hold the report for long because the power of truth burns the flesh from his evil hands.
President Bush received the report in an early morning meeting at the White House with commission members, and pledged to treat each proposal seriously and act in a "timely fashion." He was flanked by the commission's co-chairmen, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and former Rep. Lee Hamilton.
When the cameras leave the room you can bet that Bush hands this vile report to Cheney and tells him to throw it in the fires of Mordor. "Let no one read the words that dare disagree with my holy crusade. So sayeth your lord, me."
"The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating," the commission warned after an eight-month review of a conflict that has killed more than 2,800 U.S. troops and grown increasingly unpopular at home. The report was obtained by The Associated Press.
The report warned that if the situation continues to deteriorate, there is a risk of a "slide toward chaos (that) could trigger the collapse of Iraq's government and a humanitarian catastrophe."
You will notice that George can barely hold the report for long because the power of truth burns the flesh from his evil hands.
President Bush received the report in an early morning meeting at the White House with commission members, and pledged to treat each proposal seriously and act in a "timely fashion." He was flanked by the commission's co-chairmen, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and former Rep. Lee Hamilton.
When the cameras leave the room you can bet that Bush hands this vile report to Cheney and tells him to throw it in the fires of Mordor. "Let no one read the words that dare disagree with my holy crusade. So sayeth your lord, me."
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Farts on a plane!
Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.
American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.
You know I do not even care about this story I just could not resist the headline.
There may be something truly wrong with me.
Still it is a sad world where we have to choose to endure the smell of disgusting flatulence because if we dare light a match we will miss our connecting flight.
American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.
You know I do not even care about this story I just could not resist the headline.
There may be something truly wrong with me.
Still it is a sad world where we have to choose to endure the smell of disgusting flatulence because if we dare light a match we will miss our connecting flight.
Here is a video of a couple role playing Bush screwing America. NSFW!
This is both naughty and hysterical. So you just know I have to post a link.
My neighbors are boring.
More than just the gloves have come off in a stoush between the owners of a Wellington strip bar and nearby residents who claim they can see "dancing naked women" through the windows.
Santa Fe lap dancing bar opened new premises on the corner of Dixon and Eva streets this month, but residents of the Robert Hannah Apartments are not impressed with their new view.
Body corporate manager Joe Dowrick said he was approached by fellow residents who claimed they saw "naked pole-dancers" through the club's main Dixon St window on Friday night. "They could see the strippers in action from the street," he said.
I don't make it a habit to look through the windows of my neighbors.
However there is a lady down the street who, shall we say, has a lot of "junk in her trunk". Anyhow she insists upon wearing short shorts and then bending over to weed her garden in full view of my house. This unfortunate sight has caused me more then one bout of hysterical blindness.
All in all I would trade with the people who have the strippers for neighbors.
Santa Fe lap dancing bar opened new premises on the corner of Dixon and Eva streets this month, but residents of the Robert Hannah Apartments are not impressed with their new view.
Body corporate manager Joe Dowrick said he was approached by fellow residents who claimed they saw "naked pole-dancers" through the club's main Dixon St window on Friday night. "They could see the strippers in action from the street," he said.
I don't make it a habit to look through the windows of my neighbors.
However there is a lady down the street who, shall we say, has a lot of "junk in her trunk". Anyhow she insists upon wearing short shorts and then bending over to weed her garden in full view of my house. This unfortunate sight has caused me more then one bout of hysterical blindness.
All in all I would trade with the people who have the strippers for neighbors.
Media person of the year for 2006 is Stephen Colbert.
Stephen Colbert, the host of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, is the 2006 Media Person of the Year, according to the annual online poll held by I Want Media.
The popularity of Colbert's spot-on, satirical cable-news pundit character already led him to be honored as of one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2006. The Comedy Central star sent shock waves through the news media early in the year when he keynoted the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and skewered President Bush to his face: "I believe in this president. Guys like us ... know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in 'reality.' And reality has a well-known liberal bias."
Colbert's routine "unplugged the Bush myth machine -- and left the clueless D.C. press corps gaping," wrote Michael Scherer of Salon.com. A clip of Colbert's speech instantly became a viral video hit on the Web. New York Times columnist Frank Rich later described Colbert's performance as the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.
I loved that performance at the White House Correspondents dinner! It may go down in history as perhaps the gutsiest performance in the history of satire.
Colbert, Stewart, and Olbermann are definitely changing the way we get our news, and it can really only make it better.
The popularity of Colbert's spot-on, satirical cable-news pundit character already led him to be honored as of one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2006. The Comedy Central star sent shock waves through the news media early in the year when he keynoted the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and skewered President Bush to his face: "I believe in this president. Guys like us ... know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in 'reality.' And reality has a well-known liberal bias."
Colbert's routine "unplugged the Bush myth machine -- and left the clueless D.C. press corps gaping," wrote Michael Scherer of Salon.com. A clip of Colbert's speech instantly became a viral video hit on the Web. New York Times columnist Frank Rich later described Colbert's performance as the "defining moment" of the 2006 midterm elections.
I loved that performance at the White House Correspondents dinner! It may go down in history as perhaps the gutsiest performance in the history of satire.
Colbert, Stewart, and Olbermann are definitely changing the way we get our news, and it can really only make it better.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Comedy Central is rapidly turning into "must see tv".
Comedy Central has ordered "Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States," a cartoon satire that re-imagines President Bush and key executives in his administration as elementary school misfits.The title character is surrounded by close pals like Lil' Cheney, who grumbles unintelligibly, and Lil' Condi, who pines for Lil' Bush and does his homework for him.
Oooh this sounds good.
I already have to watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert every night before going to sleep. And now I may have to make room in my evening to watch this show as well. I may have to give up working to make room in my schedule.
There is something horribly wrong with English women!
Simon Cowell has been voted a winner — by women who say they fantasise about him while making love to their partners.Cowell, 47, came second to 007 star Daniel Craig in an internet poll on dream men.
The rest of the top ten were: 3 Jesse Metcalfe, 4 David Beckham, 5 Brad Pitt, 6 Mark Owen, 7 Leonardo DiCaprio, 8 Richard Madeley, 9 Robbie Williams and 10 Will Young.
Brad Pitt is number five! And Simon Cowell is number two! What is wrong with British women?
I mean I would fuck Brad Pitt! You know if I were into that sort of thing....which I am not...really!
Could you imagine what Cowell is like in bed?
"Do you call that sex! I have seen crippled tortoises with more energy then you are demonstrating. You are just not showing that certain star potential. I am not trying to be mean but you are bloody awful!"
Bolton resigns from UN!
Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday.
Bolton's nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican who lost in the midterm elections Nov. 7 that swept Democrats to power in both houses of Congress, was adamantly opposed to Bolton.
First Rumsfeld, now Bolton.
It is starting off to be a very good year for the Democrats and America. I just hope it continues.
Bolton's nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican who lost in the midterm elections Nov. 7 that swept Democrats to power in both houses of Congress, was adamantly opposed to Bolton.
First Rumsfeld, now Bolton.
It is starting off to be a very good year for the Democrats and America. I just hope it continues.
Ken Starr, Marijuana, and Jesus, only in Alaska could these things all be connected.
The Supreme Court entered into a free-speech dispute Friday involving a high school student suspended over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner.The justices accepted an appeal from a school board in Juneau, Alaska, after a federal appeals court allowed a lawsuit by the family of Joseph Frederick to proceed.
Frederick was suspended in 2002 after he unfurled the 14-foot-long banner -- a reference to marijuana use -- just outside school grounds as the Olympic torch relay moved through the Alaskan capital headed for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
I am not a drug user, and am not terribly sympathetic to the lifestyle, but come on this is ridiculous! The kid was not even on school property!
But what makes this thing even more surreal is who the school board has chosen to represent their side of the case.
Attorney Kenneth Starr, the former Whitewater prosecutor who investigated President Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, is representing the school board.
I mean how can you have a circus without a clown?
Sunday, December 03, 2006
I know some people who are hoping they can send me one of these.
Do you know someone who is in danger of being "left behind" because of a sinful life? Imagine if you could write a letter to a friend or loved one after the Great Day of Reckoning. Maybe a message to your family telling them to trust in God, and that everything will be okay. Perhaps you would leave instructions to care for your pets after your departure. It could be that your message is the light that opens a sinner's eyes to the Glory of God and allows them entrance to Heaven during the trials before the Second Coming. This is where the Post-Rapture Post comes in.
Just write your letter and it will be hand-delivered immediately following the exodus of the pure from the Earth. But you must be thinking to yourself, "How can the letters be delivered after the Rapture?" The answer is simple. The creators of this site are Atheists. That's right, we don't believe in God. How else would we be able to deliver your correspondence after the Rapture?
I do believe this is an example of the intelligent using the ignorance of their fellow man to make a quick buck.
That is just evil.
I like it.
Just write your letter and it will be hand-delivered immediately following the exodus of the pure from the Earth. But you must be thinking to yourself, "How can the letters be delivered after the Rapture?" The answer is simple. The creators of this site are Atheists. That's right, we don't believe in God. How else would we be able to deliver your correspondence after the Rapture?
I do believe this is an example of the intelligent using the ignorance of their fellow man to make a quick buck.
That is just evil.
I like it.
Rumsfeld was lying to the media about the war. Time to medal him up!
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told President Bush before he resigned that the administration's strategy in Iraq was not working and he proposed changes, including possible troop reductions, The New York Times reported Saturday."In my view it is time for a major adjustment. Clearly, what U.S. forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough," Rumsfeld said in the classified memo, dated November 6. The Times posted a copy of the memo along with an article about it on its Web site.
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
Okay that was childish. But these assholes act like children!
You ask them a question about the facts, and they completely fabricate their response. How is that not like a naughty three year old?
"Rummy did you screw up this war?"
"No Mommy, I found it like this!"
"Rummy?"
"It is the Iraqis fault Mommy, they just do not appreciate freedom. They are ungrateful little brown people!"
Saturday, December 02, 2006
New this Christmas, "Bitch in a Box"!
If you are looking for a toy which will damage your little girl's self esteem more then a Barbie, well you can't go wrong with the Dr. Laura Schlessinger doll and her homespun brand of hypocrisy.Does anybody remember the Dr. Laura nude photos that came out after she talked trash about people having sex before marriage? And these were from before she was married.
Well I won't post them, but you can see them here. (The site is obviously NSFW!)
George Bush hates sex!
Bush spelt out Washington's leading role as a funder for access to AIDS drugs in poor countries, but he also put a big emphasis on promoting abstinence.
That tactic is derided by many AIDS activists as moralising and unworkable, even potentially dangerous, for young people at the dawn of their sexual lives. These campaigners plead instead for sex education and access to condoms.
Fighting AIDS "includes the ABC approach, encouraging abstinence, being faithful, and using condoms, with abstinence as the only sure way to avoid the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS," said Bush.
Brilliant!
Of course this is only part of his speech. He went on to say "And leaving our cars in the garage will stop all of those traffic accidents, all accidental poisoning could be eradicated if people would just stop eating, and we could do away with falling altogether if people did not insist upon standing."
Just how did this simple son-of-a-bitch get to be president of the most powerful nation on earth? It blows my fucking mind!
That tactic is derided by many AIDS activists as moralising and unworkable, even potentially dangerous, for young people at the dawn of their sexual lives. These campaigners plead instead for sex education and access to condoms.
Fighting AIDS "includes the ABC approach, encouraging abstinence, being faithful, and using condoms, with abstinence as the only sure way to avoid the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS," said Bush.
Brilliant!
Of course this is only part of his speech. He went on to say "And leaving our cars in the garage will stop all of those traffic accidents, all accidental poisoning could be eradicated if people would just stop eating, and we could do away with falling altogether if people did not insist upon standing."
Just how did this simple son-of-a-bitch get to be president of the most powerful nation on earth? It blows my fucking mind!
Rush thinks that all pussy is the same.
My "cat's taught me more about women, than anything my whole life" because his pet cat "comes to me when she wants to be fed," and "[s]he's smart enough to know she can't feed herself. She's actually [a] very smart cat. She gets loved. She gets adoration. She gets petted. She gets fed. And she doesn't have to do anything for it."Now before any women write me to tell me that I am an insensitive jerk, you probably should be aware that I already know that. Besides I do not objectify women. I love women and treat them with adoration.
I just could not resist the headline. I may have to attend some more meetings of "Insensitive Headline Writers Anonymous".
I also assume that the women that visit this site have both a highly developed sense of humor and intellect, and therefore could not possibly take offense.
National Intelligence Director John Negroponte says Iraq worse then Vietnam. Look, there is some intelligence in the Intelligence Department!
National Intelligence Director John Negroponte says Iraq is far more precarious than much of Vietnam was when he served as a U.S. diplomat there in the 1960s.An expert on Vietnam and one-time adviser to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Negroponte said he sees more differences than similarities between the two conflicts. In Vietnam, for example, there was a clear enemy, given Soviet support of the North Vietnamese.
Additionally, "in Vietnam, the cities were secure. The province capitals were secure. I walked around that country as an unarmed civilian for almost four years without ever having any serious brushes," said Negroponte, who served in the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. "In Iraq, even the capital is highly insecure — perhaps one of the most insecure places in the country."
Oooh it looks like somebody stepped off of the reservation. I bet he is headed to the wood shed for a little "re-education".
Friday, December 01, 2006
356 American lives lost in Afghanistan, for this.
The gunmen came at night to drag Mohammed Halim away from his home, in front of his crying children and his wife begging for mercy.
The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop educating girls.
What a fucking waste!
The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop educating girls.
What a fucking waste!
Is praying bad for our brains?
He who prays fervently courts danger - neurological danger.
This stark fact has only recently been reported to the public, in a study published by five neurologists at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel in Germany. But fear not - the risk for any particular individual is low. In the recorded history of the world, the physicians try to assure us, this is probably the very first case.
This general kind of problem is called "focal dystonia". It's the involuntary fluttering of muscles that one ordinarily controls masterfully. It arises, somewhat mysteriously, in a few extraordinarily unlucky people who perform "a highly stereotyped and frequently repeated motor task". It's what happens in writer's cramp, and in the eyelid twitching known as blepharospasm, and very occasionally in certain specialised professions. Doctors have seen it in pianists, tailors and assembly-line workers. But never before in someone whose repetitive action consisted only of saying prayers.
The doctors, Tihomir Ilic, Monika Pötter, Iris Holler, Günther Deuschl, and Jens Volkmann, appear to have been surprised - and possibly a bit delighted. They bestowed upon this condition the name "praying-induced oromandibular dystonia".
You have to wonder if praying about it will make this go away. Oooh that was mean.
I just had a long discussion with my daughter about religions and religious belief. Early indoctrination into religious beliefs can be very powerful. However she is in possession of a pretty powerful intellect.
Which of course stands to reason.
This stark fact has only recently been reported to the public, in a study published by five neurologists at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel in Germany. But fear not - the risk for any particular individual is low. In the recorded history of the world, the physicians try to assure us, this is probably the very first case.
This general kind of problem is called "focal dystonia". It's the involuntary fluttering of muscles that one ordinarily controls masterfully. It arises, somewhat mysteriously, in a few extraordinarily unlucky people who perform "a highly stereotyped and frequently repeated motor task". It's what happens in writer's cramp, and in the eyelid twitching known as blepharospasm, and very occasionally in certain specialised professions. Doctors have seen it in pianists, tailors and assembly-line workers. But never before in someone whose repetitive action consisted only of saying prayers.
The doctors, Tihomir Ilic, Monika Pötter, Iris Holler, Günther Deuschl, and Jens Volkmann, appear to have been surprised - and possibly a bit delighted. They bestowed upon this condition the name "praying-induced oromandibular dystonia".
You have to wonder if praying about it will make this go away. Oooh that was mean.
I just had a long discussion with my daughter about religions and religious belief. Early indoctrination into religious beliefs can be very powerful. However she is in possession of a pretty powerful intellect.
Which of course stands to reason.
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