To prove you can talk about anything I am running the following ongoing experiment:
3 clicks on a Random Wikipedia article and there will be no filtering. The following articles were observed.
1. List of Mammals on the Cayman Islands
So apparently there are only two kinds of mammals on the Cayman Islands: bats and whales. That being said there are six different species of the former with such illustrious names as "the mexican free-tailed bat" (perhaps the manx cats of bats), the Jamaican fruit bat (some derogatory slur towards their choice of mates?), Buffy (the vampire slayer) Flower bat, Cuba fruit-eating bat (a healthy diet), and lastly the Cuba fig-eating bat (isn't a fig a fruit? or does the bat just refuse to eat anything else). Then there's some dolphins or something, who cares.
2. The Blade (film)
Sorry to disappoint you but this is not referring to "Blade" the super-awesome vampire movie starring Steven Dorff (and to a lesser extent Wesley Snipes). This one refers to a movie about a piece of cutlery or something and its from Hong Kong. Wouldn't it be great if all movies that were single mundane nouns had "the" in front of it. It sounds so much more forceful that way. "The Saw", "The Chair", "The Shining" (whoops, that's actually the name of a movie, but see how much more boring it would be if it were just "Shining", see QED I win)
3. Edward Baker (disambiguation)
Yay! Disambiguation page! One's a British-born American senator and soldier (wouldn't it be great if he joined the army after being a senator?) Edward Dickinson Baker. Next, Edward Baker Lincoln (named after the first one apparently and son of Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator should have emancipated his son from such a crappy name). E. C. Stuart Baker was a British ornithologist and police officer (a bird scientist, who fought crime? sounds like the lamest superhero ever). Finally, Eddie Baker was an actor who died in the 60s no doubt starring in some of those awkward transition films between the era of black and white and color, the dreaded mauve period of cinema.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Battle for the crappy news: Fox v. CNN (Guess who wins)
Americans Need Stupid News
Right now (7:28PM PDT) these are the top stories on the following news websites (these are the best headlines as they are listed):
CNN.com (ooh its been redesigned, look how snazzy it is!)
It just goes to show there really is a difference, even minute-to-minute. Lets just hope Fox remembers how to count come next November. At least Bush can't get re-elected to a 3rd term... or can he?
I realize that I am being just as biased in the way I'm writing, but I mean really, I don't have to say anything and you'd figure it out yourself. Its a good thing no one reads this or Fox might be upset! It's not slander if no one reads it.
Right now (7:28PM PDT) these are the top stories on the following news websites (these are the best headlines as they are listed):
CNN.com (ooh its been redesigned, look how snazzy it is!)
- "Child-sex suspect sought; tape's finder held"
- "Senate vote on regionalizing Iraq spurs criticism"
- "U.N. envoy meets with Myanmar dissident"
- "More than 60 insurgents killed in Iraq firefight- most casualties believed to be to be Al Qaeda"
- "Hopefuls await fundraising results"
- "Jews irate over 'Nazi Collection'"
It just goes to show there really is a difference, even minute-to-minute. Lets just hope Fox remembers how to count come next November. At least Bush can't get re-elected to a 3rd term... or can he?
I realize that I am being just as biased in the way I'm writing, but I mean really, I don't have to say anything and you'd figure it out yourself. Its a good thing no one reads this or Fox might be upset! It's not slander if no one reads it.
America Doesn't seem to care about Myanmar.
Like Darfur, Rwanda, and countless others before it, Americans now have a new international struggle for freedom to ignore, Myanmar (previously known as Burma), while being innundated by news from Iraq and presidential speeches about why we are doing it for democracy and not securing oil contracts. For the past month or so (beginning on August 15, 2007) anti-government protests have rocked the small south-eastern Asian nation. Within the last week however, they have been led by thousands of Burmese monks marching through the streets facing off against their military dictatorship. The fact that Buddhist monks are against you should say something about the amount of control you are exerting over the population. It is inconceivable that regimes like this still exist in the age but obviously they are not gone (see Pakistan, Iran-sort of, and others). On Sept. 27 the junta began raiding monasteries in an attempt to squash the rebellion and it only seems to be getting worse.
Up to this point the US has done nothing but placing loose economic sanctions on the country to "promote democratic development". However, the US seems to have no problem invading and replacing non-democratic governments with those it determines to be vital to national interest. Mr. "They hate us fer our freedom" sure loves displacing countries in the middle east to bring democracy to those who truly want it but do not know how to attain it. I don't remember huge protests in Iraq (though Sadam wouldn't have allowed them anyways). Regardless, the United States is not sending peacekeeping troops there to support this monastic solidarity towards democracy. Why is that? China is the military junta's chief supporter and does not want to see it's Chinese friendly government overthrown. It's just so aggravating that I'm not even sure this makes any sense as I'm writing it. I wish the U.S. would just do something without an ulterior motive for once, but that is unattainable utopian thinking perhaps. If America wants to be the policemen of the world why not try being something other than corrupt. If nothing else read the recent round outlined here in wikipedia (i know, i know, but the information seems fairly objective). For now I will stand solidly behind the pro-democracy buddhist monks, but I am not sure I will be able to do much. Thinking about it seems better than doing nothing at all or doing the wrong thing, which seems very easy for Americans to do. I will write more when I can recollect my thoughts.
Up to this point the US has done nothing but placing loose economic sanctions on the country to "promote democratic development". However, the US seems to have no problem invading and replacing non-democratic governments with those it determines to be vital to national interest. Mr. "They hate us fer our freedom" sure loves displacing countries in the middle east to bring democracy to those who truly want it but do not know how to attain it. I don't remember huge protests in Iraq (though Sadam wouldn't have allowed them anyways). Regardless, the United States is not sending peacekeeping troops there to support this monastic solidarity towards democracy. Why is that? China is the military junta's chief supporter and does not want to see it's Chinese friendly government overthrown. It's just so aggravating that I'm not even sure this makes any sense as I'm writing it. I wish the U.S. would just do something without an ulterior motive for once, but that is unattainable utopian thinking perhaps. If America wants to be the policemen of the world why not try being something other than corrupt. If nothing else read the recent round outlined here in wikipedia (i know, i know, but the information seems fairly objective). For now I will stand solidly behind the pro-democracy buddhist monks, but I am not sure I will be able to do much. Thinking about it seems better than doing nothing at all or doing the wrong thing, which seems very easy for Americans to do. I will write more when I can recollect my thoughts.
Now American Idol is Damaging more than just American Teenagers' Brains
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070929/ca_pr_on_en/tv_indian_idol_riots_1
A part of me wishes that American Idol results sparked this much controversy when the results were given out. I do recall statements of vote tampering, etc. being thrown about by the media regarding last years results (why this was national news I don't know, but at least it wasn't about Anna Nichole Smith).
In Calcutta India, rioting has broken out and this time its not because of police brutality (Rodney King) or crappy performance at a Superbowl (Oakland Raiders). Its all because of the results of Indian Idol, an offshoot of American Idol. Apparently the mob started protesting after a radio host shock jock (no doubt the "Howard Stern" of Northeast India/West Bengal) issued several derogatory statements about the winner Prashant Tamang, an Indian of Nepalese descent. To deal with the crowd, who felt the radio host stepped over the line, the police used tear gas and batons. After all was said and done 60 people were injured including police officers
Ethnic tensions are strained in India with so many different groups and languages all identified by the world as "Indian". In the south the language spoken, Tamil, a Dravidian language, has remained largely unchanged linguistically for over two thousand years (though they have probably invented words for computer... and telephone... and "blogging"- though I sometimes wish there wasn't an English word for that one either). So it may seem ridiculous that you would riot over something so inert but c'mon America we are just as bad if not worse, usually our rioting includes looting for no apparent reason.
There is ultimately no reason to slight anyone who wants to punish themselves by being on Indian Idol. I'm sure that Prashant is a better singer than Taylor Hicks (and probably far less creepy). Prashant issued this statement following the riots, "violence has no place in song or music." Well tell that to U2, or maybe "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" is about drinking a bloody mary before church?
A part of me wishes that American Idol results sparked this much controversy when the results were given out. I do recall statements of vote tampering, etc. being thrown about by the media regarding last years results (why this was national news I don't know, but at least it wasn't about Anna Nichole Smith).
In Calcutta India, rioting has broken out and this time its not because of police brutality (Rodney King) or crappy performance at a Superbowl (Oakland Raiders). Its all because of the results of Indian Idol, an offshoot of American Idol. Apparently the mob started protesting after a radio host shock jock (no doubt the "Howard Stern" of Northeast India/West Bengal) issued several derogatory statements about the winner Prashant Tamang, an Indian of Nepalese descent. To deal with the crowd, who felt the radio host stepped over the line, the police used tear gas and batons. After all was said and done 60 people were injured including police officers
Ethnic tensions are strained in India with so many different groups and languages all identified by the world as "Indian". In the south the language spoken, Tamil, a Dravidian language, has remained largely unchanged linguistically for over two thousand years (though they have probably invented words for computer... and telephone... and "blogging"- though I sometimes wish there wasn't an English word for that one either). So it may seem ridiculous that you would riot over something so inert but c'mon America we are just as bad if not worse, usually our rioting includes looting for no apparent reason.
There is ultimately no reason to slight anyone who wants to punish themselves by being on Indian Idol. I'm sure that Prashant is a better singer than Taylor Hicks (and probably far less creepy). Prashant issued this statement following the riots, "violence has no place in song or music." Well tell that to U2, or maybe "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" is about drinking a bloody mary before church?
Saturday, September 29, 2007
John McCain is batshit insane.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/29/2007-09-29_mccain_no_muslim_president_us_better_wit.html
McCain says no to Muslim president? He prefers someone grounded on Christian beliefs, who knows the righteous path of blah blah. What the hell, McCain? Isn't that kind of a blanket statement. There are over a billion Muslims on the planet. Maybe this was an underhanded attack towards democrat Keith Ellison who took his oath of office on the Qur'an instead of the New International Version of the Christian bible. How asinine of a Christian political figure who has no problems with Catholics (The Inquisition?) or Mormons (Mountain Meadows Massacre?). As quoted McCain really wants a president who "...has a solid grounding in my faith." After all America was founded on Christian Ideology and we have never done anything wrong ever, ever. Now granted he was giving this interview to Beliefnet (gee I wonder who they represent?), but c'mon! You are making Mitt Romney look religiously liberal.
This unilateral thinking is the same reason red America complains every time a someone other than a white protestant male is mentioned in the same sentence as presidency. I think McCain just spent too much time in the Hanoi Hilton and its finally catching up to him. Remember when he was the "moderate" Republican candidate?
Maybe a Wiccan midget should run for office just to see if he has a stroke.
Funny note: On the Office this last week Steve Carrel's character had this to say about god, "If god didn't exist, why are there so many churches? And who is Jesus' dad?"
McCain says no to Muslim president? He prefers someone grounded on Christian beliefs, who knows the righteous path of blah blah. What the hell, McCain? Isn't that kind of a blanket statement. There are over a billion Muslims on the planet. Maybe this was an underhanded attack towards democrat Keith Ellison who took his oath of office on the Qur'an instead of the New International Version of the Christian bible. How asinine of a Christian political figure who has no problems with Catholics (The Inquisition?) or Mormons (Mountain Meadows Massacre?). As quoted McCain really wants a president who "...has a solid grounding in my faith." After all America was founded on Christian Ideology and we have never done anything wrong ever, ever. Now granted he was giving this interview to Beliefnet (gee I wonder who they represent?), but c'mon! You are making Mitt Romney look religiously liberal.
This unilateral thinking is the same reason red America complains every time a someone other than a white protestant male is mentioned in the same sentence as presidency. I think McCain just spent too much time in the Hanoi Hilton and its finally catching up to him. Remember when he was the "moderate" Republican candidate?
Maybe a Wiccan midget should run for office just to see if he has a stroke.
Funny note: On the Office this last week Steve Carrel's character had this to say about god, "If god didn't exist, why are there so many churches? And who is Jesus' dad?"
Iowa and New Hampshire are Trying to Prove they are Relevant
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070928/D8RUMK6O0.html
Well it was only a matter of time before New Hampshire and Iowa responded to the fact that states like Michigan and Florida were moving up their primary in order to stay ahead of "Super Giga Massive Awesomeness, You're state sucks if they aren't here- Tuesday" (this may seem like a joke but its actual name is pretty much just as dumb). Iowa officials have now begun speculating that it could be moved to as early as January 21st (the day after the previous inauguration. Wouldn't that be great if it were true? That way senators and governors who were running for presidential office could spend even less time doing the jobs they were actually elected for. Instead stumping for votes making empty promises about educating babies, or something. I don't know if thats a real issue I haven't been following, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
I suppose it all comes down to the fact that these two states really have nothing else going for them. Observe the following lists of facts about Messrs. New Hampshire and Iowa to try and better understand the mentality of the people who live there.
Iowa-
New Hampshire-
In closing I ask, shouldn't all primaries be on the same day anyways since primary means "first"? Wouldn't the rest be secondaries, tertiaries.... or deciaries ( I had to look that word up as I wasn't sure it was real)?
Well it was only a matter of time before New Hampshire and Iowa responded to the fact that states like Michigan and Florida were moving up their primary in order to stay ahead of "Super Giga Massive Awesomeness, You're state sucks if they aren't here- Tuesday" (this may seem like a joke but its actual name is pretty much just as dumb). Iowa officials have now begun speculating that it could be moved to as early as January 21st (the day after the previous inauguration. Wouldn't that be great if it were true? That way senators and governors who were running for presidential office could spend even less time doing the jobs they were actually elected for. Instead stumping for votes making empty promises about educating babies, or something. I don't know if thats a real issue I haven't been following, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
I suppose it all comes down to the fact that these two states really have nothing else going for them. Observe the following lists of facts about Messrs. New Hampshire and Iowa to try and better understand the mentality of the people who live there.
Iowa-
- State Nickname:"The Tall Corn State"- wasn't aware there was short or tall corn, I'm sure I have angered some farmers with this statement, but lets be honest, no one is reading this anyways.
- State Motto: "Iowa- 5 kinds of awesome"- could be.
- Official Language: English- I'm so glad this is listed as a fact. However, its a loose definition as people that pronounce it "cone" instead of "corn" aren't really speaking English. Plus I'm pretty sure that they have a casual relationship with grammar as well.
- Site of the Mormon Pioneer Trail: I'm not touching this with a 100 mile pole. America Jesus might smite (smote?) me.
- It's bordered by no less (also no more) than 6 states!: Oh poor Alaska, at least you have the frozen wastelands of Northern Canada to keep you company.
- It has no less than Zero professional sports team: Minor league teams dont count.. I'm looking at you "Sioux City Musketeers" of the United States Hockey League, shame on you for trying to convince people you're a real team, or sport for that matter.
New Hampshire-
- State Nickname: "The Granite State"- Kitchen counters must be incredibly cheap here.
- State Motto: "Live Free or Die (Hard)"- Who knew that movie was about the great city of Manchester.
- 46th Smallest State: Pansy ass Rhode Island ain't got nothin'
- It Borders Canada! Eh?: Well not real Canada, French Canada (26.6% of state population).
- It's climate is inclimate (inclement?): Where do think NorEasters go to die?
- They have a newspaper called Foster's Daily Democrat: (no doubt an indication that this state is as blue as the blood of the people were dukes of "Old" Hampshire in England.) Actually its technically a "swing" state.
In closing I ask, shouldn't all primaries be on the same day anyways since primary means "first"? Wouldn't the rest be secondaries, tertiaries.... or deciaries ( I had to look that word up as I wasn't sure it was real)?
Friday, September 28, 2007
America's Youth is in Trouble
This is a description of two things however, the twist is, only one is a real event and the other simply a video game. However, in the destroyed mind of today's youth consciousness perhaps they both hold the same sway. Judge for yourself:
"Its a dark time for humanity as aggressors march across the globe. As the darkness passes upon the free nations consumed by their own twisted ideology, millions perish under the iron feet of oppression. Those who choose to fight, risk not only their lives, but the future of the planet itself. They will always be heroes in the minds of generations to follow...."
This week saw the release of not only Ken Burns' sure to be seminal documentary about the second World War titled simply, "the War". Unfortunately on Tues Sept. something else was unleashed that will ultimately make more money and have more of a lasting opinion on everyone under the age of 18 (or 40 if you're a nerd, thats the +22 nerd coefficient added to any age restriction), Halo 3.
If you haven't noticed lately Microsoft has been in all-out blitzkrieg (a WWII joke, sorry Poland) with its marketing. Observe the most recent ad: panning through a diorama of a battle that never happened, during a war that will never take place. All you have to do is, "Believe". What a load of trouser dirt! Sorry that was uncouth. But I mean holy bejesus!. Why bother to learn real history when you can "play" fake history. I hope, though it pains me to say this, that people will actually start to "Believe" Halo is real, just so that Microsoft can say, "See! We proved we don't have to be subversive to make people use our products, we can pray on the natural stupidity of the population." Wouldn't it be great if you were at the WWII memorial in Washington D.C., and someone said to you, "Sure these guys are heroes but they'll never be 'Master Chief'. He knew how to get the job done." On that day I will shed a tear for America's youth. Until then my unopened copy of Halo 3 will hold up the leg on bed that seems a bit wobbly, or at least until Ken Burns' documentary is over. Since it started on Monday it will most likely be over sometime around Christmas 2009. Don't believe me? Check out the running time on his last documentary, 978 hours, and all in glorious commercial-free government and public-supported PBS.
Maybe in 10 years we will get a documentary about how awesome Halo was. About those who fought and died heroes on their cyber-battlefield. Only then will we know who the "Grestest Generation" truly was. Semper fi, Master Chief, semper fi.... (note: I have no idea if Halo has anything to do with the Marines and I refuse to find out).
Epilogue: Halo 3 made over $170 million in its first 24 hours, which according to Ken Burns' documentary would finance WWII for 15 minutes (or something like that). So I say, save your money and invest in War Bonds (the chinese certainly love doing that) and maybe someday it will finance a war where there actually is something at stake again.
"Its a dark time for humanity as aggressors march across the globe. As the darkness passes upon the free nations consumed by their own twisted ideology, millions perish under the iron feet of oppression. Those who choose to fight, risk not only their lives, but the future of the planet itself. They will always be heroes in the minds of generations to follow...."
This week saw the release of not only Ken Burns' sure to be seminal documentary about the second World War titled simply, "the War". Unfortunately on Tues Sept. something else was unleashed that will ultimately make more money and have more of a lasting opinion on everyone under the age of 18 (or 40 if you're a nerd, thats the +22 nerd coefficient added to any age restriction), Halo 3.
If you haven't noticed lately Microsoft has been in all-out blitzkrieg (a WWII joke, sorry Poland) with its marketing. Observe the most recent ad: panning through a diorama of a battle that never happened, during a war that will never take place. All you have to do is, "Believe". What a load of trouser dirt! Sorry that was uncouth. But I mean holy bejesus!. Why bother to learn real history when you can "play" fake history. I hope, though it pains me to say this, that people will actually start to "Believe" Halo is real, just so that Microsoft can say, "See! We proved we don't have to be subversive to make people use our products, we can pray on the natural stupidity of the population." Wouldn't it be great if you were at the WWII memorial in Washington D.C., and someone said to you, "Sure these guys are heroes but they'll never be 'Master Chief'. He knew how to get the job done." On that day I will shed a tear for America's youth. Until then my unopened copy of Halo 3 will hold up the leg on bed that seems a bit wobbly, or at least until Ken Burns' documentary is over. Since it started on Monday it will most likely be over sometime around Christmas 2009. Don't believe me? Check out the running time on his last documentary, 978 hours, and all in glorious commercial-free government and public-supported PBS.
Maybe in 10 years we will get a documentary about how awesome Halo was. About those who fought and died heroes on their cyber-battlefield. Only then will we know who the "Grestest Generation" truly was. Semper fi, Master Chief, semper fi.... (note: I have no idea if Halo has anything to do with the Marines and I refuse to find out).
Epilogue: Halo 3 made over $170 million in its first 24 hours, which according to Ken Burns' documentary would finance WWII for 15 minutes (or something like that). So I say, save your money and invest in War Bonds (the chinese certainly love doing that) and maybe someday it will finance a war where there actually is something at stake again.
Cricket proving that they aren't as boring as polo (the one with horses, not the Ralph Lauren clothing line)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/world/asia/25cricket.html?hp
Cricket has become cool again. They have revitalized the sport and are introducing it to a whole new generation of youth. They tried to do this with basketball a while ago and that sport actually has people that don't fall asleep watching it (I however am not one of them). Basketball's experiment was called Slamball! Yeah it actually had an exclamation point in it! No it didn't but it might as well have. There idea was to put trampolines on the court thus allowing people to catapult themselves towards the net (take that Michael Jordan) and eliminate any sort of athletic skill required. Thankfully that never took off despite its prestigious spot on Spike TV, the network for manly men, and in no way overgrown nerds who need to live vicariously through television. And so gone were Slamball superstars Rob Wilson and Kevin Whogivesacrap, relegated to their previous positions of prestige shooting crumpled up taquitos wrappers into trash cans as night shifts at 7-11.
Well have no fear because cricket has seen its biggest resurgence since it was invented 800 years ago, when its only competition as a recreational sport was trepanning, and the Black Death. These new players are "fast and furious" and show how extreme they are by having extreme qualities like long hair and athleticism (according to the article Indians participating in this "sport" are not characteristically athletic). This new version of cricket has the following changes, apparently...
If nothing else this moves Cricket up a few spaces to somewhere between competitive curling and recreational badminton. No one in America can ever complain that Soccer is a boring sport. Just reading about Cricket has taken 10 years off my life and this is the "non-boring" version. I say the New York Times should stay away from international sport lame stories and focus on all the great sports heroes we used to have in this country before they got arrested.
Cricket has become cool again. They have revitalized the sport and are introducing it to a whole new generation of youth. They tried to do this with basketball a while ago and that sport actually has people that don't fall asleep watching it (I however am not one of them). Basketball's experiment was called Slamball! Yeah it actually had an exclamation point in it! No it didn't but it might as well have. There idea was to put trampolines on the court thus allowing people to catapult themselves towards the net (take that Michael Jordan) and eliminate any sort of athletic skill required. Thankfully that never took off despite its prestigious spot on Spike TV, the network for manly men, and in no way overgrown nerds who need to live vicariously through television. And so gone were Slamball superstars Rob Wilson and Kevin Whogivesacrap, relegated to their previous positions of prestige shooting crumpled up taquitos wrappers into trash cans as night shifts at 7-11.
Well have no fear because cricket has seen its biggest resurgence since it was invented 800 years ago, when its only competition as a recreational sport was trepanning, and the Black Death. These new players are "fast and furious" and show how extreme they are by having extreme qualities like long hair and athleticism (according to the article Indians participating in this "sport" are not characteristically athletic). This new version of cricket has the following changes, apparently...
- Both teams have a single innings and a bat for a maximum of 20 overs (this makes no sense grammatically but it is from Wikipedia, the bastion of awesomeness and in no way ever has any mistakes ever, cause it community and why would a community ever be wrong)
- A game is completed in about three hours, with each innings lasting around 75 minutes (again with the pluralization of "inning" when speaking of something as a single entity, but I shouldnt argue with them cause its an English game and they invented the language... what do I know)
- Bowlers may bowl a maximum of only 4 overs per innings. (why are there bowlers in a baseball stadium?)
- If the fielding team doesn't start to bowl their 20th over within 75 minutes, the batting side is credited an extra 6 runs for every whole over bowled after the 75 minute mark; the umpire may add more time to this, if he considers the batting team is wasting time. (alright I give up I have no idea what any of this means)
If nothing else this moves Cricket up a few spaces to somewhere between competitive curling and recreational badminton. No one in America can ever complain that Soccer is a boring sport. Just reading about Cricket has taken 10 years off my life and this is the "non-boring" version. I say the New York Times should stay away from international sport lame stories and focus on all the great sports heroes we used to have in this country before they got arrested.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Hell has frozen over! Cause its certainly wasnt the arctic.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9fe5b5aa-6d33-11dc-ab19-0000779fd2ac.html
Oh my crap! Perhaps this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius (which I guess would actually have been around the year 2000- see link). The Bush administration has finally called for some international cooperation on climate change. Observe the following quote from from the SecSta (thats the cool way to say Secretary of State, like SecDef. Sounds reasonable, right?)
“It is our responsibility as global leaders to forge a new international consensus on how to solve climate change . . . If we stay on our present path, we face an unacceptable choice: either we sacrifice global economic growth to secure the health of our planet or we sacrifice the health of our planet to continue with fossil-fuelled growth.”
Did you just cyber-whiplash from reading that quote like I did? Oh what a brilliant plan! Im so glad that they had to the foresight, no wait the hindsight to admit to a problem that millions of people on the planet already knew we had. Seriously what is this? Did a polar bear finally saunter up to the oval office and tell the president, "What the F---, man?" Because, I honestly cant see another way the president would have been convinced. I guess if someone said to him, "Hey dumbass! Maybe its time to start thinking about that whole legacy thing?" But wait, he has a legacy. Illegal election, vote tampering, illegal war, something, something.... Oh but at least he didnt get his dick sucked. Cause thats really the only thing Clinton did, right? Well that and causing 9/11.
I for one am ecstatic that someone is finally taking the environment seriously. It leads me back to the earlier post about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Listen to him because of his awesome power, environmental girly man!
We'll see if he gets flack from his right-wing base for this seemingly reversal of administration and Republican policy (I know this is over-generalizing the right, but c'mon over-generalizing is funnier). All those people who think "scientific evidence" supports global warming. Please, scientology has more science in it, so does science fiction, or social science (zing! take that sociology scholars, your science is softer than frogurt.) Apparently the only things conservatives dont have problem aborting is their children's futures.
Oh my crap! Perhaps this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius (which I guess would actually have been around the year 2000- see link). The Bush administration has finally called for some international cooperation on climate change. Observe the following quote from from the SecSta (thats the cool way to say Secretary of State, like SecDef. Sounds reasonable, right?)
“It is our responsibility as global leaders to forge a new international consensus on how to solve climate change . . . If we stay on our present path, we face an unacceptable choice: either we sacrifice global economic growth to secure the health of our planet or we sacrifice the health of our planet to continue with fossil-fuelled growth.”
Did you just cyber-whiplash from reading that quote like I did? Oh what a brilliant plan! Im so glad that they had to the foresight, no wait the hindsight to admit to a problem that millions of people on the planet already knew we had. Seriously what is this? Did a polar bear finally saunter up to the oval office and tell the president, "What the F---, man?" Because, I honestly cant see another way the president would have been convinced. I guess if someone said to him, "Hey dumbass! Maybe its time to start thinking about that whole legacy thing?" But wait, he has a legacy. Illegal election, vote tampering, illegal war, something, something.... Oh but at least he didnt get his dick sucked. Cause thats really the only thing Clinton did, right? Well that and causing 9/11.
I for one am ecstatic that someone is finally taking the environment seriously. It leads me back to the earlier post about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Listen to him because of his awesome power, environmental girly man!
We'll see if he gets flack from his right-wing base for this seemingly reversal of administration and Republican policy (I know this is over-generalizing the right, but c'mon over-generalizing is funnier). All those people who think "scientific evidence" supports global warming. Please, scientology has more science in it, so does science fiction, or social science (zing! take that sociology scholars, your science is softer than frogurt.) Apparently the only things conservatives dont have problem aborting is their children's futures.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Kiefer Sutherland proves he cant go "24" hours without a drink
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-09-25T195412Z_01_N25370204_RTRIDST_0_ENTERTAINMENT-SUTHERLAND-COL.XML
I guess I would drink if I was named Kiefer too. I wonder if he will be using his patented whisper-yelling to get out of jail. He may have gotten out on bail but it remains to be seen whether he will spend anytime for his offense. He was put on probation in 2004 for 16 months after pleading no contest to another DUI charge. Maybe they'll get another person to play perennially exhausted anti-hero Jack Bauer. Probably not though since he gets about 10 million a year for the role and its unlikely FOX will allow him to spend anytime at all in jail, even it requires performing public service announcements while hes torturing a vaguely minority-looking terrorist who is really being controlled by rich white guys.
I guess I would drink if I was named Kiefer too. I wonder if he will be using his patented whisper-yelling to get out of jail. He may have gotten out on bail but it remains to be seen whether he will spend anytime for his offense. He was put on probation in 2004 for 16 months after pleading no contest to another DUI charge. Maybe they'll get another person to play perennially exhausted anti-hero Jack Bauer. Probably not though since he gets about 10 million a year for the role and its unlikely FOX will allow him to spend anytime at all in jail, even it requires performing public service announcements while hes torturing a vaguely minority-looking terrorist who is really being controlled by rich white guys.
Monday, September 24, 2007
The Word "Sheeple" is the stupidest pejorative ever created
Sheeple? Sheep People? Sheep + People? Seriously that is an insult? As though somehow sheep are the only things that get herded. I wonder if the people who use that word are against the concept of herding, or if its just that people shouldnt be allowed to do it. If a person wants to be herded I say let them, dont disparage a personal choice.
Dont Terminate the Enviroment
Schwarzenegger urges U.N. to move on climate change
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2323848320070924?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
When Arnold (Governor) Schwarzenegger tells you to step up on the environment you might want to listen. Sure he's made a habit of squandering the precious natural resources our planet has to offer: Petroleum for his ex-military trucks, Money from my pocket to see his craptacular movies where he fights Columbian terrorists, cybernetic organisms, or (sigh..) the devil, Kennedys to participate in his campaign for the introduction of new half-Austrian half-Waspy children (ok technically her last name is Shriver, but she is a Wasp, or at least I think she is, I'm not sure what a "Wasp" actually is). But now is the time to listen to his remarks on the environment cause he has a fuel-cell Humvee! Unfortunately it probably cost millions of dollars to develop and the only time he's driven it was to and from the press conference to announce its creation.
Well have no fear as Arnold is now out-sourcing American anger towards Global Warming, all the way to the U.N., also known as that part of New York where diplomats always double-park their European imports (Peugeot Limousine anyone?). His main focus seems to be creating a new international emissions treaty to replace Kyoto. Well good luck getting the US to pass that one. An environmental treaty seems to be the only thing a president named Bush is able to pull out of (the one with the HW in the middle, not the other one who has yet to pull out of anything, well maybe his wife because maybe she doesn't believe in birth control, but I digress). That treaty only called for carbon emissions to be reduced by 5% in 22 years! Of course, at the time it was thought that industrialized nations were being punished unfairly, whilst poorer ones were free to pollute. Of course America creates more pollution than those poor countries consisting of 4x the population.
As the speech went on Schwarzenegger couldn't help but talk about how great California was at reducing emissions, which really helps people in the rest of the country get behind the state. The guy who played a pregnant man in a movie is lauding the awesomeness of reducing emissions. I want to know why the governor never espouses the more fantastic aspects of California, like its legalization of cannabis! Now thats a topic that would create a stir in the U.N. Remember that you need not only prevent global warming but also what seems a natural outcome of all this political posturing... global buzzkilling, something none of us truly wants.
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