Monday, October 29, 2007 

San Jose Mercury News - Patriots run it up on Gibbs and Redskins

San Jose Mercury News - Patriots run it up on Gibbs and Redskins: "The Redskins did not openly complain about the fourth-down play. When asked what he thought of it, Gibbs said, 'I have no problem with anything that they did. Nothing. No problems from me.'"

I wrote the Sports Guy with ESPN recently that I didn't care much about the Patriots in contradiction to his assertion that everyone hated them now and general whining about his team cheating and getting caught. I am considering retracting that statement due to the fact that coach Bill is now just acting a like a big whiny bitch. Sorry you got caught cheating Bill and I am especially sorry to see that you decided to really take the low road subsequent to getting caught. I suppose there is not much else to say here except to remind myself of what my dad always told me: don't ever think a man who comes to work in pajamas is honorable... or something like that. You big whiny bitch.

Prediction: you are going to be going for one of these eff you scores, as the Sports Guy calls them, and there is going to be a serious injury. I hope this is not true cause I wouldn't want to see your players injured for you being a big bitch, but per the article you are racking up some interesting karma. If it has to happen, I would prefer it to be a Moss (thank you for pulling your Vince Carter impression here in the bay for the last few years you ass) ACL tear as he runs into your large head, concussing you, but whatever.

10/29/2007 02:42:00 PM | |

Saturday, October 27, 2007 

Come see our giant toxic stew! / 1,500 miles wide, floating in the Pacific, made of all your plastic crap. Bring the kids!

Come see our giant toxic stew! / 1,500 miles wide, floating in the Pacific, made of all your plastic crap. Bring the kids!: "So fun, in fact, that if you think about it too long, it can actually make you weep."

On the scale of things to worry about I suppose this probably doesn't crack my top 10, but then again, isn't that the saddest thing of all? Jeebus.

10/27/2007 11:53:00 AM | |

Thursday, October 25, 2007 

Liberal Group Warns of War With Iran -- 10/25/2007

Liberal Group Warns of War With Iran -- 10/25/2007

Are these fucking crazy assholes serious? Jeebus christ. WTF is going on here?

10/25/2007 04:42:00 PM | |

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 

Talking Points Memo | Perino on the "Code Pink Congress"

Talking Points Memo | Perino on the "Code Pink Congress"

I think this is how it starts, the whole 'getting our country back' thing. I hope this is how it starts at least. Sadly it has had to come to this and people getting in our 'leaders' faces with red paint on their hands, but I suppose: so be it. You want to not listen to people and not govern in their interest and not make policies that help, rather than hurt, the country and its people... this is what it comes to.

10/24/2007 04:17:00 PM | |

 

Nathan

Nathan

I reiterate my call. My color code, like Mr. Maher, is also at red right now over the environmental situation we are facing. Honestly what has to happen before action is taken?

On a related note I do have to give my propers to CNN, a network I have criticized before, for their 'Planet in Peril' segments.

10/24/2007 01:11:00 PM | |

 

Stocks tumble; Dow drops more than 150 - Yahoo! News

Stocks tumble; Dow drops more than 150 - Yahoo! News

Strange sometimes the point of view these articles take because this mess really does represent a lot of pain not just on wall street but main street too.

10/24/2007 09:19:00 AM | |

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 

Western Digital WDH1CS10000N My Book Home Edition 1TB External USB 2.0/FireWire 400/eSATA Hard Drive

Western Digital WDH1CS10000N My Book Home Edition 1TB External USB 2.0/FireWire 400/eSATA Hard Drive

Get it at Costco for $300. It's a great piece of equipment.

10/23/2007 12:52:00 PM | |

 

Cheney, Like President, Has a Warning for Iran - New York Times

Cheney, Like President, Has a Warning for Iran - New York Times: "Mr. Cheney echoed that theme. “The spirit of freedom is stirring in Iran,” he said, adding, “America looks forward to the day when Iranians reclaim their destiny, the day that our two countries, as free and democratic nations, can be the closest of friends.”"

I sit here and think back to when I first realized that these batshit crazy empty suits were going to go to war on Iraq with some of their speeches (one Georgie Bush speech I remember more than all others) and I remember the sinking feeling I had. I remember that night, around midnight in the dark of my house, being really, really sad. I remembering wondering...

I don't get much of that now. I still wonder stuff like: what the fuck is going on here? And: where is my America, the one I hold in my heart and mind?

I suppose now I have pretty much resigned myself to the fact that karma is going to have to work this stuff out because I have been writing here long enough and thinking in my mind obsessively and talking to people when I had the time and they had the interest (though I think they were faking:)... I have tried to do my part though of course I could do more. I hope karma comes around for these empty suits and their oil and defense puppet masters soon. It's been long enough all ready and this shit is just going too far.

10/23/2007 12:19:00 PM | |

Friday, October 19, 2007 

Nathan

Nathan predicts.

I don't want to say ITYS, but....

And sadly I don't think this will be the end of that.

10/19/2007 12:45:00 PM | |

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 

Profiles: Stealing Life: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Profiles: Stealing Life: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker: "“Every single moment on the planet, from here on out, human beings are worth less. We are in a post-industrial age. We don’t need as many of us as we once did. So, if the first season was about devaluing the cops who knew their beats and the corner boys slinging drugs, then the second was about devaluing the longshoremen and their labor, the third about people who wanted to make changes in the city, and the fourth was about kids who were being prepared, badly, for an economy that no longer really needs them. And the fifth? It’s about the people who are supposed to be monitoring all this and sounding the alarm—the journalists. The newsroom I worked in had four hundred and fifty people. Now it’s got three hundred. Management says, ‘We have to do more with less.’ That’s the bullshit of bean counters who care only about the bottom line. You do less with less.”"

It is a good article, thanks TrueHoop (on espn.com). I also really appreciate this background on one of the better, more intelligent shows on TV.

10/17/2007 03:59:00 PM | |

 

Rising Temperatures Said Endanger Arctic

Rising Temperatures Said Endanger Arctic: "The Arctic is under increasing stress from warming temperatures"

Please wake up my peoples and take action.

10/17/2007 02:18:00 PM | |

 

Who or what is the middle class? - Gut_Check - MSNBC.com

Who or what is the middle class? - Gut_Check - MSNBC.com

good, even handed article. At turns I was frustrated with it and nodding in agreement which I think all good articles will do for you.

One interesting topic that I wish he had covered more than just talking about globalization is the trade deficit and how that might (is) affecting the middle class although I understand there is only so many words available on msnbc.com about this topic.

My personal feeling is that while we cannot erect protectionist trade policies something has to be done so we in fact are producing something of note besides just guns and missiles. Of course to me, the wave of the future would be to begin producing green technologies like we are the fight of our lives. Because we are.

10/17/2007 11:36:00 AM | |

 

Who or what is the middle class? - Gut_Check - MSNBC.com

Who or what is the middle class? - Gut_Check - MSNBC.com

good, even handed article. At turns I was frustrated with it and nodding in agreement which I think all good articles will do for you.

One interesting topic that I wish he had covered more than just talking about globalization is the trade deficit and how that might (is) affecting the middle class although I understand there is only so many words available on msnbc.com about this topic.

My personal feeling is that while we cannot erect protectionist trade policies something has to be done so we in fact are producing something of note besides just guns and missiles. Of course to me, the wave of the future would be to begin producing green technologies like we are the fight of our lives. Because we are.

10/17/2007 11:30:00 AM | |

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 

The Real Iraq We Knew - washingtonpost.com

The Real Iraq We Knew - washingtonpost.com: "America, it has been five years. It's time to make a choice."

10/16/2007 03:00:00 PM | |

Monday, October 15, 2007 

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

Look for a dark, black day(s?) ahead.

``The consumer area has been one that we've been avoiding,'' said Dan Bandi, who helps oversee $2.7 billion as chief investment officer at Integrity Asset Management in Independence, Ohio. ``The consumer slowdown has really just started and has a ways to go.''

10/15/2007 01:52:00 PM | |

Friday, October 12, 2007 

Gore wins Nobel prize | MetaFilter

Gore wins Nobel prize | MetaFilter

Hilarious comment:

It's not easy for me to say this, America, but maybe you should just settle and be happy with what you got. Maybe... maybe you don't deserve to get your ex back. You were kind of a jerk to him after all.

So lets spend a few more minutes here in the bathroom, America. You finish crying then we'll clean you up and send you back out to the party. I hear that nice Obama fellow's been asking about you.

10/12/2007 12:26:00 PM | |

 

'And not to forget what this award is about even more than Gore. If half of what we think we know about global warming is true, people will look back fifty years from now on the claims that "War on Terror" was the defining challenge of this century and see it as a very sick, sad joke -- which rather sums up the Bush presidency.

But more than thinking only of what might have been, where can we go from here?'

It is a similar refrain on this blog of course. What more will it take to start real, good action to address the crisis that we and our fellow species are in fact facing? It is obvious that the will of the people is there but of course it is a lack of leadership issue. It has become such a cliche but man it is so true. How and why did we stop with just a little recycling?


10/12/2007 11:08:00 AM | |

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 

Let us get drunk and meditate / Here is your Zen green-tea liqueur and your Enlightenment Visa card. Go forth and levitate

Let us get drunk and meditate / Here is your Zen green-tea liqueur and your Enlightenment Visa card. Go forth and levitate: "Maybe you just need to widen into it. Maybe it's about sitting back and expanding your inner eye to encompass a little bit more, to see trifles like Zen liqueur and enlightenment Visas and even Dick Cheney as merely cute little distractions you can enjoy at will, safe in the knowledge that, no matter how hard they try, they can't come anywhere near the real meaning of that stone in the Zen garden. You think? Shall we raise a glass of 'Holy Hell' Jesus-Flavored Tequila in agreement? Salud!"

Seems I have to link to him damn near every time I read him. What a wise dude in such a gay black sweater.

10/10/2007 04:27:00 PM | |

 

What sparked the deadly clashes in tribal Pakistan

What sparked the deadly clashes in tribal Pakistan

So on page 62A of the paper this morning there was a short blurb about this issue in which it seems 250 people were killed and perhaps 1000+ injured. To me it seems that this means war has now spread to Pakistan, but perhaps that is just me and I would also expect this story to perhaps get more play? Call me naive.

10/10/2007 01:50:00 PM | |

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 

A Conversation Between Norman Mailer and Michael Lennon on God, the Devil, and Spiritual Beliefs -- New York Magazine

A Conversation Between Norman Mailer and Michael Lennon on God, the Devil, and Spiritual Beliefs -- New York Magazine: "As he writes in his introduction, “the conviction grew that I had a right to believe in the God I could visualize.”"

10/09/2007 04:02:00 PM | |

 

YouTube - Remember Me

YouTube - Remember Me

Seems it is pretty hot right now, but suffice it to say I don't totally love the propaganda aspects of this video Lizzy. I appreciate you must have some nice thoughts in your heart behind making this video, but seriously who hates the troops? And do our troops really only want us to keep two thoughts in our hearts and minds in this extremely complex situation?

If I may speak on behalf of what I think the late, heroic, Mr. Pat Tillman might say I would offer: What is the truth? What is the mission?

If I may speak on behalf of the general soldier in Iraq I might offer: Please bring us home. We are hot, tired and we did our jobs here.

10/09/2007 12:10:00 PM | |

Thursday, October 04, 2007 

Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations - New York Times

Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations - New York Times: "Never in history had the United States authorized such tactics. While President Bush and C.I.A. officials would later insist that the harsh measures produced crucial intelligence, many veteran interrogators, psychologists and other experts say that less coercive methods are equally or more effective."

It really is quite hard to read about this stuff and harder still to sometimes, on the way home from work on a beautiful sunny day, think about my country's place in the world and have my mind wander to such things as: if our 'elected' officials could torture like this or send our fellow countryman to an illegal war of aggression who says that they did not perhaps send some anthrax in the mail to foment this or truly did let 9/11 happen. God, it is an ugly thought but I am being honest by saying that policies they have enacted and supported such as torture, such as Guantanamo and even today denying poor children health care does make my mind wander and ask: what the hell is my country capable of with these crazy dudes running it?

10/04/2007 02:30:00 PM | |

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 

The Daily Dish

The Daily Dish: "You are students. And the great responsibility of students is to question the world around you, to question things that don't add up. With Iraq, we must ask the question: how did we go so wrong?"

How indeed. Thanks for the link clicked and thanks for putting up the speech Mr. Sullivan.

10/02/2007 03:59:00 PM | |

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