Set The Prairie on Fire
Another CD I made for Stephanie, because I love her. These are songs that make me think of her.
How the Bushies Change a Light Bulb
How many members of the Bush administration are required to replace the proverbial light bulb?
The Answer is SEVEN:
(1) one to deny that a light bulb needs to be replaced;
(2) one to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the light bulb;
(3) one to blame the previous administration for the need of a new light bulb;
(4) one to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs;
(5) one to get together with Vice President Cheney and figure out how to pay Halliburton Industries one million dollars for a light bulb;
(6) one to arrange a photo-op session showing Bush changing the light bulb while dressed in a flight suit and wrapped in an American flag;
(7) and finally one to explain to Bush the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country
New York Times: We Believed Bush’s Lies
The New York Times has finally come out and admitted that it printed lies delivered to the paper by the Bush administration verbatim, without investigating and determining the truth behind the information they were being given.
President Gore calls Bush evil, soulless, incompetent
Holy crap. Well, you tell them, Al.
One of the clearest indications of the impending loss of intimacy with one’s soul is the failure to recognize the existence of a soul in those over whom power is exercised, especially if the helpless come to be treated as animals, and degraded. We also know – and not just from De Sade and Freud – the psychological proximity between sexual depravity and other people’s pain. It has been especially shocking and awful to see these paired evils perpetrated so crudely and cruelly in the name of America.
Those pictures of torture and sexual abuse came to us embedded in a wave of news about escalating casualties and growing chaos enveloping our entire policy in Iraq. But in order understand the failure of our overall policy, it is important to focus specifically on what happened in the Abu Ghraib prison, and ask whether or not those actions were representative of who we are as Americans? Obviously the quick answer is no, but unfortunately it’s more complicated than that. …
What happened at the prison, it is now clear, was not the result of random acts by “a few bad apples,” it was the natural consequence of the Bush Administration policy that has dismantled those wise constraints and has made war on America’s checks and balances.The abuse of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib flowed directly from the abuse of the truth that characterized the Administration’s march to war and the abuse of the trust that had been placed in President Bush by the American people in the aftermath of September 11th. …
The unpleasant truth is that President Bush’s utter incompetence has made the world a far more dangerous place and dramatically increased the threat of terrorism against the United States. Just yesterday, the International Institute of Strategic Studies reported that the Iraq conflict ” has arguable focused the energies and resources of Al Qaeda and its followers while diluting those of the global counterterrorism coalition.” The ISS said that in the wake of the war in Iraq Al Qaeda now has more than 18,000 potential terrorists scattered around the world and the war in Iraq is swelling its ranks.
Newspaper Names
For a brain-storming session on a name for a new local Indianapolis paper, these were some of our ideas. Apparently, I’m the only one who thinks the name “Naptown Argus” as a Indianapolis newspaper is laugh-out-loud funny. Hmmm. Too much Greek Mythology as a child, not enough playing outside.
(edited to add suggestions from reader comments):
Acorn
Advance
Appeal
Argus
Banner
Beacon
Beaver (Bakersfield Beaver!)
Brief
Bee
Breeze
Bugle
Bulletin
Bumble Bee
Call
Camera
Chronicle
Citizen
City Press
Constitution
Courier
Current
Daily Home
Daily Mail
Daily Star
The Derrick
Discovery
Dispatch
Eagle
Echo
Enterprise
Examiner
Exponent
Express
Eye
Forum
Free Press
Gazette
Globe
Guardian
Guide
Herald
Humbug
Islander
Inquirer
Intelligencer
Journal
Juggernaut
Leader
Ledger
Life
Mercury
Messenger
Meteor
Monitor
Mosquito
Observer
Oracle
Pantagraph (Bloomington (IL) Daily Pantagraph)
Picayune
Pilot
Pioneer
Planet
Post
Radio
Rag
Record
Recorder
Reflector
Repository
Republic
Review
Sentinel
Sentry
Standard
Statesman
Sun
Telegraph
Today
Tribune
Union
Universe
Vanguard
Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio)
Voice
Watchmen
Whigs
World
Zephyr
Zeitung (Zeitung = newspaper in German)
Bush’s Poll numbers are down: time for new “terrorist threat”
Wow, Bush’s poll numbers are hitting an all-time low of less than 40% approval rating, so the Administration is whipping out a brand new “warning of imminent terrorist threat” to scare people into getting the ratings back up.
Quick, everyone hide under the desk and vote for Bush, or the terrorists are gonna get ya! Or the gays! Or the gay terrorists! Or the libruls! Everybody panic!
Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.
Look right there! Pictures of my girlfriend!
Yup, I have finally managed to steal some time away from other stuff I’m required to do in order to put some recent pictures up… including pictures of my adorably cute girlfriend Stephanie. Isn’t she amazing?
My Girlfriend Stephanie
Coming soon: pictures of the party I threw back in March, featuring my friend’s band, Susan May Kill You.
Belicove’s Four for Friday
This weeks questions early:
Q: Would you rather receive free gasoline for your car for one year, or free meals for a year at your favorite restaurant?
Free meals. I spend way more on food than I do on gas.
Q: Do you think it’s hypocritical for SUV drivers to display environmentally-focused bumper stickers on their vehicles?
Yes, (Brent!)
Q: If you could be any cartoon character for a day or two, which one would you be, and why?
Strongbad.
Q: For how long can you hold your breath? Not sure; that’s okay… give it try, right now!
About 10 seconds. I’ve never been a big non-breather.
Last weeks questions late:
Q: When you were a kid, what were your favorite TV shows/Saturday morning cartoons?
Batman, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Isis.
Q: If you were forced to give up one modern convenience, which one would you choose NOT to give up because you absolutely could not live without it?
Digital Video Recorder!!! When I was in the hospital last year, it’s hard to tell which thing really almost killed me; the ruptured appendix, the constant needle poking to draw blood, or the inability to fast forward through the commercials on the TV.
Q: You’re standing on line in a supermarket and the person in front of you is short on cash to pay for all of his/her groceries. Do you:
A) Help them out by giving them the money they need?
B) Watch them struggle to decide which items they should put back in order to be able to pay?
C) Roll your eyes, stamp your foot, and sigh because this is just taking too darn long and you need to pay for your six pack already and get to the BBQ before all the ribs and burgers are gone?
D) You don’t have any extra cash on you, but you have a credit card with no current balance, and so you offer to pay for both your items and the other person’s, if they’ll just agree to reimburse you with the cash they have on hand?
A. It would probably depend on how much they needed, but I’d try to help them out. I’ve been in that position straight out of college, and I know how it feels to have to put back something you need.
Q: Would you rather kiss your boyfriend or girlfriend for an hour straight in order to raise money for charity, or win $1,000 tax free?
Kiss my girlfriend. Most definitely.
But if the gays don’t get you, the Cicadas will…
According to Cicadaville.com, Cincinnati’s cicada authority, “not only are human children are the primary source of nutrition for Cicadas, but Cicadas have a deadly venom that is injected through a small bone like tube known as the “Cicada deadly venom tube.” The venom can kill a human being instantly. In 1987, the last time the Cicadas emerged in Cincinnati, over 7 million people died from Cicada injections. Many people escaped but most perished.”
So save yourselves!!!
What should I do if a Cicada knocks on my door and pretends to be a Jehovah’s Witness?
This is a common occurrence. If it happens to you don’t panic. Simply invite the Cicada in to hear your Amway presentation. This is generally a strong enough repellant.
Heritage Foundation VP blames gays for Abu Ghraib prison torture
Heritage Foundation vice president Rebecca Hagelin, in a recent column published on Townhall.com, tries to suggest that American soldiers were influence to commit the torture by sexual excesses, including homosexuality, at home in the US. Nevermind that the whole thing was really Rumsfeld’s idea.
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