DBT Week in Review - 3/13/09

DBT!

9th cede DBT pulled out a win over 8th cede Hugh Martin.

Up next is Hank Williams. Now, who don't love some Hank, but if you need a reason to vote for DBT over Hank, here it is.... Hank Williams spawned Hank Jr. (who got knocked out of the first round by Bo Bice. HA!)

Unfortunately, Jason Isbell got knocked out by Florence, AL native W.C. Handy (I grew up a couple of blocks from Handy's log cabin home). If you're gonna get knocked out, it ain't too bad to be knocked out by Handy.

Vote in Round 2 for Alabama's Top Music Icon - Reports from The Birmingham News - al.com

You'll have until 11 p.m. Sunday to cast your votes in this round, which will narrow the field to the Sweet 16. The second-round winners will be revealed Tuesday, March 17, at blog.al.com/bn/madness.

Check out the competitors with our YouTube and iTunes playlists.

The tournament will play out like the upcoming NCAA basketball brackets. Here are the results from your votes in Round 1:

BRACKET 1

1) Hank Williams 91%, 16) Willie King 9%
8) Hugh Martin 25%, 9) Drive By-Truckers 75%
5) Jim Nabors 75%, 12) Vestal Goodman 25%
4) Wilson Pickett 89%, 13) Ray Sawyer 11%
2) Jimmy Buffett 90%, 15) Justin Brown 10%
7) Dorothy Love Coates 28% 10) Taylor Hicks 72%
3) Sun Ra 48%, 14) Razzy Bailey 52%
6) Nell Carter 75%, 11) Delmore Brothers 25%

BRACKET 2

1) Alabama 90% 16) Henry Panion 10%
8) Tommy Shaw 46%, 9) Little Big Town 54%
5) Odetta 66%, 12) Claire Lynch 34%
4) Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section 73% 13) Jamey Johnson 27%
2) Lionel Richie 81%, 15) "Country Boy" Eddie 19%
7) Sonny James 55%, 10) Ruben Studdard 45%
3) Hank Williams Jr. 40%, 14) Bo Bice 60%
6) Louvin Brothers 48%, 11) Eddie Floyd 52%

BRACKET 3

1) Tammy Wynette 86%, 16) Hotel 14%
8) Bobby Goldsboro 50% (1,233 votes), 9) Martha Reeves 50% (1,246 votes)
5) Percy Sledge 86%, 12) Mac McAnally 14%
4) W.C. Handy 65%, 13) Jason Isbell 35%
2) The Temptations 93%, 15) Damon Johnson 7%
7) Erskine Hawkins 53%, 10) Rick Carter 47%
3) Sam Phillips 75%, 14) Take 6 25%
6) Vern Gosdin 67%, 11) Rebecca Luker 33%

BRACKET 4

1) Nat King Cole 91%, 16) Baker Knight 9%
8) "Big Mama" Thornton 31%, 9) Clarence Carter 69%
5) Blind Boys of Alabama 76%, 2) Chuck Leavell 24%
4) Commodores 91%, 13) Alan Hunter 9%
2) Emmylou Harris 92%, 15) Oteil Burbridge 8%
7) Wet Willie 54%, 10) Shelby Lynne 46%
3) Dinah Washington 55%, 14) Bobby Horton 45%
6) Toni Tennille 64%, 11) Ty Herndon 36%

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This is pretty cool. I believe the only 21st century albums listed is DBT's BTCD.

Best Music Albums Ever - 75 Albums Every Man Should Own - Esquire

Kick off Esquire.com's Music Week with our unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative list of the records your music collection requires. How many have you listened to?


The list (in alphatetical order):

AC/DC - Highway to Hell

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

The Beatles - Rubber Soul

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

James Brown - Live at the Apollo

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart

The Cars - The Cars

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western

Cody Chestnut - The Headphone Masterpiece

Vic Chestnutt - Left To His Own Devices

The Clash - Combat Rock

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen

Sam Cooke - Night Beat

Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On

The Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt

Kiss - Destroyer

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

Luna - Penthouse

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5

Bob Marley - Catch a Fire

Metallica - ...And Justice For All

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um

Minor Threat - Out of Step

Mississippi John Hurt - The Best of Mississippi John Hurt

Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly OST

Nas - Illmatic

Willie Nelson - Phases and Stages

Nirvana - Unplugged

The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Pearl Jam - Ten

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

Pink Floyd - Animals

Pixies - Doolittle

Pulp - This Is Hardcore

Radiohead - The Bends

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

Ramones - Road To Ruin

Otis Redding - The Dictionary Of Soul

Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of...

The Rolling Stones - Aftermath

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness of the Edge of Town

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Taj Mahal - Take A Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home
Talking Heads - True Stories

Television - Marquee Moon

The Temptations - Gettin' Ready

The Travelling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

Ike and Tina Turner - Workin' Together

Van Halen - Fair Warning

Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

Tom Waits - Small Change

The Who - Who's Next

Wilco - Being There

Hank Williams - The Unreleased Recordings

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Neil Young - Harvest

And before you guys get your boxers all twisted up, Esquire also added a list of 30 more albums that just missed the cut:

Beck - Odelay

Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight

The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

The Cure - Disintegration

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

The Doors - The Doors

Four Tops - Reach Out

Green Day - Dookie

Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1

Joy Division - Closer

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves

Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions

The Pretenders - The Pretenders
Prince - Purple Rain

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

R.E.M. - Murmur

Anything by Little Richard
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits

The Stooges - The Stooges

Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement!

U2 - The Joshua Tree

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

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Aquarium Drunkard: MP3 Blog, Music Blog � Under The Covers :: People Who Died

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

MySpace.com Blogs - Stream World Cafe Live Show - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit MySpace Blog

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Dexateens

Dexateens getting some love from one of the top trafficked political blogs.

C&L's Late Nite Music Club: The 50 State Strategy with The Dexateens (Alabama) | Late Nite Music Club

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Glossary

MySpace.com Blogs - SXSW 2009 Schedule - GLOSSARY MySpace Blog

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Engineers make the music sound right | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"Be honest. When you listen to an album by your favorite artist, you really only pay attention to the music.

The more avid fan might check the liner notes to see who wrote the songs, maybe even where the CD was recorded.

But who really pays attention to the names of the engineers who tracked, mixed and mastered the album?"

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Exhibits pay homage to music culture | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"TUSCUMBIA - The Tennessee River, Natchez Trace and Jackson Military Road played a major role in travel and commerce during Alabama's early development as a state.

But those same passageways served as inlets to welcome an array of music and sounds from settlers and visitors from throughout America.

To pay homage to the state's rich music culture, The Smithsonian Institution has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art for 'New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music."

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Music

Jack White Forms Band #3:

"NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No one can accuse Jack White of being lazy.

The rocker is already a member of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, and now White says he's formed a third band, The Dead Weather."

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Remind me not to go to a Phish concert.

Police Seize Over $1 Million From Phish Fans, Arrest 194:

"HAMPTON, Va. — Some Phish fans are leaving Hampton a little lighter than when they arrived for the band's weekend reunion.

Police said Monday they confiscated about $1.2 million in illegal drugs and more than $68,000 in cash from concertgoers. Authorities also arrested 194 Phish fans during the three-night celebration of the band's return to the stage after a nearly five-year absence."

The Raw Story | Phish bankrolled 200 cops, including feds, for reunion 'security'

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Bay Area band update: Whatever happened to ...:

"Last month, we got word that Faith No More is reuniting for a European tour this summer. But what about the other major Bay Area rock acts from the '90s that somehow slipped off the radar? We tracked them down at the arenas and county fairs to get status updates."

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Australian Minister Joins Midnight Oil Rock Band | The Seferm Post:

"Peter Garrett, the towering, shaven-headed frontman for Midnight Oil, broke up the band in 2002 and pursued a career in politics that brought him into government less than two years ago.

But band members will come together to perform at a concert to raise funds for victims of Australia's worst wildfires, which killed more than 210 and destroyed thousands of homes in southern Victoria state last month.

Once known as champions of Aboriginal rights and the environment, Midnight Oil has not played a gig since their singer became a minister. Garrett has toed his Labor Party's center-left policy line, and tries to avoid questions about his former views.

Now, Garrett may have a dilemma on his hands because lyrics in some of the band's most popular songs do not fit comfortably within the political mainstream.

'Can Midnight Oil field 20 whole minutes of material that wouldn't get Mr. Garrett sacked if he were to read it out in Parliament rather than shrieking it while twitching violently to guitar music?' Sydney Morning Herald columnist Annabel Crabb wrote recently."

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Neil Young: HuffPost Video Premiere: "Johnny Magic":

"This is a song about people and heroes and change. Life in America. I hope you enjoy it as much as my dog. He is usually very camera shy but not in this video. Featuring Shakey Pictures' new 'economy look' to go with the times!

Let's send Johnny to Detroit!

Enjoy,

Joe the Rock Star"

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I would never, ever unleash any Britney crappiness on you unless some hilarity is involved.

32 second mark. Talk about a wardrobe malfunction.

I want a t-shirt that says what Brit-brit said.

You can take the girl out of Louisiana.....

NSFW

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Here's the Mother of all Funk chords to wash that Britney nastiness from your mouth:

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Falling in and out....

Won that bet.

No one could of ever predicted....

Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Split Up: Tabloid

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Replace 'becoming' with 'has been'.

Commentary: GOP becoming a cartoon - CNN.com:

"The Republican Party is becoming a cartoon.

Where to start?

Bobby Jindal: 'I'm certainly not nearly as good of a speaker as Obama.' Good OF a speaker? How about not as good at eighth-grade grammar either. It's embarrassing."

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This is VERY cool.

Lincoln's Watch: Hidden Civil War Message Inside, Museum Reveals:

"WASHINGTON — For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the engraver read aloud the message from a metal plate underneath the watch face."

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This is one tough SOB that was trying to kill himself.

Man survives Niagara Falls plunge, resists rescue:

"An apparently distraught man jumped into Niagara Falls on Wednesday and survived the 180-foot plunge, then resisted rescue attempts before he eventually was pulled from the icy water to safety, police said."

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Crazy Fred Phelps and Co. get pwned by Alpha Delta Phi at the University of Chicago.

Ridicule goes a long way.

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Alabama Icons and Assholes

Vote for DBT and Jason Isbell in today's first round!

Choose Alabama's Top Music Icon: Vote Now - Reports from The Birmingham News - al.com

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Troy King needs to be behind bars. Alabama politicians... stupid is as stupid does.

Federal Grand Jury probes actions of AG - Inside al.com - al.com:

"A federal grand jury met in Montgomery last week and according to sources close to the investigation heard testimony from a number of witnesses in what appears to be an investigation of Alabama Attorney General Troy King. King, questioned Monday, denies any knowledge of the investigation."

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George Jones?

Police: Man driving with 3 tires charged with DUI:

"Authorities charged a man with driving under the influence early Monday after police pulled him over for driving a car with only three tires. Police said an officer spotted a 27-year-old man driving without a rear passenger tire."

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Funny headline... not so funny article.

`Fight club' bouts probed at home for the retarded

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For the geeks. Can't wait to see what technology will be like in 20 years.

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Chimp Challenge

At least they're being honest about having no ideas to improve the country.

Republican ideology brought to you by New Coke.

"That will take repetition" meaning "If you tell a lie long enough people start to believe it".

GOP Rep: “Our Goal Is To Bring Down Approval Numbers” For Dems | The Plum Line:

"“We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every day, and every week, until November 2010,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., an outspoken conservative who has participated on the GOP message teams. “Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and for House Democrats. That will take repetition. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”"

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This is about as 'not good' as it gets.

Carbon emissions creating acidic oceans not seen since dinosaurs | Environment | guardian.co.uk:

"Human pollution is turning the seas into acid so quickly that the coming decades will recreate conditions not seen on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs, scientists will warn today.

The rapid acidification is caused by the massive amounts of carbon dioxide belched from chimneys and exhausts that dissolve in the ocean. The chemical change is placing 'unprecedented' pressure on marine life such as shellfish and lobsters and could cause widespread extinctions, the experts say."

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Vindictive. Grudge-holding. Weapons stash. Premeditated mayhem.

And some say we didn't evolve from chimps.

Study: Belligerent chimp proves animals make plans:

"A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday. Santino the chimpanzee's anti-social behavior stunned both visitors and keepers at the Furuvik Zoo but fascinated researchers because it was so carefully prepared.

According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his weapons cache in the morning before the zoo opened, collecting rocks and knocking out disks from concrete boulders inside his enclosure. He waited until around midday before he unleashed a 'hailstorm' of rocks against visitors, the study said."

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It is not 'survival of the fittest'. It is survival of the most adaptable.

The secret of long life? It's all down to how fast you react | Mail Online

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Neat.

Collector: Lincoln photo uncovered in Grant album

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Losing Their Religion

That's right. Come to pappa.

More Americans say they have no religion:

"Still, the study found that the numbers of Americans with no religion rose in every state.

'No other religious bloc has kept such a pace in every state,' the study's authors said."

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Ex-religious right founder Frank Shaeffer saw the light and has been writing some point-on blog posts for the Huffington Post.

Frank Schaeffer: Why Obama Must Not Work With Republicans:

"Christian Zionists support all violent actions by Israel for any reason because in the fevered evangelical mind the nation of Israel is presently standing in for Jesus-the-avenger-on-evildoers everywhere, i.e. Arabs, all of whom (according to the born-again porn peddlers) are soon destined to burn anyway! So, who cares if 10 Israeli deaths from Hamas' rockets fired into southern Israel are avenged by the killing of 1,300 men women and children in Gaza?USA! USA! Go Jesus! Time for another godly session on my Left Behind: Eternal Forces video game! Hurry Jesus come back and kill em' all.

And that is the Republican's base. Good luck to President Obama trying to find bipartisan solutions to our world wide problems with these folks."

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Simple answer to Schaeffer's simple question: Because they're Republicans.

Frank Schaeffer: Why Are the Republicans Such Anti-Obama Liars?

Today the Republican Party is rooting for doom. And since the Republicans are now anti-American members of an Obama-must-fail insurgency, lies become a self-fulfilling prophecy: talk doom, and keep the economy in a panic and we may get what we wish for.

Don't conservative Republicans object to the lies? No, because the Republicans don't have any actual and traditional conservative followers left. The Republican base is now made up of religious and neoconservative ideologues, and the uneducated white underclass with a token person of color or two up front on TV to obscure the all-white, all reactionary all backward -- there-is-no-global-warming -- rube reality. Actual conservatives, let alone the educated classes, have long since fled.

The Republican religious nuts are rooting for Jesus to "rapture" them, not for America, and the neoconservatives are rooting for war and the Israeli hard liners, not for America. Truth (and sanity) are out the window.

So, what is the problem with lying to our faces, say, claiming that all American's taxes are going up when 95% of American's taxes are going to go down? Why not claim Obama is a socialist, even if he's not? Why not say anything at all to drive our country into a pit when losing is seen as winning? That, is all the Republicans have to offer America: more lies on a path to destruction from which the Republican "leadership" plans to resurrect themselves and "save" America from Obama.

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It is always someone else's fault. Always.

Daily Kos: Limbaugh is the winger's fault, not anyone else's:

"Stung by the negative public reaction to Rush's takeover of the Republican Party, a new line of spin has been birthed by the crazies on the Right -- that the dastardly Democrats have conspired to push Limbaugh into the public debate to take away attention from the failed Obama Administration.

Yeah, yeah, laugh. It is hilarious, particularly because the American people are loving what Obama and the Democrats are doing. But before these blowhards start casting about for blame, maybe they should take a look in the mirror:"

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This is pretty cool and probably one of the most important innovations (domestication of horses) that allowed humans to evolve.

Earliest domesticated horses dated 5,500 years ago

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We got some rare-ass fish in our sinkholes back home.

Cave home to one of world's rarest fish | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"Just seeing the two Alabama cavefish was cause for optimism among the scientists. The Alabama cavefish, which is listed as a critically endangered species by the U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service, is one of the rarest fish in the world."

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DBT Week in Review - 3/6/09

DBT!

Go to the link and you can listen to an audio version of the interview. Good stuff.

Truckin' With Mike Cooley // The 'Zine // Rock Band�:

"BM: Do you think the music industry is going to hell in a handbag?

MC: I hope so. [laughs] I hope it doesn’t take me with it. I feel like we’ve done a lot of things over the years, way before things got to this, to put ourselves in a position where we don’t have to go down with the ship. We’ve never really been part of that crew anyway. They’ll survive. They’ll keep manufacturing what they can manufacture until they figure out how to do something else. It has changed. This thing we’re talking about here – Rock Band – and the way people find and get exposed to and buy music, it’s gone totally left field from what it used to be. You don’t even know where it’s going to pop up anymore. It’s not as simple or cut and dried, and it’s not an industry or market that can be cornered by any one entity. It’s a lot more wide open and more different people with different ideas. I think the record industry and the auto industry and all these other industries that are crapping their pants, it’s not the economy – it’s being stuck in a business model that hasn’t been relevant since about 1989. It’s a failure to adapt."

The Company DBT Keeps:

Beatles Rock Band Debut Set for September by PC World

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Swampland: Daniel Hutchens Reports On Bloodkin-Drive By Truckers Shows Last Weekend

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A true Rock Hero:

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Kids with their crazy video games and rock music these days:

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Fan cover of Something's Got to Give Pretty Soon:

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Live Last Night: Jason Isbell - Post Rock:

"So this is why Jason Isbell didn't want to stick with the Drive-By Truckers, feeling like Joe Walsh: Because he's as confident and magnetic a frontman as he is prolific and able a songwriter."

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Sunstroke live:

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Streetlights:

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Travis Wammack's son, Monkey, who, if memory serves me, was once the touring drummer for Little Richard, once paid me one of the highest complements I've ever received.

I was still in grad school so my voice was very trained and I'd come home for a visit. A local joint was doing some karaoke and I decided to jump on stage to do my pantie dropping version of Moon Dance by Van Morrison.

After I finished, Monkey pulled me aside and said that that was the best version of that song he'd heard in a long time.

So, yeah, I use to could sing, but my voice is crap now.

Nice memory to have, though.

"In this video clip, guitarist Travis Wammack remembers teaming with legendary music producer Rick Hall and playing guitar for American music legends Aretha Franklin, Paul Anka, The Righteous Brothers and more."

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The Hold Steady

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Music I Like

Check out Ribbonpigeon. They're friends of Glossary and have a new record out.

Joey Kneiser from Glossary sings on tracks Troubled One and Drew Blood.

Ribbonpigeon on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

You can download their new record, Steel Hearts, for free. Good stuff. You should check it out. I'm quite partial to Loneliness is on my Side:

RBBNPGN

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Music

Finally. I've been waiting for this apology for a long time:

Right Music Wrongs

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UK University Offers Masters In The Beatles:

"LONDON — The city of Liverpool already has a Beatles museum and its airport is named after John Lennon. Now a local university says it rolling out a graduate program entirely devoted to the Fab Four."

Spinal Tap To Reunite For Tour:

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The amps won't be turned up to 11 for Spinal Tap's reunion tour"

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Gotham Acme � “Britney Into My Heart”:

"In 2008 Brooklyn singer songwriter Alina Simone released a passionate and compelling album of modern Russian folk covers that was one of the year’s best. Now she has turned her attention a little closer to home and is completing a new album of her own material in English (which is previewed below) — but not before she dabbles a bit by playing a Britney Spears cover or two. I asked her about all this and found the line from Yanka Dyagileva to Britney is shorter than you might think."

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BLABBERMOUTH.NET - METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: I Downloaded 'Death Magnetic' Illegally

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I'm Sorry. So Sorry.

A very special message from Kos to the media:

Daily Kos: Memo to the media:

"Dear media,

95 percent of Americans are getting a tax cut with Obama's budget. So framing this as a tax hike makes you look pretty stupid. And dishonest. And wrong. So stop it.

Hugs and kisses,

kos"

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Now THIS is how you apologize to Rush.

DownWithTyranny!: BREAKING NEWS: Alan Grayson Apologizes To Rush Limbaugh:

"Late this afternoon, in keeping with apologies to Rush Limbaugh from Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey and RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) issued the following statement:

“I’m sorry Limbaugh called for harsh sentences for drug addicts while he was a drug addict. I’m also sorry that he’s bent on seeing America fail. And I’m sorry that Limbaugh is one sorry excuse for a human being.”

The Congressman then rejoined his Democratic colleagues in working on cleaning up George W. Bush’s mess."

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Electronic voting machines with a delete button.

FREEEEE-DUMB!

The Raw Story | Diebold voting system sported 'delete' button: report:

"Zetter continues, 'But the most startling information in the state's 13-page report (.pdf) is not about why the system lost votes, which Threat Level previously covered in detail, but that some versions of Diebold's vote tabulation system, known as the Global Election Management System (GEMS), include a button that allows someone to delete audit logs from the system.'"

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Thank god we haven't had another terrorist attack on our soil since 9/11..... oh, wait....

Remembering the anthrax attack - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

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I like the cut of this young lady's jib.

911 McNuggets Call: Latreasa L. Goodman Calls 911 3 Times Over McNuggets "Emergency" (VIDEO):

"Police were not buying Latreasa L. Goodman's definition of emergency after she called 911 three times to report that her local McDonald's was out of chicken nuggets. Goodman had paid for her 10-piece McNuggets but was then informed by the employees that the restaurant had run out. Goodman claims she was refused a refund and felt it rose to the level of a 911 emergency. Police have charged Goodman with misusing 911."

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Nice 'boy meets girl' short film.

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Of Dogs and Cats and Republicants

Where up is down and white is black and the traditional news media can't tell the difference between its ass and a hole in the ground.

Yes, show us.

Daily Kos: Bizarro GOP world

Ouch.

Met with Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack from Riverside County's Coachella Valley. While a social moderate, Sonny Bono's widow is a solid conservative. Talked to her about Obama's $780 billion stimulus legislation. She's outraged that the plan has "$1 billion wasted on a magnetic-levitation train from L.A. to Sin City" - all at Nevada Sen. Harry Reid's doing.

After expressing my doubt that the Las Vegas line was actually in the bill's language, Bono Mack directs her staff to "get him the bill, it's right there, show him." A few minutes later, a staffer emerges with a copy and quietly says "it's not in the bill."

This is what happens when Republicans listen to their Dear Leader Rush Limbaugh. Alternate realities have a habit of colliding with the real world. And while the GOP's alternate reality once held sway in this country, those days are long past.

If Republicans want to keep themselves from being embarrassed like this time and time again, they might want to stop getting their information from conservative radio or Fox News:

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Damn bloggers and their making up shit.... oh, wait.

I'm no economics whiz by any stretch. But you'd figure that ABC would, you know, have some people on staff who actually knew a little something about something.

Does ABC News understand how income tax works?:

"In reality, a family earning $255,000 will pay the higher tax rate only on its last $5,001 in income; the first $249,999 will continue to be taxed at the old rate. So intentionally lowering your income from $255,000 to $249,999 is counter-productive; it will result in a lower after-tax income."

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Hell, I'm smitten with Jack Cafferty because of his smitteness with Michelle Obama.

Commentary: My crush on Michelle Obama - CNN.com

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Now this is an interesting filtration system. Kitty sativa.

Cat In Bong: Man Arrested For Smoking Bong With Cat Inside (VIDEO):

"In one of this week's more bizarre stories, a Nebraska man was arrested for smoking marijuana out of a bong that had his cat stuffed inside. The man, who claims he was trying to calm down his hyperactive pet, faces animal cruelty charges but thankfully the cat, who was understandably disoriented, seems to be on the road to a full recovery:"

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Got to give some equal billing to the dog.

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Fools Rush In

Gee-zeus. Who's the 'America hater' now.

Republicans really, really hate the Constitution.

Yoo needs to be in jail... and C-B law school needs to foot his ass.

Bush Adm. Weighed Restricting 1st Amendment | Newsweek.com:

"In perhaps the most surprising assertion, the Oct. 23, 2001, memo suggested the president could even suspend press freedoms if he concluded it was necessary to wage the war on terror. 'First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,' Yoo wrote in the memo entitled 'Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activity Within the United States.'"

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A bastard, calling someone's positive actions 'bastardization' while 'bastardizing' the very thing he claims is being 'bastardized'.

I would recommend that Rush take the time to actually read the Constitution, but.... see first article above.

Think Progress � Limbaugh misquotes Constitution while arguing Obama policies are ‘bastardization’ of Constitution.

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Daily 'legalize it' news.

I'm readying my business plan.

Legalize marijuana Tom Ammiano | Salon News:

"On Feb. 23, the California State Assembly member introduced legislation that would regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana, and then tax it. By legalizing pot, the San Francisco lawmaker argues, the state could reap huge new revenues. Currently pot is California's biggest cash crop, with annual sales reaching $14 billion. Vegetables, the state's second hottest agricultural product, take in a mere $5.7 billion. And California's famous grapes? A piddling $2.6 billion.

If passed, the Marijuana Control, Regulation and Education Act would give California control of pot in a manner similar to alcohol, while prohibiting its purchase to citizens under age 21. The state's tax collectors estimate the measure would bring in about $1.3 billion in new revenues a year."

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Talking on her cell AND breast feeding... while driving.

Nice.

Police cite breast-feeding driver for endangering:

"Police in Ohio say a woman has been charged with child endangering after another motorist reported she was both breast-feeding a youngster and talking on a phone while driving."

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Rushing into Oblivion

I watched Oliver Stone's "W." over the weekend. I figured I could tolerate watching since old W is no longer in office.

A lot of reviews said the movie mad a human out of "W.".

I happen to agree.

Pretty good flick.

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I'm starting to really love Rahm.

It is freaky seeing Democrats have message control. Freaky-good, but not something I'm use to yet.

Rahm On Rush: He's The Voice, Energy And Intellect Of The GOP:

"SCHIEFFER: We talked about Newt Gingrich a lot this morning and now you bring up Rush Limbaugh. Who do you think now speaks for the Republican Party?

EMANUEL: You just named him: it is Rush Limbaugh. He has laid out his vision, in my view. And he said it clearly. I compliment him for that. He's been very up front and I compliment him for that. He's not hiding. He's asked for President Obama and called for President Obama to fail. That's his view. And that's what he has enunciated. And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood. He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party. He has been up front about what he views and hasn't stepped back from that, which is he hopes for failure. He said it and I compliment him for his honesty. But that's their philosophy that is enunciated by Rush Limbaugh and I think that's the wrong philosophy for America..."

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Yes. Excellent. Fully support. Just because you get elected once doesn't mean you should never be challenged in a primary again.

Democracy.... smells like... well, Democracy!

Get rid of some of these damn Blue Dogs in the process, too.

'Accountability Now': Bloggers And Progressive Groups Plan To Challenge Elected Dems:

"Some of the most prominent names in progressive politics launched a major new organization on Thursday dedicated to pinpointing and aiding primary challenges against incumbent Democrats who are viewed as acting against their constituents' interests."

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It ain't a day in the week, unless a Republican is lying.

A Republican is lying.

Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False

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heh-heh.

Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist

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My, my. Repealing marijuana prohibition is in the news an awful lot these days.

Holder Vows To End Raids On Medical Marijuana Clubs:

"Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference Wednesday that the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana clubs that are established legally under state law. His declaration is a fulfillment of a campaign promise by President Barack Obama, and marks a major shift from the previous administration."

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Hurry up and find the switch.

Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? -A Galaxy Insight:

"Everyone has assumed we age by rust. But how do you explain animals that don't age? Some tortoises lay eggs at the age of 100, there are whales that live to be 200 and clams that make it past 400 years.'

Stuart Kim, PhD, Stanford University professor of developmental biology and genetics

Prevailing theory of aging challenged by Stanford University Medical School researchers. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage similar to rust. The Stanford findings suggest specific genetic instructions drive the process. If they are right, science might one day find ways of switching the signals off and halting or even reversing aging."

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