Of Mice and Fish

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'Don't take your love, away from me. Fill my heart with misery. If you do then I'll be BLUE, cause breakin' up is hard to, do-ew."

And that's particularly true with Southern women. They usually don't go sniffling into the night and it doesn't matter who did the breakin' up.

MACON, Georgia (AP) -- President Bush's once-solid relationship with Southern women is on the rocks.

'I think history will show him to be the worst president since Ulysses S. Grant,' said Barbara Knight, a self-described Republican since birth and the mother of three. 'He's been an embarrassment.'

Yet, I temper my enthusiasm over such reporting because at the end of the article we see that there are still plenty of kool-aid drinkers out there:

"There are some people, and I'm one of them, that believe George Bush was placed where he is by the Lord," Tomanio said. "I don't care how he governs, I will support him. I'm a Republican through and through."

"I don't care how he governs". But you will elect him to govern? My, bad, my bad... Silly me, trying to make sense of your beautiful mind. Hey look over there, baby Jesus! (pronounced hey-zeus just to piss them off).

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Election time is near, so, **clears throat**, 'mi-mi-mi-mi, la la la la'. Ok, I'm ready, ahem, "bin Laden, bin Laden, bin Laden, bin Laden, bin Laden, bin Laden, bin Laaaaaaaa-den".

"The spectacle of the president of the United States extensively quoting Osama bin Laden to bolster his controversial policies during political season deserves notice, and reflection.

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And we all know whose hand is slipped up the back of Shrub-a-dub's shirt, don't we?

''You're not such a scary guy,' joked his guide. 'Yes, I am,' Rove replied. Walking away, he muttered deliberately and loudly: 'I change constitutions, I put churches in schools.''

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For the year, SF was, again, rank the #2 most educated city in the U.S. That's why we can come up with something like this:

Anti-terror fish guard S.F.'s water / Bluegill monitored to detect an attack on city's drinking supply:

"Fish are being drafted in San Francisco's war against possible terrorist threats to its water supply.

Akin to hospital gadgets that chart a patient's heart rate and breathing, a new water-quality monitoring system automatically analyzes the behavior of eight to 12 bluegill fish in a tank at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's water-treatment plant in Millbrae.

If the computers sense that the fish are upset by something in the water, 'the system immediately triggers water samples to be taken, and the staff are alerted by pager and e-mail,' said commission spokesman Tony Winnicker.

The monitoring system, which costs $110,000 per unit, was installed in April. Instruments inside the tank listen for phenomena such as fish coughs."

DBT - Week in Review - 9/8

I want to pre-wish Mr. Mike Cooley a Happy Birthday. A little birdie let it slip that tomorrow is his big 4-0. Here are a couple of pictures by Silky of the Stroker Ace and a couple of my favorite Cooleyisms:

"It’s no wonder everybodies scared of downtown Birmingham
it’s just a little too close to home
But there’s more crooks down here and the cops don’t care,
while old white men wearing ties can do anything they want".

"Well you're only fifteen, girl, you ain't got no secretary
And "for granted" is a mighty big word for a country girl like you"

Happy Birthday, Stroker Ace! May you see many, many more.

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Y'all know I love my politics and y'all know I love my DBT. So when the two converge I get an extra charge out of life. Angi from the DBT Yahoo List pointed out that Dress Blues happens to be listed on the Democratic Underground website in their jukebox of war protest songs. Oddly enough, another Alabamian, Will Kimbrough, tops the list on their jukebox:

dbts : Message: dress blues:

"hi y'all!! i lurk around on the DU (that's democratic underground) website...as does my housemate....he pointed this out to me today...take a look at this link to see 'Dress Blues' listed on the DU jukebox of war protest songs:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Hissyspit/113

way to go Jason...we here in Tampa, Fla are pround of you...AND the song kicks ass!!
for anyone who hasn't heard it, the links follow for the video (from Neil Young's Living with WAR site)it's #3:

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwvideospage.html

and the song (from ninebullets.org...bless them guys!!):
http://www.ninebullets.org/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=76

peace,
angi"

While we are on the subject of Dress Blues, The Timesdaily in Florence had an article regarding Matthew Conely, his wife and child, and the scholarship that has been set up in his name. Here it is:

In his honor | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Conley, of Greenhill, was killed Feb. 19, while serving in Iraq. He was buried with full military honors and more than 1,000 people in attendance on Feb. 26, his 22nd birthday.

The 2002 Rogers High School graduate was a squad leader assigned to the First Marine Division. His unit was attached to the 2nd Marine Division, 11 Marine Expeditionary Forces in Iraq."

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Corey put up some new guitar tabs over on Nine Bullets:

Nine Bullets - New tabs online

Margo and Harold
Feb 14
Daddy's Cup
Boys from Alabama
Do It Yourself

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Jenn's fine self pointed us to an article on the Flaming Lips and one of their members sporting some DBT gear:

STLtoday - Entertainment - Music:

"Crockett is a man with a scruffy beard, a Drive-By Truckers baseball cap and the power to make a singular rock 'n' roll dream come true. He is the Flaming Lips' 'animal wrangler' - so called because it is his job to recruit fans who will don costumes and dance onstage with the band."

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Jyl Freed has created a new blog taking a look at NASCAR and using some of Wes' old comic book illustrations. OH, and she also tells us that Jeff Wall is her bitch. You lucky devil, Jeff!

dbts : Message: Wes Freed SPAM!!!!:

"Hey to all you DBT fans. I don't check in here much - kinda onnagain offagain type, so I apologize in advance for spamming you, but I figured there was one or two of you who liked Wes's artwork well enough, and might be interested to see bits of some of his old comics. This blog ain't an art vehicle, it's more NASCAR related, but I'm using some of Wes's old illustrations (that aren't available anywhere else), so feel free to stop by and look at the funny pitchers now and then if you like. Hell, leave comments if yawanna...

http://willardsgarage.blogspot.com/

No Kurt or Kyle Busch fans, please. Oh what the hell? Everyone's welcome at Willard's!

Love to all y'all

Jyl Freed

PS- Jeff Wall is my bitch.

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I think Kyle posted this great article on MSNBC regarding the Drams. Boy, I sure I hope I get to see that band sometime soon.

dbts : Message: the Drams:

"check out the article on msnbc

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14572714/

Leaving the bar-band label far behind
By Rob Neill

“I understand from a fan perspective, it may seem like a jump,” Best says.

“Jubilee Dive” began as a Best solo project while Slobberbone was on hiatus. “I really didn’t want to be in a band,” he says. But sometime during the year-and-half before the end of the group he brought in former bandmates guitarist Jess Barr and drummer Tony Harper, and keyboardist Chad Stockslager and bassist Keith Killoren from the Dallas band Budapest One that Best was producing, to flesh out the sound.

He liked what he heard: “Suddenly I wanted to be in a band again.”

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Nickel Creek recently broke up as a band. I truly enjoyed their music and hated to see them go.

Official Nickel Creek Website:

"Dearest Listener,

After seven years of extensive touring in support of three records (seventeen years as a band), we've decided to take a break of indefinite length at the end of 2007 to preserve the environment we've sought so hard to create and to pursue other interests. It has been a pleasure to write, record, and perform for you through the years and we'd like to heartily thank you for your invaluable contribution to our musical lives.

Yours,

Nickel Creek
(Sean, Sara, and Chris)"

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Wanna make your Friday go by fast. Grab some head phones and click on this link

Punk-o-Matic - select music instruments and make your own punk music

Later, taters!

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Fuck Mickey Mouse and ABC

Picture via Dailykos

At a time like this I wish I was more eloquent because I'm comsumed with blinding rage over this donation by ABC/Disney to the Republican party. I'll let others do the talking:

Open Letter to ABC: Don't Airbrush 9/11

9/11 Commission Member is Pissed:

Ben-Veniste rips ABC’s fakeumentary over inaccuracies

The DNC is PISSED:

"ABC is trying to use of the airwaves -- airwaves owned by you and me, and loaned to broadcasters as a public trust -- to slander Democrats and sell a slanderous, irresponsible fraud to the American people, and they're shamefully doing it just weeks away from Election Day."

The Big Dog is PISSED:

"September 7, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series 'The Path to 9/11' grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network 'pull the drama' if changes aren't made"

Mady and Sandy are PISSED:

"Former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright called one scene involving her 'false and defamatory.' Former national security adviser Samuel R. 'Sandy' Berger said the film 'flagrantly misrepresents my personal actions.' And former White House aide Bruce R. Lindsey, who now heads the William J. Clinton Foundation, said: 'It is unconscionable to mislead the American public about one of the most horrendous tragedies our country has ever known.'"

Bloggers are PISSED:

How do you fictionalize one of the greatest tragedies in American history, not to mention a tragedy that only happened a few years ago?
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You don't just go make shit up, derogatory shit at that, about key players who are still alive no less. You don't market the TV show to children around the country as though it's fact. You don't put out statements claiming the thing is based on the September 11 report when it's also based on fiction. How are viewers supposed to know which part of the libelous broadcast is fictionalized?
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They libeled living officials of our government. And now they plan on pedaling this garbage to millions of Americans right before the election - an election that Disney/ABC is helping to throw."

Now ABC will apparently run a disclaimer during the fakumentary.

Doesn't matter, though, unless ABC pulls this piece of shit from the airwaves. Look at this:

Path to 9/11 Writer Admits Controversial Scene Was ‘Improvised,’ ‘Accidents Occur’:

"ABC is marketing its docudrama, The Path to 9/11, as “based on the 9/11 Commission Report.” It is defending the films multiple inaccuracies by claiming some scenes were “drawn from a variety of sources.”

But yesterday, writer and avowed conservative Cyrus Nowrasteh admitted that the films most controversial scene was based on nothing at all. Nowrasteh told a right-wing radio station that the scene was “improvised.” From the New York Times:"

Nowrasteh’s attitude appears completely inconsistent with ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson. In promotional materials accompanying the film, McPherson said, “When you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right.”

Yeah, its going to be an accident when you find several feet up your ass sideways, you conservative fuck.

But the unkindess cut of all is the marketing of this lie to the chil'rens in order to indoctrinate them into the brown shirts.

CONFIRMED: Scholastic Still Promoting Path To 9/11:

"Scholastic has been promoting ABC’s Path to 9/11, and associated “discussion guides” to teachers around the country as a way of getting “important information” to students about the terrorists attacks. These materials, as Media Matters has documented, are “rife with conservative misinformation.”

Raise hell early and often over this mockumentary. Here is all the contact info you need. Send emails, make phone calls, take an hour out of your day and DO IT!

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Please, jeebus, please... someone give me a good laugh....

OUT OF CONTROL:

"WYCLEF Jean is not a fan of President Bush - or of savoir-faire. The former Fugee went on a drunken tirade Saturday night at Mixx in the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Vegas after performing with Nelly Furtado at Taj. At Mixx, Jean proclaimed, 'President Bush needs to smoke marijuana . . . [Bleep] Bush!' He then leapt into the crowd - which started chanting '[Bleep] Bush!' - and proclaiming, 'I'm not Diddy, I don't need no security,' as he pushed back 500-plus people with the mike in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other."

Fugee-la-hahahahaha. Thanks, Wyclef, but we all know Bush prefers the nose candy.

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Talk about making a statement. This should get someone's attention:

Human heads dumped in Mexico bar:

"Armed, masked men have burst into a bar in Mexico and flung five human heads onto a crowded dance floor, in an apparent warning to a rival drug gang.

An official said 20 men entered the bar in Uruapan city, Michoacan state, fired into the air, forced revellers to lie down and then 'threw down five heads'."

ABC is out of its Goddamn Mind

Fuck ABC/Disney. This is pissing me off to no end.

All of this tossing about Hitler and Facism by these wackos on the right is quite scary. One thing about these people is that they get ahead of a story damn well. They play the "I know you are but what am I" game better than anyone. So when they attempt to label those people who do not agree with their politics (because they don't do policy) as facist or appeaser of Hitler types, then you can be damn sure that, in reality, THEY are the ones installing facist tenets into our government.

Look at the 14 points of fascism. Number 6 states:

6.) Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

Now do some more reading on ABC's 6 hour, 9/11 propaganda piece that will be running:

Hullabaloo:

"Are Disney and ABC becoming willing tools of the right wing? Or are they simply currying favor with James Dobson and the far right out corporate necessity? Either way, something very strange is happening in Mouseland.

Earlier this year, you'll remember that they cancelled, at the last minute, a reality TV show called 'Welcome To The Neighborhood' which featured a gay couple competing for a house. The NY Times reported:"

So ABC will kill a show that shows a loving gay couple but will hire a director like this for a piece on 9/11?:

"David Cunningham, the young director, is the son of a famous leader of a controversial evangelical youth ministry called Youth With A Mission. It has been heavily criticized over the years for its authoritarian teachings and cultlike attributes. Cunningham's alma mater is the YWAM 'college' called the University of Nations, which teaches filmmaking as a way to spread the gospel. Some members of the group even worked on the film."

Fucking A. They are intent on creating their own version of history, devoid of facts. When the Republicans spew that the terrorist hate our freedoms, they are really saying that they, the Republicans, hate our freedoms and whenever they are in power, they'll do their damndest to do away with the constitution.

Even scarier? You like it like that, huh. OK, then, ABC is sending 100,000 copies of this propaganda piece with accompanying teaching guides to 100,000 teachers in the U.S. so they can mainline the propaganda to our children. Read about it here.

I Hate Them. They're all poo-poo heads.

Send ABC an email and tell them to fuck off.

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Read this article but replace "Iranian President" with "George Bush". The article works just the same. Fascist.

Iranian President Wants to Purge Profs:

"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, urging students to return to 1980s-style radicalism.

'Today, students should shout at the president and ask why liberal and secular university lecturers are present in the universities,' the official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a meeting with a group of students."

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The only people pointing at the clothless emperor? Progressive Bloggers. Brazile is a dipshit, but at least she's recently clued in a bit:

Brazile: Democratic Party must acknowledge power of bloggers:

"I never knew Lieberman was in any political trouble until I began picking up bits and pieces of information from sites such as DailyKos. Markos Moulitsas Z�niga, its founder, whom I consider to be both intelligent and extremely talented, began posting endlessly about this Ned Lamont character.

First, I thought Moulitsas was just trying to pick a fight with us “Beltway insiders” to make a point. But after watching him, together with other progressive bloggers, recruit volunteers, raise more than a quarter-million dollars and topple a long-standing pillar of the Democratic Party through net-roots activism, I believe they deserve a seat at the table."

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I was just thinking they should write an article about people thinking about someone calling them and then that person calling Too weird.

I was just thinking about you:

"NORWICH (Reuters) - Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy."

Docu-Bullshit

If you haven't heard, ABC will be running what they call a 'docudrama' on 9/11. The piece is written, produced, directed and pulled from the fetid womb of Cyrus Nowrasteh, better known as Karl Rove. Seriously, ol Cyrus has no achey-breaky heart to speak of as he is a neo-con political operative.

First of all there is no such goddamn thing as a 'docudrama'. Either you present a documentary based on fact or you present a drama that is based on pure-d bullshit. What ABC will present as a documentary is, in fact, pure-d bullshit.

This hit piece, essentially puts all of the blame on Clinton for 9/11.

So what the fuck is ABC doing running a hit piece on Clinton? Ask them. Send them an email telling them that this shit is unacceptable. Not that there was anything to watch on ABC anyway, but, I'm taking them out of my channel rotation. Fuck ABC.

Tell ABC to Tell the Truth About 9/11

Below is some excellent commentary on this election time hit piece:

Firedoglake - Hijacking 9/11:

"The ABC television network is using the fifth anniversary of 9/11 as an opportunity to rewrite history. On September 10 and 11, ABC/Disney will broadcast 'The Path to 9/11', a 6-hour, two-part 'docudrama' written and produced by conservative filmmakers who place a lion’s share of the blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on alleged failures of the Clinton administration."

What a documentary would tell you about 9/11 is that the Republican's were the ones who tied Clinton's hands when he begged for more tools to fight terrorism. Read this article from 1996:

CNN - President wants Senate to hurry with new laws - July 30, 1996:

"'We need to keep this country together right now. We need to focus on this terrorism issue,' Clinton said during a White House news conference.

But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures.
lott

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, doubted that the Senate would rush to action before they recess this weekend. The Senate needs to study all the options, he said, and trying to get it done in the next three days would be tough.

One key GOP senator was more critical, calling a proposed study of chemical markers in explosives 'a phony issue.'"
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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, emerged from the meeting and said, "These are very controversial provisions that the White House wants. Some they're not going to get."

'A Phony Issue'. Indeed. Take it away, bloggers:

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth:

"Before September 11, all the way back in 1996 in fact, the Republicans stopped President Clinton from getting all the tools he needed to stop the next September 11 - well, no, actually they opposed giving President Clinton all the tools he needed to stop the actual September 11."

Republican relativism: wiretap flip-flop | TPMCafe:

"Congressional Republicans were against wiretapping, before they were for it. To posit that a president's power waxes and wanes according to his party affiliation is to engage in moral relativism, an immoral act that Conservatives in America have long claimed was only practised by the left-side of the Political BiPolarity.

Still, many of the same Republican legislators who defend Bush's rampant wiretapping, were adamantly opposed to any expansion of wiretapping during the the Clinton Presidency.

The following quotations are but a few of the total, taken from the 1996 Congressional Record, as a divided Congress ineffectually attempted to help the government stop acts of terrorism, after the first bombing of the World Trade Tower, and the Bombing in Oklahoma City."

Daily Kos: Republicans Blocked Clinton Admin. On Terrorism

Goddammit, I hate lying Republican scum who do everything in their power to retain power at the expense of the safety and well being of the entire fucking country.

I'm offering myself up for street fights for any Republican's who'd like to go a couple of rounds. Make your way to San Francisco and it will be you and me, mano e pussy. I'm sick of this shit and you people need to be beaten to within an inch of your life.

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Oh yeah, and George Bush doesn't like working people, either:

Devaluing Labor:

"According to a report by Goldman Sachs economists, 'the most important contributor to higher profit margins over the past five years has been a decline in labor's share of national income.'"

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Chrichy... I wonder if that was his last word.

Stingray kills 'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin - Yahoo! News:

"CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the 'Crocodile Hunter,' was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44."
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"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

Pity the Bully

Short one today as I prepare for the Tide and my birthday this weekend. Gotta love these long weekends. You can make them even longer if you just happen to get sick *cough* *cough* on Friday and just can't seem to make it into work.

WANTED: Bullyish Frat Boy President Seeks Pity, Sympathyt:

"His artificial cowboy persona is beginning to peel away revealing the naked hull of the real President Bush -- a man we all knew lurked in the shallows. A frat boy bully who, as a failed chief executive, is presently seeking, if not outright begging us for our pity.

A truly tough human being, in my view, is measured by his or her ability to approach his or her station in life with honesty, moxy, sympathy, common sense and a touch of humble grace. But our president possesses none of these traits. Rather than owning up to his six year litany of mistakes and shortcomings and taking on his occupation with a kind of work ethic common in all nations and all walks of life, the president, appearing increasingly battered and bruised, is engaged in a sad and embarrassing attempt to attain the nation's sympathy. Listen carefully to his words and watch closely his body language. He's doing it. And it's a posture that's been snowballing for several years now."

Dissent and Disagreement

Snarky link Thursday. (or "I'm a lazy blogger, Thursday". Readers choice)

But first, a must watch. This is what journalism should be and how Democrats should respond to the crazy that is Rumsfeld and the rest. One of the greatest history lessons ever:



Lie By Lie

Real, Live Cronyism: Is there anything these Repugs can do to receive the following email?

RE: You're fired.

I guess not if voting is no longer a valid method of selecting our leaders.

It is enough to make one go bald. Luckily, science may have an answer for that.

The first time that the word 'hip' and this celebrity's name have been used in the same sentence in a LONG time.

Deadly Forces

Deadly Force, indeed.

Some serious carnage occurred in my hood and surrounding hoods, yesterday as someone went beserk and ran over 14 pedestrians in his SUV.

You've got to understand that SF is a pedestrian town. People don't drive every where like they do in the rest of the country. When you do drive in the city it is like th 20th level of some video game as you are constantly searching for people stepping into the street. So, if you want to go ape shit and do some damage in a car, it ain't really hard. See below:

Up to 14 hurt in SF hit-and-run spree / 7 critical:

"The victims of Tuesday's hit-and-run carnage were men and women, old and young, black, white and Asian. One was on a bike, the rest on foot.

They were mowed down in at least 11 locations in San Francisco. The lone fatality was in Fremont, a 54-year-old man hit as he walked along a bike lane in an area without sidewalks.

At least 14 people were sent to the hospital."

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Yesterday I noted that Iran's President challenged Shrub-a-dub to a debate. Here is a preview of these 2 deadly forces debating the most important topics according to the MSM:

Sneak Preview: Ahmadinejad vs. Bush:

BUSH: Read my lips: Fergie's solo project, the smash single 'London Bridge,' will go down as the summer's freedom anthem of '06.

AHMADINEJAD: Without the backing support of the powerful Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, like the lapdog Tony Blair, warbles off-key to herself as the world ignores her abyss of talent.

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Faux News' rating have met a deadly force. People turning that crap off their TVs:

Fox News' Ratings Take a Nosedive:

"Somewhere, Keith Olbermann is sticking pins in a Bill O'Reilly voodoo doll: Fox News' ratings, TVNewser reports, are down since August of last year. Like, way down. Like down 28 percent in primetime among all viewers, down 20 percent in primetime in the 'money demo' (viewers aged 25-54) and down 7 percent in daytime viewership overall. In fact, the only place Fox is up is during the day, when they managed a ratings increase of just 2 percent, and even then only in the money demo."

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The deadly force that is religion doesn't seem to mystically reside in our brains.

No 'God Spot' in the Human Brain:

The human brain does not contain a single 'God spot' responsible for mystical and religious experiences, a new study finds.

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The deadliest of the deadly forces. I'm sure they'll be a movie with Bruce Willis on this scenario soon. Check your local listings:

Black Holes: The Deadliest Force in the Universe:

"Aug. 28, 2006 — Imagine a black hole swallowing Earth, ending life in an instant. It's not only the stuff of pulp sci-fi novels but, scientists say, a looming possibility."

Sex, Swearing and Weed

This post's title ought to light up some search engines. Seriously, if you have a blog just use some sexual dirty words in your titles then sit back and watch the traffic flow in. Amazing.

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Today we've got Iran's President challenging Bush to a televised debate. There is no way in Hades that this will EVER happen but let's say Chief Doofus accepted this debate. A thousand 9/11s couldn't do the damage to the U.S. as one Bush debate on a world stage. I don't think Bush would ever get past trying to pronounce Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's name.

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Mother Joker's in the White House and nobody gives a damn.

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Tsk, Tsk. Republican cut-and-runners.

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Brownie is blamin' the administration for the Katrina debacle and rightly so. But here's where I've got a problem:

'I have to confess ... you want to protect the president when you're a political appointee,' he said, 'so you're torn between telling the absolute truth and relying on those talking points. To this day, that is my biggest regret. '

I have to confess, Brownie, that as a political appointee your first job should not be to cover the president's ass. Especially when you work in EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT for the country. Your first job is to protect the citizens and if you recognize that a component of the government is not functioning in a manner that fully PROTECTS THE CITIZENS then it is your duty to "tell the absolute truth".

Heckuva job, fucker.

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Wacky tobacky's dull cousin is making a come back, hopefully. Why, oh, why can't an agricultural state like Alabama take the lead on this. (Obviously a rhetorical question).

California Seeks to Clear Hemp of a Bad Name:

"But what gets him excited is the crop he sees as a potential windfall for California farmers: industrial hemp, or Cannabis sativa. The rapidly growing plant with a seemingly infinite variety of uses is against federal law to grow because of its association with its evil twin, marijuana.

“Industrial hemp is a wholesome product,” said Mr. Meyer, 65, who says he has never worn tie-dye and professes a deep disdain for “dope.”

“The fact we’re not growing it is asinine,” Mr. Meyer said."

Asinine, indeed. Asinine.... what a great word.

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How the buttfuck am I suppose the know the motherfucking answer to this question, you cocksucker? Intercouse you! Intercourse you right in the ear!

Why are sex words our worst swearwords?:

"Bodily function words, while popular, are not universally taboo. In Finnish, Liberman says, all sexual acts and sex organs can be expressed in language clean enough for Ann Landers. You can't employ Finnish sexual words to swear, he says, since it would come out something like 'Oh, intercourse!'"

So, So Close...

A relaxing Sunday ruined....

I had planned on a relaxing Sunday but it turned into 4 hours of a gut churner as Stewart Cink, a Florence, Alabama native lost to Tiger Woods in a playoff for the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational. This is a big year end invite that Tiger had previously won 4 times and Stewart won in '04. Pay out for the winner in 1 million +. 2nd place receives a paltry 750K.

I had the pleasure of growing playing golf with Stewart. Our parents were both members of Florence Country Club and we were both pupils under Chris Burns, one of the finest youth golf teachers in the south. Stewart was a couple of years younger than me. Even then, we all knew Stewart would be a pro someday. While I was sneaking cigarettes in the woods or chasing girls around the pool, Stewart was playing another 9 or on the putting green practicing his stroke. His mom would drive us around to Dixie Junior tournaments. This was a really fine time in my life.

Stewart had 2 chances to take down the best player in the world but he couldn't convert. Tiger ended up winning it instead of Stewart losing it. Stewart showed some HUGE balls, though, and I think the experience will make him an even better golfer.


Woods beats Cink in Playoff:

"I can't say enough good things about Tiger Woods,' Cink said. 'I've been playing against him since I was about 17, and I just relish the opportunity to go against him in another playoff sometime.

'I think it's the real pinnacle of where our sport is right now, and I was up there for a little while.'"

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We're giving the terrorist what they want. Take a deep breath and read:

What the Terrorists Want:

"I'd like everyone to take a deep breath and listen for a minute.

The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act.

And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want.
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Our politicians help the terrorists every time they use fear as a campaign tactic. The press helps every time it writes scare stories about the plot and the threat. And if we're terrified, and we share that fear, we help. All of these actions intensify and repeat the terrorists' actions, and increase the effects of their terror.

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Umm, huh.

Pastor accused of having sex with kids:

"For 10 years, the pastor told the girls, “We are preparing your body for service to God,” the prosecutor said."

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Think about it. You're in the theatre watching Snakes on a Plane when an actualy snake starts to climb up your pant leg. I would be covered in feces.

Live Rattlesnakes Released In 'Snakes On A Plane' Theater:

"Two live diamondback rattlesnakes were released in an Arizona movie theater during a showing of the new film 'Snakes on a Plane,' according to Local 6 News."

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Thank jeebus I'm 7' 2".

Taller people are smarter: study:

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - While researchers have long shown that tall people earn more than their shorter counterparts, it's not only social discrimination that accounts for this inequality -- tall people are just smarter than their height-challenged peers, a new study finds.

'As early as age three -- before schooling has had a chance to play a role -- and throughout childhood, taller children perform significantly better on cognitive tests,' wrote Anne Case and Christina Paxson of Princeton University in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research."