For Our Jewish Brethern....
I'm working overnites this weekend, and then I get a flat on the way home.
Too tired to be snarky.
Here ya go....
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
I Actually Own This On Red Collectors Vinyl!
It may seem goofy, but I love the way their voices sound together.
'NYT' Sunday Preview: Sen. Jim Webb Says Story on Rift With Bush 'Emanated from the White House'
They are playing games with the wrong guy.
By E&P Staff
Published: December 22, 2006 12:40 PM ET
NEW YORK In an interview with Deborah Solomon that will appear in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, the newly-elected U.S. senator from Virginia, Jim Webb, discusses his recent widely-publicized exchange with President Bush over an Iraq pullout.
At a recent White House reception the president had asked about Webb's son, who is serving in Iraq. Webb suggested that troops should start coming home from Iraq, and Bush snapped back, "I didn't ask you that."
Webb calls the coverage of that "vastly overblown" but adds: "I think what I said was appropriate." He also stated, "This was something that emanated from the White House. I did not say anything about this for two weeks. I said nothing publicly at all."
So why did the White House push the issue? "Probably as an attempt to try to define me between the election and the beginning of the Congress," Webb replied "And that's all I am going to say."
Honestly, they really are stupid. What in the world did they think was going to happen? Webb haul off and bitchslap the chimperor? (we can dream)
They totally are out of their league with Webb, and they'd be remiss to forget it.
Webbs' not gonna even pretend to take it.
Yipes!!! I Always Think Of God When I Watch "Rambo"!
An unexpected pair: God and 'Rocky'
Stallone promotes 6th installment of series as family film, speaks about renewed faith
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
After 30 years of onscreen carnage, resulting in a triple-digit body count, Sylvester Stallone is promoting his new "Rocky Balboa" by talking up his rediscovery of Christianity. In conference calls with religious leaders over the past few weeks -- and with the help of a marketing expert who promoted Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" -- Stallone said he thinks Hollywood should make more movies the whole family can see.
Like, say, "Rocky Balboa," which opens today -- 21 years after Stallone's character killed 57 people in "Rambo: First Blood, Part II."
"We need the God-fearing script, the script that really deals with compassion and deals with the word of Jesus and God, and believe me, people will rally behind it because we need it," Stallone said in a late November conference call to Christian leaders. "It's like, you watch some of the films, they only save these kinds of films for Christmas."
(snip)
And Stallone promised religious leaders that he will evangelize while promoting "Rocky Balboa" on the talk show circuit. "I do plan to get out that this is a film with great spirituality, this is a film that to me was driven home by the guidance of God," Stallone said. However, he didn't mention such an influence during recent interviews on National Public Radio and on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Eh, not so much.....
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
This Day In HISTORY!!!!!
Something happened this day in history in 1968.... lemme see if I can remember...
1790: American cotton producer Samuel Slater opens the first American cotton mill.
1803: France formally transfers authority over the territory of Louisiana to the United States.
1820: Missouri passes legislation that taxes single men, aged 21 to 50, one dollar.
1860: South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States, following the victory of Republican Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election.
1880: In New York City, electric lights are installed on Broadway.
1922: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
God that's boring..... let me check some more...
Born on This Day
Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (1881)
Harvey Firestone, American industrialist (1868)
(Jack) John Christiansen, American football player (1928)
Yikes... double snore...
The archer is the symbol of Sagittarians. Sagittarians are thought to be friendly, philosophical, and optimistic. Though they need freedom, they tend to be fairly conventional. They respect honesty in all its forms.
Okay, this might commemorate the day properly....
Happy Birthday Twit!!! I remember it well!!!
(they should have named you Patrick, okay? Just sayin...)
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Is $100M Guantanamo Courthouse Necessary?
Pentagon's Plans For Another Facility To Try 60 People Are Questioned
(CBS) The U.S. government already has a courthouse at Guantanamo Bay, but the Pentagon isn't satisfied, CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports. It plans to spend $100 million of your tax dollars to build a huge new facility just down the hill.
"This is very expensive for the number of cases, 60, which they anticipate trying," says Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Gherkins of Info.....
'Cause Vietnam Worked Out Sooooo Well The First Time......
The Keane-Kagan plan is not revolutionary. Rather, it is an application of a counterinsurgency approach that has proved to be effective elsewhere, notably in Vietnam.
There, Gen. Creighton Abrams cleared out the Viet Cong so successfully that the South Vietnamese government took control of the country. Only when Congress cut off funds to South Vietnam in 1974 were the North Vietnamese able to win.
James Dobsons' In TROUBLE......
James Dobson Rebuked By Acclaimed Professor Carol Gilligan For Distorting Her Research
Renowned Author/Researcher, England’s Angela Phillips, Condemns Focus on the Family’s Leader For ‘Seriously Misrepresenting’ Her Work
Miami Beach, FLA. - Truth Wins Out released an exclusive video today featuring celebrated New York University educational psychologist Carol Gilligan, PhD, who upbraided Focus on the Family leader, James C. Dobson, for misrepresenting her research in a guest column he wrote in last week’s issue of Time Magazine.Additionally, Angela Phillips, the renowned author of “The Trouble With Boys” also sent a pointed letter to Dobson today accusing him of “seriously misrepresenting” her work and asking him to publish her letter “prominently” on Focus on the Family’s website. Last week, Kyle Pruett, M.D. of the Yale School of Medicine, also expressed concerns that the Focus on the Family leader “cherry picked” his work.
Look Over Here.... Shiny, Shiny....
Bush Admin: What You Don't Know Can't Hurt Us
By Paul Kiel - December 18, 2006, 11:46 AM
Just how many different ways has the Bush Administration tried to hide once-public information sources from the public record? Help us count the ways.
You need to go over and read the whole thing, but meantime here's a few tidbits....
* In March, the administration announced it would no longer produce the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation, which identifies which programs best assist low-income families, while also tracking health insurance coverage and child support.
* In 2005, after a government report showed an increase in terrorism around the world, the administration announced it would stop publishing its annual report on international terrorism.
* After the Bureau of Labor Statistics uncovered discouraging data about factory closings in the U.S., the administration announced it would stop publishing information about factory closings.
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