tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67774642024-03-14T00:40:15.826-04:00Your Friend Without TactIf you're looking for someone who tells it like it is, with no real consideration of how it might come off, you've come to the right place!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-46203118670966130502010-08-09T12:36:00.000-04:002010-08-09T12:36:37.646-04:00Standing in the way of progress today is.......the American political process.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/aNWaOg">After one-on-one with Obama, McConnell vows to slow White House agenda</a><br />
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So it seems that the only way we can get things done is to be completely obstructionist. I've always been a staunch liberal, and I'm sure that has come across and oozed from every political post that I've ever put up here, but when it comes to Congress simply stonewalling, and halting progress, it doesn't matter who is in charge in the houses of Congress or who is presiding in the White House, partisan politics only hurt the American people. If you switch the name Obama with Bush, and switch McConnell with either Reid or Pelosi, it would have been the same story for the previous administration.<br />
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The ultimate goal of congress seems to be to bring the wheels of progress to a grinding halt. They are not properly representing their constituency and they are not earning their paychecks by simply being obstructionist. The only thing that both parties seem to agree on is that we need to spend more money to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So far the two campaigns have cost 1.06 TRILLION dollars, which nets out to about 7500 bucks per taxpayer(<a href="http://costofwar.com/">link</a>), and while the Iraqi campaign seems to be winding down, it doesn't seem like we're ever going to stabilize Afghanistan. <br />
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Meanwhile, we have never fully emerged from this recession, and the jobless claims have been less than encouraging. During the Bush administration, I remember reading calls from Republican members of congress and pundits to support the president or be branded a traitor. Now that Obama is facing this same struggle, some of these same voices are urging anyone with a conservative voice to stonewall the president, giving no more chance for the "liberal agenda" to be brought to fruition. With the emergence of the Teabaggers as a veritable voicebox, and a force for fringe militant conservatives, there have even been calls for the assassination of key democratic figures, for doing little more than arguing their opinions on Capitol Hill.<br />
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How about we reassess our priorities a bit and see things less as conservative versus liberal and instead look at the problems that the face the American people right now, and moving on in this relatively new century.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-60870639086633527822010-05-25T12:23:00.001-04:002010-05-25T12:38:59.773-04:00Why my daughter and wife are so awesomeI rarely talk directly about my family for a couple reasons:<br />
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1.) My wife, Amy, hates when i do.<br />
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2.) As the frequent comments I get in Japanese(which I delete because they always include spam links) prove, anyone can read this blog, and my private life is private...unless you're friends with me on Facebook.<br />
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Today, however, I'm going to break that rule a bit, with my wife's blessing. My wife gets precious little time these days to simply sit at the computer and just bullshit around on the internet. When she does, it tends to be catching up on the past several weeks of Facebook friends' updates and links, and visiting a few choice sites that she loves. Among these sites are <a href="http://www.postsecret.com/">Postsecret</a>, <a href="http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/">Cake Wrecks</a>, and <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/">IHeartFaces</a>. All of these sites are really cool, and I highly suggest checking them out.<br />
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Anyhow, Amy decided while browsing <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/">IHeartFaces</a> the other day, she decided to enter the weekly photo contest. Last week's subject was "Faces & Flowers," and Amy thought that we had the perfect picture:<br />
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So she submitted it for the weekly contest, because...well, why not? It's an adorable picture of our daughter, which we thought perfectly fit the category. And guess what? Among all of the entries by professional photographers, and retouched beautiful works, <a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2010/05/week-20-faces-flowers-photo-challenge_22.html">they picked Amy's shot as the winner for the week</a>, which I thought was awesome. And she was first place out of <b>646 entries!! </b>Amy told me to put it up on my blog because...because she doesn't have a blog.<br />
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In addition to giving Amy kudos, I also wanted to plug this website too, because they always have such amazing photographers, doing unbelievable things with the medium, so here's their button that you can click!<br />
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Ok...back to work, and we'll be back to my regular tactless snark as of my next entry...Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-1286549207189707472010-05-21T16:02:00.000-04:002010-05-21T16:02:30.224-04:00Comic Sans: Why, Vincent Connare? Why?It recently occurred to me that Comic Sans is possibility one of the worst inventions of the late 20th century. I've never been a fan, and usually skip it when considering a font for anything I've needed processed in print. In fact, many times, I've been tempted to remove the font from my computer altogether, but I always relent, seemingly thinking that at some point I might need this goofy font for some reason. I'm finally ready to admit that I've been delusional on that front.<br />
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As the title of this blog suggests, this insult to adult humanity was created in 1994 by some douche named Vincent Connare. Before you track down his address and throw stones through his windows, it has to be noted that Connare isn't a TOTAL hack; he is also responsible for the quite respectable Trebuchet font. As awful as Comic Sans is, I can't entirely fault its creator. People create and attempt to market crazy shit every day, but it's up to discerning companies not to put into circulation a font that is so clearly clownshoes<sup>1</sup>, so damn you Microsoft for putting something so clearly ridiculous into circulation!<br />
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So...why am I picking on this harmless font when there are jackasses like Rand Paul and Newt Gingrich out there making grand ridiculous accusations and poisoning the minds of impressionable people of our country? I guess it's easier. And I had a girlfriend in college who changed all of the fonts on her computer to this disgusting display of text, and she was a nutjob...that should have been my first clue! Just look at it!<br />
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<a href="http://bancomicsans.com/main/">http://bancomicsans.com/main/</a><br />
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<sup>1 See, Sara! You CAN use it in a sentence...<a href="http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/c/f/whatisclownshoes.htm">Clownshoes: a definition</a></sup>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-86130366610153050522010-04-26T11:46:00.000-04:002010-04-26T11:46:06.246-04:00New Title...same blunt delivery!Dear inconsistent reader,<br />
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You may (or probably not) have noticed that I have changed the title of this blog. While I’m proud of what I accomplished with the Monkeyhouse, it has come to my attention that I have a rare quality of being able to bypass the “I shouldn’t say <i></i><i>that</i>…” filter within my brain. I have been told that it is one of best and worst traits that I have, but I’ve chosen to embrace it, while understanding that my mouth has a habit of writing checks that my ass can’t cash. It is a careful balance in the pursuit to avoid ass-kickings.<br />
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I suppose that it is also a new service that I can offer. Could I make a business out of this? Hmm...[insert dream sequence here]<br />
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<b>Have some news you’d rather not give yourself? Need to tell a coworker that they smell? Need someone so state the unspoken obvious? Then go to Friend Without Tact. He’ll walk into a situation and say what everyone else is keeping to themselves! Why? Because he can’t help himself!</b><br />
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[shaking myself out of it]<br />
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Seriously, though, I think it speaks in a lot of ways to who I am, and what I’m constantly struggling with, hence the name change. Thanks to Amy, Kyle and Sara for pointing it out and making the less-blunt suggestion! :)Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-14580397840129541892010-03-19T10:06:00.001-04:002010-03-22T10:51:04.349-04:00Celebrities and privacyI was reading my newsfeeds this morning, and came across a headline that bugged me. Now, these days A LOT of headlines bother me, but this one seemed to just smack of hypocrisy:<br />
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Now this headline just got me angry, because once the media got involved in this story, about rumors of Bullock's husband, Jesse James potential infidelities, it was no longer a private drama. Instead it's splashed on the pages of every rag and tabloid from here to Taiwan(to be fair, the Taiwanese are more fans of Renee Zellweger...not sure why...). I know that celebrities are out there for the world to see, and that they make their money by being seen and recognized, and admired for their talent and their glamour, but at some point, we just have to say enough is enough.<br />
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I am immeasurably tired of the Tiger Woods story. Yeah, I get it, he was unfaithful...A LOT, but how does that affect my life? Unless you know anyone directly involved(i.e. Woods, his wife, and the 15 <strike>whores</strike> <i><b>Edit: </b>women of questionable integrity that he was banging</i>), you don't have any stake in this story. If Tiger Woods was just some guy who played at the local country club, or, hell, the local garbage man for that matter, no one other than family and friends would give a crap what he did in/out of his marriage. The only reason this became a big deal was the media attention that this story garnered. I'm perfectly willing to admit that I sometimes get sucked up into the tabloid journalism...You know, EVERY story about Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and those wastes of oxygen from Jersey Shore, but from the very beginning, the Tiger story didn't really matter to me. I see all these sponsors dropping him, and fans crucifying him for his extramarital activities. While I don't condone his cheating, his actions don't affect my impression of him as a golfer...he's still going to go out at the Masters and show why he's one of the best Golfers to ever pick up a driver.<br />
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Ultimately, he's a celebrity, and I expect celebrities to do stupid, selfish, destructive things to themselves and the people around them. I've seen way too many entitled celebs get themselves into so many different, ridiculous situations, that when I hear that Tiger had 15+ mistresses, I can hardly raise an eyebrow in surprise.<br />
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In closing, Hey Media...leave these poor people struggling with life to their own private lives. It is hard enough to navigate the world without a dozen cameras in your face when you go to Nobu for dinner! Let's try to get back some of that common decency that we've lost, and leave these people to pick up the pieces of their lives!</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-37551922679673505752010-02-24T12:13:00.000-05:002010-02-24T12:13:59.929-05:00When an Independent is truly an IndependentHOLY SHITBALLS!<br />
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Now that the smoke has cleared on the furor over Scott Brown's defeat of Martha Coakley, and Brown has reported to work, it appears that the collective groan from Democrats worldwide may have been a bit premature. <br />
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Brown crossed the aisle to vote with the Democrats on the jobs bill and fend off the Republicans that were falling over themselves to filibuster the bill into submission. Said Brown,<br />
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<blockquote>"I came to Washington to be an independent voice, to put politics aside, and to do everything in my power to help create jobs for Massachusetts families. I wish the tax cuts were deeper and broader, but I will vote for it because it contains measures that will help put people back to work,”</blockquote>While I disagree with many of his other political positions, I have to say that his first major splash in Congress showed that he has the courage of his convictions, which I can definitely respect.<br />
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He finished by bringing some reason to the table: “Brown offered a <a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=969c7c60528e8f9bf3196a7cbf4af243">final denunciation of the GOP</a> before the vote: ‘My friends on the other side of the aisle are looking for ways not to vote for this," he said, accusing them of putting "partisanship ahead of people.’"<br />
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Wow...didn't think I'd be saying this, especially so soon, but way to go Scott Brown! <br />
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It's been a year with control of the White House, and both houses of Congress, and they've gotten NOTHING accomplished. I've lost faith, I've lost patience, and I'm losing interest. These people are being paid to REPRESENT us. As far as I can tell they're all representing covering their asses, and little else. The Dems are arguing among themselves as to the language of the healthcare plan, while Obama just continually begs them to send him a bill he can sign, and the Republicans(a group which now officially includes Joe Lieberman), are doing nothing but trying to gum up the works in order that the bill that gets produced has absolutely no teeth to it!<br />
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We're not doing much to recover from the laughing stock that we became during the last presidency. We have no credibility among the other countries of the world, our debt to China is growing, nearly 20 percent of our workforce is unemployed or underemployed, the economy has not been stimulated, and no one seems to care to monitor those jackass banks and financial institutions that our tax money bailed out.<br />
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And all I care about is that I'm tired...or rather exhausted. I can blame my infant daughter only so much, because it's not just lack of sleep. I'm tired of my lackluster job, tired of my complete and total lack of ambition, tired of being so cranky when I get home that I snap at people(sorry Amy), and tired of not feeling that passion anymore for the things in the world that really bug me. <br />
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I need a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAlS_0wNUQg">shockabuku</a>...anyone want to help?Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-22223291542818699752010-01-01T21:21:00.000-05:002010-01-01T21:21:38.369-05:00Have I mellowed?It was only a short time ago that political news of any kind would get me in an uproar. The likes of Bill O'Reilly, Glen Beck, or, heaven forbid, Ann Coulter opening their traps was enough to send me off the edge and I wouldn't come back until I'd gotten all of the vitriol out of my system. Sometimes I would fume for days over some new policy or decision that the Bush administration made, and I would let the few paltry readers I had suffer more anger and outrage at this issue or that.<br />
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Then it happened...the seemingly interminable and outrageous presidency of Dubya was over and in a stunning election, Obama overcame the challenge from McCain and Caribou Barbie to become the 44th President and the first of African American descent. It was a huge triumph for those who believed that Obama would be that change that we wanted to see in the world.<br />
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I have to say that I felt awash in political pride. My candidate had beaten the odds and won. There was a mandate for change, for the razing of the policies of the past eight years, for the end of politics as usual in Washington. It's been nearly a year since Obama was inaugurated, and so far, I'm less than blown over by his first 11 or so months.<br />
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Universal Healthcare was finally just passed in the Senate, but former Democrat Joe Lieberman stomped around getting his way first with the elimination of the public option, and now seemingly getting the Medicare buy-in removed from the plan, two moves which, in essence, take all of the teeth out of the bite that the bill could take out of our healthcare woes in this country. Also, the plan was to have no increase on middle class taxes. It was one of the cornerstones of Obama's whole campaign. I haven't seen how they plan to pay for this whopper of a healthcare bill, but frankly, I'm getting worried.<br />
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Instead of getting troops out of the Middle East, Obama just announced another surge of troops to Afghanistan in order to combat the growing insurgency. While there are myriad differences between Iraq and Afghanistan's turmoil, it seems as if this is strikingly similar to the morass we faced which necessitated the surge in Iraq. I firmly believe, in this case, that the troops are necessary in Afghanistan, because, let's be honest...that's where they were needed in the first place.<br />
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Our economy is still pretty much in the shitter. We're seeing signs of recovery, but it's still touch and go. Of course, I don't even close to blame Obama for the state of the economy. He was saddled with not only a fiscal disaster of a deficit, but also the aftermath of bail-out-apalooza.<br />
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I find myself hardpressed to decide where to rate Obama's first year. As with every presidential candidate, Obama promised a lot of things to a lot of people. While it's virtually impossible for him to get every one of those things accomplished, let alone in his first year, it seems that even the most rudimentary have fallen by the wayside. I don't completely blame Obama, because it seems that the very tenets of our government, as well as the people we elect to "represent" us in Congress have done a wonderful job of tripping over themselves and allowing us to fall back into political infighting and turmoil, even within the Democratic party.<br />
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I'm starting to wonder if this whole democracy thing is going to turn out to be a failed 234 year old experiment. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-8631879086355505042009-11-30T10:34:00.000-05:002009-11-30T10:34:21.707-05:00Seattle ConfidentialWhen I read <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091130/ap_on_re_us/us_officers_shot;_ylt=ArEjktf96Me18ecSiikRSf534T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOTMwbGdyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTMwL3VzX29mZmljZXJzX3Nob3QEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3BvbGljZXN1cnJvdQ--">this</a> story this weekend, it started to nag at me. Why did this sound so familiar? But then it hit me. This is the beginning to the plot of <i>L.A. Confidential. </i>Based on the book by James Ellroy, the movie told the story of the fallout after several LA police officers were gunned down execution-style in a local coffee shop. Of course, in the movie, set in the 1950's, a group of young black men were framed for the murders, and then killed themselves by dirty cops to try to cover up a larger conspiracy, involving police corruption, drug dealing, and intimidation.<br />
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I know that this is not the case here, but it stood out so much in my mind when I read the story, that i felt the need to comment. I feel for the families of the officers killed, and want to send condolences their way. It is apparently also unclear whether the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, is still alive. He was apparently wounded in the attack, and has been holed up in a standoff with police at a house 30 miles from where he apparently opened fire and killed 4 police officers. However this shakes out, whether Clemmons is still alive or not, the whole thing is just so senseless. Life is short enough without crazed gunmen trying to make it any more truncated...Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-63489261897258616492009-11-23T14:51:00.000-05:002009-11-23T14:51:30.809-05:00V For Very RepublicanABC has recently introduced America to <b><i>V</i></b>, a reimagining of an 80's British miniseries, in which an alien race called "The Visitors" descend on Earth and attempt to establish relations with Earth in order to make a mutually beneficial relationship. The Visitors have much to offer in the way of technological and medical advances that we have not yet come up with. But they want something in return, and they're dodgy and coy when it comes to finding out what it is.<br />
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As of now, I've only seen the pilot episode, but I like the cast, which includes Elizabeth Mitchell(Juliet from <i>Lost</i>), Morena Baccarin(Inara from <i>Firefly</i>), and Scott Wolf(from <i>Party of Five</i> fame). In the pilot, they arrive and begin the establishment of diplomatic relations, while we also see an underground group that is trying hard as they can to fight against the Visitors' occupation of Earth airspace. They maintain that there have been Visitors in sleeper cells on Earth for years, gathering information, and getting themselves entrenched in human life. The Visitors obviously have some more dastardly agenda than they would let on. We also see an attack on the underground resistance, in which we find out that the Visitors, while seemingly humanoid, actually are reptilian creatures under their human facade. I'm looking forward to where this goes, and am intrigued in tracking down the original British miniseries to see how it compares.<br />
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I've been mulling over the idea of aliens covertly living among us since the days of <i><b>Men In Black</b></i>, but <i><b>V </b></i>simply reinforces the idea of aliens hiding in plain sight...does this offer some insight into Fox News? The likes of Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity? Even the corpulent fatty, Rush Limbaugh? It would be brilliant...they take the focus off themselves by railing against illegal immigration...it's GENIUS! <br />
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Now...which one to hack up with a machete to prove it...hmmm...eenie meenie mineee......Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-82236428122754657212009-11-18T15:50:00.000-05:002009-11-18T15:50:28.458-05:00state of the Scott addressLately, I've been getting nostalgic...A LOT. It seems that everywhere I turn, something takes me back, whether it be to my childhood, or high school, or, most recently to a few years ago when I was in a band that I thought would still be taking the CT music scene by storm. <br />
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I was just realizing that I'm in a completely different place in my life, and probably couldn't swing the band thing now, what with Maya taking up so much of our time, and our sleep schedules dwindling more by the day. Am I sad? A bit, but I'm pretty happy with where I am at this moment. I have a wonderful family, a new home, a group of friends that is unrivaled, and a job that...well, let's just say it pays the bills. I think what I miss most about the band was just having that creative outlet to explore, and the camaraderie of the band(Please do not say that this blog can be my creative outlet...it's not creative...it's just rant-y), but at this point, most of the time, I'm too tired to be creative. I'm lucky if I get time to read.<br />
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Every year, I tell myself I'm gonna get down to brass tacks, sit down and spend NANOWRIMO crafting the great American novel, but it never happens. I've had ideas in the past, but nothing ever fully pans out to the point that I could imagine myself being able to actually conclude a story. I know that the point is to write, but I don't want to get knee-deep into a world with characters and a storyline and then bail out because it won't work. It seems too daunting. I know I should try because I may surprise myself, but I find myself not only a perfectionist, but also a procrastinator, and those two don't mix.<br />
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For lack of a cohesive ending here, I'm just going to make up a word:<br />
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<b>Kabloomingdales</b> - a fight that breaks out at a sweater sale in the mallScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-88712100332490318592009-11-12T10:40:00.001-05:002009-11-12T10:41:47.126-05:00Veteran's DayI know that it was yesterday, but I came across something yesterday that I simply needed to talk about, but didn't have time to blog about yesterday. Veteran's day, besides being my niece and friend Dan's birthdays, is a holiday to celebrate the men and women who have fought and, in some cases, given their very lives to keep America safe and free. In celebration of that, a lot of people get the day off, banks and schools are closed, no mail is delivered, and, as of recent years, some popular restaurants reward the sacrifice of veterans by offering them free entrees for the day.<br />
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A friend of mine who served in the first Gulf war ate completely for free yesterday. Do I begrudge him this small thing? Absolutely not. He sacrificed his time and put himself in harm's way, so what is a free meal? Applebees and Moe's both provided a free meal, and I'm fully on board, but then I read that Outback was also participating, but veterans could only get a free Bloomin' Onion for their service. Seriously? These people survived time in some pretty hazardous warzones, came back safe and sound to their families and you're going to give them a heart attack-covered onion? Awesome.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-49298217579391714002009-10-29T12:45:00.001-04:002009-10-29T12:45:56.763-04:00The migratory patterns of politically-themed blogsAlright, so I figured out how to back-date my archives from my other blogs, and I've started to streamline and transfer. I've moved the entire Myspace blog archive over, and I will warn you, I perused some of them as I was copying them, and a lot of them are very angry(i.e. everything from the Bush Administration). So if you're interested, go ahead and read them...or not.<br />
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I will be relocating the info from my Ebloggy blog some time soon, but for now, I can at least cancel my dusty, cobweb-infested Myspace account...Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-41792833467591499532009-10-22T15:17:00.002-04:002009-10-22T15:28:51.393-04:00Things You(or I) Might Have MissedOk, so as I previously stated, I took a longer blogging sabbatical than I would have originally thought, and in that time, things have occured. LOTS of things! So in the absence of some real empassioned diatribe, I'm going to list them and perhaps comment on them...<br />
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<ol><li>Barack Obama became President of the United States.<sup>1</sup></li>
<li>My wife got pregnant and gave birth to my beautiful daughter, Maya. She's truly spectacular.</li>
<li>The surviving members of Led Zeppelin got on stage together for the first time in years,<sup>2</sup> and briefly toyed around with a tour before going their separate ways again.</li>
<li>Pushing Daisies got canceled by ABC.<sup>3</sup></li>
<li>90210 and Melrose Place were somehow resurrected from the depths of Hell where they belong, and still have life on the CW.</li>
<li>I STILL haven't figured out a way to back-date entries and transfer my old blogs on myspace and ebloggy over to here, for all my archives to be in the same place.</li>
<li>A number of my friends have taken up the blogging mantle in my absence and are doing a far superior job than I ever did of keeping up with them and adding relevant and interesting content.<sup>4</sup></li>
<li>Barack Obama was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize based on his first 11 days in office...Conservative pundits have been busting blood vessels in their faces ever since.</li>
<li>We fired a rocket into the moon...wait...WHAT!!??<sup> </sup></li>
<li>We still don't have universal healthcare, but there is a new term that was coined out of it: DEATH PANELS!!! So scary and so utterly republican an idea.</li>
<li>We have apparently suffered through and emerged from a recession. </li>
<li>Amy and I sold our house, spent 5 months living with her parents because we couldn't find a house, and then bought a new place that's AWESOME.</li>
<li>is still an unlucky number<sup>5</sup><br />
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<li>Lost got better and had an amazing 5th season, while Heroes just got worse, and now can't even get me to watch by having Claire have a lesbian encounter with her college roommate<sup>6</sup></li>
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Ok, so for the first real entry back after my hiatus, I have a few people to thank.<br />
First, Gabe is responsible for me remembering that I have a blog after asking us all if we have blogs to share.<br />
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Secondly, I have to thank Nate for not only reminding me that blogs can be fun, and interesting, but also for not being mad at me(I hope) for using his footnote technique. I promise I won't use it much after this entry. I just needed to make this list more terse, with the additional info for anyone who wanted it.<br />
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Third, I'd like to thank my wife, Amy, for putting up with me being ridiculous, stir crazy, and frustrating ALL the time! <br />
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And finally, I would like to thank the wonderful people over at Cumberland farms for keeping me stocked with Red Bull and your Cumby's Hole In One snack Mix. I couldn't have made it through the last several months without you. <br />
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And now I will leave you with the footnotes before this turns into an Oscar acceptance speech...<br />
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<u><i>FOOTNOTES</i></u><br />
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1. And he won it fair and square without any hanging chads, recounts, or the Supreme Court....oh yeah, and he won by A LOT!<br />
2. First reaction: *Drool* followed by DAMMIT!<br />
3. We're dreadfully sorry, Dark Overlord, but it was TOTALLY Dan's fault!<br />
4. See my blog links section...If I've missed anyone, please let me know, so I can include you.<br />
5. Of course, Olivia Wilde's character on House is called 13 as well, so there's that...<br />
6. For Shame NBC...for shame.<br />
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<pre id="line550"></pre><sup><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></sup>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-25381075309424008672009-10-22T12:30:00.000-04:002009-10-22T12:30:25.435-04:00Wait...I have a blog?Apparently, in the shuffle of life, I have completely neglected to post here in over a year, but, to be completely fair, no one reads this anyway, so we have a real "If a blog that no one reads goes un-updated for over a year, does anyone care?" situation. In order to remedy this situation, I'm going to endeavor to pass the blog link out to people so I can actually make it an active thing...we'll see how that goes, going forward.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-72498573704169435702008-04-10T12:29:00.000-04:002008-04-10T12:54:52.767-04:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lowering the bar a bit further - an impossibility?<br /><br /></span>I think we've finally done it, America. We as a country have jumped the shark. We've achieved maximum relevance in the frame of history, and, like an old canceled sitcom, we have to make way for the next evolution of country-ness.<br /><br />We have a leader who has proven time and time again that the rules not only don't apply to him, but that with a simple wave of his hand, he can make us forget that the rules ever existed. War crimes have been committed, due process has been subjugated, and around every turn, the bad guy is not only getting away, but he's thumbing his nose at the very foundations that this country is based on.<br /><br />In the primary race for the Democratic HOPE, the candidates are now competing for the votes of Pennsylvania. And now <a href="http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/7/124812/3285/604/491642">this </a>is going to be turned into a negative for Obama. He returned the donation from a registered lobbyist. GASPScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-39715363655627270442007-07-17T10:40:00.000-04:002007-07-17T10:43:09.493-04:00<div align="justify"><br /><strong>The Bush administration: Lowering Expectations for the next generations</strong></div><div align="justify"><br />Our kids are getting dumber, fatter, and more complacent. Now, without judging, simply sit back and look at that objectively and try to figure out why. Could it be because the American lifestyle is just too complex and busy to actually make sure that we are educating our children or feeding them properly, or teaching them how to go out into the world and be useful to society? Perhaps. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">That is part of it, and no small part at that, but kids today have another target for their blame.In nearly everything they touch, the Bush administration is lowering the bar for the present and future of this country. Accountability and truth are being assaulted and drawn to the brink of extinction. What does it say that a crony of our president can get his sentence commuted simply because the president deems his sentence excessive? It tells me that well-connected people don't ever see consequences as long as they follow the leader. Already, this commutation is sending shockwaves through the law enforcement community, with prisoners throughout the country asking their lawyers to assert the Libby "excessive sentence" ploy. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Whatever happened to "honesty is the best policy?" What about, "the truth will set you free?" Our youth are being taught that you can lie your way to the top, and, once you get there, you and your friends will be bullet-proof. They're also being taught that the Constitution, that revered document our framers worked so hard on, is just a piece of paper. The rule of law is being perverted to help the few, while subjugating the many, and this is what our children are viewing every day on the evening news. Oh wait, their parents don't make them watch the evening news...what am I thinking?</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Every day, we see our president appeal to the lowest of the low, as our country sinks further and further into the quicksand that we tripped into after the 2000 election. No Child Left Behind may be dragging the less studious kids along for the ride, but it's leaving behind quality educators. My generation and the generation of my parents, are leaving the teaching field as quickly as they enter it. It's no longer possible to teach class like that favorite teacher you had growing up. Now our kids are being taught based on curriculums set up by some guy in a room that wants test scores to go up. And if the scores don't go up...? Well, then the unthinkable and completely counter-intuitive occurs...funding is cut. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't the struggling schools receive more funds to try bringing themselves back to the level they should be? Of course not...this brainchild of a plan comes from the same administration that last week looked at benchmarks for the Iraq war and concluded that 8 out of 18 was satisfactory enough for Bush to waive Congress' benchmark requirement on war funding. For those of you who may not be math whizzes, 8/18 us roughly 44.4 percent. I don't know what new math they're teaching in schools these days, but when I was in school, that was a failing grade...what's next? kids being told that they cannot go to recess unless they pass their spelling tests, then being allowed to petition that the 2 words out of twenty they got right are the hardest on the page, so by extension they should be allowed to play kickball with the other kids even though they got a 10 on the damned test!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">We need to change this road we're on because if we don't, it won't be long before someone will trump Bush as the dumbest and worst president in history!</div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-66566117903100328612007-01-26T12:46:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:35:53.866-04:00The Decision-maker speaks<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_222240813">First, he was the "decider," and the world snickered. Now that he's facing the most criticism in his entire tenure as president, and someone took him aside and explained that using "decider" made him sound even dumber than usual, so now he is the "decision-maker" on Iraq. That's his response in answer to his critics' refusal to rubber stamp his troop surge. <br />
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I think Bush is riding a little high on his horse at this point. Yes, he is the president, but he has to be held accountable for his <em>deciderism. </em>He needs to know that being drunk with power will not be tolerated, and that he's heading for a fall. <br />
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Hell, it would be quite easy for me to go on public access and tell those few watching that I'm the decision-maker in Finland, but that doesn't make it true. <br />
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As I said yesterday, though, the more often he says things like this, the more people realize just how out of touch with reality the man really is. Still waiting on the announcement that we've conquered the moon and stamped out terrorism there for good.<br />
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</div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=12943179&page=2"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I7JR.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently listening:<br />
<a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=12943179&page=2"><b>Cruel Intentions: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack</b></a><br />
By Various Artists<br />
Release date: 02 March, 1999</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-4155810905664668742007-01-25T10:45:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:33:19.016-04:00The Democrats and Obamamania<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_221812945">In what seems to be a new trend of bucking the system, the Democrats have come out of their shells emboldened and ready to kick some ass. The memories of their impotent do-nothingness being erased, the Democrats are in the process of writing a new chapter in political history. With the majority they have secured, Democrats are stonewalling and standing up for something, which, frankly, is refreshing. <br />
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The past six years, it has been sort of depressing to be a liberal democrat, seeing the entire world go to shit at the hands of a crazy man and his anal dwelling congress/administration. At this point it seems that as long as Bush and his supporters keep talking, his opposition will continue to grow. I really had never thought I would see rational thinking in Washington again. <br />
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With this new bold approach to politics have come the men and women who deem themselves worthy to be candidates for a seat in the Oval Office(a seat that will undoubtedly need to be steam cleaned, if not replaced entirely...Don't even think about mentioning Clinton's chair...eventually that will be a fixture in the Smithsonian.) <br />
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Among these candidates is Illinois congressman Barack Obama. Obama has been a target of ridicule by the conservatives in the media for his name, among other things. I guess having the name Barack Hussein Obama can do that. Fortunately, he is a serious candidate; he's got the chops to see this through, and possibly win the nomination. As the keynote speaker at the last DNC, he put his name on the map in distinguished fashion. Now he is defending erroneous attacks that he spent part of his childhood in an Islamic madrassa, a claim that is baseless, and has been proven completely false. Instead of the rote answer that we have come to expect, Obama is attacking back, accusing the right of trying to slam him with baseless accusations. <br />
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Does he have the chops to see this through? Only time will tell, but he's already gone over the drug hump. There will be no impotent "I didn't inhale" in this presidential race. Obama has admitted in his book that he did indeed do drugs at a younger age. He has been open about his life, his past, and the mistakes he's made. Let's hear it for a little honesty in politics, and vigorously fight those who would combat that honesty with lies and baseless accusations!<br />
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<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_221850221">Obama stood on the floor of the capitol yesterday and showed why people are so excited about him running for president.<br />
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<a href="http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jan/25/obama_the_time_has_come_for_universal_health_care_in_america">Click Here to read Obama's Speech in its entirety.</a><br />
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</div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=12943179&page=2"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000IU3XTW.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently listening:<br />
<a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=12943179&page=2"><b>Skin and Bones</b></a><br />
By Foo Fighters<br />
Release date: 07 November, 2006</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-8831575672343776962007-01-23T12:25:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:24:11.371-04:00The Province of the Confederacy address<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_220988390"><div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_220988390">Tonight, President Bush will stand in front of Congress and try not to shit himself as he delivers what is being reported as a "domestic" agenda. Seeing how well his troop surge idea went over, mentioning foreign policy could be a bad move. I'm picturing bad, like Michael Richards at the Laugh Factory bad.<br />
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With Republicans jumping ship on his Iraq agenda, and his approval ratings beating their all-time lows with every new poll, Bush has to be careful on more than one front. If he continues on his current path, he will risk increasing the republican voices crossing the aisle and speaking against him, but if he backs down, he will lose his base group of supporters, which I call "crazy fuckers".<br />
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Let me be clear, however...I'm not planning on watching this year's State of the Union. I don't care what he has to say. I have no doubt it will be barely literate, and all kinds of insane. Now, you can say what you want about my refusal to watch...you can even call me a snob, but I tried last year, and was able to sit through his misplaced emphasis on words, and repitition of Nuke-You-Lur for about five minutes before my head was ready to explode. I would rather listen to audio files of Paris Hilton talk about how iodized salt is "hot" than actually sit through another state of the union.<br />
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</div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006L3QM%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L3QM.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently listening:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006L3QM%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><b>Ben Folds Live</b></a><br />
By Ben Folds<br />
Release date: 08 October, 2002</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-12999890696855095002007-01-22T11:37:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:22:46.029-04:00Hugo Chavez tells American leaders to go to hell<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_220538897">Responding on behalf of their government, the american people say, "Have you not been paying attention? We've got Dubya as a president...we're already in hell!"</div><div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_220538897"> </div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060735414%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060735414.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently reading:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060735414%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><b>Bloodsucking Fiends</b></a><br />
By Christopher Moore<br />
Release date: 25 May, 2004</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-39221114307358356652007-01-12T15:13:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:21:40.859-04:00Speechiferousnessosity, and other words only Bush could make up, but not pronounce<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_216624846"><div align="left">I have been remiss in my blogging in the wake of the latest Bush speechiferousness. So he admitted that there have been failures in Iraq. One little line in a speech does not make him all clear with me, however, especially in light of the fact that the remaining lines of the speech were pitching another idea that will make hundreds more mistakes.<br />
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</div><div align="left">He seems content to listen only to the voices in his inner circle and in his own head, and ignore the growing mass of his constituents who disagree wholeheartedly on his disastrous policy of sending our young men and women to die with reckless abandon to fulfill some sick little fantasy that he's actually doing some good. <br />
</div><div align="left">Meanwhile, the only people making out in this situation are companies such as Halliburton, who are given lucrative government contracts to rebuild the cities that we have contributed to the destruction of. <br />
</div><div align="left">Of course respected politician, turned anal-dwelling suck-up John McCain is trumpeting Bush's cause, seeing as he wrote it. And what of my favorite Democratic deserter, Joe Lieberman? He got himself reelected in the fall, mostly on his assertion that if people trusted him as an independent, he would continue his investigation of the covert and illegal goings-on regarding the proverbial ball-dropping that was Hurricane Katrina. Now that he's actually back in Washington, thanks in large part to the Republicans' brilliant plan of not even attempting to field a Republican opposition, which pretty much made it a fight between Joe and Ned Lamont. He's back and, as thanks to those cunning snakes that helped him get reelected, he's dropping the investigation into the dirty dealings that left so many people stranded in New Orleans. He can do that, see, because he's the fucking chair of the committee. That's the ultimate kick in the balls, if you ask me.<br />
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</div><div align="left">I just have to give a big FUCK YOU to all of you out there who thought giving him another chance was a good idea. I just knew he would screw us again, and I actually loathe to gloat about it because I had that same vain hope when he was elected. From Democratic VP nominee to Republican assclown in less than 8 years…it's just staggering!<br />
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</div></div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A2H88U%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000A2H88U.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently listening:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A2H88U%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><b>One Fell Swoop</b></a><br />
By Spill Canvas<br />
Release date: 09 August, 2005</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-47082978762703616412006-12-28T12:20:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:19:52.842-04:00Saddam Pleads For Peace, and an interview With Gerald Ford From beyond the grave<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_210578459"><div align="justify">Yesterday on the Baath Party website, a letter was posted, written by Saddam Hussein on the day he was sentenced to death. The letter, while still quite arrogant in nature, pleads with the Iraqi people not to hate, but to peacefully coexist, adding a plea not to hate the invading coalition forces. While this seems strange coming from a man who has just been sentenced to death for his genocide of Kurdish Iraqi citizens, I still sincerely hope that his former people still listen and bring an end to the sectarian violence that is taking more lives each day in the war torn country.<br />
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</div><div align="justify">Hussein goes on to say goodbye to the Iraqi people, praises God, and says, "Long live Iraq, long live Iraq ... Long live Palestine ... Long live jihad and the mujahideen". He concludes with the reason for the letter – the court refused to let Hussein give a final statement, and Saddam wanted to be heard.<br />
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</div><div align="justify">I don't quite know how to react to this, to be perfectly honest. In the early 90s, during Operation Desert Storm, I was in grade school and it was pretty cut and dried – Saddam was the enemy. Three years ago when he was dragged out of a shoebox sized foxhole in his hometown, I have to admit, as much as I was glad he had been caught, I felt a little sorry for him. He looked all unkempt and disheveled such a far cry from the powerful despot in military regalia. Now his execution is less than 30 days away, and I have to hope that his plea for peace among the different factions of Iraq is genuine. Now all we need to do is make sure that every Iraqi sees it. We all know how well leaflets work, so let's shoot rockets into the leaflet factory…that might work.<br />
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</div><div align="justify">As a side note, I find it really interesting that an interview with former president Gerald Ford is just coming to light in the days following his death. In the interview, from 2004, Ford is candid about his disdain for the methods and motivations behind the invasion of Iraq. He posited that diplomacy and sanctions were still viable options, and that the whole platform of WMDs was as much bullshit as we all knew at the time. Ford, even in death, and even though never duly elected president, shows more grace in one moment than Bush will ever be able to accomplish. Though he gets a bad rap for the pardoning of Nixon, I believe he will still be remembered more fondly than George W. Bush. RIP Jerry.<br />
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</div></div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001MZ7ZK%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001MZ7ZK.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently listening:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001MZ7ZK%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><b>Final Straw</b></a><br />
By Snow Patrol<br />
Release date: 30 March, 2004</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-67218967928054878522006-12-12T12:50:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:18:28.209-04:00If I could prove with very shoddy evidence that Ann Coulter has the plague...<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_204607697">Could we execute her for treason? <br />
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No...just kidding...but if she has any unpaid parking tickets, let's execute the bitch, just so she'll shut the hell up. I'm currently reading the book I've listed below, Brainless, and I have to say...as much as I hated her before, now, I just think she needs to be locked in a rubber room. <br />
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The book is an examination of Coulter and her many many contradictions. A rabid anti-feminist, Coulter says she believes that women should be stripped of the right to vote...unless of course you would try to take away Ann's own right, which she has schemed and falsified records in order to do. There are serious questions as to her age because there is a chance she falsified her birthdate on her first voter registration in order to vote at the age of 16, a felony, by the way. Also, in the 2005 election, she registered her real-estate agent's address as her own and knowingly voted in the wrong precinct(another felony). <br />
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More later on the lunatic, but I have to read more of the book first<br />
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</div><!--- blogger's current book/movie/music/games --> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 600px;"><tbody>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="60"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061243507%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0061243507.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg" /></a></td><td align="left" valign="top">Currently reading:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061243507%3ftag=myspace08-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT"><b>Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter</b></a><br />
By Joe Maguire<br />
Release date: 10 October, 2006</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889154201662500046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777464.post-76968583459253466412006-12-05T14:05:00.000-05:002009-10-29T12:17:30.367-04:00Political Drivel<div class="blogContent" id="pBlogBody_201757993">You know, sometimes I don't pay attention as well as I should. Yesterday I saw a headline about Bolton submitting his resignation to president Bush, and my mind first went to Michael Bolton. Now, as great as it would be for us never having to hear that pussy sing ever again, it's even greater that the report was referring to John Bolton, the beleaguered UN rep, who decided to resign rather than get completely spanked in confirmation hearings that would have certainly turned out with him being denied a reappointment to the post.<br />
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And then today, I saw a headline about Gates going before the Senate, and my first thought was of Bill Gates. Robert Gates makes more sense, since he's Bush's nominee to replace the outslithering Rumsfeld. Why did my brain go to Bill Gates? Who knows.<br />
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Well, Gates is starting off his confirmation hearings by pandering to the Democrats in what seems like a desperate attempt to get himself confirmed as defense secretary. He started out his day as the first Republican in Bush's administration to actually admit that we're not winning the war in Iraq. Now, although this is a step in the right direction in terms of message, if you sort through the bullshit, it can be only seen as pandering to the congressional majority for approval.<br />
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So, Iowa governor Tom Vilsack has thrown his hat in the ring for the 2008 Democratic nomination, and is coming on strong, attacking McCain, and saying a bunch of stuff that's obvious to a kid in freshman Poli-Sci class. His latest is that he wants to shrink the number of troops stationed in Iraq to a tiny little security detail. Wow...a democrat opposing the staunch authority of the evil republicans by cutting and running just like they said the democrats would. Now, I don't oppose scaling back troops, as you all well know, but if we pull out all at once, Iraq will collapse even more completely into the civil war the republicans are denying the very existence of. We need to do this in stages, so the Iraqis can be positioned to keep the infrastructure of the government intact.<br />
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By Mae<br />
Release date: 25 February, 2003<br />
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