Month: August 2006

…see Keith Olbermann rip Donald Rumsfeld a new one. Not kidding. Go. Now.

Brandy makes an interesting observation: all the anti-abortion activists seem to be Christian. No Jews, no Muslims, no atheists. Any idea why?

In fact, are there any non-Christian anti-abortion groups?

Edit: it was pointed out that the original phrasing “pro-life” was a bit silly– all religions are pro life, some are not pro-choice.

Lifted in full from the comments section of Nothing Able To Stop Bush’s Sinking Poll Numbers… | The Huffington Post:

PRETTY LADY WITH A “W” STICKER
On the way to work this morning, I saw a mini Toyota pickup truck with a camper shell on the back. On the back window of the camper it had a bunch of “W” stickers pasted. There must have been 12 oval “W” stickers on the back of that truck. I smiled and thought, “Wow, this guy really loves bush”. I then switched lanes and accelerated my powerful F-350 so that I could get a glimpse of this bush lover. Then the stop light in front of us turned red and we both glided to a stop. As I pulled even with the little truck, I could see that it wasn’t a guy after all, but the most beautiful young lady I have ever seen. My heart started beating faster.

I rolled down my window and gave her the “thumbs up” signal. She rolled down her passenger side window and said, “Can I help you?” I then shouted, “I LOVE YOUR W STICKERS!” She smiled. I shouted again, “CALL ME” as I pointed down to the magnetic sign posted to my truck door which has my cell phone listed. She shrugged. I shouted again, “PLEASE CALL ME, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION”. She nodded this time, but with a confused expression on her face.

After the light changed she drove off very fast and disappeared into the long street. I have to drive slow these days to save gas. I’m being tailgated and honked at, but when I drive this slowly I can improve my gas mileage to nearly 14 miles per gallon, so honk all you want. Then about a minute later my cell phone rings. I answer, “Hello?” and it’s the pretty lady with all the “W” stickers.

PRETTY LADY: Yeah, you wanted to ask me a question.

STILLGOT: Yeah, I noticed that you have quite a few “W” stickers on your camper shell. I was pretty impressed. I mean most people with “W” stickers are old men and old ladies. Your “W” stickers really made me feel good, but my question is why so many? You must have at least 12 stickers.

PRETTY LADY: Oh my gosh… Do you really think I’m a bush lover? No, no you’ve got it all wrong. Haven’t you heard about the new bush protest campaign called “think about bush”? Some guy at my college decided to post a bunch of “W” stickers all over his car. His theory is that most people don’t think enough about bush. He believes that bush’s track record is so bad that the best way to sway public opinion against him is to force people to think about him more often and even when they are waiting at stop lights. Most people now know that a bunch of “W” stickers mean that you’re not happy with bush’s performance as president. I thought everyone knew about that.

STILL GOT: Oh shit. I thought you were one of us. (Long Pause) Ummm… So where did you get all the “W” stickers?

PRETTY LADY: Oh, I found the little “W” ovals on the Internet and I printed them, cut them out with scissors, and then scotch taped them to my back window.

STILL GOT: Hey, that’s pretty creative. You’re a pretty smart girl. How would you like to go to lunch with me? I’ve got coupons for all the fast food places.

PRETTY LADY: No thanks. I don’t eat junk food. I can’t believe you still have your original “W” sticker. The only other original “W” sticker I saw this morning was on a big Lincoln Town car with a little old lady behind the wheel. And that truck you drive is so gigantic. It must cost a fortune to fill it up. You poor silly little man… No wonder you collect coupons for McDonalds. Well, Ok, I’ve got to go…. (CLICK)

The Bible verse for the day for the guy in the White House who claims to be a God-fearing man. Also, while we’re at it, Proverbs 31:8-9 as well.

Where Do Rivals Draw the Line?: What’s the border between Red Sox Nation and the ego that is Steinbrenner?

My question: is this article going to affect real estate prices as people suddenly feel an urge to relocate?

Yes, as of today the war in Iraq has lasted longer for America than our entire European component of World War II, from Pearl Harbor to V-E day.

Well done, George and Dick. FDR and his VP finished up the war against Hitler in that amount of time, and FDR was a Democrat on his deathbed who was working with commies.

On the other hand, at least we’ve avoided having a Vice President suddenly having the most powerful office in the world and using it to drop atomic weapons on opposing countries.

So far.

John Hodgman says I’m the winner!

And the resident expert of The Daily Show wouldn’t make things up just to mess with me…

Quote of the day from an Interview with Robert Anton Wilson:

You go through a museum and you look at a Leonardo, a Botticelli, a Rembrandt, a Van Gogh, a Cezanne, a Picasso, a Klee, a Jackson Pollock, and it’s obvious the value of each of them is that they weren’t copying one another. If Van Gogh were copying Rembrandt nobody would give a damn for Van Gogh. He had the chutzpah to paint his own vision. Somebody having their own vision instead of just repeating an earlier one in a different style — that’s information. Information is the new and unpredictable.