woeful. miserable. dreadful.
who would have thought the bank one & fifteen chicago bears would be that terrible. they were humiliated last night in their much-fanfared opening of the new soldier field.
that was a truly embarassing display of football on national television. all them (sans paul edinger) should be ashamed of themselves.
just think, only 13 more weeks of humiliation coming up.
and what's worse, chicago taxpayers were forced to pony up $606 million to watch the bears march into onto that "beautiful" new field, get on their knees and blow it.
by the way, to all who say the new soldier field is really nice on the inside can go screw. with ticket prices where they are, the majority of chicagoans will never set foot in that stadium and we all still have to live with the monstrosity that graces lake michigan.
coach dick will be gone next year, but that is little consellation. woe to the next head coach of this lost "football" team.
who would have thought the bank one & fifteen chicago bears would be that terrible. they were humiliated last night in their much-fanfared opening of the new soldier field.
that was a truly embarassing display of football on national television. all them (sans paul edinger) should be ashamed of themselves.
just think, only 13 more weeks of humiliation coming up.
and what's worse, chicago taxpayers were forced to pony up $606 million to watch the bears march into onto that "beautiful" new field, get on their knees and blow it.
by the way, to all who say the new soldier field is really nice on the inside can go screw. with ticket prices where they are, the majority of chicagoans will never set foot in that stadium and we all still have to live with the monstrosity that graces lake michigan.
coach dick will be gone next year, but that is little consellation. woe to the next head coach of this lost "football" team.
by at 4:26 PM
Get a load of this.
Hit the streets, Rove, your ass is grass. You should have learned your lesson the first time, after Dubya's daddy fired you for a leak of sensitive info to your favorite butt-buddy in the press, Rob Novak.
You're an acolyte of ratfucking, of the Segretti/Atwater school of dirty tricks--your credentials have been well established. Unfortunately, either one would have at least had the smarts to realize publicizing the identity of a CIA operative is TREASON and a FELONY!!!
You've played your last card.
Hit the streets, Rove, your ass is grass. You should have learned your lesson the first time, after Dubya's daddy fired you for a leak of sensitive info to your favorite butt-buddy in the press, Rob Novak.
You're an acolyte of ratfucking, of the Segretti/Atwater school of dirty tricks--your credentials have been well established. Unfortunately, either one would have at least had the smarts to realize publicizing the identity of a CIA operative is TREASON and a FELONY!!!
You've played your last card.
by at 3:09 PM
This is another example of compassionate conservatism in action.
After dodging bullets in Mesopotamia on a daily basis, a soldier on leave is struck and killed by an SUV on the side of the highway, like some woebegone stray dog...I ask you, is this any way to "support our troops?" By sending them to a sweltering desert hellhole for an extended tour, then dropping them off in Baltimore with no way home to enjoy their hard-earned leave?
Rumsfeld tells our soldiers to hitchhike home...our war on terror is too important to lavish on frivolities like family leave for soldiers and health care for veterans when we have to make sure Citizens Bechtel and Halliburton are well-provided for in Iraq! Our CEO president has turned our government into a soulless Taylorite bureaucracy where humans are mere machinery--pliable and expendable, to be summarily discarded when one of the "parts" breaks or wears out.
Fuck you Rumsfeld. You and Powell and Bush are responsible for this sucking chest wound of a disaster. The condolence visit for this soldier should be your first responsibility.
Then again, being a fascist means never having to say you are sorry.
After dodging bullets in Mesopotamia on a daily basis, a soldier on leave is struck and killed by an SUV on the side of the highway, like some woebegone stray dog...I ask you, is this any way to "support our troops?" By sending them to a sweltering desert hellhole for an extended tour, then dropping them off in Baltimore with no way home to enjoy their hard-earned leave?
Rumsfeld tells our soldiers to hitchhike home...our war on terror is too important to lavish on frivolities like family leave for soldiers and health care for veterans when we have to make sure Citizens Bechtel and Halliburton are well-provided for in Iraq! Our CEO president has turned our government into a soulless Taylorite bureaucracy where humans are mere machinery--pliable and expendable, to be summarily discarded when one of the "parts" breaks or wears out.
Fuck you Rumsfeld. You and Powell and Bush are responsible for this sucking chest wound of a disaster. The condolence visit for this soldier should be your first responsibility.
Then again, being a fascist means never having to say you are sorry.
by at 10:27 AM
Might as well face it, you're DEAD!!!!!!!!!!
British, ahem, rocker Robert Palmer has just died at the age of 54.
Arnold Palmer? Dat golf guy? Who? Oh yeah, he had that video in the eighties, with the girls dressed as mannequins and dancing and all that crap. And there was that Power Station album, too.
Quoth Arnie:
How lame. Boo! Well, guess what? In his brief time on earth, Keith Richards has ingested enough illegal substances to make God high, and he's still kicking ass!!! What's your excuse, choirboy?
If he OD'ed on anything, it was probably sentimentality...I guess nobody told him methadone's a lot cheaper.
At least he left a beautiful corpse behind.
British, ahem, rocker Robert Palmer has just died at the age of 54.
Arnold Palmer? Dat golf guy? Who? Oh yeah, he had that video in the eighties, with the girls dressed as mannequins and dancing and all that crap. And there was that Power Station album, too.
Quoth Arnie:
"I loved the music, but the excesses of rock 'n' roll never really appealed to me at all. I couldn't see the point of getting up in front of a lot of people when you weren't in control of your wits."
How lame. Boo! Well, guess what? In his brief time on earth, Keith Richards has ingested enough illegal substances to make God high, and he's still kicking ass!!! What's your excuse, choirboy?
If he OD'ed on anything, it was probably sentimentality...I guess nobody told him methadone's a lot cheaper.
At least he left a beautiful corpse behind.
by at 9:01 AM
I am remiss to not take but a few moments from my life and thank all the beautiful people who came to our show at the Double Door on 9/11. Thankyou thankyou thankyou. Quoth the Pied Piper of R&B, "I thank you. I love you. Peaccccccccceee." Step in the name of love.
Speaking of R. Kelly, we are currently recording nine new slabs of extravagant savant-genius with the inimitable Mike Lust, o he of the devastating Tight Phantoms. Basic tracks were laid in a whirlwind matter of hours-- yes, Virginia, we're just that good. Among the songs committed to fun-hate analog are "Cop Assisted Suicide"; "Baghdad Bop"; "Coke Stroke in Vegas"; "Freedom Tank"; "Go Ape"; "Original Terrorist"; and a loving tribute to that song from "Space Jam" written by the deluded soul who likes to pee on young animate things & later compare himself to Osama yo Mama. Yes, folks, now the fun truly begins. More details later.
Saw Turbonegro at the Metro last night... yeehaw! Great show, good times. But I get the feeling I may never see them again, for I am under the distinct impression Hank is slowly consumming his fellow bandmates. Euroboy is skinnier than me & that's frightening. Always a hoot to see drunk man-monkeys running around, declaring repeatedly, "I got erection!"
A note to the GOP: yes, the American public is just now starting to understand that nation-building, er, reconstruction, takes years to emote fruition, but that doesn't give you poetic license to compare efforts currently under way in Iraq to those executed under the Marshall Plan. Two totally different things, people. I sincerely hope George Marshall, Harry Truman, and Dean Acheson come back from their respective graves to mouthfist with soap the tainted likes of Paul Bremer & Goober Wolfowitz. And soon.
Speaking of R. Kelly, we are currently recording nine new slabs of extravagant savant-genius with the inimitable Mike Lust, o he of the devastating Tight Phantoms. Basic tracks were laid in a whirlwind matter of hours-- yes, Virginia, we're just that good. Among the songs committed to fun-hate analog are "Cop Assisted Suicide"; "Baghdad Bop"; "Coke Stroke in Vegas"; "Freedom Tank"; "Go Ape"; "Original Terrorist"; and a loving tribute to that song from "Space Jam" written by the deluded soul who likes to pee on young animate things & later compare himself to Osama yo Mama. Yes, folks, now the fun truly begins. More details later.
Saw Turbonegro at the Metro last night... yeehaw! Great show, good times. But I get the feeling I may never see them again, for I am under the distinct impression Hank is slowly consumming his fellow bandmates. Euroboy is skinnier than me & that's frightening. Always a hoot to see drunk man-monkeys running around, declaring repeatedly, "I got erection!"
A note to the GOP: yes, the American public is just now starting to understand that nation-building, er, reconstruction, takes years to emote fruition, but that doesn't give you poetic license to compare efforts currently under way in Iraq to those executed under the Marshall Plan. Two totally different things, people. I sincerely hope George Marshall, Harry Truman, and Dean Acheson come back from their respective graves to mouthfist with soap the tainted likes of Paul Bremer & Goober Wolfowitz. And soon.
by at 7:05 PM
That's it...we're officially living in 1984.
We have always been at war with Iraq. We were never at war with Eastasia. Ignorance equals strength. Two plus two equals five. Mogwai is a great band.
So we went to war for NOTHING--NO WMDs, NO AL-QAIDA, NO OSAMA. No shit. How does that sound, all you rah-rah-kick-their-ass-steal-their-gas patriots? Bush totally rooked you--and now he's rubbing your nose in it, for the whole world to see! How does that make you feel, knowing you are a living, breathing affirmation of the Ignorant, Ugly American stereotype?
I'd really like to feel sorry for you, but fuck you, you just wouldn't listen. We have the most open media in the world, and yet you still couldn't be bothered to open your eyes to see the truth.
What the HELL has happened to this country? 70% of the population still believes Saddam was responsible for 9/11...and the white house certainly did nothing to discourage that belief. I guess it depends on what the definition of "involved" is...?
Let the impeachment proceedings begin. I'll order the pizza, you get the beer. Party at my place.
We have always been at war with Iraq. We were never at war with Eastasia. Ignorance equals strength. Two plus two equals five. Mogwai is a great band.
So we went to war for NOTHING--NO WMDs, NO AL-QAIDA, NO OSAMA. No shit. How does that sound, all you rah-rah-kick-their-ass-steal-their-gas patriots? Bush totally rooked you--and now he's rubbing your nose in it, for the whole world to see! How does that make you feel, knowing you are a living, breathing affirmation of the Ignorant, Ugly American stereotype?
I'd really like to feel sorry for you, but fuck you, you just wouldn't listen. We have the most open media in the world, and yet you still couldn't be bothered to open your eyes to see the truth.
What the HELL has happened to this country? 70% of the population still believes Saddam was responsible for 9/11...and the white house certainly did nothing to discourage that belief. I guess it depends on what the definition of "involved" is...?
Let the impeachment proceedings begin. I'll order the pizza, you get the beer. Party at my place.
by at 2:57 PM
I have a sure-fire formula for success for diaRIAA and the recording industry in general. Pay attention:
Actually, I just realized something. Why the heck am I wasting my time and energy trying to help you guys out? You haven't done anything for me, ever. Piss off assholes!
I'm gonna download 58 albums worth of songs tonight.
#1: Stop putting out so many shitty albums! (Duh. I shouldn't even have to mention that one.)
#2: Rein in your sales forecasts and profit expectations. I mean, really guys, do you actually expect Linkin Park to match the sales figures from their debut disc? Did you expect the same from Peter Frampton? The pressure to consistently outdo last year's figures is overwhelming, unfair, and completely unrealistic--it has destroyed the careers of many promising artists, and will continue to do so unless you reform your rapacious profit-taking. One way to accomplish this is to...
#3: Get rid of your ridiculously byzantine corporate bureaucracy of middlemen and useless flacks. The Illinois DOT is easier to deal with and understand than Polymer Records. Jettison that toadying, brown lipstick-wearing dead weight that does nothing but burn your profits and you may have a chance of rescuing your business.
#4: STOP PUNISHING FILE TRADERS! I'm surprised you stuffed suits haven't caught on twenty years after the last music piracy scare. Yeah, a whole legion of 10 year old kids with cassette recorders were making *gasp* illegal copies of music at home and cutting into your precious profits--suuuure, they were. Well guess what--much like contemporary times, the eighties started out in a recession, so people weren't buying much of anything anyway. You're just wasting your money trying to pursue these waifish rapscallions. Besides, you stand to lose big time in the PR race--Americans will always root for the underdog, and you're taking a big risk playing Goliath to Joe Q. Public's David.
Actually, I just realized something. Why the heck am I wasting my time and energy trying to help you guys out? You haven't done anything for me, ever. Piss off assholes!
I'm gonna download 58 albums worth of songs tonight.
by at 4:31 PM
Holy crap on a cracker! What's become of the summer?! An imbibed flash in the bedpan & now a distancing memory. I feel the urge to conduct a review of what Ican remember, but that's a task best suited for tomorrow. For now I need to remind y'all to not be ghey & forget to come to the Double Door tonight and see us get schooled by our pals from North Carolina, the mighty Leadfoot! Be there early, as that's always when fistfights brew between likely characters.
by at 4:39 PM
so who's been sued by the recording industry association of america? i'd like to know who these dirtbag criminals are.
what vicious, diabolical coward would lurk in the shadows of the internet in order to steal music? back in my day, i had to do it with my own two hands from kmart. there was some dangerous copyrght infringment right there!
and after i shoved it in my pants (or wherever), ran out the door and went home, do you know what i did? i taped it for all my friends!!!!
i must have cost the recording industry millions!
these scare tactics are a joke, and what's worse is they won't increase record sales.
if you've been sued, that sucks and my heart goes out to you.
but everyone, please feel free to download our songs right off this very web site. i will go to jail before i answer an riaa supeonea. that's my knife of simpson guarantee to you!
what vicious, diabolical coward would lurk in the shadows of the internet in order to steal music? back in my day, i had to do it with my own two hands from kmart. there was some dangerous copyrght infringment right there!
and after i shoved it in my pants (or wherever), ran out the door and went home, do you know what i did? i taped it for all my friends!!!!
i must have cost the recording industry millions!
these scare tactics are a joke, and what's worse is they won't increase record sales.
if you've been sued, that sucks and my heart goes out to you.
but everyone, please feel free to download our songs right off this very web site. i will go to jail before i answer an riaa supeonea. that's my knife of simpson guarantee to you!
by at 5:55 PM
Happy NFL regular season, all!
For those of you joining us at home, here's the game so far: the US launched an illegal invasion of Iraq in March because the United Nations wouldn't help us "disarm" Iraq. Now, knee deep in shit, Secretary of Hate Colon Polyp is going back to the UN to wheedle them into helping us out of the mess we've made of Mesopotamia.
Desperate times for the North Dallas Forty? Nah--let's take a look in Coach Rove's playbook.
With elections coming up in a year, the deteriorating situation in Iraq is beginning to look like a desperate scoring drive gone awry--by going to the UN, it appears the Dallas Cowboys are punting on third down and calling it quits. However, I think this has been part of the White House's plan all along: to completely destroy Iraq's infrastructure, manufacturing, and civil architecture, so their partners in crime--Betchtel, Halliburton, Carlyle--could march right in and make a mint off "rebuilding" everything we destroyed in the first place.
Then we go to the UN to make it all stick.
Weapons of Mass Destruction? They were just a convenient pretext for invasion. Rumsfeld knew our troops were in no danger of a WMD counterattack--ever. "Chemical Donnie" helped sell the weaponized chemicals to Hussein in the 80s, and he knew they would be inert and useless by now if they were ever stored. They knew it was all bullshit, and they never cared.
Going to the UN has always been the plan. In order to make money hand-over-fist, there needs to be a stable social, political, and economic environment. What organization is better suited to quelling turmOIL and reCRUDEscent strife than the United Nations? If we twist their arm enough, they'll send some blue-helmeted chum, I mean peacekeepers, to Iraq while we take care of the ever-important business of making money. Hey, it's a dirty job, but it's OUR JOB.
Talk about "priming the pump!" The no-bid contracts the government is doling out to defense contractors and private security firms ensures that the American taxpayer (and the middle class) will be doomed to indentured servitude forever, as the CEO class continues to call the shots in government. Meanwhile, our military (and the fucking NATIONAL GUARD) has become Bush's private security force, dispatched to destabilize underdeveloped countries in the name of antiterrorism, guard pipelines and refineries wherever they are in danger, and generally make the world safe for American DemocracyÆ.
It's a Hail Ronnie pass from deep within their own territory--and they'll probably pull it off, too.
That's the M.O. of Team USA. They break it--we buy it. And they make off with the profits. Go team!
When Bush pledged to avoid "nation building," he must have been talking about the US, because it sure seems he doesn't give a shit about any of us.
Hey Toby Queef, you fatass redneck fuck, how do those Freedom Fries taste now? We all know you took extra helpings of that shit sandwich. Are you glad you "supported" our troops by sending them to Iraq to get picked off like ducks in a shooting gallery? Do you still love your freedom so much that you can't tolerate the freedom of others? Choke on it, you stupid bastard.
For those of you joining us at home, here's the game so far: the US launched an illegal invasion of Iraq in March because the United Nations wouldn't help us "disarm" Iraq. Now, knee deep in shit, Secretary of Hate Colon Polyp is going back to the UN to wheedle them into helping us out of the mess we've made of Mesopotamia.
Desperate times for the North Dallas Forty? Nah--let's take a look in Coach Rove's playbook.
With elections coming up in a year, the deteriorating situation in Iraq is beginning to look like a desperate scoring drive gone awry--by going to the UN, it appears the Dallas Cowboys are punting on third down and calling it quits. However, I think this has been part of the White House's plan all along: to completely destroy Iraq's infrastructure, manufacturing, and civil architecture, so their partners in crime--Betchtel, Halliburton, Carlyle--could march right in and make a mint off "rebuilding" everything we destroyed in the first place.
Then we go to the UN to make it all stick.
Weapons of Mass Destruction? They were just a convenient pretext for invasion. Rumsfeld knew our troops were in no danger of a WMD counterattack--ever. "Chemical Donnie" helped sell the weaponized chemicals to Hussein in the 80s, and he knew they would be inert and useless by now if they were ever stored. They knew it was all bullshit, and they never cared.
Going to the UN has always been the plan. In order to make money hand-over-fist, there needs to be a stable social, political, and economic environment. What organization is better suited to quelling turmOIL and reCRUDEscent strife than the United Nations? If we twist their arm enough, they'll send some blue-helmeted chum, I mean peacekeepers, to Iraq while we take care of the ever-important business of making money. Hey, it's a dirty job, but it's OUR JOB.
Talk about "priming the pump!" The no-bid contracts the government is doling out to defense contractors and private security firms ensures that the American taxpayer (and the middle class) will be doomed to indentured servitude forever, as the CEO class continues to call the shots in government. Meanwhile, our military (and the fucking NATIONAL GUARD) has become Bush's private security force, dispatched to destabilize underdeveloped countries in the name of antiterrorism, guard pipelines and refineries wherever they are in danger, and generally make the world safe for American DemocracyÆ.
It's a Hail Ronnie pass from deep within their own territory--and they'll probably pull it off, too.
That's the M.O. of Team USA. They break it--we buy it. And they make off with the profits. Go team!
When Bush pledged to avoid "nation building," he must have been talking about the US, because it sure seems he doesn't give a shit about any of us.
Hey Toby Queef, you fatass redneck fuck, how do those Freedom Fries taste now? We all know you took extra helpings of that shit sandwich. Are you glad you "supported" our troops by sending them to Iraq to get picked off like ducks in a shooting gallery? Do you still love your freedom so much that you can't tolerate the freedom of others? Choke on it, you stupid bastard.
by at 10:37 AM