Great...now Elliot Smith is the latest to join the obscure pop singer-songwriter death cult. Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake welcome you to the Leonard Cohen Afterworld.
by at 11:09 AM
i've heard from the current administration, and even the pentagon, that the war on terror is not a holy war against islam.
and then there are assholes like lt. gen. william boykin, deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and war-fighting support.
boykin has been traversing the country, giving speeches to church groups and prayer breakfast gatherings, saying the war on terror is a fight agains "satan" and america, as a "christian nation" has a duty to prevail.
wow! he likes to tell a story about an encounter with a muslim fighter in somalia who said allah would protect him from american invaders.
"well, you know what i knew - that my god was bigger than his god," boykin is quoted as saying. "i knew my god was a real god and his was an idol."
and hear what he had to say about our man-child president:
"why is this man in the white house," he asked rhetorically. "the majority of americans did not vote for him. why is he there? and i tell you this morning he is in the white house because god put him there for a time such as this."
i don't know if he's just placating to a loyal republican constituency, or if he believes this crap, but it's scary and disgusting.
meanwhile our esteemed defense secretary claims he doesn't know the 'bad lieutenant general' personally, and cited his "outstanding" military record when asked about the comments.
way to take a stand dumbsfeld. why don't you go butt-fuck a wall?
anyway, i'd like to bestow this week's fuck-you-in-the-face award to lt. gen. william boykin.
and then there are assholes like lt. gen. william boykin, deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and war-fighting support.
boykin has been traversing the country, giving speeches to church groups and prayer breakfast gatherings, saying the war on terror is a fight agains "satan" and america, as a "christian nation" has a duty to prevail.
wow! he likes to tell a story about an encounter with a muslim fighter in somalia who said allah would protect him from american invaders.
"well, you know what i knew - that my god was bigger than his god," boykin is quoted as saying. "i knew my god was a real god and his was an idol."
and hear what he had to say about our man-child president:
"why is this man in the white house," he asked rhetorically. "the majority of americans did not vote for him. why is he there? and i tell you this morning he is in the white house because god put him there for a time such as this."
i don't know if he's just placating to a loyal republican constituency, or if he believes this crap, but it's scary and disgusting.
meanwhile our esteemed defense secretary claims he doesn't know the 'bad lieutenant general' personally, and cited his "outstanding" military record when asked about the comments.
way to take a stand dumbsfeld. why don't you go butt-fuck a wall?
anyway, i'd like to bestow this week's fuck-you-in-the-face award to lt. gen. william boykin.
by at 6:43 PM
Wow...so Dubya's grandpappy Prescott was a Nazi symp and war profiteer? Who knew, eh?
If you have a chance, go read Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." There are an awful lot of dark, dirty secrets rattling about in the collective uncounscious of the Bush kkklan, and I don't believe their family has ever truly confronted the piles of gold fillings and bleached bones upon which the family fortune was created. The psychic trauma and cognitive dissonance must be unbearable.
But hey, greed is good, isn't it? And so Atlas shrugged...
It's appropriate, then, that when Prescott sent Herbert Walker off to war he went to fight the JAPANESE and not the Germans. We couldn't have junior bombing his Daddy's and Henry Ford's factories...that would be TREASON!
It's no wonder Poppy Bush involved himself with the intelligence community after WWII...there were probably lots of former Nazis hired through Operation Paperclip to make friends with. It must have been just like family.
When they're not busy supporting the creation of a Master Race, the Bush Cosa Nostra still performs pro bono work for fascists and religious extremists of all stripes...why, the family barrister James Baker III is defending our, ahem, pals, the SAUDIS against a lawsuit filed by the 9-11 victims' families. Whew, no conflict of interest there! Please disperse, citizen!
It's definitely getting interesting now. I wonder how many more nasty little skeletons are lurking about the catacombs--and just in time for Halloween, too. Dallas '63, anybody?
If you have a chance, go read Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." There are an awful lot of dark, dirty secrets rattling about in the collective uncounscious of the Bush kkklan, and I don't believe their family has ever truly confronted the piles of gold fillings and bleached bones upon which the family fortune was created. The psychic trauma and cognitive dissonance must be unbearable.
But hey, greed is good, isn't it? And so Atlas shrugged...
It's appropriate, then, that when Prescott sent Herbert Walker off to war he went to fight the JAPANESE and not the Germans. We couldn't have junior bombing his Daddy's and Henry Ford's factories...that would be TREASON!
It's no wonder Poppy Bush involved himself with the intelligence community after WWII...there were probably lots of former Nazis hired through Operation Paperclip to make friends with. It must have been just like family.
When they're not busy supporting the creation of a Master Race, the Bush Cosa Nostra still performs pro bono work for fascists and religious extremists of all stripes...why, the family barrister James Baker III is defending our, ahem, pals, the SAUDIS against a lawsuit filed by the 9-11 victims' families. Whew, no conflict of interest there! Please disperse, citizen!
It's definitely getting interesting now. I wonder how many more nasty little skeletons are lurking about the catacombs--and just in time for Halloween, too. Dallas '63, anybody?
by at 4:47 PM
Not to keep flogging that dead horse known as Steve Bartman (Whoo! Do the Bartman!), but apparently some Hollywood studio is already planning on doing some feature-length movie on the miserable Walter Mitty-like existence of Bartman...the Cubs Superfan who inadvertently screws his team out of the World Series.
Keep in mind that this is the same studio that brought us that little Hazmat bag of a film "Gigli," so be warned.
Keep in mind that this is the same studio that brought us that little Hazmat bag of a film "Gigli," so be warned.
by at 9:25 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...the Most Hated Man in Chicago! And contestant for Biggest Douche in the Universe!
Kill the pig, spill his blood! Kill the pig, spill his blood!
I don't care if this guy is Superfan #1, you don't fuck with the home team's balls (come on you know what I mean!) when the Series is on the line! If you want to bum rush an errant fly ball & play keep-away with an outfielder, do it when your team is up at bat. Loser.
As your attorney I advise you to rent a room at the Motel Six in Wheeling for two weeks until this thing blows over. While you're there, note the location of Gideon's Bible in the nightstand beside your bed. Pick it up and read from it while you're there...you'll have plenty of time to reflect on your sins.
This wouldn't have happened with the Sox. First of all, da front row of seats is about t'ree blocks from da wall at Cell Field, so you have to catch da 79X bus just to get dere to catch da ball. Plus, as evidenced by the Gamboa/KC incident, Sox fans would have "dealt with the problem" in their own neighborly way. No muss, no fuss!
Of course this incident is going to piss off Mayor Daley like no other. I can hear him bemoaning the need to remodel the entire park, or demolish it and build a new one, all the while proclaiming "I been telling people this for 10 years!" Bite it, Dick. Your pet projects like the Soldier Field renovation have the knack of benefitting a wealthy elite while fencing out--that's with a black, wrought-iron fence, Jack--everybody else.
I fully expect to see the outfield at Wrigley pock-marked with giant Xes once this year's NLCS is finished. Maybe Daley wants to build a new ballpark for the Cubs at Meigs, then? Hmm. Stay tuned...
Kill the pig, spill his blood! Kill the pig, spill his blood!
I don't care if this guy is Superfan #1, you don't fuck with the home team's balls (come on you know what I mean!) when the Series is on the line! If you want to bum rush an errant fly ball & play keep-away with an outfielder, do it when your team is up at bat. Loser.
As your attorney I advise you to rent a room at the Motel Six in Wheeling for two weeks until this thing blows over. While you're there, note the location of Gideon's Bible in the nightstand beside your bed. Pick it up and read from it while you're there...you'll have plenty of time to reflect on your sins.
This wouldn't have happened with the Sox. First of all, da front row of seats is about t'ree blocks from da wall at Cell Field, so you have to catch da 79X bus just to get dere to catch da ball. Plus, as evidenced by the Gamboa/KC incident, Sox fans would have "dealt with the problem" in their own neighborly way. No muss, no fuss!
Of course this incident is going to piss off Mayor Daley like no other. I can hear him bemoaning the need to remodel the entire park, or demolish it and build a new one, all the while proclaiming "I been telling people this for 10 years!" Bite it, Dick. Your pet projects like the Soldier Field renovation have the knack of benefitting a wealthy elite while fencing out--that's with a black, wrought-iron fence, Jack--everybody else.
I fully expect to see the outfield at Wrigley pock-marked with giant Xes once this year's NLCS is finished. Maybe Daley wants to build a new ballpark for the Cubs at Meigs, then? Hmm. Stay tuned...
by at 12:41 PM
I'm not a member of PETA--far from it--but I can't help but feel a little schadenfreude over Boy Toy Roy's little mishap with a dangerous man-eating tiger.
Eons after we humans voluntarily removed ourselves from nature and formed even the most basic societies, we're still trying to figure out how we can fit back into nature, and how best to relate to the millions of other organisms we share living space with. We're doing a lousy job.
The whole Siegfreid and Roy show is a really tired throwback to the traveling circuses of the 19th century that attempted to demonstrate how humans have completely subdued and tamed nature: that element we once feared will now bend to the will of its master. Sure, they gave people the chance to see exotic
animals from places that hadn't yet been completely overrun by civilization and modernity, but the overwhelming message was that MAN, THROUGH SCIENCE AND REASON, HAS CONQUERED NATURE. Ironically, the popularity of the circuses and the dizzying onward rush of civilization resulted in the destruction of these animals' habitats, which makes S&R's little atavistic song and dance routine even more anachronistic. The tigers they use were either raised in captivity or plucked from a hostile, overloaded environment. You bet that tiger was more than a little cheesed off.
And then there's the other end of the spectrum--the tree-hugger, "nature is our friend" mindset. It's a quintessentially human trait to put a human face on things we are trying to understand...it's called empathy and compassion, and we need it to survive as a social species. (We're dangerously low on both qualities these days, but that's a topic for another day.) However, anthropomorphism is just plain dangerous when studying tigers or dangerous man-eating bears. I'm sure the "family" aspect of Treadwell's relationship to brown bears was meant as hyperbole, but trying to paint nature as benign is, I'm sorry to report, WRONG. Nature is amoral...it really doesn't give a fig what we do. The concept of right/wrong/good/evil is purely a human construct, and the natural world consistently defies classification.
So what should we do? I think we should get our heads out of our own respective books--be it a bible or a science textbook--and go outside and get some fresh air.
Don't feed the bears.
Eons after we humans voluntarily removed ourselves from nature and formed even the most basic societies, we're still trying to figure out how we can fit back into nature, and how best to relate to the millions of other organisms we share living space with. We're doing a lousy job.
The whole Siegfreid and Roy show is a really tired throwback to the traveling circuses of the 19th century that attempted to demonstrate how humans have completely subdued and tamed nature: that element we once feared will now bend to the will of its master. Sure, they gave people the chance to see exotic
animals from places that hadn't yet been completely overrun by civilization and modernity, but the overwhelming message was that MAN, THROUGH SCIENCE AND REASON, HAS CONQUERED NATURE. Ironically, the popularity of the circuses and the dizzying onward rush of civilization resulted in the destruction of these animals' habitats, which makes S&R's little atavistic song and dance routine even more anachronistic. The tigers they use were either raised in captivity or plucked from a hostile, overloaded environment. You bet that tiger was more than a little cheesed off.
And then there's the other end of the spectrum--the tree-hugger, "nature is our friend" mindset. It's a quintessentially human trait to put a human face on things we are trying to understand...it's called empathy and compassion, and we need it to survive as a social species. (We're dangerously low on both qualities these days, but that's a topic for another day.) However, anthropomorphism is just plain dangerous when studying tigers or dangerous man-eating bears. I'm sure the "family" aspect of Treadwell's relationship to brown bears was meant as hyperbole, but trying to paint nature as benign is, I'm sorry to report, WRONG. Nature is amoral...it really doesn't give a fig what we do. The concept of right/wrong/good/evil is purely a human construct, and the natural world consistently defies classification.
So what should we do? I think we should get our heads out of our own respective books--be it a bible or a science textbook--and go outside and get some fresh air.
Don't feed the bears.
by at 11:11 AM
aaarrrrgh! governor gang-bang going to sacremento!
what a move by pete wilson to get back into the capitol building of california, huh?
so will arnold be a wild raving success, or will he end up like jesse the body? i'll leave that up to you. either way, i wish california the best of luck.
anyway, don't forget to check out new photos norman posted on the "photos" page.
peace!
what a move by pete wilson to get back into the capitol building of california, huh?
so will arnold be a wild raving success, or will he end up like jesse the body? i'll leave that up to you. either way, i wish california the best of luck.
anyway, don't forget to check out new photos norman posted on the "photos" page.
peace!
by at 3:25 PM
I wonder if this study will make the O'Reilly Factor any time soon?
So viewers of the Fox News Channel are like so many pigs who don't even notice the brackish excrement in which they're squirming. No surprises here. Just for kicks, tune in to Sean Hannity's absurd Punch and Judy routine with limpwristed limo liberal Alan Colmes--you can feel your IQ drop into the basement. Hell, even I want to deck that sissy Alan!
Here's an excerpt from the article:
So much for being Fair and Balanced. Apparently Fox News/Opinion Dynamics has commissioned a survey to counter this one. As you might expect, the results of this poll paint quite a different picture of Fox viewers than the Ford Foundation's.
The Fox survey found that:
Can't argue with that.
So viewers of the Fox News Channel are like so many pigs who don't even notice the brackish excrement in which they're squirming. No surprises here. Just for kicks, tune in to Sean Hannity's absurd Punch and Judy routine with limpwristed limo liberal Alan Colmes--you can feel your IQ drop into the basement. Hell, even I want to deck that sissy Alan!
Here's an excerpt from the article:
Funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Ford Foundation, the study was conducted from June through September. It surveyed 3,334 Americans who receive their news from a single media source. Each was questioned about whether he held any of the following three beliefs, characterized by the center as "egregious misperceptions":
Saddam Hussein has been directly linked with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Weapons of mass destruction have already been found in Iraq.
World opinion favored the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
So much for being Fair and Balanced. Apparently Fox News/Opinion Dynamics has commissioned a survey to counter this one. As you might expect, the results of this poll paint quite a different picture of Fox viewers than the Ford Foundation's.
The Fox survey found that:
Chicks are 78% more likely to hit on a FNC viewer at a party than an NPR listener:
Fox viewers are a bunch more manly--like fifty percent or something--than print/newspaper subscribers:
Are more patriotic and have bigger dicks than viewers of all the other networks combined! Nyah, nyah, ppphhhpht!!!!!
Can't argue with that.
by at 4:01 PM
Howdy fellas! It has been a very, very long time since I've posted. Priority one when I get home is to get a working internet connection so that I can participate in this madness again!
Well, what can I tell you? We're out in Phoenix chilling at Greg's mom's place. It's about 110 degrees outside here! We've had some bad luck with a few of the shows: For example, tonight's show in Tuscon has been cancelled: Apparently there was a school shooting of some sort last week, and the show isn't happening. So we're going to attempt to catch Turbonegro tonight in Phoenix. Plus Greg's mom makes great steaks, so we're far from starving (or sober.)
The most interesting part has been watching all of the recall stuff in California, hearing all of the ads and such. We passed by a pro-Arnold rally in L.A., to which we screamed "Elect Governor Gang-Bang!!!" in our best Arnold voices. And as we watched this, the thick smog obstructing the view so even four blocks away was not visible, I couldn't help but think, what are these numb-nuts doing? Has the lack of clean air made them dizzy in the head? Seriously, I thought Chicago had bad air, but it ain't shit compared to how bad Cali has fucked over their own back yard, totally shitting their own bed. GIVE THESE PEOPLE AIR! Seriously, if California wants this guy, then perhaps they're getting what they deserve. LA sucks. Sorry Dusty, that's just how I see things.
The good news is that all of this down time has allowed me to get all of my lyrics set in stone. How about that for a revelation, KOS fans? Savage Cochryde occasionally has no lyrics for songs performed live! The devil you say!
Oh yeah, go Cubs! Eat AIDS Limbaugh! McNabb is the real deal. I watched him play both football AND basketball in college, and he is one of the greatest living athletes, while you're a deaf bigot. There's nothing sexier than a fat deaf bigot. If I got ESPN, I'd boycott it. I'd boycott it right in the butt.
SO, get ready to work on that new record folks! And tell Rusty to take a bath!
Well, what can I tell you? We're out in Phoenix chilling at Greg's mom's place. It's about 110 degrees outside here! We've had some bad luck with a few of the shows: For example, tonight's show in Tuscon has been cancelled: Apparently there was a school shooting of some sort last week, and the show isn't happening. So we're going to attempt to catch Turbonegro tonight in Phoenix. Plus Greg's mom makes great steaks, so we're far from starving (or sober.)
The most interesting part has been watching all of the recall stuff in California, hearing all of the ads and such. We passed by a pro-Arnold rally in L.A., to which we screamed "Elect Governor Gang-Bang!!!" in our best Arnold voices. And as we watched this, the thick smog obstructing the view so even four blocks away was not visible, I couldn't help but think, what are these numb-nuts doing? Has the lack of clean air made them dizzy in the head? Seriously, I thought Chicago had bad air, but it ain't shit compared to how bad Cali has fucked over their own back yard, totally shitting their own bed. GIVE THESE PEOPLE AIR! Seriously, if California wants this guy, then perhaps they're getting what they deserve. LA sucks. Sorry Dusty, that's just how I see things.
The good news is that all of this down time has allowed me to get all of my lyrics set in stone. How about that for a revelation, KOS fans? Savage Cochryde occasionally has no lyrics for songs performed live! The devil you say!
Oh yeah, go Cubs! Eat AIDS Limbaugh! McNabb is the real deal. I watched him play both football AND basketball in college, and he is one of the greatest living athletes, while you're a deaf bigot. There's nothing sexier than a fat deaf bigot. If I got ESPN, I'd boycott it. I'd boycott it right in the butt.
SO, get ready to work on that new record folks! And tell Rusty to take a bath!
by at 5:11 PM
Even more disgraceful and embarrassing than the Bears' Monday night outing was Rush Limbaugh's racist broadside against SU powerhouse QB Donovan McNabb. Eat shit, you fat bastard!
Once again, it's Rush doing what he does best--presenting opinion as fact, ignoring statistics, and generally behaving with the comportment of a putrescent, pustulating pilodinal cyst. ESPN doesn't care, because controversy begets ratings, naturally.
Let's turn the tables a minute...if what Rush said about Donovan is true, can't it be alleged that the same is true of Rush? I mean, he's a failed sportscaster, and a bona-fide charlatan as a political commentator. Honestly, how can anybody take seriously the bilge of a man who always cops the "I'm an entertainer" defense whenever he's put under the spotlight? Yet, ESPN hired him anyway, in spite of the notable public failure of Monday Night Football to make Dennis Miller--another conservative, opinionated blowhard--a star commentator.
Don't you think the media is desirous that a fat, bloviating white guy do well in a format where he is completely out of his element when matched with people who actually know the game, and may have actually played it for a few years themselves?
To paraphrase Fatman Littleboy himself, there's a little hope invested in Rush, and he gets a lot of credit for his performance that he doesn't deserve. Look at Rush's "defense"--the people who screen the "live" phone calls on his show, the writers who manipulate facts and statistics to fit his viewpoint, the GOP flacks who fax the latest talking points to his show--they're the architects responsible for his hermetic utopia of conservatism, and the front line of defense if reality threatens to despoil his pleasant little daydream. He's an empty suit--a voice, nothing more (and a gigantic, fat ass).
To arms, fellow SU Alumni! I don't care how disgraceful you are!
Once again, it's Rush doing what he does best--presenting opinion as fact, ignoring statistics, and generally behaving with the comportment of a putrescent, pustulating pilodinal cyst. ESPN doesn't care, because controversy begets ratings, naturally.
Let's turn the tables a minute...if what Rush said about Donovan is true, can't it be alleged that the same is true of Rush? I mean, he's a failed sportscaster, and a bona-fide charlatan as a political commentator. Honestly, how can anybody take seriously the bilge of a man who always cops the "I'm an entertainer" defense whenever he's put under the spotlight? Yet, ESPN hired him anyway, in spite of the notable public failure of Monday Night Football to make Dennis Miller--another conservative, opinionated blowhard--a star commentator.
Don't you think the media is desirous that a fat, bloviating white guy do well in a format where he is completely out of his element when matched with people who actually know the game, and may have actually played it for a few years themselves?
To paraphrase Fatman Littleboy himself, there's a little hope invested in Rush, and he gets a lot of credit for his performance that he doesn't deserve. Look at Rush's "defense"--the people who screen the "live" phone calls on his show, the writers who manipulate facts and statistics to fit his viewpoint, the GOP flacks who fax the latest talking points to his show--they're the architects responsible for his hermetic utopia of conservatism, and the front line of defense if reality threatens to despoil his pleasant little daydream. He's an empty suit--a voice, nothing more (and a gigantic, fat ass).
To arms, fellow SU Alumni! I don't care how disgraceful you are!
by at 11:56 AM