the bears finished thier moribund season with an impressive 7-9 record. isn't sad when your hometown football team has an impressive record, even if it's below .500?
and, of course, dick juron was fired today. no surprise, but i think it's the wrong decision - financially speaking.
da bears still have to pay juron his $2.4 million next year, so how much does that leave you to pay your next head coach? not much.
and knowing the penny-pinching bears, they will hire a bum because thy have no money to spend on somebody. they won't even be able to hire a jim fassel with their money. so da bears will be stuck with another crummy coach for at least 3 years, more than likely.
so why not pay for juron next year, and have him coach, then free up some dough at the end of '04 and hire a real coach? i mean it's just one year, right?
either way, da bears will be better off than the buffalo bills next year.
super bowl prediction : the new england patriots vs. the green bay packers.
and, of course, dick juron was fired today. no surprise, but i think it's the wrong decision - financially speaking.
da bears still have to pay juron his $2.4 million next year, so how much does that leave you to pay your next head coach? not much.
and knowing the penny-pinching bears, they will hire a bum because thy have no money to spend on somebody. they won't even be able to hire a jim fassel with their money. so da bears will be stuck with another crummy coach for at least 3 years, more than likely.
so why not pay for juron next year, and have him coach, then free up some dough at the end of '04 and hire a real coach? i mean it's just one year, right?
either way, da bears will be better off than the buffalo bills next year.
super bowl prediction : the new england patriots vs. the green bay packers.
by at 4:24 PM
Hey, this is important: The fellow we know as Amanda Hugankis made mention of a band called the Drag Queens, a FABULOUS punk band I used to be in back in WNY. So obviously this person is a friend. Show yourself, mang! Is it Daryl? Email me at knifeofsimpson@comcast.net because I will be home for Christmas and maybe you will be too, whoever you are. After not having email for an entire year, I 've lost touch with a lot of people.
by at 6:25 PM
saddam hussein was found in an 8-foot hidey-hole large enough to fit himself, a rocking chair, a suitcase with $750,000 in u.s cash (huh?) and an ipod with 58 illegally downloaded songs.
a high ranking-official from the recording industry association of america said he believes this is just "the tip of the iceberg" of hussein's "wiley dowloading spree." the official, who spoke on the condition of anonimity, said the iraa plans to subpoena hussein "when the hague is done with him."
kos.net field reporters in tikrit said the u.s. army fourth infantry division was tipped off to hussein's whereabouts by metallica drummer lars ulrich. hussein's ipod allegedly contained copies of "frantic" and "creeping death."
"saddam was brutal dictator who committed unspeakable crimes," ulrich said. "but that doesn't mean he can steal metallica songs and get away with it."
knife of simpson's "buffalo 32" was also found in hussein's ipod. band members said they have no intention of suing the former iraqi despot.
"i'm a huge fan," hussein said of the chicago-based rock quartet. "i can't wait for the next album."
knife of simpson is currently recording its new album with the venerable mike lust at phantom mansion studios in chicago.
a high ranking-official from the recording industry association of america said he believes this is just "the tip of the iceberg" of hussein's "wiley dowloading spree." the official, who spoke on the condition of anonimity, said the iraa plans to subpoena hussein "when the hague is done with him."
kos.net field reporters in tikrit said the u.s. army fourth infantry division was tipped off to hussein's whereabouts by metallica drummer lars ulrich. hussein's ipod allegedly contained copies of "frantic" and "creeping death."
"saddam was brutal dictator who committed unspeakable crimes," ulrich said. "but that doesn't mean he can steal metallica songs and get away with it."
knife of simpson's "buffalo 32" was also found in hussein's ipod. band members said they have no intention of suing the former iraqi despot.
"i'm a huge fan," hussein said of the chicago-based rock quartet. "i can't wait for the next album."
knife of simpson is currently recording its new album with the venerable mike lust at phantom mansion studios in chicago.
by at 6:44 PM
Oh no, Governor Gangbang in more trouble in the State of Cullyforneeah! AAAAAGH!
Wall Street has downgraded CA's already lousy credit rating, thanks to Herr Governator's crazy repeal of the car tax.
Wow, this governor business is harder than it looks. Who knew it was more involved than saying "hasta la vista, Gray Davis" and signing spending bills as though they were autographs for bootlicking fans? To make matters worse, Ahhnuld has NO other plans to fix the state's budget gap...the $17 billion bond issuance was the only "weapon" the Terminator brought to the shootout in Sacramento. Looks like he'll have to reneg on a few campaign promises before one month has passed in his term.
Also sprach Der Terminator: "I lied." In other news: Atlas Shrugged.
What does he care, anyway? He'll run the state like Planet Hollywood. If a class war were suddenly to consume the Bear Republic, Arnie would just hole up in his yacht off the coast and wait for things to die down/burn off.
Californians screwed themselves again...how can they be so stupid, time after time? It's the land of Proposition 13, after all. Hey, who isn't in favor of lower property taxes? Unfortunately, the state depended on those taxes for education (among other things), and in less than a decade California's schools went from the top in the nation to the bottom. By electing Schwartznegger, California sent Pete Wilson BACK to the governor's mansion and NUKED any hope to recover the billions plundered by Enron.
Republicans DEPEND on ignorance, fear, greed and myopia of the electorate...otherwise they'd have to run on real issues. They don't want to win the state in '04, they just want to destroy it. Ahhhnuld is just the blunt tool they needed.
I'm just glad I don't have to live there.
Wall Street has downgraded CA's already lousy credit rating, thanks to Herr Governator's crazy repeal of the car tax.
Wow, this governor business is harder than it looks. Who knew it was more involved than saying "hasta la vista, Gray Davis" and signing spending bills as though they were autographs for bootlicking fans? To make matters worse, Ahhnuld has NO other plans to fix the state's budget gap...the $17 billion bond issuance was the only "weapon" the Terminator brought to the shootout in Sacramento. Looks like he'll have to reneg on a few campaign promises before one month has passed in his term.
Also sprach Der Terminator: "I lied." In other news: Atlas Shrugged.
What does he care, anyway? He'll run the state like Planet Hollywood. If a class war were suddenly to consume the Bear Republic, Arnie would just hole up in his yacht off the coast and wait for things to die down/burn off.
Californians screwed themselves again...how can they be so stupid, time after time? It's the land of Proposition 13, after all. Hey, who isn't in favor of lower property taxes? Unfortunately, the state depended on those taxes for education (among other things), and in less than a decade California's schools went from the top in the nation to the bottom. By electing Schwartznegger, California sent Pete Wilson BACK to the governor's mansion and NUKED any hope to recover the billions plundered by Enron.
Republicans DEPEND on ignorance, fear, greed and myopia of the electorate...otherwise they'd have to run on real issues. They don't want to win the state in '04, they just want to destroy it. Ahhhnuld is just the blunt tool they needed.
I'm just glad I don't have to live there.
by at 4:36 PM
All the news channels are abuzz this morning with Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean. Am I mistaken, or isn't this a little early for high-profile political establishment endorsements? The first primaries are months off, and it's still a long way to election day, baby.
I think this move by Gore is the first broadside of a larger, behind-the-scenes power struggle within the Democratic party itself. Dean is not the party establishment's choice...why else would Gore go out of his way to snub his former running mate Lieberman, who is still a viable candidate at this time, if not to bloody McAuliffe's nose a little? Gore's enmity for his former boss, Clinton, is well known...expect to see both Clintons make some high-power endorsements themselves soon, probably for Gen. Wesssss Clark. The battle is on.
Were I Dr. Howard, I'm not sure I'd want Gore's endorsement anyway. Gore may talk a good populist game, but choosing Lieberman as a running mate was pure pandering to the DLC. And when it came time to stare down the opposition in Florida 2000, Big Al blinked. The Banana Republicans ripped off their own citizens to engineer a Bush victory, and Al's failure to challenge Team Bush's machinations was a punt on second down. If Dean is the true "grassroots" candidate of this election, he doesn't need the imprimatur of also-ran Gore.
That being said, I'm not a Dean fan at all...DENNIS KUCINICH is the only Democrat in the field who has a clue about what the party used to stand for...no bullshit DLC nonsense, no weak-kneed pseudo-liberalism, this guy is really a fighter, and his voting record proves it. When the Medicare abomination was rammed through congress, Gephardt passed the buck, and Lieberman and Kerry couldn't be bothered to even show up on the floor to fucking vote...but Dennis took time off from his campaign to cast his.
He's my man.
I think this move by Gore is the first broadside of a larger, behind-the-scenes power struggle within the Democratic party itself. Dean is not the party establishment's choice...why else would Gore go out of his way to snub his former running mate Lieberman, who is still a viable candidate at this time, if not to bloody McAuliffe's nose a little? Gore's enmity for his former boss, Clinton, is well known...expect to see both Clintons make some high-power endorsements themselves soon, probably for Gen. Wesssss Clark. The battle is on.
Were I Dr. Howard, I'm not sure I'd want Gore's endorsement anyway. Gore may talk a good populist game, but choosing Lieberman as a running mate was pure pandering to the DLC. And when it came time to stare down the opposition in Florida 2000, Big Al blinked. The Banana Republicans ripped off their own citizens to engineer a Bush victory, and Al's failure to challenge Team Bush's machinations was a punt on second down. If Dean is the true "grassroots" candidate of this election, he doesn't need the imprimatur of also-ran Gore.
That being said, I'm not a Dean fan at all...DENNIS KUCINICH is the only Democrat in the field who has a clue about what the party used to stand for...no bullshit DLC nonsense, no weak-kneed pseudo-liberalism, this guy is really a fighter, and his voting record proves it. When the Medicare abomination was rammed through congress, Gephardt passed the buck, and Lieberman and Kerry couldn't be bothered to even show up on the floor to fucking vote...but Dennis took time off from his campaign to cast his.
He's my man.
by at 10:44 AM
Jes' wanted to point everybody to the marquee above--there's a big Xmas shindig at Double Door next Thursday, and you're all invited. Leroy Fix, Decibators, Mojica, Heartbreak Speed & The Jackie Bangs are all gonna be there too, as well as ELFVIS, the only known all-Elf, Elvis impersonator cum Christmas metal band. If the spirit of the season doesn't get your elfin ass to the show, $2 off the door for a donation of canned goods or toys might. Thanks, Wesssss.
by at 2:49 PM
Two posts in as many days? Hmmm, it must be the holidays.
I would be an absolute fool to not mention the passing of the man who made me want to pick up a pair of drumsticks in the first place, Tony Thompson.
Who, you ask? Bone up on your gods!
"Like a Virgin." "China Girl" (Bowie's recorded version). "Some Like It Hot." "Bang A Gong" (Power Station version). "Addicted to Love." "Le Freak." Any of those songs ring a bell? Well, he played the tubs on these songs and many more. Shee-it, he even played with Led Zeppelin when they reunited for Live Aid in 1985.
Tommy Lee and Dave Grohl owe their aggressive, slightly on-top-of-the-beat though confidently solid feel to Tony Thompson.
Let us toast to his memory, and may we all look as grim as Glen Cambell's mug shot come morn.
I would be an absolute fool to not mention the passing of the man who made me want to pick up a pair of drumsticks in the first place, Tony Thompson.
Who, you ask? Bone up on your gods!
"Like a Virgin." "China Girl" (Bowie's recorded version). "Some Like It Hot." "Bang A Gong" (Power Station version). "Addicted to Love." "Le Freak." Any of those songs ring a bell? Well, he played the tubs on these songs and many more. Shee-it, he even played with Led Zeppelin when they reunited for Live Aid in 1985.
Tommy Lee and Dave Grohl owe their aggressive, slightly on-top-of-the-beat though confidently solid feel to Tony Thompson.
Let us toast to his memory, and may we all look as grim as Glen Cambell's mug shot come morn.
by at 6:33 PM
Hey Rusty, it looks like we'll have to charter the Edmund Fitzgerald if we want to crash the Republican convention in NYC!
Garbage barge
I really hope they do it. It will be the dumbest mistake they've ever made, aside from holding the convention in NYC in the first place.
Garbage barge
I really hope they do it. It will be the dumbest mistake they've ever made, aside from holding the convention in NYC in the first place.
by at 3:39 PM
i hope everyone had a swell thanksgiving weekend.
mine was going just fine, and after the footbnall games, i tuned in to watch the news, expecting to see stories about the next day's shopping spree, or how to pick a perfect x-mas tree.
but oh no! it was the "president" on a top secret mission - operation:turkey surprise!
oh jesus! there was w doing what he does best, acting like a cheerleader. go usa! go usa! boo thugs and assassins!
and all over the papers the next day i got to read about how nobody knew ol' georgie boy was off to baghdad. he didn't even tell his mom and pop. they found out after arriving in crawford, expecting to see their dear boy for dinner (how ungrateful!)
it's too bad this administration didn't put in the same thourough preparation into fighting this war as they sending w to his pep rally!
mine was going just fine, and after the footbnall games, i tuned in to watch the news, expecting to see stories about the next day's shopping spree, or how to pick a perfect x-mas tree.
but oh no! it was the "president" on a top secret mission - operation:turkey surprise!
oh jesus! there was w doing what he does best, acting like a cheerleader. go usa! go usa! boo thugs and assassins!
and all over the papers the next day i got to read about how nobody knew ol' georgie boy was off to baghdad. he didn't even tell his mom and pop. they found out after arriving in crawford, expecting to see their dear boy for dinner (how ungrateful!)
it's too bad this administration didn't put in the same thourough preparation into fighting this war as they sending w to his pep rally!
by at 10:09 AM
I gotta hand it to the Republican party: they're simultaneously the smartest and dumbest group proud enough not to number me as a member.
Pray tell, Dusty, just what the hell does that statement mean? Ho ho ho, knave!
Lumped among the daily detritus of modern living-- unwanted bills, unwarranted solicitations, nifty color catalogs, and nary a letter from the homestead or friends fortunate enough to have left -- was a charming letter submitted to me on behalf of the treasurer of the Republican National Committee. That's right. The GOP, exhibiting a tremendous Reaganite brainclog, wants my money O me of PETA, ACLU, UFW, AIM and various other standoffish though cuddly acronyms. And, to whit, the opening line of the letter endears, "I don't want to believe you've abadoned the GOP Party, but I have to ask... have you given up?"
Bold, these harebrained nobpolishers, very bold. But also very smart (wasteful, too). Though this letter will soon be relegated ot my fridge in a spasm of cultural irony, I gotta hand it to the GOP for having the blind temerity to darken by PO Box, something the Dems, Greens, and Libertarians have yet to do. Ever. Even when I've never voted Repub, much less donated salty bread, which have typically gone to the other directions.
My President is Jimmy Hoffa!
Back to the mines.
Pray tell, Dusty, just what the hell does that statement mean? Ho ho ho, knave!
Lumped among the daily detritus of modern living-- unwanted bills, unwarranted solicitations, nifty color catalogs, and nary a letter from the homestead or friends fortunate enough to have left -- was a charming letter submitted to me on behalf of the treasurer of the Republican National Committee. That's right. The GOP, exhibiting a tremendous Reaganite brainclog, wants my money O me of PETA, ACLU, UFW, AIM and various other standoffish though cuddly acronyms. And, to whit, the opening line of the letter endears, "I don't want to believe you've abadoned the GOP Party, but I have to ask... have you given up?"
Bold, these harebrained nobpolishers, very bold. But also very smart (wasteful, too). Though this letter will soon be relegated ot my fridge in a spasm of cultural irony, I gotta hand it to the GOP for having the blind temerity to darken by PO Box, something the Dems, Greens, and Libertarians have yet to do. Ever. Even when I've never voted Repub, much less donated salty bread, which have typically gone to the other directions.
My President is Jimmy Hoffa!
Back to the mines.
by at 6:56 PM