Archive for April 2006

The monthlies.

• Colbert Roasts Bush

  I try not to do this often… …but this one is worth it. Colbert Lampoons Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner– President Does Not Seem Amused WASHINGTON A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura [...]

• Blogging Live from the Apple Store

  Emeryville. A new wardrobe; the fiancee insists. (I agree.)

• Good, Better, Best

  My third grade teacher, not at all my favorite elementary school professor, had a neat saying nonetheless: Good, better, best; Do not rest; Until good is better, and better is best. Today’s nominees (courtesy of the New York Times)… Good: Several states plan to sue the Enviromental Protection Agency, part of the do-nothing arm of [...]

• In the News

  - Major League Baseball effectively stabs one of its greatest stars, Barry Bonds, in the back. – Classic Bush on gas prices… “‘The temptation in Washington is to tax everything,’ Bush said in an exchange with reporters in the White House Rose Garden. ‘The answer is for there to be strong reinvestment to make this [...]

• Yesterday…

  Well, I have started a non-profit. And my fiancee and I started painting our house last night. A lot of work ahead of us…

• In the News

  - Is Rove going to prison yet? – Okay, so am I reading/interpreting this correctly? New White House Press Secretary, former Fox News conservative pundit, Tony Snow, wants to get deeply involved in GOP politics? Does this mean a run for Congress or Senate after Bush is impeached? Or just a cushy staff job? (Back [...]

• Wolf In The White House

  I shit you not, “conservative pundit Tony Snow will be named White House press secretary.“ On a related point, is there even a conspiracy theory with the relationship between Fox News and the Bush administration?

• Bush the televangelist

  TayTV at its best…

• Another High-End Apple

  Wait a minute, Apple has released “a high-end MacBook Pro laptop?” Aren’t all Apples high-end? And isn’t that the reason I still don’t have one? Just wait… (That is what I keep telling myself.)

• Nevermind Our Own Civil War (er, the south might be listening, "the war between the states," that is)

  The term “bushism” has lost all meaning these days. Bush (at his best) on foreign policy… “I base a lot of my foreign policy decisions on some things that I think are true. One, I believe there’s an Almighty. And, secondly, I believe one of the great gifts of the Almighty is the desire in [...]

• Dubya (starring Don Knotts)

  The folks at vSocial have finally made this video I uploaded live… Official film site.

• In the News… A Likely Story.

  - Bush’s approval ratings are at an all-time low. How many times can one reach an “all-time low?” Analogy: sinking ship. – Big surprise: under mounting pressure from election-scared GOP members of Congress, Bush “ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline.” Why is it the environmental concerns are the girst to be thrown [...]

• New Microsoft IE: Firefox Clone

  This just in: Microsoft’s newly-released (beta, haha) version of Internet Explorer 7 looks, feels, and acts like Firefox.

• In the News… Giving.

  - A must see… Don Knotts is Dubya. – How could you live with yourself if you were “convicted of conspiracy to commit telephone harassment?” Oh, if you were a member of the GOP. – If you watch PBS and do not support your local station, in my opinion, you are stealing. Give, mamma, please [...]

• Gas Prices Rise As Summer Hits (What is this, deja vu?)

  This happens every year… (It is called, I think, a “cycle.”) Last summer, as the driving season came into full gear, the gas prices rose suddenly. The following winter, the oil companies presented their record profits… The Congress commenced an investigation into the apparent “gouging at the pump.” The oil companies stood their ground: supply [...]

• A’s 4, Angels 5

  The Athletics lost a close game today, however, a victory of sorts… the first ever A’s Superfan Network podcast… Enjoy… (This broadcast has no affiliation with the Oakland Athletics or Major League Baseball, and, in fact, breaks every known MLB rule. Oh well.)

• In the News

  - The FDA “says there is no sound scientific basis for believing marijuana use has medical benefits.” Yea, right. – The Fox News 4/20 poll finds “President Bush’s approval hits a record low of 33 percent.” Ouch. – And the once soon-to-be-Supreme-Court-Justice-that-wasn’t Harriet Miers may be the next aide out of the White House. It [...]

• Papa Was A Rolling Stone. (Yes, It Is A Bad Thing.)

  RollingStone magazine is publishing what we have all known (especially me): George W. Bush is “the worst president in history.” Yes, they throw a question mark in there (subtlety freaks), but we already know the answer… Image: RollingStone

• In the News… A Fox In the White House.

  - The ‘National Uniformity for Food Act’ means, if passed, California can not require foodmakers to “list any cancer- or birth-defect-causing substances in their products” on the label. Believe it or not (I believe), the GOP and conservatives are against states’ rights on this issue. Oh, and many other issues. – And in an instant [...]

• Nine-Eleven Conspiracies

  The San Francisco Chronicle published an editorial today dismissing nine-eleven conspiracy theories as fantasies. I sent an email to the author (which the author had even predicted would happen)… Ms. Stillwell: In your SF Chronicle editorial, you stated, “Nevermind that the whole country witnessed the horrificsight of planes flying into the World Trade Center andthe [...]

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