I'm Rick James, Bitch!!! (R.I.P)

2004-11-12T16:20:00.000-08:00

I've moved Blogs:

For those of you who still check this blog, I thank you. But I've decided to join forces with a friend of mine so we are both responsible for the upkeep of a blog. Here is the new address:

Thank you and good night.

http://disheartenedanddisgusted.blogspot.com/

2004-08-09T22:25:00.000-07:00

Check out the state's I've been to:

create your own personalized map of the USA
or write about it on the open travel guide

2004-07-16T19:31:00.000-07:00

Here's a funny site with good political satire:

http://www.whitehouse.org/index.asp

It's much less sad than whitehouse.gov and much less erotic than whitehouse.com

2004-07-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

The Best Comedian of All Time?

No Brainer - Yakov Smirnov.

To pay tribute to this genius of a man, please submit your best Yakov Smirnovesque jokes in the comment section.

Here are some that I have from the top of my head:
In America you surf the internet, but in Soviet Union, the internet surfs you
In America you eat bread, but in Soviet Union, bread eats you
In America you have a family room in your house, but in Soviet Union, your house is a room with your family.

OK, you guys can do better than that - please post away.

2004-06-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

I think this is a pretty big thing to lie about.

This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda.
—President Bush, in an exchange with reporters, June 17, 2004

[A]cting pursuant to the Constitution and [the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002] is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
—President Bush, in a letter to Congress outlining the legal justification for commencing war against Iraq, March 18, 2003

2004-06-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

So, I watch my local FOX morning news. I do it because I know people in Chicago that are jealous that I get to watch Jillian Barbarie EVERYDAY. Anyways, there was a story reported last week that a former Democratic President was angry because he wasn't invited to give a eulogy at the Reagan funeral. The only source they had for this story was The Drudge Report. So, intelligent people like my avid readers know that this fact almost certainly makes the report false.

But this got me thinking, if anything found on the internet can be passed off as news why don't I try it. So here it goes:

White House endorses "End Separation" Amendment

Next week, the White House will hold press conference announcing the proposal of an amendment to the Constitution which reads:

"The separation of Church and State is hereby repealed:

White House spokesman, Scott McClellan says, "By eliminating the line between Church and State, it will pave the way for the groundbreaking legislation this administration has been wanting to push since Day 1."

"We can fund religious organizations without having to claim that they are charitable. We can finally admit that the reason we went to Iraq has nothing to do with WMD but all to do with a modern Crusade. And most importantly we have solidified our base for the 379th time while only alienating those who don't believe in Jesus Christ as the son of God."

"Some people may not be happy with this proposal, but as everyone knows, this administration has a deep and long tradition of not caring whether non-supporters are happy."

2004-05-21T17:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a great song from Eric Idle expressing frustrations in today's day and age. If you're in a public area, it may be wise to use headphones. Enjoy Fuck You Very Much FCC.

2004-04-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

I found a cool site

It's like The Onion but about sports. Here are the headlines in the latest issue

Maurice Clarett Warns Chargers Not To Pick Him In Supplemental Draft
Albert Belle Still Pissed Off Somewhere
Hung Over Bill Parcells Wonders Who The Hell He Just Drafted
Kurt Warner Still Waiting For God To Heal His Thumb

It's kind of funny

It's called The Brushback.com

2004-04-25T22:08:00.000-07:00

The Orwellian Olsens

April 25, 2004
By MAUREEN DOWD

WASHINGTON

It's their reality. We just live and die in it.

In
Bushworld, our troops go to war and get killed, but you
never see the bodies coming home.

In Bushworld, flag-draped remains of the fallen are
important to revere and show the nation, but only in
political ads hawking the president's leadership against
terror.

In Bushworld, we can create an exciting Iraqi democracy as
long as it doesn't control its own military, pass any laws
or have any power.

In Bushworld, we can win over Falluja by bulldozing it.

In Bushworld, it was worth going to war so Iraqis can
express their feelings ("Down With America!") without
having their tongues cut out, although we cannot yet allow
them to express intemperate feelings in newspapers ("Down
With America!") without shutting them down.

In Bushworld, it's fine to take $700 million that Congress
provided for the war in Afghanistan and 9/11 recovery and
divert it to the war in Iraq that you're insisting you're
not planning.

In Bushworld, you don't consult your father, the expert in
being president during a war with Iraq, but you do talk to
your Higher Father, who can't talk back to warn you to get
an exit strategy or chide you for using Him for political
purposes.

In Bushworld, it's O.K. to run for re-election as the
avenger of 9/11, even as you make secret deals with the
Arab kingdom where most of the 9/11 hijackers came from.

In Bushworld, you get to strut around like a tough military
guy and paint your rival as a chicken hawk, even though
he's the one who won medals in combat and was praised by
his superior officers for fulfilling all his obligations.

In Bushworld, it makes sense to press for transparency in
Mr. and Mrs. Rival while cultivating your own opacity.

In Bushworld, you can reign as the antiterror president
even after hearing an intelligence report about Al Qaeda's
plans to attack America and then stepping outside to clear
brush.

In Bushworld, those who dissemble about the troops and
money it will take to get Iraq on its feet are patriots,
while those who are honest are patronizingly marginalized.

In Bushworld, they struggle to keep church and state
separate in Iraq, even as they increasingly merge the two
in America.

In Bushworld, you can claim to be the environmental
president on Earth Day while being the industry president
every other day.

In Bushworld, you brag about how well Afghanistan is going,
even though soldiers like Pat Tillman are still dying and
the Taliban are running freely around the border areas,
hiding Osama and delaying elections.

In Bushworld, imperfect intelligence is good enough to
knock over Iraq. But even better evidence that North Korea
is building the weapons that Saddam could only dream about
is hidden away.

In Bushworld, the C.I.A. says it can't find out whether
there are W.M.D. in Iraq unless we invade on the grounds
that there are W.M.D.

In Bushworld, there's no irony that so many who did so much
to avoid the Vietnam draft have now strained the military
so much that lawmakers are talking about bringing back the
draft.

In Bushworld, we're making progress in the war on terror by
fighting a war that creates terrorists.

In Bushworld, you don't need to bother asking your vice
president and top Defense Department officials whether you
should go to war in Iraq, because they've already
maneuvered you into going to war.

In Bushworld, it's perfectly natural for the president and
vice president to appear before the 9/11 commission like
the Olsen twins.

In Bushworld, you expound on remaking the Middle East and
spreading pro-American sentiments even as you expand
anti-American sentiments by ineptly occupying Iraq and
unstintingly backing Ariel Sharon on West Bank settlements.

In Bushworld, we went to war to give Iraq a democratic
process, yet we disdain the democratic process that causes
allies to pull out troops.

In Bushworld, you pride yourself on the fact that your
administration does not leak to the press, while you flood
the best-known journalist in Washington with inside
information.

In Bushworld, you list Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack" as
recommended reading on your campaign Web site, even though
it makes you seem divorced from reality. That is, unless
you live in Bushworld.

2004-04-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Save you some reading

Here are snippets from the new Bob Woodward book I think you'll enjoy. Please thank slate.com for their publishing.:

Want to read Bob Woodward's new book, Plan of Attack, without plowing through all 467 gossip-soaked pages? We can help! Slate has taken Woodward's tome and reduced it to a point-by-point executive summary. Grab a copy from the your nearest bookstore and read along.

Secrets of the Bushies

Page 9: The first sign of the Bush administration's desire to attack Iraq comes days before Bush's 2001 inauguration. Dick Cheney asks outgoing Defense Secretary Bill Cohen to brief the president "about Iraq and different options." During the briefing, Cheney falls asleep.

Page 25: Hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, Donald Rumsfeld asks Pentagon colleagues about the possibility of striking Saddam Hussein. An aide records in his notes: "hit S.H. @ same time—not only UBL [Usama Bin Laden]."

Page 190: In September 2002, Bush tells the press that Iraq can launch a biological or chemical attack within 45 minutes—an assertion that the CIA finds completely phony. Director George Tenet refers to it as the "they-can-attack-in-45-minutes shit."

Page 250: Karl Rove, a Norwegian-American, is obsessed with the "historical duplicity" of the Swedes, who seized Norway back in 1814. This nationalism manifests itself as hatred for Swedish weapons inspector Hans Blix.

Page 290: Paul Wolfowitz, one of the administration's fiercest neocons, entertains wild theories linking al-Qaida to remnants of Cold War spycraft. He wonders whether Bin Laden is in league with former East German intelligence agents. Unnamed "heads of state" warn him that al-Qaida may be working with ex-KGB officers.

Page 324: Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan hints that the Saudi regime will tinker with oil prices to boost the American economy before the 2004 elections.

Colin Powell vs. Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld

Page 25: Much of Woodward's book involves the administration's efforts to marginalize, or completely ignore, Colin Powell. After Rumsfeld and others raise the idea of striking Iraq in response to 9/11, Powell tells Gen. Hugh Shelton, "What the hell! What are these guys thinking about? Can't you get these guys back in the box?"

Page 182-83: Powell reveals that he detests Rumsfeld's circuitous manner of speaking—"One would think …"; "Some would say …"—which he dubs "third-person passive once removed."

Page 164-66: Cheney tells a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention on Aug. 26, 2002, that there's "no doubt" Saddam has weapons of mass destruction. Powell goes ballistic at the suggestion.

Page 175: Powell fears that Cheney is losing his mild manner. As the veep presses for quick action against Iraq, "Powell detected a kind of fever in Cheney. He was not the steady, unemotional rock that he had witnessed a dozen years earlier during the run-up to the Gulf War. The vice president was beyond hell-bent for action against Saddam."

Page 269-70: Bush informs Powell of his decision to go to war after he informs Prince Bandar. After conferring with the president, Powell is "semidespondent." (Read Timothy Noah's "Chatterbox" column for more on the timing of Bush's decision.)

Donald Rumsfeld vs. the Generals

Page 14: On Feb. 16, 2001, American and British planes bomb Iraqi targets to enforce the no-fly zones. No one from the Joint Chiefs of Staff bothers to inform the secretary of defense.

Page 6: Pressing for more power, Rumsfeld micromanages Iraq war plans. Gen. Tommy Franks tells him (according to insider accounts), "This ain't going to work. You can fire me. I'm either the commander or I'm not, and you've got to trust me or you don't."

Page 91-92: Bonus Rumsfeld snub—: He admits he can't remember vetting Bush's "Axis of Evil" speech, the address that has come to define his foreign policy. "That speech was not particularly in my area," he explains.

Tommy Franks' Inspirational Profanities

Page 115: Franks to lethargic commanders before the Iraq war: "This is fucking serious. You know, if you guys think this is not going to happen, you're wrong. You need to get off your ass."

Page 118: To the Joint Chiefs: "You Title X motherfuckers!"

Page 281: On Douglas Feith, the Pentagon's undersecretary for policy: "I have to deal with the fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth almost every day."

Condi Rice as Bush's Consigliere

Page 23: "She is not married and has no immediate family; it seemed she was on call for the president 24 hours a day in her West Wing office. ... Tending to the president and his priorities was her primary goal."

Page 127: When Karl Rove worries about the perception in the media that he's meddling in foreign affairs, Bush says: "Don't worry about it. Condi's territorial. She's a woman."

Page 160: Condi dresses down Brent Scowcroft, the former national security adviser, for writing an antiwar editorial in Wall Street Journal. Scowcroft ends his antiwar campaign.

Dick Armitage as Powell's Consigliere

Page 20: Powell and Armitage—whom Woodward describes as a "cross between Daddy Warbucks and a World Wrestling Federation champ"—are best friends. "The two talk on the phone so many times each day that aides think of them as teenagers joined at the hip, committed to sharing absolutely everything."

Page 39: Armitage learns of a forthcoming New York Times story that will paint Powell as exceedingly dovish. He convinces the reporter that the State Department is hip to the Saddam threat. Or, as he later says privately, "Oh, State, they're in the game. They want to get these fuckers."

Page 149: Armitage advises Powell to schedule one-on-one bonding sessions with Bush. Powell reports back, "I think we're really making some headway in the relationship. I know we really connected."

Page 176: Armitage helped Powell revise the portions of his autobiography that concerned his frosty relationship with Dick Cheney. Powell calls the finished passages "relatively truthful but not harmful."

George Tenet's Predictive Powers

Page 116-17: Months before the war begins, Tenet assures Iraq's top Kurdish leaders that the U.S. military will attack the Baathist regime. Bush has issued no such order, but Tenet proves right. As Woodward puts it, "He would sell fucking tea to Chinamen to make sure his officers got protection."

Page 186-87: Bush cites a CIA report that says 71 percent of the French population sees Saddam as a "threat to world peace." The report is bogus—the French vigorously oppose the war.

Page 247-49: At a December 2002 briefing, Tenet's deputy makes the case that Iraq is harboring weapons of mass destruction. Bush says, "I've been told all this intelligence about having WMD and this is the best we've got?" Tenet raises his arms and says, "Don't worry, it's a slam-dunk!" To date, no WMD have been found in Iraq.

Page 387-99: On March 19, 2003, Tenet informs Bush of CIA reports that suggest Saddam and his sons are hiding out on an Iraqi farm. Later, after an airstrike ordered by the president, Tenet says, "Tell the president we got the son of a bitch." Saddam and his sons survive the attack.

Woodward's Table Scraps

Every Woodward production contains a half-dozen throwaway details that would make lesser reporters drool. Here's the best of the lot:

Page 11: Bush as glutton: At a Pentagon briefing, staffers lay out peppermint candy for each attendee. Bush scarfs down his peppermint, and then begins to eye Bill Cohen's treat, which the former secretary gladly relinquishes. Gen. Hugh Shelton, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, "noticed Bush eyeing his mint, so he passed it over."

Page 112: On a Mideast trip, Lynne Cheney lunches with an emir's wife. When do the children here in Bahrain begin school? she asks. The emir's wife reminds Cheney that she's in Qatar.

Page 184: The TelePrompTer text of Bush's climactic speech to the United Nations somehow omits his call for resolutions against the Iraqi regime. Bush remembers and ad-libs the line.

Page 186: Bush aide Nick Calio declares his intention to vitiate a congressional filibuster. Bush says, "Nicky, what the fuck are you talking about, vitiate?"

Page 336: A CIA report suggests that Saddam, whose army can barely muster working tanks or planes, has red-and-white submarines patrolling the Tigris River. The agency immediately discards the report.

Page 244: Woodward meets Bush at a White House Christmas party in 2002. Though it's months before the prez would declare war on Iraq, Bush suggests that a sequel to Woodward's previous best seller, Bush at War, should be in the works. "Maybe it will be called More Bush at War," Bush says. Laura Bush responds, "Let's hope not."

2004-04-16T16:01:00.000-07:00

The Man With Integrity

"And as to whether or not I make decisions based upon polls, I don't. I just don't make decisions that way."

—President Bush, White House press conference, April 13

"It was no accident that President Bush passed up five chances on Tuesday night to offer regrets, contrition or an acknowledgement that he might have made mistakes in handling the Sept. 11 attacks or the war in Iraq. … One adviser said the White House had examined polling and focus group studies in determining that it would be a mistake for Mr. Bush to appear to yield."

—New York Times, April 15

2004-04-15T16:47:00.000-07:00

I'm getting lazy

With finals coming up I'm getting pretty lazy with my blog. But here is a great article about what Tuesday's Press Conference shows about how scary and lost this current administration is. I suggest it be read.

2004-04-10T11:04:00.000-07:00

Why everyone should not be allowed to vote

I will have an ongoing series about why everyone should not be allowed to vote. I will just find examples from the news, internet, whatever about people doing some stupid things. And unfortunately, these people get to have a determination about the political future of this country. Here is the first installment

2004-04-08T19:28:00.000-07:00

Favorite Line in Dukenminier's Property

Nothing makes me happier then when hypocrisy is exposed. And this is done in of all places, my Property text book. Here's a great passage in there from an article by Timothy Egan in the Sept. 3, 1995, N.Y. Times discussing gated communities:

"And the very things that Republicans in Congress are trying to do away with for the nation as a whole - environmental protection, gun control, heavy regulation - are most pronounced in these predominantly Republican private enclaves."

I just think it's very funny.

2004-04-02T17:57:00.000-08:00

I saw John Stamos

I had lunch with my Law School Mentor today. She works for Fox, so we had lunch on the Fox Studios lot. Anyways, walking back from lunch we see a movie or show being filmed. And who was the star/director? None other than Uncle Jesse himself. I'm sure it's going to be a big hit!!!

2004-03-30T19:37:00.000-08:00

Excellence in Broadcasting - LIBERAL STYLE!!!!

Air America Radio starts on Wednesday, March 31st at Noon with the O'Franken Factor.

If you haven't heard it's a radio station with all Left-Wing shows to combat the garbage CW eats up coming from that Drug Addict who is a Big, Not as fat as he used to be, Idiot, Michael Savage, Bill O'Leilly, and Sean "Spawn of Satan" Hannitty.

I've seen Al Franken on TV for the last week, and heard him on Howard Stern this morning and his show sounds like it's going to be fucking HILARIOUS!!!

The show will be funny, and for the first time in a long time, it will be a liberal on the offensive. He'll pretty much use what the Right Wing has been able to master in the last decade against them.

They've mastered the art of spewing enough accusations, conspiracy theories (remember Hillary Clinton killing Vince Foster), and just plain bull shit that the Left-Wing is forced to respond and be defensive, leaving the left-wing unable to spew their own accusations, etc.

So that's what Franken's going to do BUT it'll be different in 3 important ways:
1. He'll be right
2. It'll be funny (he has been in comedy since the mid-70s)
3. It will be true (if there's anything Al Franken hates, it's liars - so there's no way he'll become one - he loves exposing hypocrisy too much to become a liar)

You should tune it, I have a feeling it's going to be awesome, baby!!

Here's a link to their website and what stations they are on in which markets.

2004-03-29T14:29:00.000-08:00

There are 2 real seasons in the United States - Baseball Season and Crappy Season (when there is no Baseball Season)

I'm incredibly excited about this year because the possibility of a Cubs-Red Sox World Series is the wet dream of any true baseball fan. And if there was a year for it to happen - this would be it. Both the Cubs and Red Sox have improved their teams tremendously. Cubs have the best pitching staff in the league, by far!!! Greg Maddux is the 5th starter, enough said. The Red Sox have fixed their biggest problem - starting pitching - with Curt Schilling. He went to the Red Sox because if he helps Boston win a World Series he will be come a God-like figure in New England - if he was on the Yankees and won, he would only be one in the many players who have helped them win. Winning as a Red Sock is incredibly special, and Curt Schilling knows it.

I'm very excited!!! October should be awesome!!!!

2004-03-24T15:03:00.001-08:00

George W. Bush
The White House, USA

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

LAW ENFORCEMENT:

I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license
suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.

MILITARY:

I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a
drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

COLLEGE:

I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.

I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an
oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt
shortly after I sold all my stock.

I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land using taxpayer money.

With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry
(including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas
the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced
Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.

I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
history.

With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by
over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I am the first President in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.

I spent the US surplus and effectively bankrupted the US Treasury.

I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in US history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the US
stock market.

In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.

I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a U.S. President.

I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most
corporate campaign donations.

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends,
Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S.
history, Enron.

My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to
assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.

I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against
investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.

I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in
the history of the United States government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S.
history.

I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations
remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.

I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees
and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).

I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President
since the advent of television.

I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year
period.

After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst
security failure in U.S. history.

I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center
attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country
in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so
against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.

I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in
duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in war time.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking
Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.

I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to
justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's
library, sealed and unavailable for public view.

All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President,
attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for
public review.

PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.

2004-03-23T20:22:00.000-08:00

A good question to ponder is: What is the best Mel Brooks movie?

I think this is a debate for the ages. There are so many good ones: The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, History of the World Part I, Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

They all are hilarious, but I don't know if I can just pick one. I think most people I know would pick Spaceballs just because Star Wars is a subject we are all very familiar with.

But I think when it comes to overall movie - originality, acting, writing, cinematography, etc. - you have to go with Young Frankenstein. To write a movie about how Frankenstein's (that's pronounced Fraunk-en-steen) grandson deals with the legacy of his famous family and then with all the hilarity that ensues. It's priceless. And like all Brooks's movies there are so many classic lines. What hump? And Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, and Peter Boyle are soo good in the movie.

But I'll tell you - Blazing Saddles, Producers are very close runner ups

Your thoughts?

"Now go do that voodoo that you do so wellllll!!!!!!"

2004-03-21T12:37:00.001-08:00

If you've been watching the NCAA Tourney, you know that 60 Minutes will do a story tonight about how Bush put the War on Terrorism on the backburner while deciding to go fight in Iraq. Here's a preview of the story from Yahoo News.

What bothers me is that Bush is taking credit for being the candidate who will fight the terrorists. To give him credit, other than the Anthrax scare, there has been no major terrorist attack on the US. But how much credit should he deserve? There's no evidence that Bush's policies directly caused the lack of attacks. Similarly, the Republicans never gave Clinton credit for having seen the United States through the longes period of economic prosparity in its history, so why are the Republicans demanding credit for not having any terrorist attacks after 9/11?

The bottom line is that we don't know if Bush is better at fighting terrorists than Kerry, all we know is that when 9/11 happened, Bush was the one sitting in the White House. I don't buy the fact that Bush is tougher on terrorism just because he's been doing it for the last 3 years. Who else was going to do it? He's the President of the United States, he better be doing it. Any one else who's sitting in that office would also be doing it - not many other people in the world have the United States Military at his disposal. It's like saying that you should re-elect Bush because he's the only one running who has had veto power over Federal Laws. Well, duh, he's the President.

If you think that fighting a war in Iraq is the best way to fight terrorists in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Morrocco, Spain, Israel, and Syria, then you probably agree with the Bush approach at the War on Terrorism. But don't say you know it's the right way to fight terrorists, because nobody knows what the right way is - We haven't been very succesful at it on a global level.

2004-03-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

I don't need a woman, I have law school.

Just like a good woman, Law School has sucked all the life out of me. I am a shell of the man I used to be.

Proof:
1. My Fantasy Baseball team sucks!!! In my pre-law school days I would never have let that happen. I would have statistics, put together Excel spreadsheets, and pretty much end up with an All-Star team. But not this year. I didn't prepare at all and if you look at my roster you could tell. I HAVE ROBERTO FUCKING ALOMAR AND JEFF FUCKING WEAVER!!!!

2. My Spring Break has consisted of doing nothing, literally nothing. Usually I would have planned something cool, like going to Chicago or at the very least go to Spring Training of Vegas. But I didn't - I had no desire to do anything. I felt like I had to be home and work on Law School stuff, but I really didn't even do that.

3. There's more but I don't feel like writing more - see it even takes the fun out of blogging

2004-03-16T19:58:00.000-08:00

For those of you who missed "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on Sunday you missed one of the funniest scenes in the history of anything.

What happened is that Larry was getting "intimate" with his co-star in "The Producers" in her dressing room and spots a picture of future ex-President George W. Bush. He asks her if she is a Republican ans she says yes. Then there's a funny expression on his face and then that's the end of that. Anyway, it's a lot funnier if you see it.

That got me thinking, would I do the same thing? If I knew some chick was a Republican could I be "intimate" with her? I'm sure some who know me would say, "Bau, you'd do a Nazi if she's hot"

Maybe that's true, but I think I'd probably draw a line somewhere. Like if I knew this chick is set out to see the destruction of me and my people, I would think that may break the mood. Or if in her pillow talk she says that abortions are morally wrong and thinks anyone who has them or perfoms them should go to jail, I just don't think I would be into it any more. And if she climaxes and yells "Dick Cheney," I would immediately be incredibally frightened. (Please, no comments about doubting my ability to make a woman climax, they are not funny and are very hurtful)

So, I guess there's only one way to answer this question. So who's down for renting a van and cruisin for chicks down in the OC?

2004-03-15T20:15:00.000-08:00

Sacks, I hope you are enjoying Birthday Week. I got like 30 e-mails about it, but I just can't make it out to Chicago for it. But I will be having a satellite feed of Birthday Week from LA while you guys are partying it up in Chicago. I'm shelling out $200 to celebrate!!!

2004-03-15T13:11:00.000-08:00

I am now a van guy!!!

I wen tot rent a car and all they had was a van. So today, March 15th, 2004, I am officially a van guy.

I really don't see myself as a van guy, especially since I'm single and have no one to drive around, but I guess Enterprise Rent-a-Car really saw potential in me to settle down and start a family. Fortunately, Enterprise has no control over my future.

Well I guess it could be worse, I could be driving around a...no a mini van is about as bad as it can get for a single 24 year old man to drive around in the city.

And it didn't even have captains seats or beep when it's in reverse!!!

2004-03-14T10:52:00.000-08:00

Shouldn't a War on Terror consist of fighting terrorists?
Shouldn't No Child Left Behind consist of not leaving children behind?
Shouldn't Pro-Life consist of not blowing up abortion clinics?
Shouldn't Equal Protection consist of allowing everyone to be married?

2004-03-13T21:44:00.000-08:00

Seriously folks, the reason why I'm doing this is threefold:

1. I want to put "Published Author" on my resume and have it be very very slightly true.

2. Instead of drunk dialing I will now be drunk blogging. Nah, fuck it, I'll just do both now.

3. I am always right!!! So if anyone is ever confused about something, this is the place to come find the right answer. And to answer your first question, that burning sensation is not normal and you should probalby go see the eurologist.

2004-03-13T21:39:00.000-08:00

This is my blog. SO YOU WILL LISTEN TO EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TO SAY

Why do things suck?

1. they cost money
2. that's it
3. FREE TIBET!!!!

I need to take my anti-psycotic pills now. I spelled psycotic wrong. I did it again!! Stop spelling things wrong. STOP IT!!

I'm a bad writer. I write good, I'm just a bad person. So if I were a writer, I would be a bad writer. Get it?

I got problems!!!