(some snark for your morning... - promoted by poligirl)
OMG, you bloggers are mean and nasty and cause heartburn in the land of ice and hockeymoms! The little Snowbillybird is perched on her Cross and has a hammer in one talon and nails in the other! She is ready to nail HERSELF to the cross in order to prove that you bloggers and teh Emm-Ess-Emm types are just too cruel.
How does a person with such insight as to spouting off any Republican Bumper Sticker slogan from the time of Goldwater until the Shrub Administration get ANY gosh-darned respect, also?
WARNING! Might contain spoilers if you could find them through the snark.
In John Cusack's brilliantly deranged War, Inc., Hilary Duff sticks a live scorpion down her pants, Cusack fights Sir Ben Kingsley in the back of a garbage truck, Dan Aykroyd does a moving portrayal of Dick Cheney on the toilet, and Halliburton-style war profiteers wage the very first American war to be entirely outsourced to a private corporation. Did I mention I love this movie?
I don't think I've ever written so much about one movie before, but when Mr. Cusack cross-posted both of my previouspieces about War, Inc. to his MySpace blog, I made a rash mistake. In a comment, I wrote:
If you are going to keep cross-posting these, I'm going to have to find new angles to use to write about this movie. You know that, right?
Speaking of John Cusack's movies, why do I suddenly hear the Carpenters on my radio? What if that devious mind keeps cross-posting this stuff? Have I just doomed myself by my word to an eternal damnation of writing about War, Inc. until Halliburton brings about the end times? This could get as scary as, well, Stephen King.
(the global warming deniers never cease to amaze me... - promoted by poligirl)
This video is the rage among the Global Warming denial sect, as they pass it around and post it with great glee following Carlin's death. Their RIP is a celebration that George was one of theirs.
George Perkins' new novel, Rare Days in Lost Valley is a pleasant farce where a group of quirky characters come together for a weekend academic conference in the fictional idyllic Midwestern college town of Lost Valley. It is part screwball romantic comedy where several potential couples weave their spells around each other (or frantically unweave them), part criminal heist novel concerning a plot to steal Bellwether University's antique cigar store Indian, and part tender story of the love between a professor and his dog.
I would check out the whole archive; lots of brilliant and bitingly hilarious wit in each and everyone of them. Some of you have seen this one, but this Spineocrat animation sums up what we need in our Democratic Congress:
Last night, John W. McCain wrapped up the Republic nomination for President by winning enough delegates in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island to put him over the necessary number (1,191) needed to for the 2008 Presidential election.
Today, at the White House, Presnit George W. Bush endorsed John W. McCain.
From CNN:
President Bush endorsed Sen. John McCain for president on Wednesday, saying the presumptive Republican nominee has the "character, courage and perseverance" to lead the country.
McCain thanked the president for his support and the work he has done in the Oval Office.
"I appreciate his endorsement, and I appreciate his service to our country," said McCain, adding that he wanted Bush at his side as much as possible on the campaign trail.
"Whatever he wants me to do, I want him to win," Bush said, who was challenged by McCain for the GOP nomination in 2000. But he said the 2008 run for the Oval Office was not his battle.
"It's not about me. I've done my bit," Bush said.
Addressing the calls for change in the presidential campaign, Bush said McCain would be steadfast to one of his administration's policies.
"He's not gonna change when it comes to taking on the enemy," Bush said of the senator from Arizona.
Protecting the American people was the No. 1 job of a president and McCain understood that, Bush said.
"He's gonna be a president who will bring determination to defeat an enemy," Bush said.
That is, truly enjoing 
