Lindsay Stalker E-Mail Of The Day
The lack of humor out there never ceases to amaze me. Here's the latest Lindsay Logan related email sent to me by one of the teeming rabble. The subject line is " HI..... F U!!!"
Whay dont you get it? uuuuu you have, or had her email,so?
leave the girl alone, dont you have other things to do in youre fucking
life
exept for hunting down celebrities? i guess not! plz tray to learn that
they
are still ordinarry peaps, she just lucky to have that opportunity and job!
and she certanly strugles with for her best more then you do to
yourself!
GET A LIFE MAN, I MEEN CMON ,HAVE SOME RESPECT!
The irony of this dude telling me to get a life is just precious.
Let me clue you in on something Mr. Jariv Voroshilov. Anyone who would spend even five seconds writing the e-mail you wrote to me is by definition a loser. That's a scientific fact. Look it up.
Plus anyone who does a google search for "Lindsay Logan's email" is a stalker as well as a loser. That would be you. Seek help.
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JesusPete! People are still giving you shit over the Lohan post? Gawd... they need to find other uses for their internet connection.
Seriously.
Posted by: elmondohummus at June 15, 2006 07:26 PM (DXodP)
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Here's to hoping I get hate mail for this. I can't stand Lindsay Lohan. She's like the majority of Hollywood, a cheap skank that just happens to have a lot of money. And probably a couple of STDs.
Happy Valdemarsdag!
Today is Valdemar's day, which, as longtime visitors of this blog well know, is Denmark's version of flag day. It's when Danish people celebrate God's gift of the Dannebrog to them in the year 1219. I've retold the legend before, but you can read another humorous version at The Moron's Euroblog.
I got an email this morning from visitor Drake, who loves my blog by the way. (I actually encourage anyone and everyone to e-mail me for the purpose of telling me how much you love my blog.) Anyways, Drake alerted me to the following bit of information, Danish exports are UP!
The MSM in Denmark yesterday cited a brand-new report from the Danish ‘Institut for Konjunktur-Analyse’ that unambiguously shows that the “cartoon crisis” has had a positive impact on Danish exports. The export business is literally booming and the result for the first half of 2006 is expected to be the best in the last 4 years.
Here’s an article from Denmarks largest financial newspaper. Unfortunately it’s in Danish (you might be able to extract the essentials from the headline nevertheless.) The article basically says that while the export to Islamic countries has gone down, this is more than compensated for by an increase in export to other countries, especially the USA! Senior analyst Joern Thulstrup is quoted as saying: (translated) “It’s an overlooked fact in the Danish debate that Denmark is held in very high regard in the USA, and this is really paying off in regard to business.”
So help celebrate Valdemarsdag, eat a danish today!
Wednesday Is Poetry Day
Hear Johnny Cash reading this poem in in his inimitable voice here. It was a hit record in 1974.
Ragged Old Flag
I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down."
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down.
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing 'Oh Say Can You See.'
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams.
"And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.
"On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II.
She hung limp and low a time or two.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land she's been abused--
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused.
"And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before,
And I believe she can take a whole lot more.
"So we raise her up every morning,
We take her down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground,
And we fold her up right.
On second thought I do like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag."
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Fabulous, and one of my favorites. Nice job with the EGA too. That's the officer's variant you know.
Posted by: Casca at June 14, 2006 08:11 PM (2gORp)
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Cheers.
Got to see the President's Own at the baseball game tonight. Always lots of fun to watch them.
Posted by: Victor at June 14, 2006 08:28 PM (l+W8Z)
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Victor, if you like that, get tickets to the Sunset Parade at 8th & I. It's every Friday evening through labor day. There's no charge, but limited seating.
Posted by: Casca at June 14, 2006 09:39 PM (2gORp)
Posted by: Col Steve at June 15, 2006 12:31 AM (xXkfJ)
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Just recognized that flag: It's theStar-Spangled Banner! Took me a bit to recognize it--I feel shame.
Posted by: Victor at June 15, 2006 05:22 AM (L3qPK)
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That line about the Alamo has always bothered me because it just isn't true: the Star-Spangled banner was nowhere near San Antonio in 1836. Maybe he implies it was there in spirit, but I doubt that, too.
Popular myth has it that the republican Mexican tricolor with an "1824" in place of the coat of arms flew over the Alamo on that fateful day, as many Texians were fighting for their rights under the 1824 Mexican constitution, and independence was their last resort.
The only flag we actually know to have flown in the Alamo was that of the New Orleans Grays volunteers, a blue field with the words "First Company of Texan Volunteers From New Orleans: God & Liberty" -- a unit flag. Santa Ana sent it back to Mexico (where it remains to this day) as proof that the imperialist yanquis were backing the seditious Texians.
Posted by: JohnL at June 15, 2006 09:17 AM (YVul2)
Want To Make £100?
England's The Sun newspaper will pay you £100 if they use your picture in the paper. All you have to do is wave the flag of St. George next to some local landmark, to show yourself as England's "furthest flung fan."
Hey, if I sent in a picture of myself next to the Hollywood sign, butt naked and waving a crusader symbol, I could be a page 3 girl, earn roughly $184.24, and piss off some islamofascists all at the same time!
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Jeez, Louise. You could probably get $200.00 from all your readers if we pitched in.
On the oher hand, the picture wouldn't be so great when your opposing counsel moves to enter it into evidence in your first obscenity trial.
Posted by: shelly at June 13, 2006 10:30 AM (BJYNn)
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I'd buy THAT for a dollar! (Aw, nuts. What movie is that from?)
P.S. Apparently my normal blog URL is "questionable content". SurelyYoureNotSerious dot com get's caught because of Us dot com.
Posted by: Trint at June 13, 2006 11:01 AM (SlSdA)
Posted by: Casca at June 13, 2006 01:22 PM (rEC2k)
5"... if I sent in a picture of myself next to the Hollywood sign, butt naked and waving a crusader symbol... and piss off some islamofascists all at the same time!..."
The problem is, that'd come off as hot & sexy, not offensive.
Oh, wait, that is the point... hell yeah, go for it, then! Let's piss off some facists!
Posted by: elmondohummus at June 13, 2006 04:43 PM (xHyDY)
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I'm in for a hundy, and I'll watch out for the cops!
Posted by: Pursuit at June 13, 2006 06:41 PM (n/TNS)
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...and you'd be making an old man very, very happy.
Posted by: Jim Treacher at June 14, 2006 07:42 AM (kdu5D)
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Of course, you could wrap yourself tastefully in the flag too... but what the hell, you aren't anyone in the 'sphere until you've got naked pictures floating around that could compromise a future cabinet position/supreme court nomination.
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Funny stuff
Now I know the site, I can make cool films of my own! Wicked...
Posted by: Robert Nanders at June 13, 2006 01:32 AM (IjaK0)
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Definitely one of my finest productions!
annika, I must say you're a joy to work with. Can't wait to work with you in another film...I'll have my people call your people, 'k?
Posted by: Victor at June 13, 2006 05:50 AM (L3qPK)
Posted by: reagan80 at June 13, 2006 09:03 AM (zjeeZ)
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Annika,
I was enthralled for the first third, felt my lids sinking a bit as we passed the mid point, revived by the heart pounding chase and crisis resolution and pissed off that the trailer I saw the other day gave too much away.
Posted by: strawman at June 13, 2006 09:09 AM (G2Zzw)
The Totally Awesome Thirty Questions Meme
Okay, you've all seen these things, a list of questions supposedly designed to help you get to know me better. Really, this list is pretty lame. The only things you need to know about me are that I'm totally awesome, totally hot, and I can kick your ass at tennis or trivia any day of the week. Other than that, what's to know? I'm pretty boring.
I once had a 100 Things list up, but I got tired of it and I haven't yet gotten in the mood to revise it. The following thirty questions are a meme that many of the Cotillion babes are answering this week. In our collective wisdom, we have all decided that questions like "what color is your bathroom" and "what fabric detergent do you use" are burning issues that our readers' lives cannot be considered complete without knowing the answers thereto.
So without further ado:
What time did you get up this morning?
5:30 a.m.
Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds, never pearls.
What was the last film you saw at the movie house?
Posted by: annika at June 12, 2006 07:18 PM (fxTDF)
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Don't take this wrong, Annie, but unless the boyfriend is a classmate, you need to rethink the decision.
Third year law school/bar preparation and non-law student roomies don't mix. Really.
From next year to the date you take the bar exam, you need to eat, breathe and live law. You need to be a law nerd. Or, you risk losing control and having to take it over. A fate worse than death.
I know people who couldn't face it the second time and did something else.
Posted by: shelly at June 12, 2006 08:22 PM (BJYNn)
Posted by: annika at June 12, 2006 08:46 PM (fxTDF)
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Coke, dammit! All American drink! Pepsi's the communist one!
Hey, wait a minute... Coke's logo is all red. And Pepsi's is red, white, and blue...
DAMMIT, Jody! You, you... aw, crap, you got me all messed up now!!!! Up is down, black is white, night is day... but dammit, I still say Coke is it!
Posted by: elmondohummus at June 12, 2006 09:33 PM (DXodP)
Posted by: Victor at June 13, 2006 02:38 AM (l+W8Z)
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Um, I'm sorry but I don't remember anyone here approving of this young fellow you call a boyfriend....and now you're moving in? You kids never call anymore!
Posted by: Pursuit at June 13, 2006 06:44 PM (n/TNS)
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Thirty nine (39%) percent passed the Bar this time, Annie.
Want to knuckle down and get serious, or go back to typing and filing for lawyers? Think about it.
Posted by: shelly at June 14, 2006 12:21 AM (BJYNn)
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Where did you get the "guns+bombs=peace" t-shirt?
Code Red To The Zark Man's Head!
Does it even need to be said that if this questionable rumor is true, I hope our boys took a few extra hard swings just for me?
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Our troops are so disciplined, its almost impossible to imagine them wasting the intelligence value of having Zarqawi alive - only for the temporary pleasure bashing him a few times. You get back at Zarqawi not by physically bashing him, but by defeating his insurgency.
"Ahmed Mohammed." Suuuurrrre. The media makes me laugh. I used to date a Ft. Worth cop, and I would ride with her sometimes on patrol. She would frequently need to speak with Mexicans who would have no identification, and would identify themselves with a "John Smith" type of moniker: such as "Juan Lopez", or something. She told me there was zero chance of figuring out if they were wanted criminals, unless she was going to take the time to actually take them to the jailhouse, since there were who knows how many hundreds of "Juan Lopez" in the criminal records system.
"Ahmed Muhammed." Hah. Once upon a time, no reporter or editor would've allowed this effectively unsourced allegation into a story. Can you imagine:
"Japanese bystander Akinori Oh said American troops found Admiral Yamamoto alive in the wreckage of his plane. The American troops kicked Yamamoto, and suffocated him, until he was dead. No other Japanese civilians came forward with a similar claim, but we're going to publich Mr. Oh's completely credible claim, right here on the Associated Press feed."
Posted by: gcotharn at June 10, 2006 01:07 PM (Rhyyb)
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ibid
How we'd love to catch them alive, and carry them off to a dacha in the Urals where we'd keep them alive long after they wished to be dead.
Posted by: Casca at June 10, 2006 02:45 PM (2gORp)
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I am, of course, not at all surprised the MSM is passing along such an unsubstantiated rumor. I strongly suspect there was at least one video camera along with the troops when ol' Zarq-boy was captured and the video is still being analyzed.
As far as him still being alive for a few minutes after the strike, all I can say is I hope he was in excruciating pain, and that someone had the foresight to wave an American flag in front of his face.
Posted by: Victor at June 10, 2006 03:01 PM (l+W8Z)
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How is it that our media can't be bothered to get out and report good stories in Iraq, but the first unsubstaniated rumor to surface that places our troops in a bad light, gets broadcast.
Posted by: Pursuit at June 10, 2006 04:09 PM (n/TNS)
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The MSM is pissed because our troops keep screwing up their plans to win the congress for their buddies the Democrats and impeach the Terrorist Bush.
Can you blame them? They run a perfectly good campaign and our guys ruin it by catching and killing Zarqawi before they can humanize him and have him stand trial and trash Bush and Rummy.
Posted by: shelly at June 10, 2006 04:29 PM (BJYNn)
Cautious Optimism?
Here's two articles from the anti-war, often anti-American Associated Press, that give cause for optimism to those of us who want victory.
Ignore the predictably negative headline and check out some key quotes from this article:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death doesn't mean an end to the insurgency in Iraq — but it could mean a change in strategy.
"What Iraqi Sunnis want in Iraq is different from what al-Zarqawi wants," said Sadeq al-Musawi, who until February was President Jalal Talabani's political adviser. "Sunnis want to push out foreign forces from Iraq. Al-Zarqawi ... wanted Islamic rule and wanted to instigate civil war between Sunnis and Shiites."
The death on Wednesday of the al-Qaida in Iraq leader could also provide an opening for the Iraqi government to try to woo Sunni insurgents.
Deputy Prime Minister Salam Zikam Ali al-Zubaie, a Sunni, said the national unity government of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was open to contacts with armed groups except those involved in the killing of civilians or opposed to the U.S.-backed political process.
There have been contacts in the past between envoys of the U.S. and Iraqi governments and various insurgent groups, but none is known to have produced any deals or progressed beyond the preliminary stages.
"Al-Qaida in Iraq and its supporters must be shaken by al-Zarqawi's death," al-Zubaie said Friday. "It has given security forces a boost," al-Zubaie said.
An even more optimistic AP story looks at the beating Al Qaeda leadership has taken around the world in the last two years. A partial rundown:
A 2004 Associated Press analysis named a dozen young terror suspects as front-line leaders, their hands stained with the blood of attacks from Bali to Baghdad, Casablanca to Madrid.
Al-Zarqawi, who sat atop the 2004 list as the biggest threat after bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, died Wednesday when U.S. forces dropped two 500-pound bombs on his hideout northeast of Baghdad.
. . .
Globally, security forces have also had considerable success. Another four of the top 12 young militants in the 2004 list have met violent ends — in shootouts in Saudi Arabia, under U.S. bombardment in Iraq, or in an Algerian terror sweep. The seven who remain at large are on the run, and none has been able to match al-Zarqawi's success at launching large-scale attacks since mid-2004.
. . .
Joining al-Zarqawi in the list of dead militant leaders is Nabil Sahraoui, who took over the North African Salafist Group for Call and Combat in 2004 and announced that he was merging it with al-Qaida. Sahraoui did not have much time to savor his power play. The militant, who was in his 30s, was gunned down by Algerian troops that same year east of Algiers.
Habib Akdas, the accused ringleader of the 2003 bombings in Istanbul, Turkey, and another member of the class of 2004, died during the U.S. bombardment of the Iraqi city of Fallujah in November of that year, according to the testimony of an al-Qaida suspect in U.S. custody. Turkish security forces believe the account and say Akdas, who was also in his 30s, is dead.
Syrian-born Loa'i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa, who has emerged as an even more senior leader of the Istanbul bombings, but who was not included in the 2004 list of top terror suspects, is in a Turkish jail awaiting trial on terror charges.
Two other men who were on the 2004 list met their ends at the hands of security forces in Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz al-Moqrin, 30, who rose from high school dropout to become al-Qaida's leader in the kingdom, was cornered and killed by security forces in Riyadh in 2004, shortly after he masterminded the kidnapping and beheading of American engineer Paul M. Johnson.
In 2005, Saudi forces shot and killed Abdelkrim Mejjati, a Moroccan in his late 30s who was believed to have played a leading role in the May 2003 bombings in Casablanca that killed more than 30 people. Mejjati came from a privileged background, attending an exclusive French school in Morocco before turning to terrorism. He was sent to Saudi Arabia on bin Laden's orders, becoming one of the kingdom's most wanted men.
For most of those at large, life is anything but easy.
Let's not forget the parliamentary approval of Iraq's new Defense and Interior ministers, and the newfound momentum of American troops against the insurgency. Add to those bits of good news, the announcement by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki two weeks ago that "Our forces are capable of taking over the security in all Iraqi provinces within a year and a half," and things look even better.
I've always been an optimist on Iraq and the War on Terror. I remained so even during the darkest days when the temptation to jump sides became too much to resist for better conservatives than I.
Still, I've never been one who, on this blog, was quick to announce certain "victories" as "turning points" or signs of "light at the end of the tunnel." I know that in war, as in life, the road to victory is often tortuous (definition 1). For every bit of good news, there's some bad news that the opposition will trumpet, so it's hard being an optimist when no one knows the ultimate outcome with certainty. But I'm a lot more hopeful today than I was a week ago. Maybe, just maybe, we've crested a hill over there.
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The demise of the Z-man sure lifted my spirits. It's the series of small incremental victories that will turn the tide and give the democratic forces the momentum needed for final victory. I hopeful, but still cautious.
First time I've been to your site, since for some reason it is blocked at my work. Nice to find another Sac blogger.
Posted by: richj at June 09, 2006 07:09 PM (Dhoqw)
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If annika's journal is blocked at your work, that's a good reason to find another job, i say.
Posted by: annika at June 09, 2006 07:38 PM (fxTDF)
Posted by: richj at June 09, 2006 07:54 PM (Dhoqw)
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Hey! Blogging from a Blackberry can be fun!
Rich, the host of mu.nu has apparently been having DNS issues. I lost access to Anni's blog from home a few days ago. My ISP said that the host posted he'd have the problems fixed in a while.
Annika, what you've done this whole time is what everyone should've been doing: Stay levelheaded. Unfortunately, such a virtue is in short supply nowadays. Keep being an example. God knows the rest of this country needs it.
Posted by: elmondohummus at June 09, 2006 08:56 PM (BjOjj)
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My problem is that my corp's filter seems to be rather selective. I get an internal error message from our network letting me know that the site is blocked because it is designated as "pornography". And dissappointedly I find no porn here when I stopped in tonight from home. Unless I just haven't looked hard enough.
Posted by: richj at June 09, 2006 11:09 PM (Dhoqw)
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Maybe it's Annika's "Sex Please" rubric that sets off the porn filters or the drunk dog fucking video.
Posted by: reagan80 at June 10, 2006 08:28 AM (s71sy)
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Actually the porn is available only to premium subscribers of annika's journal.
Posted by: annika at June 10, 2006 09:15 AM (fxTDF)
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I think I've misjudged your blog... I went off a spoof of something and read through your posts with that mentality.
No harm meant!
Posted by: trisa at June 10, 2006 03:12 PM (Rhuwm)
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And I was just about to announce the "death of satire," Trisa. Or re-announce it, anyway. Seriously, I sometimes forget how sarcasm is difficult to pull off in print.
Anyways, no harm taken. Thank you for your service and come back anytime!
Posted by: annika at June 11, 2006 07:31 AM (fxTDF)
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elmondohummus is exactly right about staying level headed. Everytime we take out another higher up in the terrorist food chain we garner more respect from Iraqi civilians who don't want us to abandon them to the insurgents.
Iraq is a tough situation full of complex issues that our military is handling well, but contrary to some rhetoric on the left, good and bad are easily discernible and we still have to kill the bad guys.
P.S. Could that crazy Washington animation set off the porn filters?
Posted by: Mike C. at June 11, 2006 05:52 PM (wZLWV)
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Zarqawi AND Bin Laden kick ass!
Capitalism = Racism = Death!
Posted by: I. M. Asocialist at June 12, 2006 02:20 AM (9tqcX)
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I happen to be a fan of de Borgrave's, even if he does write for the WT, as his book "The Spike" opened my eyes years ago. What do you think of this column?
http://tinyurl.com/ohtxr
Friday History Lesson For Y'all
I can attest to the accuracy of the video below, because I have a bunch of history degrees. It's the shit they don't tell you in school.
(It reminds me a lot of this famous site, which is also really funny.)
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They left out too much! Why didn't they talk about when Washington went into Hitler's bunker at the end of the war and kicked lil Adolf's ass all over the place? Suicide, my ass! He was beat down and left for dead by a 7'5" George Washington, Killing Machine.
And didn't ya know that Washington originally raised the flag on Iwo Jima? He so touched the hearts of the American fighting man that other Marines reenacted what he did, just so they could claim a small piece of ole George's aura.
And screw the atom bomb! FDR told Hirohito that George was gonna be in the first wave hitting the beach when we invaded Japan. That's why they surrendered!
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Hehe... "Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs." Brilliant!
Posted by: ElMondoHummus at June 09, 2006 08:18 AM (xHyDY)
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Do the creator's of this little diddy hear voices in their heads at night? They need to invest in some tinfoil.
My E-Mail To Robert Redford
So you're totally not going to believe this, but I got an e-mail from Robert Redford, the famous actor!
Here is what it said:
Dear annika,
When President Bush took office in 2001, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $1.47. Today the average price is $2.89 and itÂ’s much more in many places. This surge in gas prices has hit a nerve for many around the country, reminding us of an economy that is increasingly uncertain for the middle-class, a growing addiction to oil that draws us ever closer to dictators and despots, and a fragile global position with a climate that is increasingly out of balance.
It's time to rise to the challenge and Kick the Oil Habit.
We just launched a campaign to take on Big Oil companies and demand better energy solutions. Please take a moment to visit our site and watch our powerful video that shows how Big Oil and their backers in Washington are profiting while working Americans are paying more.
Our first action is to challenge oil companies to double the number of E85 ethanol fuel pumps at their stations within a year and pledge to offer renewable fuel at half of all gas stations within the decade.
Posted by: LindaSoG at June 09, 2006 04:00 AM (GBBmd)
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Dear Mr Redford,
You get paid obscene amounts of money to pretend. In case it never sunk in, you can't really do those things. Why do you think you can really influence the price of fuel?
BTW, one of your private jet trips to the Sundance festival uses more fuel than I do in a year.
Sincerely,
A real person
Posted by: MarkD at June 09, 2006 04:18 AM (oQofX)
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Not to mention that his face now looks like my liver.
Posted by: Casca at June 09, 2006 06:41 AM (rEC2k)
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"Paul Newman still looks good too. I love his salad dressing."
I would love to toss salad with you sometime. Cheers.
Posted by: Paul Newman at June 09, 2006 10:10 AM (rHnrZ)
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OMG I'm sooooo glad you told him that he's hot even tho he's really old bc I was totally thinking the same thing OMG!!!
And OMG I totally got an email once from Bono and one from Matt Damon too!!! We must be like super lucky or something!!!
Posted by: The Law Fairy at June 09, 2006 12:38 PM (XUsiG)
Posted by: annika at June 09, 2006 12:42 PM (zAOEU)
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...and if oil companies double the number of E85 pumps at their stations, this will miraculously call new ethanol supplies into being. By further miraculous intervention, this ethanol will be produced without using the natural gas or coal which is required as fuel in today's ethanol plants. Indeed, it will be transported without requiring trains or trucks (which are required for today's non-miraculous ethanol, which cannot travel through conventional pipelines.)
Why would anyone care what an actor thinks about energy policy?
Posted by: david foster at June 09, 2006 02:22 PM (/Z304)
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More E85 ethanol right? How much you wanna bet old
Robert has a farm or two getting ethanol subsidies?
Posted by: kyle8 at June 09, 2006 02:38 PM (8fih4)
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Actually, I agree with the gist of Redford's comments. Ethanol from corn, though, doesn't provide a net energy gain, so that isn't a med or long term solution, beyond getting movement in the direction of renewable fuels. The easiest solution is reducing demand, but addictions are hard to break.
Posted by: will at June 10, 2006 11:26 AM (h7Ciu)
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Ok.. going out on a limb here. Good ol' RR had a pre-written email he sent out to any sucker he thought might listen to him. No offense but your fifty 'OMG' in all it's variations probably spurned a restraining order if nothing else. Movie stars are people. Mostly who don't give a sh*t about the peons like you and I.
I once wrote my Congressman... I got this lengty reply about 'serving those who serve me' which I knew was a total crock of shit.
Just keep your eyes open sweetie.
A friend.
Posted by: trisa at June 10, 2006 02:50 PM (Rhuwm)
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So, have you heard from Rob Reiner yet? He's a famous director and actor who has some really really really cool ideas. (Since Reiner is in a state of disgrace, does that mean that Warren Beatty will re-emerge?)
And wasn't Daryl Hannah up in a tree today? Perhaps she wore the mermaid costume.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at June 13, 2006 03:12 PM (FPdMX)
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Or in Legal Eagles where Robert Redford and Debra Winger are together and see one of the bad guys. Robert Redford takes off on foot to try to catch him. Debra Winger, who doesn't know how to drive a car, feels it necessary for her to jump into Robert Redford's car and try to follow him. She makes a wrong turn and finds herself going the wrong way into traffic on a large heavily trafficked street. There follows one minute of her frantically dodging cars at the last moment. Very funny. Ha, ha, ha. Like, how much gas did THAT waste?!
Posted by: bflaa at June 16, 2006 01:12 AM (B+qrE)
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Quoting this buffonery:
"I actually had this idea. I was thinking, and yesterday I had this great idea about gas prices. Cuz like they're so high and all. And I was thinking if we like all get a bunch of people to send a bunch of e-mails to the oil companies and stuff, maybe they would listen to us and lower the prices. I don't know it's just a thought, you know, it's worth a try don't you think? Anyways, I promise I'll check out that website and see what it's all about and stuff."
That is the most naive, uneducated opinion I have heard on this issue as of late. Hey while we're at it lets all get together and email the Israelies and the Palestinians and maybe if enough people email them they will stop killing eachother.
Take an economics course. The prices are not artifically high. You're talking supply and demand on a good with inelastic demand. (meaning with in a certain range no matter how much they change the price demand stays pretty much the same). If the prices were artifically high, no one would buy gas.
Excessive Profits do not figure into finding equlibrium for the gas prices.
And also, the letter is a FORM letter. Many people have gotten that exact same letter, and I guarantee he never received your gushy, childish, emotional starstruck response. He emails you about serious issues and you write back with a long sappy swooning email about how he's still young and sexy and how much you love his movies and using phrases like "I'll see what its all about and stuff" and "Cuz like they're so high and all"
And all? AND STUFF? Are you kidding me? Give me a break. I'm sure Robert Redford needs yet another gushy, poorly written letter from his millions of fans.
This thread is hilarious!
-J
Posted by: Jason McCann at June 28, 2006 08:11 AM (MQNAW)
John Kerry Declares "Mission Accomplished"
This is rich. I wonder if Kerry was wearing a flight suit when he wrote this.
Statement by John Kerry on the Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a brutal terrorist and his death strikes a blow to al-Qaeda in Iraq. This ruthless thug who abused the true meaning of Islam was an intruder on Iraqi soil and itÂ’s good news that heÂ’s dead. Our troops did an incredible job hunting him down and destroying him, and all of America is proud of their skill and commitment.
“With the end of al-Zarqawi and the confirmation of the final vital cabinet ministries in Iraq’s new government, it’s another sign that it’s time for Iraqis to stand up for Iraq, bring the factions together, end the insurgency, and run their own country. Our troops have done their job in Iraq, and they’ve done it valiantly. It’s time to work with the new Iraqi government to bring our combat troops home by the end of this year.” [emphasis added]
Time to declare victory and come home, eh? There was Caesar, Alexander, von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Eisenhower, and now John F. Kerry: military genius.
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When was Kerry elected President of the united States?
Hell, I must have totally missed that election.
Posted by: shelly at June 09, 2006 12:50 AM (4gHqM)
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I'm John Kerry and I am bringing this message directly to the troops. Why wait? Just get three flesh wounds, put yourself in for Purple Hearts and come home.
The senate seats from Mass are already full, but I know others where you can run as a war hero.
There are still other rich women out there, even though I bagged two.
Sincerely,
The other JFK
Posted by: MarkD at June 09, 2006 04:24 AM (oQofX)
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In 2004, Shelly, at least according to Robert Kennedy Jr?
Posted by: annika at June 09, 2006 06:53 AM (fxTDF)
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Once again... Bush Jr. wore the infamous flight suit because of regulations... Serve a few years in the military. I knew an E-6 (as in enlisted member who has gained the rank of technical sergeant... sergeant) tell a 4 star, USAFE commanding general he couldn't proceed to fly to the middle east because he hadn't gone to one para-rescue class. Chain of command is not 100% solid. Bush had good reason to wear that damn flight suit the left likes to taunt and mock all too often. Perhaps if they knew the pride and satisfaction one feels while wearing such a distinguished garment they would back off. Oh wait, they're too busy free loving and passing the bong
. Nice blog Annika.
Posted by: trisa at June 10, 2006 03:17 PM (Rhuwm)
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I knew Rpbert Kennedy; in fact,I worked for him in Washington D.C in my first job.
The gravel thoated little wimp is not Robert Kennedy; he is his son (maybe).
Lord save us from sons of famous men. Patrick Kennedy, Jerry Brown, Robert Kennedy Jr., et al.
A bunch on non-achievers who need to be euthanized.
Posted by: shelly at June 10, 2006 11:06 PM (BJYNn)
Now that Al Zarqawi is getting fucked in the ass by his cellmates Pol Pot and Beria, I think we should celebrate the heroes who dropped the two 500 lb. JDAMs that killed him. Their victory is as historic at the one that occurred on April 17, 1943, also heralded as great news:
[A]s the mountains of Bougainville came into view [it was] 0934 when sharp-eyed Doug Canning called out "Bogeys, eleven o'clock. High." Mitchell couldn't believe it; there they were, right on schedule, exactly as planned. The Japanese planes appeared bright and new-looking to the pilots of the 339th. They jettisoned their drop tanks and bored in for the attack. Holmes and Hine had trouble with their tanks, only Barber and Lanphier of the killer group went after the Japanese bombers. All the other P-38s followed their instructions to fly cover.
. . . The Lightnings had waded into the Japanese flight, pouring forth their deadly streams of lead. In the manner of all aerial combat, the fight was brief, high-speed, and confused. . . .
. . . Both Lanphier and Barber claimed one bomber shot down over the jungles of Bougainville. Frank Holmes claimed another shot down over the water a few minutes later. From Japanese records and survivors, among them Admiral Ugaki, the following facts are certain. Only two Betty bombers were involved; Yamamoto's was shot down over Bougainville with no survivors; the second went into the ocean and Ugaki lived to tell about it. Shortly after the attack, a Japanese search party located the wreckage, including the Admiral's body, which they ceremonially cremated.
. . .
The pilots uneventfully flew back to Guadalcanal, where upon landing, the ground personnel greeted them gleefully, like a winning football team. While Lanphier and Barber briefly disagreed about the air battle, all was subsumed in the generally celebratory atmosphere. Lanphier later recalled enjoying his best meal of the war that night.
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Here's some interesting analysis from Hewitt on Al Zarqawi's death:
"Here's the key analysis you won't hear on MSM today: Had we not invaded Iraq, Zarqawi would not be dead today, but rather ensconced in some Baghdad safe house or larger encampment plotting more savagery. Had we not invaded Iraq, Saddam's decision menu today would be how much or little assistance to give Zarqawi, followed by the allocation of bribes to his various U.N. oil-for-food stooges, followed by succession planning with his mad-as-hatter sons."
It's a great day every time one of these people goes to meet their virgins.
Posted by: Blu at June 08, 2006 07:56 AM (RZ8UN)
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I'm not sure, but it sounded like they made two passes each on Fox News. That would be four, not two JDAMS.
My guess is that they were sitting down to dinner, based on the time and dishes shown on all the clips.
Too bad; it would have been better to show them on the prayer rugs.
I hope he enjoys the 72 Janet Reno clones.
Posted by: shelly at June 08, 2006 08:38 AM (BJYNn)
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It's bigger than just the death of Z being wiped from the face of the earth. Gen Caldwell briefed that we simultaneously hit 17 other sites. That means that we've developed this intel for a long time, and when we struck, it was at a moment of our choosing, and we rolled up his whole network at one time. That's incredible!
The missing story here is the story of how the intel was developed over time. These are the guys who put the firepower and the trigger puller in that piece of air at the right time for Yamamoto and Zarqawi to meet their maker. I wish that I could buy them a drunk tonight!
Posted by: Casca at June 08, 2006 08:42 AM (rEC2k)
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We joke about the 72 ugly virgins, but in all seriousness, there are no virgins. He went straight to hell.
Posted by: annika at June 08, 2006 09:25 AM (zAOEU)
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I bet you are the only blogger in the world with the smarts to link Yamamoto with Zarqawi. The death of Yamamoto was a tremendous blow to the Japanese.
Maybe the crazy man in Iran will have second thoughts about his quest to rule the world.
Posted by: Jake at June 08, 2006 09:28 AM (sDM7g)
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I dunno... I see something wrong with the way Z-man died last night: It wasn't slow and painful enough... f***'er deserved a painful handful of last moments as payback for what he's done to his Iraqi victims, not just a bright flash and whoop, it's over.
But, you take what you get. Good riddance. I don't normally have anything positive to say about the fact that someone died -- normally, that's a tragedy -- but frankly, this was less a human dying and more a tumor getting excised. Good f***in riddance.
Posted by: elmondohummus at June 08, 2006 10:31 AM (Sf/1c)
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I think the greater thanks go to the SOF troops that were there on the ground, guiding the CAP in. They are the ones that went in immediately after to do a BDA (bomb damage assessment). Maybe they should bury old a-Z in the nearest pig-pen.
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These are the guys who put the firepower and the trigger puller in that piece of air at the right time for Yamamoto and Zarqawi to meet their maker.
Posted by: Thomas Greene at June 08, 2006 11:51 AM (b7Tng)
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Hey Blu,
I must agree and not the least bit grudgingly, a great day this sick misguided Islamist piece of shit is dead. Of course, it remains to be seen what affect it will have on the course of events as they are unfolding or one might say unravelling in Iraq.
I will not however agree that his death is justification for destroying Iraq, but you already knew that.
Posted by: strawman at June 08, 2006 03:14 PM (G2Zzw)
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One small correction, the AirForce office who was on Fox this AM said the lead F-16 attacked with a 500 lb LGB. F-16 #2 dropped a JDAM.
Posted by: wayne at June 09, 2006 07:00 AM (y6dNe)
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"We joke about the 72 ugly virgins, but in all seriousness, there are no virgins. He went straight to hell."
No Annika,
You're wrong. The virgins ARE there. It's just that they STAY virgins. THAT's why it's called Hell!!
Posted by: Bat Guano at June 09, 2006 08:17 AM (mkw7u)
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Thanks for mentioning Yamamoto--it's interesting to imagine how the shootdown would have been covered by today's media (see my post here.)
Although he certainly merited killing, I don't think Yamamoto was on the same level of evil as Zarqawi. He orchestrated an aggressive war, and fought for a government that committed many atrocities. But I don't think there is any evidence that he was a personal sadist in the Zarqawi mold.
Posted by: David Foster at June 09, 2006 08:42 AM (/Z304)
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Everyone, I gotta go with David Foster on this one. Zarqawi was a human cancer with no honor. Yamamoto was western educated, and if I remember my history correctly, was one of the few opposing war with the US. Remember, he was the one who spoke the words about America being the "sleeping giant" that was awakened by the Pearl Harbor attack. And, according to one biography (this one, I think), he spent the remainder of the day of the attack rather depressed. In short, he sounded alarms about the impossibility of success (there was another quote attributed to him, trying to remember from where (historians, help me out please!) where he promises that he can run the tables on the US for around 6 months, but after that, he had "no expectations of success", or something like that) and basically only fought out of duty and honor, not bloodthirsty destructiveness or delusional nihilisim like Z-man.
In short, everything I remember reading about him was that he was a clear headed, non-delusional, honarable enemy, a legitimate and neccessary target, but orders of magnitude removed from a human stain like Zarqawi. Not to condone or forgive his part in Pearl Harbor, an unpardonable act in the overall view of history; I say the above to underline that he was nowhere near being the subhuman thug that Zarqawi was.
Posted by: elmondohummus at June 09, 2006 11:20 AM (xHyDY)
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Here's my shameless self-promotion... all that predator feed... I'm responsible for that communications link here in Ramstein, DE
. Theoretically I've been responsible for the deaths of thousands
. JK. Peace out Annika.
Posted by: trisa at June 10, 2006 03:24 PM (Rhuwm)
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True to another readers comments... Yamamoto wore his uniform and didn't try and hide amongst Japanese civilians to try and gain leverage. But then again terrorists aren't exactly known for their honor. After all... what, WHAT religion condones and promotes such unabashed killing of people? Perhaps they should look a little deeper at what such a benign, loving deity might request. My only hope for Zarqawi was that he had actually lived. To be taken into custody by 'infidels' is far greater shame to Muslims than the shame that ancient Samurai felt when compelled to impale themselves over swords... Now his status has raised to 'martyr' whereas if we'd imprisoned him he would have been 'impotent.' BUT considering the freakin US of good ol' A let the 20th hijacker of 9/11 (the greatest tragedy since Pearl Harbor) off for life in prison; perhaps a swift and certain death of Zarqawi was the best route indeed. Again... peace out my friend Annika!
Posted by: trisa at June 10, 2006 03:51 PM (Rhuwm)
Most Horrible Thing On The Internets EverVictor sent me a link to the most horrible thing I've ever seen on the internets. This is way worse than the drunk dog fucking video, which at least was funny. No, this one is so horrible I almost want to cancel my internet service and never go online again. Cuz if that's what the internets have come to, if that's the kind of awfulness we are now able to witness at the click of a button -- I mean the kind of stuff that should have been burned, buried and forgotten, never to see the light of day ever again, where it will damage the eyes and ears and brains of millions of innocent unsuspecting people -- well then I think this whole internets thing has gone too far.
If you dare, click on this YouTube link. But I must warn you, It is shockingly baaad, and even Victor admitted that he was physically unable to watch the entire thing. I did, and I will forever be sorry.
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Awesome.
I haven't been this turned on since I saw goatse man and tub girl.
I'll be sure to save this one for those lonely nights.....
Posted by: Spanky at June 07, 2006 05:59 PM (Vz6wS)
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Did you save this especially for poetry day? Cuz that is genius man.
By the way, I think I wore that tux to prom that year.....except it was powder blue, of course.
Posted by: Pursuit at June 07, 2006 06:53 PM (n/TNS)
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I tried to watch that twice today, and I couldn't make it all the way through either time. When the second Shatner shows up, my mind recoils in horror. Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: DBrooks at June 07, 2006 08:26 PM (w6ScD)
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Absolutely! What they don't show in the video is Bernie Taupin attempting to hang himself backstage.
Posted by: annika at June 07, 2006 08:34 PM (fxTDF)
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Well, it's not at the level of Stewie's rendition, but still, I liked it. The man is seriously underrated as an artist.
Posted by: KG at June 07, 2006 09:43 PM (hyH5v)
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KG, I think you misspelled "undertalented." But thank you for the hint about Stewie's version, which can be found here.
Posted by: Victor at June 08, 2006 02:24 AM (l+W8Z)
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The dog gave a better performance, and was more believable...
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I get that there are many important things to take from this video, but am I the only one who noticed that he wasn't inhaling from the cigarette? He was CLEARLY faking it -- all the smoke came out the second he opened his mouth.
What a wuss. If you can't smoke, don't fucking pretend you're smoking.
Posted by: The Law Fairy at June 08, 2006 09:37 AM (XUsiG)
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I see this as a parody to poetry reading beatniks, though he is a tad too self-effacing.
Notice the barely contained smirks at the end "And I think its going to be a long, long time."
To balance this spoof out, see if you can view the Twilight Zone that featured Shat as a mental patient coming home on a plane, who witnesses something going on with one of the engines...
Posted by: TBinSTL at June 08, 2006 01:53 PM (bYmT0)
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Love it or hate it I suppose. It's self parody of a sort that only people with a collosal ego seem to pull off effectively.
Count me among his fans despite his huge flaws.
Posted by: Desert Cat at June 09, 2006 10:02 PM (xdX36)
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Oh. My. Fucking. God.
He's got neither shame nor dignity.
Posted by: Martin at June 16, 2006 12:37 AM (72K54)
Wednesday Is Poetry Day: GinsbergAs Tony noted, Saturday was Allen Ginsberg's birthday. There must be a Ginsberg bug going around because Strawman also suggested a poem by the great one. I can't abide his political stuff, but Ginsberg is a genuine literary icon, and a fearless poet. He's also an interesting guy to boot. Here is a perfect poem for today.
A Supermarket in California
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for
I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache
self-conscious looking at the full moon.
In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went
into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations!
What peaches and what penumbras! Whole families
shopping at night! Aisles full of husbands! Wives in the
avocados, babies in the tomatoes!--and you, Garcia Lorca, what
were you doing down by the watermelons?
I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber,
poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery
boys.
I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the
pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?
I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans
following you, and followed in my imagination by the store
detective.
We strode down the open corridors together in our
solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen
delicacy, and never passing the cashier.
Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in
an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight?
(I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the
supermarket and feel absurd.)
Will we walk all night through solitary streets? The
trees add shade to shade, lights out in the houses, we'll both be
lonely.
Will we stroll dreaming of the lost America of love
past blue automobiles in driveways, home to our silent cottage?
Ah, dear father, graybeard, lonely old courage-teacher,
what America did you have when Charon quit poling his ferry and
you got out on a smoking bank and stood watching the boat
disappear on the black waters of Lethe?
"Shopping for images," what artist can't identify with that line?
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HI annika,
Forgot to say thanks!
For those who wish to see his important dates and marker........
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7477649
I meet him a few times, saw him read many times and was born in the house next to his. (Allen 23, Straw 0) My family and his were friends as well.
I have an mp3 of him reading Howl which I will share with anyone who request it.
Posted by: strawman at June 09, 2006 06:50 AM (G2Zzw)
Coolest Thing On The Internets Of The Day, Really
Now this is a special one. Pandora.com is a site that recommends songs based on objective similarities to the songs you input.
[W]e set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it's about what each individual song sounds like.
It seems a much more scientific than other internet "radio" sites that play songs based on broader categories or the buying habits of similar users whose tastes usually aren't that similar to mine.
I thought I'd try to stump it by entering the name of my favorite new musical discovery, April Verch. But the program passed my test with flying colors. Give it a whirl.
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I've been using Pandora at work for awhile now, and I've created a pretty good disco station (no, that's not an oxymoron). I think it makes money by trying to play newer music for you, in an effort to get you to buy either the iTune or the album from Amazon.
I admit, though, because I'm rather particular about my disco, I'm probably getting the same 40 songs or so over and over again.
Posted by: Victor at June 07, 2006 02:31 AM (l+W8Z)
Posted by: ElMondoHummus at June 07, 2006 06:21 AM (xHyDY)
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Yeah, it's pretty cool. So far it's mostly suggesting bands with which I was already familiar, but at least it's suggesting some unfamiliar songs by those bands.
Posted by: Matt at June 07, 2006 07:38 AM (10G2T)
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That's really cool...I have been longing for something that can do that. It works really well too. Sure beats surfing Myspace or the web on your own...
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We're glad you're enjoying Pandora!! Thanks for the praise, Annika!
Just one thing. Victor, we definitely don't play any songs in the hopes that you'll buy them, and we don't try to play newer songs. Your station is based purely on your inputs and their musicological matches. Sure, we'd love to make money some day, but the most important thing is the music. Pandora will never play you music that anyone but YOU specifies.
Also, if you are getting bored with your stations, just add a little more music to them! In no time, the songs that play will be more diverse. There's lots of tips on the blog and the FAQ too, if you're interested.
Thanks, guys!
Lucia @ Pandora
Posted by: Lucia @ Pandora at June 08, 2006 11:30 AM (XXkVH)
I Voted
So I voted today, proudly. While I was standing in line to get my newfangled, but not improved ballot, there was a girl in front of me wearing the standard avante garde uniform. Black hair, peasant dress, multicolored bohemian purse with buttons for obscure bands affixed to the strap. You know, dressed just the same as all the other non-conformists her age. It was her first time voting, so the elderly gentleman handing out ballots said, "congratulations."
I was curious about her party affiliation. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I was. I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, since I used to look just like her, actually.* You can't judge a book by its cover. I want to know a person's politics before I judge them.
However, I had to stifle a snicker when the kindly gentleman handed her the ballot and announced, "Green." A bolder person than I might have said this:
Wow girl, I was almost hoping you'd surprise me. But alas you're "non-conformity" entirely conforms to my first impression of you. I just want to know something. Do you believe everything your professor tells you? Yah, the "cool" one who wants you to call him by his first name? It's okay. You might grow out of it someday. In the meantime keep voting Green. I'd much rather you waste your vote come November than have you vote Democrat, so thanks.
Luckily, I am not a bold person, so I continued on my merry way, and voted against 81 and 82. Perhaps I'm a little too unfair to this first time voter girl. She actually deserved her congratulations. She managed to drag her ass down to the polls, when 66% of her fellow Californians couldn't be bothered with it.
_______________
* Not today though. I wore a heather gray polo shirt, khaki capris, and spotless white Keds. Oh and RayBans. I looked so Republican as I walked down to my polling place, people must have thought I got lost on my way to Newport Beach.
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Good for you, Annie.
However, once you become the successful yuppie that I am predicting, you'll probably opt for permanent absentee ballot status. It is so much easier and less demanding to just have them mail it to you and be able to thiink about it in the quiet of your own surroundings, than stand in line and do it in the polling place.
Plus, where I live, it is too depressing to see all the Dem's lined up to vote as they drive up in their SUV's and wear their earth sandals.
Posted by: shelly at June 07, 2006 01:05 AM (BJYNn)
2"In the meantime keep voting Green. I'd much rather you waste your vote come November than have you vote Democrat, so thanks."
I'm not sure about the whole "wasted vote" thing. If you vote your conscience, however correct or misguided your conscience might be, then I'd argue the vote's not been wasted. To me, a wasted vote is one that's been cast without any thought. Better to avoid voting at all than to vote mindlessly. Jefferson's nightmare, right? The unedumacated, boorish, and irrational?
[NB: "Ignorance and bigotry, like other insanities, are incapable of self-government." --Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 1817. ME 15:116; found here.]
Just my opinion.
Too bad you don't follow Korean politics. The conservatives won big here in local elections, totally routing the party of lefty Noh Mu Hyon. People are wondering, though, whether the conservatives will still have momentum come the big presidential election next year. The major parties are scandal-prone, and Korean citizens become cynical about their leaders far faster than we Amurricans do about ours.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Kim at June 07, 2006 02:56 AM (TDwc6)
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Hilarious Annika,
I know I've suffered from 'rescue complex' a time or two. An easily identifiable young lefty, brains a smorgasbord of tainted you know what, better to let nature take it's course- they've been warned against us and effort is futile.
Perhaps she'll grow out of it in time to make her first house payment, meanwhile our best hope is David Horowitz.
Posted by: Mike C. at June 07, 2006 03:36 AM (y6n8O)
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There is nothing as grindingly banal than the non-conformist. I on the other hand, even at my worst am totally original.
My uniform of the day? Glad you asked. Motorcycle dome helmet, heavy duty wrap arounds with goggle foam, Columbia OD hiking shorts, topped with a yellow North Shore Brewery T. Yep, I scared the tellers at the bank too.
Posted by: Casca at June 07, 2006 06:25 AM (rEC2k)
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The best thing about the election was the Democrats handing us Phil Angelides. Steve Westley would have been a much tougher challenge for Arnold. As usual, though, the Dems extreme Left prevailed and gave us the first choice of the unions. A special thanks to all those public sector union thugs who rarely work but usually remember to vote.
Posted by: Blu at June 07, 2006 08:07 AM (j8oa6)
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"...people must have thought I got lost on my way to Newport Beach."
Nah. They were just staring because you looked hot.
Posted by: physics geek at June 07, 2006 11:34 AM (Xvrs7)
. Nice blog Annika.
