Hypnotize!!
Thursday, April 15, 2004
10:17 p.m.
- For Amber, and anyone else who cares, here is George Bush's awesome tie from his speech the other night. Everybody has been talking and making jokes about it, but if you haven't seen it yet, it's worth a look.
- Maxim has named Jessica Simpson as number one on their top 100 hottest list. Considering the fact the the magazine features so many women each year, it's really too bad they jumped on the bandwagon. She's not hot.
- I will post about the Israeli plan to pull out of Gaza sometime soon, but I'm too tired right now.
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SSDD
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
06:21 p.m.
So I'm watching Bush's little speach tonight and he says this:
Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and Secretary of State, Donald Rumsfeld
Whatever, but who exactly are all these suiciders he keeps talking about? Also, he said nobody could have predicted what would happen on September 11th. How many of you have ever heard Squad Five-O's song "Bombs Over Broadway" or seen the album cover? So you're thinking, "Okay, someone wrote a song about 9-11." Well, look a little closer. This CD was released by Tooth and Nail Records in 2000, a year before the attacks.
Separately:
- WTF!? I feel so much safer now than I did 5 years ago. I don't know how I'd be able to fly without air marshals...[stop sarcasm.....here]
- Just do it, and spread the word.
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Why Fighting Sucks
Thursday, April 8, 2004
06:53 p.m.
So now we have both the Sunnis and the Shiites attacking us. That's two of the three ethnic groups in Iraq. A two third majority here will get any bill or constitutional amendment passed, so why isn't it enough for us to get out of there? However, shit like this (very graphic) doesn't exactly make us all warm and fuzzy inside, and sure doesn't make things look stable enough for us to pull out yet. Yet it's not like we haven't done the same. There is going to be chaos and hard times in Iraq for a long time. On the news it was put something like this: We have two large Muslim groups fighting against us, a largely Christian military.
Therefore, though it hasn't really been declared, we're in a holy war. Fasten your seatbelts everyone. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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10 years
Monday, April 5, 2004
09:13 p.m.
I know everyone else has said something about him today, glorifying his name, and talking about how much he influenced them and how much he meant to them, but I have to mention it too. No, I wasn't musically influenced by him, nor did I ever aspire to be him. I do remember hearing it on the news the day he died, though at the time it really didn't mean too much to me; I really didn't start listening to his or many other bands' music until about five or six years ago. He had all of the attention that he never wanted, and used heroin to escape from it all. On April 5th, 1994, he became the fourth member of the "27 Club," joining Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. He quoted Neil Young in his suicide note: "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He did just that, and by doing so, tragically rooted himself in musical lore.
Thanks for the great music Kurt.
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Don't Forget 'Tell a Lie Day' Tomorrow!
Saturday, April 3, 2004
05:05 p.m.
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Well, Shit.
Saturday, March 30, 2004
09:29 p.m.
The United States will begin using a new type of weapon in Iraq starting later this month. One article said: Anyone hit with a full blast would suffer excruciating pain, permanent deafness and some form of cellular damage. A prolonged blast could kill. So let me get this straight: We go to Iraq to get WMD's, find none, and decide to stay a while longer to "keep looking." The Iraqi's want us to leave so they start organizing protests and some start killing our troops. To thwart this, we develop a device to basically torture anyone who opposes us? Now, I don't like the fact that are troops are still over there, and I'm all about keeping the ones who are there safe, but if we haven't already stooped down to the "terrorists'" level, then we will with this weapon. The use of this weapon would basically be like pissing on the agreements signed at the Geneva Convention and lighting them on fire. But then again, we haven't really been showing much regard to other pledges, agreements, and accords we've entered into in the past. Kyoto Protocol ABM Treaty UNFPA Aid to Afghanistan international health care pact backed by 179 nations The Internet Pen 15 Club
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I'm Bored
Saturday, March 27, 2004
11:22 p.m.
I spent Thursday and half of Friday at a thing called "immersion." They locked my class in a building and made us use nothing but Hebrew. It was kinda fun and when Nicole picked me up Friday afternoon, I almost answered some of her questions in Hebrew. I think it really helped my Hebrew speaking. On to other things:
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Oh Yeah!
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
05:07 p.m.
Check this out. Benton county, in Oregon, has stopped giving out marriage licenses altogether. If that's not awesome, I don't know what is. "It may seem odd, but we need to treat everyone in our county equally."
And there's nothing stopping them from doing this. No segragatorial laws or anything, which highlights what should be recognized in all of this battle: the local governments choose who gets married regardless of who they choose. If some want to segregate, that's their choice. I don't think it's right, but whatever. Therefore if Multnomah County wants to give out their licenses or San Francisco wants to, let them. What's happening in Benton County should put an end to all debate, because they have invoked their right to control the franchise of marriage how they see fit.
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Birthday
Saturday, March 20, 2004
05:43 p.m.
Happy Birthday Nicole!!!
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More Randomness
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
08:47 p.m.
I know you're all sick of hearing about it, but this is ridiculous. I won't even talk about it, aside from pointing out that this coincidentally is happening in the same county as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
And what the hell is this!?To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court. Can you try to get any more blatantly unconstitutional?
On to other topics. Donald Rumsfeld was interviewed recently. Here's what he had to say. Many of you may have had this part pointed out to you: Lytle: On March 30th you said, referring to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, quote, "We know where they are." Do you know where they are now? And will they be found?
Rumsfeld: When you quote me, as opposed to somebody else, I do remember the context. (Laughter.) And in that instance, we had been in the country for about 15 seconds; sometimes I overstate for emphasis. The truth is, we'd been there about two weeks.
"Sometimes I overstate for emphasis!?" What the hell! I could go on, but enough has been said.
So we were damn close to Bin Laden. Click on free video link for NBC report. What the hell!
Oh and for everyone who thought I was too grave on my last post: bunnies, rainbows, teddy-bears....AND BLOOD!!!!
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Spain
Monday, March 15, 2004
08:22 p.m.
Much overshadowed by the recent "terrorist" bombings in Spain, were the county's elections. In those elections Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero defeated Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. So, what's so special about that? Well probably nothing, but maybe something. Zapatero was from the country's Socialist party and has vowed to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq as soon as their tour of duty is up in July. Some also think that this could be a foreshadowing of something much bloodier and deadlier around the time of our upcoming elections. To paraphrase one site that I read: Why do that to the US? Why try to help Bush stay in power? To watch him screw up even more, bringing ever closer an "apocalyptic clash between East and West."
Something big is going to happen in the next year or two. Bigger than anything we've ever seen before. Bigger than the Trade Center attacks, bigger than Pearl Harbor, bigger than any single bombing we did in World War II, save perhaps the atom bombs. Something big is goingto happen and the only thing that we will be able to do is sit back and watch society change forever. The time is coming. But are we ready?
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Mostly More Gay Stuff
Thursday, March 11, 2004
04:35 p.m.
- Just a little bit ago the California Supreme Court ordered San Francisco to halt the gay marriages until they can hear the case in May or June.
- San Jose says that it will now be recognizing same-sex marriages; they won't give them, but they will be recognized if done elsewhere.
- Not all republicans are homophobes.
- Bush isn't a religious activist?
God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East.
So, God was the reason to go to war with Iraq, not imaginary weapons. Don't Muslims call that a jihad?
- People in Massachusetts are trying to get an amendment to their constitution to stop the gay marriages, which were okayed by the state Supreme Court to begin in May. At earliest it won't even be possible to go into effect until 2006.
- Can you get anymore cliche? See sign on right.
- I hear a lot of pro-gay-marriage-ban people complain about being labeled as "Christian Fundamentalists."
- If they don't like it, then why do they automatically label all people for gay rights as "gay activists?"
- If they're not, why are their only arguments against gay marriage coming from the Bible?Leviticus 18:22, which I will get to shortly
- If they're not, why do they hold signs like this?
- Isn't it sad when a Baptist priest makes his impressionable and not-yet-matured 11 and 10 year old kids get involved in this? Fuck him.
- I would say that most of the "fundamentalists" quoting Leviticus 18:22 obvoiously haven't read the rest of the Bible, let alone the rest of Leviticus.
- What about Lev. 20:10? I want public executions now!
- Lev. 7:25 tells us that it's bad to eat animal fat. I hope that steak tastes just as good in Hell!
- Likewise for Lev. 11:10. I hope the shrimp tastes good in Hell...
- Then of course there's Lev. 12 Did you know that it takes longer for a woman to become "pure" after giving birth to a girl than a boy?
- I'm not even going to touch Lev. 15
- Lev. 19:3 reminds us to keep holy the Sabbath. And we do listen to that so well.
- Lev. 19:11 is self explanatory.
- Lev. 19:18 What is a good chunk of military budget being spent on right now? Oh yeah, a hunt for revenge against one man.
- Doesn't a good portion of our nation's food production contradict Lev. 19:19?
- Lev. 19:27 says we should look down on all those clean shaven businessmen.
- According to Lev. 19:28 God frowns upon tattoos, which have been around since at least 2000 BC.
- I found this to be quite humorous.
Damn, a lot more than I wanted to type, but I just kept going. Oh well. Ummm....Go gays? And fuck hypocrites.
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Updates
Monday, March 8, 2004
08:14 p.m.
New layout, as I was the only one who could read the old one without trouble. I just archived everything so check out the archives page if you missed any recent posts (my links are under the tagboard now.) Also, if you have any comments on any of my posts use the tagboard or EMAIL ME.
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The FCC
Monday, March 8, 2004
07:09 p.m.
This weekend Howard Stern announced that he will more than likely be off the air within a week. This due to the FCC and thus broadcasting channels cracking down on "indecency" ever since the Superbowl. Now however "indecent" someone is, I believe that he or she has the right to say whatever they want and if I don't like it I don't have to listen. But somewhere in there a bunch of bad parents that didn't want to look after their children decided that what goes out over the airwaves should have regulations for "indecency." Sure some regulation is probably a good thing, but right now if something indecent goes out on the waves the fine is 27,500 dollars. That in itself is a large sum of money. But check this out.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 49-1 for a measure increasing the maximum penalty the Federal Communications Commission may impose for indecency on television and radio
If this bill gets signed into law, anyone who utters George Carlin's seven words among other things on public broadcast can be fined 500,000 dollars! This is ridiculous. As if the FCC wasn't curtailing freedom of speech enough (roll eyes here.) Seriously, words are what we make of them. If you want it to be indecent than it will be, if you want it to be non-offensive it will be. The great thing about the English language is that it adapts so readily. Eighty years ago if I said, "I'm feeling gay today," someone probably would have replied with a, "Me too!" Today if I were to say that some homophobic guy would think that I want to give it to him Spartan style. But I digress. My point here is this: if I don't like something I'm not going to listen to it. I don't need the FCC telling me what is and is not decent enough for me to hear or see. If the FCC wants to crack down on indecency, they can start with all the porn on the net, because you can't tell me that a 12 year old child sitting at home alone looking at porn is better off than a child who hears the word cocksucker on the radio once. Or here's another idea: cut the work day so that parents can be at home with their children after school so they can keep a better eye on them.
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