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[ Comments Off ]Posted on October 20, 2008 by admin in Politics
Monday, October 20th, 2008There’s A Constitution Party, But I’m Not On The Guest List
Am I a “Constitution Voter”? Well, as outlined by the Constitution Party, I guess not. Number three of their “Seven Principles of the Constitution Party is “Family: One husband and one wife with their children as divinely instituted”. Is that a Constitution-based principle? I’ll have to read the darn thing again to be sure, but that just doesn’t sound right. I guess anybody could form a political party and call it “The Constitution Party”. I mean, Vanilla Ice called himself a rapper, right? This whole question came up for me in 2003 or so, when I said to a friend of mine that since neither party had represented my values for so long, I’d be ecstatic if a new party came together, maybe one that had a big emphasis on constitutionality. Oh well. Another dream hijacked by the power-hungry. I didn’t let that stop me from getting my free ACLU I’m A Constitution Voter bumper sticker though, gosh darn it. Which gives me an idea. One of the GOP’s key strategies over the past twenty years has been defunding the left. Maybe if we all banded together and demanded every free campaign item imaginable from our opponent (whoever they are), and then didn’t use it…
Better Living Through Blender Defenders?
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on October 20, 2008 by admin in Technology
Monday, October 20th, 2008Confession: I just wanted to post the funny cat video.
I was just saying to a friend the other day that if all the technologically creative minds in the world focused specifically on ideas that really mattered – like cleantech or election monitoring* – we could probably wipe out some of the world’s biggest basic problems. Sure, we might suffer slightly in personal ways if we had to go without radio-controlled golf balls
* Ironically, that International Election monitoring link excludes North America
Colin Powell Endorses, Gives John A “Gotcha”
[ Comments Off ]Posted on October 19, 2008 by admin in Comics
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Building A Dummer Hummer
[ 2 Comments ]Posted on October 19, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Don’t be a Hummerdinger, be a Hummer-dummer-er
Hummer-bashing is so 2002, but still amusing. You may have already seen fuh2.com, where people post pictures of themselves flipping off Hummers. Funny, but typically ineffective sissy treehugger protesting. Why not get a little more hands-on with tagadummer.com, where they provide you with a handy template to print the “D” that will make Hummers “Dummer”. But don’t get too hands on, it can be a felony. It’s also kind of fun to peruse flamed-out discussion threads with posts like “What would Jesus Drive?. A HUMMER. This one will take you across the desert, never getting stuck, would hold many Disciples and get you anywhere you need to be when God calls” . Nice argument, Cletus. Anti Hummer images run the gamut from the morbid 12 miles per gallon, 2 soldiers per day to the humorously Freudian now everyone will know. Personally, I’d recommend getting one right now, while petrol prices are down. There seem to be a lot sitting on the lots.
When Men Were Men, Women Were Chained, And Everyone Chain Smoked
[ 2 Comments ]Posted on October 19, 2008 by admin in Popular Media
Sunday, October 19th, 2008…and your doctor could still recommend a good brand of cigarettes
I smoke and drink at the office, flirt with my secretary every chance I get, and my wife has dinner on the table every night when I get home from work. That is, if I get home from work. Maybe I stopped at my secret lover’s house on the way home, pretending I worked late and fell asleep at the desk. The world is full of bullet bras and men’s mags, but being divorced is considered scandalous. I smack my friends’ kids on the face when they misbehave, and no-one objects. Who Am I? I am a Mad Man. Or rather one of the Mad Men