No. Not exactly.
But a liberal activist group in Colorado called ProgressNowAction is trying to make hay of a major gaffe by a pro-straight marriage group and a pro-legalize pot group in hiring the same petitioning company to gather signatures for them.
Today, a dude at the King Soopers down the street from where I live asked me in the same breath if I would sign one petition supporting traditional marriage and, when I said I couldn't, asked me if I would sign his other petition supporting the legalization of marijuana. Both initiatives, if they gather enough names, would appear in this November's ballot in Colorado. Needless to say, I was flummoxed. (I love opportunities to use the word "flummoxed," by the way).
The pro-pot group, The Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative Committee, is supported by the organization SAFER. Good luck, lads. The pro-marriage group, Coloradans for Marriage, has gotten big bucks from Rev. Dobson's scary Focus on the Family army of robo-Christians HQ'ed in Colorado Springs. I used to live in the Springs. It's a different town now than it was 10 years ago and FotF's influence cannot be ignored. Neither can all the real estate development, shiny strip malls of Christian-safe chain stores, and the extreme pro-Bush sentiment (it is a military town, after all).
Back to PNA... they're demanding that Dobson explain this situation, but on further nosing around it's clear that this was a mistake somewhere by somebody, or just something out of either group's control. Either way, it's high-larious, as Ross Perot might say.
I didn't sign either petition, incidentally, although I'm cool with legal weed. How the fuck is it any worse than alcohol, which, as Loveline's Dr. Drew would tell you, is toxic to human cells even in small doses? I also think people should be able to marry whomever the hell they want, but as it stands, it seems most Americans aren't ready for that yet. (Course they weren't ready for school integration or equality for women either, hm?)
I just don't like being accosted by pushy clipboard monkeys when I have arms full of groceries and shit to do.
27 July 2006
Rev. James Dobson the pot-head?
22 July 2006
Tip of the hat
I haven't been posting as often as I'd like, I have so much to tell you all about and so little time to do it in. I'll be back soon enough, so enough of that.
I'm compelled to stop in and just give some props to someone I was quite fond of.
Actor Jack Warden passed away this week at the ripe old age of 85. The guy had so many memorable roles throughout his career that it's amazing he only won a single Emmy and no Oscars. Whether he was playing Roy L. Fuchs in 'Used Cars,' Harry Rosenfeld in 'All the President's Men,' Judge Rayford in '...And Justice for All,' or Mickey Morrissey in 'The Verdict' (my personal favorite), Warden always brought class and a flair for the dramatic, even in comic roles. He was already distinguished as an actor even before I got to know him on the silver screen.
Warden was also a lifeguard, a bouncer, a pro boxer and a WWII vet who saw action at the Battle of the Bulge, all of which surely helped to shape his familiar persona in a career that spanned 50 years. Rest in peace, Jack, you earned it.
13 July 2006
Plame On!
Valerie Plame has just sued Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. It gets better by the day.
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Check It
WORLD NEWS: Israel's gone nuts... they've imposed a blockade and warned Lebanese civilians to scram. US issues a feeble call for calm while France cries foul. The New York Times says this isn't the usual bullshit. Sigh. In other news, Tony Blair wants China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa to join the G8. Might as well throw them a bone, each is a supplier of cheap labor. Speaking of those nutty Chinese, just when we thought that this guy was out, they pull this guy back in. Elsewhere, people around the world are afraid of their own energy gluttony. And lastly, our Dear Leader is in Deutschland reveling in the admiration of hand-picked supporters. Bush must feel like Charlie Brown, who once observed that no matter where you've gone, you've never left. I bitch too much... La Bloga has the cure for what irks me.
NATIONAL NEWS: The DNC may attempt to blunt the primary impact of New Hampshire's populist-loving freakazoids. Rep. Jean Schmidt might soon be just a memory, while Katherine Harris astounds science by imploding even further. Michael Schiavo personally snipes Colorado right-wing nutjob Marilyn Musgrave. Sen. Lindsey Graham makes shit up, and badly, too. Bob Novak lies some more, then calls Murray Waas a liar. He also tells us his encounter with Karl Rove lasted less time than Bubba's cigar tryst with Monica. AlterNet has the scoop on the rise and fall of a war profiteering rat bastard. Folks in Maine deal with inevitable change, though some better than others. Dan Rather threatens to go postal on us all. Courage, indeed. And lastly, once the Shrub comes back to the land of the fleeced, he's headed to my town to stump for a minor-league GOP dirtbag running for a major-league GOP dirtbag's vacant Congressional seat.
SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT: James Taylor is Top Wuss. Ben Roethlisberger almost went to the big Red Zone in the sky. Jim Carrey is banging Jenny McCarthy now... man does that guy have a trophy room or what?
CYBERSPHERE: The Washington Post is a glutton for punishment. Imagine if you will a Wikipedia not filled with flame wars and shitty editing.
WACKY SCIENCE: Blowing the holy fuck out of prairie dogs passes for entertainment round these parts. Thirtysomething Apollo 11 experiment is still underway. Demon ducks and flesh-eating kangaroos once roamed prehistoric Australia. Someday they'll finally figure out the reason for the autism epidemic in America, and boy won't we be pissed. And lastly, moms like the smell of their own kids' poo. Let's hook 'em up with this clever thingie then, shall we?
12 July 2006
Zidane's Top 10 Excuses
Zinedine Zidane's Top 10 Possible Explanations at Today's Press Conference for Head-Butting Marco Materazzi:
10. "Chicks dig guys with red cards."
9. "I was fixing a crease in his jersey."
8. "He hadn't called in days."
7. "I'll have you know that putting the smack down on a mouthy asshole is an effective treatment for baldness."
6. "What would you do if a sweaty Italian pinched your titty?"
5. "I had no idea a billion people were watching."
4. "He ridiculed me for being last in the phone book."
3. "Wayne Rooney dared me."
2. "It was exciting to live out the dreams of pussy soccer player haters around the world."
1. "I aimed too high."
Missing Republican dirty trickster returns to Maryland
It's always nice to have a reliable GOP ratfucker back in the public eye. Where we can see the bastard.
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NASA giddy over shuttle success
I'm hoping they're not jumping the gun given the launch troubles, but experts and astronauts are clearly feeling the shuttle program is back on track.
I have mixed emotions about it. Any space mission is better than none, but it seems like we're lagging behind with unsafe, decades-old designs and not much in the way of progressive R&D; in manned spaceflight. Be nice if we could move a tiny smidge of some of that funding the Pentagon drowns in every year over to NASA. As much as I appreciate the utility of developing 15,000-pound bombs that can wipe out hardened terrorist colonies of mountain marmots, I think it'd be more worthwhile to spend tax money on space sciences, among other things. Our time is running short, after all.
Adam Carolla vs. Ann Coulter
I'm surprised I didn't know about this sooner, being a big fan of one of the quickest, sharpest, craziest wits in the biz. I'm not entirely surprised by what transpired, but I'm grateful it happened.
Adam doesn't hide his lean to the right, but boy howdy he had no love for the Official Bitch of the GOP. Coulter learned the hard way that if you cross him, Carolla pulls no punches and shows no mercy. The man is fearless. And very, very funny. God bless ya, Adam, for having a bigger ego than even ole Mann Hands himself, er herself, er itself, er... whatever.
Rove addresses California Latinos
Because we all know how down Karlitos is with La Raza, right? As a Latino myself I find it regrettable that this hijo de la gran putísima is even allowed to address a community of people the Bushies have pissed on time and time again. Fittingly, the twisted bastard—recharged by his recent escape from accountability—was booed and heckled. He's lucky he wasn't piñatad.
"Hispanics," said Rove (it's Latinos, fatboy), "are real Americans." Now there's a revelation. Reminds me of Charlie Hill pointing out how history books say Balboa discovered the Pacific, as though the natives had no idea it was there all this time.
Slavery, As Trendy As Ever
You did know that, right? Well it can't be all that bad, it's got God's okay.
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11 July 2006
We're gonna Zune, Zune, Zune a-Zune
Microsoft's new MP3 player is apparently going to be christened the "Zune."
Having no idea what a Zune is, I GIS'd it and pulled up this photo which was likely smuggled out of Mr. Gates' top-secret R&D; dungeon. Seems unwieldy and I'm not sure what the straw's for, maybe it plugs straight into your brain or something. The old man sure seems to be rockin' out to tunage from his youth... I'm guessing April Wine or Argent.
Depp willing to be a pirate for life
Cap'n Sparrow hisself says, "If all the elements are there in the proper way, and if a good script can be put together, I still feel like there's all kinds of possibilities for this character to explore." It would please the Allmighty to no end, as well.
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10 July 2006
"Personal satellites, get yer personal satellites here!"
For a mere $860,000, this orbiting baby can be yours.
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3D crop circle found in England
Wow. How do them aliens do it? Travel millions of light years to sneak down onto Earth late at night and, using special freaky extraterrestrial laser thingies, carve a handful of three-dimensional french fries into a field of corn. This means something, man...
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Celebrated Bigfoot hunter Grover Krantz donates bones to Smithsonian
Despite the mild ick factor, it's a fascinating read. Betcha can't stop once you start.
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Radar picks up roving gang of mayfly toughs
"They were dive-bombing in the root beer floats," said the owner of a La Crosse, Wisconsin drive-in. Egad.
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09 July 2006
08 July 2006
Repeat of '00: Right-wing lapdogs attack McCain "temper"
Some creep at neocon propaganda outlet Newsmax is pulling the same crap Rove's boys did in 2000 in the run-up to key GOP primaries: calling Sen. John McCain an angry, unpopular bastard. Let it be known up front that it is the strong desire of the Right to get Condoleeza Rice elected in '08, not lone wolf McCain, and here's why:
1. Rice has no skeletons in her sexual closet (she's never even been married) and thus no potential for lurid media distractions. Unless you count this stuff, which the DNC will likely not touch since they take the wimpy high road these days. They could spin the lesbianism rumors, but what good is that when half of D.C. is gay now? As for McCain, memories of his "illegitimate black child" will be enough to drive many Southern Republicans, ironically, into the arms of high yella Condi.
2. Rice is an egghead, fragile as that is. She gives off the aura of intellectualism but until she was appointed Secretary of State, it was mostly a thin veneer. "Hardcore" diplomatic experience will steel her, the reasoning goes. Anyone but a stuttering chimp this time... Bush's blatant stupidity was a serious liability; Rice's mild, bookwormish persona will correct that. They'd also have you know that McCain is a hate-filled, selfish grandstander who probably went nuts in his six years in the cage.
3. Rice is steerable. Having little to no street smarts and no apparent sense of guile, she'll be easily persuaded by the real powers behind the throne once she gets elected, so the status quo of corruption and cronyism is preserved. (You did know the '06 elections will be an exercise in futility, right?) No one tells McCain what to do, and the thought of a maverick flying solo with the reins of power fills the chickenhawk heart with fear and loathing.
At any rate, Rice is the perfect antidote to presumed Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, who is relatively unpopular among leftist Democrats and moderates too. So expect more of these kind of attacks on McCain in the propagandist press.
