This Is Why RonPaul Scares Me

I thought I would stoke the political fires here and throw some blood in the water (2 cliches in one sentence, nice!) RonPaul says lots of things that many of us Republicans say at home or in private, but WE know they won't really work - or are impossible to achieve. I have little quarrel with RonPaul when it comes to taxes, health care, the United Nations and the Federal Reserve. What scares me is the isolationism:

He also denounced the idea of bombing Iran to prevent the potential of the Tehran regime acquiring a nuclear weapon, which he sees as no threat to the United States or Israel.

Ron Paul, at a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla., says the other GOP candidates aren’t following traditional conservative beliefs.
MSNBC“Israel would be better off” and the Israelis "could take care of themselves” if the United States ended its alliance with Israel, he said during a weekend meeting with several Christian pastors from across Iowa.

Didn't we already go down this road with Wilson and Roosevelt? How many good boys died because we thought that Jews could protect themselves? I personally don't think RonPaul is a huge fan of Jews, but that is beside the point. Anytime he opens his mouth about 9/11, he comes off as a crackpot. I can't support an idiot who truly believes 9/11 "was an inside job". I don't think he really believes that, but rather has hitched onto the slogan, and is dominating the web because of it. Everyone be honest, has anybody really spent some time speaking with a RonPaulian and walked away thinking "Wow that guy is really on the ball - He knows what time it is on the street!"? His supporters are fast becoming the Dean, Kucinich and Perot people from the past - loud and obnoxious, and have no business running this country. (Taylor excepted) Has Kelsey Grammar announced yet?

Cinematic Titanic

It’s been just amazing the last few years: what with MST3K being honored as a top 25 science fiction show and top 25 “cult” show by TV Guide, and, most notably, in September being listed as one of the “Top One Hundred TV Shows Ever” by TIME – whew! Never saw it coming. Even mo-better are the really nice people that I’ve met who’ve had, and still have, great experiences watching horrendously great movies along with me and my funny friends. Thanks for mentioning it, thanks for keeping the dream alive, and thanks for buying the DVDs. It’s all been strange and mysterious and lovely, and it makes me want to do it all over again. And now, almost 20 years later, I am. I’ve decided, in collaboration with the other bold souls who “started it all,” to do a new project that is strong enough for our diehard audience, and also gentle and easy to swallow for those that are new to movie riffing. Wait for it….wait for it…. meet Cinematic Titanic!

http://www.cinematictitanic.com/

slashdot article
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/31/139231

HAPPY HAL>>>>>>? birthday DAD?

Since you are sixty today i thought i would use a blog post to tell the four other people who read this and already know about it
so if someone accidentally googles this page they will now it is someone's sixtieth birthday instead of boring old halloween. Which I will probably spend at home or shopping . sorry had to delete the res

They Just Don't Get It

I found this list of worst sports team names, a lo and behold guess who I found on page 2 (along with the most racially insensitive nicknames). Its kind of funny reading the author's reaction to the name. Geez, buddy lighten up. Yuma High is full of pussies. The rest of the list is linked below.

The World's Most Ridiculous Sports Team Names
By Christina H

Poor Choice of Role Model
Winner:
Yuma Criminals High school

Runners Up: University of Idaho Vandals (College) Amherst College Lord Jeffs (College)
Breakdown: It really takes a lot of balls, in this day and age, when we are wringing our hands over getting our youth out of gangs and drugs, to name a high school sports team the "Criminals." It's almost as if they just gave up. "Son, you're stuck in Yuma. I'll just count myself lucky if you grow up to be a dealer instead of a junkie." Admittedly, the school was located in a prison building for three years when first founded, but that was in 1910. Guys, your past does not determine your future. Break the cycle.
Though, on closer inspection of the logo up there, they appear to be specifically Dick Tracy criminals.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15646_p2.html

Phoenix Blue

Many of you know how excited I am about the Dodgers finally pulling their head out and moving Spring Training to Glendale. Here is an update on the progress from the LA Times:

A race to the finish for Dodgers' spring training site

The Arizona ballpark is expected to be completed in February 2009. Busting that deadline would be costly for Glendale.

By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 1:32 PM PDT, October 31, 2007
If the Dodgers' new spring training facility in Glendale, Ariz., is completed in time, it will be done so with few days to spare.Construction of the complex, which will be shared with the Chicago White Sox, started Monday and should be completed for spring training in 2009, according to project manager Tom Harrison of M.A. Mortenson Co.Site preparation was done last week.A groundbreaking ceremony is tentatively set for Nov. 19.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-spw-dodrep1nov01,1,843143.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-mlb-dodger

All Of A Sudden, "Jace" Makes Sense

This is something I saw on Deadspin. I gotta admit - I don't think this is true, but pretty funny nonetheless...


Kentucky Wildcats
In The '60s, The Wildcats Knew How To Party
Shannon Ragland, a Louisville-based self-published author, has written a new book claiming the a Kentucky-Xavier football game in 1962 was "fixed." Everyone's denying it, of course, but that's not even the best part. According to the book, old Kentucky players would receive blow jobs from dudes for cash.

According to Ragland's account, some UK players in the early 1960s became involved with two gay men who had moved to Lexington around 1959. The two men were luring players to their Lakewood Drive residence with offers of free food, alcohol and parties even before Bradshaw became coach, the book says. Eventually, according to Ragland, some players submitted to gay oral sex in exchange for money, receiving $200 or more for each act. At some point, Ragland writes, movie star Rock Hudson became involved through his friendship with one of the party hosts. (Hudson died of complications from AIDS in 1985.)

The Best TV Show We Will Never See

So every once in a while the BBC produces a TV show that has the depth and creativity to attract American audiences. Of course, American audiences can't usually understand British wit or language, so only the initial premise and character-types are kept and the plot is re-worked to be able to handle the audiences who still watch "Two and a Half Men" and "The King of Queens." The most obvious example of this phenomenon is "The Office." An incredible success by NBC that added a slapstick feeling to an otherwise tongue in cheek BBC script. With the number of Emmy's that "The Office" has garnered, you would think that the major networks would be standing in line to buy the next big BBC score.

In 2006, the BBC produced a show called "The Thick of It." A mock-umentary type show chronicalling the day to day life of the behind the scenes players in British parliament. As far as character development, there is nothing that does it better than this. The series begins with the firing of the Minister of Social Affairs and the reappointment of a placeholder figure while the party figures out what they are going to do. Watching the new minister Hugh Abbott drown in his position is truly a lesson in the uncomfortable comedy that the original BBC "The Office" perfected. The series is epic, poignant, and as deeply hilarious as anything the BBC has produced to date. So naturally, it is a shoe in for American adpation...

Enter Michael Hurwitz. Creator and writer for the critically acclaimed but never watched until the DVD came out "Arrested Development." Not a stranger to Emmy awards himself, he obtains the rights to the little known BBC series, "The Thick of It." Filmed in the same mock-umentary feel as the "Arrested Development," Hurwitz should have instant credibility in the genre and in case anyone has any hesitations, he secures a director with a similar feel for the mock-umentary flair, a little actor/director you might have heard of called Christopher Guest.

So you are a network bigwig and you hear that Hurwitz and Guest are collaborating on a script based on American politics (keep in mind, we are in a prolonged election cycle), would you even have to read the script before you sign up?

Well its been passed up... If you get the time download the British series by bittorrent, its worth it.

Sourpussy - The 2007 Laker Season

Well, I have attempted to ignore the daily drama swirling around the Lakeshow these days, but with the opener last night, I thought I would share some of my feelings. If you can't guess from the title, Laker fans are getting a bit tired of Kobe's act. Quick review - fans and the organization stood right behind Kobe when he was on trial for rape... Quite a contrast to Michael Vick, eh? Ever since then, Kobe has decided to run his mouth about everyone who surrounds him, the management, his teammates - everybody. The same teammates who stood around and watched him score 81 points in a game. Trust me, if he does go - there will be fewer tears shed than you may think.

About the game. I had deja vu' last night. I had watched this game before - Oh wait, I know - just about every single loss they had last year looked like last night. Kobe's shot wasn't falling in the first half, but still the Lakers were able to build a lead. Kobe keeps shooting, despite the fact that his teammates are hitting. Things would have been fine had Kobe relinquished the ball more in the third quarter. As a leader of the team, he should be worried about directing the offensive flow and creating a rhythm. We all know and expect him to take all of the shots at the end of the game - that's fine. Its the 2 of 10 shooting in the 3rd that loses leads and sinks your team.

I am still convinced Kobe is not going anywhere. I don't know if its possible, but I would like to see him evolve into a true general on the floor in LA. I see that Luke Walton cut his hair this year - too bad, we all know how Kobe likes white chicks.

Sprint Takes Advantage of Retards Looking For Love

I came across this heartwarming tale of a downy looking for love....

Price for 'premium' text messages? $10,000

Sean Clark pays extra each month for his cell phone service so his daughter Amanda can enjoy unlimited, no-charge text messaging. So the Bothell, Wash. man was stunned when his Sprint bill for September showed with nearly $10,000 in text message charges.
"When I opened the bill, it was just pure shock," he said. "There were pages and pages and pages of things on there."
He called Sprint immediately looking for an explanation. Clark knew ringtones and Web-based downloads could get expensive, so he had turned off Web access from Amanda's phone. He also knew that Amanda, a developmentally disabled 18-year-old, liked to send text messages so he "protected himself" by signing up for unlimited messaging. The bill for his family plan was normally a couple of hundred dollars per month.
Initially, a Sprint customer service agent agreed with Clark’s guess that he was a victim of fraud. But a bit of research revealed that he was instead the victim third-party providers who offer services on Sprint's network. And he quickly learned that not all text messages are equal.
Amanda had signed up for a series of so-called "premium" text message services. Premium texts cost typically $1-$2 each and are not covered by monthly bundling plans.
It's hard to imagine one teenager running up $10,000 in text charges in a month -- until you consider the services she used. Amanda had signed up for text-chatting services, lured by ads promising romantic dialogs with "cool guys." With each message costing $1-$2 a pop, such chats can easily cost hundreds of dollars a day.
Clark asked his daughter about the services, and then found the advertisements which had led her to sign up. He discovered a pile of magazines aimed at teen-age girls in his daughter’s room, all crowded with advertisements full of smiling teen-age boys bearing headlines like "Hook a hottie.""She had no understanding of the repercussions,” Clark said. “… My conversations with the phone company customer service lines have been laughable."
Clark asked Sprint to waive the charges, saying he hadn't authorized them; the company countered by offering to cut his bill by 50 percent.

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/10/sean-clark-pays.html#posts

D-backs have no one at first

Tony Clark, the veteran first baseman, filed for free agency yesterday. Besides being a clutch pinch hitter, he also served as Connor Jackson's role model of how to play the position.Unable to reach a deal to stay around, it looks like he is going to see what he can get out in the free market. Which means that D-backs are going to have to make some big moves to get someone to fill that spot. Let's be honest, Connor Jackson is as good as gone. He can hit well enough to be in the Majors but on a team that has no dominant position hitters, the D-backs rely on their fielding to get them out of jams, and CoJack is as bad as they come. There is no need to mention his 3rd out error against the Rockies which forced Micah Owings to leave early rather than getting his at-bat (but I mentioned it anyway). Rumor is Reynolds who has been on and off but still a very promising rookie will keep his position at 3rd and when (and if) Tracy gets better he moves over to 1st. That means that the lineup will stay pretty much the same as D-backs fans are used to seeing and fans will also get used to watching the shortest 1st baseman in the league play next year (my guess would be if Tracy heals to quickly, he moves to the trading block as well, we have gotten this far without him).

Regardless, D-backs have some serious trading ability that could go for some average pitching or if they so choose could acquire a quality Major League firstbase/ 4th hole hitter. Combining Quentin Carlos with Connor Jackson and above average setup Juan Cruz, the D-backs would get their pick. You can't question D-backs ability to spot talent so far and this off season could shape up to be very interesting.

No doubt this time last year, the front office was looking to rebuild for the 07 season. Those ideas are long gone and 08 will be a disappointment if they don't get into the post-season.

"Personal Assistant"

My friend Rachel came across this while perusing Craigslist...I of course provided the picture.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT
Reply to: job-464326106@craigslist.org

Date: 2007-10-30, 5:10PM EDT

IDEAL CANDIDATE MUST BE OPENMINDED ATTRACTIVE AND WILLING TO PLEASE THE BOSS AT ALL LENGTHS LADIES READ BETWEEN THE LINES BEFORE APPLYING THIS IS A BUSINESS/PERSONAL ARRANGEMENT NO EMAILS LEAVE A NAME AND NUMBER FOR A DISCRETE INTERVIEW 1500 TO START ASAP AND 7500 SIGN ON BONUS AFTER 60 DAYS OF LOYALTY INSUANCE AND CAR AVAILABLE

its PENDEJO

Look who is the idiot now

That Didn't Take Long - Grady Resigns

I have to admit, the news makes me a little sad. Grady was a damn good manager and certainly not the reason why the Dodgers fell apart last year. You can always nitpick managers, but the fact is that nearly every one of the GM's moves failed to pan out. Oh well, Torre! Torre! Torre!

Life With LaRue "That's why you don't teach lessons..."

Today I am attempting to start a semi-regular column called "Life With LaRue" chronicling the saga of a svelte young raconteur tasked with caring for his batshit grandmother. As you all know, this is a true story, so I promise that I will never exaggerate any of the incidents I relate - you will soon see there is no need. Also, look for the photo to change - trust me, the real ones are much better.

I visited LaRue on Saturday morning, bringing her the usual staples: mangoes, avocados, pears, Rice Dream, carrot juice and sweet potatoes. I admit I hadn't actually gone into her room to see her for 2 weeks, but as soon as I enter the room she dispenses with the pleasantries quickly and gets right to heart of what she "needs".

Quick preface - about 6 weeks ago, she was driving me crazy, getting phone calls and text messages every day that she was out of this or demanding that... the orderlies have fallen for her tales of woe and believe she is truly suffering when she has no carrot juice for two days. Anyway, her list of demands kept growing - Now she wanted ginger ale, different kinds of ginger cookies, and of course Cutie Pies. For the uninformed, Cutie Pies are soy-based ice cream sandwiches I bought her for a special treat. Now she expected them to be there every week. I decided to have a talk with her and tell her we were working on a budget and that she needs to back off. I had brought her the treats, but she would have to do with less carrot juice and rice dream then she normally does. That was a huge disaster, she broke down crying and wailing about how she needed carrot juice for her vitamins, and that she should never have asked for "treats".

Flash forward to Saturday and as soon as I came in, she began explaining to me how much she needs ginger ale and Cutie Pies - how I am doing such a good job, but boy would she like some ice cream sandwiches. For once I didn't get upset.... just chuckled and nodded my head. That's why you don't try to teach your 80 year old grandmother lessons....

A few weeks back her concern was that she was not getting enough oxygen in her blood. She asked me to buy her something called structured water concentrate that get this.... puts more oxygen in water. (I didn't want to explain to her that the amount of oxygen in water is governed by molecular science, and more oxygen certainly doesn't come in a room temperature liquid.) I put off buying the concentrate, and lo and behold I came one day to find her hooked up to a breathing machine (she breathes fine by the way). The last couple of times I have gone I noticed that I was standing on the tubing that was stretched across the floor. I don't know what I expected - maybe something like the nun singing sequence in Airplane! - but I can tell you I didn't take my shoe off the tubing. I don't even think the thing gets turned on, she just puts it in her nose. Its a good thing I only spend 5-10 minutes in the room. Do you think I could get a judge to believe I "accidentally" stood on the hose for 30 mins and didn't move to help her while she was turning blue?

Sunday Showdown

Five days and counting…Colts are 7-0 and New England is 8-0. Someone is going to get their first loss of the season this Sunday.

Who will win? My pick, obviously, is Tom Brady and the Patriots. Not only does Brady have three Super Bowl rings and is on track to break Manning’s touchdown pass throwing record, he also knows how to take a heck of a photo (couldn't resist).

As for the rest of the team, they have the best offense of the league and their defense is solid and should not be overlooked. This Sunday they face their toughest defensive opponent by far this season; not to mention, Peyton Manning, who has quarterbacking flowing through his veins…can they do it?

Movies: First review- ALL spoilers because why in the hell would you see a movie called NITRO

So since i dont care much about sports, except when dane cook is there cheering on his favorite team or supporting the MLB in general. I thought I would give my review of the last film I saw. Wait was it the last film I saw? I am not sure, well it must have been this (i can review this one because it has already been released) canadian film. I know what you are thinking canadia sucks. You are right that is why I didnt even capitalize it (even the the word processor told me too) But this movie was pretty kick ass. But a little sad at the end. Anyways it starts out with this guy Max who is really good at racing cars (think fast & the furious and all that gay stuff) years later he has a kid and the woman he loves is dying from heart failure. She needs a new heart and that dont have any spares. So Julien (the reformed Max) promises his son he will do whatever it takes to save his mother from dying. Julien has a friend at the hospital who is in charge of handling the donated organs, the two set up a deal that if Julien brings him a heart then he would make sure that everything looked legit and his wife would get it, but he would have to pay his friend $50,000(and that is canadian $ so really like $55,000)

So Julien goes to see his father who he use to steal cars for and hasn't seen for a while since he has cleaned up his life. His dad gives him a car (again not very impressive car F&F type of rice bruner crap) but it uses nitrous which is where the title come from I believe. Anyways this is
where it gets good. Unlike other crappy movie this one doesnt waste time on fancy stuff. He races about ten times and wins 40,000 and his car dies at the end and he goes home after he kicks the crap out of some guys when the try to keep his money.

Sorry will finish this later got to work

Book Review: I Am Legend

It is more like a long short story...

Read it last night in like 2 1/2 hours. Really have no idea how this translates into a movie. The story is focused on the seculsion of the main character while the whole world is full of vampires. He sits in his house through the entire book and ventures out only during the day.

I'm sure they will pump up the action but it will be very un-Hollywood if they actually develop the intense isolation and his overcoming desire to rape a female vampire (actual sub-plot).

Very good though...

Sports: Will the Circle Be Complete?

For those of you who don't know the story... Alex Rodriguez was a hot commodity prior to his being drafted (duh). The Dodgers had the first pick in that draft, and right in line with their philosophy for some 50 odd years, they took pitching by selecting Darren Dreifort. True Dodger fans love Dreifort, but cannot deny the fact that he was a major bust. The story is that Rodriguez's agent called LA to ask that the Dodgers draft him. The Dodgers passed, opening it up for Seattle to take him at number 2.....

anyway, I found this list of odds on Bodog for where ARod will end up

What team will Alex Rodriguez be playing for on Opening Day '08?

Los Angeles Angels 3/1Los Angeles Dodgers 4/1Chicago Cubs 9/2Detroit Tigers 5/1Boston Red Sox 6/1New York Yankees 6/1New York Mets 9/1Philadelphia Phillies 9/1San Francisco Giants 10/1Field (Any Other Team) 5/2

Sports: I'm Sorry but Byrnes isn't as Annoying as Papelbon

I'm pretty sure everyone was annoyed about Byrnes pre-game hosting but this dude has to be a thousand times more annoying. Who the hell does the riverdance? Didnt that joke die when it was used for NFL touchdown dances?

Let's get this started

I have to admit, I never thought I would do this - but progress waits for no man.... Welcome to the blog that Taylor has created for "cool" people to chat with other "cool" people. Actually, I made a promise to my parents that I wouldn't ruin my sisters' blogs, and I am just not used to censoring myself. Thanks to Taylor for putting in the work.

So, bring it on - Lets have some fun....

"what goes in long and hard and comes out soft and limp?"

A stick of chewing gum.... stop being a prevert.

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