Belushi

My love affair with "little chocolate donuts" started here

And his audition tape for SNL.
Funny guy, tragic drug addict.

Dare to State the Obvious

While browsing through Powerline, the splendid blog that brought the demise of Dan Rather, I found this gem.
Big Hollywood
It's a website brought to you by Andrew Breitbart. You know Breitbart as a familair source for Drudge.
It contains articles of conservative/Republican (they are different after GW fiscal goofiness) slant about Hollywood. Does this really matter? Not really in the grand scheme of things, but it is nice to have some propaganda on our side now and then

Wacky Loquacious Brits

If you pay attention to international politics, you'll find some pretty bizarre characters. We have our share, but sometimes how you say it. From the subtle Cheney/Leahy exchange to banal Reid/GW.
But Boris Johnson, Tory(Conservative) Mayor of London is a dandy. I guess the mop topped toe head has a bit of grudge against the Labor Party PM Gordie Brown
Some of his darts:

• Mr. Johnson describes in some detail a tunnel planned under the Thames, which, he says, "is going to have a quite colossal bore" -- clearly the opening's too tempting not to take -- "a bore even more colossal than Gordon Brown himself."
• A Boris campaign pitch: "Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3."
• On Portsmouth: "[A city of] drugs, obesity, underachievement and Labour MPs."
• On himself: "Beneath the carefully constructed veneer of a blithering buffoon, there lurks a blithering buffoon."

and as someone stated online and I wish I could link his sentiments in wishing our politicians were this eloquently audacious and barb tongued

On Mr. Johnson's desk sits a tabloid cover mooting a possible June 4 poll. I point to it.

"Bring it on!" says Mr. Johnson, lighting up. "My message to Gordon Brown through the Wall Street Journal is: You great big quivering gelatinous invertebrate jelly of indecision, you marched your troops up to the top of the hill in October of [2007]. Show us that you've got enough guts to have an election June 4. Gordon: Man or Mouse?!"

to much fun, I like the guy.

thou shall not make fun of mindless twits or people who dare to be radical

After the madcap antics of Blago, which I ran I drink special in his name. The "Effen Bomb" It's Effen vodka and Red Bull.
I thought a little laugh at other people's expense.
Do you remember your yearbook photo? Mine was the typical mid 80s feather haircut, light blue shirt, red knit tie & navy blue blazer. Nothing radical, just me being a boring formal dresser. Of course this was last year. I jest.
Check out these photogenic demigods and goddesses. Go to Oddee.com for the rest. If not, check out the website period.

this could get me in trouble

you mean she used us?

I love the smack on her constituents of New York. Like Bill, y'all just another step in her self serving ladder to heavenly political nirvana. He's right, this the change you nimrods voted for in obama.

more of the same

As the last bastion against all things status quo in the Beltway, El-Presidente Electo Obama, fights the power and the establishment. As he brings his audacity of hope, change and to fight things that go bump in the night, he shows his true self.
1st - VP Biden, the lifer who redefines blowhard
2nd - Sec of State, Queen Hillary, never heard of her, from Hitch

Both President and Sen. Clinton, while in office, made it obvious to foreign powers that they and their relatives were wide open to suggestions from lobbyists and middlemen.

Just to give the most salient examples from the Clinton fundraising scandals of the late 1990s: The House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight published a list of witnesses called before it who had either "fled or pled"—in other words, who had left the country to avoid testifying or invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination. Some Democratic members of the committee said that this was unfair to, say, the Buddhist nuns who raised the unlawful California temple dough for then-Vice President Al Gore, but however fair you want to be, the number of those who found it highly inconvenient to testify fluctuates between 94 and 120. If you recall the names John Huang, James Riady, Johnny Chung, Charlie Trie, and others, you will remember the pattern of acquired amnesia syndrome and stubborn reluctance to testify, followed by sudden willingness on the part of the Democratic National Committee to return quite large sums of money from foreign sources.

3rd - AG Holder, nothing to see here, from Cohen

Soon after Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, the former president and I had a brief telephone conversation. I had been downright heated about the pardon, a lot angrier than I had ever been about Monica Lewinsky. Clinton implied that I had things historically backward. Long after the Rich pardon had been forgotten, he said, the Lewinsky scandal would remain a vivid memory. That day is yet to come. The Rich pardon is back.

The vehicle for this lingering echo from the year 2001 is the choice of Eric Holder as Barack Obama's attorney general. Holder was Clinton's deputy attorney general and he played a significant role in the pardon. When asked by the White House what he thought about a pardon for Rich, Holder replied, "Neutral, leaning towards favorable." These four words have stalked him ever since.

4th UN Ambassador Rice, not the read deal known as Condi. She was a "protege" of Albright, more Clinton. And we know how effective Albright was. From my original blog,

New toons

great website, RedPlanetCartoons

Everything on the internet is true ...

I heard about this and now indisputable proof.
Obama eats babies!!!!!

On a side note:
Is there nothing better then coming inside on crisp fall day to the aroma of crock pot cooking filling the house?
Great now I sound like Andy friggin' Rooney. Awesome

The Vast Wasteland

Outside of the usual sports, (Bears/Football, Cubs & National Soccer action) my TV runs either children shows or the History Channel. Most major network shows are predictable, insipid or in an arrogant sense, numbing.
But there are four shows I eagerly await every week:

Burn Notice on USA: Any chance to see Bruce Campbell hamming it up is worth it. And if you want to catch a real odd film, Bubbal Ho-tep. He is Elvis in hiding and Ossie Davis as JFK. Yes, Ossie is black.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent on USA: I was wary of this show at first. But the unbridled eccentric genius of Vincent D'Onofrio is worth every episode. Even the return of Chris Noth to the franchise is worth it. But most of all, I love Leslie Hendrix. She has played the savvy ME Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers for all three franchise shows.

Eureka on SciFi: This brings out my inner geek. My meager grey matter is generally history or philosophically driven. But the sci-fi angle, perfectly cast and playful physics laden banter makes me giggle like Archimedes. (Who is given his props with a statue in the middle of the town. Plus there is Jo played by Erica Cerra.

Penn & Teller Bullshit on Showtime: And these two. They are bombastic and silent. Atheist and Libertarian. And they make you think. Unafraid to challenge any group, from Code Pink to the Catholic Church to NASA. The profane duo are at their best unchained and self-rightous.

Each show has wit, intelligence, truly character driven and unique. It isn't that other shows reek of mediocrity, but my time is limited. I could never commit to the brilliant Lost like a good marriage. And the original Law & Order is like a drunken booty call at 2 a.m. you never let go.

Road Trip

Just kidding, this pretty funny though. The best part it is a real ad. Or was.

And Barack old buddy, if this New Yorker cover makes you this irate, you are going hate to see what the masterminds at Mad Magazine do to you ...

Lighten up.

Notes for today

The Cubs swept the dirty southsiders at home this weekend. Always a good thing. We get Marissa Miller to throw out the first pitch, even though Meathead did Sunday night's game.

And speaking of ugly or not, here is a picture of Gus. Yes, he is missing a leg and and an eye.

Finally, Rest In Peace George Carlin, a funny man.

As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?

I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.

And speaking of special interests, looks like Obama has friends in ethanol biz. Another mark in the hypocrisy category

Mr. Obama is running as a reformer who is seeking to reduce the influence of special interests. But like any other politician, he has powerful constituencies that help shape his views. And when it comes to domestic ethanol, almost all of which is made from corn, he also has advisers and prominent supporters with close ties to the industry at a time when energy policy is a point of sharp contrast between the parties and their presidential candidates.

And he is a friggin' sox fan. Can you think of a better reason not to vote for the schmuck? I don't care if he is a Bears fan. I bet he'd throw them under the bus like his many other ...

Need A Laugh?

I found this website surfing around last week. It literally takes Garfield out of the cartoon and lets his tragic owner, Jon Arbuckle, talk. Yes, Jon in all his glory. Or a descent into madness.

Kinda Bored Again

Obob Returns Once Again

Well, the summer is here and I'm back. The last month has been batshit.
The short story, I left my job of 7+ years at a phenomenal school. A mix of choice and consequence. No hard feelings and quite an amicable split to be honest. The humbling part was the impact I made on the children, staff and parents. But enough of that. On to free agency.

Back to reality. I watching the DNC Rules Committee argue and bicker over the clusterfart they created with Michigan and Florida. I take this back, this can't be real.

Wexler from the 19th District is a posturing little turd. You get what elect there kids. He's arguing about how unfair 2000 was, apparently he missed Scalia telling him to get over it. He fails to realize his peeps created the mess with the ballots the fabricated. But I digress. And GW gets blamed plus Jeb. Quality people you got there assheads.

To say I'm thrilled with the behavior of the GOP at times, this is ridiculous. How can the GOP lose to an immature catty group? It's like watching a group of schoolgirls debate valid poetical thought of N'Sync versus the Backstreet Boys.

Not done with this ...

Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan wore the appropriate attire for this Committee meeting of the DNC.

Word just broke they went half vote. So instead of 3/5ths, y'all in those two states are half the value due to the gross incompetence and vain arrogance. But according to Levin, it's all about the "sequence."

And this group of yahoos is protesting their own party not GW. I love it when a plan comes together.

Get Fuzzy or Get a Life

This cartoon made me chuckle for a few reasons:

1. I am the low end of the totem pole
2. Most Democrats look like they have a wicked canker sore due to the inhouse lovefest known as their primary. If Hillary can win Indiana, place well in NC, and we look at the general population votes with Michigan/Florida, the Democrats show the true spirit of their name.
3. Anytime you can add a Pinto in a cartoon gets bonus points with the mighty Obob
4. Our narcissistic and failure to be aware of consequences in our society is prevalent in the copycat video beatings compliments of Youtube. Youtube is not to blame our society and its need to be loved, accepted and fear of being unknown is to blame.

Last of the fun posts

One more "fun" post until I start the spring offensive:
I caught one of the greatest "guy" movies of all time tonight, The Magnificent Seven.
Based on the Japanese classic, The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, it personifies manlimanness. The is so testosterone rich, Chuck Norris couldn't play one of the village girls.
Yul Brenner
Steve McQueen
Charles Frickin' Bronson
James Coburn
Robert Vaughn
&
a Jewish Eli Wallach playing the villain


Quotes:
Vin: We deal in lead friend.

[O'Reilly is teaching the villagers how to shoot]
O'Reilly: Miguel, didn't I tell you to squeeze? Hm? Just like when you're milking a goat, Miguel.
Miguel: It's that I get excited!
O'Reilly: Well don't get excited! Now this time squeeze. Slowly, but squeeze. All right now, squeeze. [Miguel shoots]
O'Reilly: *Squeeze*! I'll tell you what. Don't shoot the gun. Take the gun like this, and you use it like a club, all right?

Village Boy 2: We're ashamed to live here. Our fathers are cowards.
O'Reilly: Don't you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards. You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. And there's nobody says they have to do this. They do it because they love you, and because they want to. I have never had this kind of courage. Running a farm, working like a mule every day with no guarantee anything will ever come of it. This is bravery. That's why I never even started anything like that... that's why I never will.

Chris: Morning. I'm a friend of Harry Luck's. He tells me you're broke.
O'Reilly: [chopping wood] Nah. I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire.

Get in while I can

It's Pogo badge day, thus my wife will have the computer. Must get maximum blogging in.

The usual astute Austin Bay sums up al-Sadr's latest attempt at manhood. If al-Sadr were any less manly, you'd think think that brillo pad on his chin was glued on.

In southern Iraq and east Baghdad, Sadr once again lost street face. Despite the predictable media umbrage, this translates into political deterioration.

Ted Turner has bit so hard into the global warming cowpie, he thinks we will be reduced to cannibalism.

Not doing it will be catastrophic. We'll be eight degrees hottest in ten, not ten but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.

And finally, that tramp we know and love as our NBA commish is trying to get his swerve on. The mostest honestest news source on the web, the Onion, has this breaking story of lust and corruption in the cage. If David Stern were to take cues from his more moral name sharer, Howard, this would not have happened.

Sources close to the NBA commissioner say David Stern may yet succumb to the powerfully intoxicating sexual advances of Miami head coach Pat Riley and, in so doing, be convinced to allow the 12-57 Heat to enter the playoffs.

He should have taken his cues from this man of integrity ...

The truth is a beautiful thing

Maybe it's the Old Swedish blood

Psychedelic Drugs and Star Trek Mix Perfectly A Jefferson Airplane and Star Trek mash-up? Suddenly both entities make complete sense.

speaking of drugs, they wonder how someone like Heath Ledger could be taking a dirt nap. This is how you "prep" for the big night. You do all the botox and spas for Oscar night and the red carpet.

If all else fails, medicate. No matter how good you look, the pressure can be overwhelming. Many stars arrive on the red carpet armed with a pharmacy of prescription drugs stuffed in pockets and evening bags to ease anxiety.

Says one celebrity physician: "The Oscars seem to bring out great anxiety in people. They know they're going to be in the limelight and the fact that so many people will be watching them makes them more nervous."

The drugs Inderal or Atenolol are popular as they "slow down your heart so, when you're up there on stage, you don't get palpitations and become sweaty."

Other anti-anxiety drugs such as Xanax and Ativan "help people who stutter or get a panic attack. They will take one pill or half a pill before walking down the red carpet so their legs don't get shaky."