BlogBites

March 30th, 2006

Yup, the vultures that are the record companies are easy scapegoats. However, the only consumers actually buying their product these days are the reliable American Idol drones and the members of the Oprah CD Of The Moment Club. thatcoloredfellasweblog  

Because liberals are just plain mean, and will attack young conservatives FOR NO REASON AT ALL, like they did to Ben, and to his role model, JimJeff Gannon Guckert. They probably hounded Milli Vanilli out of the music world, just because they objected to the conservative message behind “Girl, You Know It’s True.” In fact, they’d probably object if JESUS HIMSELF were hired by the Post in order to balance out the lying, depraved, anti-Bush liberal slant which the mainstream media takes on every story. That’s just the kind of bastards they are. World O’Crap  

No sympathy from this corner for the plight of the American Consumer-you brought this on yourselves. The CultureGhost: New fuel economy rules issued to auto industry - Automotive - MSNBC.com  

Kaloogian shows that he understands responsibility and has manfully stepped forward to do what all Republicans do in a case like this: blame it on his staff. archy  

Today I saw a guy in a “Rage Against The Machine” t-shirt angrily slapping the side of an ATM. defective yeti: Friday Afternoon Scrachpad  

Use of a gun in a tactical manner requires intelligence. As in, “Who needs killin’ and where is they?”. Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Ruminations on guns  

March 29th, 2006

That’s right - upside down American flag second on a pole - heart-stopping. Japanese Americans put into concentration camps for being Japanese - a-ok. The Rude Pundit  

A terrorist cannot destroy our Constitution. He does not have that power. Only our elected representatives can do that. In this regard, they are far more dangerous than any terrorist. Atheist Ethicist: Are These Your Moral Values?  

Last week I bought an “American Idol” Barbie and her packaging was insane. It took me 30 minutes to release her from her plastic clamshell prison. She was wired down, her hair was stitched to the box and she had thick plastic manacles on her arms and torso. It should have been called Petroleum-Product S&M Fetish Barbie. the skwib » Ask General Kang: How do you deal with wrap rage?  

And lo, God, who had created all the world in only six days, had created mankind on the fifth or sixth day (He could never remember which, because eight beers is a lot, even for God). The Science Creative Quarterly » A MISPLACED CHAPTER FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS  

We need to remember that once long ago, it was OK to eat bananas. changingmind.com  

March 28th, 2006

85% of people polled believe Global Warming is probably happening. Apparently not one of them works in the White House. That’s Another Fine Mess  

But Justice Antonin Scalia doesn’t have to wait for arguments — his mind is already made up. Think Progress » Scalia Claims Guantanamo Detainees Have No Right to Fair Trial  

Did you know we’re charging troops in Iraq for internet service and haircuts? Neither did I. Suburban Guerrilla » Supporting the Troops  

What we have are two Senators falsely suggesting–to the highest court in the land–that an imaginary dialogue inserted in the Congressional Record was in fact a live floor debate which reveals the definitive intent of Congress. Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: The fictitious Kyl/Graham “floor debate”