Senator Junkie Einstein

Autotune the news does it again. This is hilarious.

Vietnam v2.0

Why is there no large scale public opposition to the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq? Some think it has to do with the US Military's handling of the media. When the Iraq war started people thought that "embedded" reporters were a great leap forward for war correspondence and we were going to get the deep insight to the way our military fights wars. The truth is that the military did this as a way to more tightly control what was being reported. So much so that when a picture of a mortally wounded US Serviceman appears it causes a furor among military and political circles.

This got me thinking. I've seen hundreds of gun camera videos and pictures of insurgents being wiped out but I've seen a handful of pictures of wounded or dead Americans. The only video of wounded US soldiers that comes to mind was one that I saw from a foreign media outlet. I'm not saying that I WANT to see that or that it is fit for public consumption but it was those kind of images that caused massive public outcries against the Vietnam War. Of course it's debatable how much effect public opinion had on ending the Vietnam war compared to the reality of the situation tactically. But that situation could just as easily end up happening in Afghanistan....the Russians were there for ten years and made little progress.

In May of 2010 the current war in Afghanistan (2001-Present) will officially pass up Vietnam (1964-1973) as this country's longest war.

Sour Grapes

Man, the right wing blowhards are on a serious hair trigger these days. They turn ANYTHING, no matter how innocent, that President Obama wants to do into the most evil thing imaginable. The latest is the massive over reaction to Obama's forthcoming speech to school children across the country. It's a back to school speech intended to try and convey to kids just how important an education is in the modern world. Something that a lot of parents out there just are not reinforcing enough.

Everything has to be partisan these days. Anything that the President says is a prelude to Socialism....how sad.

The Dangers of the Status Quo

Are you afraid of Government run health care and the vaunted Death Panel? Well guess what, you are already being judged by your insurers own version. The only differences are that one doesn't exist and the other determines if your life is worth saving based on their profit margin.

Get your shit.

The Call of Duty series has become the first person shooter to beat on nearly every gaming platform. Check out this video of the soon to be released Modern Warfare 2...it's fantastic.



I really don't need to shower, or go outside, or have a girlfriend....or a job.

Mad Dash

Check out this video of some guys totally owning an Apple Store. These guys got away with thousands of dollars worth of Apple merchandise in just 31 seconds.


Check out the video.

100% Crazy

Michele Bachmann should be under around the clock physciatric care. I guess the House of Representatives is close enough to a mental ward.

She's really out there with all of this fire and brimstone stuff. She barely won her election last year after she went all goofy on MSNBC so unless Obama's administration really screws up between now and then she will probably face even tougher opposition.

More Religious Idiocy

This week as already been rife with idiotic religious fodder for me. Take this story about outraged (i.e. moronic) Missouri parents demanding their local high school "repossess" band T-Shirts depicting the famous image of primates evolving into humans.

Silly band director, your next shirt should have Jesus playing the tuba or something more appropriate for learning.