friday free for all
… I’m leaving at noon today, making my way to the lakehouse and then off to Door County until Sunday. I’m more than a little excited to get the hell out of here even if the weather’s not supposed to be all that awesome.
A warning, I’ve been frustrated lately and have paid attention to certain things I usually attempt to avoid. The following are not the usual poorly written musings about my day-to-day or clips of people acting like jack-asses depending on your perspective. But, whoop whoop to being out of town the next two weekends!
… I didn’t pay close attention to his work, but a few shining moments stood out. This is one of them. His voice and the comedic viewpoint it vocalized will be missed.
… The “Liberal” media is on a roll. Last week, Limbaugh pretty sure he was at Woodstock ’69 took a swing at black Katrina victims and O’Reilly I’m almost certain he petitioned to have the US sign the Kyoto treaty took a break from “relaxing on all the gay stuff” and got confused over a new Heinz ad in the UK. Monday, Imus if I’m correct, he was arrested in 2003 at an anti-war rally with a “no war 4 oil” sign dry-humped being a racist prick again by making a “sarcastic point.”
If only we had strong, intolerant, moral voices in this sea of liberal bias. How can we truly return to our Christian roots that were expressly written out of the Constitution when so many people with such loud voices put all their energy to furthering the hippie cause? vote mccain!
… What do you think about off-shore drilling? Seriously. From what I gather in small snippets, it’s been unanimously opposed until very recently. The impact and benefit won’t be seen for almost a decade and will have little effect on gasoline prices.
Why are proponents on the right touting a false claim that China is drilling off our coasts? Why all the pressure to start the drilling now? Do you think it’ll make a difference that outweighs the ecological destruction? Will it bring about those $20 barrels of oil that Rupe was talking about?
When someone who has received more than $330k from the oil and gas industries is taken seriously even slightly spouting a speech like this, you have to wonder where things will go from here.
… Take this with as much weight as you see fit, but this video about a lawyer for some prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is interesting. If the numbers he mentions are near accurate, our nation is on a long voyage atop a ship with a big hole in it’s hull. Does KBR build ships? Nothing good can come from this.
… and finally:
A while back there were some folk that filed suit against the makers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. yah, I know; when was that? the 80s? The game, using third party software or hardware known to only a small number of folk, had sex scenes programmed into it. Some of you will be entertained by this article.
Turns out, even though millions of people purchased, played and replaced the game, only 2,676 got on board as being offended by the scenes. The lawyers brought a ridiculous lawsuit, are now dumbfounded that so few people give a shit and are asking for over $1.3 million in legal fees. The American dream!
My favorite part is toward the end. Take a second to read from “if the case goes to trial…” and come on back. I’ll still be here, like a reassuring parent or drug dealer. After reading it, I recapped the entire “ninja star” episode of South Park specifically the last 2 minutes.
I can’t wait to be a parent. I’ll bring him along to 17+ action movies when he’s twelve and buy him games rated for mature audiences when he turns fourteen. Of course, I’ll restrict his internet and television access for fear he’ll see a boob or hear a naughty word. If he has a friend who somehow hacks into a game, with unaffiliated software, and finds pixelated sex, I’ll sue the game for his college fund. Violence without consequence and sexual repression for everyone!!