Scorecard
Kerry just kicked Bush's behind. My unofficial tally of good points (minus the 6 1/2 minute trip to the laundry room):
Kerry: 26
Bush: 7
TKO, in my opinion.
Bush was very defensive and repetitive. Oh so, repetitive. I'm pretty sure he thinks the war on terror is "hard work" and that Kerry sends "mixed messages." Kerry talked circles around him. If you scored this purely on debating skills Kerry whupped behind.
Major kudos for John Kerry mentioning our insane desire for bunker busting nuclear weapons. That news almost gave me a stroke the first time I read that. Did Bush's supporters notice that he thinks nuclear proliferation is bad and that his administration wants to start new research on bunker busting nukes? Talk about your mixed messages.
One thing that chaps my hide is Bush's assertion that to even debate his decisions sends the wrong messages to our troops and the world. Hey, fellow American, it's called a fucking election and your decisions are being questioned. Defend them without looking so...defensive. I mean, Kerry could say to Bush "you shouldn't be so hard on me because if I win then it would look bad to the world that my opponent said such harsh things about me."
I was amazed by how directly Kerry called the Iraq war a "colossal mistake" and Bush didn't react as strongly as he should have if he believed in his policy. Has such strong language been used about such an important issue before in a presidential debate before? Probably, but it felt good.
I also thought it was good that Kerry was able to point out that he voted for the authorization to use force and did not vote for the war as Bush stated. I was hoping he would get that point out there. I think that Bush making that statement is very misleading. Not truthful. Not a lie, of course, just not within the full confines of a true statement. Of course if Kerry had more balls and had opposed the war from the start like he should have he would have a stronger leg to stand on. And since we're doing a Truth Watch here the cost of the Iraq war is right now around $120 billion, and not as Kerry stated, $200 billion. But I guess $200 billion is right around the corner. Why would you do that? Isn't $120 billion a big enough number? According to the Guardian UK, both candidates did a little fudging of facts tonight.
One thing I found curious, if I heard this right, is Kerry asserted that we should begin bilateral discussions with North Korea. Bush said we couldn't because it would disrupt the discussions between N. Korea and China and others. I think Kerry said we could and should do that because we have a treaty with North Korea from the Korean War and we have that right. Did I hear that right? Walt, do you know? You're a history guy, you should have the goods on that.
I thought tonight's debate was really important and I think Kerry's performance should help close any gap there is between Bush and Kerry. If there is a gap. Polls are crap.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Tee hee hee
I don't care what side of the debate you fall on, you just have to admit that Al Franken makes Bill O'Reilly look like such a boob with such joy and ease.
I don't care what side of the debate you fall on, you just have to admit that Al Franken makes Bill O'Reilly look like such a boob with such joy and ease.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
The clouds part
It's nice to feel mostly human again but, as we say in fantasy football, I am day to day as far work goes. Call it a game-time decision.
Internet Radio
Today I was messing with Winamp and was surfing the internet radio stations they have bookmarked and came across one called khaha.com. Not bad, I am liking it more than the comedy channel on Netscape radio. Netscape's comedy station starting getting repetitive and their bandwidth dropped unless you coughed up some dough. I'm all about free internet content.
It's nice to feel mostly human again but, as we say in fantasy football, I am day to day as far work goes. Call it a game-time decision.
Internet Radio
Today I was messing with Winamp and was surfing the internet radio stations they have bookmarked and came across one called khaha.com. Not bad, I am liking it more than the comedy channel on Netscape radio. Netscape's comedy station starting getting repetitive and their bandwidth dropped unless you coughed up some dough. I'm all about free internet content.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Being sick sucks balls
I don't remember the last time I slept for basically 15 hours. You'd think that much sack time and you would wake up feeling a shitload better. I didn't sleep straight through for those 15 hours I did wake up occasionally just so I could feel miserable. At least I caught up a little on my video watching. Bob Dylan bootleg concerts will get you through.
I don't remember the last time I slept for basically 15 hours. You'd think that much sack time and you would wake up feeling a shitload better. I didn't sleep straight through for those 15 hours I did wake up occasionally just so I could feel miserable. At least I caught up a little on my video watching. Bob Dylan bootleg concerts will get you through.
Monday, September 27, 2004
And I thought 4-year-olds were repetitive
I am about sick of this garbage from Smirkboy the President: "It's been a little tough to prepare because (Kerry) keeps changing positions on the war on the terror," he joked (about the upcoming debate).
A few thoughts
1) The war on terror is fake.
2) This dipshit has a real war he should be focusing on, not the fake war he invented.
3) What's worse flip flopping (as he says) or lying about the reasons and then inventing new ones for his ill-conceived fiasco in Iraq?
4) John Kerry should just put in a videotape of that great piece they did on the Daily Show where Governor Bush and President Bush debate each other on nation building.. End of flip flop issure right there.
5) My cat's breath smells like cat food.
I am about sick of this garbage from Smirkboy the President: "It's been a little tough to prepare because (Kerry) keeps changing positions on the war on the terror," he joked (about the upcoming debate).
A few thoughts
1) The war on terror is fake.
2) This dipshit has a real war he should be focusing on, not the fake war he invented.
3) What's worse flip flopping (as he says) or lying about the reasons and then inventing new ones for his ill-conceived fiasco in Iraq?
4) John Kerry should just put in a videotape of that great piece they did on the Daily Show where Governor Bush and President Bush debate each other on nation building.. End of flip flop issure right there.
5) My cat's breath smells like cat food.
Sunday, September 26, 2004
What a night
Last night Wendell and I went out to the Visulite Theater here in town and saw Dave Alvin. I first became aware of Dave's music after Lenny Federal played a Dave Alvin song "King of California" a few times. I asked who wrote the song and he told me. My old roommate, Chris had one of his CD's and I've been following his output since then.
The opening act last night was the singer/songwriter Amy Farris. She had a delightful voice and a charming stage presence and she wooed the crowd before her set was over. She is also fwiggin' gorgeous.
She finished a little before ten and Dave Alvin and his band called the Guilty Men came on about 20 minutes later. They came out smoking and didn't stop until the last song. It's impossible to put such a fantastic rock and roll show into words but it only could have been better if Dave had set himself on fire. The band could stop and start on a dime in the middle of songs. They had that tight-but-loose thing going on where every song was very elastic, hardly any guitar solo was done note for note as it appears on the album and the whole band was just smiling the whole evening.
I did have a nice short interaction with Dave last night. Since he was with his band he was doing the oughta control rock and roll thing and near the end of the evening there was a portion of one song where the keyboard player had a nice long solo. Dave was kneeling down sipping his Bud Light when a girl who had been dancing all night came up next to me and slipped him a napkin on which she had written "California Snow, Please!" This song is a very slow sad sad sad acoustic song about a border guard finding a family of illegal immigrants frozen in the snow. Not the kind of song that would even remotely fit into the evenings high voltage rock and roll set.
He was polite and said "Sorry, we're doing the electric crazy thing tonight."
I said to him, "Well, it is a good song."
Dave said, "I know, I wrote it" and that got a good laugh out of me.
I sure hope he knew I was joking with him.
So if Dave Alvin comes to your town you got to go out and see him. He writes fantastic songs and his band kicks ass. Rock and roll shows don't get a whole lot better.
Last night Wendell and I went out to the Visulite Theater here in town and saw Dave Alvin. I first became aware of Dave's music after Lenny Federal played a Dave Alvin song "King of California" a few times. I asked who wrote the song and he told me. My old roommate, Chris had one of his CD's and I've been following his output since then.
The opening act last night was the singer/songwriter Amy Farris. She had a delightful voice and a charming stage presence and she wooed the crowd before her set was over. She is also fwiggin' gorgeous.
She finished a little before ten and Dave Alvin and his band called the Guilty Men came on about 20 minutes later. They came out smoking and didn't stop until the last song. It's impossible to put such a fantastic rock and roll show into words but it only could have been better if Dave had set himself on fire. The band could stop and start on a dime in the middle of songs. They had that tight-but-loose thing going on where every song was very elastic, hardly any guitar solo was done note for note as it appears on the album and the whole band was just smiling the whole evening.
I did have a nice short interaction with Dave last night. Since he was with his band he was doing the oughta control rock and roll thing and near the end of the evening there was a portion of one song where the keyboard player had a nice long solo. Dave was kneeling down sipping his Bud Light when a girl who had been dancing all night came up next to me and slipped him a napkin on which she had written "California Snow, Please!" This song is a very slow sad sad sad acoustic song about a border guard finding a family of illegal immigrants frozen in the snow. Not the kind of song that would even remotely fit into the evenings high voltage rock and roll set.
He was polite and said "Sorry, we're doing the electric crazy thing tonight."
I said to him, "Well, it is a good song."
Dave said, "I know, I wrote it" and that got a good laugh out of me.
I sure hope he knew I was joking with him.
So if Dave Alvin comes to your town you got to go out and see him. He writes fantastic songs and his band kicks ass. Rock and roll shows don't get a whole lot better.
Friday, September 24, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
What a guy
Just how good has Cubs' pitcher Greg Maddux been over his career? Top ten of all time? Possibly. Look at it this way: he is the only guy to win 15 games 17 years in a row. Pretty amazing when you consider he is going up against those guys from the dead ball era that routinely got over 25 wins in a year. His closest competitor in that streak is the guy they named the annual pitching award after.
On the baseball reference sit he is credited with two of the top ten adjusted season ERA's of all time. All of that with a fastball under 90 mph. What a guy.
Just how good has Cubs' pitcher Greg Maddux been over his career? Top ten of all time? Possibly. Look at it this way: he is the only guy to win 15 games 17 years in a row. Pretty amazing when you consider he is going up against those guys from the dead ball era that routinely got over 25 wins in a year. His closest competitor in that streak is the guy they named the annual pitching award after.
On the baseball reference sit he is credited with two of the top ten adjusted season ERA's of all time. All of that with a fastball under 90 mph. What a guy.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Crazy lady needum new story
Got a call from a former coworker at the main library yesterday afternoon. She had read the entry about the crazy lying lady and her project on Keith Sweat and called to inform me that the same lady was at that moment downtown pulling the same stunt. Today a coworker at my current branch said the lady came in yesterday morning with the same sob story, fake tears and Keith Sweat obsession.
Coming soon to a library near you: One whacked out chick.
What I want to know is what she is doing with all these printouts we have been giving her. I know she's probably getting the same information and pictures over and over again since we are all probably using Google to find this crap. She's going to have to acquire a new homeless-carrying-around-detritus bag since she's about to fill up the two or three she's got.
Bill Hicks
I have been messing around with a new file sharing program called Shareaza. I recommend it if you are looking for a filesharer with no spyware and no popup adverannoyments. Last night I got home from work and a Bill Hicks show from 1993 had finally finished downloading. It took a couple of days but it was a video I hadn't seen show up anywhere else. It's shot from the back of the club by a video camera with the sound piped directly into so it looks kinda crappy but sounds great. It consists mostly of material from the Rant in D Minor album but Bill never does the same show twice and never does his routines the same way twice. I couldn't be happier.
Digital Camera agony
I went into Wolf Camera today where I bought my digital camera last August to get a print out of the receipt. It turns out that the cost to fix it will probably be equal to how much it would cost to buy the same model new. Crap. Again, I say crap.
Got a call from a former coworker at the main library yesterday afternoon. She had read the entry about the crazy lying lady and her project on Keith Sweat and called to inform me that the same lady was at that moment downtown pulling the same stunt. Today a coworker at my current branch said the lady came in yesterday morning with the same sob story, fake tears and Keith Sweat obsession.
Coming soon to a library near you: One whacked out chick.
What I want to know is what she is doing with all these printouts we have been giving her. I know she's probably getting the same information and pictures over and over again since we are all probably using Google to find this crap. She's going to have to acquire a new homeless-carrying-around-detritus bag since she's about to fill up the two or three she's got.
Bill Hicks
I have been messing around with a new file sharing program called Shareaza. I recommend it if you are looking for a filesharer with no spyware and no popup adverannoyments. Last night I got home from work and a Bill Hicks show from 1993 had finally finished downloading. It took a couple of days but it was a video I hadn't seen show up anywhere else. It's shot from the back of the club by a video camera with the sound piped directly into so it looks kinda crappy but sounds great. It consists mostly of material from the Rant in D Minor album but Bill never does the same show twice and never does his routines the same way twice. I couldn't be happier.
Digital Camera agony
I went into Wolf Camera today where I bought my digital camera last August to get a print out of the receipt. It turns out that the cost to fix it will probably be equal to how much it would cost to buy the same model new. Crap. Again, I say crap.
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