Like animal heroes? Half-Blind Kangaroo Saves Life Of Unconscious Man

President Bush’s policies are bogus and making things worse. We’re getting deeper in debt as a direct result of Bush fiscal policy. Who says so, me? Nope. The US Comptroller.

Misleader.org: Daily Mislead

Friday was a perfectly serviceable day here in Paradise. I got the little dogs bathed, sat for two hours in my favorite coffee house and scribbled notes for the book. In the afternoon, the clouds burned away and the antiwar protesters appeared for their weekly vigil where the drug store used to be.

It’s a little park now, with flowering trees with unpronouncable names. But I remember a vivid lesson I learned there when I was very small. My cousins took me to the drug store and we bought candy. When the lady told me the price, I told her that was too much. It was the mid 1960s, and candy was still cheap. I’ll never forget, she leaned over the counter and said, “Don’t buy it.”

I wonder if there’s a way we can employ this lesson in our nation’s present macro-worrisome circumstances. Is there something we’re buying that we don’t really need, and which is costing us more than we’re willing to pay? Hmmm. It’s worth thinking about.

I wish I knew then what I know now about treats and the effects of ill-considered eating on my life. I would have reached my little six year old paw back up and set that Baby Ruth on that hard glass counter, turned to that wise lady and cheerfully suggested she kiss my ass.

I’ll admit it, I missed the debate. I forgot it was on tonight. And dang it, I guess CNN is not going to rebroadcast it. But although I didn’t watch it, I find it hard to believe that the candidates spent almost the whole evening gnawing on Clark. Surely there must have been something substantial to discuss. But no, I’ve searched the world over, and I thought I found true love … sorry, wrong song … I’ve searched all the major news sources on the net, in the US, UK, and Canada. Wait, let me check Al Jazeera … nope, there’s a cartoon about Schwartzie and an article about Zigfried & Roy, but they aren’t covering the debate yet.

So I guess that’s it, I’m out in the cold. Maybe the papers will have a better transcript tomorrow. I seriously think we need more media diversity on these things, so we don’t get the same story everywhere we look. Speaking of the same old story, herewith a little ditty of unrequited romance:

Where oh where are you tonight?

But you met another and PTHHP! you was gone.

Check out Justin’s Waffle, a blog at justinalexander.net. He’s a young British consultant with Jubilee Iraq in Baghdad. He comes recommended by Riverbend, and rightly so.

Here’s a sample, which I rather enjoyed:

“Met with the Kurdish Islamic Party today. They were cute. Some people might assume they would be religious fanatics hardened by centuries as an oppressed people without a country of their own. Maybe they are. But they also laugh a lot, particularly at my attempts at Kurdish … They even had a stack of Pokemon (Japanese childrens cartoon) exercise books for their official notes!”

Yahoo! TV – Total Recall

Hey kids, check it out! The Sci Fi channel is showing Gov-elect movies! If you get that channel, you can see ’em on TV, for free. Tonight at 9:00 PDT, it’s Total Recall. You can see Ahnold grope Sharon Stone … then shoot her, as I recall. (Damn, this screenwriter needs Total Therapy!) Plus you can watch Ahnold pull a giant glowing lugie – a tracking device – outta his gubenatorial nose.

Who’s got the popcorn?

Blog for America : Statement by Governor Dean on the California Recall | October 07, 2003

Well the happy glow of democratic inclusion faded fast. I’m just shocked. I’ve always known that political offices are filled on the mandate of the great unwashed; the same people that make TV shows like Survivor and Elimidate successful. But I always thought they had more common sense than this.

I’ve sat on job interview committees at work before, and there was always some attempt made to find a qualified person, with relevant job experience. Even interns need a little relevant coursework. But this … Schwartzenegger is a doofus!

Voting felt good. I have my little “I have voted” sticker on my shirt, and the day seemed vaguely brighter when the machine sucked my ballot away, despite our extended marine layer.

I always get a happy little rush from being part of the community of citizens, a flush of vindication that our faith in the peaceful elevation of individuals to power is not misplaced. So long as the will of the people is not supplanted tonight, as it was in Florida 3 years ago, I can hold firmly to that faith. But if some cynical asshat tries to run roughshod over our little styrofoam voting booths with some misbegotten litigation, I’ll be tempted to take to the streets with a sharpened garden hoe.

Yahoo! News – Voting in Calif. Recall Hits Home Stretch

That was a complete rip-off! Tampa Bay got screwed with their pants on last night. The leaping call on Simeon Rice was the most bogus call by an official since Bush v. Gore. Pitiful. [news]

I’m off to vote. Let’s hope today shines brighter for the noble cause of truth, justice and the American way.

Well, boys and girls, here we go. The spotlights are up, we have our little bags of warm peanuts, the ringmaster knocks back a stiff belt to steal his nerves against the abject absurdity that heaves and shuffles beyond the curtain. The band strikes up the march … it’s Show Time!

Behold the shocking, undulating, inexplicably furry parade of freaks that is Total Recall 2003. They carp, they grouse and sling mud. Watch out for your fine washable duds!

Focus your eyes on the center ring and don’t blink, we’ve got an overbuilt over-actor who can just barely think!

Sorry, fans. I could keep this up but six sentences into it, it stopped being fun. It’s hasn’t been funny for weeks. I can’t believe the people of this state are even considering answering the worst fiscal crisis in memory by installing a body-builder turned bad actor in the state’s highest office.

It’s ridiculous. For any normal job in the private sector, at any supervisory level, they require relevant prior experience. But you can get the biggest management job in California with no meaningful experience at all. The man has never been elected before! Let’s hope and vote that he isn’t this time.

Yes, I believe that the Bush administration is behind Governator Schwartzengroper.

As for Davis, he’s boring, stick up the butt, made some mistakes, but 47 States plus Imperial Bushdom have deficits. It’s the economy stupid. Bush’s fault.

Therefore, this blog recommends: NO ON RECALL. YES ON BUSTAMANTE. Now let the clowns do their diabolical worst …

“’Cause I’ve been blind

Oh, so blind

I wasted time

Wasted, wasted, all too much time

Walkin’ on the wire, high wire

But I must let the show go..

I must let the show go..

I must let the show go on.”

— The Show Must Go On

3 Dog Night, 1974

P.S. Circuses with animals are prisons of pain, carnivals of cruelty.

Flammable shirts for the fire department?

It’s too late now, the Baghdad Fire Department has seen firefighters in American movies, and they want some cool gear. You know, turnout coats, big shiny helmets, suspenders to keep your pants up, etc. They appreciate the DVD player in the firehouse, and the flammable nylon t-shirts with English lettering, but a fire truck would be nice. Shoot, how ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm?