as i sit here sipping my cocktail, gazing seaward, stoically awaiting the arrival of the radiation cloud our overlords insist is harmless and hoping it'll at least be good for a few photogenic sunsets, my fertile mind ranges far and wide over various and sundry issues of the day.
1. concerning the japan catastrophe: there simply are no words, and i sincerely wish more of you idiots with keyboards out there would realize that.
2. concerning the run on radiation pills in the midwest: the tendency of humans to hysterically inject themselves into crises on the other side of the world which have absolutely nothing to do with them personally whilst simultaneously ignoring the threat in their own backyard, i will never understand. seriously, joe and ethel--you'll get far more radiation from the TSA cancer boxes at o'hare you've passively agreed to step into than you'll ever get from fuckin' fukushima.
3. concerning today's UN security council vote for a de facto libya invasion [and this is really where my thoughts are tonight]: since our deal with the middle east has always involved protecting oppressive dictatorships in exchange for cheap dollar-denominated oil, and since we now seem to be throwing said oppressive dictators under the bus one after another, i'm wondering how long before the saudis wake up and start shopping around for better protectors [like the chinese and/or russians, for example--both of whom abstained from the libya vote] and we find ourselves up shit creek, crude-wise.
4. concerning the weak and waffling barack obama: he's turned out to be precisely the president i expected him to be.
5. concerning possible diversions from all this bullshit: might i suggest battle:LA. while it can't hold a candle to independence day, it's a reasonably decent shit-blowing-up movie, and it'll totally clear your palate if you've recently sat through something that left a bad taste in your mouth.
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I have to disagree with you regarding a palate-cleansing movie.
Definitely see Piranha 2010 - it's far superior in cheese quality/star power than the 1978 original.
As for the rest of it, you've warmed this purple girl's heart, right down to your assessment of Obama. I swear I heard, and I could be full of shit 'cause I had surgery yesterday and it could have been anesthesia/pain med haze, but I could have *sworn* someone said something about Barack being black, that it was no reason to vote him into office and we basically get what we deserve.
Again, I could be talking smack. I'm not above admitting that I lie occasionally, but not on purpose.
Then again, I'm not a politician.
How's tricks, boys?
The worst thing you can do about the tragedy in Japan is to blog or twitter mindlessly about it -- see Gilbert Gottfried.
Perhaps you should put up your stash of iodine pills from your bunker up for auction on ebay and see what you can make. You should be able to replace them in time for when you will need them.
Boots on the ground is very different from firing missiles from a navy ship 100 miles off the coast. Having said that, there were plenty of other tragedies of far greater significance that merited nothing. Why is Libya special?
Obama may be what we deserve...and he may not be perfect...but can you imagine John McCain as President? Given that choice, Obama was a far better bet and has, I believe, been a far better President.
battle: LA? Really? Are you sure?
You hate Hollywood for being pretentious but you will lap up the trashy movies?
judi: sorry, i'm not into shit getting eaten near as much as i'm into shit blowing up.
and to you and noblesavage: if people truly do get the government they deserve, then yes, obama is the perfect president for america.
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