05 Friday Mar 2010
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Bush 41, diplomacy, George Bush Sr., George Herbert Walker Bush, Great Moments In American Diplomacy, Japanese Prime Minister, Kiichi Miyazawa, Prime Minister of Japan, puke, vomit
George Herbert Walker Bush Remembers The Arizona
02 Tuesday Mar 2010
Posted in General Foolishness, People, Politics, Regional Politics
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1970s, California, California Gubanatorial race, California politics, Governor Moonbeam, Jerry Brown, Linda Ronstadt, Moonbeam, Sacramento
Jerry Brown plans to run for Governor of California. I wish him luck. Fortunately, he can’t be as bad as the similarly named governor of California in the 1970s, who farted around in an economy car, lived in a bachelor pad rather than the Governor’s Mansion, dated Linda Ronstadt (not everything he did was goofy) and asked Californians to lower their expectations.
Anyone but that guy.
26 Friday Feb 2010
Posted in Constitutional Issues, Crime, Culture, Justice, National Events, People, Religion, Television
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Arkansas, Damien Echols, Dixie Chicks, Eddie Vedder, Jason Baldwin, Johnny Depp, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Robin Hood Murders, West Memphis 3, West Memphis Three, Winona Ryder, WM3
Johnny Depp will be lending his talents to the CBS show 48 Hours on Saturday, making a rare return to television to bring attention to the West Memphis Three.
A star’s involvement with a cause does little to sway me to the rightness of said cause. This is true even with actors and actress whom I like and admire, as many celebrities seem to mistake their fame for correctness. For this reason, I would normally be suspicious of a show featuring Depp, Eddie Vedder, the Dixie Chicks and noted shoplifter-cum-actress, Winona Ryder. However, I have been following the story of the West Memphis Three for years, and for a number of reasons, it resonates deeply with me. Despite the attention this case has received over the years, including two outstanding HBO documentaries (Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations), it still has yet to tickle the greater conscience of the American people, and an injustice remains fully unaddressed.
25 Thursday Feb 2010
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Brett Tomko, Carlos Silva, Chicago Cubs, Ken Griffey Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers, Lou Piniella, Major League Baseball, Mike Sweeney, Milton Bradley, MLB, Pacific Northwest, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners
Sir, I Beg To Differ
The unfortunately named and often irascible Milton Bradley is a Seattle Mariner, coming over from the Chicago Cubs in an offseason trade for the underperforming Carlos Silva. This trade has a tremendous upside for both clubs, and for both players. The Mariners and Cubs have each shed a player who had become a cancer on the clubhouse, as in Bradley’s case, or an overpaid bust like Silva. For both players, the switch to a new team means a fresh start.
Promethean Times 