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Okay, I've got a new review to throw up, but I want to do three things beforehand to alter the system itself. All require some coding changes on my part, and the last item is fairly intense. With any luck, I'll have the first two changes and the review up during my lunch break.
Until then, check out the dastardly fox memos Wonkette scored. A sample:
2004-04-06, John Moody
From: John Moody
Date: 4/6/2004
The events in Iraq Tuesday are going to be the top story, unless and until something else (or worse) happens. Err on the side of doing too much Iraq rather than not enough. Do not fall into the easy trap of mourning the loss of US lives and asking out loud why are we there?
Um, yeah. The "easy" trap. Right.
Does this remind anyone of anything?
He said it so many times that CBS and ABC both spliced a sort of dance mix and inserted it into their reports on the evening news: "The American people are safer....The American people are safer....The American people are safer."
Oh, that's right. It's this parody altered slightly. Very slightly. All we now need is a backdrop saying "America Is Safer" and we're all set. Pay no attention to the Dick behind the curtain...
Because of stories like this. And within it, gems like this about how Moore (who wrote/directed Canadian Bacon starring John Candy) is an idiot tell the tale best:
Canadian Bacon has a 20-second scene that presages the Michael Moore to come. In an echo of the 1959 Peter Sellers movie The Mouse That Roared, it turns out Canada actually has a superweapon that threatens the United States. The Clinton-like president sends a commando team into Canada. Needless to say, the elite U.S. commandos do nothing but bungle, comically. Then at one point, a commando falls and injures himself. The nearest other commando turns and, without hesitation, shoots his comrade repeatedly through the head. It's an ugly, sadistic scene totally out of place in what is otherwise a slapstick farce. Though it gets the message across: Michael Moore deeply, deeply hates the United States.
First, anyone who invokes "X hates America" is instantly in trouble with me, unless X lives in a foreign country. Most people who even claim to hate America and live here probably would change their tune given a trip to another country. Plus, it's a meaningless argument, because Moore, of all people, would disagree with the statement.
Second, although I haven't seen Canadian Bacon, the idea of a commando shooting his teammate because he was injured doesn't seem sadistic: it seems like something out of Hot Shots or any of the Zuckerman oeuvre. Everyone know the old "kill me now, don't leave me behind" cliche.
Third, interpreting any John Candy movie (who is Canadian) as a reason someone "hates America" is idiotic. What's next? Do people who enjoy SCTV or "Strange Brew" hate America? Are people who like "Black Adder" secretly hoping to restore the monarchy to America?
Easterbrook and others keep harping on bad facts in previous Moore movies (which I haven't seen) and for the (in their mind) absurd implication that the Bush family is connected to the House of Saud. This isn't a "we went to war for oil" thesis, however. It's sane and rational. If I had a longstanding business relationship with someone, I might help them out from time to time. Why is this heresy? The next thing you know, Easterbrook et al will be saying that lobbyists don't actually "promise" anything to people. Grow up, folks. There is always a quid pro quo. The question is whether it is money (illegal) or influence (legal) or power (also legal). In the Bush/Saud relationship, it is all three.
Did I mention I hate Easterbrook? But I still don't think he hates America. Just that he hates Michael Moore.
I almost managed to complete my weekend wallet tourniquet, with a minimal amount of financial bleeding occuring yesterday. If I can just make it to the end of the month without too much damage I'll be set for the summer.
The alternative is not pretty.
On the weekend front I only saw Brad and Adriana and a few of their friends, and that only for a brief period on Sunday. Enough time to get some mini-golf in, however, which was fun despite the high temps. And to see "Anchorman".
And to see all the Mooninites episodes I have on TiVo.
Nader is officially a joke.
The Nader/Dean debate is going like this:
- Audience member asks question.
- Dean offers substantive answer.
- Nader offers cliche, attacks Dean.
- Dean rebuts Nader's charge, asks for Nader's support to help defeat Bush.
- Nader attacks Dean.
Nader has already said "Dean was a insurgent...now he's a detergent, for the dirty linen of the Democratic party" and "Dean used to claim he was a hairshirt, now he's a linen handkerchief". Great points, Ralph.
I just had two weeks of work get dimissed by my boss. Not a happy meeting. Nicely, it also means I'll have to work much harder to make up for the lost time. Oh, well. At least I'm getting fairly confident with Illustrator and relearning my sealegs under InDesign. It's been a few years since I used PageMaker, but InDesign is very easy to use.
Okay. Back to work.
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Betty J. Hayslip was 75 years old. Driving a PT Cruiser. Running a red light. Scott Tegtmeyer was 42. Crossing an intersection. Here's what happened. Oh, yes, it's real.. Sad, but true. Betty escaped with only a few cuts and bruises. So did Albertina L. Walker, whom she ran into. Scott wasn't so lucky.
Soccer. This afternoon. Garrison Elementary. If you're interested, buzz me.
US Postal Service now has six of the top seven riders in le Tour de France courtesy their blistering TTT today. Yay!
It's the Team Time Trial today in the Tour de France. Postal started about ten minutes ago, and they're the last riders to go off. We won this stage in 2003, so go Posties!