March 22, 2006
"Worst. President. Ever."
Our President is speaking today very very very close to my hometown in West Virginia. News service reporter Helen Thomas, an arch enemy of Mr. Bush, and who once actually described him as the subject of this post suggests, had this exchange with him yesterday in Washington.
THOMAS: I'd like to ask you, Mr. President — your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime.Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is: Why did you really want to go to war? From the moment you stepped into the White House, your Cabinet officers, former Cabinet officers, intelligence people and so forth — but what's your real reason? You have said it wasn't oil, the quest for oil. It hasn't been Israel or anything else. What was it?
BUSH: I think your premise, in all due respect to your question and to you as a lifelong journalist — that I didn't want war. To assume I wanted war is just flat wrong, Helen, in all due respect.
THOMAS: And ...
BUSH: Hold on for a second, please. Excuse me. Excuse me.
No president wants war. Everything you may have heard is that, but it's just simply not true.
This guy is fucking exhausting he's so awful. How can he look these soldiers and their families in the eye and talk like this? He didn't want war? You've got to be kidding.
This just in: Osama bin Laden is STILL on the loose. Way to go after those terrorists.
Posted by kyle at 8:09 AM | Comments (4)
February 3, 2006
Send in the Marines?
Who doesn’t get the gay obsession with military-types? The hyper-masculine bravery, the beauty of youth and physical fitness, the “touch-me” hairdos, the sexiness of the tough and/or stern – to say nothing of the costume opportunities!
This comes to mind because today I spotted what looked to be a bunch of… well, not exactly Marines, as they were really too young (they looked to be high school age) and they were in civvies. But they were definitely Marines. A couple of them were in dress uniforms and they had the requisite high-and-tight haircuts. They were setting up for and practicing in formation for what turned out to be a recruiting effort. They were definitely hotties… especially the one in the grey sweatshirt. You know who you are.
At first I had the typical reaction: ogle while appearing to be nonchalantly passing by, a skill honed by every gay man who has spent any time in the closet. After I passed I had a very different thought though: we’re at war and these guys could end up dead very soon, just for doing their job.
And for what?
FUCK YOU GEORGE BUSH.
There. Now I:
A) got that off my chest, and
2) got myself on the NSA’s new phone-tap list.
Posted by kyle at 1:24 PM
January 2, 2006
What I'm really saying
Jon Carroll's column on SFGate today is a nice summation of how I see just about all the debates surrounding Our Esteemed Leader these days.
Who decides what measures are necessary to keep America safe?The president.
Who has oversight over the actions of the president?
The president oversees his own actions. If at any time he determines that he is a danger to America, he has the right to wiretap himself, name himself an enemy combatant and spirit himself away to a secret prison in Egypt.
Good stuff. Read up!
Posted by kyle at 3:56 PM | Comments (1)
December 1, 2005
The Final Countdown
Posted by kyle at 2:32 PM
October 31, 2005
Something SCARY
BOO! Scared ya, didn't she?
Keep Halloween Happy by avoiding this harridan's show, people! You have been warned...
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October 28, 2005
Number One, I order you to take a Number Two
Another one bites the dust. Next up: Karl Rove asked to organize his prison cell-block's Christmas Decoration contest.
Posted by kyle at 11:06 AM
October 27, 2005
Y'know what? Never mind.
Fascinating as this whole Harriet Miers thing has been, it wasn't until this morning that I considered what Christopher has been saying all along. From the moment the first objections about Bush's nomination of her to be a Supreme Court Justice (which is to say since, like, the first minute), C has been claiming that she is just a red herring. Cannon fodder. She's supposed to go down in flames with objections from the extreme right wingers, so that Bush's next and really conservative appointment will please all the Right people. And no, that capitalization is no typo.
I still don't buy it entirely, but until Karl Rove's freshly staked body has it's head cut off and stuffed with garlic and is sprinkled with holy water and buried in consecrated ground in a concrete vault 3 miles below the earth's surface, I can believe almost any theory coming out of this administration.
In a related story, Madelrine Albright's guest appearance on Tuesday's Gilmore Girls got me thinking: who is going to play Harriet Miers in the eventual Lifetime/PAX Network produced movie version of her inevitable tell-all memoir? I bet it won't be Diane Baker... whom I bet you don't remember from Silence of the Lambs, but do from all those annoying Academy of Art ads.
Posted by kyle at 1:27 PM
October 20, 2005
These... are the days... that make life worth living.
To doubly paraphrase one of my favorite movies: "Do you know what they do to soft... overweight Republicans in prison, Tom?"
Posted by kyle at 3:31 PM
October 19, 2005
California: The Persistent Vegetative State
I read a funny quote in an article today about taking food that is provided to the homeless here in San Francisco and, well... "kicking it up a notch," as they say.
The idea, from the Slow Food movement (which I think is a wonderful concept) is that it's the homeless folks who have the most to gain from producing and eating organically grown goodness.
The funny part came when I read this line:
"Overcoming the perception of elitism in people's minds around things like organic foods and farmers' markets" is one of the biggest challenges Slow Food faces in its effort to bring the world's breakfast, lunch and dinner back to basics, [Slow Food founder Carlo] Petrini said....
I know I know... not very funny. But consider the very first paragraph, describing the Slow Food movement benefit lunch Petrini was in town attending:
Several hundred people gathered at long tables next to a pristine Sonoma County vineyard on a recent Sunday to sample artisanal goat cheeses and local Sauvignon Blanc, and lunch on Mendocino-raised grass-fed beef burgers, homemade ketchup and native Gravenstein apple galettes, all for $90 a head.
See what I mean? Elitism can be funny!
Now pass me the Sauvingnon Blanc. I need something to wash down this artisinal cheese.
Posted by kyle at 12:11 PM
September 20, 2005
1,904...
Seeing this article...
Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,904 in IraqBy STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
The U.S. military said Tuesday that four U.S. soldiers died in two roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and a fifth died in a blast north of Baghdad, pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900.
Reminded me sadly of this post from the Jo-Tel:
1001...Americans dead in Iraq. I don't even know what to say...
Just don't forget to vote on November 2nd, because you know, fuck this.
Posted by PETE 9/7/04 2:56pm
I wish more people had read that post. In Ohio.
Posted by kyle at 4:37 PM
September 15, 2005
Am I Blue?
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has invented one of those clever "what exactly am I" quizzes that, back in the day when websites were fun to surf to, made The Spark* the place to kill an hour or four finding out what gender you were. Those crazy mid-late '90s!
Anycrap, I took the Pew's "Beyond Red and Blue" Political Typology quiz and... suprise! I'm a Liberal. I'm so blue, I'm ultraviolet. Now what I need is a primer on how to turn my now Social Conservative mother back onto the right track. Er, Left track. You know what I mean.
Click here to take the test yourself. It's interesting, but won't tell you how datable you are. Sorry.
*The Spark was fun for their quizzes, but what my pal James and I liked them for was the desk-cams they had trained on the staff, including a hottie named Dan Ring (I still have screenshots of him saved somewhere), and a lanky cute boy named Christian Rudder who I recently saw in the hilariously real film "Funny Ha Ha." The whole time, I was saying, "I know that guy. I know that guy." Then it hit me, and C'pher and Kay had no idea what I was talking about. Don't you hate when that happens?
Posted by kyle at 4:18 PM
September 14, 2005
Go Ahead
Type the word failure into your Google search window.
...
Zing!
Posted by kyle at 4:14 PM
September 13, 2005
Photoshoppers: Ready, Set...
... aaaaaaaaand Go.
45 bodies found inside New Orleans hospital / President tours devastated city with mayor, governor Vice Adm. Thad Allen and an unidentified man (left to right) reach to lift a downed power line as Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, President Bush, Lt. Gen. Russ Honore and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin duck under it during Bush's first up-close look at the damage. Associated Press photo by Susan Walsh
Posted by kyle at 3:17 AM
August 31, 2005
Let the earth swallow me up right now
It's official: I don't recognize this country any more.
Witness this from today's SFGate, via the AP:
Poll: Public Divided on EvolutionBy WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, August 31, 2005Americans are divided over whether humans and other living things evolved over time or have existed in their present form since the beginning of time, according to a new poll.
People on both sides of that argument think students should hear about various theories, however.
Nearly two-thirds of those in a Pew Research Center poll, 64 percent, say they believe "creationism" should be taught alongside "evolution" — a finding likely to spark more controversy about what is taught in the schools.
That controversy could be related to the difficulty of measuring public sentiment about teaching evolution, creationism or the more recent concept of "intelligent design," a Pew official said.
Click here to read the full article.
If 64% of American's really belive 'intelligent design' should be taught in a SCIENCE class, then... well, honestly I just don't know what. I mean COME ON, PEOPLE! Philosophy and Religion belong in education, too BUT NOT IN A SCIENCE CLASSROOM.
::sigh::
I guess this is why I'm not a politician.
Posted by kyle at 1:22 PM
March 11, 2005
think BLUE x 2
So, you remember what happened back in November, right? Me too. Though I cringe my way through Morning Edition each day listening to the leader of the free world mangle his native language and worse, I carry a little bit of hope for the next election in my heart. Or rather, on my wrist.
Some neighbors of ours, Chris and Sarah, along with their pal Jason, in reaction to the 2004 Presidential Election results, created think BLUE 2008, a not-for-profit dedicated to spreading the "blue state" message one wrist at a time. They found a manufacturer to make a version of those ubiquitous Live Strong bracelets that superbiker Lance Armstrong sells, and changed the focus from cancer to Democratic and similar left-wing causes.
Lots of my friends ordered their own bracelets on the think BLUE website, and still others got their bracelets from me. And, since Chris doubled my most recent order gratis, I ended up with scads to share. Since then, I have discovered a secret: when we saw Chris and Sarah lately, they each wore two bracelets each. People tend to ask about them more, and when they do, you can simply offer one!
I usually give a quick "Oh, it's blue for Blue State -- you know... Blue State/Red State" sort of explanation, but being able to then offer them one for free (if they want it) means they can later go online and visit the site and get inspired themselves.
Because I've been wearing two lately, I've given away lots more, especially to strangers. I have a job in a rather public setting, and while it's probably not entirely kosher, I've given a few away to sympathetic customers.
Now if I could just get my family back in West Virginia to wear them....
Posted by kyle at 9:05 PM