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Unfuckingbelievable.

:: shakes head ::

It’s not the end of the year without a list of the dumbest things Bush has ever said.

I’ve been avoiding posting about the whole Michael-Richards-racist-tirade thing. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve already heard about it. I do have to say one thing, though. Have you noticed that almost every news article about the incident called him “Kramer” in the headline? (ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3) Kramer isn’t a racist freak; Michael Richards is. The man is filled with rage, and I would be willing to bet it’s partly because, years later, even when he causes a national incident, people still don’t know his real name. Related article. [links via]

What a sad commentary on our country that a peace sign is considered “divisive.”

The more interviews I read with The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, the more I’d like to kick him in the nuts. What’s with the huge ego? What’s with putting down Green Day? Why is it genius when Springsteen writes a song like Born in the USA but traitorous when Green Day writes American Idiot? Why such an ugly mustache? Shut. UP.

WTF? People offended by a photo of a baby breastfeeding? On the cover of a parenting magazine? It’s just a boob, people. I don’t understand the commotion. The way we pretend that certain things don’t happen - menstruating, breast-feeding, pooping, etc. - is effing ridiculous. “Gross, I am sick of seeing a baby attached to a boob,” wrote Lauren, a mother of a 4-month-old. That makes me sad.

:: blinks ::

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed Bill Kristol (more on him here) and reduced him to a stammering pile of rubble. Along with the video, there’s a partial transcript, but it’s worth watching just to see the part where, in his confusion, Mr. Kristol just about admits that it’s okay to beat your wife. I’m not kidding.

I love our Sirius radio and I love being able to hear the Stern show every morning. However, it infuriates me beyond all logic that I have to listen to Ralph Cirella just about every single day. I LOATHE him and every word that falls out of his conceited and idiotic mouth. I literally have to turn off the radio. I’m begging you, Howard, stop it. And you just know this guy googles himself, so if you’re reading this, Ralph - I hate you.

Scientologists have opened a museum about psychiatry, calling it “The Industry of Death.” Yeah, so, uh… You know, I can actually get behind some of the points they’re trying to make here, albeit in their only-in-Scientology bizarre way. Many children today are overmedicated, many doctors are too quick to hand out pills, and often people do not pay attention to side effects, with tragic results. HOWEVER. What do you think of their “10 to 25% of psychiatrists sexually assault their patients” statistic? That kinds of reeks of FAKE, doesn’t it? Of course, any time I think something they say makes sense, I just have to remember the whole aliens-and-volcanoes thing. Hand me some Prozac, I’ll be okay. [thanks to jane for the link]

Kevin Federline has a website. Yeah, it’s real. You totally want to look. He is such a putz. I’d waive my new divorce rule for Britney to leave him, you know. [link has audio. really, really, really, really, really lame audio]

Ford Motor Co. will stop advertising in gay-themed publications, rolling over for the American Family Association. AMERICAblog has a ton of info on the subject. Here’s how to contact Ford in your state. And how interesting; the two Ford execs who brokered the deal with AFA are former White House officials.

New Orleans residents tell Congress how they were abandoned by the government during the hurricane. One woman compares her experience to being in a concentration camp, and is chastened by a Florida Republican who says, “Not a single person was marched into a gas chamber and killed.” Glad we got that all cleared up. Sigh.

Here’s a little something to make your blood boil today. You’re welcome.

This makes my head hurt. Watch our freedoms being slowly stripped away - “In an apparent reversal of decades of U.S. practice, recent federal Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations bar American companies from publishing works by dissident writers in countries under sanction unless they first obtain U.S. government approval.” Now we are being told what we can READ. [thanks to charlie b]

Q: “Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmor our vehicles?” A: “You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and it can (still) be blown up,” Rumsfeld said. And people accuse ME of not supporting the troops?

Did you know that the No Child Left Behind Act has a little-known provision that requires secondary schools to provide contact information for every student to military recruiters? You do now. This is the backdoor draft in action, people. If you have a child in high school, or on their way, let them know that they do not have to give out this information (6th paragraph).

This is freaking unbelievable, and part of the reason why AIDS and STDs are so widespread. Tell your kids the truth. Frightening children with lies about what will happen to them if they have sex will do nothing except ensure that they will not seek treatment if something goes wrong. Ignorance = death, people. This really pisses me off.

Mrs. Henry sends along this story about that Trista girl’s wedding. All I have to say is that I hope their fifteen minutes are up, and that they live in shame and guilt for the rest of their lives over allowing that much money to be spent on something that will last less than a year. Everyone involved should be ashamed, especially when so many people are working so hard to make ends meet. “…a multi-million dollar affair…” I am in such a bad mood.

This story makes me sick. It’s not bad enough that all the contracts for rebuilding Iraq went to Bush’s good buddies, but now that they’ve been caught on that, Wolfowitz has decided to exclude anyone that doesn’t agree with the U.S. - effectively cutting out the competition again (as well as looking like a nasty bully). So, so heinous. What’s going to happen if there’s another attack on U.S. soil? Who’s going to help us next time? Certainly not France, Germany, or Russia.

Are these people serious? Women having surgery to they can wear high heels? Way to further women’s rights in the new millenium, sisters. Bah.

Here’s something to make you bang your head repeatedly against the wall. You know, in case you needed reminding about what an ugly-ass world we live in sometimes.