BILBAO, MENORCA, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, VALENCIA - OH MY!

These are the places we traveled this summer. Chema put together a little flickr slide show of Bilbao, Berlin and Amsterdam to let you see a little of what we experienced. Check it out here: Ryan & Chema´s Trip.

The pictures below are from the Bilbao trip when we saw Bjork perform at the Guggenheim Museum. Hope your summer was as cool as ours.


As usual, Ryan feels like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders - well, at least the Guggenheim.



Before the concert, Chema is so excited he can´t speak. However, he is able to communicate through basic finger movement.

STILL ALIVE

Just trying to get through the next few months of getting married, moving to Spain and starting life over in Barcelona. Will one day soon come back to this blog, but until August I am probably MIA. Sorry I've been an absent uncontactable dick. Hope you'll forgive me when I return and that you all are doing great. Until then...

OH HAPPY DAY!

The Democrats have taken over the House AND Senate? Rumsfeld resigns? Britney finally dumps that loser K-Fed? I just don't think a day can get any better.

BTW, the real reason Rumsfeld just resigned: Clawjob

Thank you Clawjob (a friend´s band that is terrific and everyone should check out). Your CD Space Crackers rocks!

GREAT UNKNOWN FILMS

Pajiba recently did an article about the best films that you've never seen. Being a huge film buff, I thought it was a great post that included some incredible films (especially Christopher Nolan's "Following"). The specifications were that they needed to be English language, they couldn't have made more than $2.5 Million domestically, they had to be released after 1991 and they shouldn't be films that got a second life of success when released on video/DVD (like "Donnie Darko"). It got me to thinking about what I might include on that list that they already hadn't. I came up with eleven movies that I can think of right now that qualify. I believe they are worth checking out and are great (for many different reasons). As you can tell, I tend to go for movies that aren't afraid to explore sexuality, dark themes or campy comedy. I haven't seen some of them for quite a while, so maybe they don't hold up as well as I remember, but I think they do and I loved them all when I saw them the first time. In no particular order:



1) L.I.E. - Brian Cox should have earned an Oscar for this film. Incredible acting in the context of a disturbing and fascinating story. Who'da thunk a film revolving around the Long Island Expressway could be so nauseating and moving. I hope Michael Cuestra is able to continue directing films and not just tv (many Six Feet Under episodes).



2) Mysterious Skin - Like L.I.E., it deals with similar themes and has an amazing central performance from Joseph Gordon-Levitt. If this film had been seen by more people, this would have made him a huge star. Based on Scott Heim's challenging book, it is definitely Gregg Araki's most accomplished film.



3) Wet Hot American Summer - Just funny as hell and should have been found by more people. Hysterical homage to bad 80's camp and sex comedies that features an amazingly funny and well known cast. How did this only make 200K in the US?



4) Love & Human Remains - Starring Thomas Gibson before he became Dharma's Greg and Mia Kirshner before The L Word and The Black Dahlia, this is a gay serial killer dramedy from the amazing French Canadian director Denys Arcand who directed one of my favorite films of all time, Jesus Of Montreal. Unfortunately, JoM doesn't qualify for this list, but L&HR is a worthy replacement.



5) Chuck & Buck - Some people just don't get this film and I understand that, but I think it's awesome and has the best work of the Weitz Brothers and Mike White's careers before they started creating more commercial fare. Even if you don't like the film, the fabulous Lupe Ontiveros (Carlos's mother on Desperate Housewives) makes it worth seeing. My prediction: Director Miquel Arteta (The Good Girl) is eventually going to make a classic film that will be remembered by the world.



6) The Mother - Featuring the new James Bond, Daniel Craig, as a man sleeping with both a grieving mother (twice his age) and angry daughter, this is another film I don't think everyone appreciates. However, I love the open ended conclusion and the real look at unbridled lust, ageism and family betrayal. Everyone points to Craig being great in Layer Cake, but this is my favorite of his earlier roles.



7) Beautiful Thing - Gay themes aside, this is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen about the power of young love (God, I sound like a Hallmark Card). It's gritty and real, but also romantic and ultimately moving. It's not just about the love of the 2 boys, but also the about the unflinching love between a mother and her child. It breaks my heart everytime I see it.



8) Sordid Lives - Yeah, a silly over-the-top comedy starring Olivia Newton-John, Delta Burke, Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia and Will & Grace's Leslie Jordan doesn't inspire much confidence when talking about great movies, but so what. It's damn funny - maybe not well written, acted or directed - but damn funny. And my favorite character actress of all time, Beth Grant, makes me howl everytime she grabs that rubber band. If you like to laugh, see it.



9) Urbania - Dan Futterman may have earned an Oscar nomination this year for writing Capote, but his best work as an actor is in this moving and disturbing film about grief, confusion and urban legends. I haven't done any research about director Jon Shear, but IMDB doesn't show him as having done any other work since directing this film 6 years ago, so I hope he's still around and working in Hollywood becuase this was an amazing debut.



10) Chain Of Desire - A film that many might think belongs on late night on Skinamax because of it's subject matter and the poster/video box, but it doesn't. A film of sexual vignettes that ultimately connect in the most odd ways featuring the amazing Linda Fiorentino, Malcolm McDowell, Seymor Cassel, Elias Koteas, Grace Zabriski and other interesting actors. It's sexy, sobering, funny, dramatic, real, fantastical and everything in between. Ultimately, it gives a true glimpse into just about all types of adult relationships with all the messy, passionate and overwelming emotions that comes with them.



11) Spanking The Monkey - Like Christopher Nolan's "Following", it's a first film made for virtually nothing by a director that was as self assured then as he is now making a big budget film. Like Nolan, Russell is also a film genius. Anyone who could make a comedy about incest for their first film and have it turn out so incredibly great that people had to pay attention to him, definitely deserves to make the list. If you haven't seen it, definitely check it out. It's awesome (just don't watch it with your Mom 'cause that could get really uncomfortable).

I'M BAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!

I hope to be up and posting soon. Lots of news and stuff going on, so hope to be at it any day now. Stay tuned. Hope your Summer was great.

Gone For The Summer

As you have already seen and will continue to see for the next 4 weeks, I am barely blogging this Summer. Tons to do and my baby is visiting here from Spain until the end of August, so not spending much time doing anything online. I really hope to be back in full blogging mode come September, so if you like the blog, check back then and I hope to have lots of stuff for you. Sorry again and hope you enjoy the rest of your Summer. And to put you in the right mood for the beautiful weather, here are some pictures from my trip to Spain this Spring during the bright warm Mediterranean days. Enjoy.

Trainwreck Of The Month: Ann Coulter

I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but Ann Coulter is the antichrist. Want proof? Well, she just released a book called Godless on 6/6/06. Now if that's not Ann trying to tell us something, then I don't know what is.


Godless? Yes Ann, yes you are.

Even though Godless: The Church Of Liberalism was just released, this isn't the first time Ann and her black heart have been in the glare of the media spotlight. It's just that the recent inclusion in her new book of pure hatred towards the widows of 9/11 victims that don't share her political views has made her a surprising media darling. It started on the day of the book's release (6/6/06) when she showed up at the Today Show at 7am in a slinky black cocktail dress (What, was she still taking the 'walk of shame' from the night before?) and Matt Lauer proceeded to ask her about the 9/11 widow quotes by reading her one. Here's the infamous exchange:

Lauer: "Alright on the 9/11 widows and in particular a group that had been outspoken and critical of the administration. 'These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently denouncing Bush was an important part of their closure process.' And this part is, is the part I really need to talk to you about. 'These broads are millionaires lionized on TV and in articles about them reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much.'"

Coulter: "Yes."


Coming straight from the clubs at 7am, Ann tries to get Lauer to take her home.

All pretty disgusting, but then Ann continued her publicity tour all over the country, which recently culminated in an appearance on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Unfortunately, Jay Leno showed himself to be the big weenie we already suspected him to be when he didn't really ask her anything of significance and allowed her a free pass on the hateful rhetoric she was spewing and on all her recent controversies. You know David Letterman wouldn't have been so nice, but after seeing Letterman eviscerate Bill O'Reilly on his show this past Spring, Ann's smart enough to not make an appearance there in front of his New York audience anytime soon. Sadly, Leno's other guest, left leaning comedian George Carlin, didn't say a word and pretty much showed how age seems to mellow some people in a bad way. (You think a 70's era Carlin would have been that nice?) I'd like to think he was just so shocked by the realization he was actually sitting beside the antichrist that his brain couldn't register it all.


To keep him from asking her real questions, Ann finds the ugliest dress she can to distract Jay Leno on the 'Tonight Show'.

With all this publicity and her mastery of self promotion (which easily surpasses Michael Moore's any day of the week), Godless went to #1 on the bestseller charts. Obviously Satan couldn't let his little girl take a back seat to Mary Cheney's useless tome and discounted Ann's book everywhere, by over half it's list price in many places, so he could make sure she saw the top spot. The fix was in for Daddy's little girl.


"Yes, Beelzebub... I mean Daddy helped make my book number 1."

Like a good little Republican fanatic, Ann Coulter has proven herself over and over again to be a true hypocrite. As she has run around the country for the past few years promoting herself and claiming Democrats and Liberals have no sense of God, religion, right & wrong or morals, she continues to dress like a prostitute and holds up the biblical idea of human sexuality as the only option (marital, hetero, missionary-position sex only), all the while not seeming to practice what she preaches. Amazon - Joe Conason's 'Big Lies' Besides proving true many of the names that have been thrown at her, such as a evil blonde harpy, ugly bitch, heartless moron and anorexic shrew, she's also sometimes been accused of having problems with chemical influences that have affected some of her public appearances. News Hounds There's no way to truly know if it is chemicals that affect some of these appearances, instead of her just being plain batshit crazy, but another example of her obvious hypocrisy is that she is now being accused of plagiarizing parts of Godless and some of her other works. After seeing some of the examples, it's pretty darn obvious she did. The Rude Pundit However, if there is one thing that truly demonstrates her ability to roll with the big dogs in the Republican Party, it's that she is currently being investigated for a felony. That's right, if ever someone thought that Ann Coulter was really just a brilliant liberal performance artist creating a character to show how ridiculous most right wing pundits are, this new development finally proves she is truly an ethically challenged Republican hypocrite at heart. Ann has found herself to be in trouble with the law over the issue of felonious voter fraud in Florida as well as some other illegal homestead issues. Brad Blog I wouldn't expect anything less from the antichrist... or a right wing fanatic.


Yeah, I'd drink too if I had to attend the Republican National Convention.

I could continue to sit here and recount all the evil that Ann Coulter has unleashed on the world over the years, but it's silly to waste the time since you and I (and she, herself) know that she is the spawn of Satan. Instead, as my Trainwreck Of The Month, I'm just going to give you a little photo essay of some of Ann's glorious pics peppered with some of the many wondrous quotes she's made over the years. If your retinas don't melt away from looking directly at the Princess Of Darkness herself, then I hope you enjoy it.


Ann reportedly didn't like the way her legs looked in this pic. I think she should have been more worried about her face.

Also, for a very funny and very accurate review of Godless, check out the one here by Betty Bowers (who bills herself as 'America's Best Christian') on her hysterical website: Betty Bowers.


Is it me, or does the American flag in the background look like it's trying to inch its way out of the picture?

Ann Coulter: "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building."


Ann's Grandma (and Satan's mother) carries Ann's book around as the evil equivalent to the Bible.

Ann Coulter: "...(T)he Democrats hit on an ingenious strategy: They would choose only messengers whom we're not allowed to reply to. That's why Democratic spokesmen these days are sobbing, hysterical women. You can't respond to them because that would be questioning the authenticity of their suffering."


Ann and her willing S&M buttboy, conservative talk show host, Sean Hannity.

Ann Coulter: "Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the President."


Ann poses with fellow Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Ann Coulter: (To a disabled Vietnam vet) "People like you caused us to lose that war."


The antichrist lets her inner darkness start to show as she stops to have her picture taken.

Ann Coulter: "We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States."


Ann, back in the 90's, when she tried to be a brunette for a few weeks.

Ann Coulter: The "backbone of the Democratic Party" is a "typical fat, implacable welfare recipient."


Ann finishes up a radio interview, right before asking the DJ to play "The Macarena".

Ann Coulter: "We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme brulee. That's just a joke, for you in the media."


Right where she belongs: Ann in a straight jacket.

Ann Coulter: "Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening."


"Yes Daddy, I miss you too. I'll be back in the fires of Hell before you know it."

Ann Coulter: "My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now, but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism."


Ann tries out a new disguise to attempt and avoid the liberal paparazzi. Unfortunately it doesn't work.

Ann Coulter: "The thing I like about Bush is I think he hates liberals."


"No, no, really. There is no need to thank me and my Dad for the fallout after Hurricane Katrina. We would have been happy to help, but Bush managed to fuck it up all on his own."

Ann Coulter: "I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't."


Ann dresses up at Halloween as the Republican's most feared boogieman: 'activist judges'.

Ann Coulter: "The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail."


Ann training some of her evil minions who are disguised as self loathing closeted frat boys.

Ann Coulter: "If you don't hate Clinton and the people who labored to keep him in office, you don't love your country."


The Ann Coulter Mousepad: The bestselling item on her website's store.

Ann Coulter: "I think [women] should be armed but should not [be allowed to] vote."


With vasoline on the lens, the evil still manages to show through her oily exterior.

Ann Coulter: "I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote."


Even on the darkest night, Ann's inner light shines through.

Ann Coulter: "God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"


Ann in the 90's when she was trying to rock "The Rachel" hairdo. She never did get it right.

Ann Coulter: "Congress could pass a law tomorrow requiring that all aliens from Arabic countries leave....We should require passports to fly domestically. Passports can be forged, but they can also be checked with the home country in case of any suspicious-looking swarthy males."


A candid photo from Ann's vacation in Hawaii when she didn't bother to shower or use makeup for a week.

Ann Coulter: "[Liberals] are always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. ...Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment."


A picture from Ann's secret porn past: Mentally preparing herself for the tabletop gangbang scene from "RNC: Republican National Cockwhore".

Ann Coulter: "Liberals have a preternatural gift for striking a position on the side of treason...Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy."


Ann's secret to her youthful look: brains.

Ann Coulter: “The 9/11 Commission was a scam and a fraud, the sole purpose of which was to cover up the disasters of the Clinton Administration and distract the nation’s leaders during wartime. Not only did the Jersey girls claim credit for this Clinton whitewash machine, they spent most of the hearings denouncing the Bush Administration for not stopping the 9/11 attacks from the weak position handed it by the Clinton Administration.”


Ann in her leather wear, getting ready for her next session with Sean Hannity.

Ann Coulter: "To expiate the pain of losing her first-born son in the Iraq war, Cindy Sheehan decided to cheer herself up by engaging in Stalinist agitprop outside President Bush's Crawford ranch. ... After your third profile on 'Entertainment Tonight,' you're no longer a grieving mom; you're a C-list celebrity trolling for a book deal or a reality show."


Unlike Barbie, Ann wanted her doll to be realistic and made sure it has a gaping vagina and ripped up nipples.

Ann Coulter: "Liberals love America like O.J. loved Nicole."


Ann in the early 90's in Germany while she was following 'The Dead' around Europe with a caravan of hippies and gypsies.

Ann Coulter: "Liberals always get a lot of credit for suffering, while never actually being made to suffer."


Ann reading from her book at a local Barnes & Noble event.

Ann Coulter: "I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. Boom!... They're a major threat. I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to... the world."


In case you didn't know, the antichrist drinks Diet Coke.

Ann Coulter: (on Islamic people) "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity."


Ann tries on her disguise again to try and sneak into the notoriously liberal charity event, 'VH1 Diva's Live'. Unfortunately, the fake breasts give her away this time.

Ann Coulter: "The truth is another hateful "bourgeois institution."...liberals always seem to be enthusiastically defending liars. Lying is their most cherished human activity."


This makes me ashamed to live in Boston.

Ann Coulter: "Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots."


Ann and her bloodshot eyes after a particularly bad night.

Ann Coulter: "Anorexics never have boyfriends. ...That's one way to know you don't have anorexia - if you have a boyfriend."


Ann having a little fun and showing what she likes to do for Rush Limbaugh when he comes into town.

Ann Coulter: "You want to be careful not to become just a blowhard."


The true Ann Coulter finally shows her face.

****And a quote from David Letterman to close with that just about says it all: "Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was the world's most unhinged lunatic. He's now dead. So that moves Ann Coulter up to first place."

We Survived 6-6-06!

Thank God it's over. As I write this, the clock has passed midnight and we are firmly embedded in Wednesday, 6-7-06. Just like Y2K, we've managed to get through another ridiculously abstract date that is supposed to have important significance to the religious and superstitious amongst us. Since 666 is the sign of the devil in the Bible's Book Of Revelations, there are some people that believed 6-6-06 would be the day the world ended. Others thought it would just be a day of extreme bad luck. Well, either way, we survived it and seem to be okay in relation to the days that preceded it. So congratulations folks. The world didn't end and (if you're reading this) you probably made it through okay. Glad to have you here with me.

Just the same, I'd stay away from any babies born yesterday. You never know when the antichrist is crying in the stroller beside you at the bus stop.


In a rare moment of honesty, Bush gives the sign of the Devil and finally shows who he really worships... or is that the sign of Karl Rove? Same difference, I guess.

Video Of The Day: The Daily Show On Gay Marriage

I don't know if you caught it tonight or not, but Jon Stewart absolutely destroyed conservative creep Bill Bennett on The Daily Show tonight. Bennett has some book out about moral values and went on the show to talk about it. Since gay marriage is the political 'moral' issue of the day and Bennett has made his fortune writing books and giving speeches on values (despite his massive gambling problems and racial bigotry, amongst other moral failings), Jon Stewart decided that he would be the perfect guest to discuss the marriage amendment that Bush and the Repugs have been pushing this week to win back some of their religious base in this important election year. Well, Stewart not only dominated the conversation with facts and wit, he pretty much destroyed every argument and talking point that Bill Bennett regurgitated. It was awesome and you should look for the video in the coming days as it gets passed around the internets (Crooks And Liars should probably have it up and running by tomorrow at some point).


Jon Stewart is my savior.

Since it's too early to get tonight's video, I'm instead posting a video of a segment that The Daily Show did last year talking about the 1 year MA gay marriage anniversary that features correspondent Ed Helms. It's very funny and the idiot that Helms interviews in the video is pretty much similar to Bill Bennett and his ridiculous presentation tonight of the anti-gay talking points. Check it out. It's funny and really well done. Enjoy.

The Daily Show 'Gay Marriage' Segment - Ed Helms:

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt: I've Got The Pictures First

The proud (and incredibly sexy) parents.

As you may know, it was announced this week that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have auctioned the first pictures of their newborn, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, to the highest bidder. People Magazine was the winner with a 4.1 Million Bid, which Brangelina is giving directly to the African charity of their choice. It makes sense that they would do this in order to soften the desire for paparazzi to get that first exclusive picture of the baby in this crazy celebrity obsessed world. And they also get to give a lot of money to needy Africans, which is a wonderful thing and fits right in with their do-gooder lifestyle.


"Oh Brad, I could have given you a pretty baby too. It would've had a crooked nose and stringy hair, but it still wouldn't have been as weird looking as Suri Cruise."

Well, I don't want to mess all this up for the Jolie-Pitts and People Magazine, but I've met with one of my Nigerian sources and have managed to get a copy of one of the pictures well before its US publication this Friday. I hate to throw a crimp in People's exclusive rights, but I can't resist publishing the photograph since I've got it. The pic is below and am posting it just for you. I know you can't wait and you want to see the otherworldly creature that is the offspring of the 2 most beautiful human beings on the planet. Already dubbed 'The Messiah' and 'Jesus Jolie-Pitt' due to the once in a millennia convergence of such perfect genetic material, Miss Shiloh does not disappoint. She's beautiful and will probably end up being the US President or Pope or the next Madonna one day. So check out the picture at the bottom of the post if you want to be one of the first to see what utter perfection looks like.


Just look at the parents, this baby will probably shit gold and cry holy water.

For your exclusive viewing pleasure, I present to you the breathtaking Shiloh Jolie-Pitt:

DRUMROLL PLEASE:


Shiloh, thy name is 'Perfection'!

Bush: Fan Or Foe Of Gay Marriage?

BUSH'S ACTIONS SAY ONE THING, BUT THE PICTURES TELL A DIFFERENT STORY:


Bush thinking to himself, "If only I hadn't married Laura, I could've married into royalty instead."

Bush and his Republican bitches are at it again. His numbers are in the dumper, so he's opened his closet door, pulled that old mothballed conservative gay marriage amendment suit out, dusted it off and put it on for all the world to see. He's decided that now is the time to remind his religious base that he's fighting hard to protect marriage from the gays and liberals. So on goes the "I'm a conservative religious guy" clothes that he can model for all the starry eyed backwards bumpkins that seem to care less that their President has done nothing but make their lives worse while he's made his billionaire friends richer. They say, "Well at least he's gonna stop those homosssssexuals from getting a piece of paper that tells the world they're married." And so it goes...


"Chirac baby, I'm sorry about the whole Freedom Fries thing. You know you're still mon amour chéri."

Never mind that Bush doesn't have the votes in the House or Senate to actually get the amendment passed. Just ignore the fact that everyone knows he's only doing this for political reasons and could really care less about whether it passes or not. Just forget that there is real business that Congress should be dealing with like a horrendous war in Iraq, the potential invasion of Iran, a possibly devastating bird flu, a failing economy, outrageous gas/oil prices, extreme poverty, severely lacking health care, real immigration reform, massive corruption in the GOP, increasing crime, incredibly underfunded school systems, a likely evironmental armaggedon and so many other stupendously important issues that ain't gonna fix themselves. But Bush has decided all that stuff can be put on the back burner for a few weeks while he walks the runway in his old coat of hate that has nothing new to offer and is just a distraction from the real issues of the day.


"Yeah, I know I did some mean things to you in the 2000 election, Johnny Boy, but we can still play conservative and moderate in bed can't we?"

Well, the officail start of the 'new' gay marriage crisis started this morning and already something wonderful has happened. It appears that Bush's base has started to wise up. It's already evident that there is less support from the public, the GOP party and Congress than there was a few years ago when this was first being pushed. Even those that still support the amendment (aka sad idiots), seem to realize that they are being used as political pawns in the GOP's little political chess games. And if anything, Bush might actually be creating the opposite effect that he wanted. As the Religious Right wakes up and sees the manipulation that is going on, they are more likely to withdraw support from Dubya and his cronies this November. Not that they are all going to get smart and start voting as Democrats, but they might actually stop voting straight down the Republican ticket and withdraw their support from those who they don't see taking the issue seriously. However, these conservative politicians have now put themselves in a position where they need to play both sides of the issue and they can't anymore because their base is finally seeing them for what they are - greedy, godless, nasty, ugly, hate mongering manipulators who don't have a moral bone in their bodies.


"Oh Pooty Poot, your eyes are so blue. Let's meet tonight and I'll let you take a private tour of my Washington Monument."

Another wonderful thing has happened too. Americablog and some other terrific sites have rallied their readers together and gotten them to contact all the politicians who do support this stupid amendment to ask their opinions on related issues such as sodomy, masturbation, divorce, sex outside of marriage, etc. Since many of the political backers of this amendment have been through a divorce and almost none of them can truthfully say they haven't engaged in one of the above mentioned religious sins, it just goes to show what utter hypocrites these fools are. They mainly want to use the Bible to justify their votes, which means they are picking and choosing which sins they get legislate. Well, Americablog has their number and is getting its readers to call it. It may not make a huge difference towards making these congressional asshats change their vote, but it is certainly making the workers in their offices uncomfortable and is showing that the left is going to start pushing back when the right starts this kind of stupidity and transparent political posturing. Read all about the good work Americablog and its readers is doing here: America Blog. And while you are at it, make a few calls yourself.


"Kiss me Joe. I know you're a moderate, but please be liberal with your love."

Quote Of The Day: Cher

Courtesy of Cher when she called into Cspan's Washington Journal this weekend to talk about our troops in Iraq and how they are still not getting the body armor they need. She didn't even announce who she was, but the host recognized her voice and asked if she was Cher. She said she was and continued to talk about the pressing troop armor issue. Eventually the subject turned a little and this came out of her mouth:

"One of my best friends is Lou Dobbs."

Uhhhh? Where do you even begin? Cher and Lou Dobbs? The Singer/Actress and the Financial News Guru? That's like the oddest pairing since a talented statuesque glamorous liberal half-Lebanese teenager teemed up with a short conservative 30-something hippie production assistant and ended up making one of the most successful musical and entertainment duos in Hollywood history. Forget Sonny & Cher though, I'd sooooo buy front row tickets to see Lou & Cher in concert. What would they sing?... "The Debt To Equity Ratio Goes On"?... "You Better Sit Down Day Traders"?... "I Got Market Value Babe"?... "Mama (When My Brokers Have Babies)"?


Forget Madonna. Screw The Rolling Stones. This is the concert of the summer: Lou & Cher!

I'm Baaaaaaack!

Sorry, but I was a way for the long weekend and have been feeling sort of crappy this week after I returned, so I've been ignoring my blogging duties. Well, I'm back and feeling a little better, so I should be up and blogging by this weekend. Keep your eyes open. Until then, I'll leave you with this example of "Twin Jowls" to demonstrate how I've been feeling for most of the week. Enjoy.

Kirstie Alley vs. Jabba The Hutt:

"Scientology made me this way!"


"How dare you compare me to Kirstie Alley!"

Sorry Folks...

I've had an allergy attack this week and am totally out of it. That's why I haven't been posting. I've been barely keeping myself together. So much going on that I want to write about, but just can't keep my head straight long enough to put together coherent sentences. I am also leaving tomorrow for the long weekend to go on a trip that has been prepaid and planned for months, so this weekend is out too. I hope to definitely be back next week posting fun and interesting stuff. Until then, have a terrific Memorial Day Weekend.

Music Video Of The Day: Dixie Chicks

Well, their new album, Taking The Long Way, is being released in a few minutes and since I love their first release off the album, Not Ready To Make Nice, I thought I'd make it my Video Of The Day. It's a response to all the people who reacted to lead singer, Natalie Maines' statement a few years ago when she said they were ashamed that Dubya came from Texas. It's a beautiful song and interesting video. So enjoy.

Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks:


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Jowl Of The Day: John McCain

Jowlmazing!

Today, Senator and future presidential hopeful, John McCain is the Jowl Of The Day. You might be asking yourself, why make a nice, reasonable, honest, moderate Republican the Jowl Of The Day. Well, let me tell you, the only part of that description that's true is that he is a Republican. Oh, he wants you to believe he's nice, reasonable, honest and moderate and for a while, it seemed like he might live up to some of those adjectives. During the 2000 election, he talked a good game and backed up a few of his statements with right-minded congressional votes. He even went as far as to befriend some other powerful Democrats and make the occasional statement against his own party. Of course this is back when the Democrats had a lot more power and it wasn't yet obvious how the Republicans would be able to electrify their fundamentalist religious base to gain such a stronghold in Washington.


"I'm telling you that me and my jowl are moderates you panty wastes! I'm as nice as your motherfucking grandpa! Really!"

In the late 90's, it was always obvious McCain was going to run for President in 2000, and at the time, playing to the moderate middle seemed like a smart move on his part. It worked amazingly well for Bill Clinton and McCain thought he could be the conservative version of Clinton. However, in the political ring, John McCain is no Bill Clinton. Hell, he's not even a Chelsea Clinton. Other than his not foreseeing the extensive Republican power grab that took hold in 2000, he also didn't foresee how his 'moderation' would be used against him by an idiot Texan Governor named Dubya and his Machievelian political advisor, Karl Rove. Once they started their dirty little 2000 campaign and did everything but call McCain a 'liberal', he didn't stand a chance.


"I know what you & Rove did to my campaign. I'm going to rip the jugular out of your jowl with my teeth."

Well, if we've learned anything in the past 6 years, it's that John McCain is as honest as Bill O'Reilly talking about his shelf of Peabody Awards (in other words, they're both big liars). The belief that McCain is reasonable and moderate has gone out the window too. His recent cozying up to fanatics Falwell and Dobson as well as his reversal on many issues pertaining to the environment, reproductive rights and social equality is starting to demonstrate his true colors as a two-faced political electioneer willing to say and do anything to win the presidency. As bad as all this is, it still doesn't make him much worse than all the other nasty right-wing Republicans in Congress. So why Jowl Of The Day? John McCain mainly wins the prestigious Jowley for events that took place this past week involving a commencement address he gave at The New School in New York.


The real John McCain: 2 jowls of evil.

You may have heard of the incident in the media. You know, the 'liberal' media that has told you how a school full of spoiled progressive New School graduates were rude and inconsiderate to a man who only wanted to inspire them as they headed out on their journey into the real world. The same 'liberal' media that told you how respectful and honorable the conservative graduates were at Liberty University when he gave the same address the week before. The same 'liberal' media that portrayed McCain as a victim of leftists who ganged up on him without cause like he was still a POW being tortured by the Vietcong. You know, the same 'liberal' media that has dropped to their knees for the Bush Administration after 9/11 and hasn't gotten back up again. Well, it's all bullshit.


"Now settle down graduates or my jowl and I will sick the 'liberal media' on you."

There's a whole different side of the story that hasn't been reported and McCain is no victim. Considering that The New School is known to be a pretty liberal place, it should have come as no surprise to McCain or anyone else around him that he was going to get a lot of protest from the student body. Since he's been cozying up to the religious right for the past few months and he's changed his views more often than Lindsay Lohan changes sex partners during a weekend of partying, is it really shocking that he was going to meet some resistance when he showed up to The New School with his newly outed right wing war-loving, Bush kissing, Dem bashing rhetoric? Seriously. Oh, he knew what he would be encountering and he came anyway. Why? Because he knew that if he did, the press would eat it up and he'd get to play the victim and score some political points with right leaning moderates who could look at the event and say, "See, liberals just don't know how to act in public."


"Now that you've shown me the fundamentalist right wing way, I'm so in love with you. Please hug me back, Daddy."

It would have been fine and everything would have blown over quickly (with McCain probably gaining slightly from the 'liberal' media accounts), except that Senator McCain's Chief Of Staff, Mark Salter, decided to start a blog war with one of the The New School's graduates, Jean Rohe, who was an onstage speaker and talked about McCain's presence at the ceremony during her speech. Miss Rohe wrote an after-account on Huffington Post as to why she felt the need to speak critically of McCain at the ceremony. Huffington Post - Jean Rohe It was a just a basic accounting of what was in her heart that day and why she had to take the opportunity to speak her mind when given the chance. Once that account was published on Arianna's blog, a response was quickly posted by Mr. Salter. Huffington Post - Mark Salter Response To Rohe Unfortunately, instead of taking the chance to post something positive in defense of Mr. McCain, he instead decided to start a Swift Boating of Miss Rohe - a college student with no political power or real agenda. I guess here in 2006, I'm an idiot for expecting anything else from a Republican operative, but I did. Luckily, Miss Rohe did not shrink from the fight, but soon posted a response to Mr. Salter that was thoughtful, precise and heartfelt. Huffington Post - Rohe's Response To Salter


"Me and my jowl are coming after you next, Jean Rohe."

Now, you might think that Mr. Salter's decision to respond to Miss Rohe's article on Huffington Post was something of his own doing and shouldn't be held against John McCain. However, we are heading into an election year and no one in Mr. McCain's camp makes any move without his permission. Political candidates make decision's about everything that is said or done on their behalf. One of his employees would never publish something so scathing withough clearing it with McCain first. That's what politics is all about. So, it's obvious that McCain basically said to Salter, "Write a response to that bitch and make it mean. Let's swift boat her and put her in her place." Of course, I'm paraphrasing from my educated assumption, but even without the Huffington Post blog war that has begun, John McCain disgusts me as much, if not more, than almost any Republican out there. That's why, Senator John McCain is JM's Jowl Of The Week.


"Shit! What the Hell do you mean I was named Jowl Of The Week!"

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These Are Bunny Movies!

I know that these have probably been around since the dawn of time and as usual, I am just now getting around to finding them online, but if you've never seen the 30-Second Bunnies Theatre, you should check it out here: Angry Alien

It's a site that features animated film parody recreations of famous movies that star bunnies. I think I had seen one a long time ago, but didn't realize they made a bunch of them. On the site, there's all kind of current ones, including everyone's favorite movie to parody, Brokeback Mountain. That one is really good and there are lots more funny ones too. Check out the site and the movies if you get a chance. Here's the Brokeback Parody for your enjoyment:

Brokeback Mountain - 30-Second Bunnies Theatre:



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