have you met
jim gibbons?
i knew him in congress as the gray-haired man with the boehner-tan who'd only traipse down to the floor to poo-poo tax raising every few months. last year he became the proud governor of nevada in a secret swearing-in 12 seconds after midnight on new year’s eve at home, “citing ominous nonspecific security threats that aides later said pertained to the execution of Sadam Hussein.” because al-qaeda hates fake tans.
consider his campaign stump:
Among the more memorable campaign remarks made by Mr. Gibbons, a former combat pilot and veteran of both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, was his suggestion that “liberal, tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals” ought to be used as human shields in Iraq. It all played well with Mr. Gibbons’s base of voters in rural and Northern Nevada.
who can blame them? who wants a hippie? better to sit back and witness the magic anyway:
In the last few months, Mr. Gibbons, a Republican, announced a plan to turn coal into jet fuel to raise money (problematic, as Nevada has no coal to speak of) and proposed paying for a $3.8 billion shortfall in highway construction money by selling water rights under state highways (it turns out the state did not actually own the rights). He told a local editorial board he could not pronounce the name of his energy adviser because she was “Indian” — she is Turkish — and vetoed a bill that would stop budget-busting tax breaks for builders of “green” buildings before issuing an executive order to end them anyway (with the exception of four companies).
it gets better.
Labels: gubernatorial dongs
the creation museum of northern kentucky: who's coming with me?
for what it's worthi caught a vietnamese doppelganger of duncan smith shaving in the 3rd floor men's bathroom of my office building this morning.
he seemed pissed that i wanted to pee there, as if it wasn't a bathroom at all, but some kind of 3rd floor Shaving Depot for the Surly.
Labels: doppelgangers
Scientology "Tech" Being Used in School in Baton Rouge
Check this out.I wonder how legal this is. I'm hoping Sean can shed some light on the subject. It seems like a pretty grey area to me because Scientology doesn't teach 'theology' the way Judaism or Christianity does. Most if not all of L. Ron's 'teachings' are copyrighted as part of the Church. If you know anything about Scientology you know that it doesn't necessarily teach about 'god' or 'xenu' or whatever (unles you are willing to pay the thousands of dollars for auditing sessions). They like to call it a 'philosophy' for living your life...Seems like a slippery slope to me...
Labels: religion
ATTN.
Swishman graduate college. Him only take eight years. Him now live in dumpster behind chinese restaurant. Getting fat and sassy.
Too good to be true?Is anyone out there still into snail-mailing? It's fun! It's old-timey! It means you supposedly care about the recipient and you can't say whatever jagoff crap you want, like what you typically spew in pointless, inflation-devalued emails!
Anyway, that aside, it remains notable news that the
United States Postal Service has done the unthinkable and issued a
Forever Stamp. From the website:
"In 2007, the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Forever stamp, which will always be valid as First-Class postage on standard envelopes weighing one ounce or less, regardless of any subsequent increases in the First-Class rate."
So for the love of Bob, please go buy at least 10,000 stamps TODAY! They're good for the remainder of
time!
bible fight, if you're so inclined.
anyone? skirt?
