A few days ago, John Cole wrote a long and thoughtful post excoriating some rightwing pundits for what he sees as their overreliance on scapegoating the liberal media each time some new revelation about potential U.S. military abuses is reported in the mainstream press. In a nutshell, Cole argues that an increasing number of conservative commentators have taken to exploiting the (often very real) anti-US and anti-military bias of the
May 2005
May 22, 2005
Scenes from my driveway, continued x 56
Deadbeat neighbor: “Is it true the Syrian army is fighting against us in Iraq?”* Me: “I dunno. Who cares?” Deadbeat neighbor: “Well, wouldn’t that mean Syria is, y’know, declaring war on us? That’s kind of a big deal, I would think…” Me: “Feh, whatever. Fleas biting at the ankles of an elephant. No, it’s Pepsico that I want a piece of. The unpatriotic softdrink bastards.”* Deadbeat neighbor: Me: “BEWARE THE
May 22, 2005
A day in the life of a real CITIZEN JOURNALIST
Sunday, 9am – 11:45 am: Spent the morning staking out a Starbucks in Writer’s Square, Denver, hoping a minor celebrity might wander in and make a vicious anti-American remark over espresso and a bran muffin. Had my laptop and wireless card with me so that, in a pinch, I could write up a quick post, then email the particulars to Hewitt—a master at ginning up some real, honest-to-goodness A-list OUTRAGE.
May 22, 2005
protein wisdom’s TOP 20 Films of the 70s
In order. Bitches. The French Connection (1971) The Bad News Bears (1976) The Godfather: Part II (1974) Jaws (1975) The Exorcist (1973) Nashville (1975) The Godfather (1972) Rocky (1976) Taxi Driver (1976) Three Days of the Condor (1975) Serpico (1973) The Sting (1973) Dog Day Afternoon (1973) Deliverance (1972) Alien (1979) Breaking Away (1979) Day of the Jackal (1973) The Wanderers (1979) Dirty Harry (1971) Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
May 21, 2005
My shelves are full and I’ve got more titles on the way… (UPDATE: A FEW TITLES STILL REMAIN)
…so I need to get rid of a few DVDs…
May 21, 2005
Saturday afternoon musings, #47
Anyone who tells you that drinking nine pints of Guinness in a single sitting is not a particularly bright idea might just have a point.
May 20, 2005
No excuses this time, Jeff. It’s Friday, and we want to see the armadillo dance!
Yeah, right. And I want a house in Newport so that I can take Katie Holmes for naked wheelbarrow rides on the beach, then prop her up against a pier support and bang her through the surf like a randy walrus trying to crack open an oyster. Take a number, losers.
May 20, 2005
The tenth set of 20 films that if you haven’t seen you should see immediately or risk having protein wisdom sneer at you like certain embarrassingly reactionary rightwing blogs sneer at homosexuals and minorities of all stripes
1970s, group 10 Macbeth (1971) The Tenant (1976) Barry Lyndon (1975) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) Tomorrow (1972) The White Dawn (1974) Willard (1971) The Strawberry Statement (1970) Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978) Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) Harry and Tonto (1974) Big Wednesday (1978) Cooley High (1975) Piranha (1978) THX 1138 (1971) The Omega Man
May 20, 2005
Having crafted a new joke for her standup routine, Margaret Cho tries it out on some friends
Cho: “So I’m reading the Bible the other day—not for spirtual guidance, mind you, just looking for tips on how to cook goat, because I get tired of broiling it with a little barbecue sauce, to be honest—when I come across this passage about a burning bush. A burning bush! And then it hits me: if God is willing to burn a Bush, maybe I should go find myself some
May 20, 2005
“Photos of Underwear-Clad Saddam Published”
From the AP: British and American newspapers published photos Friday showing an imprisoned Saddam Hussein clad only in his underwear and washing his laundry, prompting an angry U.S. military to launch an investigation and the Red Cross to say the pictures may violate the Geneva Conventions. Britain’s The Sun and the New York Post said the photos were provided by a U.S. military official they did not identify. The photos