If we only knew then....

One of the main reasons I started a blog was so I could vent, so today it will serve its purpose. I haven't been able to blog as much as I planned because a week after I started the blog I decided to start a website with two friends, so that is now occupying my time. But after my Dad sent me a great article from NY Times columnist Frank Rich, I will blog.

I used to get fired up about the war. I can remember getting in arguments with my friends before the elections 2004 after studying abroad and passionately arguing how it was a mistake. Now, I am almost numb to the war. It isn't that I don't care, it's just that I feel like my point, and everyone else who opposed the war, has been proven. What more can I say or do? After awhile "I told you so" loses its allure.

But there are times when I still get fired up, and now is one of them. Four years have gone by and what have we seen? Videos of Saddam hanging, carbombs going off, Baby Noor or whatever her name was.....

Hopefully, if nothing else, the past four years will teach us the pitfalls of over exuberance and the danger of having an idiot in the white house.

The following are quotes and comments taken from Frank Rich's NY times article.

March 6, 2003
President Bush holds his last prewar news conference. The New York Observer writes that he interchanged Iraq with the attacks of 9/11 eight times, “and eight times he was unchallenged.” The ABC News White House correspondent, Terry Moran, says the Washington press corps was left “looking like zombies.”


March 7, 2003
Appearing before the United Nations Security Council on the same day that the United States and three allies (Britain, Spain and Bulgaria) put forth their resolution demanding that Iraq disarm by March 17, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, reports there is “no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons program in Iraq.”. He adds that documents “which formed the basis for the report of recent uranium transaction between Iraq and Niger are in fact not authentic.” None of the three broadcast networks’ evening newscasts mention his findings.
[In 2005 ElBaradei was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.]

March 19, 2003
President Bush declares war from the Oval Office in a national address: “Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure.”
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[Value of that Halliburton share on March 16, 2007, adjusted for a split in 2006: $64.12.]

400 lb girl

Over the past few days there have been several link about severely fat kids. This one,
http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/15068,
is a 400 lb 7 year old! There was another one on CNN, http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/27/obese.child.reut/index.html, about a 200 lb 8 year old.

Now some people will argue, "It's genetic!", but in the video she is seen eating macaroni and cheese and asking for popcorn. The Enlish boy eats 4 bags of potato chips a day as snack and has a whole pizza for lunch.

What the hell is wrong with these parents? If your kid is fat, not just a little hefty - which is fairly normal - but FAT, dont feed them unhealthy food! It is that simple. They say their kids are hungry. Here's a hint: Bananas or apples, granola, and salads with whole wheat bread on the side all help to cure hunger. I am astonished with fat people out there who claim they cant lose wait, but then go eat fast food. The next time you hear someone complaining that they cant lose wait ask them how many miles they run a day or how healthy they eat, ei cutting out fried foods. If they say they dont have time, say, "It's not that you cant lose wait, its that you aren't willing to try."

I am not writing about people who are slightly overweight, I am talking about the people who are in danger of getting diabetes or heart disease, dying because they are so fat. Society is scared to really address this topic because it is afraid it will hurt fat peoples feelings, because of this these people dont really grasp the severity in which they hurt their chances of having a long, enjoyable life.

Bottom Line: If you are very fat, or you have a kid that is very fat, stop making excuses! Eat healthy, exercise, and lose the wait. If you dont want to do that I guess you can just pick the other option and shorten your lifespan.

The world we live in

I am going to go ahead and call it, Christopher Walken is going to do a skit on SNL where he plays the judge in the Anna Nicole burial case. If you have seen any clips of the judge, you can see where I am coming from (If you havent seen the clips I am sure you can find them on Youtube.com). He goes off on these random rants that are definitely "Walkenesque". I would like to get away from this whole debacle, but unfortunately it is the only thing on TV anymore.

Speaking of crazy, if anyone watches the new "Real World" there is a girl on there who is delusional. She is a spoiled single child who things everyone is crazy except herself. (Here comes me ranting) I can't stand people like this. Wake up and face reality. When everyone in the world seems insane except you, you are usually the insane one.

I saw the "Real World" girls latest outbreak on The Soup on E!, which happens to be an extremely entertaining show. On that same episode is a clip about a family who only eats raw meat and doesn't take showers because they believe that is the healthier way to leave. What the f*ck is wrong with these people? Have they not been following the past 30,000 years of human civilization?

So bottom line to delusional people out there, just vote Christopher Walken President 2008 and everything will work out for you!

Anna, one more time

Again, sorry for all this Anna-Nicole stuff, but this is just too bizarre for me not to touch:
http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/14030

Why was there no intervention?

Anyways,
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Top Ten reasons Anna Nicole was entertaining

Links of the day:

http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/13207
Short movie on a US bomb killing an Iraqi sniper. Pretty cool stuff.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/16/smith.ruling/index.html
Where do I begin with this one? I am not one to get involved in the daily affairs of celebrities. My mother, much to the chagrin of the rest of the family, has an addiction to The National Enquirer. I am ashamed to say that I used to look at them when she would get them but now all I do is glance at the covers as I check out at the grocery store; usually just to see if there are any new celebrity sex tapes out. But this Anna Nicole Smith story is just too good to shy away from. I mean, let’s look at the top ten reasons Anna Nicole way more entertaining than anything “Days of Our Lives” could even dream of:
1) Her real name is Vickie Lynn Hogan. In keeping with the tradition started by her mother, Vergie Arthur, in naming your daughter the most redneck name you can think of, she named her daugther Dannielynn (one word) Hope Marshall Stern. Note: Last name will probably change.
2) After meeting him while she was a stripper, she married a mummy because he was worth billions
3) She was in a Naked Gun movie and judging from her moral character, probably slept with Leslie Nielson and I am almost 94% positive she slept with Hugh Hefner when she was doing Playboy, which is highly unusual because he usually doesn’t like dumb blonds with big fake breasts
4) She was hot, then became a Miss Piggy look-a-like, then became hot again using a mysterious drug from another planet called TrimSpa
5) She loved painkillers more than TrimSpa, doughnuts, and sleeping with decrepit old men
6) By the age of 3 her now deceased son was able to beat her at the famous game of “Put the shape in the correctly shaped cutout”.
7) Even though she married old guy for the money, she filed for bankruptcy in 1996
8) Her “Lawyer/lover/babydaddy” whose name is Howard Stern –which is fairly ironic because:
a. he kinda resembles the radio star
b. Anna Nicole would make a great guest on the Howard Stern show
- was apparently okay with her being the modern day Whore of Bablyon.
9) 4 men claim to be the father of her child: her old photographer/boyfriend, Howard Stern, her bodyguard, and Zsa Zsa Gabore’s husband
a. This could be 5 if you believe a theory that she froze her old husband’s sperm and made a baby with it
10) She is probably the most famous piece of white trash ever



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McCain

In the past 2 years I have gone from calling myself a Democrat to a Moderate. There are several reasons for this, but one of them is John McCain. I especially like this article from CNN. Rumsfield was a bigger failure than George Bush. I blame Bush for not accepting his resignation the times he had offered it before he finally left office. It was one of the many leadership-farts (very similar to a brain-fart but pertaining to leadership) that Bush has exhibited over his Presidency. Of course, the biggest leaderhip-fart was his response to the news that the World Trade Centers had been bombed, but I digress, and I am sure I will get around to blogging about this one later.

Bush keeping Rumsfield as the Secretary of State was almost as bad as Chan Gailey keeping Reggie Ball Georgia Tech's starter this past season. This was evinced when all of our receivers had record games when Reggie Ball didn't start.

Why has the American public been so incapable of acknowlidging leadership failures? Which brings my back to McCain. While I probably dont agree with him on every issue, such as his recent courtship with the conservatives (hey, I know it's politics), I believe he is a leader. Of all the potential men/women running for 2008, he is the one I would chose to follow into battle if I had to. I can't say that about Hillary, which is why I am not inclined to vote for her. Guliani or Obama, possibly, but right now, my man is McCain.

What is wrong with Britney?

At one point in time I felt bad for Britney Spears for always being hounded by the media. That point was a long, long time ago. It was probably right around the time I still thought she was hot. I don't know what this new head-shaving thing is, but I am convinced she needs some medical help. This "woman" just had two children within the past year and a half and has been partying ever since her and her ex-husband, whose career highlight was playing a fry-maker in a super bowl commercial, divorced. By the way, who didn't see that happening. They got married in velour jumpsuits!
If any other new mother was acting the way she was they would have their children taken away by social services.
There is a theory out there that there is no such thing as bad publicity, but "celebrities" such as Britney and Paris and Lohan are doing a great job to prove this theory false. They already have millions, but apparently at some point along the way their self-dignity lost all of its' value.
More to come on the late Anna Nicole.....