fountains of angst: June 2008

30 June 2008

WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?

From: [Redacted]
To: [Redacted]
Subject: WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?

There are many things people do not know about BARACK OBAMA. It is every American's duty to read this message and pass it along to all of their friends and loved ones.

Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower.

Barack Obama says the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE every time he sees an American flag. He also ends every sentence by saying, "WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." Click here for video of Obama quietly mouthing the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE in his sleep.
A tape exists of Michelle Obama saying the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE at a conference on PATRIOTISM.

Every weekend, Barack and Michelle take their daughters HUNTING.

Barack Obama is a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. He has one HAND over his HEART at all times. He occasionally switches when one arm gets tired, which is almost never because he is STRONG.

Barack Obama has the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE tattooed on his stomach. It's upside-down, so he can read it while doing sit-ups.

There's only one artist on Barack Obama's iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.

Barack Obama is a DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. His favorite book is the BIBLE, which he has memorized. His name means HE WHO LOVES JESUS in the ancient language of Aramaic. He is PROUD that Jesus was an American.

Barack Obama goes to church every morning. He goes to church every afternoon. He goes to church every evening. He is IN CHURCH RIGHT NOW.

Barack Obama's new airplane includes a conference room, a kitchen, and a MEGACHURCH.

Barack Obama's skin is the color of AMERICAN SOIL.

Barack Obama buys AMERICAN STUFF. He owns a FORD, a BASEBALL TEAM, and a COMPUTER HE BUILT HIMSELF FROM AMERICAN PARTS. He travels mostly by FORKLIFT.

Barack Obama says that Americans cling to GUNS and RELIGION because they are AWESOME.

Send this in response to any (or all) of those less enlightened forwards you get from your "conservative" relatives.

I just received one saying that Cindy McCain is better qualified for President than Hillary or Barack, so you should vote for John McCain because it would be like a 2 for 1 deal. Whuh? I don't even think it's a 1 for 1 deal. What do we know about McCain other than that he likes war even more than George Bush?

25 June 2008

Something I Learned Today

When purchasing plastics check the number inside the recycling symbol. The lower the number the easier the product is to recycle, so if you must buy plastics, try to buy 1's and 2's.

Saw this on Wasted! on the Green Channel.

Interesting programs.

Cubs 2008 Trivia

The last time the Cubs have lost 2 in a row are the last 2 games I have attended, which happened to be the first 2 home games of the 2008 season.

Maybe I should stay away.

24 June 2008

Just Sleeping

My blog isn't dead yet, but here are some signs that a blog is in its last throes.

I agree with what one commenter on clusterflock said, "My blog isn't dead. It's just sleeping."

13 June 2008

A New Die-Hard Cub Fan

Christopher blamed the Cubs loss on me and Jenn because we didn't cheer enough in the 9th. He said, "If you're not going to cheer, I'll do it myself."

He wasn't happy.

I told him he should have been a Cubs fan in the 70s when I was.

He's growing up thinking the Cubs should always win, which is great.

Needless to say I grew up with different expectations.

12 June 2008

Marathon Training Update

Day 2:
Distance: 5 mi
Time : 43:00 min
Pace: 8:35 min/mi

Day 3:
Distance: 3 mi
Time: 24:33 min
Pace: 8:10 min/mi

all data from Nike+

Both runs felt good. Working on breathing and recognizing my pace. Day off today. 5 miles tomorrow. Long run with CARA group in Libertyville on Saturday morning.

09 June 2008

Your Debut Album

Vitamin Briefcase.

1 - Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Random quotations: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

If you want to do this again, you’ll hit refresh to generate new quotes, because clicking the quotes link again will just give you the same quotes over and over again.

3 - Go to flickr’s “explore the last seven days” http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

Put it all together, that’s your debut album.

Here's what my debut album is: Entella - Prefer Not to Hear (artwork)

Try it and post your results in comments. Fun!

Sorry Charlie

No exclusive townhall for you (or Diane)!

Accountability for a poor job done in the primaries.

How refreshing.

600

Congratulations Junior.

It is easy to look at 600 and wonder what might have been with improved health. But it is easier and more fun to remember Griffey at his best, a wondrous athlete who streaked through the outfield, climbed an outfield wall and made a catch that only Mays could make, then the next inning, hit a ball to places that very few players could reach. Six hundred home runs is a tremendous milestone, but Griffey at 100, 200, 300 and 400 was simply breathtaking.

You also won't hear the word steroids mentioned anywhere near his name.

Dream Job

Beer blogger.

Bill Maher's Nightmare

2 guys on YouTube talking about a banana.

via clusterflock via kottke

Religulous

I want to see this.

YouTube version:

via clusterflock

A Post for Mike

He'd like this story.

I think my friend and pun aficionado Jason might like it, too.

More Stupids

Yep. Fox News.

Barack and Michelle engage in "terrorist fist bump."

Fox News: Keeping teh stupids stupid.

link via Chris Hayes

More People That Make My Head Hurt

LA Times.

There was a bizarre editorial in the LA Times yesterday about how Obama and McCain are really pretty similar dudes and it's awesome that they're both so centristy and the same. One could debunk this contention, but the editorial itself doesn't really argue for it. They concede, for example, that McCain and Obama have serious disagreements about:

-Iraq
-Iran
-Health care
-Taxes
-Trade
-Abortion rights
-Gun control

Other than those issues, they agree! Awesome!

People That Make My Head Hurt

Joe Lieberman.

I'm glad Barack took him aside to chat, since no one else in Democratic leadership is willing to deal with this punk.

November can't come soon enough, when we hopefully gain enough seats in the Senate to kick him out of the caucus.

Day 1, Marathon Training

Distance: 3 mi
Time: 23:28
Pace: 7:48 min/mi
data from Nike+

Started fast and kept going since it felt good. 5 miles on the schedule for tomorrow. Hopefully the quick pace from today won't affect me. Will moderate pace a bit but try to keep it under GP.

08 June 2008

Cubs Win!

Winning road trips are nice.

So is 1 unearned run by Marquis.

I may just go to Wrigley on Tuesday. Haven't been there since April.

06 June 2008

What Would Sean Hannity Say?

If Michelle Obama said this.

Attention Clinton Supporters!

In case any of you super-feminist Hillbots are thinking about voting for McCain, check out this.

Obama isn't so bad now, is he?

I know he's still black but you white "hard-working" Appalachians will just have to get over it.

link via Matthew Yglesias

More Stupids

Fox & Friends.

via Andrew Sullivan

Your Republican Party

Teh Stupids.

Boo! Obama is a Marxist!

Shut the f-ck up DeLay. You don't even know wtf a marxist is, you f-ing stupid former pest exterminator.

These people are embarrassing even for politicians.

05 June 2008

The Ninth

TheRiot! Double!

Now get him in.

Come on D. Lee. No strikeout.

Dammit.

A-Ram. Good eye. 2-0. Make it be your pitch. 2-1. 2-2. Ok. Perfect pitch.
Hit him. Sorry Saito. He didn't swing.

Fukudome. 0-1. 0-2. Come on, Kosuke. Base hit!

Theriot scores!

Fu-ku-do-may!

Let's go Soto. It's ok Geo.

Come on, Jimmy. Ok, go get em KW.

Don't worry about that double KW. Just get the next guy.

Got him. Nasty slider.

96. More than Hu can handle. Pop up. Edmonds catch. 2 out.

1 more, KW.

Nasty slider. Strike 1. Ball 1. 94 mph fastball. Strike 2. Dammit. Hit him. Easy there with the attitude Tiffee. That's the only way you were getting on base.

Go get 5-4-3-2-1 Pierre now. Strike 1. Strike 2. Ball 1. Foul ball. Come on KW. Ball 2. End it here. I don't want a full. Ball 3. Full count. Come on KW. Ball 4. Crap. Why no fast balls?

Throw strikes dammit. 2-0. Now he can't find the strike zone. It is me. I should have gone to bed. 2-1. Thanks for helping us out there. 2-2. 1 strike please. Please. Swing and a miss.

Way to go KW! Please don't make it that interesting next time.

Obviously, though, we "can't afford" massive new federal investments in transit infrastructure. An indefinite expenditure of $200 billion a year in Iraq, however, is easy as pie. And anyone who suggests spending less on war and more on productive domestic investment is an isolationist. Just keep repeating that.

$200 billion for Iraq, however, as Matt notices, we can do.

Not a problem.

It was, to be sure, not entirely unpredicted. On March 31st, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. preached his final Sunday sermon. "We shall overcome," he said, "because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Four days later, he was murdered. But 40 years later, his dream is more alive than he could have ever imagined. Not only might a black man be president, but at times, many forget to even be surprised by it.

This a beautiful moment in American history.

04 June 2008

Cubs Lose

OK.

I need to go back to not watching.

The only game I watch in this series and they lose.

Straight Talk Express

Not so much.

Still in Louisiana today, following his epic speech in Kenner last night, John McCain was asked by a local reporter why he had voted against creating a federal commission to investigate the Katrina disaster.

McCain's response? "I've supported every investigation and ways of finding out what caused the tragedy. . . ."

The problem is that's just not true. He voted against such a commission -- twice.

The Lesson

Ezra:

But among the more heartening and broadly applicable lessons of this campaign is that supporting a misguided, but politically expedient, war in 2002 turns out to have been a serious mistake. It was a mistake for Clinton, and a mistake for candidates like Edwards and Biden, who couldn't claim prescience. Hopefully, future politicians will keep that in mind.

Why Hillary Lost

The war.

The media still hasn't figured it out.

My favorite quote:

The country needed more from her than what she was ready to give, and now she gets nothing.

No, the media can't acknowledge that a reason that Hillary lost because she voted for the war in Iraq.

It would mean that the dirty f-ing hippies were STILL right.

We can't have that.

It also gave Obama an issue with which he could differentiate himself, and he won.

Yes We Can

Now known as Yes We Did.

Morning Run

Felt like I was running in Seattle without a view of Mt. Ranier.

Then Corduroy came on in my headphones and it really felt like Seattle.

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