This is a real picture...

...of a real note written by our illustrious leader to his lover, uh I mean Sec. of State. I shit you not. My favorite part is the question mark. The, ahem, leader of the free world has to ask somebody who works for him if he can take a whiz? Though the question this leads me to is: if he has to ask, shouldn't somebody know to tell him to go before the big meeting/speechifying starts?

Fun with Conservative Idiots

Earlier today, I stumbled across a blog espousing some very interesting commentary. It's called Conservatives for American Values. Take a read and see if you also find yourself wondering if these guys believe what they write. I think they do but I seriously had to think about it b/c I was sure it was total satire. And look at their pictures. If those aren't fake, they should be.

I left a comment under the name 'cindy' just to mess with them and got a bewildered response. Now I'm going to leave another comment, in which I'll question the size of their brain and penis. We'll see if they leave it up.

Dr. Ben Marble

He was the guy who encouraged VP Dick Cheney to perform coitus upon himself. He lost his house and his wife gave birth to their daughter shortly after the storm hit. To make a little scratch he's selling some video footage he shot in the area before and after the storm hit, including the footage he and a friend shot when he dropped the F-bomb. As of 3:50pm on 9/10, it's up to $520.

Re: 2 pics internment camp

In the post below, I mentioned a post on boingboing about a camp in Oklahoma that's going to be housing Katrina evacuees. I just found the writer's complete version and what it describes is wrong on so many levels. Read it.

"George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People"

So says this song and so said Kanye West. I found it via this boingboing post. boingboing says it's a remix of Kanye West's song "Gold Digger" while FWMJ, the site that put up the mp3, says he produced it. Maybe both are true, I don't know, but the track does open with his now-infamous line from the Katrina telethon the other night.

Does G-Dub really not care about black people? Well, I'm about as white as they come so I can't say that I'm the best person to answer that. From the response to Katrina, one could make that argument, though the general incompetence exhibited by FEMA and Homeland Security throughout this catastrophe speaks volumes in and of itself. I do remember, during the '04 campaign, seeing a photo essay page entitled "Compassion" which consisted primarily of pictures of Bush with black people. There were maybe 2 that showed him with white people or another minority. This was either on the White House's page or the Bush/Cheney campaign page, but it's gone now.

I think he cares about them like he cares about the rest of us peons, as political fodder. He'll use each of us as much as he can to get what he wants. Concern for our well-being? Our rights as individuals, let alone Americans? Only so far as he can use them to accomplish his goals. I know, I know. I keep saying "his" like he's in charge. He couldn't be in charge of dropping quarters in a vending machine.

But back to the song. I like it. That it's a protest song against this carpetbagger only makes me like it more. Regardless of my belief in the song's theme/title, the words are true. A sampling:

Hurricane came thru fucked us up 'round here
Government actin' like it's bad luck down here
All I know is that you better bring some trucks 'round here
Wonder why I got my middle finger up right here

I got my middle finger up too.

2 pics

One fake, one real. Both speak volumes.

fyi: boingboing.net has some interesting updates from the gulf and also houston. some guys from austin tried (still are i think) to set up a low-power fm station to give out info to all the people. they were made to jump thru many red-tape hoops (get 10k radios, get fcc approval) and did but someone w/the astrodome is denying them. man, i hate that town.

another post was about some people in oklahoma taking supplies to a currently unused shelter. the shelter is a bunch of cabins w/ kitchens owned by a church. fema said the evacuees would not be allowed to use the kitchens due to fire liability. the church is not going to be allowed to come in and cook for the people b/c different cabins could get different meals and might riot. fema will provide 2 meals/day. nor will the people be allowed to attend the church housing them. they will be confined to the shelter (semi-concentration camp?) for 5 months and not allowed to leave. can't look for work? can't look for a real home?

Drink one for Lil' Buddy

The longest 3 hour tour ever has ended for Gilligan.