I check out this real-time map of Houston’s freeway traffic.
Not bad at all tonight, though… Should be a smooth ride home.
While debating restoring a convicted felon’s right to vote after time is served, The Rev. Al Sharpton mentioned he was the only candidate who had the right to debate the issue as the only Democrat presidential hopeful who had been in (here, last paragraph). Sen. John Kerry made sure to interject that he, too, had spent the night in jail. (Thanks to WSJ.com’s “Best of the Web” for the link)
So, based on criteria set down by Sen. Kerry’s campaign, I am claiming to be the only one currently on Backporch Beer qualified to discuss presidential politics. As near as I can follow, they are:
1. Served in the military in wartime.
2. Spent the night in jail.
I’m still shy the age requirement(Article II) from the Constitution, so I’m not running this year. Mark your calendars, though: Jank in 2008!
Is it news when Democrat Presidential Candidates can’t count and/or spell?
Is it possible to heap enough praise on Animal House? The flick has it all – hazing, alcohol abuse, transcendental philosophy, drugs, sex, skin, wrecked cars, slapstick, classic tunes – truly, a film for the ages. Newsday has a gushing review, including interview with both Otter and Otis.
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is a great way to go through life.
Start Practicing! American Idol autitions come to Houston. I’m tempted to go, ‘cept for the fact that it’s on a Wednesday. Could be high comedy.
Rush Limbaugh is going to ESPN’s Sunday Night Football pregame show.
I’m looking forward to it. I’ve gone back and forth listening to shallow analysis and knee-jerk Republicanism on his radio show pretty much since it started. I think he ought to do well. He’s entertaining if nothing else, knows and loves football, and is has a knack to spinning interesting conversation. I’m willing to bet that he does better than Dennis Miller did on MNF.
As one generally in favor of public nudity and hunting, I find this story particularly disturbing. It’s mostly the idea of hunting other people and the blatant objectification of women (“Look, I got the one with the biggest rack!”) that trouble me.
But I have no doubt that this is going to spring up all around the country now, and someone is going to make a ton of cash.
I wonder if anyone has called OSHA to make sure that these women have a safe workplace…
Scott McClellan takes over for the beleaguered Ari Fleischer today. I’m not sure this is a step in a positive direction if the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Scott’s mother is none other than the atrocious Texas politician Carole Keeton Strayhorn. Carole has been accused of getting remarried to confuse voters on her real identity, but that’s just conspiracy theory. She has tried her best to destroy Human Services (before the bust!), and the State Budget (after the bust!). My favorite story, though, is her media blitz when she stormed the evil Antone’s night club in an unpaid-tax raid. She waited until the club was packed with 400 music lovers who had each paid Friday-night cover to see Monte Montgomery. She cleared the club just before the band was to go on and shut the doors. (As many people pointed out, she would’ve got more money if she’d waited until the night was almost over and people had a chance to buy more drinks.) It may seem unfair to drag Scott into his mother’s politics, but he’s been her campaign manger for several of her recent campaigns.
(I may get dogged for dissing a homie who is such a UT fan, but really I’m not dissing him (yet) I’m dissing his mama!)
The Wall Street Journal (one of the few remaining bastions of small government advocacy) is running a piece by Brendan Minter about President Bush (version 2.0)‘s application of faith in policy. I’m going to have to mull on this a little bit, but my initial reaction is positive.
As a new article at Salon points out, telemarketing may be evil but it’s reasonably allowable commerce and should not be governemnt regulated. As someone who almost works in this field I wanted to spit out my .02¢.
Read more!This (NYT registration required) kills me. 13 folks injured on a commuter train, big, bold headline as one of the top 3 stories in the New York region. What will be the effect? I’m betting that some folks will choose to drive instead of riding the train as a result.
Plus, folks in my neck of the woods get the impression that somehow commuter rail is unsafe, and are less likely to support putting it in. Why not run a companion story about how many folks are injured in car wrecks every day? Many more than 13, I bet…