dijous, de juliol 20, 2006
News Tour - 7/20/06
Since my good friend Captain Canler doesn’t do this anymore I’m going to go through today’s headlines to let you know what’s up with your world and possibly other people’s worlds also.
Marines land in Lebanon to aid evacuees
Whoa! There are Marines left? Why is everyone clamoring to bring the soldiers home from Iraq and Afghanistan if there are enough left to escort you out of Lebanon if need be? I do not see the point of having soldiers if they are just going to sit around at home. The last thing we would want is a war on U.S. soil or concrete. Soldiers are uncomfortable away from the battlefield anyways. Didn’t anyone see Major Payne?
One more thing on that – Does anyone else see this evacuation as a sign that Israel called up the U.S. and said “Hey, we are going to bomb the shit out of Lebanon so why don’t you get all your people out of there by the weekend.”
Heat blamed for at least 16 deaths in seven states
As much as I wouldn’t want to die, I can’t think of a better way of dying than by heat exhaustion. This is has to be more pain-free than even drowning. Out of all the times I’ve been near a heat stroke I can honestly claim that pain was the last thing on my mind. I just felt sweaty and thirsty. It definitely beats dying in your sleep because the last thing you want is to be asleep during one of the biggest moments of your life. No one wants to sleep through the grand finale, right?
First Bush Veto Maintains Limits on Stem Cell Use
I think this quote best sums up what I believe is the main conflict of this issue:
“Mr. Bush said the bill violated his principles on the sanctity of human life by encouraging the destruction of embryos left over from fertilization procedures. Proponents of the measure have argued that such embryos would be destroyed anyway.”
The argument that “it is going to be thrown away anyways so why
not use it” reminds me of a documentary called “The Yes Men.” There is a part where a speech given in front of a college class where one of the Yes Men explains how McDonalds will end world hunger by converting American’s poo into food for impoverished countries (You can read their telling of the story here). Sure there are still useful parts in your shit but do you think it should be fed to someone else instead of thrown away?
'None of the Above' sues to have name on November ballot
Someone once said “polotics is 80% ingenuity.” Actually I don’t know if anyone ever said that, but you have to give it up for the guy who figured out how to use voter apathy to put him in office.
Underwater Bubble Rings
Not really news just kind of cool.
New Car - The Tesla Roadster
If you have 7,000 batteries lying around you could be driving this. I think it was easier to buy the jet with Pepsi points than it is to which battery is causing engine failure.
That's it for now. I'll try to be a bit more creative for next time.
If you like this kind of stuff you should probably check out Dave Barry's blog. It's phenomenally better
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Marines land in Lebanon to aid evacuees
Whoa! There are Marines left? Why is everyone clamoring to bring the soldiers home from Iraq and Afghanistan if there are enough left to escort you out of Lebanon if need be? I do not see the point of having soldiers if they are just going to sit around at home. The last thing we would want is a war on U.S. soil or concrete. Soldiers are uncomfortable away from the battlefield anyways. Didn’t anyone see Major Payne?
One more thing on that – Does anyone else see this evacuation as a sign that Israel called up the U.S. and said “Hey, we are going to bomb the shit out of Lebanon so why don’t you get all your people out of there by the weekend.”
Heat blamed for at least 16 deaths in seven states As much as I wouldn’t want to die, I can’t think of a better way of dying than by heat exhaustion. This is has to be more pain-free than even drowning. Out of all the times I’ve been near a heat stroke I can honestly claim that pain was the last thing on my mind. I just felt sweaty and thirsty. It definitely beats dying in your sleep because the last thing you want is to be asleep during one of the biggest moments of your life. No one wants to sleep through the grand finale, right?
First Bush Veto Maintains Limits on Stem Cell Use
I think this quote best sums up what I believe is the main conflict of this issue:
“Mr. Bush said the bill violated his principles on the sanctity of human life by encouraging the destruction of embryos left over from fertilization procedures. Proponents of the measure have argued that such embryos would be destroyed anyway.”
The argument that “it is going to be thrown away anyways so why
not use it” reminds me of a documentary called “The Yes Men.” There is a part where a speech given in front of a college class where one of the Yes Men explains how McDonalds will end world hunger by converting American’s poo into food for impoverished countries (You can read their telling of the story here). Sure there are still useful parts in your shit but do you think it should be fed to someone else instead of thrown away?'None of the Above' sues to have name on November ballot
Someone once said “polotics is 80% ingenuity.” Actually I don’t know if anyone ever said that, but you have to give it up for the guy who figured out how to use voter apathy to put him in office.
Underwater Bubble Rings
Not really news just kind of cool.
New Car - The Tesla Roadster
If you have 7,000 batteries lying around you could be driving this. I think it was easier to buy the jet with Pepsi points than it is to which battery is causing engine failure.
That's it for now. I'll try to be a bit more creative for next time.
If you like this kind of stuff you should probably check out Dave Barry's blog. It's phenomenally better
Publica un comentari a l'entrada