It's a new year, and to open Jonathan's Corner for 2010, it's time for a new round of Random Questions! We're in the middle of some of the best weeks in the sports world, and already some guys are making waves - most of them for all the wrong reasons, and I'm here to call 'em out. Enjoy, and don't forget: you can comment on my questions as well.
- Even if you're joking, why would you bring a gun into an arena and pretend to threaten a teammate over gambling issues? By now, you know the tale of Washington Wizards point guard Arenas, the idiot that brought guns to the locker room, knowing that he was violating NBA rules about bringing in firearms into a stadium. Now the story gets worse: Arenas drew a handgun at his teammate, Javaris Crittenton, over gambling debts. Not only was the gun loaded with a bullet, but the guns he brought into the arena were unregistered as well. Didn't athletes learn from Plaxico Burress' mishap to not carry firearms on their person? For fuck's sake, you are a wealthy athlete, if you feel that your celebrity makes you a walking bullseye, then hire a damn bodyguard! Adding insult to injury, this jackass make a joke about his incident during a warm-up to Washington's game against the Philadelphia 76'ers in the form of mimicking his fingers for guns and pretending to shoot them. This ignorant dumbfuck deserved what he's got: an indefinite suspension without pay and a soon-to-be trial, and what he might receive - jail time.
- Why do you brag about crashing the party when you have virtually no business being there, and then saying you're hot shit, when all evidence suggests otherwise? Rex Ryan and the New York Jets are in the NFL playoffs at a record of 9-7 and are seeded fifth in the AFC postseason bracket, courtesy of coach Jim Caldwell's decision that going for 16-0 didn't mean squat to the Indianapolis Colts as a squad, and the Cincinnati Bengals shutting it down after capturing the AFC North crown and dealing with the sudden death of wide receiver Chris Henry. Most people would call that being really lucky and coming through the back door, but to coach Ryan, it means New York should be the favorite to win Super Bowl 44. Give me a break. The only reason you're in is because the Colts and the Bengals took out their starters and game 'em a freebie after both teams locked up everything they wanted. Sure, you've got the league's no.1 overall defense and the league's no.1 overall running game, but you also have Mark Sanchez. A rookie quarterback who thrown 20 int's this year - the second-most of any quarterback in football. And with the offensive firepower Indy and San Diego have, there's little chance the Jets will be able to stay stride for stride in the next round, should they get past the Bengals. Rex, your team are the underdogs. Embrace this role. Don't mouth off that you're team is swinging the biggest dick when it's really only 4 inches long.
It's been way too long since I did one of these, so here I go with another segment of Random Questions!
- Speaking as an upcoming first-time voter, let me direct my first question at Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain: Sarah Palin?? As your running mate? As your no.2, God forbid something happens to you, should you take the Oath of Office on January 20? Are you fucking kidding me?? You said she, like you, was a 'maverick.' What I see in her is the cynicism the GOP has been betting on since 2000: prop up a knuckle-dragging foot soldier for the extreme base of the party name (the equivalent of a living, breathing bobble-head doll if you ask me) and dress him or her up as good ol' boy or gal, and, just for good measure, make him or her sound simple and stupid, and the American citizens will lap it up because the candidate reflects their mindset: ignorant, and proud of it! In these rapidly changing and troubling times, we don't need another political we can kick back and have a beer with (or in this case, hunt and shoot animals with a rifle from atop of a helicopter), nor can we afford the same kind of incompetent and clueless leadership the Republican Party offered us with George W. Bush for the last eight years. Senator McCain, the fact that you would even resort to this kind of cynical ploy clearly states that you're not, as your slogan claims, putting "Country First".
- Why are these stupid Saw movies still being made? We got it the first time: a psycho murder takes his victims and puts them into the equivalent of hell - survive Jigsaw's sick and disgusting games, and you live. This isn't scary.....hell, this isn't even entertaining. It's torture pornography (the kind our current Vice President probably has a wet dream about) for people who love to watch poor bastards have their heads ripped off by some bizarre metal contraception. By the way: this similar kind of sociopath murderer has already been done before - his name was Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.
- How can John McCain say, after the Republicans have fucked things up through failed economic policies, dragging America into an unnecessary war in the Middle East, sitting on their asses after Hurricane Katrina passed through New Orleans for weeks on end, and expanding the role of governmental powers after the tragedy of 9/11 (the Patriot Act, the NSA Wiretapping Controversy, Guantanamo Bay) that the answer to our problems is......even less government, fewer taxes, and more deregulation! Earth to John McCain, Reagan's ideals of getting government out of the private sector, letting big business do what they do, and the wealth will overflow to the middle class, hasn't worked! The current economic crisis we're facing should have finally put to rest the trickle-down theory, but here you are parroting the same bullshit. Exactly who are you trying to dupe, John? Here's the video that inspired the random question.
It's been a awhile, and so I present another segment of Random Questions!
- Why would you tag a deceased racist, homophobe senator's name to a bill he would have been staunchly against if he were alive? This week, North Carolina senator Elizabeth Dole earns the title of biggest dumbfuck of the week by trying to tag the late Jesse Helms' name to an AIDS bill.
Republican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms.
Uh, senator Dole....you are aware that Mr. Helms was staunchly against HIV/AIDS relief, and his comments on the subject might as well said 'those fags are the sole culprit for AIDS in this nation!'
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as "so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up."
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1988 vigorously opposed the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS research bill, saying, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."
Jesse Helms, the man who in 1995 said (in opposition to refunding the Ryan White Act) that the government should spend less on people with AIDS because they got sick due to their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct."
Jesse Helms, the man who in 2002 announced that he'd changed his mind about AIDS funding for Africa, but not for American gays, because homosexuality "is the primary cause of the doubling and redoubling of AIDS cases in the United States."
- Speaking of the dead senator from North Carolina, how could anyone praise the life of a man who made his name by opposing the Civil Rights movement to HIV/AIDS bills based on his racist and homophobic beliefs? That was one of the questions racing through my mind a few weeks ago when Mark Noonan and company defended and, in some cases, praised his legacy.
1. FmrMarine | July 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Mark
We have truly lost a great man. May he rest in peace, and our prayers are out for his family.
21. Jeremiah | July 5th, 2008 at 1:37 am
So, you see, kjs … the leftists here, like Rana, instead of desiring to unite around good, they want to unite around evil and that’s why they jump with glee of the passing of a great and courageous leader like Mr. Jesse Helms. Wanting us to compromise to join their evil ranks.
This is the type of mentality that the leftist indoctrination is turning out country into.
God help us as a Nation.
22. Mark Noonan | July 5th, 2008 at 2:31 am
So sad the way some of you liberals just hate, hate and then hate some more…and the saddest part of it is that you hate this man Jesse Helms not because of what you found out about him, but because of what others told you about him. You hate the man who’s heart bled for the children of Africa who suffered needlessly simply because for many, many years - under conservative and liberal leadership - the United States didn’t do the rather simple and relatively inexpensive things which make all the difference in the world. You hate the man who saw the re-emergence of slavery in Africa and unlike some, refused to explain it away and insisted we do something about it. You hate him, though you know him not…
25. Mark Noonan | July 5th, 2008 at 3:18 am
bongo,
Well, we’re actually just denying the leftwing fairy tales about Helms…the stories that he was a racist politician in the 1950’s, that he worked to keep black judges off the bench…that sort of thing. Of course, the real hatred of Jesse Helms stems from two things - he tried to stop government funding for displays of Mapplethorp’s pornography and, most importantly, Helms was an unapologetic and highly effective warrior for conservatism…
Uh, Mark: it's not a "left-wing fairy tale" that Helms was a racist politician....hisbigotry and his support for dictators has been well-documented and it is an undeniable fact.
From Wikipedia:
Work for Capital Broadcasting Company
In 1960, Helms joined the Raleigh-based Capitol Broadcasting Company. He was the executive vice-president, vice chairman of the board, and assistant chief executive officer. Helms daily CBC editorials on WRAL-TV in Raleigh gave him fame as a conservative commentator. The editorials, given at the end of each night's local news broadcast, made Helms famous throughout eastern North Carolina. The editorials featured folksy anecdotes interwoven with vivid conservative viewpoints. He referred to The News and Observer, his former employer, as the "Nuisance and Disturber" for its promotion of liberal views. Helms commented on the 1963 Civil Rights protests, "The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with other men's rights."[4] (WRAL-TV commentary, 1963) He also wrote, "Crime rates and irresponsibility among Negroes are a fact of life which must be faced." (New York Times, 1981-02-08) The University of North Carolina, which had a reputation as a bastion of liberalism in the state, was a frequent target of Helms' criticism: in one editorial he suggested a wall be erected around the campus to prevent the university's liberal views from "infecting" the rest of the state. Although his editorials created controversy, they also made him popular with conservative voters, and Helms won a seat on the Raleigh City Council in 1957. He served for four years. He was on CBC until he was elected to the Senate in 1972.
Helms worked on the unsuccessful 1960 Democratic primary gubernatorial campaign of I. Beverly Lake, Sr., who ran as a supporter of racial segregation. Lake was defeated by Terry Sanford, who ran as a racial moderate willing to implement the federal government's policy of school integration.
And here's info on his support for Salvadorian dictator Roberto D'Aubuisson.
Helms had close ties to the rightist Salvadoran death squad leader Roberto D'Aubuisson and was considered a main sponsor of D'Aubuisson's political party, the Nationalist Republican Alliance.[8] When confronted with evidence that D'Aubuisson ran death squads that systematically murdered civilians, he replied that "[a]ll I know, is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious."[9]
Here's Helms and his reasons for opposing AIDS funding:
Helms was "bitterly opposed to federal financing of AIDS research and treatment".[12] Opposing the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS bill in 1988, Helms stated, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."[13] When Ryan White died in 1990, his mother went to Congress to speak to politicians on behalf of people with AIDS. She spoke to 23 representatives: Helms refused to speak to her even when she was alone with him in an elevator.[14] Despite opposition by Helms, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Care (CARE) Act passed in 1990.
Having attempted, and failed, to block passage of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Care (CARE) Act passed in 1990, Helms tried to block its refunding in 1995, saying that those with AIDS were responsible for the disease, because they had contracted it because of their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct", and falsely claiming that more federal dollars were spent on AIDS than heart disease or cancer. [19] His opposition to the spending was consonant with his long term anti-gay rhetoric and opposition to civil rights for gay men and women generally. Helms had declared homosexuality "degenerate," and homosexuals "weak, morally sick wretches."[20]
Only in your little world could you find a morally bankrupt human being and a known homophobe/bigot, a man worth showing praise.
But hey, thanks for outlining that this is the kind of company you and your ilk choose to happily and proudly align yourselves with.
Okay, so it's not the most original title I've come up with, but it does explain some of the personal questions i've got lined up in this segment or Random Questions, like why I still care about whether or not I have a steady relationship, or why is it so hard for me to accept the fact that i'm an engaged, passionate and angry teen and not some in-crowd packaged clone the media wants me to be.
-Why do I still care about not being in a relationship? Ever since I was in high school, I got caught up in caring about having a girlfriend and having sex to the point where a good portion of my episodes of depression were caused by wondering why did I have to feel like the third wheel? Two years, a few good friends who set me straight, and Tuesdays of seeing my psychologist later, I began to stop giving a shit about the dating game nonsense. But there are times where listening to friends and their boyfriend/girlfriend's stories of what they did over the weekend and thoughts of ending up alone and loveless haunt me. Is this what I am missing and have so longed for all this time? For a girl to love me, or to show love to someone I care about? Or am I confusing myself between love and lust?
-Why do I still feel pressured to be someone I know I clearly am not? During the end of Junior year and thought Senior year, I had long accepted that I'm not the jock, the bad boy all the girls want to be around, of the coolest kid who went to all the high school parties, but the nice, angst-ridden teenager with an axe to grind against the state of the world and the popularity contest of high school life. Yet, the thing that makes me unique feels like both a blessing and a curse. It almost seems that I grew up too fast, and I had to make a choice between being an outcast and being a carboard product placement.
So here I am with with more Random Questions! This week I ask about why all good things, including high school, have to end; why Hillary supporters are threatening to vote for McCain; why is that the Japanese make better cartoon shows than us Americans; and why Hillary Clinton couldn't ran her campaign the same way she have her amazing concession speech yesterday.
- Why must all good things come to an end? After four years of tests, homework, and typical teenage angst/bullshit that I've dealt with, I have finally finished my Senior Year at Otay Ranch High School, and I will graduate less than a week from Thursday. Looking back, there are a million things I could have done different, but I wouldn't change a thing because it's all lessons learned. The people I will miss the most are my Newspaper Editorial and Regular Staff, as pictured above (Erika, Marriah, Alex, Richard; all you guys rock, and we're the best motherfucking staff ever!), and my friends (Nick, Desiree, Eric, Justin, Grant, and anyone else I left out: y'all are the greatest!). The Class of 2008 has been though some crazy stuff thought the years (the California Wildfires, that stupid Souja Boy concert, to name a few), but we've finally done it!!! Onward to whatever our futures have in store for us! Oh, and here's all the issues of the Ranch Review that have been put out this year, and don't forget to look out for yours truly!
- Why couldn't Hillary Clinton have ran her campaign the same way she gave her graceful and emotionally-charged concession speech yesterday? Clinton's speech reminded why I have always held the her and Bill in high regard all these years, and its a shame that she didn't in this nomination phase of the presidential elections. In my eyes, this is the main reason why she lost to Barack Obama: When she was down, Hillary resorted to the hit-below-the-belt tactics instead of taking the high road. Now that she's stepped down and committed herself to helping the presumptive Democratic nominee win the White House, two things need to happen: First, Obama supporters need to extend the hand of friendship to Hillary's base in a way that is respectful and shows that we're all in this race together as Democrats committed to defeating John McCain in November. The second, is the next random question that has me wondering......
- Even with Hillary bowing out, why is that some of Clinton's supporters are still threatening to vote for McCain? From Wired.com:
They're mad as hell, and Hillary Clinton's supporters aren't going to take it anymore.
Some Clintonites are so mad about Barack Obama's Tuesday victory that they've launched a web site to build support to launch a lobbying group to support Republican John McCain.
"We're going to run campaign ads to defeat Obama," says Ed Hale, a 63-year-old rancher and a Clinton supporter from Wellington, Texas. "We have doctors, lawyers, CPAs, the blue bloods, and then we have rednecks like me. It's a very diversified organization."
The apparent peeling off of a portion of Clinton's supporters from the Democratic party illustrates the difficult task party officials now face in rallying the troops behind Obama. Open dissent within party ranks provides Republicans with openings to exploit.
Hale launched the "Hillary Clinton Supporters for John McCain" group last Saturday. The campaign claims to have 5,000 supporters, and its website visitor counter says that it has already attracted 37,807 visitors.
Exactly what would be accomplished by voting for a man who sides with the Shrub 95% of the time, yet toting that even though he's basically a loyal Reagan conservative he's still the Maverick candidate of eight years ago? We'd still be in this hellhole called the Iraqi quagmire, the tax cuts to the wealthiest 2% would still be in place, and we'd still be implementing the wrong fucking policies that got us to where we are right now: A country where more than 3/4ths of it's citizens believe America's on the wrong track and a world community that looks at us like we're ready to blow and raise hell. Oh, and did I forget to mention that women can kiss a right to have an abortion goodbye with a McCain presidency? Don't let bitter and hurt feelings dictate America's future.
- Why do the Japanese make better cartoons than Americans? I remember the days when American cartoon shows like Doug, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, Invader Zim, and other cartoon shows were the shit to watch. Now I can't even stomach the crap they put now. I mean, Camp Lazlo and Danny Phantom? That's the best we can do now? Compare those shows to anime cartoons such as Strawberry Panic!, Love Hina, Tenchi Muyo!, and Full Metal Alchemist, its not even a fair fight. And the worst part is that the shows I can't stomach are hits, while I have to go on YouTube to watch Gundam Wing! Note to American cartoonists: watch shows like Full Metal Alchemist and Strawberry Panic!. You just might learn something.
Here we are once again, with a new segment of Random Questions! We've all done stupid things, like let our emotions get the better of us during a campaign, or say something really stupid to make an otherwise harmless political statement, or continue to leak photos of ourselves posing for the camera in a sexual nature, so here are my questions about the stupid people pull. Enjoy, and feel free to answer back.
- Why do Obama supporters (myself included) and Hillary supporters forget that either candidate would be better than the alternative of four more years of neocon policy running the Oval Office? First off, earlier this week, I made a huge ass of myself by blindly jumping on the media bandwagon over Hillary's gaff about the RFK remarks. For that, this rant is directed at myself, fellow Obama backers and supporters of the former First Lady: It's time we all grew the fuck up and put an end to this bitch-fighting. It's one thing to feel passionate about your candidate, it's another thing entirely to say we're going to vote for McCain or vote independently as atonement. And after all the talk of taking back the White House from the GOP and all the campaigning we've done, what will have voting for the other side accomplish? It's past time we ended these immature online chatroom fights and come together as one party by August in Denver whoever the nominee maybe.
- Why is Miley Cyrus stripping for the camera, again, after all the flack she took from the Vanity Fair photo shoot fiasco? Jesus girl, you are aware that there's an invention out there called "the Internet" which people can, from anywhere around the world, see you in all of your...ahem...natural beauty, right? As I said before, this ain't thefirsttime she's stripped for the camera, and somehow I doubt it'll be the last time, either. Miley, be smart about this. You have a tweener base that looks up to you and parents who believe that you're a sweetheart with a squeaky-clean background. You're not helping your own cause by doing shit like this. Plus, there's a time and place for every young girl to get in-touch with their inner skank: we call it college, Halloweeen, and Girls Gone Wild. Now, it's all well and good to come to terms for a young girl to flirt with her sexual nature (shit, it's the reason why we have junior and senior year in high school), but in the case of young Miley, she needs to learn at leas this helpful hint: if you're going to act like a normal teenage girl who's testing her sexuality, then don't post your pictures on your MySpace for the whole damn world to see!
- Why must Hillary Clinton continue to make stupid remarks without thinking? Of course, the big story last week was the infamous remarks about Robert Kennedy and how Hill had to apologize for them. What we need to remember is that most, if not all of the time, she means to make a calculated point about her opponent, Senator Obama. Unfortunately, she hasn't shown when to stop, think about what she means to say, then go forth and make her point. Take for example, her comments about how she's winning the working class vote:
"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again..."
Of course, this set off another shitstorm for Clinton, with accusations of racial undertones. Now, if Hillary had taken a moment about what she was going to say, and re-word the structure of her argument, her argument would've been something along the lines of what my efriend and Clinton supporter Kim, PbD. said:
"Obama doesn't seem to be a good closer at this point, and frankly I'm worried about his connection with the blue collar of America."
In case you haven't noticed by now, her verbal judgment has been a big factor into why she is loosing this nomination fight to Obama, and the sad thing here is that i'm certain that she means well wen she speaks (at least, I hope she means well).
I'm back with another segment of Random Questions! You know the drill: I ask random questions about whatever's bugging me and you can answer them for me. This week, it's all political, with Bush Jr. explaining what he's 'sacrificed' in the name of his Iraqi War, why diplomacy has become appeasement, and how difficult it is to figure out the motive behind Hillary Clinton.
- Exactly when did using diplomacy become a symbol of weakness in this country? Sure this is probably a redundant question since most of us already know the answer, but when did it become equivalent to appeasement? It's becasue of negations with leaders we particularly didn't care for, that has saved our nation's backside in the past! During the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the United States and the Soviet Union were on the brink of launching a nuclear war, it was JFK's harsh negotiation s with Khrushchev that kept either side from pushing the button. During Nixon's tenure as president, he talked to Communist China's leader, Mao, and opened the doors to trade with the communist nation. Hell, even Ronald Reagan, IMO, the most overrated president in U.S. History, and despite him being the rise of the neo-conservative movement in American politics, he still understood that he needed to talk with the coined nickname "Evil Empire", and did so with Gorbachev. Put simply, negotiation and keeping diplomatic relations, even to our enemies, has proven to have had great effect. So why is it that now, after the mess we've created in Iraq, are we still clinging on to this moronic foreign policy of 'talk tough and bomb the shit out of a nation?' when it has done this country, Iraq, and the rest of the world, no good?
- Why do I find the motives for Hillary Clinton staying in the race so hard to read? Part of me believes that she's still running becasue she really believes that she would be the stronger nominee against John McCain, and that the superdelegates will overturn the wises of the people to satisfy her drive to become president. Another part of me thinks that she's merely in it for positioning in Obama's administration, or to become his VP (sorry, I don't see her doing it becasue there's too much bad blood between her and Obama and that I don't think she would want to become anyone's second fiddle). Another part of me thinks that he's still running purely on her arrogance and her pride. Whatever the reason, it still doesn't change how I feel that I have lost a good amount of respect for her in this campaign season, thanks in part to her attack ads and her conduct.
- Why must President Bush continue to degrade himself, the office he swore to uphold with honor and integrity, and the young men and women who have died in his Iraqi War, by saying stupid, insensitive shit like this? This week, out of all the things this jackass has said and done during his seven years as Commander-in-Chief, his most offensive and heartless comments came out.
For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf. “I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”
Nine rounds of hitting a fucking ball with a damn stick?? That's been your sacrifice to the 4,000+ men and women you've sent to their deaths??? Mr. President: this is NOT about you, or your damn game of golf! Pretend that you actually give a shit about the innocent blood that has been shed because of your lies, sir.
It's the first of May, and here we are with another edition of Random Questions. To paraphrase the great Gary Shandling, and let me say that i'm an 18 year-old, but in my spare time, things bother me. Like how a vapid, idiotic reality drama made the cover of one of my favorite magazines, or how a conservative group will sink to new sleazy lows to discredit climate change in order to please Exxon Mobile, or how America is so shocked about the Miley Cyrus topless photos, or how the Democratic race can't seem to come to a conclusion. Enjoy, and feel free to answer my questions.
- Why the fuck has Rolling Stone Magazine, the bible of all things rock-and-roll, letting the cast of MTV's The Hillsgrace it's front cover?!It's bad enough that a.) this show exists and b.) it's become a pop-culture phenomenon (watching a bunch of girls backstab one another for revenge, for love, or for the hell of it, isn't television, it's a reminder of why high school sucks) but for RS to give Lauren Conrad and her co-stars the front-fucking-page is almost unforgivable. If they're giving these reality TV stars the cover, then I want to see of RS's many talented contributing editors write up an obituary for MTV, becasue it's shows like The Hills, My Super Sweet Sixteen, and Laguna Beach that have destroyed the reason why we used to watch MTV to begin with.
- Ok, this is kind of redundant question, but I'm gonna ask it anyway: why must conservatives continue to try and discredit global warming? This week, Think Progress reported how the right-wing news outlet World Net Daily.com held a contest for kids who could repeat the talking point that global warming was bullshit. Here's part of an essay that won 1st place, and it's from Russell Young of Minnesota.
"Here are just a few other films schools might use for their teaching curriculums. 'The Polar Express' could be used for instruction on transportation systems. 'Borat' is a perfect teaching tool for understanding how the Democratic Party uses focus groups. 'Alien,' could be used to teach students about anatomy and homeland security, all at the same time," he wrote.
"'Far fetched,' you say. Maybe, but 'Moby Dick' taught me all I ever needed to know about whales, and I'm a marine biologist," he said.
Geez. I'm beginning to wonder if this was the grand scheme in Bush's "No Child Left Behind" policy....At any rate, the GOP knows it can't discredit the threat of climate change, so for them, there's only one viable option: keep the little ones ignorant by repeating the same lies again and again until it becomes, in their heads, an irrefutable fact.
- When are Obama supporters and Hillary supporters going to grow the fuck up? I am a proud supporter of Barack Obama's run for president, but if Hillary Clinton somehow won the Democratic nomination, I wouldn't have a problem with it. This country is too much in a fucked-up state to be left in the hands of the GOP for another four years of the same failed policies that got us into trouble. Apparently, even this fact can't bring the bitch-fighting to a halt, as demonstrated by an article found in the Huffington Post.
Faye12 said: Go to google and put in Obama and Donald Young! It will be out next week. Go Hillary!!!!
Also if Obama has time to go on Letterman why can't he have time to debate Clinton?? He isn't man enough to take on Hillary.
jsmedia said: Yeah "Obama and Donald Young" good call - why don't you also ask Hillary about the Vince Foster murder. I suppose the next claim will be that Obama was involved in the Hindenburg tragedy, that he knew Sacco and Vanzetti, and he has been suspiciously quite about where Jimmy Hoffa is, too.
mntnguy said: Everyone! Google Paul vs Clinton and hold on to your shirt with what you read!! I can not believe this is being hidden so well by the media and Clinton supporters claim she has a chance of winning once she is convicted in this case that she is apparently guilty of along with Gov Ed Randell and Former Pres Clinton. This will all be over soon! I know the superdelegates are watching this!
Go Obama 08 Yes We Can!!!!
P.S. If you want to see a video of one of Clinton's top aide in her campaign office called the people of Indiana SHI_! Then check out the video that is what her people really think snakes all of them liers and snakes!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-MzByUHIzw&feature=email
I'm so sick of this shit. How 'bout a truce? Us Obama backers shall cease the get out of the campaign, Hillary! rhetoric, and Hillary supporters can quit defending her attempts of scarring the shit out of white voters to side with Hillary! Sound fair?
- Why do I keep getting these MySpace invites of women trying to plug themselves for AdultFinder.com? Yes, i'm 18; yes, I do get depressed about being single and wondering if i'll fall madly in love, but i'm not desperate to start searching for a fuck buddy, OK? There's a reason why I watch porn, I don't need a pity fuck.
- Why must Miley Cyrus act like she's so shocked about those risque photos she took? The new celebrity scandal of the week is Hanna Montanan going nude for Vanity Fair Magazine....sort of. Well, she was showing her back in a very proactive way, and now she's trying her damned hardest to do damage control.
"I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed...I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about."
Can anyone say, bullshit? Please, Miley, you're not embarrassed, and you're sure as heck not sorry, becasue if you were, you wouldn't have taken the damn pictures to begin with.
I'm beginning to love this segment! It's a great way for me to let everything off that I need to get off! Without further ado, here's another segment of Random Questions: Where Has the Love Gone? edition. Enjoy, and feel free to answer some of my questions!
- Why can't there be more romantic dramas like Brokeback Mountain and Strawberry Panic!? By now, the world has heard of Ang Lee's gay cowboy romantic epic that earned him the Best Director Oscar, so I won't go into details about the story, but let me sum up Strawberry Panic!, since the majority of people won't understand what I'm ranting about. This is an anime romantic drama and a coming-of age tale about the lives of 12 adolecent girls who attend an all-affiliated all-girls schools that share a campus and dormitories, and their relationships they have with half as friends and half as lovers. You heard right, this deals with lesbian relationships (or as the Japanese would cal it, yuri), and to those who think they're in for a graphic smut show, snap out of it. The show's payoff isn't in the sexual intercourse or the partial nudity, it's in the relationship of the main characters (Nagisa Aoi, Shizuma Hanazono, Tamao Suzumi, Hikari Konohana, Yaya Nanto and Amane Ohtori) and how each girl learns firsthand the double-edged sword that is love. It's a heartfelt, yet heartbreaking ode to young love and the feeling to be either swept away or destroyed by it. Here's part of Episode 1, if you're interested.
- What is America's problem with hearing inconvenient truths about itself? Are Americans to be forever induced with the fallacy that the Great and Mighty U.S.A. can do no wrong? If so, then we're in worse shape than I thought. Barack Obama was talking about illegal immigration when he said "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not...And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," and the comments are already being used as cannon fodder for the conservatives. First, Obama's comments aren't anti-American, he's speaking truth to power; thanks to the corporations outsourcing jobs to China and India for cheaper labor and higher profits and Bush Jr. handing out tax breaks to the wealthiest 1% of Americans, the citizens are pointing the blame on Pedro and his illegal crossing the borders buddies for the reason why they don't have a job, when they're real problems lie with CEO's who are too wrapped up in greed and keeping the mansion with five swimming pools and six luxury cars in their garages to give a fuck about the millions of workers who allow them to have the life they take for granted. Second, why do we continue to make trivial comments like these define who wins or loses an election? We have more important issues to worry about than this.
- Will my fellow Padre fans stop their bitching about Jim Edmonds? I was listening to a local sports talk station this week, only hear Padre fans bitch and moan about how the ex-Cardnial is getting old, that he isn't capable of playing in center field anymore, etc. Give me a break! We knew that Edmonds was past his prime, that he was coming off some injuries from last season and Spring Training, and that he's not the Jim Edmonds that struck fear into the Nation League Central when playing under Tony LaRussa! Guess what? Kevin Towers still bought him cheap in hopes to boost our lackluster batting order! Plus, it's still way too early to harp about Edmonds now! Jesus, get a grip, Friar fans.
- Can someone please explain to me the attraction of American Idol? Aside from Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, the lead singer from Daughtry, and Jordan Sparks, who else has really succeeded at becoin a big name in the recording industry? We haven't heard a damn thing from Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard, LaTonya Jackson (at least, I think that's her name) or Clay Akien (thank God) or any of the other runner-ups. These people may have talent, but who are we kidding? Most of the finalists probably won't have a huge singing career, they'll just end up on a cruise line singing karaoke or on VH1's The Surreal Life.
- Why are the idiots who dreampt up the Iraq war quagmire continuing to voice their opinions on a.) the dangers of leaving the war-torn country and b.) why we need to attack Iran? Neocon parrots from William Kristol to Dick Cheney to blowhards like Sean Hannity are the same people who said that Saddam had Weapons of Mass Destruction, that the war would last from six days to maybe six months, that the insurgency was in the last throes of power, etc, and after five years of this senseless war, all their predictions were dead wrong! When you continue to fuck things up in regards to foreign policy, should you not be considered an expert, or at lest should you quit running your mouth? Hell, if these knuckleheads told me that it was raining outside, I would have to check with some non-partisan government agency to make sure they were telling the truth!
- Why does it seem that more and more movies are sucking now-a-days? I can understand that January and February are the times when major movie studios take an enormous crap at the theaters and allows the audience to roll around in the filth, but the streak of Hollywood taking constant dumps at the box office has spread to March and April now, with movies like Prom Night, 10,000 B.C., Superhero Movie, and the upcoming Baby Mama being the biggest offenders. It's sad to say that the last decently good movie I saw was Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, but isn't hard for Hollywood to produce one, maybe two, really good movies that we can proudly watch over again? I'm hoping that this year's batch of summer movies don't suck, or else we'll be in for a long, painful 2008 movie season.
Here are more random questions that are currently boggling the mind right now. Feel free to answer.
- Why is Disney making another High School Musical movie? It's bad enough that they're making a third that will hit the silver screen this fall, and the only thing keeping my attention at this point are some of the catchy-and-flashy musical numbers, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale being trotted around as nothing more than eye candy for the male viewers, and Tisdale's performance as Sharpay, the family-friendly version of the school bitch who's antics remind me of Regina from Mean Girls, now the recent news of the studio making a fourth has really pissed me off. Look, if The Matrix Revolutions, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Shrek the Third have taught us anything, it's that there can be too much of a good thing when it comes an overnight sensation of a movie franchise. Disney's already pushing it with the third High School Musical, and if they keep cranking out more of these mind-dumbing tweener flicks, i'll begin to wonder if there will ever be an end to this crap.
-Why do some my friends (or for that matter, most teen couples) find it necessary whenever they're engaged in a relationship, to claim that what they have is true love and post on MySpace that they're married? I'm sorry, but I have a hard time taking a couple seriously when they're so in denial about reality. Whenever I read or hear garbage like that, I don't think to myself, "how romantic, they're going to be together forever", I think more along the lines of, "I put down five dollars saying this couple doesn't make through next year's winter formal dance."
-Why do women fall for bastards with near-model status looks and charms, while men like me fall for bitches with the face and body of some of our favorite female celebrities? It is one of the greatest ironies of life: when young men and women realize that beauty is only skin deep, we turn to the ugly betties or the outcasts with a stable job and can keep the water and lights running from month to month, when we wouldn't have asked them to the senior prom back in high school. It is a lesson that we all must learn? Or is it all a cruel joke like plays on all of us and laughs it's head off everytime we wake up?
-Why do people like the Jonas Brothers? And how did these guys become so big damn-near overnight? Have looking for great artists become that difficult to find these days? They're the worst of both worlds: the unholy union of teeney bopper music Disney pimps to tweeners with a craving for bland, bubblegum-style beats and the growing epidemic that is the emo culture. And quit saying the Jonas Bros are punk rock. Green Day is a punk rock band. The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and The Ramones are punk rock bands. The Jonas Bros are just pussies, posing to be a punk band. Period.
-Speaking of MySpace, why must people post these "THIS ACUALLY WORKS 1.say the name of your crush 2 times 2.say the name of your bestfriend 5 times 3.post this onto 5 other videos and then press f8 and then ur crushes name will appear on the screen" shit? It's not creative. It's not funny. It's a waste of space and it's two-four minutes of life the reader will never get back. Just quit doing it.
-Why must all politicians who find themselves resigning becasue the were found fucking someone that wasn't their wife, drag their significant other up to the podium with them while giving a speech about how sorry they are for being stupid enough for getting caught? Isn't bad enough that she has to parttake in this media circus becasue that elected official couldn't keep their dick under control? The message it sends isn't one which shows his woman will continue to stand staunchly by her man, it sends a message which plainly reads: look at my wife, for pete's sake, can you blame me?
Here are some of the many questions that are currently on my mind right now, in a segment I like to call Random Questions.
-Why is Kim Kardashian famous? And why do us guys find her attractive? I mean, yeah, she has a fine ass, a slender body, and a great pair of tits, but I just don't see the appeal in her. As for sudden appearance as a celebrity, when did starring in a 'reality TV' show and going down on a black dude = instant stardom?
-What is with the stupid in-fighting between Clinton and Obama supporters on the net? I swear, reading the chatroom bitch-fights which break out whenever these two candidates are mentioned is the equivalent of two toddlers fighting about which of them is going to eat the last piece of candy in a container. Its so fucking embarrassing to read their comments 97% of the time. Look, we have two excellent candidates running for the Democratic ticket and I would be satisfied if Hillary or Obama won, but don't say you're going to vote for John McCain because your candidate lost and you want vengeance. It's not going to help end this War in Iraq, or attempt to fix some of the problems George Bush and Co. have wrought on our nation.
- What is it with my peer's fascination with MTV's hit show, The Hills? It's the same fucking scenario every season: these spoiled bimbos piss and moan about their jobs, fight with each over some shallow, near Abercrombie & Fitch model-looking guys that have cheated on them, and fight with each other about this, that, and some other trivial bullshit! And btw MTV: that's not reality TV, its a daily reminder of why high school sucks.
-Speaking of MTV, why doesn't MTV show music videos anymore??? There's a reason why so many of us used to watch your network: to watch artists and bands put out their artistic vision and come up with some cool videos to the songs we love. Now-a-days, the only time you guys actually play music videos is at night, when most of the populous is asleep!? Seriously guys, its high time you dumped shows like The Hills, Laguna Beach, and My Super Sweet Sixteen and started playing some damn music videos!
-After eight years of Bush Jr. disrespecting our Constitution, dragging the country into a hellish and unnecessary war in the Middle East, filling up his cabinet with partisan hacks and corporate cronies to high levels of power, extending the claws of partisanship to the Justice Department, exploiting America's fears of terrorism after 9/11 as a means to gain more political power and brand anyone who disagrees with the administration as unpatriotic and anti-American, and diminishing America's good name with scandals ranging from Guantanamo and Abu-Ghraib to Hurricane Katrina and Walter Reed, why the fuck is it that 28% of Americansstill support George W. Bush?!?!? What fucking reason do you have to still support this incompetent dumbfuck?
- I can't figure out what is more annoying: Miley Cyrus or her haters. For the record, I don't hate Miley Cyrus, I just can't stand her teeny-bopper music crap she puts out, and I can't stand her show, Hanna Montana. At least Disney's last big star, Raven-Symone was more entertaining, and you didn't feel guilty in admitting that you thought she was talented and you liked watching, That's So Raven. As for her haters, please, get over yourselves. Miley may be another teeney-bopper getting her 15 minutes of fame, but at least she hasn't been sucking down on vodka and on a stranger's cock, and with the Paris Hilton's and Lindsay Lohan's of the world running around, i'll take Hanna Montana as a role model for young girls over those two whores any day of the week.
-What's the deal with texting? I know most of my peers do it, but I don't see the appeal. I know what you're thinking: what the fuck is wrong with me? I'm just unique like that.
- Even if you're joking, why would you bring a gun into an arena and pretend to threaten a teammate over gambling issues? By now, you know the tale of Washington Wizards point guard Arenas, the idiot that brought guns to the locker room, knowing that he was violating NBA rules about bringing in firearms into a stadium. Now the story gets worse: Arenas drew a handgun at his teammate, Javaris Crittenton, over gambling debts. Not only was the gun loaded with a bullet, but the guns he brought into the arena were unregistered as well. Didn't athletes learn from Plaxico Burress' mishap to not carry firearms on their person? For fuck's sake, you are a wealthy athlete, if you feel that your celebrity makes you a walking bullseye, then hire a damn bodyguard! Adding insult to injury, this jackass make a joke about his incident during a warm-up to Washington's game against the Philadelphia 76'ers in the form of mimicking his fingers for guns and pretending to shoot them. This ignorant dumbfuck deserved what he's got: an indefinite suspension without pay and a soon-to-be trial, and what he might receive - jail time.
