Ella

Today we can celebrate not only the fact that it is indeed finally Friday, but it is also the anniversary of the birth of Ella Fitzgerald, born this day in 1918. While she never achieved the fortune or fame of the likes of a Frank Sinatra, Ella was truly the finest singer of American pop standards in the 20th century.

Shameful

And you thought you were living in America? Land of the free and home of the brave? Well, yes, you are still living in America, and there is just enough freedom left for the brave to make videos about how a fairly large portion of the media is trying to make this country bend to the will of a conservative cabal who keep us mired in never ending wars based on the lies they pass forth as truth. And they have the nerve to compare Obama to Hitler...shameful.

The Fox and the Obama

The fact that so much of the media is becoming Foxified makes me want to vote for Obama, merely because they seem to dislike him so much. That must mean there's something good about Obama, right?

Bush to Pope: Awesome speechifyin'

President Bush: A leader who speaks like a man of the people, or just a dumbass?

Fleeing Thoughts: Politics

-So because of Barack Obama's comments about religion and guns being the last refuge the lower middle class jobless cling to, he is labeled an "elitist." Which he probably is, although I think his comments have a ring of truth to them, they were just inartfully put forth, and were perhaps better not put forth at all. Whatever. The people calling Obama an elitist are elitists themselves. How could they not be? There's something like 375 million people in this country, and not a whole lot of them run for president, much less get as close to being their party's nominee as Obama, Clinton, and McCain. It's very elite company. This is similar to when politicians accuse each other of "playing politics." Duh.

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This is Dana Perino. She is the current White House Press Secretary, meaning she is the face that goes before the public to put a nice spin on whatever has been cooked up in the evil cauldron of the Oval Office. Perino is a very attractive woman, far easier to look at than Ron Nessen was. Ok, that joke's about 35 years too late. Sorry. Anyway, I just saw her on TV, talking about something or other, I don't know. I can no longer stand to listen to anything this White House puts forward, and I turn off the TV or switch channels, or at the very least hit the mute button, whenever I see President Bush. However, while I may not want to hear what Perino is saying, I do like to look at her. It is disconcerting to me, though, that a person this attractive, sort of clean and fresh faced and lovely and seemingly without the blood of Satan coursing her veins, is the mouthpiece for the worst president in US history, a man who surely must take his running orders directly from the depths of Hell, which, oddly enough, are located in the Vice President's office. In my naive mind, no one who looks like Dana Perino should be the voice of something so wrong.

Fleeing Thoughts on Sports

-Ok, I should have done this posting a few days ago, but there's a reason procrastination is my middle name. Well, actually, it isn't, but whatever...

-Brian Urlacher wants a re-working of his (quite lucrative) contract with the Chicago Bears, which runs through the 2011 season. Smart money says the Bears don't negotiate. Aside from making just shy of $4m a year, he is a little over a month away from being 30 years old (approaching over the hill for a defensive player), has an arthritic back, and has had a neck operation. His best days are behind him. While the smart money says no contract re-d0, the Voices in my Head say find out what he worth on the market and see what you can get in return. A player to shore up the offensive line and a good receiver would be nice. Of course, the Bears need a QB to get the ball to a receiver...

-Ozzie Guillen got tossed from a game the other day for arguing balls and strikes. In the third inning. And then the brainiac tells the press how the umpire must hate him personally and other such nonsense. Has Kenny Williams had his annual "Stop being a distracting moron" talk with Ozzie yet? If not, he better do it quick.

Was (Not Was)-"Crazy Water"

This is a great song, a throwback to another era. Specifically, the era when Wilson Pickett did "634-5789." "Crazy Water" seems to be a crazy Was (Not Was) kinda remake of the Pickett tune, but that's alright 'cuz this sounds fine. "Sweet Pea, why don't you sing 'Crazy Water?'"