thinking after a long week...

this week has taught me one thing that I already knew...corporate lawyers are incredibly boorish individuals without any semblance of humanity to them. the bill of rights is at stake? a man's life hangs in the balance? who cares...this money deal should be the priority right now. seriously...not a nice insight into the heart of our culture.

sports are falling apart...the most sacred record is about to fall to a fraud who also happens to be a gigantic asshole (I would say gigantic prick...but my guess is his has shrunken considerably over the last few years). nba refs are crooken (because none of us that ever watched the nba playoffs on nbc figured that out before one got caught mixed up with tony soprano). and most despicably, dog fighting is not frowned upon by nfl players (yes, innocent until proven guilty...but more than a few have basically implied the thought that "its just dogfighting, whats the big deal?" - which in its own right is frightening). when you can't trust the government, and you can't trust the news, and you can't trust milli vanilli, you absolutely must have something to cling to...sports was it. they are gone. just in time for the cubs to win it all.

speaking of michael vick...nike has yanked his contract and reebok will not sell his jersey. here is the amusing part...a quote from dean stroyer of nike..."we consider any cruelty to animals inhumane and abhorrent." but any cruelty to young children from a southeast asian island is an entirely different story...hell, that's just good business sense. priorities here people.

hilary clinton and barack obama are in a race to see who can demean democracy more. time for a change indeed.

news flash...the buck you just spent on bottled water got you the same product you could have gotten by sticking your head under the sink in the shitter.

nothing says democracy american style like those responsible for executing the law ignoring one of its most basic principles...tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. turns out alberto gonzales is a lying sack of shit. not that it is really surprising to anyone. soon he can join another justice department hack in the discard pile...former us attorney for the district of new mexico david iglesias. alberto gonzales...your plane is boarding.

the bush administration is becoming upset with saudi leadership for being counterproductive to the "war on terror." glad to see the bush administration is on top of things...only took them a couple decades to figure out saudi leadership might be causing some problems that will bite "american interests" in the ass.

the united states continues to take a hardline stance against nuclear proliferation. it has agreed to stand by and even help as india moves forward with a nuclear project larger than expected. in 20 years...someone, somewhere will look at disaster, point to this and say "told you so."

astronauts are shuttling drunk. and we are supposed to be appalled. the president is a "great guy to have a beer with"...and we are supposed to reelect him. discuss...

mr edwards, who has become the voice of the expanding losers bracket in the economic playground that we call america, wants to raise capital gains taxes. just wondering why he would use that money to then set up private tax-free savings accounts for people rather than get serious about making social security free from the scaremongers. we tell people they are on their own to save for retirement. we tell people we will not support you if it comes down to it, you better save it yourself. and by the way...here's some useless shit...if you don't buy it the terrorists win. and don't worry about debt...it keeps the economy running...so spend damnit. raise rich folks taxes and make sure you, me and everyone we know is covered when disaster, unemployment or retirement hits. is that really so difficult of a concept to handle?

memo from Corporate Big Whigs...please ignore the shakey stock market and continue to rely on 401(k)'s for your retirement rather than demanding something backed by the power of the government...afterall, when it all crashes someone needs to get insanely wealthy...and it might be you (snicker)...no seriously, it really could be you (hehe).

women and children...lets go...