Musings: April 2004 Archives

Ten points for anyone who knows that reference.

So, I just got done watching the WB News while vacuuming. Yes, the WB has news, go figure. And yes, I vacuum. Anyway, one story I wasn't paying attention to today was this misdirection about Kerry throwing medals or ribbons of medals away during the 70s. Apparently - and this is the height of political pandering - the GOP is trying to convince people that ribbons and medals are not the same thing.

In some cases they are correct. Ribbons by themselves do not always come with medals. However, every medal (as I understand these things) comes with a ribbon so that the person who earned it (yes, you EARN medals; not get them from hiding in an secret undisclosed location) can wear them on the "fruit salad" you see folks wear on dress uniforms. What does this mean? Kerry isn't "flip-flopping" on this one, but the Republicans are still lying and treating us like idiots.

In the interests of getting people to shut up about this and talk about serious issues - like, say, why my brother and 130,000 of his closest comrades-in-arms are getting shot at in Iraq - here is a site related to Navy medals (and ribbons) and one concerning where your favorite GOP dolts were while they should have at least paid lip service to serving their country (you'll have to scroll down a bit because - as is usual - they are hiding the truth).

Doonesbury got in a nice dig Sunday that requires more reflection than your usual comic strip offers. Enjoy.

Don't have too much to pass along really. The news has been really depressing to be quite honest and I'm sure most of you are aware of that.

Here's a student who is long overdue for his class.

Oh, and all that crap about file-sharing causing a decline in music sales? A lie. Its all about the lousy songs if anything. Not that this is the first time anyone has said that.

Hmm, what else? Oh, a pattern of behavior from the Bush administration. Funny how they are always right and everyone else is either: a) evil, b) a "flip-flopper", or c) unpatriotic. When I was a kid, irrational behavior like that usually got my backside tanned. For good reason I might add.

Further describing our leadership with the business model of a spoiled four year old, I have collected a series of Boondocks cartoons that made me chuckle recently.

Finally, this cover from The Economist is a few weeks old, but still is a pretty good concept for elections in the next few years; or so I think.