Retro Music - The Poppy Family

I was going to comment on The Poppy Family, and specifically their TREMENDOUS~! hit, Which Way You Goin' Billy. Fortunately I found an amsuing article on The Poppy Family at the Scram website. I did not know that Terry Jacks was the genius behind Billy. It all makes sense now. I am filled with new joy and off to find more Poppy Family music.

A Faulty Step To The Right

And another blue-suited, undergrad-chickenhawk uses his blog to paint the Liberals and NDP as unpatriotic:

"...tonight our elected representatives are voting on whether or not to continue the mission until 2009.What a message it would send to our military and their families (especially that of Nichola Goddard, considering the timing of her death), if the HOC votes against the mission: 'You gave your life for something you truely believe in, but we feel it's unimportant to further support you. The work you are doing in Afghanistan is not important because it doesn't affect me personally'."

Right out of the Luntz playbook. Make sure you blame your opponents for the death and call into question their patriotism. And, by the way, I had no idea that our armed forces "truely [sic] believe in" the mission. I guess I missed that memo.

Addenda:

If you look into Matt's comments you will see that he has wasted no time in getting to the "Canadians died so that you could be stupid" meme. These boys really don't have a whole lot going on upstairs. But they mimic intelligence quite well.

I see that the Canadian Cynic has picked up on this as well. This is the new way of politics. Fer me, or agin' me! Paint all criticism as partisan hackery. Scream about loving the troops and being the only ones willing to fight terrorism. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Jim Dandy Beaten And Battered

A pier 2 brawl broke out today in the comments section here on Jim Dandy Goodness. In the comments under honshui's post "Jim Dandy Clever Quote Misleads", I lead off the round with a few weak jabs and and tried a single-leg shoot, which met with moderate success. Sensing my weakness, honshui replied with a devastating flurry that left me bloodied and counting the lights.

"You are invoking a "Rawlsian" Min-Max notion of social well-being...This notion arises from the thought experiment, that suppose before you are born you could choose the society that you live in...if you are risk averse, you will prefer a society that "ex ante"...Think of it as "bad birth luck" insurance"

It was a humbling of old country proportions.

I tried to talk some smack in the post match interview, but a mouth full of broken teeth does not a good comeback make.

You Will Believe That A Man Can Fly?

Tampabay: Scientology nearly ready to unveil Super Power

Just when you think the Scientologist could not get any more retarded, they are now going to teach Super Powers to their idiot adherents. Just think, you can adjust your body's salinity, or size! Or be aware of smells or emotions!

I really thought the top of the nutbunny food chain ended at Doug Henning and the Natural Law Party's defence platform of using yogic flyers to defend our air space.

I would be wrong.

Jim Dandy Clever Quote Misleads

Recently JimDandy posted:

"Once you've served [in the military], you come back, and you're suddenly a liberal. Do you know why, Ben? Because you're only as good as the weakest (among you). Randi Rhodes slapping the stupid out of Ben Ferguson

This is a completely silly statement. The military does not take the weakest, the laziest and the feeble. Their weakest, by self-selection, is probably pretty strong compared to your average citizen. So this notion that military experience should make you a liberal misses the point. It should make a social darwinist. Cull out the weak before you begin because you are only as good as your weakest. And frankly, there are some duds in the population that will get you killed.

Accountable?

globeandmail.com : Ottawa to debate extension of Afghan mission: "'There is a need for a longer-term plan and commitment,' Mr. MacKay said. 'We did not discuss specific time frames or time limits or just how lengthy this mission will be, but I assured the President [Hamid Karzai] that Canada is here and intends to continue to work with our international partners and with the Afghan people to achieve results.'"

Well, at least he isn't being vague.

Our soldiers should prepare for a few years of being sent into Afghanistan, then home for a short rest (Darfur), then back out again. With no discernable goal in mind. Kind of like being stuck in soft, low-lying land that sinks underfoot. Is there a word for that?

Life Is Just A Fantasy

This is the tail wagging the dog. And here is how The First Lady responds:

"Mr. Bush is diving into the immigration debate at a time of record low approval ratings. A series of polls have put approval of his performance as low as 29 per cent, yet Laura Bush, the President's wife, said yesterday she doesn't think the polls are accurate.

'I don't really believe these polls,' she told Fox News.

'As I travel around the United States, I see a lot of appreciation for him. A lot of people come up to me and say, 'Stay the course.' '"

You mean I can walk up to Laura Bush at any time and tell her what I think of W? You mean she doesn't live in a tightly-controlled, tightly-scripted plastic bubble of ignorance.

I think Canadian balladeer Aldo Nova said it best :

So forget all that you see
It's not reality, it's just a fantasy

Can't you see what this crazy life is doin' to me

Life is just a fantasy
Can you live this fantasy life
Life is just a fantasy
Can you live this fantasy life

MacBook Burn

Ay caramba! MacBook is hot: From the Apple manual for the MacBook

"'Do not leave the bottom of your MacBook Pro in contact with your lap or any surface of your body for extended periods. Prolonged contact with your body could cause discomfort and potentially a burn.'"

Nice.