Rather Weird

Dan Rather enlightens the Hollywood Reporter:

"Ed Murrow's ghost is here. I've seen him and talked to him on the third floor of this building many times late at night. And I can tell you that he's watching over us." ...story link...

Now don't get me wrong, I think this is cool as hell, it's just odd to hear it from a network anchor... wonder if Murrow told him what the frequency was?

21st Century Scopes Monkey Trial - Reversed

From the "Hey Let's Burn Some Books" File:

Declaration of Independence Banned at Calif School
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God -- including the Declaration of Independence.

Steven Williams, a fifth-grade teacher at Stevens Creek School in the San Francisco Bay area suburb of Cupertino, sued for discrimination on Monday, claiming he had been singled out for censorship by principal Patricia Vidmar because he is a Christian.

"It's a fact of American history that our founders were religious men, and to hide this fact from young fifth-graders in the name of political correctness is outrageous and shameful," said Williams' attorney, Terry Thompson.

"Williams wants to teach his students the true history of our country," he said. "There is nothing in the Establishment Clause (of the U.S. Constitution) that prohibits a teacher from showing students the Declaration of Independence."

Vidmar could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in San Jose and claims violations of Williams rights to free speech under the First Amendment.

Phyllis Vogel, assistant superintendent for Cupertino Unified School District, said the lawsuit had been forwarded to a staff attorney. She declined to comment further.
...more...

When are we going to rise up against this madness and finally put a stop to it? This filthy politically correct shit has got to end.

Nuts

last summer i had a series of horrible nightmares, none of which i, thankfully, could remember. last night i had another, but did. we were all in a fight for our lives...
the past few weeks i've been racked with massive deja vu and remember that i've seen all this, these little mundane pieces of life, played out in my dreams. this is exactly how i felt the month and weeks before 9/11, only this time it's stronger...
i feel that a horrible devastation is coming in the next few days, weeks, months, i don't really know, soon. and i don't know whether it'll be natural or man-made, i just know it'll be bad. god i hope i'm wrong.

POEM OF UNITY

This was sent to me by a liberal friend the day I posted the Albright pic:

POEM OF UNITY:

The election is over - The results are now known.
The will of the people has clearly been shown.
We should show by our thoughts and our words and our deeds
That unity is just what our country now needs.
Let's all get together; let bitterness pass.
I'll hug your elephant, you kiss my ass.

Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright speaks in Little Rock, hear her opening greeting to the eager crowd:

I'm sorry I couldn't resist, given the poor photo of this good woman... although, I don't know who's going to be more offended, the Clinton fans, or the Star Wars geeks ...

Stories like this make me puke a little in the back of my mouth

Mom Breastfeeds Puppy to Protect Baby

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A woman in New Zealand says she is breastfeeding her pet puppy because she wants it to protect her baby daughter as they both grow up.

Kura Tumanako told the NZPA news agency Wednesday that she had started breastfeeding the Staffordshire bull terrier pup after her baby stopped taking her milk.

"I didn't want to waste it so I gave it to Honey Boy," she said.

According to NZPA, Tumanako said she had fed the dog twice a day for the past week but would probably wean it off in about six weeks' time. Her baby, now 2 months old, is on bottled milk.

"I wanted to raise it (the pup) with my baby," she said. "I wanted to bring it up with a baby. It will protect her as they grow up," said Tumanako, who lives in Hastings in New Zealand's North Island.

"He drinks more than the baby. It doesn't hurt, but it's a little bit ticklish."

Copyright © 2004 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.

Time Waster

Got an hour or so to kill? Bored looney? or, like me, is insomnia bringing it's joyous gift of awareness to your nighttime hours? Great! This NSFW site will definitely help pass the time:

http://www.illwillpress.com

IMHO, funny as hell.

Welcome to SkyNet

Is this a case of life imitating art?

The Pentagon is building its own Internet, the military's world wide web for the wars of the future.

The goal is to give all American commanders and troops a moving picture of all foreign enemies and threats - "a God's-eye view" of battle.

This "Internet in the sky," Peter Teets, under secretary of the Air Force, told Congress, would allow "marines in a Humvee, in a faraway land, in the middle of a rainstorm, to open up their laptops, request imagery" from a spy satellite, and "get it downloaded within seconds."

The Pentagon calls the secure network the Global Information Grid, or GIG. Conceived six years ago, its first connections were laid six weeks ago. It may take two decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build the new war net and its components. ...more...

If you don't understand the reference, rent all three Terminator movies then read this article. The incredibly spooky undertones will come into focus...

Thanks

Ribs and Beer!

Today's headlines are making me friggin' hungry:

T.rex liked to gnaw on ribs
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex scraped the meat from the ribs of its prey in much the same way a human might gnaw on a serving of barbecued ribs, a meeting of geologists has been told. ...more...

Russia Parliament Rejects Beer Measure
MOSCOW - The upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have banned public beer consumption. ...more...

Anyone feel like poppin' into Chili's for lunch? Damn, I gotta stop reading the news so close to lunch...

What a cute costume, here, have some crack...

From the "Yeah, right" Files:

Florida first-grader brings crack to class; mom claims it's Halloween booty

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A six-year-old girl brought more than $1,000 US worth of crack to school, and her mother claimed the child must have got it while trick-or-treating.

The first-grader was suspended from Tangelo Park Elementary. Her mother is under investigation.

School officials sent a letter home to parents Thursday, explaining how an anti-drug campaign led another student to recognize the more than a dozen pieces of crack.

Copyright © 2004 Canadian Press

Fat Americans Eat Airline Profits

ATLANTA - Heavy suitcases aren't the only things weighing down airplanes and requiring them to burn more fuel, pushing up the cost of flights. A new government study reveals that airlines increasingly have to worry more about the weight of their passengers.

America's growing waistlines are hurting the bottom lines of airline companies as the extra pounds on passengers are causing a drag on planes. Heavier fliers have created heftier fuel costs, according to the government study.

Through the 1990s, the average weight of Americans increased by 10 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites). The extra weight caused airlines to spend $275 million to burn 350 million more gallons of fuel in 2000 just to carry the additional weight of Americans, the federal agency estimated in a recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. ...more...

The post-election peace pledge

I stole this from a liberal blog I frequently visit:

I promise to... Support the President, even if I didn't vote for him..... Criticize the President, even if I did vote for him..... Uphold standards of civilized discourse in blogs and in media while pushing both to be better.... Unite as a nation, putting country over party, as we work together to make America better.

Ya listening Ed?
Now that the weird and wacky world of American politics has decided on a president, I guess we can all get back the ordinary world of the paranormal... whew, thank goodness.

Tom Brokaw says the 'C*nt' Word...

Play TomB MP3

Oldie but a goodie...