Why are people so greedy?

Can someone ask a trucker?

Why is it, that when there is a lane closed on the interstate, a truck will pull into the center of the highway to prevent people from driving to the merge point? Even when a sign says, "Use both lanes to merge point"? Is he upset because he picked the wrong lane? All he is doing is increasing the delay. I really want to know why truckers do this, but I don't know any, and when I pass the self-appointed emperor of the highway, he can't hear me cursing at him under my helmet.

A quick quote.

"How will America survive the twenty first century without a permanant Republican majority?
The same way a baby survives without a steel-toe boot kicking her in the face every seven seconds."
-- David Rees in the new Rolling Stone

Destruction Of National Pastime Given Two-Minute Standing Ovation

SAN FRANCISCO—A sellout crowd rose to its feet and exploded into ecstatic cheers Tuesday night as Barry Bonds completed the downfall of America's most revered sport by hitting a thundering 435-foot shot into the left field bleachers for...

I know what I'd like for my birthday.

Sort of a modified autogyro. I gotta get one of these!

Paul Potts Wins!

Paul won "Britian's Got Talent". Bravo! I understand that his CD has been released.

Progress?

He says he's seen progress. Wishing it doesn't make it so.

Sign the petition!

http://pol.moveon.org/subpoena

They get it in NYC

Imagine how many cupcakes we could bake with the money the republicans have wasted on this war?

Some info about my band.

Some of you know that I spend most of my weekends playing keyboards in a band called Easystreet. It's a decent name for a band, one that doesn't offend anyone looking to hire us for a wedding or dance. The problem is, it seems that every city on earth has a band named Easy Street, making it impossible to get a good name for our website. So I've reluctantly added a page to Myspace, even though it's owned by Rupert Murdoch. You can learn more about my swinging teenage combo at

http://www.myspace.com/easystreetov

The "ov" at the end stands for Ohio valley, where we usually play.

There are Americans that believe....

...that dinosaurs lived with a white guy who claimed to be the son of an invisible cloud being, in the desert, no more than 6000 years ago. Should people have the right to be this stupid? It cannot be good for society.

Wow.

From "Britain's Got Talent", this unassuming mobile phone salesman blows the crowd and judges away with a Puccini aria.

Learn this!

People who misuse the apostrophe drive me nuts. Don't all grade schools teach basically the same things? Click to enlarge, and visit www.angryflower.com

Trailer for Michael Moore's "Sicko"

Even fox "news" liked it.

I'd love to see the video.

Wayne Madsen-
When Vice President Dick Cheney visited Baghdad on a "surprise" visit on May 9, he was booed by U.S. troops during an appearance before them in the Green Zone, according to our congressional sources. These incidents may explain why the Army has ordered its personnel to submit web postings, including videos, to Army censors before uploading to web sites.

Another Lie Debunked.

James Boyce-

Here's the truth.

In March 1999, Vice President Al Gore was doing an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. In the course of that interview, he said:

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
And guess what? It's true.

Let's quite Vincent Cerf, a man often called The Father of the Internet,

"The Internet would not be where it is in the United States without the strong support given to it and related research areas by the Vice President in his current role and in his earlier role as Senator."
Marc Andreesen, Internet pioneer who actually received federal funding thanks to Al Gore, who while Senator wrote the High Performance Computing Act also credits Gore. Another Internet expert, Dave Ferber says that without Gore the Internet "would not be where it is today."

Multiple early web pioneers say that Gore was the first political leader to grasp and understand the Internet and its possibilities. They all say it was his vision and yes, initiative, that helped turn the Internet into what it is today.

Al Gore took an essentially internal government program and set it free to the marketplace.

This is something he should be proud of. But it's not just reason that is under assault in our modern world, it's accomplishment. If you're child grew up to be fluent in a foreign language, would you be proud or shamed? Proud of course, but John Kerry's ability to speak French was a huge negative in 2004.

Not only should Al Gore get credit for this work on the web, but here it is, eight years after he was misquoted, and this is what they will lead with in their attacks on him.

Video of my ancestors.

I get the same questions at work everyday.

This explains a lot.

Everybody around here calls it pop, and yet the sign above the aisle in Krogers says soda. I wonder how this data compares to red/blue state stats. Click on the image to enlarge.

Bush=Drunken Boor

From the Wayne Madsen report:
Our White House sources report that the Queen's visit to the White House yesterday was a protocol disaster. Not only had George W. Bush commenced his drinking routine early in the morning, just in time for the first mid-day visit by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, but his drunkenness continued well into the evening during the lavish state dinner.

Bush dreaded the Queen's visit and prepared for it by getting drunk. The Queen has never hidden her dislike for Bush who she considers ill-bred, impetuous, and a social boor. The Queen's dislike for Bush goes back to 1991 when he insulted her during another state visit by inquiring which of her children was the "black sheep" of her family. The Queen told him to mind his own business. The Queen was also unhappy that then-First Lady Barbara Bush failed to control her son during that visit to the White House. In November 2003, the Queen was incensed about Bush's Marine One helicopter tearing up her flower garden at Buckingham Palace and traumatizing her flock of flamingoes. Bush's communications staff also damaged expensive fabrics inside the royal residence. Bush never compensated the Queen for the damage and she had to file an insurance claim.

With that background, Bush groused about having to wear a white tie tuxedo for last night's state dinner. It took the direct intervention of Laura Bush and Condoleezza Rice to convince Bush to wear the appropriate attire. During yesterday's welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Bush insinuated that the Queen was over 230 years old when he stated she had helped celebrate America's Bicentennial in 1776. The Queen was heard to have uttered the words, "Oh dear." Bush then winked at the Queen who was not amused by the president's antics. Bush also stated that the Queen gave him a look "that only a mother could give a child." It was not the first time the Queen had looked at Bush with an icy stare. Bush also nearly put his arm on the Queen's shoulder as he escorted her down the stairs from the red carpeted dais.

White House protocol officials remained nervous about Bush during the entire Royal visit. The Queen and Prince Phillip are sure to have much to talk about on their trip back home this evening. While the Queen was keen on visiting Virginia and the Kentucky Derby, her past dealings with the Bush family had her fearing the White House visit. Bush's boorish demeanor was in keeping with his past indiscretions around the Queen.

Republican Law & Disorder

I haven't posted a video in a while, here's a clever one. I wish I had that Law & Order sound effect at my divorce hearing for some extra gravitas.