I've been meaning to comment on Kelo, but this WSJ article sums up my opinion masterfully.

Last night Michael, his sister Jess, her friend Addy and I went to Vancouver for their fireworks show, which blows Portland's out of the sky. There was this little kid talking through the entire show. He just kept saying 'dat on is da bidest an bestest' over and over. It was eternally annoying. He must not have realized that he kept contradicting ( Read more... )

-"The most important thing is that we are raising the living standards of people on the Gaza (Strip) and West Bank when the disengagement happens."

I'm glad someone's saying it.

-My prediction for the G8 summit is that neither Live 8 nor the ONE campaign will have any measurable impact.

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!

What ever happened to candy or a lost puppy?

-Forcefully removing Jewish extremists from Gaza shows that Sharon is serious about the Gaza pullout, which sends a clear message to hardliners that both the US and Israel are committed to the eventuality of a Palestinian state.

-Many in the House and the Senate seem ready to fight the DoD over whether the United States should develop new nuclear ( Read more... )

If you search 'Converse' on Nike's website, you won't find anything. That's fairly interesting when you consider that Nike owns Converse. After Nike bought out the (allegedly) struggling Converse Inc. for a measly $350 million in 2003, the brand has taken many turns for the worst. The only thing remotely similar to the product since Nike's take ( Read more... )

Last night Michael jokingly locked me out of the apartment when I stepped onto the back porch. He let me in when it looked like I was seriously contemplating jumping over the balcony (we're one story up). This sparked a conversation about the various times we'd been genuinely locked out in the past. When Daniel and I first got an apartment in 2002 ( Read more... )

-Tom Cruise's acting chops are questionable, however the fact that he is a fucking idiot is not. Hey Tom, what the hell do you know about medical science? Not a damn thing, that's right.

-The Greatest American is Thomas Edison. No contest. So why isn't he even on the top five list? Oh, that's right, they had to make room for Mr. I faked amnesia so ( Read more... )

Even if your passengers are carrying M-16's.