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	*MONK RULES* *WELCOME to the Thelonious Sphere Monk* Memorial WebLog** Wanna listen to Just A Gigolo by Monk. Or Play "Some Other Toonz" by Monk Go to My page on Saatchi Gallery: UPDATED Go HERE.
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	7/31/07 Click HERE for the latest totals. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. Bold Music Matisyahu Live In Paree. Shearer/Cheney Hacking Democracy Go HERE. Also Go HERE Re: Ohio 2004. American Medicine A friend of mine fell against a chair while moving a rug. Broke her arm in 5 places. Damn that's gotta hurt. Plus those bottom two screws look like they come out the other side of the bone. Counting Drinks A friend stopped by last night carrying a six-pak. He knows I've quit drinking so he didn't bother to offer me one. He stayed an hour or so and while I had a Diet Dr. Pepper and we talked about new music he drank his Becks. He then moved on to hit some club or clubs in Loisaida but I declined. Picking up I noticed he'd downed the whole sixer. Not sure what the point is except in my drinking days, I never counted drinks and only a few times did I say to myself, Whoa! I've had too much. Michaelangelo Antonioni 94, RIP Bad week for film greats. Hard to believe he was older than Bergman. Go HERE.
	7/30/07 Gimme An Effin Break I like to read the credits on new music and even the lyrics. So, why do these so-called Graphic Designers lay the info out in such a way that no one could possibly read who is on backup, who is on sax, etc. They are not designers, they are obfuscators. Look it up! Or just forget it. I'm pointing out Beth Orton, fer'instance. Love her but can't uderstand her Brit accent. Some Art Ready For The Rapture? Go HERE. Holy Jesus, if these are the guys I'll meet in heaven, I hope my Mama is in hell having fun. Bush/Cheney One more step towards Marshall law. Go HERE. Go HERE. Are you scared yet? Ladies Man? Or perhaps a creep.Bloomberg. Go HERE. Edwards Tells It Bush's Enabler Gonzo helped The Shrub cover up his drunken driving. Go HERE. Ingmar Bergman, 89 RIP The master. Go HERE. Quiz. Go HERE.
	7/29/07 The Crude Awakeining Sinking Ship Deserting The Rats Now My Email Doesn't Work If You Are Here You've noticed my old server finally went down so I've moved here. Please update your bookmarks. If the site looks a bit screwed up it's because I have to change a few broken links. Bear with me. Dog Days They do drag on.
	7/28/07 Romney's Greatest Hits Go HERE. Rudy's Greatest Hits Go HERE. Take It To The Limit Sorry Everybody Go HERE. Quick Queries To Offend Everyone What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball? Juan on Juan. What is a Yankee? The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone. What is the difference between a Harley and a Hoover ? The position of the dirt bag. What do you see when the Pillsbury Dough Boy bends over? Doughnuts? Why is air a lot like sex? Because it's no big deal unless you're not getting any. What do you call a smart blonde? A golden retriever. What do attorneys use for birth control? Their personalities. What's the difference between a girlfriend and wife? 45 lbs. What's the difference between a boyfriend and husband? 45 minutes. What's the fastest way to a man's heart? Through his chest with a sharp knife. Why do men want to marry virgins? They can't stand criticism. Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring, and good-looking? Because those men already have boyfriends. What's the difference between a new husband and a new dog? After a year, the dog is still excited to see you. What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying? The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving. What's the difference between a porcupine and BMW? A porcupine has the pricks on the outside. What did the blonde say when she found out she was pregnant? "Are you sure it's mine?" Why does Mike Tyson cry during sex? Mace will do that to you. Why did OJ Simpson want to move to West Virginia ? Everyone has the same DNA. Why do men find it difficult to make eye contact? Breasts don't have eyes. Did you hear about the dyslexic Rabbi? He walks around saying "Yo." Why do drivers' education classes in Redneck schools use the car only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays? Because on Tuesday and Thursday, the Sex Ed class uses it. Where does an Irish family go on vacation? A different bar. What would you call it when an Italian has one arm shorter than the other? A speech impediment. What does it mean when the flag at the Post Office is flying at half-mast? They're hiring. What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo? A southern zoo has a description of the animal on the front of the cage along with... "a recipe". How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the F word? Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell BINGO! What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale? A northern fairytale begins "Once upon a time..." A southern fairytale begins "Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit..." This Is Insane 20 Billion In Advanced Arms to be sold to Saudis. Go HERE. How long before they come back to bite us in the ass? Bad Dreams Woke up totally depressed today. Ann appeared in a couple epidodes and she had a youger guy in tow. Tall, rather handsome and he had three names for whatever that's worth. It's always been my idea that dreams are supposed to be the washing action in life. Not so this time.
	7/27/07 First Farm Fresh Tomatoes Tonight With my award winning pesto and fresh sweet corn. SICKO Gold Card Get it! Me & Dickhead Cheney's having his Pacemaker replaced tommorrow so Bush will briefly be President. I need my battery replaced too but there is no such provision in my case. Quote Of The Day "Alberto Gonzales is saying, basically, there are problems of which he cannot speak, for which he is responsible yet not to blame, and that he is the only one who can clean up the mess that he can neither confirm or deny exists. Let me try to put this in schoolyard terms, if I may: He has smelt it, and while he cannot confirm that he in fact also dealt it, he refuses to deny it on the grounds that it might incriminate him for supplying it." -- Jon Stewart Bottled Water What are you buying? A buck a pint in NYC. And you think gas is expensive. Go HERE. Fave Artist Of The Day They're called the Fayum Mummy paintings but who knows who painted these encaustics on the caskets of various mummies. All we know is that encaustic is one of the most flexible (i.e. durable) mediums for an artist to use (cf. Jasper Johns). That is, short of painting in a cave somewhere. and being discovered in a few millenniums. And they were pretty nice looking people. Sort of Mediterranean, no? Maybe Arabs, even. Cheney Lite "I'm a strong believer in executive authority. I wish that, when my husband was president, people in Congress had been more willing to recognize presidential authority." -- Hillary Clinton 2003 Today So far, so good.
	7/26/07 Get The Message? Media Burn When I taught video back in the day, 1970s, I brought these Ant Farm guys to Wesleyan U. to do their stuff. In Defense Of Crying Entrepreneurship Robert Reich on how to tax income. Go HERE. Gonzo's Gotta Go Now There Is An Idea Use ice to cool offices. Go HERE. Back in the day, I lived near an ice house in Brooklyn. On the hottest dog days of August I used to borrow a neighbors wagon, haul home a block of ice, put it in a tub and turn on the fan. It got me through the day and night for about a $. Who Is The Victim Now More Street Art Go HERE. Stewart/Moyers Grandpa Prescott The coup against Roosevelt in 1933. Go HERE. Go HERE. Go HERE.
	7/25/07 You're Paying Their Salaries Are they worth it? Go HERE. Stealth Republicans No, Mike Bloomberg is not running for Prez. Go to: http://www.mike2008.com and see where you land. Not that that's a bad thing. He's certainly one of the better Reprobates. Republican Dictionary ACCOUNTABILITY, n. Buck? What buck? (Martin Richard, Belgrade, Mont.) BI-PARTISANSHIP, adj. When Democrats compromise. (Justin Rezzonico, Keene, N.H.) CHECKS & BALANCES, pl. n. An antiquated concept of the Founding Fathers that impedes autocratic efficiency; see also REFORM. (Robert B. Fuld, Unionville, Conn.) FOX NEWS, n. Faux news. (Justin Rezzonico, Keene, N.H.) GOD, n. Senior presidential advisor. (Martin Richard, Belgrade, Mont.) NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL NOMINEE, n. An active member of the Federalist Society. (Mark Hatch-Miller, Brooklyn, N.Y.) OWNERSHIP SOCIETY, n. 1) A society where you're on your own. (John Read, Ownings Mills, Md.); 2) A society where one-half of society owns the other half. (Anne Galvan Klousia, Corvallis, Ore.); 3) The euphemism used by robber barons and their political lackeys to promote or justify the extreme concentration of wealth into the hands of a powerful few Synonyms: PLUTOCRACY, CORPORATE FEUDALISM. (Ken Stump, Seattle, Wash.) SOCIAL SECURITY, n. Broker security. (Bruce Clendenin, Dallas, Texas) SPREADING PEACE, v. Pre-emptive war. (Bruce Hawkins, Silver Spring, Md.) STAY THE COURSE, v. To relentlessly pursue a disastrous policy regardless of how far conditions deteriorate. Antonym: "To cut and run." (Aja Starke, New York, N.Y.) TORTURER, n. 1) White House Counsel. 2) Attorney General. (Martin Richard, Belgrade, Mont.) Gonzo Raw Story Bribery, Contempt, Perjury. Just a few GOP charges today. Go HERE.
	7/24/07 AG Gonzo Why can't they get rid of this guy? Go HERE. The Fervor Grows Impeachment? Many think its too late. I don't think so. Go HERE. Bravo Biden! Never a big fan of Joe but he did it right this time. Tired Of Politics Why can't we have a government that does good honest work and just leave us alone to go one with our business? It distracts from averyone to constantly keep and eye on these crooks and enablers. I want out. Wonderful Tonight Today
	7/23/07 Some Art Rudy's Pedophile Priest Go HERE. Time to SwiftBoat the bugger. Dictator Dubya Little attention given to this ominous presidential "directive". Suspend the constitution to save the constitutional form of government. Go HERE. No End In Sight Desolation Row They�re selling postcards of the hanging They�re painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They�ve got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they�re restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row Today Grey & rainy.
	7/22/07 Sarah Silverman Not a fan of jewish pricesseseses. But... she does do Paris... Haven't Seen It, Yet But I will now. Bizarro! This Just In In addition to the 5 polyps removed from The Shrubs rectum Doctors also report finding the following items during the routine procedure: 1. The missing WMDs 2. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) 3. A bootlegged copy of Hooked on Phonics� 4. Harriet Miers' CV 5. A pair of Presidential Seal bicycle socks and 6. The unfinished manuscript for Jenna Bush�s sequel: "Pablo�s Story: My Life as the Governor's Mule" Teddy Thompson Does Country The latest by Teddy is maybe best of all. But that comes from a huge country fan. From the first song he does it straight on. The one confusing note is the title. Maybe he doesn't know what Down Low means in current parlance. Two songs by Boudleaux & Felice Bryant and two by Liz Anderson, one by Dolly Parton; the haunting My Blue Tears. Teddy's own Down Low is a depressing little ditty. Up Front and Down Low If you don't know TT, here is a sample with not too good sound. One George Jones cover and one Leonard Cohen. Bad Placement Unfortunately placed adverts. Go HERE. The Glass Castle Just finished an extraordinary memoir of survival; four children struggling with two wacky and misfit parents, who all manage to save themselves while the parents become un-necessarily homeless on the streets of NYC. Written by Jeanette Walls. I'd get it if I were you. Leslie passed it on to me. The Glass Castle: A Memoir
	7/21/07 For Your Pleasure And mine. Virtual Earth Microsoft's Steven Lawler @ TED. Go HERE. Not always easy to understand the jargon but who imagined computers would move so fast. Rodrigo y Gabriela President Cheney Bush is getting reamed. Cheney rules the world. Whoops, that was quick. 5 polyps clipped and he grabs the reins again. Whew! My Sparkler Camp is over and Sparkler arrives home this afternoon. Tons of laundry.
	7/20/07 Fight Them There? So we don't have to fight them here? Does Al Qaeda have an Air Force or a Navy. Do they have missiles? Perhaps we should just outlaw anyone entering the US of A. For any reason. Let's build a wall. Then we'll forbid imports of anything. Kewl. Mitt's Message On Sex Education It's called Ignorance. Obama dukes it out with him. Go HERE. For Kate The Great Or other John Mayer fan(atic)s. Go HERE. And you get a video taste of Clapton too. Transponder New word popping up all around me these days. Go to Wikipedia. In telecommunication, the term transponder (short-for Transmitter-responder and sometimes abbreviated to XPDR, XPNDR or TPDR) has the following meanings: An automatic device that receives, amplifies, and retransmits a signal on a different frequency (see also broadcast translator). An automatic device that transmits a predetermined message in response to a predefined received signal. A receiver-transmitter that will generate a reply signal upon proper electronic interrogation. Got that? OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Bush is going to transfer power to Cheney while he has a coloscopy tomorrow. It's scary to think of Dickhead with his finger on the trigger but the thought of Bush getting reamed almost makes it worth it. Go HERE. Surfing @ 40 gigabits Per Second Full length movie in 2 seconds. How soon? Not soon. Go HERE. Summary But you know all this. Go HERE. One Casualty "He's a good man... gonna get him some new legs." Go HERE. Cut & Run The reason the Shrub always talks about Cut & Run is simply: That is the only way he has ever thought of it, knowing he will leave his mess to the next Prez. No planning has ever been done for how to get out except for the pleasant thought of Victory! No re-building plans, no exit plans, just pure harmony.
	7/19/07 The Cost Of A Haircut Mitt Romney was one of the first out of the shute when Edwards was busted for his trim, wash and blow-dry. Now it is revealed: Go HERE. I pay about $12 every three months for a #2 buzz cut. How much does Billary pay for her cut and how often? How about her bikini wax and how often? How much did Biden pay for his implants? And why doesn't Dodd pay a bit more for that white rag on his head? I'm sure all this is very pertinent. Now Kucinich seems like a guy down on my scale. I'm voting for him. Surgery Successful Forgot to say that the smelly bandage and stiches were removed. About a half inch incision and 3 stiches. finger is limbered up 95% and doesn't hurt anymore. Haven't seen the costs yet. Decide next month if I want to do my trigger finger on my shooting hand as well. New Ryan Adams Easy Tiger If you like Ryan, you'll like this one too. He's sobered up, I hear, and that's good news for those of us who want him to stick around. I'll send it to you Aaron, if you want. Draft College Republicans Optical Illusions Go HERE. Go HERE. Go HERE. Or, hell, just Google! Quote Of The Day "We have people up there in Congress with the brain of a 2-year-old who don�t know what they are doing, they don�t experience it. I challenge the president or anyone who has us for 15 months to ride alongside me. I�ll do another 15 months if he comes out here and rides alomg with me every day. I�ll do 15 more months. They don�t even have to pay me extra." --Spc. Gabriel Vassell Go HERE. Confession You know those little adhesive strips that seal CD jewel boxes and are so damned hard to remove? I hate the fact that I am so obsessive about removing them so meticulously. Can't stop. There, I've said it. Now maybe I can quit.
	7/18/07 Amercian Medicine I have a friend who has a child with a serious, often lethal mental illness. His family has the resources and the good sense to be able to treat her for a number of years but their resources have now been stretched to the limit. His child was recently placed in a "boutique treatmnt center" at about $30,000 per month for a 3 month stay. He took out a second mortgage on his house to finance that. Now, the treatment center wants her to stay an extra 1-3 weeks and then move to a "step-down center" for 6 to 18 months or more. It will cost around $16,000 per month and no insurance company will touch it. But of course we do not need a National Health Plan where the Insurance industry with its profit motive is taken out of the equation. Ratatouille The theme of the new movie from Pixar is: anyone can cook. NYTimes Minimalist Mark bittman gives you 101 recipes you can make in 10 minutes. Good place to start. Go HERE. Dan Dennett Today's talk from TED. Go HERE. Street Art Tiny people. Go HERE. And as Duchamp said: Art = Shit. Go HERE. Loudon Wainright 3rd From Wolfgang's vault. Go HERE. Diabetes Comparison shopping for drugs. Go HERE.
	7/17/07 Richard Dawkins On Atheism Go HERE. LP Cover Art From Blue Note. Remember David Stone Martin? Go HERE. On The Street Toting home some groceries, I see 2 gorgeous dark-haired, rail thin 18 year olds coming towards me. 100 pounds tops per each. The skinnier of the two says as I pass, "And then I lost like 28 pounds." 10 yards further on, the door to a Duane-Reade bursts open and a 30ish woman with the grey sallow complexion of poverty runs out and around the corner with a red plastic shopping basket. She looks back quickly before ducking into a parking lot that runs through to the next block. A couple blocks further on our paths cross again and she has transfered her loot into a plastic bag. We wind up waiting at a crosswalk together. She is breathless. "You got away, huh?" I says. And she gives me a guilty grin. "Sorry," she says. "I gotta get my shit together." And we walk on. AV Club Interviews with musicians, etc. Go HERE for Ryan Adams. Go HERE for Richard Thompson. Georgia On My Mind Georgia appears ready to execute a doubtfully convicted man. You guessed it. He's black. Go HERE. Refreshing Geniuses who will change our lives instead politicians. GO HERE. Red House Boz & Slash br
	7/16/07 The Smile Train I'm sure you've seen those contribution ad's for children with cleft-lip and cleft palate. I saw one just yesterday and said to myself, do it. Today I got an solicitation in the mail as it was tweaking me. Heart-breaking but if you manage to read the ad you realize for only $250 you can help one of those children. My late brother Joe had a minor cleft lip repaired and later disguised with a mustache, so in his memory I just bought one for someone. Most of us can easily afford a tax deductible $250. Go HERE. I'm Not There Cate Blanchett/Bob Dylan Early JT And so cute he'd make Kate blush. Lots of new JT. The Eagles And Joe Walsh. cutlet difficult darlene adamant ammerman africa agglutinin. backdrop aspidistra astigmat cancelling breakwater corruptible. coffeecup demolish balustrade chauffeur broach acyclic bullet almagest catchy. allis auk baronial cannibal clothier atrium delicacy. email from hceconrail@jubile.ru
	7/15/07 So Many Blondes A blond was shopping at K-Mart and came across a shiny silver thermos. She was quite fascinated by it, so she picked it up and took it over to the clerk to ask what it was. The clerk said, "Why, that's a thermos.... it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold." "Wow," said the blond, "that's amazing....I'm going to buy it!" So she bought the thermos and took it to work the next day. Her boss, who is also blond, saw it on her desk."What's that?" he asked. "Why, that's a thermos... it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold," she replied. "What do you have in it?" asked the boss. "Two popsicles and some coffee." The Mind Of This Administration Hundreds of billions to kill people in Iraq. No money for childrens' health care. Go HERE. Some People Have Too Much Money $165,000,000 for a home. Go HERE. And go HERE for how the rich see it. Mabel Mercer Sister Dee spotted these. Jack Channels Brando And Orson Welles. Tricky Dick The Tapes Archive. Go HERE. Wonder if The Shrub is taping himself. Der Furher v. Microsoft For Leslie
	7/14/07 Milk Bath A blonde heard that milk baths would make her beautiful. So she left a note for her milkman to leave 15 gallons of milk. When the milkman read the note, he felt there must be a mistake. He thought she probably meant 1.5 gallons so he knocked on her door to clarify the point. The blonde came to the door and the milkman said, "I found your note to leave 15 gallons of milk. Did you mean 1.5 gallons?" The blonde said, "I want 15 gallons. I'm going to fill my bathtub up with milk and take a milk bath." The milkman asked, "Do you want it Pasteurized?" The blonde said, "No, just up to my boobs, I can splash it in my eyes." Some Art Some People Have Too Much Money $15,000 per ticket for a concert and it's not even for charity. Go HERE. I Feel So Secure I too can order a license to obtain nuke materiels via USPS. Go HERE. The Polls Some polls say Congress has lower favorable numbers than The Shrub. What the numbers don't say is that the low rating is due to Congress' inability to stop Bush & Cheney. What Is Progress? Some People Have Too Much Money From Jeff Koons to Damien Hirst. From 17 million for a Lichtenstein painting to Van Gogh selling one painting in his life to someone else paying someone else many many millions for one of his paaintings. The legend and the list goes on. Art is not about money unless it goes in the artists' pocket. Go HERE.
	7/13/07 Foie Gras P�t� de foie gras. Are we not humane? Go HERE. Damn the Dordogne, even if Geese are disgusting shit machines. That War Czar Guy Anybody heard anything from him or is he down in the bunker with DickHead? The Old Grey Lady New York Times Headline: Senate Narrowly Backs Bush in Rejecting Debate on Increasing Time Between Deployments MacDries says: "I wouldn't call a margin or 56-41 very narrow. So much for the Liberal Press." Burn Rate McCain campaign is broke. 2 million minus 1.75 million debt = 250k. Bye bye John. Go HERE. Eve Ensler The Vagina Monologues. In case you're interested. I lost interest quickly. Go HERE. Impossible Germany Off the new Wilco CD. Sky Blue Sky Some Art Quote Of The Day "We know we have more work to do when Scooter Libby gets no prison time and a 21-year-old honor student, who hadn't even committed a felony, gets 10 years in prison." -- Barak Obama Friday The 13th It comes on a Friday this month.
	7/12/07 New Music I'm getting very fond of: The Little Willies These Days And Running On Empty. The Old Grey Lady They still have boner for John Edwards. Who is Leslie Wayne anyway? Go HERE. The Real Romney Attraction Of Opposites 7 foor 9 inch man (world's tallest) marries 5 foot 6 inch woman. So it goes in Mongolia. He searched and searched and found the girl next door. Go HERE. The Real Rudy Artist Of The Month An Exhibition of Recent Artwork by Deborah F. Lawrence June 29 to July 31, 2007 Gallery hours: 1-8 pm daily The Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery Walter Reade Theater The Film Society of Lincoln Center 165 W. 65th Street, Plaza Level New York, NY Artist Reception:� Wednesday. July 11, 2007, 6-8 PM Gallery Conversation with the artist and Sean Elwood of Creative Capital Foundation:� Sunday, July 15, 3-4 PM
	7/11/07 Lady Bird, 94, RIP There was only one and she put up with a ton. Tom Petty Message from Al Gore Hi, Live Earth was a unique moment that now presents us with a unique choice. Do we use this unprecedented opportunity to organize a global movement that will last beyond the concerts themselves? Or do we let the moment pass? That's why I'm asking you to join me in signing the Live Earth Pledge, which calls for a 90% cut in global warming pollution. The pledge is a simple way to show that the political will exists to take the bold steps necessary to end the climate crisis. But it will only be effective if millions of Americans speak out and add their voice. Sign the Live Earth Pledge today by visiting: http://algore.com/pledge Dolly Parton Streaming down from Wolfgang's Vault. Go HERE. AC On And it's still too hot to think. Running out of food and don't even want to go outside. Supposed to go to an opening tonight and don't feel like it. Poor Kate has to go from one job to the next.
	7/10/07 Here's The Conundrum Nixon thought Fred T was "dumb as hell." Is that a good thing or bad? Especially since young Fred was his mole in the Watergate hearings. Juicy. Go HERE. Surgeon General Tells It Bobby Jr. Kicking @ss at Live Earth. Speaking too fast and hoarse but still sounds like Dad. Great speech. Go HERE. Bono & The Boss 20 years ago. Then Bruce kicking ass and Courtney Cox jumps on stage at the end. Rudy, Rudy, Rudy First, Giuliani Iowa adviser Jim Nussle bolted to OMB. Then his South Carolina chair Thomas Ravenel got busted on cocaine charges. And now Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R) -- perhaps Rudy's biggest endorsement in the South -- has apologized for his number being on the DC Madam's phone list. What's next? Or does bad news just come in threes? Not to mention Bernie Kerik. What radar for character the guy has. Gonzo Busted Lying to Congress is perjury. Go HERE. One Finger Typist Not much fun.
	7/9/07 Bush Blogs Zevon Surgery In by six out by ten. Left hand still numb so one hand blogging is bothersome. I miss my Sparkler but luckily I have Kate The Great who picked me up and walked me home.
	7/8/07 Tough As A Shrub Bully tough according to Begala. Go HERE. Live Earth Day Closes Ignore it at at your children's peril. Via Andrew Sullivan The former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 and a half hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. "I tried to avoid this war," Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. "I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers." Nobody's Perfect Best ending ever. Not My Sister! The other Madonna. The Paper Of Record? Well, it's now official. The NYTimes says it's time to leave Iraq. Isn't that a relief. The Air Car MacDries says, "Compare this with the auto industry wasting billions each year on aesthetic re-desin and planned obsolescence." 40 Years Ago Today My younger bro Dennis just called to tell me that on that day I was sitting in his former in-laws kitchen. I told him I recalled his mother-in-law berating him on his wedding day as if he was a young kid. I didn't think that marriage was gonna last too long. I was right but he survived and has grand-kids. Hard to think of him as a grandfather since I'm not one yet. Today Wimbledon Final. Federer/Nadal. And Roger takes his 5th in five sets. Next stop U.S. Open.
	7/7/07 Erase 8 Miserable Years Re-elect Gore. Draft him if we have to. Go HERE. For Kate The Great Her main man, John Mayer on why he's playing Live Earth. Go HERE. Check's In The Mail Libby writes a check for $250,000. Could you do that in three days. As Deep Throat said, "Follow the money." Who is actually paying the fine? Tell It Pearl Jam & U2 Then Go HERE. Tell It Mort "I know George Bush. I�ve met him and spoke to him a number of times. He told me he had stopped drinking. When I asked him how he did it he said he was born again. I said, you were born again? WHY WOULD YOU COME BACK AS GEORGE BUSH???" -- Mort Sahl Time's Up Dickhead! Sign the petition. Go HERE. Venus Wins Wimbledon Takes home $1.4 million just like the guys. "Thank you, All England Club -- we're playing under equal terms." -- Venus Williams MacDries says, "Well, not exactly. The guys play 5 sets, the gals play 3. Some are more equal than others." Some Art
	7/6/07 Study Finds Men talk as much as women. I say that's BS. Go HERE. Andy Andy Andy Roddick blows a 2 set lead and loses in 5. Henin also got dumped. Venus looks good. Federer/Nadal seems likely. More Matisyahu Message In The Bottle Police cover. This guy grows on you. Live At Stubbs Hi, My Name Is Sam i draw pictures, from your titles. send me a title, or any thing else you want to talk to me about to: sambrown@explodingdog.com Or, Go HERE. South Dakota Scene
	7/5/07 Those Fucking Israelis They invaded Gaza again cuz they don't like who the Palestinians like to govern them. Go HERE. Some Art One of my favorite paintings by me. I Remember The Day I remember the day in 1981 after 6 weeks on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, eating grilled Shark ka-bobs on the beach and drinking tequila long into the night. I got on a scale and I was 155 lbs. That was how much I weighed back in 1965-67. I remember the day in 1996 looking at a family reunion photo and said, my god, I'm fat. I got on a scale and I was 190 lbs. I started getting on the scale every morning and saw the dial creep up to 196-98. Then after skipping a few days I looked down and it read 206. That was it. I started changing something. Not sure what but I got down to 172 and then crept up to 180. I've been that weight now for 6-7 years. Can't seem to get it lower even after I was told I was diabetic and had to really cut the booze and pasta. My paunch is nearly gone but that's as low as I can seem to go. What I don't know is: Kate, her mother and I are almost the same height but Kate weighs, maybe 140. Her mother weighs 120 tops. I weigh 40 pounds more. Kate says it because men/women are different. I say it's unfair. Hasidic Reggae Matisyahu . Efit I think I coined a new word. Know how the f word has gained such currency? I say efit!. I also noticed that some one else recently coined the word @sshole. iPhone I'm taking odds on whether RomDog has got his iPhone yet.
	7/4/07 Tell It MacDries I want to know why: Whenever Patriotism is praised it is with examples of those who died in some war. Why not Jonas Salk who gave us the polio vaccine. Why not Bucky Fuller who told us early on about the globe we live on. Why not MLK who forced us to see that equal rights was a sham in America. Why not Jimi Hendriks burning his guitar at the end of Star Spangled Banner. The list goes on. Tell It Marvin Tell It Tom "If there is a sin superior to every other, it is that of willful and offensive war. Most other sins are circumscribed within narrow limits, that is, the power of one man cannot give them a very general extension, and many kinds of sins have only a mental existence from which no infection arises; but he who is the author of a war, lets loose the whole contagion of hell, and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death." -- Thomas Paine Tell It Ray Penn & Teller Ann's Birthday Today And the U.S. of A too. But she's not nearly as old. Satchmo too. Here's Chet Atkins.
	7/3/07 Tell It Student Scholar Go HERE. The Old Grey Lady I No Longer Read Or Consult The New York Times. The paper of record has become increasingly irrelevant. Like Congress and its connections with lobbyists and special interest groups it is much too bound to its cash cow: The Advertiser, Style, Real Estate and Sports. Here is a list of sites I check regularly to get mostly unfettered News and Commentary. I won't list the alternet sites because they get too much publicity as it is. This may prove to make my blog redundant but... efit. The Raw Story. Go HERE. Buzz Flash. Go HERE. Fire Dog Lake. Go HERE. Andrew Sullivan. Gay disillusioned Conservative but intelligent. Go HERE. Dilbert. Funny and idiosyncratic. Go HERE. Talking Points Memo. A bit tedious but original journalism. Go HERE. American Prospect. Academic oriented politics. Robert Reich is my main man. Go HERE. Go surf. Tell It NYTimes Go HERE. Living In Three Centuries My Aunt Rose did. Awesome slide show. Go HERE. Tell It Obama "This decision to commute the sentence of a man who compromised our national security cements the legacy of an Administration characterized by a politics of cynicism and division, one that has consistently placed itself and its ideology above the law. This is exactly the kind of politics we must change so we can begin restoring the American people�s faith in a government that puts the country�s progress ahead of the bitter partisanship of recent years." Tell It Shrub "I don't believe my role is to replace the verdict of a jury with my own." -- George W. Bush on why he signed death warrants for 152 inmates as governor of Texas. "I respect the jury's verdict.� But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive." -- G.W. Bush on Libby Tell It Fitz We fully recognize that the Constitution provides that commutation decisions are a matter of presidential prerogative and we do not comment on the exercise of that prerogative. We comment only on the statement in which the President termed the sentence imposed by the judge as "excessive." The sentence in this case was imposed pursuant to the laws governing sentencings which occur every day throughout this country. In this case, an experienced federal judge considered extensive argument from the parties and then imposed a sentence consistent with the applicable laws. It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals. That principle guided the judge during both the trial and the sentencing. Although the President�s decision eliminates Mr. Libby�s sentence of imprisonment, Mr. Libby remains convicted by a jury of serious felonies, and we will continue to seek to preserve those convictions through the appeals process. -- Patrick Fitzgerald Tell It Merle
	7/2/07 The Sky Today One of the great weather days in NYC. � 2007 Danny Dries Some Art Maybe Al... Gore was not kidding when he said "I'm a recovering politician". Go HERE. MacDries still says, "Run Al. Run and win, again." Kick Lieberman Out! The Dems have control of congress until 2008 at least and the bastard will vote with the Reprobates on crucial issues anyway. So strip him of all committees and kick him out of the caucus. Pardon Libby Proponents Accessories to an ongoing crime, says Joe Wilson. Sounds right to me. Go HERE. Latest: The Shrub commutes Libby's sentence. Did anyone ever doubt it. Still to come: Bush pardon after Libby appeals and fails. But that's a few months away; say after the Shrub leaves office. Dang Me Time for a rebirth for Roger Miller. Ronnie Was A Crook, It Seems Big land deal pay-off. Go HERE. Today Got nuthin'. Back after a while.
	7/1/07 Ratatouille Couldn't wait until My Sparkler comes back so I caught a matinee. Well worth it. This Pixar team makes the best movies. I've seen them all and this is one of the best; though they all seem that when you're watching them. Side note: I hate rats so I'm hoping I don't have bad dreams tonight. Maria Moves on @ Wimbledon. Romdog's Birthday And he's almost as old as me. Have a good one dawg.
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