Karl Rove is up for Time's Person of the Year. I guess they needed another name and grabbed his out of hat, whilst drunk.
Somebody called my cell phone from the number 216-416-0033 (call it, you get static) and left a vulgar message. I did a search, and it happened to somebody else, same exact number. But unfortunately, that link doesn't help much. Any ideas? Update: 7/26/2005 Reader mail! i know this is random, but i am not a member of your blog, so i am sending you a myspace message. i googled the relay number that prank called me this evening, the same one you got a call from in april. that relay number is a number you can find online somewhere, and use your computer to make relay calls. usually you have to have a certain phone to use relay, but this company lets you do it through a computer, thus allowing non-deaf people to make relay calls to other non-deaf people. i found out that it was my boyfriend's little brother calling me, so chances are someone you know found the number and used their computer to call you. so its not some crazy person calling you. just thought i would let you know, th...
Hey did you happen to catch the Simpsons re-run a day or two ago? It was the "Homer the Vigilante." episode from 1994--one of the really good ones.
ReplyDeleteIt was like a picture-perfect foreshadowing of the current state of the nation with Homer serving as the analogy of the President.
Here's a link of the full transcript of the episode if you didn't see it, or can't remember it:
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F09.html
Here's one scene that made me go, "heyyyy...just like bush!" --
(The townspeople have gathered to come up with a solution to the burglary attacks)
Flanders: Welcome, neighbors. Since the police can't seem to get off their dufferoonies to do something about this burglarino, I think it's time we started our own neighborhood watch...eroony!
[Everyone cheers]
Now, who should lead the group?
Man: You!
Everyone: Yay! Flanders! Flanders! Flanders!
Flanders: I don't really have very much experience, but I'll --
Moe: Someone else!
Everyone: Yay! Someone else! Someone else! Someone else!
Homer: I'm someone else.
Lenny: He's right!
Homer: We don't need a thinker. We need a do-er:
someone who'll act without considering the
consequences.
Everyone: Homer! Homer! Homer!
-- "Homer the Vigilante"
...and here's another scene:
(That night at dinner, Homer relates his antics to the rest of the family.)
Homer: So I said to him, "Look, buddy, your car was upside down when we got here. And as for your Grandma, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that!"
Lisa: Dad, don't you see you're abusing your power
like all vigilantes? I mean, if you're the police, who will police the police?
Homer: I dunno. Coast Guard?
Marge: Homer, wasn't the whole point to catch the Cat Burglar?
Lisa: And I still don't have my saxophone.
Homer: Lisa, the mob is working on getting your
saxophone back. But we've also expanded into other important areas. [reads from a list] Literacy programs, preserving our beloved covered bridges, world domination --
Lisa: World domination?
Homer: Oh ho, heh, that might be a typo.
[thinks] Mental note--the girl knows too much.
-- "Homer the Vigilante"
Bush is quite the vigilante, wouldn't you say?
I think the men driving behind the scenes of the bush administration, may have watched this episode when drafting up their plan to successfully seize power and abuse it, all with the approval of the malleable American people.