Rolling Stone Article on Dick Cheney
This excellent biography of Cheney brings up some surprises about this evil genius. And I mean it when I say "evil." See -- liberals can use the 'e' word.
1. Cheney dropped out of Yale, then got back into college to avoid the draft.
2. Exactly 9 months and two days after they announced that childless, married men could get drafted, Cheney's first child was born.
3. A young Cheney was appointed Gerald Ford's White House Chief of Staff after Rumsfeld got him in. Ford later called appointing Cheney "the worst mistake" of his political career.
4. Cheney worked for Reagan and Bush I. People working with them said that he was "dangerous" and a power-hungry dude who would do anything to promote his own power. He was, in their words, "uninterested in human contact." Scary.
5. George W. Bush originally asked Cheney only to search for a Vice-Presidential candidate. Cheney made sure that Bush thought he was the only good candidate, and Cheney got the nod.
Worth 10 minutes to read the article. Again, I invite the millions of conservative eriklove.com readers to explain how they can justify voting for this ass clown. Wow.
Back to more important, non-political blogging tomorrow.
This excellent biography of Cheney brings up some surprises about this evil genius. And I mean it when I say "evil." See -- liberals can use the 'e' word.
1. Cheney dropped out of Yale, then got back into college to avoid the draft.
2. Exactly 9 months and two days after they announced that childless, married men could get drafted, Cheney's first child was born.
3. A young Cheney was appointed Gerald Ford's White House Chief of Staff after Rumsfeld got him in. Ford later called appointing Cheney "the worst mistake" of his political career.
4. Cheney worked for Reagan and Bush I. People working with them said that he was "dangerous" and a power-hungry dude who would do anything to promote his own power. He was, in their words, "uninterested in human contact." Scary.
5. George W. Bush originally asked Cheney only to search for a Vice-Presidential candidate. Cheney made sure that Bush thought he was the only good candidate, and Cheney got the nod.
Worth 10 minutes to read the article. Again, I invite the millions of conservative eriklove.com readers to explain how they can justify voting for this ass clown. Wow.
Back to more important, non-political blogging tomorrow.
Bush Reverses Himself After 'Misspeaking' - Reuters
So yesterday NBC aired an interview with Bush. (I know! He actually sat down for an interview and answered questions and stuff!) In the interview, surprisingly, Bush "misspoke" and didn't clearly express himself when he said that:
Yeah. So basically he said that he was wrong about that whole winning the war on terror thing, which we'll presumably win between now and 2008.
Today, he reversed himself and got about 34 other Republicans to do the same, saying that "Oh, of course we can win! The President just misspoke. Again."
Look -- I'm all about winning, but Bush was actually right to express doubt that we can ever really "win" and make terrorism disappear forever. Believe it or not, terrorism will continue to happen even if Bush actually gets elected this year. But for him to backtrack and try to talk about winning like it's some kind of board game is politics at its worst. Especially when you realize how many times this guy has misspoken over the years. And when he misspeaks, it's not about stupid stuff like the weather or who he had sex with or how many crack pipes he owned in his youth as a 35 year old -- it's about stuff like treaties and laws and whether we should go to Mars or not.
So to all you Republicans reading this blog right now (and I know a lot of you are): What do you have to say for yourself? How can you possibly support this dolt for President?
So yesterday NBC aired an interview with Bush. (I know! He actually sat down for an interview and answered questions and stuff!) In the interview, surprisingly, Bush "misspoke" and didn't clearly express himself when he said that:
"I don't think you can win it," [referring to the War on Terror].
Yeah. So basically he said that he was wrong about that whole winning the war on terror thing, which we'll presumably win between now and 2008.
Today, he reversed himself and got about 34 other Republicans to do the same, saying that "Oh, of course we can win! The President just misspoke. Again."
Look -- I'm all about winning, but Bush was actually right to express doubt that we can ever really "win" and make terrorism disappear forever. Believe it or not, terrorism will continue to happen even if Bush actually gets elected this year. But for him to backtrack and try to talk about winning like it's some kind of board game is politics at its worst. Especially when you realize how many times this guy has misspoken over the years. And when he misspeaks, it's not about stupid stuff like the weather or who he had sex with or how many crack pipes he owned in his youth as a 35 year old -- it's about stuff like treaties and laws and whether we should go to Mars or not.
So to all you Republicans reading this blog right now (and I know a lot of you are): What do you have to say for yourself? How can you possibly support this dolt for President?
Rosario Dawson Arrested at Anti-Bush Protest - Reuters
This woman is AWESOME. Not only a good actress, a good singer (track 8), ridiculously attractive, AND apparently willing to film a movie while denouncing the worst American president of my lifetime. And I was alive for Jimmy Carter, folks.
Did I mention she's the same age as me? Rosario -- if you're reading this (and, I'm pretty sure you are), call me.
This woman is AWESOME. Not only a good actress, a good singer (track 8), ridiculously attractive, AND apparently willing to film a movie while denouncing the worst American president of my lifetime. And I was alive for Jimmy Carter, folks.
Did I mention she's the same age as me? Rosario -- if you're reading this (and, I'm pretty sure you are), call me.
Michigan/Ohio War Timeline
Many of you have heard me discuss how I still hold a grudge against Ohio for a number of reasons. One of them was that we fought a war a few centuries ago. Michigan won. And we continue to win. Boo-ya.
Many of you have heard me discuss how I still hold a grudge against Ohio for a number of reasons. One of them was that we fought a war a few centuries ago. Michigan won. And we continue to win. Boo-ya.
Man, this is brilliant. They put up great photos, like this one:
and leave the captioning to you. Here are a few great ones for this little photo:
and leave the captioning to you. Here are a few great ones for this little photo:
"Sadly, Jessica Simpson misunderstood when she was asked to join the car pool."
"DUDE!...THERE'S MY CAR!!"
"The Hensons were the first on the
block to get a SUVmarine."
"I don't understand it, the dealer said it
would work fine in wet conditions...."
Well, in most parts of the world, eriklove.com is back online. Some of you might still have trouble connecting as internet servers worldwide recover from the hijacking ordeal which temporarily destroyed my website and redirected innocent eriklove.com fans to a 'web directory' service.
Thankfully, Blue Optic, the substandard company that hosts my website, has agreed to give me a full refund due to their failure to protect eriklove.com from being hijacked by yet another substandard company, ENom.
It's a long story that will be covered on ENN with an exclusive investigation. Check back soon for a full update.
For now, this blog will be seen only at http://eriklovedotcom.blogspot.com, but expect it back at its permenant home, http://blog.eriklove.com , shortly.
Again, thanks for sticking with us through this difficult time. Back to regularly scheduled, important blogging.
Thankfully, Blue Optic, the substandard company that hosts my website, has agreed to give me a full refund due to their failure to protect eriklove.com from being hijacked by yet another substandard company, ENom.
It's a long story that will be covered on ENN with an exclusive investigation. Check back soon for a full update.
For now, this blog will be seen only at http://eriklovedotcom.blogspot.com, but expect it back at its permenant home, http://blog.eriklove.com , shortly.
Again, thanks for sticking with us through this difficult time. Back to regularly scheduled, important blogging.
Two things here. First, I made it (again) onto a blog that is nearly as influential as mine, Dave Barry's. Check this out, and then see why Japanese ice cream really turned me off to the whole ice cream genre.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the one and only time I will tell you not to visit the most entertaining website on the internet, eriklove.com. That's because it's been HACKED.
Somehow, someone -- possibly a Koizumi operative -- has completely destroyed my website. When you type eriklove.com into your browser now, all you get is a damn search engine page complete with pop-ups.
Also, my email address, erik@eriklove.com, is currently out of service due to this tomfoolery. For the time being, contact me at elove@umail.ucsb.edu.
I am currently working with customer service at my substandard web hosting company, Blue Optic. Whatever you do, never, ever, ever get a website with Blue Optic. I have had numerous problems with them, and this failure to protect and renew my domain name is just the latest example. I have a pretty simple website, and they can't even handle me properly. So sf you're going to post a more important website (although, frankly, I can't see how you could), then definitely look anywhere other than Blue Optic.
We'll return to our regularly scheduled, important blogging as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
Somehow, someone -- possibly a Koizumi operative -- has completely destroyed my website. When you type eriklove.com into your browser now, all you get is a damn search engine page complete with pop-ups.
Also, my email address, erik@eriklove.com, is currently out of service due to this tomfoolery. For the time being, contact me at elove@umail.ucsb.edu.
I am currently working with customer service at my substandard web hosting company, Blue Optic. Whatever you do, never, ever, ever get a website with Blue Optic. I have had numerous problems with them, and this failure to protect and renew my domain name is just the latest example. I have a pretty simple website, and they can't even handle me properly. So sf you're going to post a more important website (although, frankly, I can't see how you could), then definitely look anywhere other than Blue Optic.
We'll return to our regularly scheduled, important blogging as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
I don't often gush about anything, but this Daily Show stuff is simply amazing. Be sure to click, in the lower right corner, "Back in Black - Huddled Humiliation." Comic genius, ladies and gentlemen.
"Grain of Truth" from Slate
It's a rare article that mentions Santa Barbara, Arizona, Ohio, Belgium, and fake boobs all in the space of one page.
It's a rare article that mentions Santa Barbara, Arizona, Ohio, Belgium, and fake boobs all in the space of one page.
BBC News - Abu Ghraib Report
What will it take to get this man fired? Why don't the American people demand that Bush get rid of this guy?
Maybe if he was a big hit in the 80s or something... like if he, I don't know, made an album that sold 10 million copies called Thriller or something like that. Or -- and I know this is outlandish -- what if he met with Saddam Hussein and was all friendly and stuff right after Iraq used chemical and biological weapons. Maybe if he did either of those things, maybe then you and I would be willing to demand his resignation after he presided over the military that tortured people just like used to do back in the day.
What? OK, people, throw me a fricking bone here.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff also failed to exercise proper oversight [at the prison], its report said.
The panel, led by former US Defence Secretary James Schlesinger, said the situation there was one of "chaos".
What will it take to get this man fired? Why don't the American people demand that Bush get rid of this guy?
Maybe if he was a big hit in the 80s or something... like if he, I don't know, made an album that sold 10 million copies called Thriller or something like that. Or -- and I know this is outlandish -- what if he met with Saddam Hussein and was all friendly and stuff right after Iraq used chemical and biological weapons. Maybe if he did either of those things, maybe then you and I would be willing to demand his resignation after he presided over the military that tortured people just like used to do back in the day.
What? OK, people, throw me a fricking bone here.
Yes. The greatest R&B group of all time released their seventh studio album today, and like all six before it, this one is simply outstanding. It's a collection of Motown and soul classics like "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "What You Won't Do For Love," redone by Boyz II Men in a way that often makes the original pale by comparison.
The album has been released with surprisingly little fanfare. Boyz II Men are on tour now and they appeared on the CBS Early Show yesterday, but the release has been largely ignored by TV and radio. Boyz II Men, now a trio, remain the most talented R&B group in the business, but now that the era of the ballad is over they seem to have trouble generating the raw excitement that they commanded in the 1990s. Fortunately, now that they have appeared on the most important blog ever, we can expect their sales to skyrocket. The only better way to increase sales would be to get me back into Boyz II Men, which I'm trying to arrange as we speak. Go out and pick up a copy of Throwback today.
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Two excellent blogs, both nearly as important as mine. Sometimes silver has to be good enough, folks.
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Two excellent blogs, both nearly as important as mine. Sometimes silver has to be good enough, folks.
Election 2004 Breaking News
See, folks, this is how it's gonna go down. You can come here and see amazing stuff like this. And if you're an eriklove.com fan in Tennessee who isn't registered to vote -- well, my friend, here is your wake up call.
And those of us from Detroit know how we're gonna handle this, right?
So, yeah, you'll see this kind of thing here from time to time, but we'll also have more, better stuff, too.
(We have to thank Mr. Nick Whitney for this one, but I promise you nothing else he forwards to me at blog@eriklove.com will ever make it onto the most important blog ever, ever again.)
Hart, 60, vows if elected to work toward keeping "less favored races" from reproducing or immigrating to the United States. In campaign literature, Hart contends that "poverty genes" threaten to turn the United States into "one big Detroit."
See, folks, this is how it's gonna go down. You can come here and see amazing stuff like this. And if you're an eriklove.com fan in Tennessee who isn't registered to vote -- well, my friend, here is your wake up call.
And those of us from Detroit know how we're gonna handle this, right?
So, yeah, you'll see this kind of thing here from time to time, but we'll also have more, better stuff, too.
(We have to thank Mr. Nick Whitney for this one, but I promise you nothing else he forwards to me at blog@eriklove.com will ever make it onto the most important blog ever, ever again.)
Well, folks, this is the first post.
So, this is the official Web Log for eriklove.com. What can you expect to find? Great, amazing stuff straight from the man himself. Yes. Erik will post here frequently and, fortunately, the crack team of editors over at ENN won't have the chance to approve or disapprove of what you see. That means you'll get some raw stuff here -- some of it serious but most of it ridiculous -- all for your internet viewing pleasure.
What will you never, ever find here? Useless drivel. This blog will bring you pure awesome, day in and day out.
Enjoy. Bask. And comment away.
Erik
So, this is the official Web Log for eriklove.com. What can you expect to find? Great, amazing stuff straight from the man himself. Yes. Erik will post here frequently and, fortunately, the crack team of editors over at ENN won't have the chance to approve or disapprove of what you see. That means you'll get some raw stuff here -- some of it serious but most of it ridiculous -- all for your internet viewing pleasure.
What will you never, ever find here? Useless drivel. This blog will bring you pure awesome, day in and day out.
Enjoy. Bask. And comment away.
Erik
