'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Jazz From Hills
Trimmed Bush and Hedges
The name of the game when you are the most powerful guy on the planet is to hopefully make things better for all, not just the rich. What has Bunnypants done nothing other than make everything worse for poor and middle class people?
Who suffered the brunt of his tax cuts? The poor and middle class. Who went to go fight the wars we're in now? Who bares the brunt of the pollution that big industy is getting away with? Who are suffering reductions in eduncation cuts, police force reducios, loss of jobs, the recession? It's us, the poor and mddle class.
I get the feeling from people I talk to that this election is gonna be the BIG ONE. Never has a preident sent his country into the shitter faster than Bunnypants. But, I'll tell ya what, you talk to the Coutry Club Set and it's like they have blinders on. They still are blaming on Bill geting a blow job, while blow jobs abound in the hypocritical Country Club. I've seen that with my own two eyes in a men's restroom, a very wealthy and "respectable" judge's wife was run and giving blow jobs. Oh well...
And the most awful thing is Bunnypants is going to keep the war criminals/profiteers who got us into all his mess aboard if he wins. I don't now if it's age or if it's cause I quit pounding beers twelve at a time, but I've actually woken up frightened if Bunnypants rigs and wins the election. I mean, is it going to take a real revolution like it did in the sixties to get that piece of shit out of office?
How bad is he going to let this country get?
I think the black vote, the poor vote, the Hispanic vote are for the most part going with Kerry. Hopefully the young people will too but some of them are so ignorant that they might just pull the Republican party ticket by accident.
I think Kerry has the young vote due to all the rock and rolers and other entertainers finally speaking up (read Bruce Springsteen's recent, very calm, very rational letter to the New York Times).
We will pay for the damage that has already been inflicted. We can zip our borders tighter than a fat plumber's pants with his crack showing, but the enemy is very smart, rich and they want us to die. Instead of rebuilding Iraq so hastily, why doesn't Bunnypants go up in the Smoky Mountains, the Ozarks. God, some of those people are poor and live as harhly as many Iraqis.
No more misery, Bunnyboy. Your lies are on the table. Th Kerry camp will blow Bunnypants to pieces as soon as the debates occur. You have the wealthy vote, but you're talking one percent of the U.S. Class warfare? You hit it on the nail. Misery or quality of government, folks. Misery, which debunks the rest of the whole Republican platform, is where we are headed if Bush/Mr.War Criminal "Fuck You" Cheney, and Mr."I do no wrong" Rumsfeld.
I saw General Tommy Franks on an interview yesterday. He said he doesn't know if he's going to vote for Bush because of the atmosphere in the White House that existed durng his time spent there. This guy was the head cheese who orchestrated the whole Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq. As a military strategist, he is non-pareil. He retired and now can really speak his mind. He said things need to change instead of guys patrolling streets infested with sniper-fire. This is equal in lunacy as Viet Nam was when infantry troops would go out on night missions to get ambushed. If Tommy Franks insinuated he won't be voting for Bush, who closer to the inner sanctum is Tommy? I mean, it's like taking advice on how to make money from the Trump-boy. I hope the Kerry camp can get Franks to endorse the Democratic platform and Kerry and Edwards. He would be a great help. So much for loyalty, hey Bunnypants?? His own people are jumping ship. If I'm on a ship, and one of the top Commanders told me the ship was sinking, but the Chief Commander who illegally got to be Chief Commander said it was just a small leak, I'd head for the lifeboats. Head for the lieboats, people. Head for those lifeboats.
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Mr. Hawk's Weekly Review
'The Young Ones'
It's party time for the boys and they have pulled out all the stops. Neil has invited his one friend. Vyv has souped up the vacum cleaner so that it could suck the heart right out of Cheney (if he had a real one). They have corn flakes and dip, lentil nibbles and a variety of talking veggies.
Dawn French shows up as a christian missionary who wants to pray the boys into heaven until Mike asks her up to his room, then she begins a jihad on him. The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse are sitting on a nearby hill.
One the Balowski family shows up to make the weekly trouble while Rick is his usual self. Mike's dream woman gets out of her pumpkin. And then...... Vyv's friends show up. The evening ends with a wild game of "Beat the Hippie"
A couple of non-review notes:
1. I see where a barrel of oil is reaching a new high again, but the local price at pump dropped another 3 cents. Guess the Bush economy is working after all.
2. I think Rove's magic dust has run out, this last bit o' crap about Kerry seems to be backfiring. Check this article out.
~ Mr. Hawk
Kerry/Edwards
At stake is our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor
Thanks, Mr. Hawk!
Links from Bruce
Jack Black
Reader Request
Sign Ideas
help! kerry is coming to eugene oregon tomorrow and I need ideas for signs!
looks like kerry will be stopping here in eugene tomorrow (thursday) night and friday morning and I'd love to have a good sign in my hands when he's here. I've gone brain dead.
ducks
Thanks, ducks!
Let's see if anyone responds.
Weekly Link
Humor Gazette
Bush intelligence decision lacks intelligence
Reader Review
McEnroe Show
Marty:
I happened upon the John McEnroe Show last night and sat through the whole sorry spectacle. True, it's not fair to judge a program by its first few shows, but this one you might want to watch soon because I doubt it will be around very long.
Host: Unless he's trying to affect the look of a slob on suicide watch at the county jail, McEnroe could first use a good stylist. (No, first would be good writers. Second would be a makeup artist who could touch up his gray hair and ashen skin tone. Third would be a stylist.) He wore an open-collar white shirt, tails out, underneath a gray suit. Class all the way.
Guests: Not exactly the "A" list, with the exception of legendary pro wrestler "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. The other guests were some British actor named Molina, a "singer" named Angela McCluskey and lip-licking NY Attorney General Elliot Spitzer. The oh-so-earnest Spitzer (who insists he's not yet decided whether he'll run for NY governor no really honest I still have to think more about it and discuss it with my wife and three adorable children) boasted of his record as a defender of the good and said his proudest accomplishment was getting grocery delivery people a $2 hourly wage boost. Yeah, he's ready to be governor of New York.
Set: Generic desk-and-couch. I swear I've seen it somewhere else before.
Sidekick: More of an apologist than a sidekick, this guy is the one who should be the host. I think his name was John or James or something.
When will radio and television learn to hire talk show hosts who have at least some experience in broadcasting? McEnroe ought to stick with whatever it is he does best and leave shows like these to true talent like Ryan Seacrest.
Ed
Thanks, Ed!
Haven't watched it yet. Sandwiched between Dennis Miller & reruns of the failed reality show 'The Restaurant,' I'm not likely to try too hard.....
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Reader Question
RE: TV schedule
Hi Marty,
I am writing this from 71° New Jersey, ha ha ha.
But I really suffer from the heat and am very sympathetic.
Anyway, is there any reason why your don't list PBS shows on your TV rundown?
I listen to am radio all day (and overnight) and do not have cable TV.
My exception is PBS and we get two other public stations (NJ Public and NYC which airs shows and concerts, etc. PLUS many ethnic shows which are top quality).
Unfortunately, the local TV guides do not always tell us what will be on. They list something like "Viewers Choice." This is frustrating because I record much on my VCR (so I don't miss my AAR!)
Thanks,
Sally P
Thanks, Sally!
The reason I don't (generally) include a PBS schedule is because each station may program as they see fit. For example, there is no PBS rule saying that 'Nova' airs on Tuesday - the station can place it where they wish.
Here we get KCET, PBS for LA, as well as KOCE, PBS for Orange County. Tonight KCET had 'Great Performances - Broadway's Lost Treasures II', and KOCE had 'Dr. Wayne Dyer: The Power Of Intention'.
Try the PBS Website - it's pretty simple to navigate & it probably has a listing for your local station.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still sunny & hot.
NOFX was on Conan Tuesday night - they all sported anti-chimpy shirts, and performed a song that expressed similar sentiments.
We're dealing with 'Winkie's Missing Whiskers Mystery.'
Last week Winkie lost all but about ½" of the whiskers on the right side of her head.
Yesterday the same thing happened to the ones on the left side.
The kid wasn't home when it happened, so he gets a pass.
Any ideas?
Women wear anti-Bush shirts as they cheer Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry (D-MA) at a campaign rally at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, August 10, 2004. Kerry was campaigning in Nevada on his coast to coast 'Believe in America' tour.
Photo by Mike Segar
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Urges Women to Vote
Jane Fonda
Actress Jane Fonda is urging women to vote this fall. The two-time Academy Award winner says 40 million eligible female voters did not cast ballots in the 2000 general election, a trend she hopes to reverse come Nov. 2.
"Women's vision can be the ruling paradigm if women make themselves heard," Fonda said Tuesday at a news conference.
Fonda, who lives part-time in northern New Mexico, appeared at the news conference with New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron; LaDonna Harris, president of Americans for Indian Opportunity; and Maria Jose Rodriguez Cadiz, a court monitors supervisor for the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center.
Jane Fonda
Knocks China Hotels for Shunning AIDS Kids
Sir Roger Moore
Former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore took aim at hotels and schools in the Chinese capital on Wednesday for turning away a group of AIDS orphans in town for a three-day summer camp.
Moore, now a UNICEF goodwill envoy who is visiting China to draw attention to the problems of children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS crisis, said Beijing hotels, hostels and schools "should hang their heads in shame" for not helping the 72 children.
Chinese newspapers reported in recent days that the children, attending a UNICEF camp that opened on Tuesday, had been turned away by 30 to 40 hotels or schools.
"The battle will be won," the actor told a news conference. "It is an uphill battle, but it will be, and we must get across, with your help, to people that there should be no stigma."
Sir Roger Moore
Alexandra,left, and Theodora Richards, daughters of Rolling Stone rocker Keith Richards, pose in this print ad which is part of a new multimedia campaign for Ann Taylor 50th-anniversary fashion collection featuring 50 noteworthy women, including; Linda Evangelista, Twiggy, Beverly Johnson, Karen Elson, and their mother, Patti Hansen. Annie Leibovitz photographed the 'I Am Ann Taylor' campaign, which features figures from fashion's past, present and future.
Photo by Ann Taylor, Annie Leibovitz
$1 Million In Grants
Hollywood Foreign Press
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. doled out a record $1 million in financial grants -- up almost $400,000 from last year's total -- to a mix of 27 film schools, foundations and nonprofits Wednesday at the org's annual installation luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The HFPA ponied up yet another $200,000 for Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation, which has now received $1.4 million.
Guests in attendance to accept the donations included thesps Leonardo DiCaprio (on behalf of Film Foundation), Natalie Portman (FINCA), John C. Reilly (Sundance Institute), Shohreh Aghdashloo (American Film Institute), David Carradine (FilmAid Intl.), Raquel Welch (Latin American Cinemateca), Mark Wahlberg (Ghetto Film School) and Anne and Kirk Douglas (Douglas Playground Fund).
Jim Carrey was on hand to announce grants to the Sundance Institute; CalArts School of Film/Video; the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; California State U., Northridge Dept. of Cinema/TV Arts; North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation; and Columbia U. School of the Arts.
Hollywood Foreign Press
World's Best-Dressed Man
Andre 3000
Andre 3000 is the world's best-dressed man, according to Esquire magazine.
Andre 3000 is the usually over-the-top dressed half of hip-hip duo OutKast. Some of the 30-year-old's fashion outings include: a lime green jacket at the 2004 Grammy Awards, candy apple red fur for the VH1 Big in 2003 ceremony and a pink-on-pink ensemble for the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.
Sources of his fashion inspiration include clothes from period flicks such as "Legends of the Fall" and "The Great Gatsby" and the "old men" in his neighborhood.
Although the magazine has compiled best-dressed lists in the past, this year's list is the first worldwide affair. Other best-dressed men include "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer, Prince Felipe of Spain, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom.
Andre 3000
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Recovering From Stroke
Dave Davies
Dave Davies, one of the founding members of British rock group The Kinks, has been partially paralyzed by a stroke he suffered in June, his spokesman said.
Spokesman Alan Robinson said Davies, 57, would have to spend at least another month in hospital, but that doctors were confident that with physiotherapy he would recover.
"He is paralyzed on the right hand side of his body but he retains some feeling and he can still hold a guitar plectrum," Robinson said Monday. "These small things mean a hell of a lot. They're small but very important."
Davies, who founded The Kinks in the early 1960s with his brother Ray, collapsed June 30 while promoting his new solo album, "Bug."
Dave Davies
The gold-plated Walther PPK 9mm handgun which once belonged to Elvis Presley and has been banned from sale in a TV auction, is seen in this undated photo made available Wednesday Aug. 11, 2004. The Walther PPK, engraved with the King's motto 'TCB' ('Taking Care of Business') was to have been the star lot in the rock'n'roll memorabilia sale on cable channel Auction-world TV, But media regulators have refused to allow it because advertising guns on TV is forbidden. The gun was decommissioned in the U.S. before being brought to Britain for the sale, but now it is being sold on the channel's web site instead. The 27th anniversary of Elvis's death is Monday, Aug. 27.
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Festival Hits New York
Garage Rock
The spirit of garage rock infused both the three-chord anthems of the Ramones and the raw power of Iggy and the Stooges.
That three-chord energy is set to shake the musical world's hips as 40 bands from legendary rocker Bo Diddley to revivalists the Strokes gather in New York to kick out the jams at the International Underground Garage Festival.
"Look, we've been drowning in mediocrity for too long," said Little Steven Van Zandt, who organized the festival and has championed all things garage for several years with a nationally syndicated radio show. "It's time to re-embrace the basics, that spirit of rock 'n' roll."
Every era of garage rock from the 1950s to the present day will be represented at Saturday's festival. For some bands it will be the first time they have performed together in years. And in keeping with garage rock character, tickets are only $20.
For a lot more, Garage Rock
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Arrested On Drug Charge
Tom Sizemore
Actor Tom Sizemore, convicted in 2003 of beating and threatening ex-girlfriend and former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, was arrested on Wednesday on felony charges of possession of a controlled substance.
Sizemore, 42, was booked at the sheriff's station in the city of West Hollywood, police said. Bail was set at $10,000 and he was free as of Wednesday afternoon.
Syndicated entertainment TV show "Access Hollywood" reported that Sizemore was arrested at his home in the early morning, and that drug paraphernalia also were discovered. It was not immediately clear what the controlled substances were.
Tom Sizemore
A biker rolls through a tunnel on Iron Mountain Road as Mount Rushmore stands in the background Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, near Keystone, S.D. Authorities said this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is drawing bigger crowds that have been more well-behaved than in previous years. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is seeing a 4 percent jump in visitors compared to last year, and rally-related visitation to the site is on pace to set an all-time record, said Chief Ranger Mike Pflaum.
Photo by Doug Dreyer
Feud Casts Shadow
Steinbeck Family
Controversy stirs in John Steinbeck country, an area of northern California where the great 20th century author has long ignited passionate opinions.
The author of "Of Mice and Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath," Steinbeck died in 1968, yet he and his work still spark debate. Last month, the author's only surviving son added dissonance by suing the heirs of his stepmother in a copyright battle.
Since filing the lawsuit, Thomas Steinbeck, 60, has turned down interview requests. But he made an exception to discuss in a Reuters interview his father and his legacy, as well as the burden of being Steinbeck's heir in the land of Steinbeck.
For the rest, Steinbeck Family
Music Studio Fire
Black Eyed Peas
Fire broke out at Burbank recording studio early Wednesday morning, destroying musical equipment and furniture. The blaze was in an area where the hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas was working on a new album.
Glenwood Place Studios smoldered in the early morning hours. The Black Eyed Peas were recording a new CD called Monkey Business. The fire started while they were getting a bite to eat in another part of the building. When the band's manager said the studio was burning the Black Eyes Peas thought it was joke until they saw smoke and fire.
The Burbank Fire Department says the Black Eyed Peas lit candles during their recording session and forgot to blow them out before taking a break. The unattended candles ignited something flammable. The band tried to put out the fire.
Black Eyed Peas
Fined for Worker's Death
Disney
Walt Disney Entertainment has been fined $6,300 for the death of a worker dressed as Pluto who was run over and killed by a float as it entered a Magic Kingdom parade, officials said Wednesday.
The right foot of Javier Cruz, 38, became caught between the second and third sections of a three-part float as it was about to enter the parade route from a backstage area for the afternoon "Share a Dream Come True" parade last February. He fell and was run over by the third section of the vehicle.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration categorized the citation "serious" because employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck by motorized vehicles, according to OSHA. The maximum penalty for such a citation is $7,000, although the agency issues citations as high as $70,000 for repeat violators or if the violation was considered willful.
Disney
A trio of male Sumatran tiger cubs, recently born at the National Zoo, explore their habitat at the zoo in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004. The three 14-week-old male cubs are, from top to bottom, Jalan, Besar, and Marah. The cubs are part of the Species Survival Plan, meaning they will be relocated to other zoos for breeding within the next three years. Sumatran tigers are an endangered species, with only 500 found in the wild on the Indonesian island o
