Fish Sticks, Mac & Cheese

what's up dude?, sorry it has been a while. it is tough for me to predict my work load here at the job, so i can't write with any regularity.

anyway, i see in the bbc that the man shot by british police officers had nothing to do with the london bombings. he was an electrician who may have had an expired visa, so when the cops were following him he got scared and ran. this brings about uncertainty in me. i don't know how to feel about this. sure, i feel terrible for the family of this guy, who was unjustly executed. but it begs the question, how much civil liberty have we given up? on the flip, in a scary world such as ours, don't walk around in a thick coat with a bagpack in the middle of july. but shouldn't we be allowed to wear whatever we want? maybe i too am buying into the paranoia, but part of me says when the cops yelled halt, this guy should have halted. what do you think?

on another interesting note, i was listening to howard stern today, as i do every morning, and he played a clip of carnie wilson saying how she is struggling with post partum depression. howard had little sympathy of course and proceeded to goof on her. then he said that psychologists probably invented post partum depression, much like they invented ADHD, to explain the unexplainable and perscribe drugs. it makes people feel good to know its not their fault for being a lousy parent.

while this is a bit harsh and rash, it does raise another interesting point. parenting is hard goddamn work, and most people don't know what they are getting into. but the question is if rich people didn't get this PPD, would it ever come to light? after all women have been having kids forever and dealing with it, either in a good way or a bad way, and no one had a name for their disease.

again, i ask for your opinion...

'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies
By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and movies who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died Wednesday. He was 85.

RIP, Mister Scotty....

check out the full article here > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050720/ap_on_en_tv/obit_doohan

not much time to post today, but i wanted to mention that the AP is running a series called "sketches of the victim's." it contains brief bio's of some people murdered by the terrorist bombings in london. this is a fantastic tribute in my opinion. it serves a sort e-eulogy and reminds the world that these people were not extremists, activists, or radicals; they were everyday people like you and me, who were on their way to work to put food on the table for their families.

they were people. they were murdered. it really makes you value the quality of life, because it can be taken from you by someone with a political agenda. it is sickening and sad. sucks, plain and simple.

here is the link if you would like to read the write-up > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050711/ap_on_re_eu/bombings_victims_thumbnails_1

on the lighter side, i just found out via punknews.org that catch 22 and streetlight manifesto are playing the starland ballroom in sayreville NJ. C22 on 9/9; and SM on 10/8. this is cool because the C22 tour with reel big fish isn't slated to hit the northeast US. sucks i won't get to see RBF this time out, i have seen them once and they were fantastic. also, catch 22 is in this months issue of alternative press magazine (july), the one with the transplants on the cover.

check out the details on www.starlandballroom.com

This morning terrorists struck in London by bombing the subway and a double decker bus. The AP tolled the casualties at 37 dead and 700 wounded. They are calling it the worst attack on London since WW2. An al-queda sect is claiming responsibility for this. This might be a dumb question but what the fuck is going on here people? Stuff like this makes you wonder what the hell is going on in the Middle East. The way we are handling things is really not solving anything. We believe that if we hit them where they live that we will break their spirit and win a glorious victory for world democracy. This ideal may have worked for Truman and Wilson, but it ain’t working for the W. Why? I’ll tell you why, it’s a different kind of enemy. It is not an enemy that “hates us for our freedom” (I swear if I hear one more person say that I will puke). These people will not tolerate our presence and us trying to Americanize them. They will die before that happens. So what, you might be thinking? Why should I care, you might be saying? I’ll tell you why, because they will fight and car bomb, and suicide bomb, and bomb in cities around the world to keep us out and second guessing ourselves. I am about to say something that you may not agree with, but let’s get the F out of there. This is a war that is not winable unless we make it a colony of ours for the purpose of natural resources (oil). People are dying for no clear objective or plan because Rumsfeld, W, and Karl Rove don’t want to appear weak or wavering. Congrats fools, you don’t appear wavering, but you do appear ignorant. And when I see W quoted as saying “Americans must remain vigilant,” isn’t this what Hitler used to say to spark nationalism while he pursued his own agenda of imperialism and bringing pride to people in other lands. Hmmm, weird parallel there. I don’t know, maybe I am nuts here, but its not working and when something doesn’t work, I always believed intelligent people made adjustments. But then again the man in charge can’t even ride a bicycle.

so london beat out paris for the 2012 olympics. whoop-de-friggin do. i have lost all interest in the olympics...especially the summer ones. who wants to see 187 different track and field or diving events? not me. they should put vince mcmahon on the olympic committee and have olympic professional wrestling.

on a more serious note, sandra day o'connor announced her retirement from the supreme court last week. this is trouble for regular people with half a brain. bush and his cronies, namely karl rove and dick cheney, are licking thier chops on this so they can get a gun toting anti abortion nut job on the bench. jon stewart said it best when he said "bush's intial inkling was to ask jesus to take the post, but then reconsidered after he figured jc had enough to do...with helping lead the united states and all." the daily show rocks.

still no natalee holloway in aruba, huh? is it just me or everytime you see that picture of joran van der sloot you just want to grab him by the throat and say "tell me where she is you friggin dipshit!" and maybe it's just me, but little joran absolutley knows what happened to her and i hate when people think they are getting something over on us and think we are oblivious. like oj, at least he got away with it and stopped that ridiculous charade of searching for the "real killers." he is just fading into obscurity before he dies a hopefully painful and long death. kudos, oj, on a job well done.

catch 22 announced they are joining the reel big fish "coast to coast roast" tour for the next month or so. cool, rbf are awesome live, as are catch 22...but the bastards are not touring the east coast. major bummer, just have to wait for the new streetlight manifesto album, which knowing them will be out in ten years.

well, i must wrap up now. as always, i invite your comments, criticism's, feedback, etc. and thank you (all two of you) for your support.