Mukasey Refuses to Judge Waterboarding – washingtonpost.com
I read today that the Attorney General has refused to judge whether or not waterboarding is in fact torture. I think that congress should cut his fingers off one at a time until he agrees to actually answer the question.
Asshole.
I am a Green Bay Packers fan, and so I was very happy to see them beat up on the Seahawks, but was nearly as happy to see Dallas get beat by the New York Football Giants. I think that the Packers may have had a very hard time winning in Dallas, but that they should be able to handle the Giants in Green Bay.
A couple of other notes about the Cowboys loss. Owens was probably right to say that the fact that Romo went on vacation to Cabo had little to do with the loss (though anything to stay focused during that week might have been a good idea in my opinion), but crying about it in the press conference reveals him as the weak pussy he has always been.
I also don’t think that the Patriots are as good as everyone keeps saying that they are. I keep hearing that they may be the best team of all time, but when I look at this team I don’t get that impression at all. They don’t seem to dominate or intimidate as much as happen to win. Not that winning all of these games is nothing, but I would take any number of great teams from the past and feel confident that I could beat the crap out of the current Patriots. Tell me, would you rather have Montana – Rice or Brady – Moss? Would that even be a close call? It wouldn’t for me, and that’s just one example.
In baseball news. Shut the fuck up about steroids. I admit that baseball fans should care, and that players and owners should care, and possibly even vice units of local police departments should care, but you know who shouldn’t care? Fucking congress, that?s who. We have an imminent recession, an education program that is dissolving, some sore if war (I think), possible corruption in some levels of government, and so on. Is the issue of steroid use among a bunch of individuals with their own personal plans, and no thoughts to overthrow the government, for example, really the best way for even a single member, much less a committee, to spend his time? If their actions are criminal, imprison them. Otherwise let baseball worry about baseball. Unless Roger Clemens has an economic stimulus package to present, he should stay out of Washington.
Go Chargers!
I am a Green Bay Packers fan, and so I was very happy to see them beat up on the Seahawks, but was nearly as happy to see Dallas get beat by the New York Football Giants. I think that the Packers may have had a very hard time winning in Dallas, but that they should be able to handle the Giants in Green Bay.
A couple of other notes about the Cowboys loss. Owens was probably right to say that the fact that Romo went on vacation to Cabo had little to do with the loss (though anything to stay focused during that week might have been a good idea in my opinion), but crying about it in the press conference reveals him as the weak pussy he has always been.
I also don?t think that the Patriots are as good as everyone keeps saying that they are. I keep hearing that they may be the best team of all time, but when I look at this team I don?t get that impression at all. They don?t seem to dominate or intimidate as much as happen to win. Not that winning all of these games is nothing, but I would take any number of great teams from the past and feel confident that I could beat the crap out of the current Patriots. Tell me, would you rather have Montana – Rice or Brady – Moss? Would that even be a close call? It wouldn?t for me, and that?s just one example.
In baseball news. Shut the fuck up about steroids. I admit that baseball fans should care, and that players and owners should care, and possibly even vice units of local police departments should care, but you know who shouldn?t care? Fucking congress, that?s who. We have an imminent recession, an education program that is dissolving, some sore if war (I think), possible corruption in some levels of government, and so on. Is the issue of steroid use among a bunch of individuals with their own personal plans, and no thoughts to overthrow the government, for example, really the best way for even a single member, much less a committee, to spend his time? If their actions are criminal, imprison them. Otherwise let baseball worry about baseball. Unless Roger Clemens has an economic stimulus package to present, he should stay out of Washington.
Go Chargers!
With the way we are progressing with our remodeling efforts, we will be ready to actually buy some new furniture and do some decorating in the next twenty to thirty years. With that eye on the future I have been thinking about how we should set up the interior of this house, and what would look good. This presents a problem for me. The house is something of an enigma. It was built in 1910, and is therefore contemporary with Arts and Crafts houses built in this area. The problem is that while there are a few real Arts and Crafts elements in the house, most of the house is something else. It certainly isn’t victorian, and it is too plain for something like Deco or Nouveau, so what are we left with? The house is almost certainly something sort of transitional in nature. As a result, all concepts for design seem wrong. I think that we will, in reaction to this wrongness, go a completely different direction, and head to a more modern design style, or at least mid-century modern.
My thinking is that trying to force Arts and Crafts stuff in here will look clumsy, but going in another direction entirely will look stylish and intentional. Really though, have you priced any of that modern design type stuff? It can get astronomical. I like Eames reproduction (in the sense that it is a new production chair, and not an original run) chairs, but I’m not sure I’ll ever be prepared to spend $4,000 on one, either financially or emotionally. There are some cheaper options available, naturally, but I don’t know if I can get close to the quality I want at the price I want to pay. The problem here is that I need to be rich.
