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W. delivered a speech yesterday reassuring Americans that we will be victorious in Iraq, as we embark into the fourth year of the war.
"We are implementing a strategy that will lead to victory in Iraq and a victory in Iraq will make this country more secure and will help lay the foundation of peace for generations to come," W. said.
This statement comes 1,054 days since W's May 1, 2003, "Mission Accomplished" speech/photo-op aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Yikes.
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I was just watching March Madness highlights and then I heard singing outside my window. I went out to my porch and saw a bunch of hippie-grandmas singing showtune parodies in front of Starbucks.
"War business is Bush business, the only business he knows..."
I grabbed my camera and caught the following shots in front of Mallard's:
So Bellingham not only harbors college hippies, but hippies of all generations. As you can see in the sign, these grandmas refuse to wear bras until the war ends. I ask them:
"Do your boobs hang low, do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow?"
Happy March Madness everyone. Don't forget to fill out your bracket. The tournament kicks off with 16 games today. Nate Krahn is hyperventilating.
I'm going to have to agree with South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and call Issac Hayes a hypocrite for quitting South Park. (Thanks Karla for the story tip.)
According to the AP story, Hayes, who lends his sultry voice to Chef, said:
"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins... Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored... As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."
To that, Matt Stone told the AP:
"This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians... [We] never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."
If I recall correctly, I read an interview with Stone and Parker in GQ a couple months ago and the interviewer asked the pair why it took them so long to do a show about Scientology. Parker replied:
"To be honest, what kept us from doing it before was Isaac Hayes [who does the voice of Chef]. We knew he was a Scientologist. And he’s an awesome guy. We’re like, Let’s just avoid that for now... Finally, we just had to tell Isaac, 'Dude, we totally love working with you, and this is nothing personal, it’s just we’re South Park, and if we don’t do this, we’re belittling everything else we’ve ripped on.' "
Stone and Parker took shots at Jews, Muslims, Christians, Mormons, etc., multiple times over the course of South Park's nine years and, out of courtesy for Hayes, left Scientology out of their line of fire. I agree that the time had come (especially with the surplus of Tom Cruise material available) to finally level the playing field and take a long-overdue shot at Scientologists. The episode aired last November.
I'll keep my analysis concise: If you dish it out, you better be able to take it. Don't laugh at others if you can't laugh at yourself, Issac. You are a bad mother -- Shut your mouth.
