Bush speaks his mind. Freedom of Speech has been unanimously revoked.
NY Time Article
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So, Bush has decided to finally deal with the crisis of rising gas prices. His solution? Telling America to drive less.
That makes.. wait, what?? That's his solution? That works if it's your crazy Uncle Mort. Unfortunately for us, this is the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. Telling Americans to drive less has about as much effect as telling Americans to not shoot each other. I haven't seen such brilliant political strategy since Nancy Regan's "Just say no" campaign. Is there somewhere where they teach this sort of bullshit? "Today, in Not Solving Problems 101, we'll learn how to B.S. our way out of national emergencies." I suppose we do have to give Bush some allowance though. He is, without a doubt, the stew-pidest president we've ever had. It just takes a while for the synapses to connect. This president's downloading at 28.8 mbps in a DSL world. Let's just give him sometime for the webpage to load. Maybe somebody should take all the shiny things out of the Oval Office so we can give him some time to DO SOME ACTUAL FUCKING WORK.
This is going completely against what he said in 2001 when Bush called energy consumption "an American way of life." NOW, we're asked to drive less. And the worse part? Drilling companies are now using this as an excuse to bypass environmental laws. They claim that now's not the time to prevent them from drilling coastally or drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What??? Bloodsucking bastards. They want to drill on protected land so they can lower gas prices, what, a nickel? You know they're never going below 2.90 for gas now. They don't have to. We've proven we'd pay for it. IF one day they discovered 4000 metric tons of oil in a lost island in the Pacific, we'd still be paying 3.05 for gas because it's a bloody monopoly. Oil companies put this government together, funding a large percentage of Senators, Congressmen, PRESIDENTS, etc. They've got a stranglehold on D.C. That's why we still believe, as a nation, that biodiesel's not a practical fuel source. God forbid we realize that we can escape the infinite loop of fossil fuel consumption. Savages, I swear.
Ok, enough of that. What else is new?
http://www.beautifuldecay.com/
Bridging the gap between graffiti and art, Beautiful Decay presents some rather awesome designs and illustrations. I spent quite awhile just looking at some of the pictures in the previous issues. I can't explain why I like the artstyle of some of these people. I just do. In particular, I really enjoyed the graffiti work in Issue 23. It's quite spectacular considering the amount of bullshit pseudo-graffiti you see all over the place. This is very much art.
Speaking of art:
http://www.politicalgraphics.org/home.html
Awesome pictures. Awesome message. My favorite is the poster that says "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." -Bertolt Brecht. There's another quote by the playwright that I think best encompasses our situation. "Unhappy is the land that is in need of heroes." Yep.
Ok, that's it for Monday. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Hopefully tomorrow won't be stew-pid. I have my doubts, though.
(you need to have a NY Times account to read the whole story. Just sign up. It's free.)
So, Bush has decided to finally deal with the crisis of rising gas prices. His solution? Telling America to drive less.
That makes.. wait, what?? That's his solution? That works if it's your crazy Uncle Mort. Unfortunately for us, this is the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. Telling Americans to drive less has about as much effect as telling Americans to not shoot each other. I haven't seen such brilliant political strategy since Nancy Regan's "Just say no" campaign. Is there somewhere where they teach this sort of bullshit? "Today, in Not Solving Problems 101, we'll learn how to B.S. our way out of national emergencies." I suppose we do have to give Bush some allowance though. He is, without a doubt, the stew-pidest president we've ever had. It just takes a while for the synapses to connect. This president's downloading at 28.8 mbps in a DSL world. Let's just give him sometime for the webpage to load. Maybe somebody should take all the shiny things out of the Oval Office so we can give him some time to DO SOME ACTUAL FUCKING WORK.
This is going completely against what he said in 2001 when Bush called energy consumption "an American way of life." NOW, we're asked to drive less. And the worse part? Drilling companies are now using this as an excuse to bypass environmental laws. They claim that now's not the time to prevent them from drilling coastally or drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What??? Bloodsucking bastards. They want to drill on protected land so they can lower gas prices, what, a nickel? You know they're never going below 2.90 for gas now. They don't have to. We've proven we'd pay for it. IF one day they discovered 4000 metric tons of oil in a lost island in the Pacific, we'd still be paying 3.05 for gas because it's a bloody monopoly. Oil companies put this government together, funding a large percentage of Senators, Congressmen, PRESIDENTS, etc. They've got a stranglehold on D.C. That's why we still believe, as a nation, that biodiesel's not a practical fuel source. God forbid we realize that we can escape the infinite loop of fossil fuel consumption. Savages, I swear.
Ok, enough of that. What else is new?
http://www.beautifuldecay.com/
Bridging the gap between graffiti and art, Beautiful Decay presents some rather awesome designs and illustrations. I spent quite awhile just looking at some of the pictures in the previous issues. I can't explain why I like the artstyle of some of these people. I just do. In particular, I really enjoyed the graffiti work in Issue 23. It's quite spectacular considering the amount of bullshit pseudo-graffiti you see all over the place. This is very much art.
Speaking of art:
http://www.politicalgraphics.org/home.html
Awesome pictures. Awesome message. My favorite is the poster that says "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." -Bertolt Brecht. There's another quote by the playwright that I think best encompasses our situation. "Unhappy is the land that is in need of heroes." Yep.
Ok, that's it for Monday. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Hopefully tomorrow won't be stew-pid. I have my doubts, though.
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