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Posted 6:40pm, Sunday, May 30, 2004

Switch

Anyone catch John McCain on Letterman Friday night? I just watched the TIVO feed and he was funny as usual.

When Dave asked McCain about Bush's three DIFFERENT pronunciations of Abu Ghraib during his speech last week, McCain said Bush did it to keep viewers hooked by wondering how he was going to pronounce it next.

You get the feeling that McCain would like nothing better than have the GOP goad him enough to switch sides. He's trying to stay loyal, but it's tough when you've got an idiot like Bush in charge.


If Bush's Iraq numbers weren't already falling fast enough, this will cause it to sink even further...

Army finds Tillman probably killed by friendly fire

Before anyone thinks of flaming me, let me make this clear: no matter how he died, Tillman is still a hero who died in service of country. All the soldiers deserve our support and respect. It's the war that is the issue, not the motivations of our soldiers.


The Giants won again this afternoon, which makes it 9 in a row.

Never write off the Giants. I've thought that since I was 15 years old. I've seen them come from behind 9 games on September 1st to finish the season 1 game out.

Yeah, I know... entirely different team with a different manager in a different era.

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Posted 9:30pm, Thursday, May 13, 2004

All is right in the world... right?

Hmmm. Four years later....

Well, thanks to the Bush administration we have finally a peaceful, united Middle-East. They are celebrating their first democratically elected leadership and ended the centuries of bloodshed in that region. Our troops were hailed as heroes for bringing an end to Saddam Hussein's reign. Statues of George W. Bush now stand where once there stood the awful reminders of an evil dictator.

Post-9/11, Bush, along with Colin Powell, used the tremendous outpouring of support and goodwill to unite the world's powers. An international coalition, which included every nation on the U.N. charter banded together to bring about world peace.

Domestically, the anthrax killer was brought to justice. Dozens of terrorist cells were discovered and captured. Americans were finally safe and free from the possibility of terrorism. Law enforcement officials from all the agencies participated in unprecedented cooperation to help end terrorist threats. The color-coded alert system was eliminated.

Millions of new jobs were created during three years of economic prosperity, where the stock market rose to record highs. Millions and millions of jobs were created thanks to the administration's new focus on creating domestic jobs. The trade deficit also decreased significantly as more corporations decided to keep their manufacturing in the U.S.

Social enlightenment was the order of day for this leadership, and millions of same sex couples joyfully walked down the aisle. A new era of church leadership not only welcomed this news, but also ended years of abuse by corrupt church officials. New gun control restrictions made our communities safer and crime dipped to record lows.

Medical breakthroughs abound, as great advances in stem cell research are made. The scientific community rejoiced as new sources of funding were made available to develop AIDS and cancer cures. A new vaccine was discovered to counter biological agents such as ricin and anthrax.

Decades of partisanship bickering ended as Bush kept his promise to unite the parties. His new policies and direction helped strengthen the Constitution. He sought not to change that document, but to enforce it with fierce conviction...

 

...Oh wait... This is the complete opposite of the state of the union right now. We're really fucked. Never mind.

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Posted 6:00pm, Sunday, May 9, 2004

Politics is personal


What the fuck?

So that's me up there in my fancy DEMOCRAT sweat jacket. I think it's important to get this all out in the open in a crucial election year. Since I live in San Francisco, I figure I'm pretty safe walking around with this thing on. I generally get all kinds of compliments, from high school kids to old folks. Friday, I got my first angry response walking around the financial district. An old guy in a suit walked pass me and in an indignant tone said, "I'M A LIBERTARIAN, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"Whooooa. I turned as he walked past me but he didn't follow through. I just started laughing.I did wear it to Orange County once. I proudly strolled through the airport, chest out. Only one guy commented, if you can call it that.

"Pffffttt."


So Van Helsing opened this weekend to stellar box office."It’s celebration time,” said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal.

I guess. If you're the type to celebrate soulless entertainment with total disregard to story, sense or pacing, go for it.




Here's some production pictures I took using my new mobile phone camera; from casting to scouting to production to editing.

Grrrr. Getting up at 4:45am to scout locations sucks. However, shooting a spot on a warm afternoon surrounded by hot chicks in bathing suits kinda makes up for it. Honorably, I did not snap photos of the aforementioned women as they frolicked in the pool.

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Posted 10:40pm, Tuesday, May 4, 2004

Q&A

new post

I just got back from production. I'll post some shots from the shoot in the next few days. Forgot my 5 megapixel, but i did have my new camera phone.Meanwhile, I'll purge some old (OLD) material that may still have relevence today. Some more notes on Bush’s primetime press conference from a few weeks ago.Author Ron Suskind recently spoke at the USC campus. According to the Daily Trojan, during his lecture, he made this revelation:

"For each press conference, the White House press secretary asks the reporters for their questions, selects six or seven of the questions to answer and those reporters are the only ones called upon to ask their questions during the press conference, Suskind said. This system makes it so that the president has answers already prepared for questions that he knows will be asked, Suskind said."

This certainly would explain Bush's reference to his "must-call list" during the Q&A. It would also explain why he got pissed off when one of the reporters seemed to have thrown him a curve and became the third person to ask him if he thought he had any failures. Bush replied, "I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.” He also seemed to shoot a dirty look at the reporter.When I was watching this exchange, I applauded the reporter for straying from what I believe was a prepared question, approved by the White House. The Republican I was watching the press conference with didn't find Bush's reaction to be adversarial, but I definitely sensed that Bush was upset with the question.

Based on Suskind's assertion, it looks like I may have been right.


The opening sentence from a letter dated February 10, 1968:
"I request duty in Vietnam."
The closing sentence from that same letter:
" I consider the opportunity to serve in Vietnam an extremely important part of being in the armed forces and believe my request is in the best interests of the Navy."
The letter is signed" John F. Kerry From John Kerry's REPORT ON THE FITNESS OF OFFICERS records for December 14 1968-March 26, 1969, based on "Close Observation" and signed by two of his superiors:

"LTJG KERRY was assigned to this division for only a short time but during that time exhibited all of the traits desired of an officer in a combat environment. He frequently exhibited a high sense of imagination and judgement in planning operations against the enemy in the Mekong Delta. Involved in several enemy initiated fire fights, including an ambush during the Christmas truce, he effectively suppressed enemy fire and is unofficially credited with 20 enemy killed in action. Though relatively new to the PCF he is thoroughly knowledgeable of all aspects of his boat and PCF operations. He was instrumental in planning of highly successful Sea Lords Operations. He was cited for his performance during action against the enemy by Commander Task Force in his message 080807Z JAN 69."


From Reuters:

Republicans said they had simply questioned Kerry's initial refusal to make the records available because he claimed on "Meet the Press" on Sunday that all of his military records were open for inspection.

" We hope that he has now made good on his pledge and made all of his records available," said Christine Iverson, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.

And the Daily Koz's response to the above paragraph:

Translation: we were tricked into giving Kerry a huge platform to discuss what a badass Rambo-esque mother-f'er he is, contrasted to Bush's life of privilige and avoidance of any real sacrifice or responsibility while passing the time with all-day pool volleyball games with "ambitious secretaries".

Even if Kerry has thousands of military docs still unreleased, chances are the GOP will let sleeping dogs lie.

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