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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.
::Permalink::
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.
::Permalink::
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.
::Permalink::
Posted
10:40pm,
Tuesday, May 4,
2004
Q&A

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.
©2004 Ron
Lim unless noted
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