Crap that I'm sick of...
Because there's crap...then there's crap that I'm sick of
This week's list:
1. Ronald McDonald needs to open a gym. Another McDonald's lawsuit was thrown out today on the basis that McDonald's never tried to convince anyone that their food is part of a balanced meal. Maybe McDonald's could avoid further lawsuits of this kind by putting a treadmill and a rowing machine by the cash register. Every 100 calories of food gets you ten free minutes on either machine. Seriously, though, in the world of ridiculous lawsuits, this one gets a special prize. If one is overweight, how can one chain of restaurants be fingered as the culprit?
2. It's not weapons that kill people, but the idea of the idea of weapons that kill people. John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, essentially declared that we didn't go to war over WMD, but over the idea that there might be a program and that whether or not Iraq had weapons "isn't really the issue." Huh? In the weeks leading up to the war, one (who believes everything they hear) would have thought that Iraq had a significant and deadly WMD program and was an imminent security risk.
3. That Madonna kissin', midriff barin', NFL preseason singin' political anti-pundit: Britney was in this blog yesterday, but I am still sick of her, even after she was part of the NFL opening show. Even if I didn't watch the NFL pre-game show (Rush Limbaugh?). Even if I am glad the Jets lost. Something tells me that Britney isn't a fan of any particular team, she thinks it's important to support the winner.
4. Judicial lightning rods. Miguel Estrada walked away from a federal appeals court nomination since it appeared that the Democrats (we vote for the Republican agenda, then pretend we didn’t) continued to filibuster against said nomination. Republicans, of course, see this as racism (Clarence Thomas redux) and inherently unfair, while Democrats just wanted to ask him some questions and see his record as pertains to legal issues and certain Hispanic groups think he Is the wrong kind of Hispanic, just as Clarence Thomas was the wrong kind of African-American. So tell me again why Bush opposes Affirmative Action, but is happy using, then having his party faithful cry foul? The judiciary is no place to carry out our dialogue concerning race: it should simply be about whether the jurist in question will apply the law.
5. We could have diamonds and call them rocks: The Boston sports media is a constant stream of negativity surrounding the Boston Red Sox. This, of course feeds into and feeds off of the local fan base who consider every season that the Sox do not win the World Series a failure. Look, Sox fans are fortunate to have a consistently good team, a beautiful ballpark in which that team plays, and there is almost always a reason to watch. So, Manny's actions are a bit questionable, appreciate this team; give them some love.
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Because there's crap...then there's crap that I'm sick of
This week's list:
1. Ronald McDonald needs to open a gym. Another McDonald's lawsuit was thrown out today on the basis that McDonald's never tried to convince anyone that their food is part of a balanced meal. Maybe McDonald's could avoid further lawsuits of this kind by putting a treadmill and a rowing machine by the cash register. Every 100 calories of food gets you ten free minutes on either machine. Seriously, though, in the world of ridiculous lawsuits, this one gets a special prize. If one is overweight, how can one chain of restaurants be fingered as the culprit?
2. It's not weapons that kill people, but the idea of the idea of weapons that kill people. John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, essentially declared that we didn't go to war over WMD, but over the idea that there might be a program and that whether or not Iraq had weapons "isn't really the issue." Huh? In the weeks leading up to the war, one (who believes everything they hear) would have thought that Iraq had a significant and deadly WMD program and was an imminent security risk.
3. That Madonna kissin', midriff barin', NFL preseason singin' political anti-pundit: Britney was in this blog yesterday, but I am still sick of her, even after she was part of the NFL opening show. Even if I didn't watch the NFL pre-game show (Rush Limbaugh?). Even if I am glad the Jets lost. Something tells me that Britney isn't a fan of any particular team, she thinks it's important to support the winner.
4. Judicial lightning rods. Miguel Estrada walked away from a federal appeals court nomination since it appeared that the Democrats (we vote for the Republican agenda, then pretend we didn’t) continued to filibuster against said nomination. Republicans, of course, see this as racism (Clarence Thomas redux) and inherently unfair, while Democrats just wanted to ask him some questions and see his record as pertains to legal issues and certain Hispanic groups think he Is the wrong kind of Hispanic, just as Clarence Thomas was the wrong kind of African-American. So tell me again why Bush opposes Affirmative Action, but is happy using, then having his party faithful cry foul? The judiciary is no place to carry out our dialogue concerning race: it should simply be about whether the jurist in question will apply the law.
5. We could have diamonds and call them rocks: The Boston sports media is a constant stream of negativity surrounding the Boston Red Sox. This, of course feeds into and feeds off of the local fan base who consider every season that the Sox do not win the World Series a failure. Look, Sox fans are fortunate to have a consistently good team, a beautiful ballpark in which that team plays, and there is almost always a reason to watch. So, Manny's actions are a bit questionable, appreciate this team; give them some love.
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