Verbal Jazz Highlights and Low Notes of the Week
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The wrath of god has been unleashed: giant tidal waves, tornadoes, and a new ice age. Could it be that the wrath of god has been unleashed in the wake of gay marriage or is it just the plot of "The Day After Tomorrow," the science fiction film intended to spark a debate about global warming. Already global warming deniers are accusing it of being "junk science" while climate change purists claim that it's fiction will hopefully get us talking about very real threats to the environment. Apparently it's just a mediocre film, with a lot of special effects and a tepid human interest story thrown in the midst.
No good deed goes unpunished: Verbal Jazz suffered a few calamities of his own this week. My home computer contracted a rather bizarre virus, and I went to the Red Sox game last night, only too see them down 12-0 in the fourth inning. And no, I was not reviewing pornographic materials when the virus infected my computer. So why do I think god is punishing me? Well, because I accept god as a micromanager, and I may have said some things in support of gay marriage and supported a woman's right to choose.
If I give you a burger would you at least let me touch the button? John Kerry thought about not accepting the Democratic Nomination at the Democratic Convention, so he could get more money, bit that was not the most bizarre presidential campaign story this week. A recent poll discovered that most Americans feel that the sitting president has that most presidential of qualities: he seems like he would be better to have a backyard burger barbecue with. Yes, "regular guy" qualities have become an important indicator in our presidential election. You know, how Lincoln was a regular guy, or Franklin Roosevelt. Could you imagine having a barbecue with the president in with your back yard crawling with secret service agents? Verbal Jazz is also a regular guy. Be sure to vote for me in 2008.
"Mallard Fillmore" war watch: Mallard did use one strip this week to comment on the abuses at Abu-Ghraib, accusing the news media (Peter Jennings in particular) of sensationalizing the issue by showing the pictures.
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The wrath of god has been unleashed: giant tidal waves, tornadoes, and a new ice age. Could it be that the wrath of god has been unleashed in the wake of gay marriage or is it just the plot of "The Day After Tomorrow," the science fiction film intended to spark a debate about global warming. Already global warming deniers are accusing it of being "junk science" while climate change purists claim that it's fiction will hopefully get us talking about very real threats to the environment. Apparently it's just a mediocre film, with a lot of special effects and a tepid human interest story thrown in the midst.
No good deed goes unpunished: Verbal Jazz suffered a few calamities of his own this week. My home computer contracted a rather bizarre virus, and I went to the Red Sox game last night, only too see them down 12-0 in the fourth inning. And no, I was not reviewing pornographic materials when the virus infected my computer. So why do I think god is punishing me? Well, because I accept god as a micromanager, and I may have said some things in support of gay marriage and supported a woman's right to choose.
If I give you a burger would you at least let me touch the button? John Kerry thought about not accepting the Democratic Nomination at the Democratic Convention, so he could get more money, bit that was not the most bizarre presidential campaign story this week. A recent poll discovered that most Americans feel that the sitting president has that most presidential of qualities: he seems like he would be better to have a backyard burger barbecue with. Yes, "regular guy" qualities have become an important indicator in our presidential election. You know, how Lincoln was a regular guy, or Franklin Roosevelt. Could you imagine having a barbecue with the president in with your back yard crawling with secret service agents? Verbal Jazz is also a regular guy. Be sure to vote for me in 2008.
"Mallard Fillmore" war watch: Mallard did use one strip this week to comment on the abuses at Abu-Ghraib, accusing the news media (Peter Jennings in particular) of sensationalizing the issue by showing the pictures.
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