Allen August 31st, 2004
Old Russia Distillery And Spirits
According to KFOR, their vodka was favored 43 to 47 over other ultra-premium brands.
My personal favorite is Grey Goose and Skyy. I don’t have Grey Goose any longer, but will do my own taste test against Skyy after I procure a bottle.
[Via dustbury.com]
Allen August 31st, 2004
Wow. Another attack group. Another set of claims. When will the madness end?
Visit Pleasure Boat Captains For Truth to learn about this set of courageous captains who seek to expose the truth about Dubya.
“George used to tell anyone who’d listen about the time he rescued a six-pack of Budweiser when it fell overboard a few miles offshore from Galveston. The way he’d tell the story, he lunged over the side of the boat, with no regard for his own safety, and snagged the Buds with his injured hand, which he’d cut earlier that day opening a beer can.
Only, I was there, and it didn’t happen that way. George, who had only had a couple drinks, bumped into the cooler and knocked it overboard. A whole cooler– not a six-pack. Then he just stood there for what must have been a good five or six minutes, like he was trying to comprehend what had just happened. He finally reached overboard– far too late, of course– and then immediately pulled his hand back. Something about the saltwater stinging his “wound.”
–Sonny Wallace, Skipper, “The Sonny Pleasure Dome”
[Via Blackfive]
Allen August 31st, 2004
Amazon.com has a new policy regarding user written reviews:
Important note from Amazon.com: We’ve decided to suspend our normal customer review policies and rules for this title. For example, we usually prohibit ad hominem attacks. That policy in particular seems to be incompatible with presidential election year politics. Therefore, short of obscenities, reviews on this book are now a free-for-all. We take no responsibility for the following discussion. Aren’t presidential election years great? Have fun!
For what books is this new policy in place?
American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips? No.
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind? No.
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean? No.
House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger? No.
Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke? No.
Bait and Switch: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy (Global Horizons) by Julie A. Mertus? No.
Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush’s America by Molly Ivins? No.
The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception by David Corn? No.
Dude, Where’s My Country? by Michael Moore? No.
Stupid White Men : …And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore? No.
A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America by John Kerry? No.
Tour of Duty : John Kerry and the Vietnam War by Douglas Brinkley? Closer, but no.
Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry by John E. O’Neill? Yes.
I’m stunned. I think Amazon shouldn’t let spittle-lipped wackos write any reviews. Doing so only lowers the level of discourse. Amazon should remain in the driver’s seat with regard to user written reviews. Such editorial control is not squashing of free speech. Go read the 1st Amendment again if you think so.
But to allow such “reviews” for only one book? I’m stunned.
Allen August 30th, 2004
down the street, down the street.
A pretty little bison I chanced to meet.
Oh, it was fair to see.
Looking for a spotter’s guide to the Bison statues in Oklahoma? Look no further than Spirit of the Buffalo - Gallery.
Oklahoma City and surrounding towns have put up statues of bison (or buffalo). I’ve been aware of these for some time, but was not aware how far afield they have roamed.
Here’s the one at Norman Regional Hospital
Allen August 27th, 2004
There is now A Winery in Every One of the 50 States.
Allen August 27th, 2004
(voice over)KBBL-TV’s award winning news brings you this breaking news event.
Cut to Kent Brockman
Kent Brockman:This just in. A family dined out in a restaurant in Bagdad. A man purchased a automobile. And… another man fixed up his house sotto voiceThis is it!?!!? This is the freaking news you want me to read. Get me some script, dammit!
So what’s the news? According to IRAQ THE MODEL
You sit in a restaurant like this one and see families relaxing with their children playing and having fun late at night and you feel that there’s ‘something’ wrong in the way MSM is dealing with the Iraqi issue. I watch TV and I see hell breaking around me then I go outside and see enough normalcy AND progress to make me believe that the people in the media are not here to report how’s life going but rather they are here reporting pre-prepared stories and to be faced with something that contradicts the picture they have in their minds would be really annoying and will mean more hard work to try to find the truth or something close to it.
So let me see, I’m a reporter in Iraq and I’m here to tell stories that sell from a land that has been invaded, as everyone is saying it was invaded and not liberated. God, that must be awful! Ok so I need destruction, death, fear, clashes in the streets, angry mob…etc. Where do families having dinner in a place they couldn’t afford before the war, or a father buying a new car for his son which he also couldn’t afford before, or a man renewing his house which was falling apart, or free speech and flourishing business, where does all this fit in such a frame?! It doesn’t! Besides, where’s the action in such boring stories!?
Is it all sweetness and light in Iraq. Hell, no. But is it the hell-hole that mainstream media would have you think it is.
Start reading Omar and decide for yourself.
Allen August 26th, 2004
Apparently it was co-written by Kerry.
Read A VIETNAM VET FISKS “TOUR OF DUTY”.
As a note, I’ve been following the Kerry-Vietnam story for sometime, but haven’t written that much about it. Well, perhaps I have written about it more than I realize. I haven’t gone back over my previous posts to see what frequency I’ve been posting on this issue. But I don’t feel like I’ve posted that much about it.
But the point remains that Kerry has made his experience in Vietnam the cornerstone of his campaign. I would vastly prefer to discuss issues facing us today, but there you go.
Allen August 26th, 2004
I really like the following quote from Victor Davis Hanson’s Private Papers.
VDH was asked what he would say to the mother in Moore’s recent film Triumph of WillF*911 who became anti-war after her son was killed in Iraq.
We the living can say little, other than it falls to a few to save the many…
[Via the Instapundit]
Allen August 25th, 2004
Frank James from the Chicago Tribune asks Has Swift Boat Story Gone on Too Long?
You’ve been covering Kerry’s defense of the Swift Boat Vets charges for, what, 6 days now? The first time you wrote about it was in Kerry faces tough veteran crowd. If you look, you’ll find it about 3/4 of the way down the article.
Yeah, this thing has been covered by the mainstream media way longer than the AWOL charges against Bush.
Oh, Frank. The pharmacy called. Your Ritalin is ready for pickup.
Allen August 25th, 2004
My wife’s uncle just passed away and blogging will be light while we attend to family needs. I’ve got some ‘future’ postings set up, but should be back to blogging on Monday.