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Oh, I can taste the calories right now, sweet meaty sticky non-vegitabily mouth stuffin’ goodness, with plenty of calories in bowls that you can dip into the calories in other bowls before admitting them to the exclusive stomach fiesta inside all of us, the same one saying over and over in a pre-diabetic stupor “more booze…more booze”.

The Seahawks and Steelers are both about to engage in a series of rituals only Don King could truly appreciate. Indeed, an offensive lineman took to the ‘media/party blitz’ so well that he never even played in the game, but I’m sure he’s still alive somewhere, unless of course, he isn’t…on that note, the burning question in my mind is whether or not Pittsburgh will finally get real about Cowher when he loses it yet again. His team is favored going in, and in spite of past post-season failures where his crew went in embarassingly over confident, it’s most likely gone to his head already.

Ben Rothlisberger is the best player he’s got, and with him behind center, they can beat anybody on any given day. That said, Seattle’s rush defense may force him to play like Brady. They stuffed everyone they’ve faced with the front seven, and that’s the basic factor most likely to determine the outcome on Sunday. Is Seattle tough enough to stop the run? In spite of my East Coast locale, the only two things I like about the Steelers are Ward and Ben…their fans deserve nothing less than a crushing defeat, and I expect that will be the outcome.

Looks like our President has his work cut out for him.

Russell Batiste Jr, Brian Stoltz, George Porter Jr, Art Neville
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America has led the way, and the rest of the world is falling in line. Because of our brilliant, resolute, might-makes-right brand of leadership, elections are taking place, and Democracy is finally fixing all of the Middle East’s problems. And to think that for the last few millennia, nobody realized it was just that easy.

More satisfying than the elections taking place though, is knowing how grateful they all are for what we’ve provided them at gunpoint. So grateful in fact, that Palestinians elected Hamas to run their government!

Oh, can you feel the warm glow of Democracy at work? It feels so good. I’ve got to say, our efforts are definitely making a difference in the Middle East, and anyone who says otherwise hates the troops. It’s that simple.

Do you hate the troops? Alright then. Terrorists may be the elected leaders of choice in Palestine, but that’s alright. Who cares anyway? Really…why the head scratching? Do you hate the troops?

FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH!

I’m overjoyed to announce that our dear friend Right Thinker’s wife has given birth to their first child, a daughter!

Message from Right: Susan Brynne was born 11:21 a.m. PST 6lbs. 14oz. and 20 inches.  Working on the photos :- )

Can’t wait to see them!

1. String Cheese Incident 10/10/03 Orpheum Theater, Boston MA (FLAC-Audio)

2. String Cheese Incident 10/11/03 Orpheum Theater, Boston MA (FLAC-Audio)

3. (Standup) Jerry Seinfeld 1-13-05 Topeka, KS (FLAC-Audio)

4.  (Standup) Bill Cosby 10-5-04 (FLAC-Audio)

5. Grateful Dead 4/17/72 Denmark (Set I – DVD-Video)

6. Phish 12/31/99 Big Cypress – Afternoon Set (DVD-Video)

If you don’t already have a bitTorrent program on your PC, download it at:

www.utorrent.com

Also, check out the stash at www.thetradersden.org

This picture is Chris playing ‘Nice Guy Eddie’ in Resevoir Dogs, my favorite character of his.  ‘Overshaddowed by his brother Sean’ is a line you’ll see in many articles on his death, but those writers don’t know what they’re talking about.  Here are a list of my Chris Penn favorites. 

At Close Range, All the Right Moves, True Romance, Rumble Fish, The Funeral

If not, you’re missing out! 

It’s difficult to tell by the mainstream media’s coverage of his most recent video.  I’ve seen Chris Matthews, Tucker Carlson and Pat Buchanan all analyze his latest message by drawing comparisons between his statements and those of Democrats.  More than four years since Osama murdered thousands of Americans, the right-leaning paid babblers seem to care less that he’s still making videos at all.  To them this guy is no longer a murderer.

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“I pledge allegience, to the flag, of the War Profiteers of America. And to the stock prices, for which it stands, one portifolio, under Armed Conflict, indivisible, with dividends and waterfront property for some.”

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It’s a new site that aims to do with blogs what Ebay did with online auctions. The categories are vast, and the user base is expanding. In the future they intend to compensate users with consumer credits or cash, but the true draw for me is the wide range of users (all age groups, interests, etc.) and the site’s useability. I encourage all of you to check it out!

www.gather.com

Some of these GOP Congressmen…you give them something for free, they’ll join your religion, hawk your products, help you get rid of a body…

Ohio Rep. Robert Ney personally lobbied the then Secretary of State Colin Powell to relax U.S. sanctions on Iran. Who asked him to? A convicted airplane broker who had just taken the congressman and a top aide on an expense-paid trip to London, NEWSWEEK has learned. Ney’s lawyer confirmed to NEWSWEEK that federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records on Ney’s February 2003 trip paid for by Nigel Winfield, a thrice-convicted felon who ran a company in Cyprus called FN Aviation. Winfield was seeking to sell U.S.-made airplane spare parts to the Iranian government—a deal that would have needed special permits because of U.S. sanctions against Tehran. Read More

“You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you’d like to have in the future” – Donald Rumsfeld
“You go to war with the Laws you have, not the Laws you’d like to have in the future” – Chris Austin

Right wing talking points are now bouncing around in defense of President Bush’s decision to ignore federal law by allowing the NSA to illegally eavesdrop on taxpaying Americans, that invoke an idea that Clinton essentially did the same thing and how the press gave Clinton a pass as opposed to what the NYTimes did to Bush by breaking the story. To the true-believer this will suffice, but in fact, all this argument aims to do is trick us into viewing this three story colonial house as only a one story bungalow. Read More

Despite signaling that it would no longer tap the Individual Ready Reserve, the Army calls up more troops just in time for the holidays.

My father was at the house for Christmas and in the spirit of nostalgia, beers, whiskey or whatever, we sat down at the table and talked politics into the AM hours. I brought up IRR and stop-loss…his response was, “we’ve got an all volunteer military”. Saying that once either of these retention options are exercised, the individual is no longer a volunteer, he pointed out that everyone signed on the dotted line and the fine print is part of the contract. To me this argument has always sounded like a way of calling the soldier a sucker, without actually saying it. Read More

For this first ever awarding of the ‘Itchy’, I felt the honor had to go to someone special. A person who truly represents the values and foot-in-mouth qualities the award is all about. So without futher adieu, the envelope please…AND THE ITCHY GOES TO…HARRY BELAFONTE!!!

Harry could not be here to accept this award, unfortunately, he’s down in Columbia today encouraging coca farmers to “Keep up the good work, America is behind you 100%!”

For more on Harry, and why he’s been honored here at deadissue as the Itching Hemorrhoid of the Month, click on this link:

Harry Belafonte calls Bush ‘terrorist,’ praises Chavez in Venezuela

Ah…credibility, the tragically jealous mistress that she is, has just informed the Bush Administration that their indescretion(s) from early 2001 produced a child. As anti-abortion as this man is, the question now is whether or not he’ll attempt to change course and propose authorizing elimination in the 6th trimester. National security after all, so crucial to our survival, with enemies all around sporting not only more money, but larger militaries as well, it should be obvious to everyone why Bush launched his illegal domestic wiretapping PRIOR TO 9/11. Of course, from the ranch he deemed it necessary to get serious about terrorism. Between bike rides and photo ops, he came up with the idea of somehow turning America into a police state. Bravo! Constitution be damned, we elected a KING in 2000, whether we like it or not!

According to the online magazine Slate, an unnamed official in the telecom industry said NSA’s “efforts to obtain call details go back to early 2001, predating the 9/11 attacks and the president’s now celebrated secret executive order. The source reports that the NSA approached U.S. carriers and asked for their cooperation in a ‘data-mining’ operation, which might eventually cull ‘millions’ of individual calls and e-mails.”

Sock it to meeee?!?!

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Bush Tries to Escape

Instead of having the American people vote in primaries, that unfairly exclude voters in states where the date is weeks after Iowa and New Hampshire, go back to the system where delegates meet and decide on a candidate at the convention. ‘One person one vote’ having dropped itself back into the news cycle after a typically long hiatus, I thought it was only right to give it a twirl before it’s once again covered in moth balls. Why does a voter in Iowa have more of a say in who represents my party in a Presidential race than I do? Read More