Poll reveals 90% of Americans realize they themselves are oil dependent. While in Indianapolis, we actually heard from townspeople that they were going to have to add bus lines in order to accommodate the increased number of bus riders. I myself have noticed something a bit more subtle, that plastic straws have, in the past few months, become narrower. Maybe the answer isn’t about finding the next big source of oil, but changing our own habits and lifestyles. I find it hard to weep too hard for people trading in SUVs that scream nothing but the owner being a big jackass with a big ego for more efficient vehicles that are actually in keeping with the average American’s needs.
Prices go up. Wages stagnate. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

Christian conservative leader, James Dobson, takes Obama to task for “wrongly equating Old Testament texts and dietary codes that no longer apply to Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament. ‘I think he’s deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his own confused theology,’ Dobson said.” Um, isn’t that what Conservatives do every time they quote the Old Testament to rally against gay rights?

Dobson also stated that Jesus’ sermon on the mount was “a passage that is so radical that it’s doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application.” It’s nice to see that the religious right can say they live by the Bible and call Jesus the most liberal religious figure in history in the same breathe makes me rest easy that I never have to have a logical argument with them, or ever have to worry about arguing with them. They’re just too far gone in the first place.

Thanks to Gina, this morning, at my job, I found myself singing not only this new song, but the original “Two Girls, One Cup” song by this artist.

and here’s the 2 girls, 1 cup song if you missed it before:

Two men, who made their living getting laughs, who were people I knew of at a very young age, are dead. I used to watch The Carol Burnett Show on a UHF station (probably before Batman came on) and see Harvey invariably break character and giggle at Tim Conway. It was sort of dream of mine to work someplace, someday, that was that much fun. George Carlin’s Class Clown was my first comedy album that I ever listened to, at age 6 or 7. His later work became more conservative, and well, comedians get old (just ask Dennis Miller) but I’ll always remember the crazy hippy sharing a swallow with us all.

You remember this guy. Sure you do. You were him, and you can be again very soon, thanks to the Wii and LucasArts’ “Lightsaber Duels” game, scheduled for release this holiday season. All you’ll need is a strategically placed video camera in your apartment while your friends play, and you can embarrass them on You Tube that very night, well, unless your friends go to the RenFest or something, you can pretty much count on someone trying to swing a laser sword instead of button mash is going to look like an epiletic without their meds.

The original article can be found at Newsarama.com.

Not to disrespect Russert, white dry erase boards not withstanding, but I find it interesting that Bush couldn’t make it to even one of the 4,069 funerals of soldiers he sent to death, but was fully able to attend this wake. Apparently, a softball interview during an election year gets you some street cred with W.

If you’ve been to Milwaukee, you may be aware of Brother Ron’s Jesusmobile that drives around town, blasting sermons, covered in jargon. It seems he has been getting new cars more often recently, where he begins the process of decorating all over again. The latest incarnation of the vehicle has been predominantly anti-woman, proclaiming woman as the ruin of man or cause of war in the world. Anyway, the other day, he drove by, and I noticed on his tailgate (cursing myself for not having a camera) a section that just says “Rent Me.” What, oh lord, tell me, what is someone renting that vehicle for, Little Billy’s First Communion? which is probably a little too fitting. I’d rather see some middle manager make the poor choice of renting it for an employee appreciation week, or team building seminar. “Henderson? …you’re fired.”

Irony was completely lost on Bush today, as he stated that using phrases like “bring them on” and “dead or alive” had “indicated to people that I was, you know, not a man of peace.” And as the only President to start a war, he is surely the Buddha of our times. Bush told The Times he wanted to “leave behind a series of structures that makes it easier for the next president” to deal with important issues, and and would probably stay his course after realizing “what will work and what won’t work in dealing with Iran.” Bush, in the same day, also warned that “All options are all the table” in regards to Iran. Go, man of peace!

Somehow, I don’t think even McCain is on Bush’s page as he says in a recent campaign ad, “Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.” Really, could he try and separate himself more from the reigning monarch Bush?

My one true love is returning to Criminal Intent! And if you hear about someone stalking Julianne Nicholson anytime soon, yes, that would be me.

Ed McMahon is looking to win the sweepstakes with his picture on it.