Question not the Chosen One.

If you question Obamessiah, the media will ruin you.

We now know more about Samuel J. Wurzelbacher than we do about The Great One.

Democrats on Sunday had denounced Palin’s charge and warned that it would trigger reexaminations of McCain’s past. McCain “does not want to play guilt-by-association, or this thing could blow up in his face,” Democratic strategist Paul Begala had warned Sunday.

Source.

Maybe it’s just me, but when the basis of this is due to the guy who was in the Weather Underground, that did such things as, you know, blow up a police station, Begala would probably do better to, you know, AVOID the bomb references…

Oh wait. He’s a Democratic [sic] strategist. Of course he doesn’t know any better.

I’ve mentioned this to a couple of people I work with, but regardless of who wins the presidential election this year, there is going to be one clear loser. The media.

That’s right. Our “objective” media is proving beyond all doubt that objectivity is a myth. More accurately, for them objectivity means “agreeing with the New York Times” which the rest of America knows is a crock.

I do find it funny how one little governor from a state that no one in Washington could find (you know, cuz those wonky maps show it off the coast of Mexico, southwest of Los Angeles, sorta near Hawaii, BUT THIS IS A TRICK because it’s really east of Cleveland) has these people in such a tizzy. If I didn’t despise McCain so much, this election season could actually be fun.

Oh well.

I just got back from watching An American Carol, the new film by David Zucker. It stars Kevin Farley, the brother of the late Chris Farley of “in a van down by the river” fame, and is a typical Zucker-esque film. Over all, I’m not a large fan of the style of humor that Zucker has, since it tends to rely more on slapstick and horrific puns; however, the Zucker brothers have always managed to pull it off to make better than average movies (Airplane!, The Naked Gun series, etc.). David, who is now a conservative, manages to pull it off very effectively without his still-liberal brother, Jerry. (Jerry, in fact, wants to make it clear that he has nothing to do with this movie.)

The movie is blatantly right-wing, and gets bonus points in my book because of that. Liberals are going to hate this movie with a passion. It has everything in it that could possibly offend them. In fact, it reminds me of a Stephen Colbert episode in reverse…

It will be interesting to see what reaction all the liberals who say conservatives have no sense of humor will do now that they are the ones being lampooned. The reviews I’ve read so far are not promising. But then, consistency never has been a liberal strong point.

For the record, if Public Transit ever did become a movie, I’d love for David Zucker to direct it.

That said, the movie isn’t perfect, even for someone who is in the tank for the right wing. Instead of an A+, I’ll have to give it an A-, borderline B+ even. Again, a lot of this has to do with the fact that I’m not a huge fan of the style of humor, and I’d give the same marks for Airplane! for instance. So if you loved Airplane! then you’ll love this movie, assuming you’re not Michael Moore.

One final note. The irony of the movie extended beyond the movie itself. Indeed, it began during the previews for coming attractions. We got to see previews for Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Sexdrive. In other words, the typical liberal fare that constitutes “humor.” The contrast between that and the humor of An American Carol is something that David Zucker would have loved to have planned, I’m sure. Instead, he got it for free. The rest of Hollywood will miss this; but for some reason I doubt “fly-over country” will…

Can’t…stop…listening…..

There is actually something worse than my previous post.

Do people realize how…you know, stupid ‘n stuff, they look doing this?

BTW, since this was sent to me earlier today, I figured I’d pass it on. I’m going to call it Why Presbyterians Shouldn’t Have Praise Bands Because It Makes Them Look Like Dorks (except these guys probably aren’t Presbyterians, but who’s counting?) :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8

Yes, I do still exist. But I’ve been busy with several projects, as well as our fiscal year end where I work. Yay fun…not.

I could complain about incompetent coworkers who would be better served working for the IRS where their talents could be appreciated, but I won’t do so. Except I guess I just did. Oh well. This is still Bush’s fault.

Before I begin…

CONGRATS TO TRAVIS!!!!

Yup, he’s breakin’ out the ol’ cigar now. Well, he would be if he was a Presbyterian….

Oh well.

Anyway, today I edited through two different stories I’m working on. They’re both basically complete now. One, Snake Oil, is ready to go; I’ll try to submit it tomorrow, but since work is going to be a bear (we’re doing one of those HR-forced-bonding experiences called an all staff “picnic” so that means that we have to be finished with all our work before we go, which only accomplishes us having to do 8 hours of work in 3 hours…you know, kinda the “let them make bricks without straw” mentality) I might end up not sending it off until Monday. And re-reading that sentence I have to say: “Hello. I’m a professional writer.”

Anywho, the other short story is at a point where I feel comfortable saying it’s done, but knowing me that means that I need to do another revision of it to make sure. Otherwise, after I submit it I’ll look at it and go, Why does this sentence have two periods?

Editing stories isn’t anywhere near as much fun as writing them. On the other hand, it’s not as easy either. On the other foot (I ran out of hands, ya see), it’s the only way to get published.

Stupid Bush.

Well, I just finished editing a short story. It’s hopefully the last of the structural edits. Next up: the polishing edits. That’s where I go through on an adverb slaughter, brush up everything and smooth it all out. Then it’s off to submit it to ye olde publisher in the vain hope that I can some day con an agent into representing me so that I can make millions of dollars and then type extremely long run-on sentences in blog posts that ultimately end up not only being run on sentences but also incomplete sentences since no one likes an incomplete sentence like this one to go to waste when it could instead be used for nefarious purposes by those who have nothing better to do with their time other than examine such things (I blame Bush, and also the hamster-wheel philosophy; but who’s counting?) and therefore I shall do