AWAY!

I haven't blogged recently because I just moved and haven't set up an internet connection at my new place. More postings coming soon.

Final Four

Go cute guy who plays for NC!

Very Sad

To my friends and KOMO viewers,

Thanks so much for the very kind words and thoughts as I face this health challenge.I will have surgery to remove a brain tumor on Thursday April 3rd. I expect to be in the hospital a few days and recovering at home after that.I so appreciate your prayers and good wishes. I plan on being back to KOMO News as soon as I’m able.

Kathi Goertzen

KOMO 4 News

Updates from Kathi will be posted here: www.komotv.com/about/kathi

Aston Martin Ad

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/astonmartinmilf/1001043293

FINALLY!

Out on DVD at Best Buy

The Gap

If you don't believe that there is a HUGE! gap between the wealthiest and the not so wealthiest you haven't read this

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/business/media/24traders.html?hp

At The Movies

Trying to increase revenue movie theaters aren't just for movies anymore

Chains in Tennessee and New Jersey sell $25 tickets to performances of La Scala operas. AMC and Regal, two of North America’s biggest chains, have promoted concerts (Celine Dion), marathons of classic TV shows (“Star Trek”) and seasonal events (the St. Olaf Christmas Festival). On April 24, hundreds of theaters are scheduled to show highlights from the Drum Corps International World Championships.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/business/media/23multi.html?hp

Oh The Irony

Cops chase stolen doughnut van; reward sweet

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23747465/

I've Been Saying This For A Long Time

The city of Dallas is considering getting rid of some of their red light cameras. Why? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND NOT RUNNING RED LIGHTS THEREFORE LEADING TO REDUCED REVENUE!!!!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23710970/

I have said for years that ticketing is not for public safety it's to raise revenue.

HAH!

WOW!

KIRO TV got a new open, a new set, and Steve Raible and Margo Myers both look awesome. Me thinks they must have gotten a new stylist to update their look.

Some Of The Words And Phrases I Like

Conundrum
Harpy Shrew
Harlot
Come On Down
I Have Issues
Well Fuck Me
Love
Hope
Doppleganger (Thanks Leslie)
Tertiary
Open The Case
I Know Right
Sigh (The word not the actual exhaling of breath)
Arrrrgh!
Placate

Two Of The Best

In my opinion Howard Fineman and Rachel Maddow (both on MSNBC) are two of the finest pundits on TV.

Need A Break

I am going to try and take a break from reading or watching anything about politics for a day or two. I am becoming frustrated with the process. I am immersed in this stuff and there appears to be no end to it all. We need this nomination fight to end and the longer it goes with no resolution the more annoyed I become. Obama's up, no wait he's down, Hillary is out of it, no wait she's risen from the dead and the "race it tightening". ENOUGH ALREADY!!! I realize the media has a vested interest in keeping this thing going so junkies (like myself) will keep watching but I have to take a break for at least a minute or I will lose my mind.

Funny Funny Funny

Dimitri Martin is one of the most inventive, funny comedians I have ever seen.

Christina

This is too funny. I saw this on the andrewsullivan.com site and had to post it!

Message To Hillary

DROP THE FUCK OUT! YOU ARE HURTING YOURSELF AND OUR PARTY!

(Obviously I know she doesn't read this blog, it just makes me feel better to scream about her).

Let's Play Devil's Advocate

I want to be clear that I disagree totally with us having done this debacle in Iraq and believe that it will go down as one of the worst foreign policy disasters in American history.

The question I, and most people who oppose this war, have always thought about is why did we do this? Why did we invade Iraq and get involved in the mess we are in? Steven Mufson in the WAPO wrote a great article about this and laid out two theories.

This is the reason that makes the most sense to me (From the article);

As laid out in an April 2003 article in Le Monde Diplomatique, "The war against Saddam is about guaranteeing American hegemony rather than about increasing the profits of Exxon." Yahya Sadowski, an associate professor at the American University of Beirut, argues that "the neo-conservative cabal" had a "grand plan" to ramp up Iraqi production, "flood the world market with Iraqi oil" and drive the price down to $15 a barrel. That would stimulate the U.S. economy, "finally destroy" OPEC, wreck the economies of "rogue states" such as Iran and Venezuela, and "create more opportunities for 'regime change.' "

Let's assume for a minute that this administration had run things in Iraq effectively after the initial invasion. Yes, that is a laughable thought about these people currently in charge. BTW the best line I've ever heard about Bush is that he is the anti-Midas, everything he touches turns to shit. LOL. I think it takes a special talent to fuck up EVERYTHING you touch, but that's a different post for a different day.

Anyway, back to the point. If we had run things correctly after the invasion, been able to impose our will on Iraq, control the oil, get the revenue from the oil sales, AND have cheap oil at home to run our economy and help continue our dominance on the world stage then wouldn't the war have been worth it? Was the investment of a few thousand American lives and a few hundred billion dollars to keep our country on top a small price to pay for the potential return on that investment?

I think this was shortsighted in a couple of ways. If you assume that we did this war for the oil then you can reasonably say that this was detrimental to the goal of helping lessen our addiction to crude. What if we had taken the money we've spent and put it into a "Manhattan Project" for alternative energy sources?

Second, global warming. The actions we took totally discounted global warming. Who cares if we can continue our dominance if the planet is going to be devastated by global warming. Now I don't expect that the idiots in charge thought about either of these things since they don't believe in alternative energy or global warming. But the war for oil certainly stunted any chance to take action on either of these issues.

We'll never know what could have happened if things had been run correctly after the invasion. Would it have made a difference? Would fewer lives have been lost? Even if we hadn't invaded for the oil would we have used the money to find alternative energy sources and eliminate the need for us to try and secure cheap oil? If we have to have cheap oil to continue the American way of life will we look back and realize (Horror) that the Bush administration had a good idea but they just fucked up the execution?

The facts are that oil is currently over $100 a barrel, gas is quickly approaching $4.00 a gallon, we are going to spend at least a trillion dollars on this war, we have NO revenue from the oil in Iraq to offset any of the money we've spent, and Iran and Venezuela are stronger than ever.

Even if the invasion was a good idea, Anti-Midas and his gang of idiots gave it no chance to work.

Butters

ROCKS!

This is the shit

Maybe Senator Larry Craig wasn't look for some sexin' in the public restroom. Maybe he was just lookin' for some tp.

On Now

Fox Movie Channel. Mel Brooks "History of the World Part I"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the BEST MOVIES EVER!

Obsolete

WAPO has done a cool story on 209 thing that have become either obsolete or are on the way to being obsolete. On the list? Blind dates, Mix Tapes and Landlines. Interesting

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031202907.html

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If You Don't Deep Fry Em'

Freeze Em' EWWWWWWW!

http://www.picklesickle.com/

One Reason He Will Be A Good Pres.

On most issues he just deals with things in a matter of fact manner. He doesn't come across as defensive or angry, he just speaks what's true. Today he was taking questions at the Chicago Museum of History and had this to say;

"There has been a running thread through this campaign of both pundits and prognosticators asking first, was I black enough? Then, am I too black?" "I don't know what exactly the margin of the black vote is that is the optimal -- not too black but black enough. But that's not the approach that we've taken in this campaign."

Dealing with things head on , in a cool, calm, collected manner. Isn't that something we want in a pres?

Why?

Is it called a "laptop" when it's too hot to keep on your lap?

3 A.M.

My friend Steve has a great idea. Barack should ask Hillary to be his VP. Once they are elected he can let Hillary handle the Presidential duties from 2:45-3:15 A.M. That way SHE can take that damn call she's all into. HAH!

Movies That Rock...Or Look Like They Will

I went to see 10,000 B.C. last Friday. It had great CGI efx but the plot left much to be desired. The main character was hella built and super hot, but alas that can't carry a movie. Anyhow...there were previews for a couple of movies that looked pretty awesome. The first was a Will Smith comedy called "Hancock" http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/hancock/

Now I'm not a huge fan of Will Smith but the trailer looked hilarious and I will have to give this one a shot.

The other trailer was for Speed Racer http://speedracerthemovie.warnerbros.com/

This looked kick ass!

Movin' Movin' Movin'

After a year in lovely Everett I am moving back downtown on April 15th. My new place is four blocks from my office and I will be able to park my car in secure, underground parking below the building. I am looking SOOOOO forward to ending my nightmare commute (for those who don't know, Everett is 25 miles from Seattle). It will be great to be able to walk everywhere again and to only drive the car when I want to. Yay!

It's coming

Summer!!!! It's Coming!!!!! YAY!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/movies/09halb.html

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OMG

This tidbit is from the Eat This Not That book

http://www.amazon.com/Eat-This-Not-That-Pounds/dp/1594868549/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205106632&sr=8-1

Cosi Kids Pepperoni Pizza
1901 calories
93 g fat

It packs as many calories as 10 glazed doughnuts, as many grams of fat as 30 Chicken McNuggets, and more sodium than 43 slices of bacon.

Waiting for the Crash and Burn?

I should start by saying I am an Obama supporter. A year or so ago when this process started I was all up Hillary's ass. I was telling my friends and co-workers Go Hillary, she's gonna be the next pres! Then something changed. I think at first it wasn't anything she did, it was just that I was excited by the message Barack was putting out there. As time has gone by I have become more and more convinced that he is the ONLY candidate who has ANY chance of leading America out of the wilderness we have stupidly blundered into. The more this process has gone on, the more I become committed to him and the more I am absolutely disgusted with Hillary. Which brings me to the point of the crash and burn idea. The last week or so the HC campaign has put forth two new messages. One is that she is the candidate with the most experience because while she was first lady she helped bring peace to Northern Ireland (there are differing accounts from different parties involved whether she was just encouraging the women involved in the process to come together or if she had nothing to do with it what-so-ever), has "been standing up to the Chinese when it comes to women's rights (all she did was give a speech at a 1995 conference for women in Beijing), which, by the way, isn't that one of the things she dogs Obama about? That all he does is give speeches? Anyway, she also says that part of her foreign policy "experience" is that she encouraged Bill to recommend a NATO bombing of Serbian targets in Kosovo in 1999. Wow! Those are some credentials! You know, I don't remember reading or hearing about or seeing on television the whole time Bill was pres about how involved the FIRST LADY was in those foreign policy events. Did I miss the part where she called congressmen into her office while she was FIRST LADY to explain her Serbian bombing plan? Did I miss the part where as FIRST LADY she single handedly took on the Chinese government to ensure women's rights there? That must have been during my no TV/Radio/Newspaper/Internet sabbatical. The other thing the Hills team has come up with is this nonsense that Barack would be a great VP. This smug, condescending idea from the campaign that is behind in states won, popular vote, and most importantly, delegates, is ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that in one breath she says how unqualified he is to be pres but would make a great VP. Sick! So my question is this. Is team Obama just sitting back and waiting? Are they realizing that the longer she keeps up this fabricated foreign policy crap and the ballsy (hey nobody said she didn't have em') bitchy "I'd LOVE him to be my VP" crap that she will be her own downfall? And will the mainstream media finally delve into her hollow arguments and realize there is nothing there except a desperate candidate willing to twist any facts, seek to change documented history, and say anything to continue the Clinton legacy?

Welcome! The first post!

IKR Blog meet world....world meet IKR blog! Ok, maybe it's a bit presumptious to say "world". Perhaps I should say IKR Blog meet people who have chosen to follow a link here and people who have chosen to follow a link here meet IKR blog. How's that for long and confusing. So a little about what this blog is going to contain. I HAVE ALMOST NO FREAKIN' CLUE!!! I will write about things that interest me (i'm really into in politics, advertising, radio, techy stuff, gay and lesbian issues, and many other things I'll get around to mentioning). I started a blog two or three years ago, did a couple of posts, and just quit doing it. I should get the slacker award for being too lazy to type. I started this one because a good friend of mine at work just got his up and running not too long ago. When we would have conversations in the office about things and we would have these killer back and forth give and take conversations he would stop, look at me and say "Why aren't you blogging?"

So I'm blogging. I haven't decided how much personal information I'm going to share here. I thnk I will figure that out as I go along.

Let the games begin!