amen brother.

tim of short schrift points out how misleading it is for the mccain campaign to run their "obama agrees with john" ads.

not that this is a "news flash" type moment of shock and awe--THEY LIED????--but the deconstruction is a worthwhile read.

And it's ridiculous to show these clips of Obama saying he agrees with McCain without even referring to the fact that the apparent agreement is part of a strategy to show the absurdity of McCain's logic. Every time Obama ducks McCain's punch to "agree," he comes back with a disagreeable shot to the jaw. And for people who watched the entire debate, it worked.

High fucking five.

god is like jay-z

this is fucking fantastic. margaret cho is striking back against the evangelicals / christian right, and it is stupendous.

the whole blog entry is here, my favorite part is below:

God wants us all to just get along. He doesn’t give a shit about the profanity. The bitch fucking invented profanity. He thinks it is hilarious. He just wants you to talk to him, and he doesn’t care what you have to say. He just wants to keep the conversation going. Like Jay-Z, he just wants to love you.

overheard on the chris matthews show

"you know, ronald reagan was a master of sticking the shiv in with humor."

obama needs to be more like reagan? hmmmm.

you have to be fucking kidding me

joel zumaya is hurt. again.

maybe the pope can bless his right arm.

you won't find a better loser

Bell bottom blues, don’t say goodbye.
I’m sure we’re gonna meet again,
And if we do, don’t you be surprised
If you find me with another lover.

what a fucking 24 hours.

because hockey will be starting soon

AFTER DRAWING THE KING OF CUPS

1.
I am watching the hockey game
on local television

Mickey Redmond has slowed the game
into a surreal frame-by-frame
breakdown
of Brett Hull’s famous wrist shot.

It is like hearing
through water
the image coming
in slow waves of action.

"Just like a bow and arrow when Brett Hull leans into her," he says
of the stick
its long wooden shaft
arched as a dolphin.

2.
Skating on ice has always felt to me like walking on water.

3.
What woman wouldn’t love
a man like that
a man whose movement
is more than fluid
a man who would bend even Diana back and tell her
voice the scratch of fins through ocean
"Look at the moon."