Wii!!

I have to say I heart the new Nintendo Wii (pronounced "wee") which is making a huge splash after premiering at the E3 convention this week. I don't think I've ever been so excited about a game console like this since the Sega Genesis.

Nintendo is taking a completely different tack with this console in confront of Sony's PS3 and XBox360. Instead of focusing on graphics this system is all about innovation in game play. I'm so glad that Nintendo is doing this because quite honestly I'm not all that dazzled by super-duper graphics, especially when the game is boring. I find that I prefer games that are fun, easy to pick up and play on the fly, and don't require that I invest six months of my life to complete.

The best part about the Wii is the wireless controller that responds to all kinds of movement. Watch the video to see how fun the games look! And if that wasn't enough the Wii comes with WiFi built in and you'll be able to access all of the previous Nintendo titles and some Genesis titles from the web and play them on he Wii! I'm so excited for christmas now!

Bits and Pieces

Turns out the story, which Brad found, related to my previous blog post has been noticed by The Huffington Post and Think Progress.

Turns out that the housing secretary's conduct was in violation of federal law, 48 CFR 3.101-1:

Government business shall be conducted in a manner above reproach and, except as authorized by statute or regulation, with complete impartiality and with preferential treatment for none. Transactions relating to the expenditure of public funds require the highest degree of public trust and an impeccable standard of conduct.

Alas, I'm sure that document will be shredded as soon as possible and the remains, along with the shredded remains of the Constitution and The Bill of Rights, will be used to fill the bean bag chairs that are being made for the Bush library.

I believe the nomination of General Hayden to head the CIA is the precursor to a federal police organization not too dissimilar to the Nazi SS or the German Democratic Republic's (East Germany) Stasi, aka Ministry for State Security. Because spying on your countrymen is patriotic! War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

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Another Step Towards Fascism

Hud Secretary's blunt warning

Brad found this article in the Dallas Business Journal and its actually quite disturbing. I urge all of you to go and read the article and spread it on your blogs or through email (to your Senators and Representatives specifically) because its a fine example of how the current administration is steeped in cronyism and is on the fast track to making this a fascist nation.

In brief, Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was relating an anecdote at a Dallas Housing Authority forum.

"He had made every effort to get a contract with HUD for 10 years," Jackson said of the prospective contractor. "He made a heck of a proposal and was on the (General Services Administration) list, so we selected him. He came to see me and thank me for selecting him. Then he said something ... he said, 'I have a problem with your president.'

"I said, 'What do you mean?' He said, 'I don't like President Bush.' I thought to myself, 'Brother, you have a disconnect -- the president is elected, I was selected. You wouldn't be getting the contract unless I was sitting here. If you have a problem with the president, don't tell the secretary.'

"He didn't get the contract," Jackson continued. "Why should I reward someone who doesn't like the president, so they can use funds to try to campaign against the president? Logic says they don't get the contract. That's the way I believe."

This is utter bullshit. To deny someone a contract simply based on their political views is wrong. The contractor who told Jackson his views was exercising his right to speak freely about the president and should not have been denied a contract for doing such.

Why is this so wrong? Imagine a country where the National Institutes of Health, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The National Science Foundation, The Environmental Protection Agency, The Center for Disease Control, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Central Intelligence Agency etc. so forth and so on only granted money to, protected, and hired people who not only implicitly supported the president but also refused to deal with anyone that outwardly spoke against the president? That is totalitarianism, not democracy. These agencies exist to extend opportunity to those who are in need and to protect the citizenry. They do not exist to reward only those who are loyal to the president and penalize those who disagree with him.

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Cereal Box Redux

I've commented before on cereal boxes and the marketing messages the maker of these cereals try to convey to the consumer. Well it so happened that again I was struck at the idiocy of advertising and how it really must be that the majority of the people in the industry have never understood what editing is or what focus groups are.

Take this cereal box for example:


Clearly this is an attempt at cross-promotion but upon casting my visage on this cereal box I could not help but be whisked away to my youth in kindergarten. Workbook exercises were a regularity in those days and many times they involved being shown pictures of various objects and being asked which one doesn't belong. Smily happy sun man does not belong with angry oversized gorilla. Note to the Madison Avenue Kellogg's ad execs: this image is disturbing and makes me NOT want to buy Raisin Bran.

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Smily, happy Tucan Sam: good. Hairy, angry gorilla: bad.

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Darin from All Preparation and No H, and I speak of all things political in this special podcast. What's so special? Well Darin is a conservative and I am a liberal so we went head to head for your listening enjoyment. In this episode we run quite the political gambit and get Darin to show us a side he thinks doesn't exist. I'm not going to list all the things we talk about because it just goes all over the place. So put put on your earbuds and come with us on a journey into the maelstrom of politics.

Note: I say that its our third guest in a row but that is an error, I just woke up from a nap prior to recording this.

The Jester Strikes a Fatal Blow

Stephen Colbert roasts the president and the media at White House Press Correspondent dinner.

Check it out here. Watch the videos and watch the faces of the president and the faces of the pansy asses that call themselves the White House Press Correspondents. These are the best videos of the event on the web as they are the only ones that show it in its entirety.

The media is ignoring this according to The Raw Story which points out that the New York Times article on the White House Press Correspondent dinner fails to make ANY mention of Stephen Colbert's withering presentation that lampoons not only the president but more importantly the media themselves.

The Truthiness Hurts, Salon.com

Well the New York Times broke down a long time ago so use your blogs and spread the word!!

Update: Here are the YouTube Videos.