I'll probably just lump some a lot of stuff into a rant and leave it there for folks to comment on if they wish to - and they won't of course, but that's okay.
Thanks to Leslie's mom Cindy for rolling into town and spending a week with us. Got to play tourist some more and check out Penn & Teller's show at the Rio (following our Blue Man Group visit previously with Tracy - by the way, thanks for conspiring with Leslie to have a case of Leinie's shipped to me; GREAT birthday present!). Also ran around Red Rock and hung out on the Strip some more. That and it's just fun to have some visitors from time to time.
More good news for Vegas on the show front. We're getting Phantom of the Opera as a regular run. See? This is a real city after all. As for other Vegas events, you might expect me to have an opinion on the Linda Ronstadt thing. I really don't. If you haven't researched the talent you are planning on viewing a performance of, you are the fool, not the entertainer. More reactions available here. And don't start me on that idiot Schwarzenegger.
Two articles from the Las Vegas Weekly. One on the religious right and another on the whole politicized entertainment industry we are now seeing emerge. Just presented as food for thought.
And now, commentary:
The ultimate flip-flop: Our "war president" wants to be the "peace president." Dr. Jeckyl, meet Mr. Hyde. (The phrase from the first link is there somewhere about ten paragraphs down.)
The Las Vegas Review-Journal gets it right for maybe the first time this year:
Meddling from the GOP and their stalwarts, and a broader perspective on the race issue.
Days before Bush went to Detroit to take nice pictures make nice with the Urban League, GOP State Rep. John Pappageorge had some plausibly off-color remarks concerning the election and black voters. Basically, I believe he didn't want those words said out loud, but it doesn't mean he didn't want to say them. Speaking of racial support lacking for the president, it is now found missing among Hispanics (damn I hate that phrase) as well.
Then there's the whole "Kerry is a Bin Laden supporter" bumper sticker smear job. If anything, Bush has been their biggest recruiter, but saying that in public should be beneath a national political party. Guess that tells you who we are dealing with on the other side. Then there are the fools who plan to attack media vans at the Democratic National Convention. Sounds like a fear of having people hear another side of their guy's story to me.
A response to the whole "Kerry is a liberal" tag the GOP is trying to apply. Besides, since when was giving a crap about your fellow man a bad thing? (Use someone@bugmenot.com and someone to log on.) Another Post story concerning military support for the administation - and the growing lack thereof. The Guardian carries a similar story.
And I wanted to let this go, but it bugs the heck out of me that the administration would even considering moving election day. I'm pretty sure it's not un-Constitutional, but seriously, talk about trying to stack the deck. Would they even tell those of us who aren't GOP declared what the new date would be? I would have laughed at that a couple years ago, but now it's just kind of frightening.
And now a quickfire round. Homeland Security whaling on our international visitors. For all accounts, still AWOL. Thoughts on the annoying Jeopardy Guy. The always racially sensitive rural Texas solution. The ultimate beer run. Corporate creeps still profiting despite being class-A jerks. Dead man walking. The Donald weighs in. Lonely wimp (not to mention bad husband). Drunken idiot. Alright, you've had enough.
I'll be out of town for the better part of the next month on work stuff, so it will be very slim on updates. Consider the past month lower expectation training. More fun articles in the coming days.
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