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[jazzfish]

Ow my head. I feel much better about my writing now.

Why does George W. Bush still have an approval rating around 40%? Because about 40% of the American people are ignorant dumbasses:

"Do you think Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was DIRECTLY involved in planning, financing, or carrying out the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, or not?" Taken Sept. 2-4 [2004 -ed].

"Yes"=42%

"No"=44%

"Unsure"=14%

(This is without even getting into Gallup's unrelated polling wackiness.)

And, beating out the Hon. Alex Kozinski's "The parties are advised to chill" (Aqua vs. Mattel Corp, aka "the 'Barbie Girl' case") in the category of Coolest Judicial Statement Ever, we have the following, sadly anonymous, trademark opinion:

When the undersigned accepted the appointment from the President of the United States of the position now held, he was ready to face the daily practice of law in federal courts with presumably competent lawyers. No one warned the undersigned that in many instances his responsibility would be the same as a person who supervised kindergarten. Frankly, the undersigned would guess the lawyers in this case did not attend kindergarten as they never learned how to get along well with others. . . .

The Court simply wants to scream to these lawyers, 'Get a life' or 'Do you have any other cases?' or 'When is the last time you registered for anger management classes?' . . . In the event it is not clear from the above discussion, the Motion for Reconsideration is DENIED."

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Semester eating me alive, as expected. I have (most of) a cast for my directing scene, and I think I'm actually no more than a week behind in all my classes now. Saw the rain and decided not to bother leaving the house yesterday, which I think was a good call.

Lord, I can use this weekend. At least I'll have Donkey Konga to chill with. And maybe I can finally finish Strange & Norrell. And get the booklog caught up. And do some work on my second playwriting play. And and and.

Comments

[jonny-law.livejournal.com]

My favorite result is the Program on International Policy Attitudes poll from May 2003, which found about 33% of respondents thought we had found chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons in Iraq, while 22% said they thought Iraq had used chemical or biological weapons against our troops.

Then there's also the poll for Knight Ridder newspapers that showed a whopping 83% mistakenly think there was even one Iraqi among the 9/11 hijackers.

[rbandrews]

Donkey Konga is pretty good. It's both easier and harder than the other rhythm games I've played.

I imagine that a lot of those blue states will turn red after the debates, once people see that only one of the candidates can speak in complete sentences.

[laughin.livejournal.com]

I will avoid all the political stuff. And discuss eBay since I am too stupid to discuss politics as a Bush supporter.

Anyway, WTF? That Ebay writer seems a bit, well, arrogant? I think you should put in a bid for $.01.

[jsciv.livejournal.com]

Whether this formerly drawn monster that oppresses the senses of someone's sleep was linked to John's past or not, one thing was for sure, it was definitely a place that no one ever wants to be, at any given moment.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

I have to give the kid credit for trying, though.

[gkjfdh.livejournal.com]

the original decision you quote from can be found at

http://www.beggingtodiffer.com/archives/SamSparks.pdf

where it is not anonymous. i wonder why the attribution was lost.

[jonny-law.livejournal.com]

I apologize for clogging your Live Journal with more political argument.

The ebay thing reminds me of the question of whether satire must be intentional, or whether satire must be known to be satirical in order to be satire. Certainly ebay is no stranger to jokes and hoaxes (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7102784286).

[idoru.livejournal.com]

good lord. i finally managed to make myself slog through the entirety of ebay guy's explanation.. thing.

OH GOODNESS HIS PERFECT, WORD-SMITH-LIKE USE OF SYNTAX, GRAMMAR, AND PROPER SPELLING MAKES ME WISH I COULD SAY I HAD WRITTEN SUCH A CHEF D'ŒUVRE.

1] nooooo way is he over TWELVE. perhaps only mentally, but. i mean. words. speech. not happening from brain my. grasp no, i concept, this of.

2] what kind of insane NINNY comes up with a harebrained scheme like "buy my manuscript and put your name on it, famous author! undermine your credibility and sense of worth as a sentient being, cos i sure am the best author ever!"?!

3] i think i lost several notches of reasoning just by subjecting myself to the entire soliloquy.



.. ow.