Mixed Nuts

Vacation week...I'm working around my place and enjoying my lack of invovlement with the public...Little things like grocery shopping, cooking, birdwatching, and catching up with my DVR have been fun, thus far. If you haven't seen the movie Immitation of Life with Claudette Colbert and Fredi Washington, I highly recommend it.

Here's a good use of taxpayer funds...no pun intended but the Joint Terrorism Task Force checks out a delivery of suspected marijuana muffins with a "dangerous" level of THC. What level might that be? Maybe the possible addition of Benadryl is what really sickened peeps. See it here.

Pictured above a "Biavan" from Riley Martin's world, for cheap laffs catch him on Howard 100 at 7 tonight.

Quote of the week:
"You look muy...taco"
Jon Stewart, Daily Show

Desparate Dirty Tricks

After responding to Fri's comment on Patrick Kennedy's use of Ambien, I decided to search the Web for stories discussing Patrick Kennedy and fellow Rx King Rush Limbaugh. I was lazy so rather than using more sophisticated search engines I settled for Google. I typed their names and look at my first result:


Rush Limbaugh Arrested On Drug Charges - CBS NewsRadio host Rush Limbaugh reached a settlement with Florida prosecutors in a fraud case involving ... Watch Video Patrick Kennedy In Car Crash | E-Mail ...
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/28/national/main1561324.shtml - 72k -


Look at the text in red. Days ago, I wondered if anyone had video of the P.K. crash but quickly discounted the thought when I realized it happened in the middle of the night. If it had been earlier, maybe, but my D.C. experience has been that things die down by nightfall. Anyway, use the URL above and check the page. Unless I overlooked something, there is no video of PK's smash up derby. Those dirty assholes at CBS used Patrick Kennedy's name and a non-existent video to try and lure traffic to their Web site! Fuckers. Now I know why Howard Stern hates Leslie Moonves. CBS acts like they're a real news outlet but they'll make up all kinds of bullshit just to shift traffic their way. "Insert some bogus tags, that'll bring 'em in!"

Kennedys and Moving Vehicles

There are some things that I'll never get and the Kennedys' ability to screw themselves up in moving vehicles is one of them. They prolly have more money than God but they insist upon driving and/or flying themselves only to end up dead or in deep shit. The youngest son of what I call the "Shelley Hack" Kennedy--Ted-- will play Cap'n Rehab at the Mayo Clinic, once again. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) crashed his car into a concrete barrier in the middle of the night not far from the Capitol. He thought he needed to vote. Initially he tried to blame a reaction to two prescription drugs for his mishap. He finally admitted to being addicted to Rx drugs and suffering from depression. Where do I start?

I hate it when liberal democrats abuse substances and make public jackasses out of themselves. They ruin things for the rest of us who have no choice but to pin our more sensible views/hopes on them because the neocons are so "Sieg Heil". Incidents like Patrick Kennedy's just give neocons grist for the mill. Granted, the neocons have their own retarded poster children but this one involved a Kennedy who's father has been heartily mocked over the years. The press, his colleagues, and the public give him a slight pass for being the elder statesman in charge of dealing with tragedy (i.e. public deaths involving planes and overdoses).

Although I highly doubt it, maybe Kennedy's problem might make our society examine its overzealous use of prescriptions, which has been inspired by increased marketing efforts of pharmaceutical companies. I didn't have a chance to finish the book but this fact is well-illustrated in Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies by Greg Critser. The author rightly points out that pharmaceuticals companies, elected officials, and the FDA collaborate to put products on the market that aren't necessarily beneficial to our health. But they usually benefit the companies' shareholders. Ain't that America?

In fairness to Kennedy, he's probably genetically pre-disposed to his problems. His mother had some serious addiction problems. Ted Kennedy likes his drink. Being bi-polar doesn't help matters, either.

Lastly, as I have to put my thing down flip it and reverse it to the work scene, was this guy born at age 45? Yes, I know he's 38 but look at him--so not cool. One usually has to work hard to look like the man i.e. a corporate tool. Maybe the stress of being a politico was the last straw for this dude.