23. October, 2003 - Happy Birthday Weird Al

• Huh. Did you know October 23, 1959 is the birthday of not only Sam Raimi (of Evil Dead fame) but also of Accordion-Guy extrordinaire (sorry, Joey) Weird Al Yankovic? Well, now you do.
• The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1 is an ultra-slim, credit-card-type 5 megapixel digital camera that’ll be coming out in January or so. Mmmmmm.
• Yesterday, as I was walking home from the neighborhood grocery store, I stopped to talk to my mailman for a couple minutes. Lately the talks we’ve been having have been turning to politics, and it’s not a welcome change. He’s still convinced that we were lied to about why there are US soldiers in Iraq, contending that there were no weapons of mass destruction, in spite of the Kay Report saying otherwise.
  But the most disturbing thing is the sheer hate people (my mailman included) seem to feel for George W. Bush. Hell, he’s probably not the brightest bulb on the tree, but do you think someone smart would want to be president? Look how well that worked out for Jimmy Carter. I’ve said bad things about both Bushes, as well as Clinton. But I never really hated any of them. I thought the first Bush was ineffectual and wimpy (based on not finishing the job in Iraq the first time mostly) and he backed down on the gun control issue, rather than sticking up for the Second Amendment, like he’d said he was going to.
  As for Bill Clinton, the thing that cost me the most respect for him was when he didn’t come out and admit to schtupping Monica Lewinsky. If he’d come out and said something like I banged the hell outta that gal! and followed it with a Mel-Brooksian It’s good to be the king! I’d have cheered for the guy. So no, I didn’t hate him. He’d probably make a fun drinkin’ buddy for an evening, at least until he headed off with some college-gal, leaving you to explain to Hillary how there was a pretty big line for the men’s room and he’d be back any minute. Then again, she’s probably used to that sort of thing.
  Which makes me wonder what it is lately that has people hating politicians. For the most part, it seems that politicians have been isolated enough by the environment that surrounds them that they’re out of touch with reality anyhow. When they show a bit of humanity, it’s encouraging, not contemptible. Ahh, hell. I could go on and bore you further, but geez, Can’t we all just get along?

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