Nebraska blessed by the cruelty of Big 12 coaches

Huzzah! Nebraska fans rejoice! Yet another coach has been fired for being tough on his players! First Mark Mangino and now Mike Leech, The Big 12 is just getting sweeter and sweeter for a resurgent Cornhusker squad that now has two fewer power house coaches to deal with in the conference.


I have to say thank you to the politically correct snuggle bunnies for making this possible. Without you softies Nebraska would have to face two more tough in conference opponents every year. It's too bad Turner Gill had to go to Kansas, since he's a decent coach. But he'll have some big shoes (and pants) to fill at Kansas. Mangino took Kansas from being a perenial dud to respectability during his tenure, and it's going to be difficult for Gill to keep kansas from sinking back to to the dregs. Good look Turner, you will fucking need it.

College football may be getting a lot softer, but I give not two shits. Nebraska's road back to the top just got a whole lot easier, and it had nothing to do with rising superstar coach Bo Pelini. If you read this and can find in in Lincoln tonight while I watch the Holiday bowl tonight, drinks are on me. Anonymity has its perks.

Thank you God

In my youth, while being forced to attend church, I often fantasized of a drunken hobo coming in and spicing up the service with some good ol' fashioned caroling. Bob Dillion has re-affirmed my faith in God, and, if he came into my church dressed in a raggedy army jacket and starting singing "Silver Bells," I would give him a twenty.


This album is frighting to behold, all I've heard are these clips and I can safely say this is the most amazing train wreck I have ever seen. That said, it beats the hell out of the rest of the mind numbing Christmas ass music we are subjected to when this time of year comes around. I can only pray that one day Dillon and Marylin Manson can band together for a follow up album.

Those Wacky Packis

Here's a good article for all of you end of days freaks out there. Pakistan modification of US missle technology to strike at India ... good times ... plenty of nuclear fire for all. here

The Porcine plague

Nothing here yet, but, I probably won't have to wait long before I start filling up this section.

North American Leaders summit

I was watching the North American Leaders Leaders summit on C-span. If you're not boring, and or, have a life; you might want to read this article from the Dallas Morning News instead of watching the summit.

At the summit, which took place in Guadalajara, Mexico; Mexican, Canadian, and American reporters asked presidents, Barack Obama, Filepe Calderon and Stephan Harper questions concerning some of the most prickly issues affecting their nations today. The Mexican drug war that has been raging since Filipe Calderon began his long overdue crackdown on Mexico's powerful drug cartells, was a topic, Honduras's recent coup de tat was as well. It was truely fascinating stuff. It's sobering to remember that there is still a war raging in Mexico between the government and the cartells.

hurricane misses hawaii

Well, the weather is perfect in Hawaii again ... it's about 101 degrees here in Nebraska. Hurricane Felicia just missed Hawaii though ... so I don't feel too bad. I haven't seen one tidal wave since I started living here. I hate people who live in tropical weather, especially Thais.

should there be a political anti-trust law in the United States?

I think this is an intruiging concept. Do the democrats and the republicans really deserve to be the only parties on the ticket? For the most part, the people of the United States of America are completely disenfranchised from government. I believe that this is because the platforms of the two parties are so vast that nobody can actually agree with all of their policies. It presents a conundrum, do I support Socialized medicine and abortion, or do I support killing the poor? Mabye it is a little extreme to call republicans vicious baby killers, that title probably belongs to senators on both sides of the isle.

The other side of the coin is the Thai government, so fragmented that it can't function. Of course the government doesn't act in a vacume, so I feel like a multiparty democracy can work if it isn't distorted by underlying historic political animosities. So, I don't know, anyone got any thoughts? Mabye we could just drop the pretenses and become full fledged facisits.

change of pace

well,

I tried to get some writers for this blog, and it didn't work. At least initially. I think mabye that's a good thing though. I'm ok with the fact that no one is reading this. It offers a lot of artistic liscence. I can swear and I don't have to give a shit about spelling. Good times man ... I do believe I will eventually try to start a competing news blog. Or at least join one. For now, I'm going to just blog whatever I want, and that will be an enjoyable experience.

what kind of shit is this?

http://tinyurl.com/l4c7qg

I've heard of wishful thinking before, but this is just ridiculous. Now, granted, Mr. Nelson is a member of the armed services committee, so he's probably just grandstanding. But, regaurdless of that, how could anyone possibly imagine that the Russians would be ok with a device being parked on their border that nuetralizes their strongest foriegn policy device. Mr. Ben Nelson, a hearty fuck you to an extremely stupid take on Russian policy coming from a man who ought to know better.

Those wacky North Koreans

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/asia/17korea.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes

New strategy

I've come up with a new strategy that I think will enable me to give this blog a wider scope. From now on I will be posting articles photos and videos in addition to those relevant to the topic that I am discussing. This will give my blog more content, and allow for a more well rounded coverage of current events. Also, I would encourage people to post on the blog with their own articles, videos and photos in addition to their thoughts and opinions, so this can become an effective forum for public discussion about the events that shape our world.

Riots in Tehran

sick of Iran

The mainstream media has gotten a hold of the Iranian election story. Iranian presidents don't have much power, their elections have never been particularaly free or fair, and this current election cycle, while a little depressing, is pretty much the status quo. As such I will not be a part of the American propoganda machine that is going rabid over the election result, I will be discontinuing my coverage of this issue.

a disputed election

Well, Iran's election is over. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still the president. In an election that featured debates (unheared of) and a real alternative to abrasive populist policies, the status quo has triumphed. The result is being contested by Ahmadinejad's defeated rivals, who claim electoral fraud and government conspiracy carried the day, and not Mr. Ahmadinejad. This seems likely given the president's large margin of victory, in what by all accounts seemed to be a very tight race Friday. Likely nothing will come of the complaint, as supreme leader Ali Khamenei clearly favors Ahmadinejad as his president of choice.
It was nice to see Iranians rise up and protest against a government that they feel does not represent them though, even if their election was stolen and they were beaten up by riot police for their troubles. I wonder what the Israelis think of all this?

An energized populace

Iranian elections, fraud or freedom?

I thought this was interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8097617.stm

The Iranian presidential elections are wrapping up right now, and the country’s youthful population is enthusiastically joining in after years of declining voter turnout. Both of the front runners, the conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the somewhat less conservative Mir Hossein Mousavi, are claiming victory at this point, but it's still early in the vote counting process.

Likely neither candidate will get the 50% of the vote needed to avoid a run off with whoever finishes second. Accordingly, pretty much nothing is settled at this point except that Ahmadinejad and Mousavi will be the two to run off in the next round.

Of course Iran's government is still headed by an unelected religious council led by supreme leader Ali Khamenei, so none of this really matters. When it comes to military and domestic policy, Iran is still an autocratic theocracy. But, the enthusiasm of Iran's voting population in this election does show that the people of Iran are starting to wax progressive, and that is encouraging.

One hot button issue that will make the Americans cringe is that both of the front runners are in favor of continuing the Iranian nuclear program. Many Americans rightfully fear a nuclear holocaust could be set off should the Iranians try to use nuclear clout against Israel.

This would of course fuck with the America’s oil supply, which is agood way to provoke the end of the world.

And God help us all if the Russians get involved.

Regardless of the outcome of this relatively meaningless election,

one can only hope that this mass mobilization of Iran's youth will lead to a positive outpouring of reformist fervor. Iran

needs this. If this political up swell is stifled by election fraud or political repression, youthful hope and zeal could lead to widespread violence, or even worse, soviet style apathy.

I apologize for the formating issues. I'm still new to this game and I will get them resolved

Day one (and so it begins)

I am a recluse by nature. I am now ready to speak out. I've picked a random topic for today, but I hope my focus will become defined in the weeks and months ahead. That said, enough about me. I am not the story.

Enter Iran and North Korea. Exit sanity. While it can be said that both of these regimes have been subjected to a vigorous US led propaganda campaign, it can also be said that the aforementioned propaganda campaign is well deserved. Both of these countries have dismal human rights records. It is illegal to be gay in Iran, and it is illegal to do anything accept kiss Kim Jong Il's ass in North Korea. Ah yes, good ol' North Korea, home of the modern day concentration camp.

But starving political dissidents to death, and murdering protesting students is not what has drawn my attention to these two benevolent regimes this day. No, it is a report I read this evening.

You can find it here http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55A4E720090611.

The western world has been aware nuclear weapons work in these two countries for years now, but a June 11 story by Rueters now alleges that the two rogue nuclear states are working together to develop long range missles. According to the U.S. Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center as quoted by Rueters, Iran could menace the United States with a nuclear strike within six years, North Korea is already dangerously close to having that capability.

Action needs to be taken now. These are unstable regimes, capable of toppling whenever the opportunity arises. Allowing them the capability to unleash a nuclear armageddon that will annihilate much of humanity through the ensuing chain reaction is foolish.

Ultimately this nuclear pissing contest needs to stop. Several nations now have the capability to turn our world into a barren wasteland for thousands of years. But for the short term, I pray that our leaders can resolve to keep the most short sighted and aggressive political leaders in the world out of the doomsday business. Even if that means resorting to military action.