:: The Bitch Girls ::

:: Friday, February 28, 2003 ::

Anyone Wanna Come With Me? I'm headed out east tomorrow morning to look at apartments. Does anyone want to go with me? I can't believe I'm seriously considering staying here in New England.

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:: Bitter 11:55 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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That Brilliant Woman Michele has another great idea, this time for a tv show.

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People Annoy Me Fortunately, Tim Blair takes care of them for me.

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More About Women Being Oppressed Only this time it's by other women! For International Women's Day, the People Opposing War group on campus is asking women to come knit pink things to represent women's opposition to war. That's right, angry feminists are suddenly embracing the idea of women sitting around a living room together drinking tea and knitting pink things together. Isn't that giving into the patriarchy or something?

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:: Bitter 6:03 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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More Misery To Blame On Men I'm sorry if you are seeing a trend today in the posts. I swear that it can all be blamed on the evil media empires. These are the stories they want us to read. Anyway, another reason why men suck:

Women whose pregnancies last longer than usual may be able to place some of the blame on the dad, a study released Thursday suggests.
Danish researchers found that a father's genes may play some role in determining how long pregnancy lasts.

I don't think I'll be switching teams before I graduate, but if news days like this keep occurring, it just might happen.

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:: Bitter 3:42 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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I'll Warn Him Now If my future husband ever pulls this kind of stunt, I'll become his worst nightmare. I'll become a man-hating feminist that knows how to use a gun and grew up learning about crazy court cases like that of Lorena Bobbit on television as a child.

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:: Bitter 3:35 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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California Is For Sale Well, that might not be the case yet, but look for it soon enough. They are already selling stuff on eBay to raise money. What a plan. Good going Gray.

The California Department of General Services is taking potentially dangerous items confiscated from passengers at airports in Oakland and Sacramento and putting them up for bids on the popular Web site of Internet auction company eBay Inc.
And plans are underway to start hawking items seized from passengers at airports in Los Angeles, Ontario, California and Orange County.
It may only be a drop in the $35 billion ocean, but state authorities say the proceeds are not to be sniffed at.

Wasn't it a California town that was up for sale on eBay a couple of months ago?

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:: Bitter 3:31 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Bitches! I'm going to update the blogroll tomorrow. I know I've been promising this for a while now. I need to know who y'all want me to include on it. Email me at my school address.

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:: Bitter 3:27 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Here's A Target For You, First

[Jennifer] Lopez has previously said media stories about her acting like a prima donna are exaggerated.

I just want to get her side of the story out there because I'm sure it's all a misunderstanding.

American actress and singer Jennifer Lopez used six limousines to travel from one top-class hotel to another equally swish hotel -- a distance of about 100 yards, British newspapers reported.
The Daily Mail newspaper said onlookers were dumbstruck as the singer and 30 or so members of her entourage spent 15 minutes clambering into the vehicles for the short trip along swanky Park Lane between the Metropolitan Hotel and the Dorchester hotel.

Let's here it for wasted fuel and oil and oppressed people. Go for it, First. (How many miles per gallon do the limos get? Are they any better than SUVs?)

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:: Bitter 3:21 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Remember When? Do any of you readers remember when I said that if I ever kill myself that I would hang myself and have the other Bitches sue the rope industry? That was a joke. This story isn't.

A Romanian man plans to complain to consumer authorities about the poor quality of a rope he used in a failed attempt to hang himself, Romanian papers reported Thursday.

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:: Bitter 3:14 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Why I Love Country Music I just heard Darryl Worley's new single, "Have you forgotten," for the first time today. I just have to say, kick ass.

I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend
Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right
I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for
Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Some went down like heros in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

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:: Bitter 2:42 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Speaking Of Professors I like to hear news like this.

The NRA Foundation has pledged $1 million to the George Mason University School of Law to establish and endow the Patrick Henry Professorship of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment.
"We are proud to launch this pioneering effort as part of NRA's long-standing commitment to educating the public about the Second Amendment," said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, who is also a foundation trustee. "We believe that academic study at a top-tier law school will both enhance scholarly research conducted to date on this topic and increase the public's understanding of the history of this key civil rights issue."
"This professorship will be dedicated to exploring the ideas and impact of the Second Amendment," said George Mason president Alan G. Merten. "The ability to think critically is the traditional goal of a college education and has never been more crucial. Private support has made a critical difference in helping to fund faculty chairs and professorships throughout the university, enabling us to attract the best and brightest minds. The appointment of an eminent scholar to this professorship will stimulate timely debate on important Constitutional issues."

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:: Bitter 2:12 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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The Maine Thing So I know that you all have heard about the problems reported in Maine of teachers telling children (some as young as 7 years old) that their military parents are doing bad things by going to Iraq.

In Maine, Department of Education Commissioner Duke Albanese sent a memo to superintendents and principals, writing that it had been brought to his attention some school personnel had been "less than sensitive to children of military families regarding our continued strained relations with Iraq."
He said discussion should allow for questions and differences of opinion, but "be grounded in civil discourse and mutual respect."
The issue has also grabbed the attention of Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Gov. John Baldacci.
"Any suggestion that their parents are doing something wrong is extremely unfortunate and could have a harmful effect, particularly on young children," Collins said.
Baldacci said he's "disappointed" by the actions of some educators in public school systems.

Great, they are disappointed. I'm so happy to hear it. And a memo was sent! We know that solves all problems!

Haynes urged schools to keep alive classroom discussions about Iraq, and present different views on the issue, even if there have been complaints about teaching methods or teacher comments.
"Often it is a misunderstanding of what the teacher is trying to do," he said. "But it's also the case that some teachers have a political agenda they can't keep out of the classroom, and that they must do."

I've always been torn on this. If a teacher has a history of bringing his/her political agenda in the classroom then perhaps they need to keep quiet on the issue, and if it happens on a repeated basis, maybe they shouldn't be there. I will also say that while a teacher may think they are leading a balanced discussion, most of the time it isn't. Bias comes across in the subtle comments. And if they keep getting comments from students that are anti-war then it is up to them to present the other view. I think my expectations are too high. I can't even get that kind of critical thinking from college professors most of the time.

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:: Bitter 1:18 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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More Blogging Soon I know that blogging has been a little light the last few days. I apologize. The good news is that it will resume to a closer to normal level this afternoon. I finally have a half a day off!

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Too Tired To Think Of A Title All I can say is that it sucks to be them.

Cornell University mistakenly sent out an e-mail message welcoming hundreds of students it had previously rejected.
The mistake happened Wednesday when a clerical staff member miscoded a message meant only for students who had applied early and been accepted.
As a result of the error, the e-mail was sent to 1,700 students, including nearly 550 high school seniors that the Ivy League school in upstate Ithaca had rejected in December.
"Greetings from Cornell, your future alma mater!" the message said. "Congratulations on your acceptance into the class of 2007!"

I'm glad I didn't apply to Cornell and sit on pins and needles waiting to see if I got in. In fact, the reason I was too scared to apply to Cornell wasn't because I didn't think I could get in. I knew it would be a reach school for me, but not impossible at all. What frightened me was that their viewbook had a quote from some guy talking about his roommate from Oklahoma wasn't anything like what he expected. Apparently he had expected some cowboy hick that didn't even know about indoor plumbing. Okay, so it wasn't that extreme, but it certainly was stereotypical about Oklahomans and the idea of rural hicks with four teeth. Anyway, I kinda feel sorry for those kids that got the email. I'm sure it wouldn't be easy to be told that you didn't get into what was probably your reach school and them to receive an email welcoming you to the school.

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:: Bitter 9:22 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Attention Ladies... and gentlemen, too. Why don't you take a few minutes out of your day and please Pejman.

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:: Bitter 12:28 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Oh Wait! Before I go channel surfing, remember that all Republicans want to silence minority voices so that they no longer have the right to participate in government. When I was a Republican, I don't think I received that memo. Any of you current Repub chicks get that memo?

Oh yeah, and he wants to increase the minimum wage by $2. Now we have the gun owner bashing. I love the key words like "arsenal of weapons." Lefty, your boyfriend has an arsenal of weapons in his vehicle. According to certain people with bad taste in humor, I illegally have an arsenal of weapons here in my dorm room. (Is a bag full of water guns considered to be an arsenal of weapons?)

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:: Bitter 12:13 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Dems Lieberman's on C-SPAN right now at a fundraiser in New Hampshire. He really needs to learn a speaking style that works for him. Jokes about Joe Millionaire, not funny. The "poor me, I really won last time" lines aren't working from a man that didn't have the balls the run for only one office. I might have more sympathy for him if he didn't pull such underhanded tactics as running for both Senate and VP in 2000. (Funny that if Gore had one, he would have had a Republican replacement. He didn't care enough about his own damn state to give them what they wanted.) Anyway, he isn't even staying on topic between sentences. It was homeland security for one sentence that went without explanation, then abortion, then gay rights. Suddenly, he went back to homeland security spending. Because abortion and gay rights have everything to do with homeland security. Ohhh...Al Sharpton is on now. I think I'll go channel surfing again. He's just not as much fun.

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:: Bitter 12:11 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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A First For Me I got my first piece of hate mail ever directed solely at me. I feel so special now. I think it's great that adult women (at least I think you should be acting somewhat like an adult at 20 and 21) are telling me to grow up and learn how to take a joke. I guess if I actually thought that acussing someone of being a racist felon was funny then I wouldn't be getting messages like that. I'm looking forward to being the most hated member of my class.

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Dumbass Some people just don't get it.

Phil Donahue struck back at MSNBC on Wednesday for his firing, suggesting the network was too quick to pull the trigger and that it might be trying to "out-fox Fox" with conservative voices.
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Donahue, a liberal who stumped for Ralph Nader's presidential candidacy in 2000, said he had been hoping "to break through the noisy drums of war on cable" and become a responsible platform for both sides of the issue.

Has Donahue ever been known for being balanced? I highly doubt he would have been if he considers adding a conservative show host to counter his liberal show as a move by the radical right wing conspiracy or whatever he's bitching about or will bitch about in coming weeks.

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:: Bitter 12:54 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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No Shit Did we need a news organization to tell us this?

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Thursday that delays in making necessary changes in Social Security and Medicare to handle the impending retirement of baby boomers could mean "abrupt and painful" adjustments later on.

Of course I like some other ideas that he doesn't suggest in the article, but that doesn't change the "no shit" factor of the first paragraph.

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:: Bitter 12:43 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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A New Terror Alert System We have class colors at the school that a majority of the Bitches attend. All of the class colors are represented in the terror warning chart. We don't have an orange class here, so maybe it's a sign to throw orange out. Anyway, I was just thinking that this news is appropriate right now only because it's Senior Week. Our color is yellow, so I think the government is trying to tell the juniors to bow down.

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:: Bitter 12:39 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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More Guns, But This Time With Girls! This is a post on Condi Rice and guns that I meant to link to the other day. Now, Aubrey even has a follow up with more information!

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Guns! An improvement in coverage? Nope. But, there's a very slight change. I have to pretend to have hope.

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Go Away

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP has apologized for saying about Americans: "I hate those bastards."
MP Carolyn Parrish was speaking to reporters about Canada's diplomatic initiative on Iraq. At the end of her comments Parrish said, "Damn Americans … I hate those bastards."
CBC reporter Susan Lunn who heard Parrish make the comment, says the MP then laughed as she was walking away.
In a written statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Parrish says she made the comments in the heat of the moment in a private conversation. She says they do not reflect her opinion of the American people.
"My comments do not reflect my personal opinion of the American people and they certainly do not reflect the views of the government of Canada," she said in her written statement.

Canada jokes, anyone?

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:: Bitter 12:29 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Funny Stuff So there was an exchange that I won't go into to much detail about between Preppy, a group putting on a production on campus, and me. It wasn't pleasant. I just find it amazing how I'm being accused of calling people racist because I asked the producer and directors to remove references to a character based on me portrayed as a flaming racist felon.

UPDATE: So apparently the skit has been changed and people are mad. Strangely enough, even though the producer swore up and down that the character wasn't based on me (funny since it had a student from the South living in the basement of a specific dorm that has political beliefs differing from most students here and I happen to live on the same floor with only 8 other women, am the only one from the South and am very vocal about my differing political beliefs, particularly on the issue they are tackling...), apparently people are upset because they changed the dorm the student lives in. Now, if this student isn't based on me, why does it matter what dorm she lives in? Hmmm...

Oh yeah, and apparently asking me to not be represented as a felon is a little too much to ask. First thinks I'm overreacting because they take a jab at her in a skit. They also don't call her a racist felon, and I don't think she appreciates how much that makes the difference in what a "joke" about a specific person represents. The bigger problem though is in the cast. Apparently they are talking about how I can't take a joke because I don't think that calling fellow students racist felons is very funny, especially when I'm that student. It was interesting that apparently those in charge left out the fact that they were accusing another student of committing a felony in the original skit when they announced the changes. So now it's just that I don't have a sense of humor because I don't like making jokes about racism and innocent people being accused of crimes...

I am bitter at the world right now. Some people might find it best not to talk to me in case I go off on them.

UPDATE II: Did you know that Preppy and I "can't take a joke like everyone else on this campus" and we need to "grow up"? Because being called a racist felon is the same as a joke about dining halls or how the administration works, or whatnot. Hell, we even suggested changes to joke about our ideological differences. We found that far more acceptable and reasonable than calling individuals racist felons. Keep forwarding me the hate emails Preppy...

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:: Bitter 5:48 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Sick I hate being sick. My ears hurt, my throat hurts, my head hurts... I just want to crawl back into bed and wake up and be better.

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Today's Posting I don't know how much I'll get to post today because of a big fight with the College that developed last night. I've already spoken with 2 deans today, and have to send some emails. I don't even know what's going on in the world today...

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Wow I got a job offer today. These people are actually designing a job just for me. It's just so damn expensive to live around here. How do people do it?

UPDATE: This is strange. I don't know what to think about actually having a job lined up if I want one. I'm supposed to ask for a salary and I don't know how much to ask for. I don't want to price myself out of their range, but I have to make payments on my car, insurance, student loans, rent, food, utilities, gas, and who know what else! It also means that I have to keep suffering up here in the cold New England climate with all their crazy politics. I would get to see all the Bitches through their graduations, though! It's a tough decision.

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:: Bitter 7:45 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Comments Down Looks like the comments are down, once again... so e-mail us at biitchgirls@hotmail.com.

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I Need Some Help So I thought I would be off boys for a while, I was wrong. Over the weekend in New York I met First's friend (also the guy we stayed with while we were down there). Now what do typical college students do on a Saturday night? That's right we went out drinking, surprise, surprise. So I thought First's friend was really cute, and he's a really great guy. I made my move and he responded. We ended up going to bed at around 7:30 Sunday morning, and First's friend and I didn't actually get to sleep until maybe 10:30 or 11:00. We didn't go very far, but he was talking the entire time we were making out. He kept on telling me that I should have lots of guys trying to get with me, and told me that I had to come down for their Spring Weekend, because there would be lots of hot guys and I would have my choice. To that I asked him what if I wanted to pick him. He said well you could do that. But what I really want to know is if he likes me or not, and if he got it that I like him. First assures me that he likes me otherwise he wouldn't have even kissed me, but I was sort of thrown by his mention of me having my pick, and how I should have men more or less chasing after me. So what should I think? He's coming up this weekend, and I don't want to push anything if he doesn't like me. As a friend of the family once said, "Men, can't live with them, can't shoot them."

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Just A Note I've needed to catch up on email for a few days now. I apologize for the delayed responses. I'm off to do errands (getting the pills and picking out a new nail polish or two just because I'm special...and getting a manicure soon) and then I'll do email sometime this evening when I'm taking a break from the paper I have write tonight.

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:: Bitter 2:25 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Bad, Bad Thoughts I feel like a horrible person for actually admitting this, but I had one very fleeting thought when I read this headline on Drudge.

Rare Snow Storm Sweeps Across Mideast

Oh, Hell has frozen over.

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This Is A Good Question

What do you think we'll find in Iraq?

Now go find out the context.

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WTF Moment Of The Day It may be a bit early to make that call, but I doubt much could top this.

A man whose daughter was hit with a snowball by a group of girls returned to the scene and opened fire with a gun, critically wounding a 10-year-old youngster, police said.

I feel like I sound old if I ask what the world is coming to. What is the world coming to?

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:: Bitter 8:52 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Personal Responsibility, Again This made me somewhat unhappy after reading it.

Teenagers seeking confidential medical help may find their primary care doctor can't agree to keep their treatment secret, according to a survey.
What's more, even if a doctor's office does supply confidential treatment, office staff may incorrectly tell teens that such treatment is not available.
"Teenagers may not go to get care for pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases if they think their parents are going to find out, and that's why the professional medical organizations have always had the position that this care should be available on a confidential basis for teenagers," Dr. Lara J. Akinbami said in an interview with Reuters Health.

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Don't screw around unless you can deal with the consequences. Don't be too ashamed to face them, either. Even though it happens all the time, it's really disturbing for me to look at these cases where teens can't handle the consequences of their actions, but then will continue to hide from it, too! What the hell are we teaching to them? If their parents are footing the bill, they parents have a right to know. This would include if their parents are footing the bill for the insurance.

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:: Bitter 8:13 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Grammy's Anyone? Did anyone catch the Grammy's last night? I only caught a little bit of the replay of the red carpet today, and I'm so glad celebrities do not run the country or really matter all that much at all. The one thing that I caught was Sheryl Crow saying she has become known for her anti-war t-shirts. Another was Fred Durst. I don't remember exactly what he said but it was something dumbass too.

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The Organ Transplant Kid I've tried to avoid this story because I don't want to come across as a totally heartless bitch. There has been some discussion in the blogosphere about it already. Those guys caught the same fact that I did in many of the stories. Her family refused to donate her organs after all they had just gone through.

I understand that her body was so full of drugs and many of her vital organs were damaged by the time spent on life support. However, her corneas were found to be worth donating. Now I would hope that if Bitchy Mom were ever in a similar situation with me that she would donate every organ that could be used. This would mean that as soon as they found my corneas were useful, they'd take them. I would sure as hell expect it if she had illegally smuggled me into another country and taken money from a charity to pay for the surgery.

The worst part of this ordeal isn't that they broke the law to come here and had the surgery on someone else's dime. Is is that on the very website that her family has set up, they say one reason they refused to donate her organs was because of legal advice. As I said in one comment that I left on another blog, when I lose a loved one, my grief doesn't include legal counsel. (Dealing with my evil bitch sister, on the other hand, requires a whole f*cking law firm.) If this woman does choose to sue the she better donate every damn dime to a charity that handles these types of cases. Of course I have to wonder why it would be so easy to get over the border nowadays. I would hope that laws aren't being bent for this situation. After all, isn't national security the most important issue right now? Why make exceptions? We wouldn't want the U.S. to look like it discriminates or anything...

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:: Bitter 5:01 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Classtime Well Spent Instead of listening to a military history of the American Revolution, Lefty Bitch and I spent 20 minutes trying to name all 50 states without looking at anything. She got the first 40 before she showed me what she was up to. We got the next nine over the next couple of minutes that we actually started to pay a little bit of attention. We got stuck forever on number 50! We had no particular order of thinking them up, so we had to look very carefully at our list. I assumed that because Lefty is originally from Jersey that she would overlook a southern or western state. Try as I might, I thought of all of them. Then, after far too long on this project, I said New York. That's right, we left New York off of the list and didn't catch it for nearly 10 minutes. We are a sad, sad group.

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:: Bitter 4:49 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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I Miss Home This is an editorial I would never see up here in New England. Less spending by government? Who would have thought that such radical ideas would be printed.

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:: Bitter 12:55 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Hmmm I always liked men with big guns.

MORE than 250 men stripped on Sunday to show the Federal Government they would not stand for war.
Not to be outdone by the 750 women who bared all for their protest at Byron Bay in northern NSW this month, the town's men did the Full Monty and lay in formation to spell out "Peace Man" on a football field.
Celebrity exhibitionists Puppetry of the Penis entertained the nude demonstrators.
Co-organiser Cameron Sparkes-Carroll said the protesters weren't afraid to bare their manhood to denounce small men with big guns.
"We were also making an ironic comment about the small man syndrome that leads to the need for big guns," he said.

Shouldn't the picture on the site be banned as kiddie porn or something? That's just wrong. (Link stolen from Tim Blair.)

On the note of big guns, I have a story. This story is a of a hot guy named Mitchell. Mitchell is a fake name because I just felt like giving him one. Anyway, this gentleman is perhaps a little old, even for me. I believe he's either in his very late 30's or early 40's. He's a wealthy stockbroker, but he's still very genuine and sweet. More importantly, Mitchell has one hell of a gun collection. He has a vault that's about 4 times the size of my dorm room filled with all sorts of goodies that include many machine guns. Another older gentleman friend of mine would like to set me up with Mitchell. I'm a little afraid of being closer to the age of his son than him. However, a girl can certainly dream about a man with many, many big guns and one huge gun vault. :)

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:: Bitter 10:31 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Thoughts From Class Until I rescue my posts from my laptop, these random thoughts will have to do.
First, if I ever feel like I have a "calling" to be a registrar, I want you readers to shoot me. (Don't ask me where this came from, it's a long story.)
Second, is it a bad thing if I have a target list of classmates for half of my classes?
Third, here is a list of what I learned in class today: Enron is bad. "American capitalism" is bad. CEOs are bad. Republicans are bad. Democrats are bad. No solutions were offered to any of the problems presented. Why am I not shocked?
Fourth, our school recently raised the prices on cokes. Water is still the same price. Are they trying to push us towards healthier lifestyles? Are they trying to offset budget problems (partly because we invested in Enron) by taking advantage of needed caffiene dosages of the students to get through the semester? More importantly, will this move to bottled water be bad for world peace? I ask the last question as a joke about an annoying professor here. She's a raving socialist looney that is convinced that Coke is trying to buy Greenland for bottled water. She also beats her cane a lot and says that any woman that doesn't agree with her brand of feminism is trying to pretend like they have a penis.

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:: Bitter 10:09 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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I Have Posts I can't get them off the damn disk from my laptop. Evil, evil laptop.

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:: Bitter 9:35 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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How Does This Take Courage?

Toni Smith, a senior at Manhattanville College, was booed at Mount St. Mary at a game Thursday night.
Smith is protesting "that the government's priorities are not on bettering the quality of life for all of its people, but rather on expanding its own power." She has turned away from the flag all season.
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Manhattanville president Richard Berman said he told Smith "what she's doing is courageous and difficult."

Not looking at the flag is difficult? If you want to make a statement, fine. Don't pretend that you are somehow a martyr because some people disagree. Ohhhh...people booed. I've been called names a lot worse than what she has experienced to my face just for my own political views. I've been in classrooms where other students had to physically restrain classmates because Preppy dared express the idea that while our policies may not be perfect in the eyes of every single person on the planet, they didn't warrant 9-11. Those incidents don't even require courage. They aren't terribly difficult either. Maybe they aren't pleasant, but they sure as hell aren't as bad as what some other people face for dissent.

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:: Bitter 6:02 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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An Important Announcement OU is beating Kansas. Right now 62-39. Beautiful. The month that I actually give a damn about college basketball is coming up.

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:: Bitter 5:50 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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I Can Understand Their Frustration I'm not Bush's biggest fan, nor do I have a knee jerk reaction against him like some bitches people do. I do have to say that this story certainly makes me wonder about the White House.

With their states' economies in tatters, members of the National Governors Association -- who began their four-day winter meeting Saturday -- are hoping to win more federal aid to cover soaring costs for health care, homeland security and education.
But the governors have been told that most of them won't be able to directly question the president during Monday's White House gathering, according to Nicole Harburger, communications director for the Democratic Governors Association.
"Several of the governors are considering not attending the meeting," Harburger said. "The governors are upset and concerned that the White House is not interested in a dialogue."
She said the governors have been told the group as a whole will be allowed just two questions -- and must submit them in writing beforehand.
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Republican Gov. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, vice chairman of the national association, said there still would be an opportunity to ask questions of Bush, and that the changes were a constructive attempt to focus closely on top concerns.
Bush closed to the press Sunday's formal dinner with the governors; in years past, it had been open. Locke said the White House has even set limits on Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton's toast at the dinner.
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Several Democrats said they were concerned that Washington's focus overseas was shortchanging domestic needs. Tennessee's Phil Bredesen recounted meeting with the president with other governors just before Christmas.
"It was great and I was honored to be there, but we spent the entire 45 minutes talking about Iraq," he said. "Myself, and many other governors, Republicans and Democrats, would like to have had some discussion about education, about how we're going to get the economy back on track."

So all governors get to narrow any questions down to two that the White House gets to pick out, the public doesn't have access via the press, and he has a history of ignoring the issues that are most important to the states. I hate politics.

Just for fun, here's another quote from the article that caught my eye,

Democrat Bob Holden of Missouri said, "We hear from the White House about partnership. But when you get past the rhetoric of partnership, we see no money."

Would it be a shock to him that partnership doesn't always mean money??

UPDATE: I see that Kim du Toit has also taken on this story.

So, in typical spoiled-brat fashion, some Democrat governors are not going to attend the meeting. Boo fucking hoo.

I don't see why they would attend. I mean send an aide or something, but if they don't have the opportunity to discuss issues that they think are most pertinent to their state, why should they waste their time? Why not go back home and start working on solving those problems? Maybe it's just my attitude about wasting time and resources.

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Stop Thinking Juan I don't even want to think about this. Damn him for even posting it.

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What This Really Means I shouldn't be surprised with this story.

"We didn't expect UNMOVIC (the inspection team) to demand the destruction of Al Samoud 2 missiles," Gen. Hossam Mohamed Amin said at a press conference Sunday.
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Blix ordered that a U.N.-supervised destruction of all Al Samoud 2 missiles, warheads, fuel, engines and other components must begin by March 1. The missiles exceed the 93-mile range limit set by U.N. resolutions adopted at the end of the 1991 Gulf War.

In other words, "We didn't expect them to actually enforce any of the rules!"

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My Favorite This is my favorite blog post on George Clooney's remarks so far.

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Gone For A Few Days First and I are off to NYC for a few days. Hopefully we'll be able to stay out of trouble. ;)

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Yeah I'm not funny today. I'm in a bad mood and have been for the last few days. If you say PMS, I'll kill you. I'm going to bed.

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This Is Not Allowed!

Worried about the weather, pilot Richard Conry almost decided to cancel the October 25 flight that killed Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven others, according to documents released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
"OK, ah, you know what, I don't think I'm going to take the flight," Conry told a preflight controller from Princeton Flight Service after receiving the morning's weather report forecasting light snow and mist, freezing temperatures and low ground visibility for northeastern Minnesota.
That conversation was the first of several Conry would have with controllers on the icy conditions, which investigators have said may have played a role in the crash, less than two weeks before last year's November elections.

But that counters the theories that Bush secretly shot him down!

The NTSB report, several hundred pages in length, does not provide a final determination of what caused the crash that killed Wellstone, Conry, Wellstone's wife, adult daughter, three campaign workers and co-pilot Michael Guess. Those conclusions are not expected for at least several more months.

Wait, there's still room for some crazy ideas.

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The Winner is officially announced.

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A Penis Poem (Part I)

Pecker, Pack, Pedro
Porky Pig
What do you call your piece?

Pleasure Pole, Penetrating Pitchfork
Peace Pagoda?

Purge your own paramecium
I prefer a pina colada

Remove your piddley piece from my place
Pacify your own penie

Your palm is your pit
Not my panties

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The Top 20 Things I do to perpetuate the patriarchy
1. Call my friends “bitches”
2. Date men (well, I did)
3. Use tampons
4. Wear lacy black thongs (I don’t care what y’all say, nothing wedged up your ass is ever comfortable)
5. Vote in the presidential elections
6. Shave my legs
7. Wear make up/ heels/ tight clothing
8. Wear a bra- my boobs are not as large as Bitter’s luscious tits
9. Using words such as “boobs” and “tits” to describe a part of my anatomy
10. Calling my ex a “pussy” as if to insinuate he was weak
11. Listening to hip hop ( any song by Ludicris or Jay Z, take your pick) and blasting it from my grand Cherokee
12. Waiting for a guy to approach me who I am attracted to
13. Silently resisting the urge to yell back at men who whistle as I walk past on the street in front of them
14. Drinking beverages with a straw, licking an ice cream cone in public, sucking on a sucker, etc.
15. Buying products marketed toward women in degrading ways (see crest’s new “rejuvenating effects” toothpaste that I purchased today)
16. Crying to get out of a speeding ticket because I know it will work
17. Unbuttoning my blouse or wearing a shorter skirt to a job interview
18. Relying on men to support my sushi habit
19. While at a bar, folding my arms below my boobs in order to enhance my cleavage and give the impression that my rack is full like Bitter’s in order to obtain
free drinks from an unsuspecting bartender
20. Faking orgasms ;) – I bet you all think you’re so good, god’s gift to women, haha, little do you know…

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I Almost Don't Believe It

Porn Czar? Porn Czar?

You just have to read the whole thing.

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And To Think, People Get Paid For This I wonder just how much they get paid to say stuff like this.

A McDonald's spokesman told CNN in a telephone interview that "eating McDonald's food can easily fit into a balanced diet. I eat its food every day, and I'm perfectly healthy."

I so could be a spokesperson. I really could. I'm a woman, I'm good at lying.

The landmark legal action was the first of its kind against a fast-food chain to make its way into a U.S. courtroom.
"Contrary to what many may think, we are not looking to get rich from a large money settlement," Hirsch told CNN. "We are proposing a fund that will educate children about the nutritional facts and contents of McDonald's food."

Sure....

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Civilization, It's A Good Thing It's hard to believe that there are still places in the world that are this backwards. (And to think, I thought rural Oklahoma was bad sometimes.)

Congolese villagers have stoned and beaten to death four teachers accused of casting an evil spell to cause an outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease that has killed nearly 70 people, a local official said Friday.
The outbreak of Ebola in the districts of Kelle and Mbomo near the central African country's northern border with Gabon is thought by scientists to have been caused by the consumption of infected monkey meat.
But many locals believe occult forces are at work.
"In Kelle, people continue to believe that the Ebola disease is a spell that has been cast on them by witches, and four teachers accused of being the cause of the disease have been beaten and stoned to death," said Dieudonne Hossie, a local official.

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Sure It's A Scholarship Contest Go read about the beauty queen's idea for world peace.

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Another Club Tragedy I was up last night watching this on the news. There's like a general New England news channel that covers everything in the area, so they had live coverage. It was crazy. This seems to be the latest update page on CNN, though the confirmed toll is now at 95. I know that they are already playing the blame game, but who on earth would have even set up something like the display they had with wooden beams right above? Someone should have questioned something at some point.

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Stupid Weathermen

Days after a record-setting snowstorm slammed the eastern United States, emergency officials were preparing for the possibility of flooding from melting snow and heavy rain.

First it was the snow. Then it was the bitter cold. Now it's the melting snow. Tonight has a threat of tons of ice. They need to make up their minds now.

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Oh My Right Thinking has a post on safe sex lessons.

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It's About Time! Finally, some terror preparedness advice I can support!

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Playing with The Protestors Hehehe. Glenn just posted a link about the new MMM (as opposed to the old MMM and the even older MMM) and their efforts to organize the phone calls to Washington. Because I know you are going to scroll down and read my advice on contacting your elected officials, I won't refer you to that post. :) However, I love that some random chick on campus was able to come up with ten reasons to avoid war, and the new MMM only lists seven. They also don't have the pretty picture that my fellow student gave us.

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Two More Hours Comment people! It gives me something to do. (Watch, now I'll end up with one huge project to work on.)

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Playing With The Government For the first time since last year, I've had some free time at work. Actually, it's not really free, it's waiting on the phone to ring so I can deal with angry offices or angry parents. Anyway, I know you have all heard about www.ready.gov, the new Homeland Security website. Thanks to Juan Gato, now I know that there's a 1-800 number to go along with it. Do you think I should call it? When I'm bored at night and can't sleep, should I call them instead of a boy? I think it could be more entertaining. I figure that I'm paying for it all anyway, I should just go ahead and use the services.

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Check This Out This is an interesting look at the protestors.
Found over at Ex Parte.

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Something I've Always Wondered About First, answer this question.

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:: Bitter 1:43 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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It's nice to know that CNN is so proficient at alliteration...I loved the story on "Terror Tips for the Terrified"...God bless our wonderful country, and our presidents ability to rally support for a war by scaring people shitless of "terrorists"

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Damn

An average of 34.6 million viewers tuned in to Monday night's final episode, according to Nielsen Media Research; at one point fully 50 percent of all women between the ages of 18 and 34 watching TV were glued to the show.

Those are some damn fine numbers for Joe Millionaire. Too bad they can't really pull of a sequel as easily.

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I Hate The MMM Already! Can we please find a new slogan? MMM sucks. Now we have the "Million Modem March" coming up. Now, I would suggest that you do this on any issue. Don't let a bunch of actors tell you when to give a damn. However, here a few rules to keep in mind:

1) Be nice to the interns. They get yelled at an awful lot when they are often clueless and just learning. Remember how long it took you to get used to your new job, whether it involved how to keep the copier from jamming or how to work the phones. Interns are leaving just about the time they are starting to figure these tricks out without asking for assistance.

2) Your local office is the best place to start. This shouldn't be a secret to anyone, but your legislators have local offices, usually two to five in a district. These are the best places to go to a) actually hear a human voice as opposed to a machine, and b) generally feel like you are getting some results. The DC offices handle the day to day stuff, the committee meetings and the votes. The district offices are there to get a sense of what constiuents want.

3) Don't call, fax, or email people that don't represent you. Included in this is that you should always include your full name, your mailing address and your phone number with your letters or emails. We don't listen to people that aren't in the district. The people that you and your fellow voters elected in your district is the one paid to listen to your bitchin'.
Amendment to this rule: State your name, address and phone number at the beginning of your phone call. You are wasting your time, the office staff's time, and your money on long distance (in many cases) if you aren't represented by the person you are calling. They will be nice and give you all the information you need if you don't fall into the category of the people we give a damn about.

4) Be nice to the interns. Most of them aren't getting paid, especially the ones answering the phones. Let me put it this way. First year, I was an intern for my congressman in Virginia. My roommate, the daughter of a prominent Democrat, also interned for a congressman. I made copies, answered the phones, responded to emails, checked every damn newspaper in the district for mentions on the guy, handled the crazy visitors, and did lots of filing. My roommate spent her days surfing the web, sending me emails and wishing for more work to do. The other interns in her office got more work than she did, and she couldn't understand why. I don't hold this against my dear sweet roommate. But, I can tell you that the college kids in charge of answering the phones want to be there. They don't want to be abused. They love the experience, and they are doing it for next to nothing. Be nice to the interns.

5) The bright paper rule (the one that says write your letters on bright paper so they'll be noticed) doesn't apply. I swear that it makes no difference in the world other than how hard it is to read. I can't read most things on yellow paper either, so just go with plain white. Your letters will get read because they hire interns to do that kind of stuff.

6) Be nice to the interns. Every time a new rule gets posted, this one will be repeated. (Note: This post has, and will continue to be, updated as I slowly recall my days as an intern. Forgive me, in my old age, I'm becoming a little flakey.)

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:: Bitter 10:30 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Any Bachelors Out There? ABC (is that the right one?) is looking for the next bachelor. Who do you think we should nominate? Should I nominate my best friend? His girlfriend might not like it that much, but it sure as hell would be funny.

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The Bachelorette What a ho. Yeah, whatever, I'm jealous. Sure, sure. Because I want a big ass media organization pimping me out to the world after being publicly ditched on their previous pimping series. The host asked her if she could imagine being engaged and she said that she wanted a ring on her finger tonight. Awwww, how cute, they put her in a long white dress. I'm pretty cynical, and I was with Joe Millionaire, too. I thought Joe Millionaire was a little cooler because we might have the opportunity to see some greedy whores get pissed off. I also loved seeing Sara admit to performing oral sex on "Joe" on national television when she was clearly trying to hide that from the cameras and mics.

UPDATE: Don't read this if you live on the west coast. She picked Ryan. How cute, she's going on about how she's dreamed of this day since she was a little girl. Funny because she probably said something similar when she was on The Bachelor. He bought it and proposed.

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:: Bitter 9:38 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Blah Well I was already in a blah mood today, but this news doesn't make me look forward to my flights for spring break.

Welcome to the changing world of first- and business-class travel where on some airlines things are not the way they used to be. Blame the worst depression ever to hit the industry.
So, is that upgrade business travelers so eagerly seek worth less these days?
Several industry observers to whom we talked were unanimous in saying the main attraction -- more space and convenience -- has not been diminished, though there is a trend in the industry toward allotting more seats to business class at the expense of first.
"First/business class is being somewhat devalued, but it still is an improved airline product compared to coach/economy, especially with the more extreme devaluation going on in the coach/economy section," says David Stempler, president of the Air Travelers Association.

Yay. I just can't wait for my cross country trip. Thank goodness that I'm only on the plane a few hours at a time. The only problem with that is the fact that I have to connect in Chicago. Now my only experience in Chicago is in the airport, but it was hell. Absolute hell. Oh well, at least I get to go hang out with one of my best friends. Oh yeah, and the emphasis was added, but I know that I don't really need to tell our brilliant readers that.

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:: Bitter 9:10 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Greedy People

A German couple is demanding compensation from a tour operator because a maid repeatedly interrupted them while they were having sex in their hotel room during a vacation in Cuba, a court spokesman said Wednesday.
The man and wife filed a lawsuit at a district court in Hanover seeking a refund because they said the maid walked in on two occasions while they were engaged in intercourse, even though they had a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside the door.
They are seeking about $4,000 in damages from the TUI holiday company. But TUI has said the hotel's failings only amounted to an "inconvenience" and did not warrant such high compensation.

Let me get this straight, 4 grand for an embarrasing moment? You know, I had a friend that had a maid walk in on her and a guy, maybe I should let her know how this turns out.

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Guns! Go check out the results of the weekly bias chart on Yahoo's gun coverage. I see there are more of my favorite kind of articles.

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Stupid People They aren't protesters. They aren't my classmates. Surprise, they are politicians. Oh wait, that's not a surprise. (Link stolen from Instapundit.)

UPDATE: As The Agitator puts it, this "would be a riot if its repercussions didn't involve, you know, laws that you and I are required to follow every day." And, Radley, you must have been reading my mind with this one, "Now, if Rep. Matsui votes for and vigorously endorses legislation directly affecting him, without reading or really understanding said piece of legislation, imagine how much attention he gives legislation that affects you, or me, or OHSA or HIPAA regulations, before he blindly casts his vote." Exactly.

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:: Bitter 8:42 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Two Tales Of Romance Really, they are worth reading. Story 1. Story 2. The second may not seem like a story of love, but my best friend and his girl were trying to get to the restuarant across the street. It's like a scarier version of story 1.

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:: Bitter 6:46 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Why? So Baby and I were sitting here talking today about boys. Surprising, I know. We want to try and understand why innocent and virginal are such big appeals to men when it comes to women. So, enlighten us please...

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The Best Reason To Convert So far, hands down, this has got to be the best reason to convert to a pro-war stance.

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Read This

Discussions I've had on the war for freedom, particularly with Baby Boomers, often become fatally caught on the realpolitik snag. They've lived all of their life in a world of iron curtains, grim alliances and stagnant, cynical political realities. Freedom as a concept is not so much taken for granted than it is seen as little more than a privilege of the American people and a choice that other cultures simply haven't taken for themselves. "We can't be the world's policeman" is a popular phrase for outright rejection. "We shouldn't impose our values on others" is a close second. Which begs the question: what could be the meaning of holding certain truths as self-evident - an idea carrying great prominence in our Declaration of Independence and profound favor in our enumeration of liberties - if the human aspiration to self-determination is localized, or else culturally relative?

All I have to say is that I look forward to reading Part II.

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:: Bitter 3:55 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Ummm...Not Bad News Some kind of absolute victory, it ain't, but I suppose this news is somewhat of a 2A victory.

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Such Young, Innocent, And Easy Targets I debated about whether or not to do this because there's a part of me that feels bad that these kids will have to live with their naiveté all over the internet for the rest of their lives. Their grandkids will be able to read this article and think, "What the hell was he/she thinking?" Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to the foreign policy experts of tomorrow.

Meet Miriam Yavener, a 15 year old with such brilliant observations as,

"A lot of us have friends who are 18," said Miriam Yavener, 15. "If the draft gets reinstated, life could change a lot."

Beautifully stated Miriam! Because life won't change at all when those who are already serving put their lives on the line. Because life won't change for the Iraqi citizens that die everyday at the hands of their leader. Because life won't change if Iraq manages to get weapons of mass destruction over here to the U.S. Just for kicks, who is this bold, intelligent future leader?


Meet Amy Fries, another 15 year old with an important message on what she thinks the problem is. I hope Dubya is reading because he won't want to miss out on this one.

"Their government has almost brainwashed them. They think the U.S. is horrible and does all these evil things," said Amy Fries, 15. "I think the Iraqi people really don't know what to think by now. They're just confused."

And you point is? I'll hope that the reporter just left off whatever else she might have added to the discussion. You have to understand why I couldn't leave her out. Take a look at her fashion confusion. (I realize this isn't in line with the rest of the post, but what the hell is up with the gloves??)


Now for our final future policy maker, I want you all to say hello to Ross Godwin, a 16 year old expert on Iraq.

But Ross Godwin, 16, remembered the message from "Three Kings" -- the George Clooney movie set during the 1991 Gulf War.

Kill me before this kid gets into power, please?


This is what we pay for with our tax money. The kids cite fiction and Hollywood as their sources and the teachers say this is real debate on the issues. But you have to love the examples they use for debate in schools for the article.

In the San Francisco Bay area, school boards in at least three districts passed resolutions encouraging school debate about the causes and consequences of war.
Oakland, one of those districts, altered the anti-war tone of its message after some leaders pushed for neutrality. Intended for middle and high school students, the effort was broadened to include younger students, said Dan Siegel, an Oakland School Board member.

Some leaders thought that brainwashing our own kids could be a bad thing. How nice. My faith in humanity has been restored...

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France's Generousity They are so sweet, aren't they?

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Snow Classes are now back on. Classy got stranded here last night, but everyone had a good time watching Joe Millionaire. The one thing we haven't been able to figure out is how he only makes $19,000 a year. Most of us know people that work construction and they make notably more than that. Who said reality television had to be real? Anyway, so I'm checking the closing reports and yesterday they said my office would be closed today. Now it's no longer listed, but it's too late for me to dig out my car. On top of that, I checked the latest snowfall totals. As of 1 AM, we had 22" in our town according to one of the local stations. Have I ever mentioned that I hate snow?

UPDATE: Here's one positive outlook on the weather:

The only good thing about the snowstorm in D.C. was it stopped Congress from assembling and doing any more damage to the country.
Too bad the storm isn't going to last another six months, come to think of it.

Good call!

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:: Bitter 10:35 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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World Leaders: Listen To Bloggers If anything they at least have some practical advice to offer at times.

Yes, no one wants to have to rely on France in a crisis. Perhaps Chirac should think about why that's so. And he should know that you don't pull the "it's me or him!" trick unless you're absolutely sure the answer won't be "him."

It's not a hard concept to grasp, but Instapundit has a link that shows it backfired.

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:: Bitter 9:49 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Attention Guys Please go tell Radley that he's not the only one. If, in fact, he is the only one then please don't tell us. The last thing we need here is to lose hope.

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I Want To Believe This Isn't True I'm not very optimistic about this situation.

The military has ordered a review of how the Air Force Academy handles sexual assault allegations after female cadets said they were reprimanded for reporting they were raped by classmates.
Five women, four of whom have left the academy, were treated as if they were either crazy or promiscuous, said Dorothy Mackey, who founded a group that tracks sexual assaults in the military and has talked with the cadets.
"They have attempted to talk about it or find some assistance within the system. Instead they have systematically been told to shut up by other cadets or the system itself," said Mackey, a former Air Force captain who says she resigned her commission in 1992 after two other officers harassed her.

Remind me why humanity is good? I swear that you'd think we'd have made some progress by now. Before some of you that actually visit the full story start screaming that I'm leaving out some contextual information, let's go over it right now.

On Friday, the office of Air Force Secretary James Roche announced that a special review panel had been formed to review sexual assault policies in the military branch, "with a particular emphasis on the Air Force Academy."
The academy commandant, Brig. Gen. Taco Gilbert, defended the school's conduct in a written response to questions about one alleged assault in October 2001, in which a cadet said she was raped after a night of drinking and a strip poker game.
After a hearing the academy decided not to press charges against her attacker, and the cadet said Gilbert criticized her conduct.
"I take all reports seriously. I investigate every allegation and take action on every assault," Gilbert said.
He said there was "no justification" for the alleged assault, but added, "when you put yourself in situations with increased risk, you have to take increased precautions to mitigate those risks.

F*ck you, Taco. Yeah, she was doing something stupid, but if she said that she did not want to have sex with these bastards then you need to throw them in prison now. Maybe I'm fortunate in who I choose for my close male friends, but I have all the faith in the world that if we got drunk and played strip poker that I wouldn't be raped. There are lines and normal people don't cross them. They may push the boundaries a little bit, but playing strip poker with friends is not inviting forced sexual intercourse.

Another woman told KMGH-TV of Denver she left the academy after commanders responded to her rape allegation by charging her with violating rules against drinking, fraternization with upperclassmen and having sex in the dormitories.

This next statement will piss some people off quite a bit. I'm curious to know how us charging a rape victim for "having sex" is much different than those bastards, many of whom live in Middle Eastern countries, that kill or beat women who have been raped for "having sex." Someone explain the difference to me.

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If You Live On The West Coast, Don't Read This He picked Zora. She said yes. He gave her a huge ass ring, but he didn't propose.

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Why are certian people allowed to reproduce? Isn't there some measure the government that will save us all can implement?

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Bloggers Deciding The Fate Of The Universe That could be fun. I think all of the judges need to be bloggers, we could at least guarantee some witty remarks to make the show amusing. We will now accept suggestions for a 5 judge panel from the blogosphere. Send them in email (biitchgirls at hotmail.com, two i's because Hotmail doesn't like the word bitch) until the stupid free Haloscan comments start working again.

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:: Bitter 10:33 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Class Got Cancelled! The beauty of having out of town professors... Now, on to blogging, or maybe just more sleep.

UPDATE: Thanks to Michele, I feel more prepared. I almost think I would rather be in class.

UPDATE II: Bastards! The school is officially closing, but classes are still on unless the professor lets you know otherwise.

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:: Bitter 10:23 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Tonight's Reading Material This evening as I was laying in bed watching one of the funniest Simpsons episodes ever, someone decided to shove some papers under my door. (By the way, I officially have a new favorite episode. The Lord of the Flies episode [or "Go Banana!" as I like to call it] stood for a long time in the position.) Normally such papers are surveys for the college or some other junk. Tonight was different. Tonight a fellow dormmate decided to share her enlightened views with us all. I don't know how many trees she killed while doing it, but it makes for fun blogging material.

First, look at the pretty picture (thank you, Preppy) she included for us. I'm moved. I really am.

Second, let's take a quick overview of the content. We have the top ten reasons not to invade Iraq, the cost of invading Iraq, who is designing the war, and why the U.S. is waging war against Iraq with a nice little "Free Palestine" bit pasted over it.

Okay, so what are the top ten reasons?

1) There is no justification for going to war.
Nope, none at all. We just wanna go kill Iraqi babies.

2) Iraq does not pose a clear and present danger.
Of course not! Saddam doesn't have a history of invading other countries and trying to kill as many people as possible. He doesn't hate us. He just wants to spread the love, but the *evil* Bush administration wants to kill the babies.

3) When it comes to invading Iraq, the U.S. has zero allies.
As someone I was chatting with earlier put it, "Wow. A lot of countries will be sad to hear they don't rate."

4) An attack on Iraq would make us less safe.
As opposed to letting him sneak a small nuke or various chemical weapons over to New York? Okay.

5) An invasion of Iraq would violate international law.
As crazy American cowboys, we don't give a damn about international law.

6) Invading Iraq would be difficult, costly and without a clear victory.
Because cleaning up after an attack by him will be easy and cheap.

7) A war would kill thousands of people.
War does that. It sucks, that's why no one really wants it. Some of us just understand that Saddam is leaving us little room to for any other potential options. He's doing it to himself because he wants to go down making a scene.

8) We should not wage a war for oil.
Well how about to avoid a greater loss of life than what has already occured and those that will occur if we don't stop the f*cking madman.

9) Other options besides war are available.
Like inspections? You mean those inspections that haven't had much cooperation from the Iraqis and have already turned up how many illegal warheads?

10) Opposition for the war is growing.
Then why did the same people that went to DC go to New York? It's the same damn people. They even recycle the same damn signs.

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Lisa Simpson, Future Seven Sisters Alum? If she throws the spelling bee, Lisa gets a full scholarship to the Seven Sisters college of her choice. Too bad there are only 5 of the 7 left. I just thought I would do a shoutout for women's colleges.

Holy shit, I love the Seven Sisters skit. Come to Barnard and be Columbia's sister school. Go to Radcliffe and see Harvard men. Go to Wellsley and marry them. Come party with us! (Mt. Holyoke) Come play lacrosse with us. (Smith) Come explore with us. (Bryn Mawr while making out with the Smithie) I didn't catch Vassar because I was laughing so damn hard. But she had hairy armpits. UPDATE: I've heard that Vassar said that Lisa should come non-conform with her.

If anyone got this on tape tonight, I will do almost anything for it. UPDATE: It looks like most women on the campus (and probably all of the seven sisters colleges are like this right now) are willing to pay any price for a copy of it.

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Pretty, Pretty Pictures Go look at the silly California protesters. My favorite is from the Brazilian bikini waxers.

UPDATE: More silly California protesters can be found here. And here's just one of many thoughts on said protesters by the end of the day: "Forget about being desensitized to violence... these things may have made me desensitized to stupidity."

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An Interesting Observation The Angry Clam noticed something that might be described as a little odd in a story about Smith & Wesson's new big gun.

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I Wish I Would Have Seen This Quote Two Years Ago I once did a paper on finding the ideal individuals to challenge a big law when using courts for social activism. Had I seen a quote like this when I was writing the paper, I would have used it in a heartbeat, properly cited of course. :)

It isn't ideal--the perfect case would be a defense against criminal charges filed against wheelchair-bound black lesbian using a handgun to defend herself from a neo-Nazi skinhead who breaks into her apartment after repeated complaints to the police have gone unheeded.

The poor media people wouldn't know what to think. Now, go read more from Clayton Cramer.

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More Protest Thoughts First of all, someone has been having a little fun with Photoshop. Go appreciate his fine work. Asparagirl posted even more photos from the NY protest. I haven't seen any chicks from our schools in the photos yet. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. How many wanna bet that some of the girls in my group project that's due tomorrow were arrested? Finally, found via Right Thinking, here is an account of what happened in Houston. Maybe I oughta move to Houston, it looks like there are some hot military boys there. And Texas is much more gun friendly than most states here in New England and sure as hell more friendly than DC.

P.S. Josh, do you have family in Houston? More importantly is this Rhett a member of any said family? Can you hook a girl up, sweetie?

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One Is the Loneliest Number And one is the number of supporters that turned out for Carol Moseley-Braun's speech in Iowa.

Hanson was the only soul - besides a dozen members of the local news media and half as many event coordinators - to brave a foot of fresh snow to hear the former U.S. senator from Illinois speak in Des Moines on Saturday afternoon.
Hanson's lack of company in the Hotel Fort Des Moines ballroom was offset by his enthusiasm for Moseley-Braun, a friend from law school at the University of Chicago. The Des Moines lawyer pledged to support her candidacy for Iowa's 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, and even offered his guest room for her return visits.

Good sign, really it is. What can I say other than, "You go, girl!"

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If I Wish Upon A Star then maybe our comments will come back up before the end of the year.

UPDATE: They are back up, but many of the last comments are gone. What a shock.

UPDATE II: They are gone again. Not that it matters since while they were up we couldn't use them anyway.

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WeatherSlut Update Well the constant weatherpixie outage kept getting in the way today, but WeatherSlut finally broke up with her NYU boy. Because I have a history of ditching guys the day after Vday, I thought WeatherSlut should do the same. So now she moved on to a Penn State boy she met at CPAC.

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The Vagina Monolouges I saw the Vagina Monolouges for the very first time in my life tonight. I have to say it was an experience. I'm not going to say I absolutely loved it all, and I'm not going to say that I hated it all either. I don't know, I guess it wasn't so much celebrating women as much as I think something like that should be. I just had the feeling that the entire night was a big male bashing session. Yes, men are often behind violence against women, but that doesn't mean that we should be angry and write off the entire sex. It seemed that the message of the night is that men are opressive bastards and that women are the victims of it. This was slamed home in the performance of "What It Feels Like For A Girl" by Madonna. That always grates on me, because I believe every human is equally capable to accomplish his or her goals. I thought the whole thing about feminism was to be treated as an equal despite what "society" says you should do.

I also believe every person is responsible for her own safety and well being. The V-Day campaign's main goal is to end violence against women. Well, the best way I can see of ending violence towards women is letting those bastards who think that they can harm me just because I am a woman, know that I can take care of myself by any means necessary. Personally I think every woman needs to take a RAD course, and be taught proper firearm usage. Then maybe these scum bags will think twice before they lay a finger on a woman. And young girls need to be taught that no one has a right to hurt or touch or do anything to them, and to stand up and say something if anyone does.

Hating men is not the answer. Blaming men is not the answer. That brings you to the fem-nazi level.

On another note, I'd also have to say that I guess I love the Patriarchy. I like my thongs. I have yet to find anything quite so comfortable. According to one of the monologues, thongs make vaginas angry. I'll tell you what mine wasn't angry while I was sitting there wearing a thong. Oh yeah, Bitter and Spooky, those waxes you intend on getting next month, yeah, you're about to become victims of the Patriarchy too. Apparently hair is part of the vagina, and shaving/waxing it off is an oppressive action. Sorry girls.

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Disturbing I was over at Little Green Footballs, and found a link to this page. It happens to be the weblog of a peace activist who is currently in Iraq. I would also check out his band's site, and see what types of things this "peace" activist supports. The places these guys link to are rather disturbing as well... it ranges from sites offering information about the IRA and Qadhafi, to a site for what appears to be a joke, but I swear I think these people were serious about this Ten Fat Tigers thing. Just check it out, you'll see what I mean.

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Speaking of Peace Demonstrations Apparently the people of Iraq decided to organize themselves and march in support of their beloved president. Whatever. It appears that top officials in the Iraqi Baath party closely supervised the activities of the day, along with some sharpshooters mind you. And hey, the human shields are there and ready!

Dozens of foreigners also staged a brief vigil for peace on a central Baghdad bridge over the Tigris River. Many waved rainbow flags, and some wore traditional Arab headdresses. Others wore black T-shirts reading "War is not the answer," while one French activist wore a Superman T-shirt.
Kenneth Webb, a 32-year-old graphic designer from San Francisco, said he intends to remain in Iraq if war breaks out "so it won't be just the body parts of the Iraqi people but of everyone — and that could make a difference."
"I should hope it matters," said Lisa Ndejura, 32, a student at the University of Quebec in Montreal. "If it doesn't, then the world is in much worse condition than I thought."

Of course this all happens after Saddam issues a decree banning the production and importation of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. That's all fine and good, but considering that it is a supposed democracy with a parliment and president, who if everyone remembers got 100% of the vote with 100% participation, how the hell can the man issue a decree? But seeing as it's a dictatorship he can do whatever the hell he wants and we all know this is just for show.

UPDATE: Bitter has some photos from the pro-Saddam rallies. You can find them here, here and here.

I found this one and this one interesting. I can only imagine the benefits of having military personel marching in the protests along with the normal Iraqis.

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Yeah, For Peace And Shit





The photos are from the Athens protest that turned violent.

Links only:
Because she can read what the shirt says.
Just like this one made the sign herself...
Good call kid.
Stop using your damn kids for your cause. I even hate it when people on my side of the issue use their kids. The only exception I have seen is when it's a gun rights thing and the kids actually know how to shoot already. Granted, they usually aren't only 3 or 4 years old.
This one just doesn't even make sense. It's not witty sweetie. (I have a feeling I'll be saying that quite often today.)
The sign in the bottom right corner just scares me.
First Hitler reference I've seen in these pictures!
So far they aren't doing anything for me. Really people, I love a good protest. If you really do have something witty to say that makes people think then I give you full credit. I won't make fun of you. I only make fun of your silly peers. I would have ventured down to New York today, but I don't have a digital camera, so it would have taken a while to get the pics developed and I really didn't want to risk getting arrested in case my peers were doing something stupid.
This one deserves a caption contest.
Is it pride parade time?
Guess so...
At least it doesn't say oil. Half a creativity point for that one.
Hey look, it's the Scream guy! I thought he liked to kill people.
Another nazi reference. Cute.
It's a mime!

My bias. Because I would assume that the peace sign this particular woman is showing means something else to her personally.
I wonder about the influence of those guns in the picture on people's desire to show up for such a rally.
Is it bad when you see more guns than people?

Some people need the freedom to read those books you want first sweetie.
If these become all the rage, I will more fully appreciate my history of going against the trends.
Taking a cue from a few Palestinians? (Referring to this.)
Grassroots? I link, you decide.
Yup, so very grassroots.
Asshole
Oh look, there are the drums...
Translation = Sleep with me.
These pink ladies aren't as cool as Rizzo and Frenchie.

Well, it's different.
One creativity point, but a deduction of one point for the fact that it's pre-printed and not handmade.
All creativity points for the day, right here.
The latest boy band?
At least he's to the point, even if he gets negative creativity points.
Kinda creepy.

The state of this protest movement summed up in one picture.

Some very telling photos from New York can be found here (commentary here) at Asparagirl's site.

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No Protest Coverage Today I can't do a running commentary like I did last time because C-SPAN isn't showing it. I guess it really is a sign that the protests aren't getting any media attention.

UPDATE: I found coverage on CNN and Fox, but that's not the kind of coverage I want. I want just the rally and just the protesters. I want cameras that stay relatively still, not ones that search out the kinds of people they want to show.

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:: Bitter 12:22 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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I Have A Complaint Gee, imagine that. Anyway, my complaint is about this crazy scene. I wonder just how much it cost those protesters to put together their crazy and wacky costumes. I wonder how much they spent on booze and weed before they went to protest. I wonder how much revenue they generate for the tobacco companies. Before you run away, I'm not on a holier-than-thou kick or anything. Just read the comments and posts of last night and you'll know that I'm not always an angel. However, we shouldn't kid ourselves and not think that these habits aren't expensive. I'm curious about how much the pre-printed signs that were so common in DC last month cost to print.

Where is all of this "how much do things cost" thing going? Well, if they truly believe in half of the causes they claim to, shouldn't they be spending more on those issues? Instead of holding up a sign at a rally saying "If your enemies are starving, feed them," go work at a local food pantry to help sort the canned goods and bring some in everytime you go. That sign isn't doing anything. That sign won't help feed them. In fact, by buying the paint for that sign that person contributed to *evil* corporations that just oppress their workers. Most liberals even complain that the government doesn't work effectively. So go out and help to solve the problems yourself people. In most cases, charities are far more effective at doing what they do. Go volunteer for one, give money to one. Whatever your pet cause of the moment is, there is a charity for it. If there isn't, start one. I can tell you right now that you'll make a much bigger difference in the world that way than by going to rallies on behalf of these "oppressed" people and then getting high with your buddies thinking that you just saved the world.

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:: Bitter 11:31 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Drunken Convos Are The Best I have to say IMing while drunk is the one of the funnest things in the world. I know "funnest" isn't a word, but who gives a damn right now. It's Valentine's (well not really anymore), and I have no one. Maybe "Preppy" is turning into the new "Bitter"

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A Problem A problem with getting drunk and being bitter is that when you aren't really bitter, you are happy. I'm a happy drunk. Except when the others get in my way and I lock them out of my room. I'm not a happy drunk then. But, I'm not a bitter drunk them either. Ohhhhhh...they approach my door again, they only think I can't hear them.

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:: Bitter 1:15 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Valentine's Quotes
"Baby + Alcohol = Fun, not sex like fun. Just buzzed fun." - Baby

"I think I'm smarter when I'm drunk." - Baby

"Don't let me go anywhere 'cause I'm kinda drunk. You can't say I'm drunk because I'm not puking or anything." - Baby

"When I'm drunk, everybody has to be drunk because I'm annoying when I'm drunk." - Baby
"Well then stop being annoying if you think you are being annoying." - Bitter
"I can't! I'm drunk!" - Baby

UPDATE: "I like you sober, too. But you are a fun drunk." - Preppy to Bitter

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:: Bitter 11:14 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Stupid Wine I can't get it open, and the corkscrew that the Danish left sucks because it has too many other gadgets that get in the way.

UPDATE: Baby, who is far stronger than I am because of her weight training class, got it open after a rough fight. Now we're drinking and watching Good Will Hunting. Anyone care to join us for either the movie or the drinking?

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Accounting for Valentine's Day (And now, a post from Amish Bitch, who is posting here as part of the Amish Tech Support Blog A Day Tour...)

Happy Valentine's Day. Here's three simple questions:

1. What did you get for your sweetheart?
   
2. What did you give to your sweetheart?
   
3. How will y'all make up the difference?

Feel free to answer them in the comments.

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Another Gun Link This is more of a note to Preppy and Spooky Bitch, but girls, what are the chances that both the Chief and Kev already have this new toy? Maybe we should see if we can go play.

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I Don't Trust Our Public Officials I really can't trust them with this thing. Do they have a license for that?

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The Crap On TV These Days Not that I should talk, being a Joe Millionaire fan and all, but still. Anyway, this news makes me think of the opening scene of the movie Contact. You know, the scene where they pull back from earth and you hear all the sounds from television over the years? Yeah, just think when alien lifeforms finally get ahold of Joe Millionaire. They are going to kill us immediately. My only hope is that an Independence Day kinda thing can happen and I'll get rescued by Jeff Goldblum. (Yes, I know that my crush on him is wrong on so many levels.)

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:: Bitter 12:46 AM [+] :: (0) comments
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Poll For VDay So a certain boy didn't get the VDay card in the mail until today. Forgive him, yes or no? :)

Just kidding dear...

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I'm Pleasantly Surprised by this report about consequences for Hollywood stars that run their mouths off when it's not wanted.

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:: Bitter 11:30 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Ouch This isn't nice.

I've never had a root canal, much less one performed without anesthetic, but the viewing experience was akin to what that must be like.

Tell us what you really think of the O'Reilly interview with Eric Alterman, Pejman.

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:: Bitter 11:17 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Crazy British People... Them and their cell phones.

British mobile phone users are expected to show their love 60 million times with romantic text messages on Valentine's Day on Friday -- about one text for every man, woman and child in the country.

I don't even know how to use text messages on my phone. I know I get spam every once in a while, but I don't know how to have someone send me one or how to send one myself.

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:: Bitter 11:05 PM [+] :: (0) comments
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Stupid New England State It could fall off into the ocean for all I care.

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Watch Out Preppy

Robert Chambers, dubbed the "preppie killer" by the New York media covering his trial, will exit an upstate prison Friday after serving the maximum time on his manslaughter conviction for killing Jennifer Levin August 26, 1986.

You were only 4 years old. How strange to think about.

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