Red Bottoms to Enhance Your Bottom.

I feel obliged to give Christian Louboutin an 'atta boy' for the extremely well made CL platform pumps!  I know theyre not 'new' but those pumps have some structural integrity - I saw a girl today who had no business wearing them wear them and they did not implode under her weight.  They also have fantastic brand recognition - the red bottoms, I dig em.  Also, I credit CL with starting the heavenly 6 inch heels trend.  Although I wasn't paid for this endorsement (yet), I do believe every female should own a pair (or more).

P.S. What's with the women with the scuffed heels?  Take some pride in your mfing work!

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He may be a packer, but hes certainly not packing!

Ok, so I became a big (although im not sure the words big and brett can ever go together again) Brett Favre fan when he joined the vikings.  I don't really care for the vikings but couldnt vote for favre until he was on some team other than the packers.  As you might remember from my blogs last year, I was hoping that Brett would win the super bowl.  Would have made for a great story.

Fast forward a year later and Brett has gotten himself into a pickle (pun intended). Seems Brett was leaving voice messages, text messages and sending pictures of his tool to a couple of Jet employees.  The thing is, deadspin.com did Brett the disservice of putting Brett's tool online.  And let's just say, he might be a packer, but he is DEFINITELY not packing. 

Here's what I don't understand, if you're Brett Favre and you want to bang some Jets employees, why wouldnt you wait till you get the into the sack to unleash little Brett on them.  Why text pictures of it to the women you're wanting to shag when you know that MOST women will realize, when they see little brett, that your only big gun is your right arm?

Go Vikings!

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If the 'Mosque Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America

Michael Moore (michaelmoore.com)

Michael Moore is an Academy-Award winning filmmaker and best-selling author

September 11th, 2010 9:40 AM

If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America

By Michael Moore (michaelmoore.com)

I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on Ground Zero. Why? Because I believe in an America that protects those who are the victims of hate and prejudice. 

I believe in an America that says you have the right to worship whatever God you have, wherever you want to worship. And I believe in an America that says to the world that we are a loving and generous people and if a bunch of murderers steal your religion from you and use it as their excuse to kill 3,000 souls, then I want to help you get your religion back. And I want to put it at the spot where it was stolen from you.

There's been so much that's been said about this manufactured controversy, I really don't want to waste any time on this day of remembrance talking about it. But I hate bigotry and I hate liars, and so in case you missed any of the truth that's been lost in this, let me point out a few facts:

1. I love the Burlington Coat Factory. I've gotten some great winter coats there at a very reasonable price. Muslims have been holding their daily prayers there since 2009. No one ever complained about that. This is not going to be a "mosque," it's going to be a community center. It will have the same prayer room in it that's already there. But to even have to assure people that "it's not going to be mosque" is so offensive, I now wish they would just build a 111-story mosque there. That would be better than the lame and disgusting way the developer has left Ground Zero an empty hole until recently. The remains of over 1,100 people still haven't been found. That site is a sacred graveyard, and to be building another monument to commerce on it is a sacrilege. Why wasn't the entire site turned into a memorial peace park? People died there, and many of their remains are still strewn about, all these years later.

2. Guess who has helped the Muslims organize their plans for this community center? The JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER of Manhattan! Their rabbi has been advising them since the beginning. It's been a picture-perfect example of the kind of world we all want to live in. Peter Stuyvessant, New York's "founder," tried to expel the first Jews who arrived in Manhattan. Then the Dutch said, no, that's a bit much. So then Stuyvessant said ok, you can stay, but you cannot build a synagogue anywhere in Manhattan. Do your stupid Friday night thing at home. The first Jewish temple was not allowed to be built until 1730. Then there was a revolution, and the founding fathers said this country has to be secular -- no religious nuts or state religions. George Washington (inaugurated around the corner from Ground Zero) wanted to make a statement about this his very first year in office, and wrote this to American Jews:

"The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy -- a policy worthy of imitation. ...

"It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens ...

"May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants -- while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid."

3. The Imam in charge of this project is the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. Read about his past here.

4. Around five dozen Muslims died at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Hundreds of members of their families still grieve and suffer. The 19 killers did not care what religion anyone belonged to when they took those lives.

5. I've never read a sadder headline in the New York Times than the one on the front page this past Monday: "American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?" That should make all of us so ashamed that even a single one of our fellow citizens should ever have to worry about if they "belong" here.

6. There is a McDonald's two blocks from Ground Zero. Trust me, McDonald's has killed far more people than the terrorists.

7. During an economic depression or a time of war, fascists are extremely skilled at whipping up fear and hate and getting the working class to blame "the other" for their troubles. Lincoln's enemies told poor Southern whites that he was "a Catholic." FDR's opponents said he was Jewish and called him "Jewsevelt." One in five Americans now believe Obama is a Muslim and 41% of Republicans don't believe he was born here.

8. Blaming a whole group for the actions of just one of that group is anti-American. Timothy McVeigh was Catholic. Should Oklahoma City prohibit the building of a Catholic Church near the site of the former federal building that McVeigh blew up?

9. Let's face it, all religions have their whackos. Catholics have O'Reilly, Gingrich, Hannity and Clarence Thomas (in fact all five conservatives who dominate the Supreme Court are Catholic). Protestants have Pat Robertson and too many to list here. The Mormons have Glenn Beck. Jews have Crazy Eddie. But we don't judge whole religions on just the actions of their whackos. Unless they're Methodists.

10. If I should ever, God forbid, perish in a terrorist incident, and you or some nutty group uses my death as your justification to attack or discriminate against anyone in my name, I will come back and haunt you worse than Linda Blair marrying Freddy Krueger and moving into your bedroom to spawn Chucky. John Lennon was right when he asked us to imagine a world with "nothing to kill or die for and no religion, too." I heard Deepak Chopra this week say that "God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and he said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion.' " But John Adams said it best when he wrote a sort of letter to the future (which he called "Posterity"): "Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it." I'm guessing ol' John Adams is up there repenting nonstop right now.

Friends, we all have a responsibility NOW to make sure that Muslim community center gets built. Once again, 70% of the country (the same number that initially supported the Iraq War) is on the wrong side and want the "mosque" moved. Enormous pressure has been put on the Imam to stop his project. We have to turn this thing around. Are we going to let the bullies and thugs win another one? Aren't you fed up by now? When would be a good time to take our country back from the haters?

I say right now. Let's each of us make a statement by donating to the building of this community center! It's a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization and you can donate a dollar or ten dollars (or more) right now through a secure pay pal account by clicking here. I will personally match the first $10,000 raised (forward your PayPal receipt to webguy@michaelmoore.com). If each one of you reading this blog/email donated just a couple of dollars, that would give the center over $6 million, more than what Donald Trump has offered to buy the Imam out. C'mon everyone, let's pitch in and help those who are being debased for simply wanting to do something good. We could all make a huge statement of love on this solemn day.

I lost a co-worker on 9/11. I write this today in his memory.

"The man who speaks of the enemy / Is the enemy himself."

-- Bertolt Brecht

Comcast, can you please stop fucking me in the ass?!

I hate Comcast and the customer service assholes who work there. 

Comcast has benefited for far too long from the lack of any real competition.  This has allowed them to raise their rates sky high, provide shitty customer service and rape all their customers without any repercussions.

Unlike most 'normal' service providers, Comcast does not even give a fuck if you say you'll cancel your service.  They are so used to being the 800 pound gorilla, they basically tell you to fuck off if you complain about their service or threaten to take your business elsewhere.  It's like their customer service training consists of being told - 'look, we're the only show in town.  If some asshole is stupid enough to go elsewhere, he'll come crawling right back, so tell those disgruntled customers they can fuck right off'

Comcast flies in the face of my theory and experience that businesses that have shitty customer service dont last.  I've seen it time and again that eventually places with shitty customer service/product go out of business.  Somehow, Comcast is not subject to the same rules and realities as other businesses.  They can be high priced, provide shitty customer service and continue to fluorish.

To that I say, fuck you comcast!  Get your dick out of my asshole, its sore from years of you fucking me in the ass.  I'm canceling my service tonight. 

While it wont change my mind - are there any people out there who have had good experiences with Comcast?  Feel free to share your I hate comcast stories as well.

Say What!

Rick Pitino, the college basketball coach, had an affair which  has since turned into a Jerry Springer like circus, including an extortion attempt by the woman he fucked in a restaurant after it closed.  During the testimony in the extortion case, Rick testified that the encounter (aka fuck) lasted fifteen seconds, then he pulled out and came down his own leg. 

Theres so much wrong with this story that I dont even know where to start.  But...fifteen seconds?  Really Rick?!  I mean, fucking lie on the stand and risk perjury charges rather than tell the whole world you lasted fifteen seconds.  Fifteen seconds....you just made premature ejaculators look like porn stars.  Shameful!

Wyclef for President!

Wyclef Jean, the rapper/musician/producer, registered to run for the president of Haiti and was recently officially barred from running because he did not meet the 5 year residency requirement.  While the outcome is correct since he did not meet the requirements to run, I'm disappointed that he was not able to run.

The reason is simple.  Wyclef has money.  He doesnt need to be the president of Haiti so he can loot the country and the earthquake aid and line his own pockets.  Without that need or greed for money, I believe he would have made a genuine effort to use the international aid to improve the situation for Haiti and its citizens.  I also believe Wyclef could have brought moderate amounts of foreign investment to Haiti, as he planned.

While unfortunately Wyclef will not run for president this year, and I hope that whoever is ultimately elected does a fantastic job because Haiti and Haitians deserve it, I believe that this sets a model for elections in third world countries.  The reality is that the persons elected to run these countries are not qualified to do so (neither was George Dubya!), so why not elect a folk hero who has a large amount of money of his/her own so that they can at least take away the element of looting, corruption and stealing that seems to be the first item on the agenda of leaders of many third world countries. 

By way of example - Manny Pacquiao (the boxer) is a living legend in the Philippines.  This year, he was elected to the 'congress' in that country.  Manny is filthy rich.  He has also shown himself to be generous to a fault and very very dedicated to his country.  What if Manny was the president of the Philippines?  Would the citizens of the Philippines be better off than they are now?  Could they possibly be worse off?

Wyclef for President....in the next election.

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There but for the grace of god go I...

Today I overheard someone say "Im not giving money for Pakistan, I'm not funding those terrorists."  I was stunned.  While I'm sure this person isn't the only one who has this view, I was actually saddened FOR her, rather than by her.  What depraved state of humanity must a person reach to think it is NOT the right answer to provide relief for other human beings in their time of dire need? 

1/5th of Pakistan is under water.  The rain continues.  When the flooding deaths stop, the disease (cholera etc) deaths will start.  The world will lose alot of poor innocent people - children, women and men.  The majority of them were suffering long before the rains came - from poverty, from malnourishment, from illnesses, from illiteracy, from terrorists, from the corrupt governments that have ruled them for decades.  15 million people are affected - this is worse than the South Asia tsunami and the Haiti earthquake.    

The affected people in Pakistan are not all terrorists.  They're human beings like us.  Punishing millions of innocent people for the sins of a micro minority of a religion or a nationality is wrong.  It is against everything that makes this country great.  It is against everything that makes me so proud to be american.  That could me.  It could be you.  It could be our loved ones desparate for food, for shelter, for medicine, for caring, for love, for help. 

The following is a Yahoo page regarding the situation in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_wl3431  At a minimum, I encourage you to read it.  Afterwards, I encourage you to donate to one of the charities listed on the page if you find it in your heart to do so.  This is our chance to make a difference, to impact lives.  Literally.

There is only one race, the human race.  Let's love it like we love ourselves.  One world.

There but for the grace of god go we.  Indeed.

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