tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264448572012-01-27T00:08:11.301-08:00Politics, poker, booze &amp; shit talking...Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-17070201601155345502011-12-02T03:50:00.000-08:002011-12-02T04:13:24.447-08:00FOX's Greg Gutfeld gushes over a Xmas card where kids are posing with hand guns and the father is pointing a gun at his wife.<blockquote>"I like it because it scares the hell out of visiting Europeans who already think we’re crazy people and they think my god, we’re never invading this country. Number two: it’s a reminder to all you Occupy Wall Streeters that if there is a revolution, the other side is better armed."</blockquote><br /><object width='320' height='240'><param name='movie' value='http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf'></param><param name='flashvars' value='config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg3?id=201111290021'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><param name='allownetworking' value='all'></param><embed src='http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' flashvars='config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg3?id=201111290021' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='240'></embed></object><br />They are itching for it, and unstable times encourage unstable people to do irrational and violent things. And when you have a "News" organization encouraging it and disseminating crazy like <a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2011/11/seven_awful_things_ann_coulter.php">(M)Ann Coulter</a>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1707020160115534550?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-41930349357744110102011-11-30T15:21:00.000-08:002011-11-30T15:22:56.698-08:00<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yMLZO-sObzQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Here's a man who was raised by a lesbian couple. You will notice for all intensive purposes that he is completely normal. That is because the parents sexual orientation has nothing to do with a child's orientation. So, James Dobson, Rick Santorum, and the rest of the GOP: Stop blaming the ails of society on the <s>Irish</s>, <s>Indians</s>, <s>Blacks</s>, <s>Jews</s>, Gays.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4193034935774411010?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-42248283660452435752011-10-27T01:54:00.001-07:002011-11-09T16:37:55.746-08:00Those who know me best would never call me an optimist. Yet within a short duration in which I have lost my place of residence, my motorhome, my grandfather, and a majority of material possessions; I find myself giddy at the prospect of what the future may bring. Why? There are a many reasons, but in short, one reason stands heads and shoulders above the rest: I have met someone I like. Not only do I have an affinity for her, but I also feel a renewed interest in life. But surprisingly, and most important of all, she feels the same way about me as I do about her.<br /><br />Of course as with all things good in life, this budding relationship is not without it's setbacks. My initial plans of relocation to San Diego have gone the way of the dodo, reasonable political discourse in America, and Crystal Pepsi. So naturally I fought this tooth and nail, but in the end no amount of reason, adversity, or drama can sway my mind once it has been commandeered by my heart. So how did this all happen? And why couldn't I foresee it? Well my dear non-existent reader, I am glad you asked.<br /><br />Let us rewind one month and start where most life altering news starts, with a ringing phone. I received the call from my aunt informing me of my grandfather's heart attack at approximately 0900: "The doctor is saying this is it, so you'd better get down here as soon as possible." With my RV sold and all my possessions removed from my sister's house, I was all but a train ride away from leaving the Inland Empire for good, but with the advent of losing the one true father figure in my life, my plans of escape would have to wait.<br /><br />I spent the following week with my grandfather in hospice. While he was conscious I made sure that people who were close to me like my nephew and my friends knew it was time to say good bye. Among his visitors was a former co-worker turned friend, his wife, and his sister... the girl who would ultimately be my salvation through these dark times. <br /><br />Sleeping in a convalescent home is not easy and it physically manifested itself in the form of bags under my eyes. Both my aunt and my mother kept telling me to go home and get some sleep, but I refused because I knew that when he finally realized that he was dying that he would call out for me... And should I not be there when he did, I would never be able to forgive myself. <br /><br />The hour came and he called out as I had expected. I didn't expect for him to abruptly lean forward and pull me to him for one last hug. For a man who was dying, he was still surprisingly strong. He was in a lot of pain and tears flowed from his eyes as he told me he loved me and was going to miss me. His words were rudely interrupted by a spasming pain. He was in the final stages of renal failure, which despite his efforts to hide, looked excruciating. He stared past me. "What do you see grandpa?" "Nothing."<br /><br />I instructed the hospice nurse to increase his <a href="http://www.rxlist.com/roxanol-drug.htm">Roxanol</a> and he eventually went under. He would come out once more to see an old friend, but ultimately spent the next two days in a drug induced coma. Friday morning my family and I were in the lobby waiting for the attendants to turn my grandfather over to help drain the sputum from his lungs when the hospice nurse called us in to tell us he was about to pass. Although my family thought he was still alive, I believe he waited until we were out of the room to die.<br /><br />With my mother on the way and the rest of my family out in the hall, I helped the hospice nurse dress the body of the man I once saw as a god. After crossing his arms on his chest, I felt a strange need for some sort of ritual to say goodbye. I lacked the silver dollars for the ferryman, so I decided on placing one last Hershey's bar in his front pocket, and then wrote his obituary for those who were following his status online:<blockquote>At 12:55 pm September 23rd 2011, a marvelous expression of the universe in the form of a man passed away. He was my grandfather in name and my father in heart. He was a god amongst men and my best friend. The tears that I weep are tears of joy because I know he is no longer in pain. I am proud of you grandpa, I love you, miss you, and will never forget you.</blockquote>The following weeks I periodically stayed in his house trying to determine what I was taking to be stored at my friend's house, what was to be given to loved ones, and what I had to walk away from. It was during this time when I was preparing to leave that I found myself very lonely. I walked to bars to drink the pain away. I reached out to friends and acquaintances telling them that our time to hang out was narrowing, but almost everyone was too involved with their own lives and had no time.<br /><br />To make matters worse, I couldn't see my nephews whenever I wanted to anymore because they had moved into the bungalow behind my sister's boyfriend's house. And to put it frankly, he is a cock-sucker. I have a dream that one day I will say hi and he will do the adult thing, and say hi back. Then my step father came back and I could no longer stay at my mother's because he has a problem with anyone staying in their four bedroom house. So I had no choice but to stay at my deceased grandfather's house, which by this time had been readied for the upcoming estate sale. All the cupboards were emptied: plates, cups and glasses were all laid out on tables. All the furniture was pushed into the front room, books stacked against the walls, and several of my childhood toys and memories were all on display.<br /><br />I stayed there a week knowing that it was all going to be scavenged by vultures at the estate sale. And since the cable was disconnected the very day after he died, I had nothing but these relics of our past to occupy my time with. I did a lot of staring at walls when I wasn't going through old photographs or deciding what things I was going to have to leave behind. And during that time I thought a lot about my grandpa, who he was and why. But being alone in a time like this is unhealthy, so I turned to someone who had recently expressed an interest in hanging out before I left: my friend's little sister.<br /><br />We had hung out together in the company of my buddy and his wife. On the weekends as my time in Banning would have been ending, we all hung out during the weekends. But during the week I was lonely and we started texting each other and hanging out on our own time. Unfortunately she had a boyfriend, who was pretty much obsessed with her and would want to tag along when we hung out. I had no intention of doing anything other than the usual video games, drinking, and smoking so it wasn't a big deal except for the fact that he would almost always get drunk, start an argument with her and just ruin the mood. For this I named him Emo Care Bear, and other than his drunk outbursts and the fact that he would to try to push hugs on me, I liked him.<br /><br />Emo Care Bear, or ECB for short was even invited to party with me and my buddy's sister when I was house sitting Nash's house. We drank together but I noticed ECB was on a mission to get drunk. I tried to get him to slow down but ECB was hell-bent on making an ass out of himself. And he didn't disappoint. First he managed to wander into my friend's bedroom. I told him to get out, and he didn't listen. The bouncer in me was about to come out, but then he finally listened to reason and thankfully I didn't have to escort him out in an arm bar. He spent the rest of the evening and the following day projectile vomiting. Two days later when I wanted company and drinks again, I didn't invite him back. Instead Chip joined us and we drank the night away listening to Stan Getz.<br /><br />Back at my grandfather's house she continued to text me everyday. She suggested we could hang out in the graveyard. That day I couldn't do it but said maybe tomorrow. We decided we would dress up as goths, get a bottle of wine and read poetry in the cemetery the following day. When I went to pick her up at her father's I was stunned. She looked beautiful, like a model. She was in some sort of black bodice, with a black tutu like skirt. Long black leather boots laced up to her knees, while black feathers dangled from her ears stood in stark contrast to her alabaster skin. Her eyes were a piercing green as she chastised me for not having my outfit on. It was almost too to much take in.<br /><br />We hopped the stone wall near the gates and stuck to the shadows. She wasn't wearing her glasses so I was especially vigilant for both our sakes. I laid my coat down for us to sit on and poured us our wine. We talked and joked about how goth we were until the bottle ran out and as we left I felt rather satisfied that done all this without being detected by the night watch. Later at the house she would ask me to smell her new scented lotions. This of course made me very nervous. Prior to seeing her all dressed up, I liked her, but only as a friend who I liked to box with and play video games. Now I realized what should have been obvious, she was a beautiful woman who was making time to get to know me.<br /><br />"Smells like it's edible. Like peaches."<br /><br />"It's mango passion. Now smell this one" she said as she rubbed it on her other arm.<br /><br />"Smells like some sort of bread."<br /><br />"It's cupcakes" she said. She started to rub the next lotion on her right leg. Now I was really nervous. I smelled it and recognized it as a very familiar smell, but couldn't place it.<br /><br />"I know this one..." I drifted off to my eleventh grade summer when I spent two weeks in Minnesota visiting a friend who had moved there. "It reminds me of a girl I once knew."<br /><br />"Is that good or bad?"<br /><br />"Neither. Just a memory." I think she sensed my apprehension because she chose to wash off the other lotions and put the final one on her hand instead of her other leg.<br /><br />"What's it smell like to you?" she asked. I hadn't the faintest, I was afraid to answer incorrectly.<br /><br />"Tacos?"<br /><br />"What?!?"<br /><br />"Johnny's Sport Tacos in Mentone... I don't know, maybe a waitress there wore it?" I was too tired to even defend myself.<br /><br />The next day my buddy woke me up to move my car and I couldn't find my keys. I ended up walking back to the tombstone where I knew I left them only to find they weren't there. This prompted one the best statuses I have posted on Facebook:<blockquote>Scaling the walls of a cemetery to drink wine, read Spoon Rivers Anthology, and listen to Joy Division = So goth.<br /><br />Walking back the next day to get your car keys from the grounds keeper = Not so much.</blockquote><br />From that point on I knew I was in trouble, because I become clumsy, forgetful, and awkward when I really like a girl. And I was rapidly becoming all of these. We kept hanging out and as I figured it drew the suspicion of our friend the Emo Care Bear. ECB wrote me a letter about the Halloween Party I wanted to take her to, and he stated he wanted to go. This was not going to happen. I reassured him that nothing would happen to her there and that I would keep an eye on her at all times due to what my own brother had to done to the last girl I really liked. I debated telling her about ECB's letter, but in the end thought she should know. She said they had already hashed it out and things were all good, but I knew they weren't.<br /><br />I told her that ECB's concern that I might encroach upon his territory were valid, that I did indeed like her, and that I had tried to fight it because it put a monkey wrench in my plans for relocation. She told me that has happened with a lot of her male friends, and I left feeling awkward and stupid for being just another who misread her. Once I got to my mother's I sent my buddy's sister a text because I just had to know if she saw me like I saw her. Her body language told me she liked me, but because I liked her, my analysis was compromised. I had to know or I would never sleep. After ten minutes of waiting she confessed that when I told her I was going to leave she felt physical pain in her chest... <br /><br />This was all I needed to hear. Perhaps I won't be leaving for San Diego after all.<br /><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4224828366045243575?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-62436506494434355102011-09-15T02:06:00.000-07:002011-09-15T02:48:06.662-07:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69774352@N00/3466154161/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3466154161_3e15600a77_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69774352@N00/3466154161/">My RV the "Divine Providence".</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69774352@N00/">Mildly Brilliant</a></span></div>Forgive me dear non-existent reader, for I am about to sin. I am going to let this blog turn into the equivalent of a teenage girl's diary. Hell, it has already devolved into mediocre postings of semi-interesting videos, lame movie reviews, and doodles... No longer are the days when I posted of relevant political issues, drew my own comics, and hosted my own cartoon animations. And the reason is not the excuse that most have: no time. I have all the time in the world. Just no drive.<br /><br />Perhaps it is outrage fatigue, maybe I am just getting old. But I am increasingly apathetic to the political process these days. And my personal life, well... All the flowery pedantic language in the world can't distract from the fact that it is a shit sandwich. <em>Which, interestingly enough, was not invented by the Germans.</em> So now I am forced to write about something base: My feelings. So pull up a chair doc, I am about to spill my guts all over this Italian sofa.<br /><br />Another chapter in my life has come to a close. I sold my RV for a dollar. The good news is it was to a friend of a friend, so it is still in the family, so to speak. But I can't help but feel sad for an era bygone. Of course that era ended long before I signed the bill of sale. If I had to pinpoint it I would say it ended when my nephews moved out of the house I was stationed at. That was the true end of it, or at least the end of the limbo I found myself in for a year after I received my DUI. The events that would follow would put me in a state of emotional paralysis for about a year, but I will get to that later.<br /><br />The era I am talking about started about six years ago. I had just came back to my childhood town with my tail tucked between my legs as a three year romantic relationship of mine came to an ugly end. After a series of failed temp jobs, I ended up doing pizza delivery, which at first, was very profitable. At that job I met a new group of people who had all known each other from high school. Even though I was much older, they welcomed me into their click and I spent many a night drinking and singing karaoke at the parties which were hosted by our RGM. He was very personable and outgoing, which is why I hated him at first. I thought his persona was fake, and it was. I know this because we are now close friends... he even attended my grandmother's funeral.<br /><br />I mention him because in essence this era greatly involves him and his circle of friends which would become mine. Almost all my friends from high school were getting married, some even starting families--So I turned to a younger crowd... A crowd I knew that would enjoy and share in my bohemian ways. And for a while it was bliss. Sure work was mundane and remedial, but there was always some sort of an after party. I ultimately would come to living in the RV out in front of his house for a few months because it was closer to work, and I didn't have to drive home from his parties... I just walked across the lawn. At the height of it all I was dating a girl who could only be described as a nymphomaniac, which at first seemed fun, but eventually became the seeds of destruction for my bohemian paradise.<br /><br />She ended up cheating on me with my boss's older brother, and it made things rough for everybody and I lost a lot of trust and respect for a few people. She would later try to make it up to me by agreeing to have a ménage à trois with this other girl in my beloved RV. Ironically, both were doing it to get on my good side in hopes of retaining me as their boyfriend. I had no such plans. Even though this all jaded me I still had this girl at work. Out of respect I will not name her, but I will say this: I loved her. I tried to court her for five years, and continued to hang out with her long after she was transfered and moved to the next city over. In fact, I was on my way home from to meet her at my RV for our Modern Warfare 2: Spec Ops ritual when I received my DUI. She was the one who picked me up from jail the next day. <br /><br />Afterward we were closer than ever. She was over every night and I was just happy to be around her even though I knew nothing would come of it. Again bliss was shattered by another person I trusted when my own brother took it upon himself to feel her up (this is the most sanitized way I can describe what he did to her) while she was drunk and passed out.<blockquote>"What the fuck?!?" she yelled out, startling me awake.</blockquote> <br />Through eyes still hazy, I saw him dash into his room. Standing there I looked over at the door he had slammed shut. I glanced at her, she was zipping up her pants and buttoning up her shirt. How I reacted surprised everybody. I calmly walked over to the door and knocked. No answer. The door was locked. I should have kicked the door down. I should have dragged him out and done some "enhanced interrogation" techniques on him. But to my ever lasting shame, I just froze. I didn't know what to do. I was in shock. And it wasn't until we were about to leave that I started to get agitated. Even so, I elected not to kick the door down. Why? Simple: I was afraid.<br /><br />My incarceration had awakened me to how abusive cops were, and I was afraid of going to jail. And we both had been drinking, and if we got caught fleeing the scene of a crime, namely me stomping my brother's face into oblivion, I would have another DUI to boot. So we awaited a while outside, and sobered up the best we could. I would see her a few more times after that, but we were never close again. I decided to stop chasing her, she would never trust me again, and I would never have a chance with her now. I pulled away, eventually ignoring her half-assed attempt to re-establish contact by texting me an update of her life: she had began a jogging regiment with a local drill sergeant. Painfully, I ignored it.<br /><br />People talk about hitting rock bottom, it usually involves alcohol. In my case it did for one evening three days after my brother's transgression. I had just spoken to the sheriff's department about the incident, and had noticed a peculiarity: I felt nothing. I wasn't angry, sad, or happy. In fact, I had an inability to feel these emotions for longer than a second before it quickly faded into numbness.<blockquote>This must be what it feel like to not have latin blood" I thought.</blockquote><br />But after a while it became obvious that I was emotionally numb, even for WASP standards, I decided to do the worst thing possible: drink profusely. The desired affect was achieved and the flood gates opened. My nephew described it like an amusement park ride from Hell. I was happy, laughing, chugging on my mug of straight warm vodka, when all of a sudden I remembered what my brother had done and went into a rage, punching doors and patio posts indiscriminately. My nephews tried to remind me we had neighbors. I was not having it.<blockquote>Fuck the neighbors!!! Fuck them all!!! I am an American Goddamnit, and I'm going to sit on my front porch and enjoy myself, because I pay taxes, and I vote, and I am a Goddamn American!!!</blockquote><br />Suddenly I went into catatonic despair, and started to muse aloud what might be the most painless way to kill myself. My nephew threatened to call my oldest and closest friend, Nash. That brought me back to reality... well sort of, and my nephew walked me back to my RV. I awoke the next day with an extremely vague recollection of the night prior, and had this nagging feeling I may have been out of control. I never got that drunk again, and cut my alcohol intake to almost zero. The next few months I would stare at the walls of my RV, hiding from the ugly reality that had become my life. My lawyer fucked up and as a result my license was restricted for a year. So I rarely left the property it was on. After reliving the DUI, the incident, and just past memories of my would be girlfriend and I hanging out in my RV; I couldn't stand to stay in my RV. I alternated staying between my grandfather's house and my mother's, occasionally returning to my RV when I needed time to myself.<br /><br />After a week of being constantly inundated with hard rain, the RV sprang a leak in the roof that would destroy a lot of photographs: many of my father who had recently died. After getting sick from the mold and mildew that formed from the leaks, the RV was relegated to the status of a closet on wheels. I slept on the couch in my nephew's house and spent most of my time with them playing video games and biding my time until I regained my license. Life began to improve and I began to work from home. My nephews and I had company over a lot and despite minor hiccups, we were happy as a small family with our dog and two cats in the yard. Then we got the word that they would be moving into the guesthouse behind their mother's boyfriend's house across town. The house was to be vacated, and if not sold, rented out. The RV needed to go. Unfortunately, no insurance company would insure my RV after the DUI and I had $300+ in backed up registration fees, plus no money to smog it, so no one wanted to buy it. So after moping about my troubles on Facebook, a friend of a friend said she wanted it. So I gave it to her for a dollar. I didn't lose any money though, I paid nothing for it myself. It was the same situation, the lady before wasn't using it and couldn't afford to store it, so she gave it away.<br /><br />Back then I joked that it was divine providence, I needed a roomier RV and this one had fallen into my lap. I even named it the "Divine Providence" which was settled on because of the irony of an Atheist claiming his fortunate find a "divine providence". The irony also wasn't lost that history was repeating itself. She was now in a new owner's stewardship and the rest of my former life lay in boxes, waiting to sold on E-bay, or in the garage sale this Friday. The other stuff I threw into the back of my car, to further be sorted, sold or thrown away. As I stood in the spot my RV had once been, I thought about how I have got to get down to the bare essentials: be able to live out of a backpack because I really have no place to stay long term, and I no longer have an RV to fall back on.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6243650649443435510?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-8201302805234393812011-08-19T03:38:00.000-07:002011-08-19T03:39:08.826-07:00<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SUZGkNAUSvY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-820130280523439381?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-26714894565551304042011-07-11T18:29:00.001-07:002011-07-11T18:29:23.469-07:00<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5628271862876782514'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JKMl15HXet0/ThujcH4Yv7I/AAAAAAAAAgY/G1_1Nzrb6Zo/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='187' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2671489456555130404?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-8949461373670962042011-05-20T06:59:00.000-07:002011-06-02T12:03:05.300-07:00Eight years ago when I saw a preview for the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie come out, I peed myself just a little. As a child, I loved the ride, the song, and the general idea of being a pirate, so I couldn't wait for the movie to come out. Still, in the back of my mind, I was aware of what Disney does to movies, so I didn't have too high of expectations. The movie turned out to be what all us kids inside always dreamt about: buccaneers, swashbuckling swordplay, daring rescues, romance and adventure on the high seas... Plus Johnny Depp.<br /><br />Of course it had it minor hiccups, Orlando Bloom's character was, for lack of better words, a complete douche, and two men managed to pull a capsized dingy with a giant air bubble underwater... somehow. It still was a good movie and it had a decent and easy to follow plot: Cursed Aztec gold, undead pirates, young love, and the quintessential villainous pirate Captain Barbosa, as played masterfully by Geoffrey Rush. I didn't even mind the CGI. But after going from feats of semi-plausibility (often explained by supernatural conditions in the first Pirates) to Jack somersaulting from across a ravine while strapped to a pole and his knee caps somehow don't launch into the stratosphere... To seeing how many laws of physics can we break while countless pirates swing between two ships circling a Maelstrom to cross swords with immortal monsters while simultaneously performing a wedding--I didn't have that high of expectations for the fourth installment. <br /><br />With this in mind, an old friend and I went see the midnight showing. That said, I was still let down. The elements are all there, the familiar musical score by Hans Zimmer, the iconic characters like Jack Sparrow, Hector Barbosa, Master Gibbs are there help you feel at home, but it is like returning home after you left for college... At first you are nostalgic, but then you realize it is just the remnants of an era... long gone. The movie is about Captain Jack Sparrow and seemingly everybody else's quest for the Fountain of Youth, as you might have guessed, it comes off contrived and convoluted, even more so than the second and third movies, but without Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) to offer up an intriguing antagonist. <br /><br />Instead you have the dreaded Blackbeard (Ian McShane) whose most interesting scene is his introduction where he comes out with burning hemp wicks in his beard, something the historical Edward Teach was known for. Then he points his sword which apparently animates the ropes of the ship, which is never explained why or how, and turns them against the crew. Teach also has magic voodoo powers and turns his crew into zombies that can't be killed, which like the sword and why I paid $11 to see this movie, has no explanation. <br /><br />Penelope Cruz plays the daughter Blackbeard could give exactly two flying shits about, and is a stereotypical hot tempered and traitorous Latin bitch, unlike every other movie I have ever seen her in. And to fill the slot of the obligatory douche character, a slot previously filled by Orlando Bloom, is a two dimensional missionary played by some jack off I am too lazy to look up, who, incidentally, is trying to save Black Beard's soul. The only cool element of the movie is that they portrayed mermaids as what they were in the minds of the ancient greeks: monsters. Of course, Disney finds a way to ruin that by having one of the mermaids fall in love with Massengill boy in an onscreen romance that an upwards of maybe three people in the theatre gave a shit about. <br /><br />I found myself wondering when it was going to be over and my friend almost fell asleep. And most tellingly, at the end of the movie no one in the audience clapped. All in all, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a movie you might want to see at matinee or on Blu-Ray. I give it a <b>C-</b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-894946137367096204?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-34762290394388546122011-04-13T00:13:00.001-07:002011-04-13T00:18:03.782-07:00<blockquote>"Social Security cannot exist if we want America to be what we want America to be."<br /><br />--Representative Eric Cantor (R)</blockquote><br />Pay attention folks, they're going for it for real this time. And they will succeed in taking a chunk out of it, because they have something this time around that they have never had before... An opponent that refuses to lead. <br /><br />As President of the United States and de facto leader of the Democratic party, Barack Obama has repeatedly let one chamber of the legislative branch, Congress, frame every debate, and every news cycle. He continually compromises with opposition that claims they would support his <s>stimulus package</s> <s>healthcare reform</s> <s>tax-break for the middle-class </s> <s>budget cuts</s> raising of the debt ceiling, if he would only include more tax-cuts for the already obscenely wealthy and cut programs that help the poor. Then when Obama quickly acquiesces to Republican/Tea Party demands, they vote against it anyways or demand even more concessions. The latest shit sandwich compromise that Americans received in order to ensure continuity of governance is a prime example of this.<br /><br />The Republican party threatened to shut down the government unless the Democrats cut funding for Planned Parenthood. Senator Jon Kyl even went as far as to claim that abortions are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." How the fuck do you lose this argument?!? If you're response is anything other than "Jon Kyl is obviously lying. Abortions attribute for 3% of Planned Parenthood's medical services and the separate wing that handles abortions is <b>privately funded because the Hyde Amendment strictly forbids the use of tax-payer money for abortions...</b> And anyone who tells you otherwise is demonstrably lying, so when they shut down the government, it will be over a lie." If your argument is anything other than that, then clearly you don't want to win this argument. <br /><br />Instead, the Republicans received seven billion dollars more in cuts to programs that help the poor and elderly than their initial $32 billion demand, and Washington D.C. our state capital is now denied access to Planned Parenthood. Social Security Reform is next on the agenda and the President's strange love of compromising our social services in the name of getting approval from those who would argue with their mailboxes, is quite frankly, making me really nervous.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3476229039438854612?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-83772769868177046482010-07-09T12:52:00.000-07:002010-07-09T13:12:00.067-07:00I know these stories aren't exactly new, but since they follow in the vein of what my story is about I thought I'd post them actually for me to reference..<br /><br /><em>Via the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124751881557234725.html">The Wall Street Journal</a> of all papers...</em>:<blockquote>For the last four years, Henry Markram has been building a biologically accurate artificial brain. Powered by a supercomputer, his software model closely mimics the activity of a vital section of a rat's gray matter.<br /><br />Dubbed Blue Brain, the simulation shows some strange behavior. The artificial "cells" respond to stimuli and suddenly pulse and flash in spooky unison, a pattern that isn't programmed but emerges spontaneously.<br /><br />[snip]<br /><br />At the Lausanne lab one recent afternoon, a pink sliver of rat brain sat in a beaker containing a colorless liquid. The neurons in the brain slice were still alive and actively communicating with each other. Nearby, a modified microscope recorded some of this inner activity in another brain slice. "We're intercepting the electro-chemical messages" in the cells, then testing the software against it for accuracy, said Dr. Markram.<br /><br />The rat's NCC has 10,000 neurons, and <b>it takes the power of one desktop computer to mimic the behavior of a single neuron.</b> To model the entire NCC, Dr. Markram relies on an IBM computer that can perform 22.8 trillion operations a second. This enables the simulation to be rendered as a three-dimensional object. Thus, when Blue Brain is running, its deepest inner workings are seen in astonishing detail, in the form of a 3-D simulation that unfolds on a computer screen.<br /><br />In a darkened room, Blue Brain displays a virtual NCC as a column-like structure, its blue color signifying a state of rest. When zapped by a simulated electrical current, the neurons start to signal to each other and their wiring progressively sparks to life different colors. Tests indicate the same areas light up in the model as do in a real rat's brain, suggesting that Blue Brain is accurate, says Dr. Markram.</blockquote><br />And this one also caught my eye...<br /><br /><em>Via the good folks at <a href="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2007-04/memory-hacker">Popular Science</a>:</em><blockquote>Srinivasan explains that the chip is sending electric pulses through the needle into the brain slice, which is passing them on to the screen we´re watching. â€The difference in the waves´ modulation reflects the signals sent out by the brain slice,†he says. â€And they´re almost identical in frequency and pattern to the pulses sent by the chip.†Put more simply, <b>this iron-gray wafer about a millimeter square is talking to living brain cells as though it were an actual body part.</b><br />Ted Berger, Srinivasan´s boss and the mastermind behind the tangle of coils and electrodes, has arranged this demonstration to provide a small but profound glimpse into the future of brain science. <b>The chip´s ability to converse with live cells is a dramatic first step, he believes, toward an implantable machine that fluently speaks the language of the brain-a machine that could restore memories in people with brain damage or help them make new ones.</b></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8377276986817704648?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-1050632330998748742010-05-24T20:50:00.001-07:002010-05-24T20:50:50.452-07:001 part Bass Ale<br />Pour 1 part Guiness over an inverted spoon.<br /><br />If done properly it should be destinctly black & tan...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5475050136794643554'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S_tJF2MZPGI/AAAAAAAAAfk/NG9sNYyHgBc/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-105063233099874874?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-77397512656251723512010-03-29T18:30:00.000-07:002010-03-29T18:59:54.631-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_YRQlUsdA3U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_YRQlUsdA3U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><blockquote>"You have black folks calling in on the Republican line, independents. And you have so many of 'em I can't believe this is just an accident. If you keep on with the way you've been programming, you should change your name from C-Span to black-span..."<br /><br />-Racist Jack Off (R)</blockquote><br /><br />Seriously? Honestly, I should be thanking you because your little complaint highlights a very real and ugly side to our country. And the best part of it is, like all ignorant racist douche bags, you couldn't even approach being clever about it. "Black-span"? That's the best you could come up with? Now if you said they ought to change their name to UPN that might of softened your troglodyte message with a little humor, but I suppose nuance is a bit to grasp for someone whose family tree doesn't branch out.<br /><br />The next time somebody claims that America is post-racial I can always refer them to this site and have them click the "racism" tag and find evidence on the contrary, in the form of you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7739751265625172351?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-33154972904964477442010-03-21T21:36:00.000-07:002010-03-21T21:38:23.625-07:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A3LK1CChb08&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A3LK1CChb08&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3315497290496447744?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-7562471856927044342010-03-18T05:46:00.001-07:002010-03-18T12:04:14.220-07:00<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5449954350795357090'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S6Igm2FAe6I/AAAAAAAAAfg/2Yxsw2hnxc8/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br />I don't get it, I hate this dog. I do nothing but berate her, suggest she ought to play on Countyline Road, and threaten to call INS on her... But she is following me, trying to jump in my lap, constantly vying for attention... That I never give!!! Never will!!! <br /><br />She smells like a fart. There is is nothing appealing about this half breed, she's a chiuahuah... Elongated and dumb as a bag of hammers, and yet...<br />I find myself feeling sorry for the abomination. It just wants to be loved, you can't hold that against it.<br /><br />Still, she smells like radioactive butthole... Perhaps if I strapped twenty pine tree air fresheners and wore a HAZMAT suit I could bring myself to pet her.<br /><br />Know of anyone who could offer a better home? My family doesn't want her, and for some damned reason I feel bad for her. <br /><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-756247185692704434?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-16206124456121658412010-03-01T21:17:00.000-08:002010-03-01T21:18:23.206-08:00<blockquote>"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."<br /><br />--Mark Twain</blockquote><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1620612445612165841?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-56911941840781534722010-02-28T05:05:00.000-08:002010-02-28T05:24:21.133-08:00<em>Paging Dr. Freud... Via <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=9888149">ABC News</a>:</em><blockquote>Controversial billboards are going up in the heart of black neighborhoods across Atlanta.<br /><br />The message is simple and alarming -- that African-American children are an "endangered species" because there are "too many aborted" in the black community. The words are written over the face of a young black child... <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=9888149">Attribution</a></blockquote><br /><br /><em>Guarenteed the anti-choice movement sees not even the slightest hint of irony of concern trolling for unborn black children while referring to them as an "endangered species".</em> <br /><br /><br /><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5443284606845702018'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S4pugppjz4I/AAAAAAAAAfc/YsU7lkQ9uk4/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5691194184078153472?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-3591430036146276032010-02-07T18:46:00.001-08:002010-02-07T18:46:55.623-08:0031-17<br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-359143003614627603?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-69445799397385757112010-01-28T21:37:00.000-08:002010-01-28T21:41:57.114-08:00<blockquote>You know I was trying to think about who he was tonight and it's interesting... he is post-racial by all appearances. You know I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.<br /><br />--Chris Matthews on Obama's State of the Union address</blockquote><br />Damn Tweety, I can't give you the Douche Bag award twice in the same month... Pace yourself man.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5432032894637418626'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S2J1IzUZqII/AAAAAAAAAfM/b_mROT_h00M/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='216' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6944579939738575711?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-12340482382886417662010-01-24T10:16:00.001-08:002010-01-24T10:16:07.484-08:00<br /><br /><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5430371818156163250'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S1yOZbN9gLI/AAAAAAAAAfI/-uXBXtqp0XA/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />Driving to work an hour late having to negotiate two feet of snow and a frozen radiator whilst hungover as Hell... Is that truck coming at me?!? No it is being towed, but makes for an interesting picture.<br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1234048238288641766?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-30560664326485273902010-01-19T23:13:00.001-08:002010-01-20T09:44:08.765-08:00Congratulations, this truly is unprecedented for more than one person, let alone an entire state, to recieve this prestigious award. Pat yourselves on the back, you've earned it. Honestly, you really screwed the pooch on this one. Not only did you screw millions of uninsured Americans out of a chance of recieving at least mediocre healthcare reform, but you also helped to validate an AstroTurf political group which bolstered the bat shit insane claims that the President of United States:<blockquote>- is a secret Muslim.<br /><br />- is not really an American at all, but a *gasp* Kenyan.<br /><br />- is really a communist... And also a fascist... Somehow...<br /><br />- is secretly planning to kill your grandmother.<br /><br />- caused the country to go into recession even though this happened during his predecessor's watch.<br /><br />- is trying to take our guns away even as a religiously insane man walks within a block of a Presidential Townhall meeting with A LOADED AR-15 and ISN'T ARRESTED!!!<br /><br />- Really is a racist who hates white people, even though his mother and grandparents where white.</blockquote><br />You helped to legitimize this group and this talking point will echo throughout their <s>news</s> "news" channel for months to come. Meanwhile you elected a guy who:<blockquote>- has already stated he will block healthcare reform.<br /><br />- gained noteriety posing as a nude centerfold in the 80's.<br /><br />- is opposed to regulating the derivative traders, banks, and Wall Street sociopaths that caused this recession in the first place.</blockquote><br />And I thought Californians were stupid for electing an action movie star governor. Thanks for making my state not look as stupid. I really do thank you for that, but as for the rest... Please don't take this the wrong way, but fuck you!!! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5428717807150974770'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S1auFUESRzI/AAAAAAAAAfE/CESbIN2ehuM/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='187' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3056066432648527390?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-6069676586377420332010-01-18T23:42:00.000-08:002010-01-28T18:37:19.303-08:00Since it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day I thought it would be nice to bring up this controversial Boondocks episode. <s>Unfortunately I am away from a computer and can't post this the way I'd like so you will have to cut and paste into a browser.</s><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rU4z89d4QFU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rU4z89d4QFU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-606967658637742033?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-43881444289974340682010-01-18T03:57:00.000-08:002010-01-18T04:02:40.075-08:00I beat it on veteran this morning using... Wait for it... A silenced .50 cal Barrett sniper rifle. It turns out I can be quite the dick with on of those.<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4388144428997434068?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-40653733610268043242010-01-15T20:04:00.001-08:002010-01-15T20:04:50.815-08:00I'm driving to Redlands just to see her.<br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4065373361026804324?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-89487641990590553222010-01-14T01:04:00.000-08:002010-01-14T02:27:50.143-08:00I think I am in love. Not a crush, not infatuation, the real McCoy. <br />I have liked this girl for over three years, and thanks to an all too vivid dream I had while actually sleeping next to her, <br />it has been consuming me.<br /><br />As I write this I find myself smiling thinking about her. Less than a minute ago I was near tears. In her proximity I am clumsy and drop things.<br /><br />Last night I dropped a beer in the IMAX 3D showing of Avatar, she made fun of me for doing so. I told her "I think I am allergic to you. I am normally quite graceful, even when drunk."<br />She doesn't buy it.<br />Afterwards she is zipping through an In & Out drive thru taking a corner so fast my 3D glasses fly off head and into the backseat. I ask her if she can spot my meal since I paid for the movie, soda, and bonbons. A few moments later a shocking pain shoots up my shoulder, she has hit me in the arm and apparently hit a nerve. She is mildly offended at the thought that I didn't assume she'd offer to pay for my meal and teases me about it relentlessly.<br />Rubbing my arm I whine about the the very real pain that is lingering.<br />She grants me no remorse, no sympathy...<br /><br />I wish she was right here right now hitting me in the arm.<br /><br />I have a serious problem. <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8948764199059055322?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-46296654956324407762010-01-11T20:47:00.000-08:002010-01-11T20:48:18.220-08:00<blockquote>"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will end up plowing for those who did not." <br /><br />--Benjamin Franklin</blockquote><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4629665495632440776?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-41219350368467521632010-01-11T01:49:00.000-08:002010-01-11T02:19:09.113-08:00It seems that the levels I primerially beat involve sniping. Case in point, the Special Ops Echo mission "Armor Piercing". It basically consists of an oil rig with fifteen heavily armed Juggernauts, armored soldiers that take 3-5 shots with a Barrett .50 cal. After a long day and drive from Temecula I, popped in MW2 and I swore I had beat "Armor Piercing" last night on veteran, but it must have not saved. So I tried it again tonight, after a few shots of tequila whadda ya know??? And a new best time too.<br /><br />9:12:35 <br /><br /><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5425424792381027250'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S0r7GoF387I/AAAAAAAAAe8/NTV0Oq7GXWk/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4121935036846752163?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-33577321706079288022010-01-09T22:13:00.001-08:002010-01-11T12:31:54.212-08:00<blockquote>Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.<br /><br />--Nicolo Machiavelli</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3357732170607928802?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-20583833377362753582010-01-09T00:24:00.001-08:002010-01-11T12:33:36.427-08:00<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5424653096773072162'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/S0g9QB7htSI/AAAAAAAAAe4/uLuoCtYUxP4/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2058383337736275358?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-18228554800331065762010-01-02T12:55:00.001-08:002010-01-11T12:32:39.584-08:00<blockquote>"...And I think we have got to get serious about catching terrorists, not just catching weapons. I‘m waiting for the terrorist who knows kung fu or something that gets on an airplane without a weapon. God knows what that is going to be like."<br /><br />-Chris Matthews</blockquote>Wow, two days into the new year and decade... Ambitious for a douche.<br /><br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1822855480033106576?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-40100454638128968912009-12-01T00:43:00.000-08:002009-12-01T01:10:19.306-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vHcZBiTtUS4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vHcZBiTtUS4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />A tip of the hat to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hazmatt81">Hazmatt81</a> for filming us.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4010045463812896891?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-85166930048404047072009-11-23T02:46:00.001-08:002009-11-23T02:52:47.373-08:00Been at it for two days, haven't slept but eight hours in the past 72. My back hurts, my legs are sore from carrying equipment up flights of theatre stairs...<br /><br />Yet, I am at peace. To all the spokesmen for old money who erroneously claim people would rather sit on their collective asses and collect welfare rather than work: fuck you.<br /><br />Having no purpose will do in a person. But I have no time for further admonishments, there is sleep to be had... <br />Finally.<br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8516693004840404707?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-49465007903937564122009-11-14T06:30:00.001-08:002009-11-14T06:30:44.626-08:00<br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5403966688751794354'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/Sv6_Em0YOLI/AAAAAAAAAew/EdfNMJUfIS8/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />My moniker is MildlyBrilliant. Original I know, but easy to remember. If you have Call of Duty: World at War add me and we can partake in some zombie pwnage. I also have Tekken6. Otherwise, look for me in the bowling alley by the pool tables.<br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4946500790393756412?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-33591729531761558052009-11-11T06:58:00.001-08:002009-11-11T06:58:52.794-08:00This is just a quick snapshot of what the new sidebar may look like.<br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5402860678143519314'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SvrRKUOrqlI/AAAAAAAAAes/j_GiEhYufI0/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3359172953176155805?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-34712441177406089282009-11-11T06:45:00.001-08:002009-11-11T06:45:12.711-08:00...in online poker. Not but a week ago I was at $1.2 million. I've been playing $500/1000 tables and have been practicing for the real thing. The funds are getting tight and I need to generate some income. Now that I hit my mark, I believe I can do so as long as I play conservatively.<br /><br /><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3471244117740608928?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-75976144484039703712009-11-08T14:47:00.001-08:002009-11-08T14:47:31.896-08:00<br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5401868203958355778'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SvdKgtxqR0I/AAAAAAAAAeo/ZUNLa4WiBXc/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Mildly Brilliant<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7597614448403970371?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-29820281761011404862009-11-03T00:18:00.000-08:002009-11-03T00:28:55.184-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KYlyb1Bx9Ic&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KYlyb1Bx9Ic&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Noam Chomsky explains the myth of the Liberal Media™ and the fallacious "proofs" that support this claim.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2982028176101140486?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-63599278408071918032009-10-31T18:50:00.000-07:002009-11-02T22:33:04.319-08:00Last night my nephew and I decided to go out and get a PS3 and Tekken 6. We tried to get it from Best Buy but they closed right before we got there. So I went against my better judgment and thought I'd give Walmart a try. When we got there they had two units left. The lady brought me one that was apparently discounted as the box a little beat up. It normally would have been $399 but it was $299, came with a game (Uncharted) and had the 160 GB hard drive. A good deal I thought, until I tried to set it up at home. It was missing the power source and upon further inspection was dirty and scratched up. I packed it back up and went back to the store where they told me I had to come back the next day when the manager was back and they would look at the cameras to see who stocked it in the case.<br /><br />So I return today around five so I could bring it to my friend's Halloween party. They tell me the serial numbers don't match and so therefore I have to take it up with the manufacturer. They print out a sheet with serial numbers on it and tell me sorry for the inconvenience. "What about the gas I spent driving back here twice? I don't get any compensation? What the hell? Am I assed out $400 dollars?!?" "Sir, just contact the manufacturer." <br /><br />I plan to, and then I plan on talking to some higher ups. "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" my father always said.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> I went back again later that night and got everyone's name and the number for the head manager and will be calling him Monday. If he doesn't give me what I want I will just go higher. I will keep y'all posted.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6359927840807191803?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-57982325234294436502009-10-30T04:06:00.000-07:002009-10-30T05:28:17.034-07:00<object width='320' height='260'><param name='movie' value='http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/player.swf'></param><param name='flashvars' value='config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg2?id=200910280028'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><param name='allownetworking' value='all'></param><embed src='http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/player.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' flashvars='config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg2?id=200910280028' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='260'></embed></object><blockquote> You -- In 2008, in our presidential election, we had a, a, a war veteran, Vietnam War veteran, John McCain, against an elitist, five-minute career senator of a hundred and fifty days. That senator was running as a Democrat, and had actively sought the defeat of the U.S. military in Iraq -- had actively sought to undermine General Petraeus, who was the author of the surge that led to a turnaround in Iraq and a victory. And now that same man is dithering in Afghanistan while American soldiers -- not Bush soldiers, not Obama soldiers, American soldiers -- are dying. At record numbers.<br /><br /> <b>The threat that people in this country who want to be free face is now within our own borders. That's the stark reality.</b> We'll be back.<br /><br />--<a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200910280028">Rush Limbaugh</a></blockquote><br />And when someone takes Oxycontin's claim seriously and decides that the threat needs to be neutralized, will this joker accept his role in inciting it?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5798232523429443650?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-87552479206242095612009-10-30T03:48:00.000-07:002009-10-30T03:55:35.554-07:00<blockquote>"Now we are face to face once again with a period of heightened peril. The risks are great, the burdens heavy, the problems incapable of swift or lasting solution. And under the strains and frustrations imposed by constant tension and harassment, the discordant voices of extremism are heard once again in the land. Men who are unwilling to face up to the danger from without are convinced that the real danger comes from within. They look suspiciously at their neighbors and their leaders. They call for a 'man on horseback' because they do not trust the people. They find treason in our finest churches, in our highest court, and even in the treatment of our water. <b>They equate the Democratic Party with the welfare state, the welfare state with socialism, and socialism with communism.</b> They object quite rightly to politics' intruding on the military -- but they are anxious for the military to engage in politics."<br /><br />--<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/35_kennedy/psources/ps_conspir.html">John F. Kennedy</a>, November 18, 1961, <em>referring to the teabaggers of his time.</em></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8755247920624209561?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-52610903681552655112009-10-28T04:00:00.000-07:002009-10-28T04:04:21.516-07:00I found this movie in its entirety on Youtube and had to post it. For those of you who don't know, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_Legend">'Fist of Legend'</a> was a remake of Bruce Lee's 'Fist of Fury' (which was mislabeled The Chinese Connection when originally introduced to the states, but has since been corrected) which the story of the fictional Chen Zhen who avenges his master's death by taking on an entire Bushido school. Interestingly enough, another movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(2006_film)">'Fearless'</a> was about Huo Yuanjia, the deceased master (also played by Li) and in my opinion was not as good. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WwuXuoyaciE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WwuXuoyaciE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrw6UrSD1ts&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrw6UrSD1ts&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" 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value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQnmxW-UyKo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bQnmxW-UyKo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Someone at Media Matters put this together to show how conservative media turns outright fabrications into memes, and even into stories that appear on other networks. If you are interested in learning this process in even more detail might I suggest watching <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6737097743434902428&ei=ChnoSt6vNZTCqAO8iJT3Dg&q=outfoxed&client=firefox-a#">Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism</a>. Now I bring this up because right now the media is focusing on how the Obama administration has noted that Fox News is not really a news channel, but rather a media arm of the Republican party. The media is dutifully asking the question: is Obama going too far shutting out Fox? Personally, I don't think he is doing enough. They lied all summer about his health care plan and only now he says something? I am sick to death of Barack's Bipartisan Carebear routine, and would actually like to see him take these obstructionist whiners to the wood shed already.<br /><br />Here is a real Democratic President calling out Chris Wallace's interview for what it is: a hit piece. Take notes Dems...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3L2513JFJsY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3L2513JFJsY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And yes, I am aware of Alan Grayson... I will blog about his pros and cons later.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2548677913061040060?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-39744474691363137192009-10-28T02:55:00.000-07:002009-10-28T03:01:17.813-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SugVKy8y6TI/AAAAAAAAAeg/QIeKFza1NB0/s1600-h/upscostume"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SugVKy8y6TI/AAAAAAAAAeg/QIeKFza1NB0/s320/upscostume" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397587428623182130" /></a><br />Remember when kids use to dress up as knights, ninjas, superheroes, etc? Is hope that lost that we dress our kids up as low income mail couriers? Is there a McDonald's manager costume, or do you have to go to Hamburger University to get it? And what about the girls: are princess costumes out and stripper costumes in? Will it come with make up and fake c-section scars to add to its authenticity?<br /><br />So many questions this year... And I still haven't figured out what I am going to dress up as this year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3974447469136313719?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-60398435950990761942009-10-28T02:35:00.000-07:002009-10-28T02:44:13.701-07:00<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iYh-V4V-zrI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iYh-V4V-zrI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Gotta love these Christians. Oh how they pine for their precious lost zygotes. I'd like to bottle their crocodile tears and sell them on eBay. They are obviously so distraught that they have no choice but to hold ridiculous contests on who has the best hate display.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6039843595099076194?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-74884878002813840492009-10-26T04:55:00.000-07:002009-10-26T05:02:23.827-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QTVAk5q2Yvc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QTVAk5q2Yvc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I thought I would mix it up a bit and throw in a scene from a hard to find Jet Li move called 'Last Hero in China'. If you can find it, this flick marries classic kung fu ridiculousness with comedic gold like Li's chicken fighting style. The scene here is actually the last fight scene in the movie which exhibits a rarely seen style of Li's: drunken boxing.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7488487800281384049?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-20235752549216223712009-10-26T03:30:00.000-07:002009-10-26T03:35:37.504-07:00<blockquote>“Obama is out there saying that Fox News is talk radio. I‘m living rent-free in this guy‘s head. Fox News is talk radio. If that‘s true, MSNBC is pornography. And Obama likes MSNBC. CNN is child porn.”<br /><br />--<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpqxvN3y9iE">Rush Limbaugh</a></blockquote><br />Wow... Project there much Rush?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2023575254921622371?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-58705533666377591422009-10-20T03:15:00.000-07:002009-10-20T03:21:55.043-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-NOZU2iPA8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-NOZU2iPA8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><blockquote>"He taught me how to pray and how to save my soul,<br />he taught me how to praise my God and still play rock 'n' roll."</blockquote><br />Sheer genius.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5870553366637759142?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-50781195817562971932009-10-20T03:08:00.000-07:002009-10-20T03:10:22.692-07:00<embed src="http://www.ultimatehandyman.org/flvplayer.swf" quality="high" width="450" height="367" name="VideoPlayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file=http://www.ultimatehandyman.org/uploads/dbXSTwEKPSb2Tct4okLY.flv&width=450&height=367&overstretch=true&logo=http://www.ultimatehandyman.org/image_s/playerlogo.png&link=http://www.ultimatehandyman.org&linktarget=_blank&showdigits=false&backcolor=0xFFFFFF" wmode="transparent" border="0"></embed><br /><br />...we need to return to a more wholesome children's programming like this.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5078119581756297193?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-2944168279067586192009-10-19T04:42:00.000-07:002009-10-19T04:45:22.882-07:00<blockquote>"'To the clean are all things clean' — thus say the people. I, however, say unto you: To the swine all things become swinish! Therefore preach the visionaries and bowed-heads (whose hearts are also bowed down): 'The world itself is a filthy monster.' For these are all unclean spirits; especially those, however, who have no peace or rest, unless they see the world FROM THE BACKSIDE — the backworldsmen! TO THOSE do I say it to the face, although it sound unpleasantly: the world resembleth man, in that it hath a backside, — SO MUCH is true! There is in the world much filth: SO MUCH is true! But the world itself is not therefore a filthy monster!"<br /><br />--Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-294416827906758619?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-38588103615766273982009-10-19T03:48:00.000-07:002009-10-19T03:50:30.761-07:00<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_IAN081P8I&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_IAN081P8I&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Nice spoof of iPhone commercials starring your favorite guano-insane right-wingers...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3858810361576627398?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-74176466195487692712009-10-16T21:35:00.000-07:002009-10-16T21:37:46.766-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZ9jE0CT73o&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZ9jE0CT73o&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7417646619548769271?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-81153690485478976462009-10-16T16:34:00.000-07:002009-10-16T16:42:14.487-07:00I saw this interview with this slimeball last night and just wanted to beat that smug look off his face the entire interview. Apparently I was not the only one as Rachel in a rare moment calls out this parasite for what he is.<br /><br /><div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33336960#33336960" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div><br /><br /><div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33337020#33337020" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8115369048547897646?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-46873474005465550052009-10-16T06:53:00.001-07:002009-10-16T15:36:34.954-07:00I hate stupid arguments, prehaps even more than stupid people. At least stupid people are limited by mental capacity, where as a stupid argument can only exist as long as people will entertain such nonsense. Tonight's argument between a person I will not identify out of respect, and myself is a model example. I'm not sure exactly how it started (alcohol was definitely involved) but I know it took a turn for the worst when I asked her, a self proclaimed animal rights activist, if she saw a drowning dog or a drowning person at the beach, which one would she save. She chose the dog, to which I replied "Ok, this conversation is over, I have no respect for you." She tried to rationalize for a few minutes but she just ended up pissing off the hostess of the party by bringing in her daughter in a false equivalency argument regarding maternal instincts of protecting the young in both canines and people. She also tried to use my statement that "people are animals" against me. The argument ended abruptly when the hostess' daughter was thrown into the argument and as usual my point of view was shut out, but for those who give a shit these are my arguments against those who would save the dog:<blockquote>1.) While both humans and canines are animals, humans are of higher intelligence experiencing a higher range of emotions and awareness than that of a simple dog that in its lifetime may learn a handfull of tricks. Where as the human could be the next Einstein or Da Vinci.<br /><br />2.) While animals do generally protect their young, they are also known for eating them and engaging in incestual activities because they generally don't adhere to a moral code.<br /><br />3.) While animals "do not have a voice to speak up for themselves", people are the only animals I know of who can or even would push for legislation that would protect said animals... Which would be pretty hard to do if said hypothetical legislator drowned because a dog was saved in a textbook example of misguided idealism.<br /><br />4.) Animals would never choose another species to save if given the choice between their own and another.</blockquote><br />That said, I do believe in animal rights and abhor those who partake in animal cruelty. But I can tell you right now I would save the human without hessitation. As for the person who left in a fit because I called out her stupid argument, I'm not sorry-and if you are going to throw out such an obtuse statement, it would help if you didn't eat meat.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4687347400546555005?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-87977421882445731232009-10-09T06:43:00.001-07:002009-10-09T06:43:16.276-07:00<br />But, then I saw this...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/drunken.shinobi/MildlyBrilliant?authkey=Gv1sRgCI3dhomar_D_uwE#5390595388637453410'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/Ss898gOYHGI/AAAAAAAAAec/Peme6eQs8s8/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8797742188244573123?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-13339215179564952682009-10-02T14:18:00.000-07:002009-10-02T14:30:07.545-07:00Ever wonder how Glenn Beck conjures up those crocodile tears?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kj4I2f0ZO6g&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kj4I2f0ZO6g&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Vicks Vapor Rub, and just in case you're a douche bag right winger who is going to claim he just did this for the photo shoot...<blockquote>"I think it's getting used to it -- my eyes are getting used to it."</blockquote><br />Oops.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1333921517956495268?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-31016861319657165092009-10-02T14:00:00.000-07:002009-10-02T15:19:11.134-07:00While checking out a private blog my friends and I have, I clicked on a link to my website I had put up. When I did so, I was taken to an older version of my site. This thoroughly confused me until I noticed the URL was wrong. It read:<br /><br /><a href="http://mildlybrilliant.blogsopt.com/">http://mildlybrilliant.blogsopt.com/</a><br /><br />I fixed the link but the question remains: Who is blogsopt? And why do they have a cache of my site?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3101686131965716509?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-73265807715009459772009-10-01T21:50:00.000-07:002009-10-01T22:59:19.921-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YgvKCfZqxrQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YgvKCfZqxrQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Maybe it is because a few of my friends are raising children, or perhaps it is because I am feeling nostalgic, but I am increasingly finding myself watching children's programming. The thing I love about a lot of them is that they sneak punchlines in that only an adult would get. For example the last line in this is "good work sycophants."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7326580771500945977?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-16343898007492258362009-10-01T21:26:00.000-07:002009-10-01T21:31:37.749-07:00<blockquote>Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I’ll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn’t lose a minute’s sleep.<br /><br />--<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/30/derbyshire-female-suffrage/">John Derbyshire of the National Review</a></blockquote><br />Proving once again the Republican party is a safe haven for misogynists.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1634389800749225836?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-68241870986157405262009-10-01T19:44:00.000-07:002009-10-01T19:55:17.525-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SsVpKgXUY7I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/ggHKuOUxpvA/s1600-h/ediots.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SsVpKgXUY7I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/ggHKuOUxpvA/s320/ediots.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387828158426014642" /></a><br /><br />Sounds like a sign crafted by Ren Höek of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ren_and_Stimpy_Show">Ren & Stimpy</a>... You ediot!!!<br />Seriously, this guy's sign is the furthest thing from clever. Who starts the first letter of an acronym with the actual word the acronym is? Only an <s>idiot</s> ediot.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6824187098615740526?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-80348552321190502752009-10-01T04:02:00.001-07:002009-10-01T04:25:22.597-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SsSQ_L6aeaI/AAAAAAAAAeI/o79XRWJKpTU/s1600-h/pubic-option.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SsSQ_L6aeaI/AAAAAAAAAeI/o79XRWJKpTU/s320/pubic-option.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387590469445908898" /></a><br />I know that social conservatives hate everything to do groin area, but this is ridiculous.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8034855232119050275?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-62554378259216555182009-09-29T22:08:00.000-07:002009-09-29T22:12:41.088-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SsLoVoOyxPI/AAAAAAAAAd8/pwzH2ku9RJU/s1600-h/McNamara.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SsLoVoOyxPI/AAAAAAAAAd8/pwzH2ku9RJU/s320/McNamara.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387123562562897138" /></a><br /><br />For those of you who personally know him, guess which one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6255437825921655518?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-80345109834447351152009-09-29T15:19:00.000-07:002009-09-29T15:23:54.383-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Jj6pqajvB8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Jj6pqajvB8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Wow you sexist son of a bitch!!! And people wonder why I think the Republican party has a huge problem with misogyny?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8034510983444735115?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-47367348583417335592009-09-29T14:43:00.000-07:002009-09-29T14:52:06.927-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7GKS--pkAl0&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7GKS--pkAl0&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><blockquote>"Obama's first act as president of any consequence, in the middle of a financial meltdown, was to send taxpayers' money overseas to pay for the killing of unborn children in other countries...there's almost nothing that you should be surprised at after that. We shouldn't be shocked that he does all these other insane things. A president that has lost his way that badly, that has no ability to see the image of God in these little fellow human beings, if he can't do that right, then he has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an enemy of humanity."</blockquote><br />And wouldn't you know it, he's a <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/25/franks-birther-bill/">birther</a> too. If the Democrats had a spine they would censure his ass, or at least call him out on national television.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4736734858341733559?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-40292959707874892282009-09-29T12:36:00.000-07:002009-09-29T12:44:28.338-07:00<blockquote>"The national government will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality.<br /><br />Today Christians stand at the head of our country. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit. We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theatre, and in the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during recent years."<br /><br />--Adolf Hitler (My New Order, The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1922-1939", Vol. 1, pp. 871-872, Oxford University Press, London, 1942.)</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4029295970787489228?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-68768899454107318262009-09-28T01:38:00.000-07:002009-09-28T04:07:37.236-07:00I have never really liked Chuck Norris: he has too much back hair, can't act for shit, uses karate, and is apparently nuttier than squirrel shit. As if backing Mike Huckabee in last year's election wasn't enough, he has been wanking poetic on <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=110452">World Nut Daily</a> about how great the "nonpartisan" 9/12 movement is. But if that wasn't enough, he now thinks the "patriotic" thing to do is to... well... desecrate the flag? WTF?!?<blockquote>As 9/12 concluded, we all heard many ways to keep this revolutionary movement going. But I was sitting back thinking there's one way we can take a daily stand and declare that, as for my me and my house, we will serve God and the republic as the founders did.<br /><br />If that describes you, then I suggest you fly some revolutionary flag in lieu of your 50 star flag over the next year or so. Post the 13-star Betsy Ross flag, Navy Jack or Gadsden flag ("Don't Tread On Me") or any representation that tells the story of Old Glory and makes a stand for our founders' vision of America.</blockquote><br /><em>Yes, back to the good ole days when slavery was legal...</em><br /><blockquote>Of course patriots know that the 50 stars flag truly represents one nation under God and our founders' republic, but modernists simply don't get it.</blockquote><br /><em>I thought the 50 star flag stood for the fifty states in the union, you know, that thing numerous speakers and supporters of that tea-bagging movement have openly endorsed succeeding from? Oh, and "Under God" wasn't added to the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954. Not to mention our founding fathers had nothing to do with it. Do yourself a favor Chuck and Google the author of it, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy">Francis Bellamy</a>, a... wait for it... SOCIALIST!!! Of course, being a modernist, I just don't get any of it.</em><blockquote>So what do you say we make a statement by flying a different flag, and educate our neighbors when they ask us, "Why are you flying that flag instead of the contemporary stars and stripes?" (If you insist on posting a modern U.S.A. flag too, then <a href="http://shop.wnd.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=2842">get one that has been tea stained</a>, to show your solidarity with our founders).</blockquote><br />So let me see if I get this straight. If a liberal burns a flag in protest or because they feel certain actions taken by certain leaders have desecrated the American flag (which is what you are supposed to do), that is unpatriotic. But if you are an ill-informed useful idiot who can't stand nine months of a black man in office then it is perfectly okay to desecrate an American flag by staining it with tea? Is there no idea too idiotic for you to shill for Chuck, or did you run out of exercise machines to sell?<br /><br />Here's my idea for spending the rest of the stimulus: We use it to exhume and reanimate Bruce Lee to knock the stupid out of you. What do you think? I think the tax payers would love it.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TbIwQMBeC2c&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TbIwQMBeC2c&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6876889945410731826?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-10900515212724136202009-09-28T01:05:00.000-07:002009-09-28T01:23:44.096-07:00<em>Excerpted from <a href="">AOL News</a>:</em><blockquote>NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 23) - American bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.<br /><br />Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.<br /><br /><b>Gun sales spiked when it became clear Obama would be elected a year ago</b> and purchases continued to rise in his first few months of office. The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported that 6.1 million background checks for gun sales were issued from January to May, an increase of 25.6 percent from the same period the year before.</blockquote><br />I remember having an argument with an old friend in where I was telling him that it is looking increasingly like we may have another civil war. He reacted like I was crazy and didn't know what I was talking about. Flash forward to today with all AR-15 toting <a href="http://mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com/search/label/Tea-baggers">tea-baggers</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzbdugWJbNo">Governors openly talking about secession</a>, and the birthers, and I don't sound so damned crazy, do I? Maybe the left should should start embracing guns instead of thinking we can have a civil debate with these hand jobs.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1090051521272413620?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-69074206326817773332009-09-26T01:35:00.000-07:002009-09-26T02:30:03.642-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FKZ1qbDyKOM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FKZ1qbDyKOM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><em>Special thanks to <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/24/beck-white-culture/">Think Progress</a> for video and transcript:</em><br /><br /><blockquote>COURIC: A twitter question is, adrianinflorida: what do you mean by white culture?<br /><br />BECK: Um, I, I don’t…<br /><br />COURIC: You said he had a deep-seated hatred for the white culture, what is that? What is the white culture?<br /><br />BECK: I guess it’s…gosh. I’m so tempted to make news here today.</blockquote><br /><em>Then do so and answer the god damned question.</em><blockquote>COURIC: No no, I’m just curious, this was actually adrianinflorida.<br /><br />BECK: What to do? What to do? Adrian, Go to glennbeck.com. Listen to it. You can hear all of it.<br /><br />COURIC: No, but you didn’t really address white culture, I think, in your explanation about President Obama, I haven’t seen the whole show, but can you? Just for our purposes?<br /><br />BECK: Just for your purposes? So this will be a little secret between us?</blockquote><br /><em>Stop playing coy and answer the damn question.</em><blockquote>COURIC: No, for this show, can you explain what you mean by the white culture? Because some people say that sounds kind of racist.<br /><br />BECK: Really? It’s amazing to me that, for the first time, I think in history somebody can ask a question and say, “Don’t you think that maybe we have several pieces here?”</blockquote><br /><em>Really? You think it is the first time in history someone asked a question so incoherrent and bat shit crazy?</em><blockquote> We have several pieces; George Bush says my grandmother was a typical African-American that had, that had her views bred into her. You don’t think maybe we would ask questions about that comment?</blockquote><br /><em>George Bush is black?!? What does that have to do with the price of rice in China? Why not just answer the question and stop trying to move the goal posts?</em><blockquote> How is it that the first time I think in history, you should check on it, somebody says, “Hey. There’s some red flags here maybe we should look at?” … How am I? How am I the target for asking questions?<br /><br />COURIC: People just want to know. What is white culture?<br /><br />BECK: I’m going to see if I can play your game. People just want to know.</blockquote><br /><em>Game? You mean journalism? You know, that thing the station you work for claims to engage in...</em><blockquote>COURIC: You know, well, Adrian wants to know.<br /><br />BECK: That’s good for Adrian.</blockquote><br /><em>Actually, it's great both for her and the general public to see how much of an unabashed dick you are. Thanks for playing Spanky.</em><blockquote>COURIC: No but I mean it’s fine if you make a statement though, shouldn’t you be able to defend exactly what you mean by it. I’m not –<br /><br />BECK: Katie, how many times have you said, how many times have you said something where you’re like, “I didn’t think. What’s white culture? I don’t know. What’s the white culture?”<br /><br />What? What is the white culture? I don’t know how to answer that that’s not a trap.<br /><br />COURIC: Mhmm.<br /><br />BECK: You know what I mean?</blockquote><br /><em>Actually, I am sure she doesn't because Katie isn't a member of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_(website)">Stormfront</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan">Klu Klux Klan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(U.S._politician)">Strom Thurmond's toadie</a> brigade. or any other guano-insane institution that feels the need to protect the culture of the "white race."</em><blockquote>COURIC: Yeah I’m not, I’m just, I’m not trying to trap you, I’m just, I think people wanted to know what that meant exactly.<br /><br />BECK: Well we know Adrian does.<br /><br />COURIC: Yeah, and you’re not going to answer her?<br /><br />BECK: I’m not going to get into your sound bite gotcha game which we already are. We already are.<br /><br />COURIC: No we’re actually, this is completely unedited so if you felt like you wanted to explain it, you have all the time in the world.<br /><br />BECK: Mhmm.<br /><br />COURIC: No? Don’t want to go there?<br /><br />BECK: Nope.</blockquote><br /><em>Why not? Put up or shut up.</em><blockquote>COURIC: But basically, you stand behind your assertion that in your view, President Obama is a racist.<br /><br />BECK: I believe that Americans should ask themselves tough questions. Americans should turn over all the rocks and make their own decisions.</blockquote><br /><em>I agree, we should ask ourselves tough questions... How about we start by asking what you meant by "white culture", and then go from there?</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6907420632681777333?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-5128762238303234962009-09-26T01:08:00.000-07:002009-09-26T01:13:21.913-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FGnCY64Oerk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FGnCY64Oerk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />So this is what America has come to: White trash vs. the rest of the country.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-512876223830323496?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-39538517595923277532009-09-23T17:48:00.000-07:002009-09-23T17:49:20.857-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TAP5Sr3R638&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TAP5Sr3R638&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3953851759592327753?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-86989863134054149092009-09-23T00:53:00.000-07:002009-09-23T17:45:55.677-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fmHN3JtyUXg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fmHN3JtyUXg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />At first I was going to rip apart Kirk's hare-brained speech (Darwin thought up the big bang theory? Really?!?) but then I found that this young woman has done a much better job than I could ever have. That and her accent combined with her brain makes me harder than Chinese algebra. So enjoy, I know I will.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8698986313405414909?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-80991058412315083702009-09-22T17:45:00.000-07:002009-09-22T17:47:56.142-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-kdF5SAy4CM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-kdF5SAy4CM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UcWs-MFOQWQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UcWs-MFOQWQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I knew Wolf was a stupid hack, but not this stupid. It just goes to show you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8099105841231508370?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-48787736961126043002009-09-22T16:28:00.000-07:002009-09-22T17:36:56.414-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l8tQwtuzqpc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l8tQwtuzqpc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This is Michael Schwartz, a staffer for Senator Tom Colburn (R), who has stumbled upon a theory that puts that hack Charles Darwin to shame. I'd restate it myself, but I feel I lack the sheer brilliance and eloquence needed to convey such... brilliance? See what I mean? So I will let the heir to Stephen Hawking speak for himself.<br />Via the <a href="http://washingtonindependent.com/60172/sen-tom-coburns-r-okla-chief-of-staff-all-pornography-is-homosexual-pornography">Washington Independent</a>:<blockquote>“Pornography is a blight,” Schwartz told an audience in a crowded room of the Omni Shoreham hotel. “It is a disaster. It is one of those silent diseases in our society that we haven’t been able to overcome very well. Now, I may be getting politically incorrect here. And it’s been a few years, but not that many, since <b>I was closely associated with pre-adolescent boys, boys around 10 years of age. But it is my observation that boys of that age have less tolerance for homosexuality than just about any other class of people. They speak badly about homosexuality. And that’s because they don’t want to be that way. They don’t want to fall into it.”</b><br /><br />Schwartz told the crowd about Jim Johnson, a friend of his who turned an old hotel into a hospice for gay men dying of AIDS. “One of the things he said to me,” said Schwartz, “that I think is an astonishingly insightful remark… he said <b>‘All pornography is homosexual pornography, because all pornography turns your sexual drive inwards.”</b><br /><br />There were murmurs and gasps from the crowd. “Now, think about that,” said Schwartz. <b>“And if you tell an 11-year-old boy about that, do you think he’s going to want to get a copy of Playboy? I’m pretty sure he’ll lose interest. That’s the last thing he wants! You know, that’s a good comment, it’s a good point, and it’s a good thing to teach young people.”</b></blockquote><br />Wow, so let me see if I get this straight (pardon the pun), those who watch a lot of pornography are more likely to be gay? Aside from being the douche bag of the week, this knob just may have to get a letter for me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4878773696112604300?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-75626068247983859402009-09-20T22:59:00.000-07:002009-09-22T15:40:30.715-07:00<em>Update, video taken down, no doubt from pressure from FOX "News", but you can still view the video <a href="http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/the-return-of-mccarthyism/2564589615">here</a>.</em><br /><br />This video is for all the people I know who don't understand why I hate Glenn Beck. His shtick is old, and it embarrasses me that my fellow country men and women are falling for it all over again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7562606824798385940?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-82363103249077165212009-09-17T16:21:00.000-07:002009-09-17T16:23:31.361-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IO_QIMNRreg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IO_QIMNRreg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Obama, your my hero.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8236310324907716521?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-64873936310208116972009-09-15T16:11:00.001-07:002009-09-15T16:17:23.717-07:00I love how every time someone brings up the right's racist roots, they vehemently claim that they aren't and that the left is just playing the race card instead of addressing the "average American's" legitimate concerns... And then you see picture after picture like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SrAfR1L9v6I/AAAAAAAAAb0/NFl1liiyMVE/s1600-h/obama-lyin-african.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SrAfR1L9v6I/AAAAAAAAAb0/NFl1liiyMVE/s400/obama-lyin-african.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381835945903243170" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6487393631020811697?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-79028103104900925792009-09-15T15:32:00.000-07:002009-09-15T15:44:24.392-07:00<blockquote>"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."<br /><br />--<a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/33148.html">Jay Gould</a>, <em>Robber Baron extraordinaire</em></blockquote><br />Jay knew a useful idiot when he saw one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7902810310490092579?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-27712059717299106202009-09-15T15:14:00.000-07:002009-09-15T15:46:07.277-07:00I was never a big fan of firearms, as I feel that cowards tend to hide behind them and I have always preferred a clean and surgically sharp blade. But as I increasingly see the crazies out there ie: tea-baggers and neo-confederates (almost one and the same at this point), I am increasingly feeling that owning a firearm is not a bad idea. These people are openly declaring a need for secession and revolution. In short bloodshed and anarchy.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z3xE69w6ar4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z3xE69w6ar4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Note how the guy is carrying an AK47: and claims he hopes it doesn't come to this. When was the last time you saw left wing protesters strapped, even though they are more likely to suffer beatings from the police or counter protesters. While many people are right to access this as a fracturing of the Republican party, I don't take much glee in it because this sort of instability is dangerous for our country. The last time we had social upheaval like this, our President, his brother, and a beloved civil rights leader was assassinated.<br /><br />I found an interesting film by Max Blumenthal that chronicles the 9-12 march of these useful idiots.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UASS1qFAIQ8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UASS1qFAIQ8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I love the guy halfway through the short who demands that immigrants should learn English then holds up a sign with the word "Politicians are like dipers [sic] they need to be changed often and for the same reason." You can't make this stuff up.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2771205971729910620?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-19010994184079505612009-09-14T20:47:00.000-07:002009-09-14T21:01:40.720-07:00<blockquote>Obama is a racist, Kenyan-born secret Muslim, communist; who is leading us down the road to fascism via his heathcare trojan horse which means death panels for grandma, veterans, republicans, and Wilford Brimley.<br /><br />Seriously... Some people believe this.<br /><br />--Mildly Brilliant</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1901099418407950561?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-27431488346879181292009-09-12T03:06:00.000-07:002009-09-12T03:17:17.017-07:00I originally did not want to post this: It is full of crude language, is unscripted and really doesn't have a point. Still, it does sum up how I feel about this astro-turf movement of useful idiots who are garnering so much attention of the so call liberal media as a group of patriotic concerned everyday Americans just looking out for their rights. But since no one else in the media is willing to say it, I guess I am going to have to. Special thanks to Justin for editing this travesty of a mockery of a sham.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iNbHlPTw2Rs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iNbHlPTw2Rs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This obviously before I shaved my head.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2743148834687918129?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-41351651212103769612009-09-06T18:00:00.000-07:002009-09-06T18:04:32.591-07:001.) What is your name? <br />I'd love to tell you but it is unpronounceable by a human tongue and impossible to express via your primitive alphabet.<br /><br />2.) Do you find it annoying when surveys ask for your name?<br />Not really.<br /><br />3.) What do you plan to buy in the future?<br />A shot gun.<br /><br />4.) Where did you get the underwear you are currently wearing?<br />From a girl I know.<br /><br />5.) How many pairs of Converse do you own?<br />None.<br /><br />6.) Who is your favorite “That ’70s Show” character?<br />Topher Grace's character.<br /><br />7.) There is a mummy standing behind you. What do you do?<br />Ask him to go get me some Tylenol-I'm hungover like a mother fucker.<br /><br />8.) What do you think of Miley Cyrus?<br />I think she represents the moral bankruptcy of the Disney corporation and the Christian conservative movement that buys into it. They are parading jailbait on national television and people wonder why we have so many sex offenders in this country. But it's okay because she's a Christian and has no problem judging other pop stars based on their indiscretions. And it all could have been avoided if millions of idiots hadn't bought that annoying Achy-Breaky Heart song. See? Bad music only leads to more. Are you happy now? Fuck you middle America, I'm talking to you!!!<br /><br />9.) Do you tend to think that you are always right?<br />I am.<br /><br />10.) Top Five Favorite Songs:<br />"Across the Universe" by The Beatles<br />"Dear Prudence" by The Beatles<br />"Go to California" by Led Zeppelin<br />"Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon<br />"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd<br /><br />11.) What was your favorite toy as a child?<br />My yellow Tonka dumptruck. My grandfather still has it in his shed.<br /><br />12.) Have you thought more about your funeral, or your wedding?<br />I want the Darth Vader funeral, and not just a funeral pyre, but I want to be actually dressed up as Darth Vader. If possible, I want John Williams there... but, and I stress this, NO FUCKING EWOKS!!! Oh and kegs of cheap beer, if loved ones are gonna be drinking on my dime they are going to have to drink crap.<br /><br />13.) Dinosaurs or Unicorns?<br />Dinosaurs of course. Interestingly enough, I was such a dork I made "Tyrannosaurus Rex" made my extra credit spelling word in first grade.<br /><br />14.) What is your favorite musical?<br />Les Miserables.<br /><br />15.) You need new jeans. Where do you go?<br />Jeremy or Ryan's house.<br /><br />16.) Do you play the Sims 2?<br />No.<br /><br />17.) Do you think Harry Potter is at all immoral to read?<br />No. But it's all bullshit... wizards, magic, religion, aliens, ABBA...<br /><br />18.) What do you think of Maroon 5?<br />I don't.<br /><br />19.) What about Coldplay?<br />Viva la Vida is their best album.<br /><br />20.) Fall Out Boy?<br />I like "I Don't Care", but that's about it.<br /><br />21.) Katy Perry?<br />Who?<br /><br />22.) How about The All-American Rejects?<br />Que?<br /><br />23.) Have you ever snuck into an R-rated movie when you weren’t old enough to see it without parents?<br />Yeah.<br /><br />24.) The Wii or Xbox 360?<br />PS3<br /><br />25.) Team Demi/Selena or Team Miley?<br />10/9?<br /><br />26.) Do you know many Emily’s?<br />Not really.<br /><br />27.) What do you think of the Jonas Brothers?<br />I think the South Park episode pretty much sums up the way I feel about them and Disney corporation.<br /><br />28.) Have you ever slept in a tent, indoors or out?<br />Yes on both counts.<br /><br />29.) What is your favorite kind of Girlscout cookie?<br />The ones made from them... And Grasshoppers!!!<br /><br />30.) Do you enjoy surveys?<br />I am obviously not being coerced into writing this, so what do you think?<br /><br />31.) What do you hear at the moment?<br />My nephews are talking about some kid named Dakota who apparently smells like an ungodly circus clown's ass.<br /><br />32.) Why do you think so many people love myspace?<br />They put cocaine in it?<br /><br />33.) What do you think of people who do illegal drugs?<br />I think they owe me money. But seriously, it depends on the drug. Stoners are tolerable, tweakers are not.<br /><br />34.) Do you watch the Olympics?<br />Sometimes.<br /><br />35.) What are your top five favorite stores?<br />The Apple Store.<br />The Liquor store.<br />Thrift stores.<br />Barnes & Noble.<br />Camping World.<br /><br /><br />36.) Do you like the new Weezer album?<br />It better than being kicked in the balls.<br /><br />37.) What did you think of Panic at the Disco<br />I didn't.<br /><br />38.) What is the worst job you have ever had?<br />Busboy at Sizzler. I don't eat there anymore.<br /><br />39.) Have you ever been to Minnesota?<br />no<br /><br />40.) What is the strangest thing you’ve ever seen on TV?<br />That Iranian girl dying.<br /><br />41.) Do you watch informercials when there is nothing on?<br />Billy Mays is sort of entertaining, especially considering he is dead and still trying to sell me shit at four am.<br /><br />42.) What is your favorite Disney Show?<br />Que?<br /><br />43.) Have you ever seen the Wedding Singer?<br />Yes, and it is also an Adam Sandler movie that is actually funny and one I like. Somewhere in the universe there is a massive tear in spacetime.<br /><br />44.) Top five reasons people rank things:<br />Think you're clever, don't you?<br /><br />45.) Have you ever gone camping?<br />Yes, funny you should ask.<br /><br />46.) What do you miss most about elementary school?<br />Actually enjoying it before I moved to Yucaipa.<br /><br />47.) What do you do when you want to fill out a survey, but none of your friends have posted surveys that you have not taken yet?<br />Look up porn. No, not really. It's worse than that... politics.<br /><br />48.) What is your favorite kind of DQ Blizzard?<br />Never had one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4135165121210376961?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-5227905801872678422009-08-30T05:00:00.000-07:002009-08-30T05:06:35.012-07:00<blockquote>"It is President Obama who wants [to] mandate circumcision ... And that means, if we need to save our penises from anybody, it's Obama."<br /><br />-<a href="http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/27/circumcision/index.html">Rush Limbaugh</a></blockquote><br /><br />Proving once again that the Republican party is way too fixated on penni.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-522790580187267842?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-86931511320722977372009-08-23T01:10:00.000-07:002009-08-23T01:23:51.937-07:00<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'><tbody><tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td><td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'></td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>www.thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:246940' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes'>Daily Show<br/> Full Episodes</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-17-2009/heal-or-no-heal---medicine-brawl'>Healthcare Protests</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'><tbody><tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td><td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'>Exclusive - Betsy McCaughey Extended Interview Pt. 1</td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>www.thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:246743' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; 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text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'>Exclusive - Betsy McCaughey Extended Interview Pt. 2</td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>www.thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:246745' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes'>Daily Show<br/> Full Episodes</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-17-2009/heal-or-no-heal---medicine-brawl'>Healthcare Protests</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />On did what we should all do when confronted by these spinmeisters: call out their lies, point out their tactics, and <b>marginalize them</b>. Then <a href="http://washingtonindependent.com/56008/death-panel-myth-creator-betsy-mccaughey-resigns-from-medical-board">wonderful things like this</a> happen...<blockquote>Betsy McCaughey — an outspoken proponent of the myth that Democrats’ health care reform proposals will lead to the creation of “death panels,” as well as a former lieutenant governor of New York and adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute — has stepped down from her position as a director of Cantel Medical Corp., which bills itself as a “leading provider of infection prevention and control products in the healthcare market.”</blockquote><br /><br />Sometimes life is good.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8693151132072297737?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-53796565696469212802009-08-23T01:07:00.000-07:002009-08-23T01:08:41.738-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HURZfgYptfA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HURZfgYptfA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5379656569646921280?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-75539593068529692982009-08-20T21:58:00.001-07:002009-08-20T21:58:02.226-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/ZhytOnIpO3g' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/ZhytOnIpO3g'/></object></p><p>WATCH IT</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7553959306852969298?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>NASHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03396584676387356011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-34531219941546929982009-08-16T00:18:00.000-07:002009-08-21T20:50:37.805-07:00Remember Dave Chappelle's skit where he played a blind black man who hated black people and then divorced his wife after he found out he was black because she was a "nigger lover"?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_aIvfFq3BA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_aIvfFq3BA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><blockquote>"African Americans have treated (Obama) better than they would treat Jesus if he were to return. <br />He's partially alledged to the African American people-Black people always <br />walk around with a chip on their shoulder - because they're Black - daring anybody to say anything to them. <br /><b>Seventy percent of Black men are full of abandonment, full of murder, full of robbery and full of violence. <br />I'm not saying ALL Black men, just seventy percent of them.</b>"<br /><br />--James David Manning</blockquote><br />Ever notice as soon as Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination every JC Watts wannabe was on every news station speaking out against him? All of a sudden African-American Republican strategists and spokesman were coming out of the wood work to show us that black people vote republican too. Some people call them Uncle Toms or house negroes... While that may be a little too much, after seeing guys like this talk so much trash about blacks (70% of them are full of murder?!?) I can't help but imagine this guy late night in the shower trying to scrub "the black" off his skin. If you think this is ridiculous mental imagery, then check out his rant about how <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw1NfgDl2K0">black women should try marrying white men</a>. In this speech he actually says that Barack Obama's father was "an in heat African" and had "been raised up in the jungles of Kenya" who hadn't "seen more than ten white people in his life" and that "they were all on television." It reminds me of a certain Boondocks episode I saw a few years back...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_m5TMny3dQI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_m5TMny3dQI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3453121994154692998?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-29195648034821473442009-08-15T20:29:00.000-07:002009-10-28T02:46:20.783-07:00<blockquote>"Ever wondered why the left is so afraid <br /> of the Second Amendment? It’s because <br /> we're the ones with all the guns.”<br /><br />--Rush Limbagh</blockquote><br />Reminding us all why we should buys guns--because the crazies already have them.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2919564803482147344?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-15891052836388019482009-08-12T23:00:00.000-07:002009-08-12T23:05:06.218-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SoOr8zNGowI/AAAAAAAAAbs/b6rV9IZtekc/s1600-h/birthers-aint-stupid.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SoOr8zNGowI/AAAAAAAAAbs/b6rV9IZtekc/s400/birthers-aint-stupid.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369324241781433090" /></a><br /><br />Sadly, this is about right. I never understood how they can believe overly complex and easily debunked misinformation, but something backed by the scientific community.... NOOOOOOOOOO!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1589105283638801948?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-11402582838157047092009-08-12T21:50:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:52:42.153-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SoOpwkS0w5I/AAAAAAAAAbk/Bd6SRZ0S8j4/s1600-h/feedom.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/SoOpwkS0w5I/AAAAAAAAAbk/Bd6SRZ0S8j4/s320/feedom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369321832597210002" /></a><br /><br />A Palin supporter... Imagine that.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1140258283815704709?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-23327747440265923092009-08-02T19:38:00.000-07:002009-08-02T19:42:09.979-07:00<blockquote>"Love is a four-letter word besides mind."<br /><br />--Mildly Brilliant</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-2332774744026592309?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-61819044359764399592009-08-02T12:26:00.000-07:002009-08-02T12:34:37.907-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sTh-Yu9RfF0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sTh-Yu9RfF0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Holy crap this guy has balls!!! Watch as Rep Anthony Wiener takes the Republican Naysayers of single payer government run health care to task as he asks them to "put up or shut up" over their philosophical opposition to it all by giving them a chance to vote against medicare on it's 44th anniversary.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-6181904435976439959?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-32183351664029560082009-07-29T13:39:00.000-07:002009-07-29T18:15:36.998-07:00<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'><tbody><tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td><td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-27-2009/bill-kristol-extended-interview'>Bill Kristol Extended Interview</a></td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>www.thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:240007' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes'>Daily Show<br/> Full Episodes</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.jokes.com'>Joke of the Day</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br />...But you don't deserve it. In a way, you've got to appreciate the brutal honesty <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kristol">Bill Kristol</a> is displaying which is the <em>Modus Operandi</em> of Republicans when it comes to : protect the health care industry, pander to the military, and screw everyone else.<blockquote>STEWART: So you believe no public option, so even though that's good enough for the military, not good enough for the people of America.<br /><br />KRISTOL: Well, the military has a different health system than the rest of Americans.<br /><br />STEWART: It's a public system, no?<br /><br />KRISTOL: Yeah, they don't have an option, they're all in military health care.<br /><br />STEWART: Why don't we go with that?<br /><br />KRISTOL: I don't know. Is military health care really what you -- first of all, it's expensive. I think they deserve it, the military--<br /><br />STEWART: But the American public do not.<br /><br />KRISTOL: No. The <b>American public do not deserve the same quality health care as our soldiers</b> fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan deserve, and they need all kinds of things that the rest of us don't need.<br /><br />STEWART: Well, no, they can have that level of care, but are you saying that the American public shouldn't have access to the same quality health care that we give to our better citizens?<br /><br />KRISTOL: Yes. To our soldiers? Absolutely. The American public--<br /><br />STEWART: Really?<br /><br />KRISTOL: I think that if you become a soldier, you deserve--<br /><br />[crosstalk]<br /><br />KRISTOL: One of the ways we make it up to the soldiers, since they're risking their lives, <b>we give them first-class health care. The rest of us can go out and buy insurance...</b></blockquote><br />It's not everyday you see a marrionette's nose recede a few inches... Someday, Billy will become a real boy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3218335166402956008?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-87795613867193208092009-07-26T20:08:00.000-07:002009-10-28T02:50:11.965-07:00...Then I remember there are people like this.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?item_id=1922&fullscreen=1" width="480" height="360"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?item_id=1922&fullscreen=1" /></object><br /><br />How much do you want to bet she voted for Ahnold?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8779561386719320809?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-57517871312797819312009-07-26T17:43:00.000-07:002009-07-26T17:47:57.314-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCD4r3SuGDM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kCD4r3SuGDM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Hey Obama, Dick Cheney is a war criminal and traitor to the Constitution... Stop protecting him and do what the Constitution says we should do to them.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5751787131279781931?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-30699352488977631382009-07-15T00:21:00.000-07:002009-07-15T00:23:50.099-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/Sl2DsSq7SHI/AAAAAAAAAbc/5ECd3FslqJk/s1600-h/alien_satan..gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EE_TWd5Tuxg/Sl2DsSq7SHI/AAAAAAAAAbc/5ECd3FslqJk/s400/alien_satan..gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358583928590125170" /></a><br /><br />Evil this horrific could never come your galaxy...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3069935248897763138?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-33967614379395664242009-07-09T16:51:00.000-07:002009-07-12T16:25:29.541-07:00I know Obama has disappointed several people within the Democratic Party of late, but whenever I feel let down by my new President I just search the hard drive of my Mac and find any random clip featuring my old President.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ZNbfIPrrCQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ZNbfIPrrCQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I don't know who made this video, but it is an excellent example of how the Bush Administration, fellow Republicans, and even a Zell Miller (former Democrat), used 9-11, terrorism, and general fear-mongering during the 2004 Republican National Convention to scare their base and a sizable portion of the American public into re-electing George W. Bush. Note the repetition, as George W. Bush said during his famous failed attempt at privatizing social security via the stock market: "You Have To Keep Repeating Things To Catapult The Propaganda."<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VxnegxNEDAc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VxnegxNEDAc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-3396761437939566424?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-83862960387028449012009-07-08T18:17:00.000-07:002009-07-08T18:31:39.426-07:00<object width="320" height="260"><param name="movie" value="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/mediaplayer316.swf"></param><param name="flashvars" value="config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg?flv=http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/video/2009/07/08/fnf-20090708-pure.flv"></param><embed src="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/mediaplayer316.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg?flv=http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/video/2009/07/08/fnf-20090708-pure.flv" width="320" height="260"></embed></object><br /><b>Transcript:</b><blockquote>CARLSON: -- did you know that being married is healthy for you? At least when it comes to Alzheimer's disease or dementia or things like that. This group did a study. They first interviewed middle-aged people around 50 in the 1970s and the 1980s, and then they came back to look at them 21 years later. Those who were married at that point in their life, in the midpoint of their life, ended up having much fewer cases of Alzheimer's than those who were --<br /><br />DAVE BRIGGS (guest co-host): Yeah.<br /><br />CARLSON: -- divorced, single, widowed, et cetera.<br /><br />BRIGGS: I'm kind of conflicted on this one. Because on one hand, I think my wife keeps me sane, because I lose everything and she helps me find it. But I leave cabinets open --<br /><br />CARLSON: You too, huh?<br /><br />BRIGGS: Does your husband leave cabinets open?<br /><br />CARLSON: That first thing you said.<br /><br />BRIGGS: Losing things? Right?<br /><br />CARLSON: Yeah.<br /><br />BRIGGS: But I leave these cabinets open all over the house. I come back in the room, and they're closed. And sometimes I think I'm losing my marbles a little bit. Then I realize she just likes to come behind me and --<br /><br />CARLSON: She's just looking out for you, Mr. Briggs.<br /><br />BRIGGS: -- close things and put things away.<br /><br />KILMEADE: I'm just amazed that they thought about doing this study in the -- by interviewing people in the 1970s and the 1980s.<br /><br />BRIGGS: A little dated, you think?<br /><br />KILMEADE: The average is 50, and they see that they keep it together. I find this -- I find this somewhat --<br /><br />BRIGGS: Go ahead.<br /><br />KILMEADE: Different. Leave it to the Finns and Swedes to some up with something. They literally --<br /><br />CARLSON: Don't look at me, pal.<br /><br />KILMEADE: Because that's a -- we are -- we're -- we're a -- we're -- <b>we keep marrying other species and other ethnics</b> and other --<br /><br />CARLSON: Are you sure they're not suffering from some of the --<br /><br />KILMEADE: I mean, the Swedes --<br /><br />CARLSON: -- causes of dementia right now?<br /><br />BRIGGS: What are you getting at?<br /><br />KILMEADE: See, the problem is, the Swedes have pure genes.<br /><br />BRIGGS: OK.<br /><br />KILMEADE: Because they marry other Swedes. Because that's the rule. Finland -- Finns marry other Finns, so <b>they have a pure society</b>. In America, we marry everybody.<br /><br />BRIGGS: OK.<br /><br />KILMEADE: So, we'll marry Italians and Irish.<br /><br />BRIGGS: So, this study does not apply?<br /><br />KILMEADE: Does not apply to us.<br /><br />BRIGGS: Huh. You are a scientist.<br /><br />CARLSON: Amazing deduction, Kilmeade.<br /><br />BRIGGS: Scientist.<br /><br />KILMEADE: That's a -- those are --<br /><br />BRIGGS: Dr. Kilmeade, it is.<br /><br />KILMEADE: That's how I feel.</blockquote><br />Don't worry Kilmade, I'm sure you aren't the only one who feels this way. I'm sure <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_(website)">Stormfront</a>, the KKK, and Adolf Hitler <b>feel</b> the same as you. Oh and FYI Kilmeade, people cannot interbreed with other species and produce an offspring--it's scientifically impossible... <br /><br />How is it asshats like this are employed and given a platform to spew their insanity on national television and I am unemployed still?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-8386296038702844901?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-54113357240520441312009-07-08T13:15:00.000-07:002009-07-08T14:44:46.201-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PtzJhTfQiMA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PtzJhTfQiMA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><b>Transcript:</b><blockquote>"I can't say enough how it's time that we get beyond and start focusing on this technology we have and move forward into the future so that our grandchildren can have the same lifestyle we have.<br /><br /><b>This Earth's been hear 6,000 years -- and I know I'm going on and on and I'll shut up -- it's been here 6,000 years, long before anybody had environmental laws, and somehow it hasn't been done away with.</b><br /><br />We need to get the uranium here in Arizona so this state can get the money from it and the revenues from it. It can be done safely and you'll never even know the mine was there when they're done.<br /><br />So I am for this."</blockquote>Hmmmm... Where to start with such a grotesquely stupid statement? First, assuming the Earth is only 6000 years old, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining">Uranium wasn't discovered until 1789</a> so that makes your statement only 5,780 years retarded by your dating standards. Second, we know the Earth is much older than that by <a href="http://earthsci.org/fossils/geotime/radate/radate.html">measuring the radioactive decay of elements</a> like Carbon 14, Rubidium, and <b>URANIUM</b>!!! Third, Uranium is normally found in low concentrations, and it only becomes a biological threat when mined in mass, increasing it's concentration, which if introduced to the water table is hazardous to life forms including the grandchildren and their quality of life you supposedly speak for. This is why creationists like you are dangerous and shouldn't be put in charge of making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, let alone representing the state of Arizona.<br /><br />So congratulations Senator Allen, your are this week's winner of the Douche bag Awards.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-5411335724052044131?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-15686844998851576552009-07-07T03:21:00.000-07:002009-07-07T03:30:29.429-07:00<em>Excerpted from <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/07/robert_mcnamara.html">The Boston Globe</a>:</em><blockquote>Besides the Defense Department, Mr. McNamara led two other institutions of global importance. He became the first non-family member to serve as president of the Ford Motor Company, in 1960. He was also president of the World Bank from 1968-81.<br /><br />Yet Mr. McNamara is best remembered — and in some quarters still reviled — for the seven years he spent at the Pentagon and the part he played in waging the Vietnam War. The controversy that erupted in 1995 when he published his memoir, “In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam,” demonstrated the extent to which the scars he bore remained unhealed.<br /><br />No one person can be assigned responsibility for escalating the US role in the conflict. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, national security adviser McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk: Each played his part. To many, though, it was “McNamara’s war,” as US Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon once put it.<br /><br />“I don’t object to its being called McNamara’s war,” Mr. McNamara said during a 1964 press conference. “I think it is a very important war, and I am pleased to be identified with it and do whatever I can to win it.”<br /><br />Those words would come to haunt him.</blockquote><br />Say what you will about him but at least he was smart enough spot <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods">Operation Northwoods</a> for the travesty it was. Vietnam was bad but it could have been even worse had we engaged Cuba like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Lemnitzer">Lemnitzer wanted to</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-1568684499885157655?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-73587534806617766972009-07-07T02:11:00.000-07:002009-07-07T03:14:25.848-07:00After cracking open the cupboards for the the fourteenth time this afternoon, I decided that the Old Mother Hubbard routine didn't work for me and decided to make a quick jaunt to the supermarket. I've lived here for over twenty years but it never gets any more palatable. Tattooed housewives with rubber scrotums fixed to the tow hitches of their raised trucks with "Get'r done" plastered over tinted back windows blocked all the exits, and I'll be damned if my shopping cart's alignment was trying to turn my shopping cart into a singularity. I always feel like they are out to get me, but then again <a href="http://mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com/2008/05/nash-ties-knot.html">I have my reasons</a>. My goal was to procure $60 worth of groceries for the next week or so, but I overshot by $4.05. <br /><br />Part of that was because of the cheap jug of Carlo Rossi, which is about to throw me into a diabetic coma as we speak. This of course got this thirty-one-year-old carded by a girl who will probably be getting her first zit or period any day now, providing good weather. Honestly, who buys sixty dollars of food to try to sneak by a five dollar bottle of cheap wine in an effort to avoid being carded? And then she didn't believe it was me, a picture that the DMV took two months ago!!! I almost lost my cool but then I realized where I was and that the shopping music seemed like a dead give away.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RyKvD-4IxOY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RyKvD-4IxOY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-7358753480661776697?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-48486455400895816042009-06-04T22:39:00.000-07:002009-06-05T01:35:20.240-07:00I am trying to secure a location for a TV pilot we are trying to concoct. The location is a bar in Redlands called the Underground. The owner, Poncho, is a real cool cat if you can catch him. I've been here over an hour waiting and the locals have managed to drag me up on stage to sing a song. Karaeoke is great if you are drunk, but being sober is another thing. My hands are still shaking and the random girl in the crowd taking pictures of me didn't help. I need a beer and I don't have a penny to my name. If he doesn't get here soon I might have to leave him a note because the patrons are eyeballing me and I am too sober to deal with the wave of anxiety that is washing over me, tempting me to gouge their eyes out with a cocktail straw.<br /><br />I need a drink. I should get a medal for this.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-4848645540089581604?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-973883764232326982009-06-02T22:07:00.000-07:002009-06-04T02:43:09.338-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/21OH0wlkfbc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/21OH0wlkfbc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />In an attempt to stifle the rumor that they are gay, the duo have decided to show the thuggish side of da <s>Sesame</s> Street in this gangsta rap video.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-97388376423232698?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26444857.post-6833158168228457192009-05-07T03:00:00.001-07:002009-06-02T22:33:20.295-07:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69774352@N00/3466154161/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3466154161_3e15600a77_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/69774352@N00/3466154161/">They say it's my birthday...</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/69774352@N00/">Mildly Brilliant</a></span></div>Three months after my father's death I am barely starting to get my life back together. The "Divine Providence" has been relocated to a more permanent location at my ex-step sister's house. I dropped my anatomy class and have been doing editing work for my friend Nash editing commercials and a wedding for a bunch of Catholics. While it pays a little, I worry that these people are going to gyp us since the guy we have been going through has been trying to cut every corner he can. For instance they call me to shoot miscellaneous construction shots the other day and pay thirty dollars to drive all the way out to San Bernardino for two hours. This is a slap in the face considering I am normally paid twenty an hour with a minimum of four hours especially on a weekend. Any hope of getting a job with this company is gone and I have lost my zeal for the work seeing that no one appreciates the time, effort, and skill involved.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26444857-683315816822845719?l=mildlybrilliant.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mildly Brillianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05339953679612784251noreply@blogger.com0