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Olbermann does it again.

May 14th, 2008 at 9:34 pm » Comments (0)

About a year ago, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC had a rant about G.W. Bush that made me cheer. He’s done it again. Please enjoy.
Keith Olberman discusses President Bush’s Golf Sacrifice



Specious and Insidious

May 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm » Comments (1)

Today my school invited Greg Mortenson (author of Three Cups of Tea) to speak to the community as the Harold Hines Fellow. Unfortunately, he was delayed in flight and did not make his afternoon appearance. So to make productive use of the time, we held a Morning Exercise and allowed the students to [...]



It’s a Birthday Bash

May 13th, 2008 at 9:48 pm » Comments (1)

Happy Birthday to me! And for my 3?? birthday we opened a bottle of Geyser Peak’s 1999 Meritage and got down to a little “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.”
“Did Doogie Howser just steal my f$#%ing car?”
This may be the stupidest movie ever. And I’m loving it! [...]



Jesus Camp

May 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm » Comments (0)

A disjointed ramble about the most disturbing movie I’ve seen in years
This is a frightening moment. I am sitting in front of a large hi-def screen currently showing “Jesus Camp.” I’m watching this because some of us think this may be funny. I’m thinking it’s more likely going to give me an [...]