Optimus Prime Would Make a Better President

Ok, now I'm just pissed.... Bush crosses yet another line and bails his buddy Libby out of jail. So I see Bush yet again thinks he's above the constitution and above the court system. So if I go to jail, and my mom thinks the "punishment is too harsh", why can't she just dismiss my sentence? All you Bush supporters out there (you know who you all are) - please, please, PLEASE try and explain this one to me. I am opening and begging for a conversation to see what the support of this one is. Remember back when Bush claimed that "the people responsible will be punished" all in an effort to bring back "honor and integrity to the White House"? Not only did he do NOTHING when Libby was exposed, but now he bails the guy out of having to serve his punishment for breaking the law. What the crap?!?!?! Seriously.... What an idiot - continues to show why he is the worst present of my lifetime! I won't even go into his VP who also has NOT read the constitution and doesn't believe he belongs to the Executive Branch. This Executive...ish branch is the leading problem with this country right now. Even Paris served out her sentence without a formal pardon (the 2nd time) - I actually respect her a lot more than anyone from the Bush camp right now. I'm waiting for Bush to declare a holiday in honor of Kenneth Lay, I wouldn't be surprised at this point.

Now I have to take a break so I can finish my daily thoughts without going off again..... back in a bit

**insert break here for self meditation**

Ok - so opening tonight is Transformers in an updated 2007 version! For the female readers who are already rolling their eyes at today's subject... remember that if there was a movie on Strawberry Shortcake or My Little Pony, you'd be drooling all over it. Truth is, the girl toys of the 80s/90s would make shitty movies where the boy toys continue to come back and are rated as "cool"! GI Joe will come back, as will He Man!! You just wait:)

Transformers featured the traditional Yin/Yang or Good vs. Evil as do all good things from the 80s. GI Joe had Cobra Command, He-Man had Skeletor, Smurfs had Gargamel (and Azrael... which would make a good name for a cat btw for anyone in the market for 7 toed kittens), and in the Transformers there were the Autobots (good guys... not to be confused with the fake GoBots) vs the bad guys - the Decepticons. The easiest way to figure out who was good and who was bad is to check the sticker on the car to see if it was for the good guys or bad guys.

The leader of the good guys and possibly the greatest Cartoon Hero of all time was Optimus Prime. No debate necessary on that one. Other "good guys" were Jazz (the Porsche), Sideswipe (The Lamborghini), Prowl (the Cop Car)... then they had Mini-bots (not as cool but just smaller) which include Bumblebee (who I believe is in the movie), Dinobots (Dinosaurs.. not nearly as cool), there were Gestalts who could all combine to form one larger robot (pretty cool but got expensive having to buy all 5 or 6 to make the big one), the Triple Changers (taking Transformers to a new level), and the Casettes who could form Slamdance which was HUGE back in the days of boomboxes and breakdancing... ah, those were the days.

Then the Decepticons (lots of plains and military vehicles from what I can remember) - Mainly led by Megatron (A tank), and then Afterburner (Top Gun type jet). So you had lots of planes shooting at cars then they would all "transform" (thus where the name comes from) into people who would punch each other. Nice and violent!

So I'm making plans (with at least one other "fan") for a 7:30 showing tonight here in Rochester.... any other takers? I may go get tickets this afternoon since I will be in that area anyways then. Just give me a holler today if you're interested in joining us.

Happy 4th of July to all! The wonderful insight of the week was contemplating how we celebrate our Nation's Freedom by blowing things up and consuming excess amounts of alcohol. "Let Freedom Ring"

Haiku of the Day-
Watching fireworks
With my mom always saying
"That's my favorite"

Entertainment of the Day - I checked out a movie that I've heard 3 different people mention in the past week - The Corporation is another documentary about the world of Corporate America. IBM is mentioned of course as are other big companies who have changed the modern way of doing business. Think about aiming the business towards the shareholders and for quarterly revenue. Welcome to the companies of the 21st Century. Pretty eye opening movie.

Weblink of the Day - Personal Blood Alcohol Meters... not sure who would have one of these! But they're not always accurate (shocker!). Make sure you watch the video that shows cops serving and helping a reporter and others get drunk so they can test out these gadgets.... WHERE DO I SIGN UP!??!?!