Andymatic

Month: April 2004

  • Supremes Debate Fate of Guantanamo Detainees

    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today to decide if Guantanamo POWs detainees (aka enemy combatants aka detainees) can question their detention. The U. S. Court of Appeals wussed out initially and said that since Guantanamo is on Cuban soil that it is outside their jurisdiction (though on an American military installation?). The Administration has […]

  • Impeachable: Bush Moved Afghanistan Funds to Iraq Effort

    Congress approved a huge amount of money for the effort to invade and secure Afghanistan and then Bush shifted $700 million of that to the not-yet-begun war in Iraq. This is an impeachable offense because Bush did not seek Congressional approval and it is in violation of constituional law. Dave Sirota has the whole breakdown. […]

  • Drifting

    Had a somewhat strained dinner with Richard last night. I felt like I was being analyzed – something about our conversation was so stilted. He was asking very introspective questions about my life and where I was at and all the jazz and it just seemed very inappropriate to be that direct and up front. […]

  • Gothika

    Rented Gothika last night. Yes, it is schlocky. Yes, it has holes you could drive a truck through. But yes, it has enough shocks and suspense to make you jump. Or at least make me jump. I even weenied out once time and fast forwarded past the surprise scare I knew was coming. The movie […]

  • TV Turnoff Week

    I plum forgot. It’s TV Turnoff Week. That’s right. No TV for you! We did something just like this in elementary school called Tubebusters where we got T-shirts for not watching TV for a week. We even had a music video to the the tune of Ghostbusters. I do think I need to do an […]

  • Dawn of the Latinos

    Wunder-bigot and political scientist Samuel Huntington warns of the upcoming takeover by our hispanic friends: The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. [They] have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture… and reject[ed] the Anglo-Protestant values that built the American dream. The United […]

  • Connie and Carla

    Take Some Like It Hot and Victor/Victoria and you get Connie and Carla. The movie is not remarkable on any level and re-hashes every tired drag queen motif and joke you’ve seen countless times but still remains quite entertaining. A well-handled sub-plot of familial acceptance is a counterbalance to the crazed antics of Nia and […]

  • California Teasin'

    I’m wearing shorts! Holy crap it’s warm today! I can’t believe it. It is important to remember that only 4 months ago I was proclaiming how cold it was in large swaths of profanity.

  • 7/4

    I had a dream that I was in a classroom. Aside from all that stuff what was strange is I dreamt about the song Possum Kingdom by The Toadies. You remember it: And I promise youI will treat you wellMy sweet angelSo help me Jesus What I always thought was weird about that song is […]

  • Scapegoating Black Men for HIV

    Keith Boykin writes on the revenge of the ‘down low’. Gay/bi black men that retain a straight life and put their straight girlfriends/wives at risk for AIDS. Spurred by an Oprah show on the topic as well as an upcoming book from Doubleday While the rest of America is debating whether gays and lesbians should […]