Hecklers to Clinton "Iron My Shirt"

Proving there are still plenty of morons left in the world, a few hecklers at a Clinton rally held signs and chanted "iron my shirt."

Really? That's your chant? This is what you choose to complain about a Hillary Clinton ticket? There are so many legitimate things to complain about, why choose a stupid, sexist, way behind the times rallying point?

Who knew there were still people who though women should stay at home? I mean I figure if she gets the democratic ticket, there will be a debate on whether a woman can handle the pressures and all that, but "iron my shirt?!" I thought we had advanced past that.

I guess not.

Hollywood Supports Obama

Hollywood, it seems, is a fickle town. Having been Clinton supporters for the bulk of the run up to the elections are now leaving the Mrs. for Obama as he's quickly taking the top spot in the polls.

I wonder if a Baldwin will start making proclomations if Obama doesn't win now.

It's Going To Be A Boring Golden Globes

Not that I ever watch anyways but in an effort to cheer up striking writers, the SAG has said none of its actors (which is all of them pretty much) will be attending the Golden Globes. I suppose it could be interesting to watch a bunch of no-names awarding a whole bunch of people who won't actually be attending. That should make the awards short anyways.

The High Def Wars Just Got More Interesting

I've been waiting out the high def wars between blu-ray and HD-DVD. I don't have the kind of money to be blowing it on a losing hors and I figure eventually one will take over and the prices will drop anyways.

Warner Bros recently made the decision to exclusively release their high def movies through blu-ray, but Toshiba, the owners of HD-DVD says they're not dead yet.

We'll see if that's true, and in the mean time I'll stick to my low def videos.

Leno Writes Monologue, Writers Complain

I haven't watched Leno or Lettermen or any of the late night boys in a long, long while. I haven't watched any TV as a matter of fact in the last 6 months or so, which means the writers strike means virtually nothing to my own bad self.

They have a legit complaint, I suppose so I won't knock them. Jay Leno is back on the air despite it, writing his own monologue material and saying to hell with it.

Obama Takes Iowa

Officially, I say the fact that a woman and a black man are the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for President is spectacular. I'm thrilled that we have moved forward enough for this to happen.

Secretly though, I have to say I'm kind of annoyed by it. Not because of their sex or their race but because I worry the country as a whole isn't quite ready for either to be president. Like so many I'm tired of President Bush and tired of Republican rule. If the democrats put either Obama or Hilary as their nomination I'm not sure they can win. And if they don't win, we're in for four more years of this.

Last night the Iowians proved they didn't care about my opinion and voted Obama their man and Hilary as their second lady. This doesn't really mean anything, as a Caucus is mostly stupid, but the pundits will have their day and it does point to something, potentially.

Netflix to Deliver Movies Directly To TV

I like netflix.  I've liked them since they started giving away free rentals when I bought a movie in the mall some ten years ago.  I have periodically used their service several times since then.  I must admit I started using Blockbuster over Netflix when the BB started allowing free rentals at their stores as well.   Netflix has a better selection but with in store rentals I was getting a better deal.  And as there are still tons of movies I've never seen that exist at most BB stores, well I chose them.

Netflix seems to be upping the ante with the ability to download movies and play then directly on the TV.  I've downloaded movies before and it has always kind of sucked watching them on the laptop screen.  Sure I could figure out how to play the movies on the TV through the computer, but I'm lazy.

This new Netflix device sounds pretty cool.  They don't give out the cost just yet and that will be key.  The convenience of download a movie is awesome.  The cool factor is, in a word, cool.  But if I have to cough up a couple of hundred bucks for the service, I'll just wait for the mail.

The Iowa Caucuses

And they're off.

New York Couple Convicted As Slave Masters

A NY couple was jsut convicted of treating two of their servants as slave. The two slaves had originally came to work on temporary visas, but as those expired they were forced to continue working for the couple under threat, and actual violence.

Is Castro Retiring?

Fidel Castro, Cubas long running el Presidente made a statement on Monday saying he was ready to turn the leadership reigns over to the young people. No word yet on whether he actually had a plan on doing so, would actually do so, or was just jerking America around like he's been doing for three decades.

That's like my dad telling me when I was a kid that if he died I was ready to be man of the household. Yet, since he still lived I was just a stupid kid with his "head up his ass."

Clinton Tries To Warm Up Her Image

She may be the front runner for the Democrats, but Hillary has been taking measure of late to warm up her frosty cold image. Apparently this means more visits throughout Iowa and some cute and cuddly videos on thehilaryiknow.com.

This is different from the strategy I sent her, which was to stop public speaking alltogether, and make some cute and cuddly videos for hardcorelesbos.com.

Senate Blocks Energy Bill

I'm really glad I no longer drive.

Barry Bonds Is A Schmuck

I haven't cared about baseball in a long time now, but as a kid I loved it. It was America's pastime. It was beauty and wonder and just awesome. Then everybody got greedy. I can't stand to watch millionaire drug addicts hitting a ball anymore and it disgusts me that Barry Bonds broke Hank Aarons record. Baseball should have just shut itself down before that happened. It isn't a real record. Hank was a real man, fighting injustice and batting a ball. Bonds is a schmuck.

Now he's entering pleas proving he's more OJ than Hank Aaron anyways. Bah, let's turn the channel.

Mitt Romney: Is America Ready For A Mormon President?

Presidential nominee Mitt Romney is a Mormon. That's not news really, except that we haven't ever had a Mormon President, and as a religion Mormonism usually sits somewhere just under Tom Cruise-inism. It is an odd religion and one that most Americans seem to associate with Utah and multiple wives.

But this nation of ours is a very divided one and that division, in many ways, is split right down the middle on religion. Certainly many "liberals" believe in a God, but their God is way different from the conservative one. Or at least that's what everybody seems to want us to believe. I don't really believe that, but I seem to be in the minority.

Anyways, Romney is doing a good job of projecting himself as one of the conservative guys and despite what most seem to believe about Mormonism, he's getting some support in that idea. Although he isn't really a front runner, he's at least on the playing field.

He recently gave a big old speech on his Mormonism in specific, and religion in the nation in general, and as can be expected it got very divided reviews.

Honestly I'm so out of the loop in terms of politics I don't know what to expect. But in a race where some of the front runners are a black man, a woman and a Mormon, this is one heck of an election for the press.

Martin Scorcese, Diana Ross, Steve Martin And Others Awarded At The Kennedy Honors

With President Bush's ratings climbing lower lower I gotta wonder if he didn't have to go through a lot of folks to find some willing to give this award too. But I wonder even more about the types of conversations Scrocese, Steve Martin, and Brian Wilson had. That's a table I could sit at.