Jimbo's Journal

'That was Luke's attitude, too. In 'Empire', when he found out Vader was his father, instead of putting away his light saber and talking about it, he overreacted and got his hand cut off. I mean, they worked it out eventually. But at what cost? The Death Star was destroyed, Boba Fett got eaten by the Sarlacc, and everyone got The Ewoks. It all could have been avoided if they had just, you know, communicated. Because let's face it: Ewoks suck, dude.'' — Hurley (LOST)

"The Second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore."
~ John Adams letter to Abigail Adams (1776-07-03)

I might not be around the next few days, so I thought I'd get this in early....... ;)

"I'm proud of my nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, and all all those who oppose her - to all those who say there's no room for empathy on the bench, I say this: 'I completely understand how you're feeling.  When you're upset, I'm upset.'"
~ President Obama at RTCA Dinner

"Time has Little to do with Infinity and Jelly Donuts." - Mac

"It's easier for Obama to get to 365 than it is for McCain to get to 270."
~Chuck Todd on Morning Joe [Scarborough show] referring to the electoral map this morning.

FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield: "While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and a hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and will gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject, absolutely, revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method, is love. I love you Sheriff Truman."

When I changed my cable service over to AT&T U-Verse a couple weeks ago, I got a second box for the TV in my bedroom.  I was a bit disappointed to learn that it only worked as a cable box and I couldn't record or watch recorded programs on that TV (even though I rarely watch that TV).  Well, I just got an automated phone call from AT&T saying that they upgraded the DVR service so that now you can watch recorded programs from ANY box in the house. 

SWEET!!




Quote of the Day:

Law And Order: "So what we're looking for is a tall, white, Asian, Hispanic midget ......."

Discussion on the Thom Hartmann Radio Program about overfishing the steelhead and fish farming:
(paraphrased, but only slightly)

Terry Jeffries (sp?):  We can overfish because God gave us dominion over the other creatures on the earth.

Thom Hartmann: God told you how many fish you could catch?

TJ: Not how many, but He gave us dominion over these creatures.

TH: How is that different than Osama bin Laden claiming that God told him to kill hundreds of people in a suicide bombing?

TJ: Because I'm right and he is wrong! (DIRECT QUOTE)

 

See, I'd argue that you're both wrong.

"[Russia's] actions have substantially damaged Russia's standing in the world." ~ George W. Bush 08/11/08

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Edit:

The WH website even left in Bush's gaffe:  

"It now appears that an effort may be underway to depose Russia's* duly elected government.*"

....

at bottom of page: *Georgia's duly elected government 

At least they didn't edit it out like (I think) they have done in the past.

E-: "Jim, how many yards are in 150 feet?"
Me: "50."
E-:"Oh, you knew that?  I just learned that. ..... Good trivia question."

*ugh*

LOST returns January 31. Here's the story so far .... in 8 minutes:



It isn't very detailed, but it is accurate for the most part. LOL

"Mr. Friendly throws like a girl."

"The only ones who can help? Yeah, just push those doctors and EMTs aside, baby, and jump in there and voodoo 'em right back to life!
.....  No offense to believers of voodoo."
~In response to a Tom Cruise interview in which he states that Scientologists are "the only ones who can really help" at the scene of an accident.

 "There's no doubt in my mind, when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world."

~ George W. Bush 1/15/08

"I can see now I never really committed .... I always had one foot out the door, and that prevented me from doing a lot of things, like thinking about my future and... I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open. And that's suicide. By tiny, tiny increments."

I was looking up West Wing transcripts and I found this.  It is one of my favorite exchanges on TV .... EVER!  Sam Seaborn was by far my favorite character on the show, and after Rob Lowe left the show was still good but never as good as it had been while he was on.

( Cut for length )

I Stumbled Upon a page of quotes and many of them were funny or profound or .... whatever.

"And reports about very innocent people being thrown into detention, where they could be held for years without any representation or charges, is distressing"

~That's White House Spokesmodel Spokesperson Dana Perino referring to the situation in Myanmar.  Apparently the irony escapes her.

See what he did there?  He french fried, when he should've pizzaed!  If you french fry when you're supposed to pizza, you're GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME.*


South Park - "Asspen"

From Iron Chef America:

"You say Battle Chocolate, and everyone says 'YUM!!'"

"But then someone gets out a fish."

I've heard and read several times that the fictional TV show '24' is proof that torture can be used as a dependable weapon to fight terrorism.  Frankly, I find it ludicrous that a scripted storyline be used in such a way.  So one of the commenters in this post decided to "prove" torture isn't needed.

The right wing’s analogy that 24 proves the need for torture and reinforces that terrorist cells are in our midst is refuted completely by Scooby Doo who never had to torture to get the truth out of bad people, found that the people who wanted to scare everyone were always authority figures who would benefit financially from fear and are better than Jack Bauer because they could solve the misdeeds in a half an hour that Jack Bauer takes a season to do.

There! A complete refutation of their argument by fighting their imaginary characters with other ones. The solution to Iraq is the get the Mystery Machine over to Iraq as soon as possible. The war will be over in half an hour with hilarious highjinks along the way.






I just find it funny,