Colbert on Gay Marriage

Hilarious and insightful, as always.

What the Watchmen Wasn’t

Thank God!

Prop 8: The Musical!

We just saw Neil Patrick Harris last night at EPCOT for his very last Candlelight Processional performance this year. He was funny before and after his narration, but not disrespectful about the material. From what we’ve heard, this is an improvement over previous year’s performances.

And now for something completely different!

Media Mess 10

A brand new day, a brand new XBox360. Our reviews of some new video games, some new TV series, some new comic books.

Two Words: Come ON!

If anyone seriously thinks Governor Palin is qualified to be a heart-beat away from the Presidency of the United States in this precarious time, please watch the Couric interviews with Bide and Palin below. If you want to skip to the good stuff, it starts at 3:16. Enjoy!

History Hackers on the History Channel

I’ve long wanted to get into the whole hacking/making hobby, following a few of the famous maker evangelists and their exploits. One such maker, Bre Pettis, now has his own show where they explore both the history of technology and how to hack everyday object to do fun things. Here’s the teaser.

Daily Show on Palin

“Eight is Enough!”

I have just a few quick political thoughts for today. First, Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last night was exactly what it needed to be. Check out the video here for the full experience, but I’ll leave all of the other analysis to the experts.

Second, kudos to John McCain for ensuring that, either way, a precedent will be set in this year’s election. While I think that the choice of Gov. Palin was, in part, to pander to some of the pro-Hillary crowd, as most of that crowd is pro-Choice, I don’t believe it will be a significant factor in the election. Combine that with a few skeletons, her extreme lack of foreign and domestic policy experience (yes, much more so than Obama), and the very real possibility that McCain might pass on in office, I’m not sure that she’s the safest choice to ensure his victory.

This, I figure I should link to this post on the excellent blog Pulse of Central Florida where I recently posted a rather lengthy comment on exactly what I like support Obama over McCain. This was in response to post about how Obama wasn’t exactly specific on the issues and what he would do as President. While there is a great deal to get excited about by Obama the person, there’s even more excitement and a great deal of detail about Obama the candidate that’s worth pointing out from time-to-time. Here’s to hoping that last night marked the opening salvo of this fall’s election battle.

“Eight is enough!”

Guide to Lobbyists

Please give us more videos in this mode!!

Girl in 3am Ad Makes Video for Obama

Olbermann on Ferraro/Hillary Kerfufel

His Blackness

from Andrew Sullivan

Why the Double Standard?

Two Words

Barack OBollywood

Yes We Can

Why Didn’t He Run??

I voted from Al Gore back in 2000, and I try not to think about how different things would be today had my dear home state not screwed up so spectacularly. Had he run for President again, I would have supported him without second thought. Now, I just wonder if he’ll step up and publicly endorse any of the current candidates before the primaries are largely done. The very fact that he hasn’t yet endorsed any candidate might speak to his hesitance to support another Clinton administration, but not out-right wanting to publicly dis them either. Or he just wants to stay out of it altogether. Either way, his thoughts on gay marriage ought to ring loudly in the ears of all the candidates for the Democratic nomination.

Smearing Obama

While I’m certainly more sensitive to smears against Obama than any other of the candidates, I still believe that Obama has had to handle more than his fair share of nasty misinformation. What blows my mind are that some of my friends and family have believed or even passed along these claims. Here are some of the more pernicious ones and their factual responses.

Obama is a secretive Muslim - He’s actually a Christian, not that it should matter.

Obama belongs to a blacks-only church - His church Trinity Church of Christ, though predominantly black, welcomes anyone regardless of their color.

Obama won’t support Israel - Obama has frequently acknowledged the importance of supporting Israel, though not without acknowledging the plight of the Palestinians.

Obama doesn’t have enough experience - Though this one is less a smear than a simple opinion, Obama has actually been an elected official for longer than Hillary Clinton.

Finally, here’s Obama himself speaking to a paper in Nevada. In lieu of reading and/or listening to his two books, this interview is an excellent snapshot capturing a little bit of why I support him over any other candidate.

Aliens!

While I have enjoyed a number of “Tom Cruise movies”, I’m usually attracted more to the directors that utilize Cruise than Cruise himself. Still, Tom Cruise is absolutely bat-sh1t crazy…about Scientology! Need proof, then check out this video.

And speaking of aliens, it seems that our new overlords are searching “our leader” at his ranch in Texas.

Thoughts on 60 Minutes

This story about the US Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on 60 minutes this Sunday has reignited my utmost contempt for our great nation’s ignorant, backwards policy. Check out this list of countries that currently ban honest homosexuals from serving in the military:

• Brazil
• China
• Cuba
• Egypt
• Iran
• North Korea
• Philippines
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• The United States of America
• Venezuela
• Yemen

I guess even though Iran doesn’t have any homosexuals citizens, they still need a policy in place. Better to be prepared, I say. Great company, though, right? I literally feel sick right now.

Golden Compass review coming soon, I promise!!

The Hardest I’ve Laughed in Quite Some Time