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Clay Aiken finally came out of the closet today. Let me see. How can I put my reaction to this dramatic revelation into words. I’m going to give it a try here, so bare with me. Here goes: DUH!
I don’t like Clay Aiken. It’s not because he’s gay. It’s because he sucks. Just thought I would clarify.
-Dave Q.
I know earlier this week some jackass hacked into Sarah Palin’s personal email. I hope it was worth the jail time, buddy. Anyway, looks like the same thing now happened to Obama. Damn these ever-so-clever hackers. Click on the image to enlarge.
I love the email exchange between Obama and Cheney. Looks legit to me. 
-Dave Q.
Well, I don’t know about you guys, but after dealing with Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, I feel like we are in the need for something positive out of the weather report. Well, this should do the trick.
Do you ever watch the Spanish network Univision? Or Telemundo, maybe? Me neither. But I might start if only to find out what the weather is going to be for the next day. Although you can only take what they say with a grain if salt. Turns out this girl, Jackie Guerrido, was hired on to do the weather at a time when she didn’t know jack about doing the weather.
Big deal. She was hired because she’s hot. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Experience is overrated anyway. Just look at Obama and Palin.
Plus, most meteorologists get the weather wrong. Except for my buddy, Paul. Not you, Paul. You know what you’re doing when it comes to the weather (not so much fantasy football). But the rest of those guys suck. If I’m going to watch the weather and get bad intel, I’m at least going to get it from the hot chick. Hmmm, old dopey weather guy or young caliente latina??? “Caliente” means “hot”, I think.
-Dave Q.
So I’ve played another support role in the evacuation of another hurricane. This time, Ike was the culprit. I’ve been doing a lot of driving the last couple of days going between shelters for the purpose of tracking the evacuees with the RFID wristbands. One of those places was in New Braunfels, a town about 20 miles north of San Antonio. It was there where a one good story came out from all the negative ones.
I spent time in that shelter. And I remember when I got there I was somewhat shocked (and confused) about all the Asian people there. As it turns out, this shelter was housing people that evacuated from Port Lavaca, which has a big Asian presence. And therefore we didn’t evacuate Taiwan by mistake, which is what I initially thought.
Anyway, I thought that would be a cool story to share. And I’m hoping the aftermath of Ike to the Texas coast is one that doesn’t prove to be as bad as the government expected. After seeing how it is for people to stay in the shelters, you can’t help but feel for them. A FEMA cot is no substitute for your own bed. The things we take for granted…
Here are some various pics from the Hurricane Ike event. And also a video of Horbi inhaling some bus exhaust.
Horbi taking bus fumes to the face easily makes this video my favorite part of this post.
-Dave Q.
Seven years ago today was the infamous September 11th attacks. Where 19 cowardly savages killed nearly three thousand Americans and people from other nationalities, all in the name of hate. I take comfort in knowing right now they are burning in hell with the likes of Adolph Hitler and Jeffrey Dahmer, but it still makes me cringe to think about that day and all the chaos that ensued. Life has never been the same. Our country was changed forever.
To this day I still remember, as I’m sure all of you do, where I was that sad day. But I more so remember what happened that night. And this is something I have never shared with anyone, period. I don’t remember exactly where I was driving to, but I remember going somewhere and listening intently to the news in my Jeep. And of course all they were talking about was the carnage, the destruction, and who had a hand in it, etc. And so the news station was taking calls from eyewitnesses, when a young girl called in. If I had to guess, she was fourteen or fifteen. And listening to the way she spoke about what she had seen and all the chaos that was going on, I started crying. And let me be clear about something. I never cry. And when I say cry, I mean I was balling like a little girl. I couldn’t stop. I had the lump in my throat and everything. And for those that don’t know me, I take pride in not wearing my emotions on my sleeve. But that day was too much for me. Easily one of the crappiest days of my life.
Anyway, I thought I would share that. Maybe it will be therapeutic to do so. How about you guys? Where were you when all that went down? And did it strike an emotional chord that you didn’t know existed like it did me?
It amazes me how united this country was seven short years ago and how divided we are today. How in the hell did we get here?? Anyway, enough of all this sappy talk. On to more pressing things. I wonder what I’m going to eat for lunch today? Hmmmm…
But on one last serious note. Let’s be nicer to each other. I’ll try harder if you will…
-Dave Q.
I don’t think I have ever watched an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. I’m not even sure which network it’s on. Bur apparently way before she turned the race for the Presidency upside down, Sarah Palin was a fan of his show. And she made an offer to make Ferguson an honarary Alaskan.
What Ferguson says at the end there is pretty damn accurate. You expect a Governor to look a certain way. You don’t expect a governor to have the “hot librarian” look. So how does all this come into play with this year’s election? Heck if I know. I just thought it was a funny video.
-Dave Q.
I can’t express how happy I am that the political conventions are over. They have taken way too much TV time. So now I can focus on the new seasons of The Office, and football! SNL should be good this weekend. There isn’t anything quite like SNL during an election year.
Anyway, I’m not sure I learned anything new from either party, except for the fact that we all got to know Sarah Palin a little better. My opinion on Palin? She is a FIRECRACKER. I dig her. But despite that, in an effort to avoid any bias or hidden agendas, I watched convention coverage on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, and a couple of others I found randomly while flipping though channels. I figured if I am going to make a decision in November, it needs to be an educated one.
So after taking in all that convention coverage, let me share with you what I have come away with:
- Barack Obama is a great speaker.
- John McCain is not so great a speaker.
- The Democrats have some serious celebrity power on their side. Oooooh.
- The protesters at the RNC were protesting against the war by breaking store windows, vandalizing cars, and fighting with police. So they were protesting violence,… with more violence. What a bunch of douche-bags.
- I can’t help but wonder if Bill Clinton has tried to get Sarah Palin’s phone number yet.
- Can Paul Begala on CNN be anymore annoying? He just comes across to me as the kind of guy that would have dressed up like a woman to get off the Titanic.
- Mitt Romney criticizing East Coast Elitists? Hello, Pot? This is the Kettle…
- Hey, Keith Olberman on MSNBC. I liked you so much better when you used to read the sports scores to me on ESPN. Now I just find myself wanting to punch you in the mouth. Repeatedly.
- The RNC must own the rights to Kenny Loggins’ greatest hits. Because they kept playing his music, over, and over…
- It must be stated somewhere that in order to be a delegate for either party, you must be a putz.
- Should I feel bad for wondering what color panties Sarah Palin was wearing during her speech? Is that disrespectful?
- I gotta tell you. That John King on CNN? The dude has a nice head of hair.
- Joe Biden looks like a used car salesman.
- Bill O’Reilly might be insane.
- I can only imagine how Hillary Clinton is feeling about being upstaged by the other woman… yet again.
One last thing about Paul Begala. What a truly annoying little man. He seems so… I can’t even think of the word. Worthless? Sniveling? “Wayland Smithers” like? I don’t know. I just want someone to give him a swift kick in the groin to see what happens, because I’m not sure he would react. I just get the impression that he is the ultimate Hillary Clinton “Yes” Man. This guy just sucks. Do you remember Paul Reiser’s character “Burke” from Aliens? He reminds me of him.
So that’s it. We’ll see how they do here on out. I’m just hoping that whoever wins this election will take our country in the right direction. I hope that isn’t asking for too much. But if either candidate would like to secure my vote, perhaps a policy of shipping Paul Begala nd Keith Olberman to Siberia would seal the deal.
-Dave Q.
A quick Happy Birthday to my Dad is in order. Why? Well yeah, it’s his birthday. So, Feliz Cumpleanos, Pop. I hope you have a good one. God bless you and I love you.
-Dave Q.
