October 1, 2004

Debatable Shotgun

A few shotgun items in the post-debate afterglow. Of course I know Osama attacked us!!!!

  • Leave it to Bush (Flash)
    • A hypothetical conversation between Bush and Gary Busey… in their own words. Funny.
  • AI Pengo (Game)
    • Remember the game Pengo when you were a teen? Here’s a new online version where the bad guys aren’t quite as stupid. I used to love Pengo!
  • Spacializer (Flash thingy)
    • Some sort of flash experiment where mousing over different colors produces musical sounds. Eerie.
  • Can You Pass the Third Grade? (Game)
    • A test of your knowledge of geography. Try it and see if you pass the third grade.
  • Bush’s Top Ten Flip-Flops (Politics)
    • Bush changes his mind sometimes, too. I like that in a president. Except with Bush it’s “I promise to do this” and then he does something else. Or he makes something up.
    • Two months into the war, on May 29, 2003, Mr. Bush said weapons of mass destruction had been found. […] On Sept. 9, 2004, in Pennsylvania, Mr. Bush said: “I recognize we didn’t find the stockpiles [of weapons] we all thought were there.”
    • When Bush flip-flops, it’s on things he said are facts. Reality flips and Bush flops. Flat on his face. Bush really isn’t a flip flopper. He’s just a flopper.
  • Kaboom! (Movie)
    • Here’s a little stop-motion animation of war with decorative objects and toys.
    • Found via Bil.
  • MusicMobs (Website)
    • A website that will read your iTunes playlist and give you recommendations on artists and music styles. Neat. Also, a social network.
  • Florida Election Ballot (Joke)
    • Think they’ve got the kinks ironed out on that electronic voting? Think again.
    • via Patti.
  • Transcript of the Debate (Political)
    • via Chuck’s Furl
  • Words Matter: How Bush Speaks in Religious Code (Political)
    • Because I don’t know the secret handshake, Mike sent along this link with a brief explanation of how, in the middle of the closing statement, Bush is suddenly talking about a frickin’ “mighty mountain.” Yep: kowtowing to the base.
    • As a side note, does anyone really hear a couple of bible words in a debate and squeal with excitement? Boy, I am out of touch with Bush’s base. You’ll have to pardon me if I think it’s nutty that a secret bible quote erases 3 or four instances of Bush looking out into space, lost in nonthought.
  • Safety Central (Online Store)
    • Offering all sorts of safety gear.
  • iComic (MacOS X)
    • Download your favorite comics and view them offline with this handy tool.
  • Principia Discordia (Holy Book)
    • Remember the Illuminatus Trilogy? Fun times.
  • The Strangerhood (Animation)
    • By the people who brought you Red vs. Blue. Coming soon?
  • Doodledude and Scribblebrat (Art lessons)
    • Simple drawing lessons for kids. And stuff.
Posted by James at October 1, 2004 9:47 AM
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"We've done a lot of hard work together over the last three and a half years. We've been challenged, and we've risen to those challenges. We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace." --President Bush

Has he given us all ten commandments yet?

Posted by: Mike at October 1, 2004 10:13 AM

He's certainly broken enough of them.

Posted by: Julie at October 1, 2004 10:36 AM

Hey, I'm not as bad at US geography as I thought I was!

And I love the Bush & Busey animation. I shared that with many people today.

Excellent shotgun.

Posted by: Patti M. at October 1, 2004 10:54 AM

That game must annoy the residents of northern Michigan.

Posted by: Mike at October 1, 2004 11:08 AM

The upper peninsula, please. When you're in the 3rd grade you just think that's part of canada (might as well be the arctic circle fromwhat I hear from former residents.

Posted by: B.O.B.(bob) at October 1, 2004 11:49 AM

Is it as cold as MN?

A friend of mine was originally from Santa Cruz. She came out here with her boyfriend who got a job in the area, and she hated the winters. She never learned to ski, didn't like skating, and was pretty much miserable throughout winter.

Her boyfriend finally got a new teaching position...in Minnesota. I told her if she didn't like NE, she was going to HATE Minnesota and at least here, we don't have to plug in our cars!

Posted by: Patti M. at October 1, 2004 12:40 PM

The Busey think cracked me up. I also liked the new, smarter Pengo.

Spacializer was definitely creepy.

So, the only thing you need to do to pass third grade geography is know where all the states belong?

Posted by: briwei at October 1, 2004 4:55 PM

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