Friday, December 13, 2002
Right wing rant watch:
Here is the most thought out defense of Lott so far in the right wing Yahoo chat groups. From my friend Glenn:
You use [the term] "racist" like its a bad thing.
Thursday, December 12, 2002
George W. Bush sued?
If its true, I knew that that Paula Jones case was going to come back to haunt the Republicans.
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Left wing rant watch.
In the interest of fairness, here is a brief "debate" I had with a very angry African American. It all starts nicely enough, with both of us on the same side of the Lott debate, until he chimes ion with this little gem:
lott simply said out loud what most white people whisper.
Now I'm no expert, but I feel safe in saying that that is an extremly unfair and bigoted statement to make. I respond thusly:
That bigoted statement makes you no better than Lott.
My good friend replies with this:
posted like a true white boy. are you going to post slurs too ? jam
At this point its clear he is a delusional hate filled fruitcake. So I give him one last response:
No. You seem to have that market cornered in here.
Say hello to the delete file "Jam".
At this point I ignored him, but his response to my last post was funny:
whats wrong whitey cant handle the truth? nothing worse than a coward
who would rather lynch a blackman than accept him as equal. jam
Here that people? Apparently I'm for lynching!! My mom will be ever so mad.
Update!!
It turns out this was actually a right winger posing as a left wing intolerent ahole in order to smear them. Ah well, I'll keep trying!
Trent "I made a poor choice of words" Lott in 1980 referring to Strom Thurmond:
You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today."
He seems to make a lot of poor choices.
And Why is Nancy Pelosi the only Democrat in Congress who has balls?
Daschle's response to Lott's comment:
"There are a lot of times when he and I go to the microphone and would like to say things we meant to say differently, and I'm sure this was one of those cases for him, as well,"
Spineless jellyfish. No wonder you guys got rolled in the midterms.
Pelosi's reaction:
"He can apologize all he wants. It doesn't remove the sentiments that escaped his mouth that day at the party."
That’s more like it.
The egumication of Donny Rumsfeld
Rummy Then.
In 1984, Donald Rumsfeld was in a position to draw the world’s attention to Saddam’s chemical threat. He was in Baghdad as the UN concluded that chemical weapons had been used against Iran. He was armed with a fresh communication from the State Department that it had “available evidence” Iraq was using chemical weapons. But Rumsfeld said nothing.
Rummy Now
We would like to see a country that forswears weapons of mass destruction and says, "That's really not in the interests of the people. It's not in the interests of the region, and we're not going to take the people's money and invest in chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons," which they are doing.
Monday, December 09, 2002
Guest commentary by Rob Chamert. He speaks to an important topic.
It's been brought to my attention that I know way too much and have way too many opinions about malt liquor. In fact, besides the gentlemen who are presently standing on Enfield Street (scary place near Keeney Park) drinking malt liquor, I am probably your best source of information. Ratings will be on a 0 - 5 ranking. Let me first state that putting beer in 40 ounce containers, though I am a fan of the practice and think more companies should adopt it (I'm talking to you Miller Lite), does not change the constitution of the liquid being put into the containers. It's still beer and not malt liquor.
St. Ides.
Might as well start at the bottom, and this is it. The stuff is just awful. So awful that they have branched out into fruit flavored malt beverages. I have not tried these, but like Drano I don't need to drink it to know I won't like it. The only redeeming quality is that you can say I'm drinking the Ides of March. This allows you to be historically hip while maintaining your street cred.
Score - 1/2
Steel Reserve
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Would be voted most awful even with its 8.1% alcohol. It actually tastes like steel mixed with some skunk urine for good measure. However, our friend Kate said it was "pretty good" and drank it. We have to give mad props to the sister not under house arrest (you had to be there) and raise the score.
Score - 1
Crazy Horse
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Good looking bottle, bad tasting malt liquor. I can discuss the political incorrectness of naming a malt liquor after an American Indian, especially with the high alcoholism rate among Indians, but I won't.
Score - 1
Midnight Dragon
I don't even know if this swill still exists, but it was a mainstay in college mainly because it was $.50 cheaper than other malt liquors. At 5 a night, that money adds up fast.
Score - 2
Mickey's
Alcohol content: 5.7%
The only malt liquor that's cooler in a 16 ounce bottle than a 40. The reason, the wide/big mouth (think Gatorade). What genius. I think the makers of Micky's should be credited with moving malt liquor from its sophisticated slow drinking roots to what it is today. It's the only malt liquor I've seen sold at a bar (The Cool Moose) and allowed you to request its tie-in song, Big Mouth Strikes Again, by the Smiths. Great song. Only problem is that it doesn't taste that great.
Score - 3
King Cobra
Made by Budweiser, tastes like Budweiser. Normally, that's not a compliment, but in the malt liquor world it is.
Score - 3
Colt 45
I have three words....Billy Dee Williams. Those were great commercials. Why aren't they on anymore? The taste is pretty good. Added bonus, the Houston Astros used to be called the Colt 45s. I think they were named after the gun, but I would like to think it was the ML.
Score - 3 1/2
Magnum
A rich full-bodied malt liquor with little after taste. This became my malt liquor of choice when I lived in Atlanta. Still a favorite.
Score - 4
Haffenreffer Private Stock
By whatever nickname, green lightning, green death, Hef, it is the quintessential malt liquor. The brown paper bag seems like a second skin on a bottle of the green gold. Added bonus, first alcohol I ever got drunk on was Hef. The only negative is the little picture puzzle is no longer on the inside of a 40 cap.
Score - 4 1/2
Olde English 800
OE 800, 8-ball, it is the Dom Perignon of malt liquors. It actually tastes good and doesn't have that malt liquor after taste. The benchmark by which all other malt liquors are judged. If there is a better malt liquor, I have yet to find it.
Score - 5 (the ultimate)
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As I was preparing this post, I felt the need to add pictures. A quick google search brought me to the website of the week. http://www.40ozmaltliquor.com. It’s the shizznat.
It gives full reviews of over 200 different Malt Liquors, links, images, alcohol content, etc. While not as informative and insightful as my friend Rob’s reviews (Who by the way, is gainfully employed in a rather responsible job), their reviews do have a certain sense of style.
For instance, in the review for Magnum, member ImissMy64oz had this to say about it:
Still sucks dick still eats shit still causes headaches only had cause I needed a clean bottle for collection used to pound mags in the day not any more fuck this shit 3/10.
Word….word.
