This is an actual quote from President Bush. It was taken from comments he made at a joint press conference he gave along with Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. This was only about an hour after he got the news that the Supreme Court had decided that the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals are illegal and a violation of the Geneva Conventions.

Bush: “It was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship. After all, 60 years we were at war.”

Is he just shaken up, or a total idiot? I can’t decide.

Israel and Palestine are on the verge of a pretty serious confrontation, not that I really want to get into it because they are often on such verges, but there were a handful of skirmishes today and I want to talk about one of them.

A few Israeli F16s bombed Gaza's only power station, plunging 800,000 people in that area into total darkness. They are now almost totally without power. The word is that they will not be able to repair the damaged power station for between six months and a year.

Now, I don't fully understand the incredibly complex geopolitical situation between Israel and Palestine, and so I don't really feel that comfortable commenting on it. I do, however, want to bring up one point.

I want you to try to imagine what it would be like to have no power for a year. Just try. Imagine the impact on the water situation, for example. I find it difficult to contemplate.

Now think about dealing with that, and the ever present fear that an incredibly bloody war might break out at any minute.

I don't know about you, but I can't relate to that kind of instability, and it's not like that's the only troubled part of the world. Really. This country, the most successful place on the planet, is itself filled with all kinds of horrific problems. It's staggering when you think about it. There are so many meaningful things that could be done to make the world a better place, especially by those in power.

That's one of reasons that I get sort of angry when I see the congress waste a whole day of debate on flag burning, like they did today.

Senate Begins Debate on Flag Burning

I guess there is no issue more important than posturing for the midterm elections.

Is this statement just another baseless slur against a respectable conservative commentator by the liberal media elite? No. This time I've got facts.

Read them here: Rush Limbaugh detained in Florida over Viagra pills

He apparently got stopped in a Florida airport after coming back from the Dominican republic and got his bags searched. The search turned up a bottle of the popular erectile dysfunction medication Viagra. This alone is no crime, it's wildly embarrassing, but not illegal. Rush is newly divorced and is therefore back on the market, and as revolting as this thought is, he may find himself in a position to have sex. Maybe that's why he was in the Dominican Republic, I really don't know. Even hypocritical cretins need love, and there's no harm in that. Here is the illegal part: according to the article, “Under Florida law certain prescription drugs, including Pfizer's erectile dysfunction remedy Viagra, must bear the name of the person carrying them. Violation is a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine and 60 days in jail.”

Rush's attorney, Roy Black, gets to the heart of the matter (the emphasis is mine):

Rush Limbaugh was detained by customs agents after they noticed a non-narcotic prescription drug, which had been prescribed by Mr. Limbaugh's treating physician but labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes.

People break the law for all kinds of reasons, shame and pride among them. Rush broke the law because he didn't want anybody to find out about his Erectile situation. I'd say that was effective. Very shrewd move. Not only has this strategy exposed for the whole world Rush's penis problems, but it has also put his deal with the Prosecutors over the whole doctor shopping fiasco in jeopardy. It turns out that the powers that be in Florida don't really give a crap about Rush's Privacy, and have launched an investigation. They said they will soon turn the case over to the States attorney. They are apparently of the opinion that celebrities are not above the law.

Maybe Rush could do for a little abstinence only education. It might keep him out of the slammer.

Fat Robot Radio recorded four more shows over the weekend, the first of which, episode four, is available over at www.fatrobotradio.com. We were fortunate to have a very popular up and coming A Capella group, All Hands On Deck record a very special promo for the show, which you can hear at their My Space page here.

If you have time, give the show a listen. You may be glad you did.

Then again, maybe not.

Fresh on the heels of The Coreys, TV Week reports that Futurama will return with 13 new episodes:

Three years after Fox canceled the show, Matt Groening's “Futurama” will resume production for a 13-episode run on Comedy Central. The new episodes will be added to the network's library of 72 “Futurama” episodes previously licensed from 20th Century Fox Television. Voice talent Billy West, Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio will return for the new episodes, which will debut in 2008.

“There is a deep and passionate fan base for this intelligent and very funny show that matches perfectly with our audience and it is great that we can offer them not just the existing library, but something they've never seen as well,” said David Bernath, senior VP, programming, Comedy Central.

So that's a bit of of good news before the weekend. I wish the same thing would happen to the very wonderful but mostly ignored Clerks The Animated Series. DARE TO DREAM!

For any of you too young to remember, Corey Feldman and Corey Haim were at one time two of the most famous heartthrobs on the planet. They spent about nine years making movies together, having met on The Lost Boys in 1987. They worked in about seven movies together (including Dream a little Dream 2, which I didn't even know existed until today THANKS IMDB) making their last movie, Busted a really bad police academy ripoff, in 1996.

Their real heyday, the white hot epicenter of COREYMANIA, took place from 1987 until about 1990 during which time just about every young girl of crushing age had a serious opinion about the Coreys. My wife, for example, preferred Cory Haim. They were young at the time, 16-19 years old, and were high tension superstars. Then came the 90's, the end to adolescence, a few bad movies, and Brad Pitt. It was pretty much over for them. Their teen bubble popped, and as is so often the case, they fell quickly from the highest highs into total obscurity. It must have been hard for them.

The fans, those legions of teenage girls who came to sexual awareness over Corey covered copies of Tiger Beat, have never forgotten them. They all hold a special place in their hearts for each adorable Corey, and that loyalty may be just what Haim and Feldman are counting on. It seems that now decades later, the Coreys may reunite.

Reports have it that the teen idols may star in a Television show, called The Coreys, about fictional versions of themselves. Feldman would play the clean cut suburban married man, living the peaceful and docile quiet life, until his old friend Haim, the scrappy single wild man, comes back into his life.

I'm rooting for the Coreys. If I have to endure the resurgence of Paula Abdul into pop culture relevancy, then I certainly can't begrudge the Coreys a little good fortune. Besides, maybe this will yield some kind of Brat Pack hour long dramadey starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Mary Stuart Masterson, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and Ally Sheedy. It could even be directed by John Hughes. Just imagine it.

Anything can happen.

This is the best Avitar that I have ever seen, and I liked it so much that I felt I should put it up, if for no other reason than to make up for the ultra depressing Calvin & Hobbes message board find from last week. Ladies and Gentlemen, Super Squirrel:

Will we never learn? No, probably not. Regardless, Fat Robot Radio will tape another block of shows this weekend. Brad has sent out the call to our secret decoder rings, the elaborate preparations have been made deep inside the secret underground bunker that is Fat Robot Labs, and vast briberies and coercions have been made to try to lure Mr Slayer into the building. The Steel Reserve will be cold, the conversation will be luke warm, and the egos will be bigger than life itself. Will things go smoothly? Will the show collapse under the weight of its own lofty expectations? Tune in Monday to fatrobotradio.com to hear the unbridled chaos unfold!

I'm doing it. I am taking the plunge. I will be installing the new Windows operating system, Windows VISTA, tonight. I thought that you should know, just in case badly written code destroys my computer and leaves me unable to post for days and days. At least this way you'll know why. I have placed my computing future in Bill Gates' soft and incredibly wealthy hands. God knows what might happen.

If you want to try out the new beta, open to the public, go here: WINDOWS VISTA

I found this on a message board the other day, and so thought I would toss it up for the weekend. It is a fake Calvin & Hobbes strip, is not real, was not produced by series creator Bill Watterson, but is the only comic strip, fake or not, that has ever made me want to cry. It depressed me for a whole evening, and so I unleash it upon you, as an effort to propagate my melancholy. You have been warned.

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