One thing learned in the civil war (see General Sherman's remarks) was a lesson that the neo-cons forgot. You don't piss off a southern woman.
I'm not even a
Dixie Chicks fan, but this album is at the top of the must buy cd list.
I just saw a choppy version of the video. These women are
royally
pissed off. Can't give a link just go to
www.vh1.com
and search for
'Dixie
Chicks' and you'll find it.
I especially like when they try to remove her spine.
~ Mr. Hawk "Look, try and use your intelligence, man, even if you are a politician."
- The Doctor -
In 1963 The Orlons were singing about a place in Philadelphia where all the hippies meet - "South Street." Here's a song about "K Street" in Washington, where today's lobbying elite meet and greet Congressmen seeking a treat.
K Street
Where do lobbyists all greet (K Street, K Street) Congressmen who want a treat (K Street, K Street) Fancy trips and meals galore A legislator's candy store Come...a...round The goodies here abound.
Watch them, on K Street, oh yeah, these folks are slick Watch them, on K Street, do their buying favors trick Outright...brib'ry That's so passe Campaign...giving That's the legal K Street way
dum, dedum, dum, dedum
Legislators have all sworn (K Street, K Street) This time there'll be real reform (K Street, K Street) They'll emote, they'll huff and puff Claim they're done with bad old stuff Write new law They'll proceed to just ignore
Watch them, on K Street, oh yeah, big money talks Watch them, on K Street, from these bucks nobody walks In this...country The game today To get...a hearing You gotta pay to play
dum dedum, dum dedum dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dedumb
Noam Chomsky: Failed States, Rogue States and America (Democracy Now! Posted on Alternet.org)
... There were means to develop weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and known to be in Iraq. They were under guard by U.N. inspectors, who were dismantling them. When Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and the rest sent in their troops, they neglected to instruct them to guard these sites. The U.N. inspectors were expelled, the sites were left unguarded. The inspectors continued their work by satellite and reported that over a hundred sites had been looted, in fact, systematically looted, not just somebody walking in, but careful looting.
Robert Steinback: 'A Democratic 'Contract'' (Miami Herald; Posted on smirkingchimp.com)
With a nod to Newt Gingrich's 1994 Contract with America, I'm offering to all 2006 Democratic congressional candidates a Pledge of Principles to promise to fight for and to implement if the party returns to power. Given the GOP's abject failure on nearly every point, it might give the party something to rally around as this most critical election nears.
Court Restricts Free Speech (allianceforjustice.org)
On March 17, the Sixth Circuit issued a split 2-1 decision allowing the state of Tennessee to discriminate against the political views of some if its citizens. The two Republican appointees (appointed by Reagan and Bush II) in the majority said it was OK for the state to produce "Choose Life" license plates requested by abortion opponents, but to refuse to produce pro-choice license plates requested by reproductive rights supporters.
DAVID OWEN: Muzak in the realm of retail theatre (newyorker.com)
If you blindfolded Dana McKelvey and let her into a retail store, a restaurant, a doctor's office, or a bank, she could tell fairly quickly whether the music playing in the background was Muzak.
Jeff Jacoby: Letter to a mentsh-in-training (jewishworldreview.com)
But it isn't metal detectors or security guards that makes your school safe. It isn't a zero-tolerance policy on weapons, or penalties for fighting. It's an emphasis on values and character that began on the first day of school, and that your teachers and parents treat as no less important than academics.
Peace --
Joe "Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it."
- Ellen Goodman -
Thanks, Joe!
When I stopped by Chimpy was still ahead with 27%, Chavez had moved up to 23%, Condi was third with 14%, and Hillary had 9%.
Somebody's been voting!
Purple Gene's review of the Oscar award winning foreign language film "Tsotsi" (2005) [view trailer]
Directed by Gavin Hood:
It was raining for the 24th day in a row here in Oakland….so I decided to go, with my "Banana Slug" (UC Santa Cruz) daughter Heather D. to the old Piedmont theater to see the Academy Award winning foreign language film for 2005. We both wanted to see see something with some substance, beauty and a little politics…."Tsotsi"!
Tsotsi is the word for "thug" in Johannesburg, South Africa….and Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) is also the name of the baby-faced leader of a little gang of street toughs committing robberies and perpetrating senseless violence. Boston and Butcher are Tsotsi's boyhood "Boyz in the Hood" (1991) and they are a cross section of abandoned and forgotten inner city citizens…..I was immediately reminded of "Menace II Society" (1993) with Caine (Tyrin Turner), O Dog (Lorenz Tate) and Ronnie (Jada Pinckett Smith).
Well it's late on a Saturday Night and the Tsotsi is attempting a robbery in an upper middle class black neighborhood…..He jumps into the "Benz" and shoots the woman who is the owner and speeds off (He can't drive very well)…he crashes the car when he realizes there is an infant in the back seat….he is about to leave the car on the side of the road and walk away when the child starts crying…..this is the moment of the movie!!!!!
Tsotsi sticks the baby in a brown paper bag and carries it home to his tin shack. Here we learn through Tsotsi's nightmares that his mother probably died of AIDs and his dad was an abusive alcoholic that chased him away at an early age to fend for himself…..this is the moment that Tsotsi must reconcile his loss…..he runs into a cripple named Morris (Jerry Mofokeng) who gets around on a self-made wheelchair….Tsotsi asks Morris why he doesn't just kill himself …..Tsotsi realizes that this man has had to overcome a lot more than he has and he's still optimistic and positive.
Then Tsotsi runs into Miram (Terry Pheto) who is kind of an artist with her hand-made wind chimes fashioned from bits of broken glass….she ends up nursing the baby along with her own….then the baby goes back in the brown paper bag with Tsotsi. But the cops are after the person who shot and crippled the baby's mother, and the baby too…. Will Tsotsi do the right thing? Will Miriam still see Tsotsi after he goes through this ordeal????
Purple Gene gives "Tsotsi" 8 brown bags that stay clean and unwrinkled with a baby inside through the whole movie out of 10 (technical flaw in the flick) this movie is well worth seeing.
Of course, we attended. While enlightening, made me nostalgic for the elementary school years, where admiring art on the walls was the primary objective.
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Amazing Race 9', followed by a RERUN'Criminal Minds', then a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One'.
On a RERUNDave (from 3/14/06) are Natalie Portman and Al Franken.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Sam Elliott and Paget Brewster.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH'Heist', then a FRESH'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Sharon Stone, Jon Heder, and Big & Rich.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Lucy Liu, Jon Lovitz, and beer and spirits expert Michael Jackson.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Lukas Haas and Joe Firstman.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'George Lopez', followed by a FRESH'Freddie', then a FRESH'Lost', followed by a FRESH'The Evidence'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Carmen Electra, David Gest, and People in Planes.
The WB offers a FRESH'One Tree Hill', followed by a FRESH'The Bedford Diaries'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'American Idol', then a FRESH'Unan1mous'.
UPN has a FRESH'America's Next Top Model', followed by a FRESH'Veronica Mars'.
A&E has 'Solitary Confinement', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', 'Intervention', and 'Confrontation'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Godfather, Part III', followed by the movie 'Island In The Sky', then the movie 'The Undefeated'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 3;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served' - Up Captain Peacock;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 6;
[4pm] 'My Hero' - Episode 3;
[4:40pm] 'My Family' - Farewell To Alarms;
[5:20pm] 'My Family' - Death Takes a Policy;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Posner;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 45;
[8pm] 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' - Episode 3;
[8:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Davies;
[9pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 9;
[9:30pm] 'Increase Your House Price by Ten Grand' - Episode 6;
[10:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Episode 3;
[11pm] 'The Robinsons' - Episode 3;
[11:40pm] 'Coupling' - Unconditional Sex;
[12:20am] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 5;
[1am] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 9;
[1:30am] 'Increase Your House Price by Ten Grand' - Episode 6;
[2:30am] 'Changing Rooms' - Episode 3;
[3am] 'Red Cap' - Ep. 1 H-Hour;
[4am] 'Red Cap' - Ep. 2 Crush;
[5am] 'Red Cap' - Ep. 3 Espirit De Corps;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Top Chef', another 'Top Chef', still another 'Top Chef', and a FRESH'Top Chef'.
Comedy Central has 'Distraction', 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', followed by a FRESH'South Park', and a FRESH'Mind Of Mencia'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Gen. Tony Zinni.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Harvey Mansfield.
History has 'American Steel', 'Comets: Prophets Of Doom', and 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[6AM] Jet Lag (2002);
[7:30AM] The King Is Alive (2000);
[9:30AM] Critical Care (1997);
[11:30AM] The Sweet Hereafter (1997);
[1:30PM] Indie Down Under: Inside Oz (2006);
[2PM] Smoke Signals (1998);
[3:30PM] East is East (1998);
[5:15PM] The Sweet Hereafter (1997);
[7:15PM] Smoke Signals (1998);
[9PM] World Traveler (2001);
[1AM] World Traveler (2001);
[4:45AM] April Media Lab Results (2006);
[5AM] Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2004). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not', 'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH'Ghost Hunters', then a FRESH'Psychic At Large', and another 'Psychic At Large'.
Sundance -
[6:25AM] McVicar;
[8:20AM] The Andromeda Strain;
[10:35AM] Pripyat;
[12:15PM] Havana;
[2:45PM] McVicar;
[4:45PM] Sixteen Years of Alcohol;
[6:30PM] The Andromeda Strain;
[8:45PM] The Red Toy;
[9PM] Kath & Kim: Kath & Kim: Sex;
[9:30PM] In the Sun;
[9:45PM] Salaryman 6;
[10PM] Havana;
[12:25AM] Hollywood Shuffle;
[2AM] City of Men: Episode 1: The Emperor's Crown;
[2:45AM] Kika;
[4:35AM] The Red Toy;
[5:30AM] Sixteen Years of Alcohol. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Melanie Griffith (L), Antonio Banderas and Caroline Kennedy pose for pictures at the premiere of 'Take the Lead' in New York April 4, 2006
Photo by Seth Wenig
Critics are being shut out of more films as studios forgo advance screenings on flicks they expect reviewers to trash, figuring the movies stand a better chance of box-office success with no reviews rather than bad ones.
So far this year, 11 movies have not screened for critics before opening day, including the Rob Schneider- David Spade sports comedy "The Benchwarmers" and Mo'Nique's fashion comedy "Phat Girlz," both opening Friday.
During the same period last year, just two movies did not screen in advance for reviewers.
Yo-Yo Ma, world traveler and renowned cellist, urged lawmakers Tuesday to simplify a visa process that he said often hampers musicians and artists hoping to share their gifts in the United States.
Ma told a House panel that he and the dozens of international musicians who perform as part of the Silk Road Project face countless hurdles to bring their music to the United States.
He spoke of two Iranian musicians who, despite having visited the United States many times, must wait months before they can get visas.
Chinese and Mongolian musicians, Ma said, are sometimes kept out of U.S. Embassies because of language and cultural misunderstandings, despite having their paperwork completed.
Model and girlfriend of radio jockey Howard Stern, Beth Ostrosky poses with her dog Lucky, both wearing designer Nicole Miller at the 7th Annual Paws for Style celebrity benefit pet fashion show, Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in New York. Top clothing designers created outfits for the dogs to wear which were auctioned off at the event with proceeds going to the Animal Medical Center.
Photo by Louis Lanzano
Jessica Alba's dispute with Playboy is over. The 24-year-actress has dropped demands the magazine pull its March issue after receiving a letter of apology from Hugh Hefner. Alba was upset because she had not agreed to be on the cover.
"I appreciate Mr. Hefner's acknowledgment of the distress caused by Playboy's actions, and I'm happy to put this unfortunate event behind me," Alba said in a statement Tuesday. "This was never about money, it was about setting the record straight about something that was done without my knowledge or consent."
Playboy also made donations to two charities Alba supports. Her spokesman, Brad Cafarelli, declined to disclose the amount donated to Keep A Child Alive and Until There's A Cure.
On March 31st, 2006 an AMSAT-DL / IUZ team received the American space probe VOYAGER 1 with the 20m antenna in Bochum.
The distance was 14.7 billion km.
This distance equals approximately 98 times the distance between Earth and Sun. VOYAGER 1 is the most distant object ever built by mankind. This again proves the superior performance of the Bochum antenna. Most probably this is the first time Voyager 1 has been received by radio amateurs.
VOYAGER 1 was launched on 5. September 1977 by NASA. It transmitted the first close-up pictures of Jupiter and Saturn. In 2004 VOYAGER 1 passed the Termination Shock Region, where the solar wind mixes with interstellar gas. VOYAGER 1 today is still active, measuring the interstellar magnetic field.
Following a successful guest stint this season, John Stamos is set to join the cast of NBC's "ER" as a regular in the fall.
Stamos will reprise his role as Tony Gates, a flirtatious paramedic who also is a medical student and a Gulf War veteran. He first played the character in two episodes that aired during the November sweep.
Stamos is slated to make his debut as a full-time "ER" resident in the opening episode of the long-running medical drama's upcoming 13th season.
Actor Donovan Leitch performs in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at the Roxy theatre in West Hollywood, California, April 3, 2006. The musical is the story of an East Berlin boy named Hansel (Leitch) who undergoes a sex change operation after falling in love with a U.S. soldier.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Julia Roberts was almost the million-dollar baby on Broadway last week. "Three Days of Rain," which stars Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper, grossed a whopping $988,298 for its first full week of preview performances, according to figures released Monday by the League of American Theatres and Producers.
The eight performances, which began March 28, played to 101 percent of capacity (which includes standing room) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, the league said. The Richard Greenberg play - Roberts' Broadway debut - opens April 19.
Russ Mitchell has been named the permanent anchor of the Sunday edition of the "CBS Evening News," the network said Monday.
Mitchell had been rotating the anchorship of the Sunday newscast with Mika Brzezinski. Mitchell will continue to be the co-anchor of the "Saturday Early Show" as well as an anchor (with Brzezinski and Thalia Assuras) of the Saturday "CBS Evening News." He also appears occasionally on the weekday "CBS Evening News" and "The Early Show" as well as a correspondent on "CBS Sunday Morning."
The ex-wife of country music star Garth Brooks was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man who worked on her farm after she cooperated with a bail bondsman who wanted to arrest the worker, authorities said Tuesday.
Sandy Brooks had allowed the bondsman onto her property Monday to apprehend the man, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. The worker responded by drawing a weapon, forcing her into a car and ordering her to drive away, said Barry Lamb, undersheriff of Rogers County.
After driving for several miles, Brooks stopped the car and fled into a convenience store, Lamb said.
Quintine Cornelius Harper, 24, was arrested and charged Tuesday with kidnapping and weapons offenses, police said.
Composer John Williams acknowledges applause from the audience after directing the Julliard Orchestra through an overture to start the Julliard School Centennial Gala Monday, April 3, 2006 in New York. The gala performance was in honor of Julliard's 100th year anniversary.
Photo by Julie Jacobson
Red-faced Canadian broadcaster CTV on Tuesday apologized for airing a commercial congratulating Vancouver crooner Michael Buble for winning a prize that had yet to be announced during the recent live telecast of the country's top music awards.
The commercial network ran an advertisement from Buble's Warner Music Canada label before he walked on stage in Halifax to grab his Juno Awards trophy Sunday night. The gaffe sparked rumors that Warner Music knew the results before the ceremony began, something the label vigorously denied.
CTV spokesman Mike Consentino said Warner Music created 14 commercials before the Junos to congratulate its artists on possible wins, including six for Buble based on possible outcomes. But all were to run beginning on Monday.
Rick Springfield will perform his '80s hit "Jesse's Girl" and other songs at the Daytime Emmy Awards later this month.
The show, which has been held annually in New York for 32 years, is moving to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. It will air live April 28 on ABC, with Tom Bergeron and Kelly Monaco of "General Hospital" as hosts.
Hank Williams Jr. surrendered to police in Memphis on Tuesday to face an assault charge involving a waitress, officials said.
The country music entertainer was released without bond and ordered to appear in court on Wednesday to face a charge of assault to commit bodily harm stemming from an incident last month at a hotel. His publicist said he was innocent.
Shelby County Sheriff's public relations director Steve Shular said Holly Hornbeak, 19, claimed Williams tried to kiss her when she waited on him at the hotel dining room and then choked and cursed her.
Maria Altmann, center, chats with Michael Govan, left, recently appointed director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and her attorney E. Randol Schoenberg in front of a family painting titled 'Adele Bloch-Bauer 1,' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in Los Angeles. The last time Maria Altmann saw the Gustav Klimt paintings was when she was a child in Austria, before the Nazis took over in 1938 and ripped the precious works of art from her family.
Photo by Ric Francis
A hearing in federal court on whether Warren Beatty owns the film rights to the Dick Tracy comic book character has ended without a ruling.
Beatty produced, directed and starred as the sharp-jawed detective in a 1990 movie released by The Walt Disney Co.
The 69-year-old actor-director wants to make a sequel. He sued Tribune Media Services last year claiming he owns the film rights as the result of a deal he made in 1985.
Actor Sean Connery and his wife Micheline pose at the 'Dressed to Kilt' fashion show in New York April 3, 2006. The show was part of the annual Tartan Week which celebrates Scottish heritage and culture.
Photo by Seth Wenig
Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is seeking federal bankruptcy protection for himself and his Death Row Records, his lawyer said Tuesday.
At issue is an unpaid judgment against Knight for $107 million that was awarded to Lydia Harris, a former Knight associate who claimed she helped start the rap record empire with her former husband, Michael Harris.
Laurence Strick, who represents Knight, said his client was attempting to reorganize his financial affairs.
Another hearing is set for Tuesday. But filing for federal bankruptcy protection would supersede receivership proceedings, Strick said.
For centuries, historians have portrayed Mozart as poor, but new documents suggest the composer was not nearly as hard-up for cash as many have believed.
Scholars who combed through Austrian archives for an exhibition opening Tuesday on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's later years in Vienna found evidence that he was solidly upper-crust and lived the good life.
Letters show that Mozart repeatedly borrowed money from friends to pay for his travels and his social obligations, and that his family was forced to move at least 11 times. The new documents, on display at Vienna's Musikverein, reveal that he earned about 10,000 florins a year - at least $42,000, in today's terms.
That would have placed him in the top 5 percent of wage-earners in late 18th-century Vienna, say experts, who were unable to prove lingering suspicions that gambling debts took a big bite out of Mozart's earnings.
Members of Argentina's group De La Guarda perform a piece called 'Villa Villa' on stage at the El Campin Coliseum during the Ibero American Theater Festival in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, April 4, 2006. The festival will take place until April 16.
Photo by William Fernando Martinez
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