OK, first of all you should go read this over at one of my favorite blogs, Politicus.US. It’s so true!

Secondly, I saw the following video over at my other favorite political blog, First Door on the Left. It is so funny!

See? I told you. As Len said, though, she seems to have plagiarized the Obama Energy Plan.

As an aside, have a look at what the film crew from Funny or Die had to say about Paris:

By now it’s absolutely astounding to us at Funny Or Die that our little video with Miss Paris Hilton has become a world wide news story. ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX News, even the McCain camp has weighed in on this.
Well, we were there, so we figured who better to give you some exclusive, behind the scenes gossip about Paris and her now famous political run made famous here on FOD? OK, here we go….

Do you know what Paris really likes to do when she’s at home away from the press and the photogs where no one can see her? She likes….to be….hospitable. Deal with it.

I’m sure for a lot of you, your spirits are broken, realizing your glitzy, club-loving idol is human, but it’s true. From the moment we arrived in the Hamptons to shoot the video, Paris was as nice and accommodating as can be. She kept running inside to make sure we never ran out of bottled water and as the shoot wrapped up, she made us turkey sandwiches.

That’s right. Paris Hilton made us turkey sandwiches. Herself. We didn’t even ask for them. The mustard was spicy, the bread was toasted…they were perfect.

Oh, and guess what else was perfect? Paris’ eye line in the video because she DIDN’T USE CUE CARDS. Again, deal with it. I guess the fact that she memorized giant chunks of dialogue for our tiny internet video was the least hospitable thing she did because I spent all night before making up cue cards and then she didn’t even use them.

Overall, have to say, Paris was a pro with a great sense of humor and welcomed us as guests into her home.

Way to go, Paris. I’m impressed (which is actually a huge compliment coming from me).

With regard to the “wrinkly white-haired dude”, you’d think he would’ve learned something from his pal George by now, like what NOT to say or do, huh. Guess not.

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I have a few things on my mind, so let’s get right to it, shall we?

First of all, the annual monsoonal flow has arrived and dumped about three or four inches of rain on us last night. It was AWESOME! We had two big storms about five hours apart. It was great fun. Except for all the street flooding. Well, actually, that was kind of cool, too. It was fun to walk through. Here are a few pics:

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Neighbor's boat

Our street

Our street

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Secondly, I know I’ve mentioned this web site before, but I totally love First Door on the Left. You should absolutely read it if you aren’t a Right Winger. Or if you are, I guess you could read it to see how um, shall we say, crazy you are? Regardless, you should read this and this for sure!

Lastly, if you ever travel to Iran, absolutely, without a doubt, do NOT break the law! Apparently the government launched a campaign on March 20th to reduce the crime rate and increase public security, resulting in the arrest and conviction of 30 individuals who will BE EXECUTED on Sunday. Yep, they’ll be hung by the neck until dead. According to the article:

The 30 had their cases tried by the highest judicial authorities and were found guilty of the charges brought against them, Iran’s judiciary said in a statement.

The verdicts are final, and the sentences will be carried out Sunday, according to Fars.

The Iranian judiciary’s statement said that all 30 were convicted of crimes including murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships — relationships between men and women who are not married to each other.

Kidnapping and using weapons while committing a crime were (also) among the charges.

The statement said that 20 of the people were convicted of drug and alcohol dealing, armed robbery and smuggling arms.

Holy crap, Batman! You can be executed for being drunk and disorderly??? And for having a relationship with someone you’re not married to??? Wowzers. I wonder if it’s OK to sneeze in public! Damn.

OK, so that’s what I was thinking about. Laters!

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Here are some of my favorite cartoons for the week (a big thank you to First Door on the Left).

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By now most, if not all of us, have seen and/or heard about this New Yorker caricature cover:

I think what bothers me the most is the ugly face of racism in America making itself so loudly known. I thought perhaps this time it would be different. How stupid of me. When Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, I thought YES! At last America has come out of the dark ages and recognized a man for his mind, talent, words, character, ideas and passion! It was way too premature of me to think that, though. It aroused a lot of emotion in me, and while I’ve been mulling over those feelings for the last day and half and wondering what to say about it, I came across a post by Politi-Gal entitled Kvetching About Unintended Consequences and Media Effects. In my opinion she nailed it! She put into words — and very well I might add — everything I was thinking and feeling. Go take a look and have a read. And please, THINK and READ a lot before forming an opinion, coming to a conclusion, or readily agreeing with something someone else says until you find out for yourself if it’s true!

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