Who says strippers don't have an artistic side? And be sure and hit the Chinkichi web page they link at the bottom of that article - you need to see these fuckin' things for yourself.

Also, if anyone has ever given enough of a shit and wanted to go through the archives for this pissant little blog, but then just got an error, I figured out how the hell to fix that. And let me know if any archive error messages show up in the future.

Why can't trends like this ever catch on over here? I'd fucking re-do highschool if that were the case. Especially, since, apparently, these girls have "a desire to be controlled."

You know, I would feel way more low class taking my laptop when I go to visit the Ron.

Why is the solution always an increase in military size? No matter what point in my life it's been, there's always clamoring for more military. Yeah, I only have perspective on the past couple of decades, but it is kind of a motif with these people.

Here's an idea. If we're so worried about spreading ourselves thin, why don't we spend a little more time thinking shit through before committing troops to Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Endor? You know, like, do we really need to be doing this? If we do send our troops somewhere unnecessarily, it might not hurt to do some advance planning as to what the fuck those troops are going to do when they get there. They seem to have the marching and killing stuff down OK, but are a little weak on the policing and protecting fronts. I know that there's always going to be a need for some level of manpower, but maybe some more prep work and planning meetings might help reduce the number of men we need. You can throw thousands and thousands of troops at a problem, but if they don't know what the fuck they're doing, it doesn't matter.

Hey, I'm not saying this shit is easy, OK. But it can be done. All that the Pentagon hawks cared about was ousting Saddam. They didn't really give a shit about anything else beyond that. Getting water and power flowing? We'll get to it. Just so long as Saddam and his regime are out of there. And of course, considering that the Taliban is coming back in Afghanistan and al Qaeda seems to be doing just fine lead me to believe that we haven't heard the last from Saddam (and I'm not just talking about the occasional music video that he releases).

Also, I've been seeing a few examples of war supporters pulling back on the WMD front. Lately, and this was a trend started by Bush, I've heard lots of talk about "weapons programs" in Iraq. Mr. Kagan makes reference to "imminence of Saddam's development" (emphasis mine) of WMD. But a "program" for "development" doesn't mean he has anything to actually threaten us with. Shit, my friends and I technically had a "weapons program" back in high school when we wanted to make ammonium triiodide. We even had the iodine for it at one point. Did we ever make any of the stuff? Hell no. Sometimes you just don't care enough to go through the effort just to fuck up some people's houses.

Finally, can someone explain to me what the deal is with naming and numbering military divisions? Why is it always the "173rd brigade" or "101st airborne"? Are there brigades 1 through 172? I mean, I suppose I could see us having 100 other airborne divisions, but is seems like I'm always hearing the exact same fucking numbers, too. It sorta feels like the random number scheme in Evangelion. Connections 101 through 173 have been severed!

It's always interesting to see people from "friendly" countries who aren't real thrilled with us.

So what would it take to get more cities, way more cities, fired up like this? Granted, this may not do anything in practice, but it makes a statement. And not a "statement" like Charlie's Angels not having guns - it shows that people are actually pissed off about evil shit like the USA-PATRIOT Act.

What is the big fucking deal with gay marriage? It's obviously self-evident to me that this shouldn't be an issue and that gay marriage should be allowed since it's what I believe in, but c'mon. Why do so many people give a shit as to what other people do? It's not like allowing men to marry men and women to marry women suddenly halts the practice of men and women marrying.

Also, before we go any further, it just needs to be said that Bill Frist is fucked up.

For some reason, anti-gay factions say that this undermines the institution of marriage. That's bullshit, because it's not based on anything. I would say it's a "leap in logic," but there's actually no logic involved whatsoever. It's nothing but ignorant, intolerant, and often religious rhetoric. You know what undermines the institution of marriage? The bloody high divorce rate. Or people getting married when they're like 12 because they're too lazy or insecure to wait or even find someone decent. Which, of course, is helping contribute to said high divorce rate. Seriously, it's shit like that which is making it seem to me like marriage doesn't mean shit anymore to quite a few people.

I can't remember who it was who said it, but these anti-gay marriage people should actually be advocating gay marriage, because that's the surefire way to keep them from having sex.

And this word "sacrament" being used to describe marriage is just making me want to puke in my soup. Do you think maybe they meant to say "sacrifice," and just fucked it up somewhere along the way?

Even when it ends in failure, some of the shit we can do is still pretty impressive. It's a shame that our medicine still isn't an exact science, though.

Poor Tony.

Fuck Spike Lee. This was all nonsense, but it's good to see that it's over. I mean, seriously, what a bunch of shit. No one was going to associate Spike TV with Spike Lee, and "Spike TV" is a stupid fucking name anyway.

If this doesn't put in perspective how much it sucks for us Cub fans, nothing will.

Why is it that we can come up with zero tolerance policies for just about anything, but no one has suggested zero tolerance for ignorance? Seriously, if we just bombed Arkansas out of existence, would anyone care?

Be wary of PayPal's money-back guarantee. Yet another reason why I don't trust these people enough to give them my bank account number.

Here's some advice in case you ever need to cheat on your significant other. You know, I've seen advice on how to spot behavior like this, and thus put a stop to it, but this may be the first time I've seen advice focused on how to get away with it.

Fucking great. Yeah, I understand how the unemployment rate is higher since there are more people out there looking for jobs, and how that can be used to soften the blow of the high rate. But 100,000 jobs lost in the last two months? You can't really explain that away in a manner that makes 'ya feel better. No, wait, it's all good, because we're in a "jobless recovery," and those tax cuts should kick in any minute now.

Where the hell does Ari Fleischer, that shit eating little prick, get off saying that we're in a "slow recovery from a short shallow recession"? Yeah, it's a slow recovery alright, because the recession has been going on for fucking years. There's nothing short or shallow about it. Maybe I'm a little biased, since I was working in an industry where people said it was the worst downturn they'd seen in decades. I'm pretty sure, though, that things have been shitty elsewhere. We have been in a recession since Bush took office. Shit, this actually started just before Bush took office. I've heard people say that we're in danger of slipping into "another" recession, implying that we weren't already in one. Still, I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a point in the last several years where we were like "Phew, I'm glad that recession is over!" Sure, there have been signs of hope, but the signs have been small and short-lived. Also, I understand that the concept of "recession" isn't exacly one that can be described by purely objective terms, but still.

Oh, and I just realized something else. Ari Fleischer, Bush's spokesman, actually used the word "recession." Or at least, that's how CNN/Money made it look, since I don't see any quotes around that statement. But if he did use the R-word, I think that's an indicator that things must be pretty bad, because as far as I know, the word "recession" is avoided like the plague when it comes to the people who currently hold office.

While we're at it, why the hell is the economy so fucked up? As someone pointed out the other day, it's not like Americans have stopped spending. Even for people who are running low on cash, there's always credit and 45-year low interest rates to help out, but even things like that haven't helped. Still, people are tightening their belts, consumer confidence is down, retail sales are down. So what the fuck is going on? Well, a lot of this nonsense started when the dot com bubble burst, which was bound to happen and needed to happen. The sooner you get past hype and over-valuation the better. Then, there's the shitstorm of corporate scandals. Of course, we only heard about big ones like Enron and World Comm. Just imagine how much shit is getting fucked up becuase of the corporate greed that we'll never even hear about. All of it has resulted in a situation where companies are scared shitless about spending money. Instead of pushing the envelope, they're sealing the envelope. Nobody has the balls to push forward and try and get us out of this, and in most cases, rightly so. In the end, though, all this leads to is stagnation at best, and decline at worst.

Alright, I'm just babbling now, because as I said, I don't know shit about business or economics. And it's not like I'm stupid or anything, it's just that it's all so intricate and nonsensical. Maybe it has gotten so complex that the economy has turned into a beast that cannot be fed. Maybe Tyler Durden was right - we do just need to hit the reset button and start over. That's not going to happen, because that would take balls of steel. One good thing is that this makes me feel a little better about the fact that I'm probably not going to have kids, because if I did, they'd just have to put up with the mess we've created today.

Okay, I'll give the Standard credit for this one. It would be even funnier if people like this weren't actually trying to take over the world. Not literally take over the world, as in Napoleon, Hitler, or Khan from Star Trek "take over the world", but you know what I mean.

So check this shit out. I just heard that Comedy Central is going to air the South Park movie this weekend. Now, I know what you're saying - what the fuck's the point? But here's the kicker - they're actually going to air it uncensored.

On one hand, I'm impressed that they're actually going to air this. On the other hand, isn't it time that we get over this obsession with foul language on TV? Especially the bullshit notion that we're protecting kids from the evils of foul language? Yeah, sure, you want kids to be a little more eloquent than "fuck fuckitty fuck fuck fuck," but who cares if they hear some bad words every now and then? It's not like they aren't exposed to that at home, on the streets, at school, etc. Of course, I'm basically just reiterating one of the main points of the movie. "It's going to take us weeks to undo the damage you've done!"

Damn, dude, being a Japanese communist is tough. You can't eat out or sexually harass women? Sounds like they're taking all the fun out of being a Pinko.

Why is it O.K. for us to deal with shady people when we need our oil fix, but no one else can?

The idea of an international peacekeeping force might seem like a good idea if it wasn't Rumsfeld who was proposing it. Also, doesn't the UN already have peacekeeping forces? You know, the guys in the white Landrovers who no one pays attention to? Clearly, Rumsfeld's plan puts the U.S. in charge. I think The Onion was right, we would like to try and form our own U.N. - a 'multilateral' body that does exactly what we tell it to.

Good to see North Korea hasn't been completely forgotten, since they may or may not be up to ill shit, and we may or may not have to "liberate" them.

Yeah, I know. I have a long road ahead of me.

I also like the slogan this guy has on his main page. "When the going gets tough, the tough kill people."

I hate my alma mater.

Fuck, I could swear that I've posted this before, but I could be wrong.