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Malkin slaps Miller

Posted by Sunny on Friday, September 01, 2006 10:53:37 AM
Michelle reports that Miller Brewing sponsored an illegal immigration march to the tune of $30,000.

While I have several angry thoughts on the matter, I found myself more concerned with what this meant to me beyond the obvious political, social, economic, tax, and cultural questions of illegal immigration.

You see, I often avoid celebrity news because I'd like to be able to see a movie or listen to a song without thinking about what that person(s) has said about me, my president, or other worldly matters I may not agree with.

So, this time its a beer company <ut o>, and not just The Dixie Chicks I will need to avoid.  So let's see the list then:

Miller Lite
Miller Genuine Draft
Miller Genuine Draft Light
Miller High Life
Miller High Life Light
Sharp's non-alcohol brew
Red Dog
Icehouse 5.0
Icehouse 5.5
Icehouse Light
Southpaw Light
Leinenkugel's Original
Leinenkugel's Light
Leinenkugel's Red Lager
Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss
Leinenkugel's Apple Spice (seasonal)
Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss
Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest (seasonal)
Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark
Leinenkugel's Big Butt Doppelbock (seasonal)
Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat
Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve
Henry Weinhard's Blue Boar Pale Ale
Henry Weinhard's Classic Dark
Henry Weinhard's Northwest Trail Blonde Lager
Henry Weinhard's Hefeweizen
Henry Weinhard's Summer Wheat
Hamm's
Hamm's Draft
Hamm's Special Light
Olde English 800 Malt Liquor
Olde English HG800
Olde English HG800 7.5
Magnum Malt Liquor
Mickey's Malt Liquor
Mickey's Ice
Milwaukee's Best
Milwaukee's Best Light
Milwaukee's Best Ice
Foster's Lager
Foster's Special Bitter
Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Pilsner Urquell
Sheaf Stout
Sparks
Sparks Light
Sparks Plus 7%
Sparks Plus 6%
Steel Reserve Triple Export 8.1%
Steel Reserve High Gravity
Steel Reserve High Gravity 6.0
Steel Six

Well, good to know that I don't touch any of these refreshments.  I can now boycott without unduly sacrificing anything which is the best type of boycott.  They don't distribute Pop Tarts do they?

Update:  Boycott goes forward

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N.O. Dependency

Posted by Sunny on Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:07:53 PM
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Latest and greatest of right to the point toon's from Fox and Corkum
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To the Moon Martin

Posted by Sunny on Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:01:32 PM

Lockheed Martin wins NASA moon contract

The nation's space agency plans to use the Orion crew exploration vehicle to replace the space shuttle fleet, take astronauts to the moon and perhaps to Mars. Unlike Apollo and earlier spacecraft perched atop rockets, it will be reusable. NASA estimated the cost at $7.5 billion through 2019 for likely eight separate spaceships.

Nice contract.  And an impressive and awe inspiring venture to go back to the moon and beyond.  Being a science fiction geek, I love this crap.  But the third paragraph grabbed my attention.

The last time NASA awarded a manned spaceship contract to Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., was in 1996 for a spaceplane that was supposed to replace the space shuttle. NASA spent $912 million and the ship, called X-33, never got built because of technical problems.



X-33

Pretty isn't it?  Shame it was only ever able to function as an animation.  You must remember seeing this on the discovery channel or in some techy sci fi mags.  Anyway, I don't fret over a billion dollars spent on cool stuff, its better than tagging turtles, protecting salmon, or anything else we do to keep the hippies happy.  1.4 billion on this crap in 2004 (species that is). 

And so NASA has spent 4.8 billion on the next gen shuttles that haven't panned out.  This is ok.  This is the "wasteful" spending I enjoy.  Give me Star Trek before I die please.  But of course space exploration has given us plenty.  Like say the implantable insulin pump among others.  Kind of random, but it has a place close to my heart.  Well, not mine but a guy I know...

I'll have to figure out how to do a countdown clock on here but I can't wait for 2019 for the first launch to the moon and beyond.

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the <insert spacecraft name here>. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Five-Year Mission?  I guess TV shows had low expectations back then.  Wish they would have put that tag on Full House.  What a piece of crap that was.

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Ahh, to be 19 again and know everything

Posted by Sunny on Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:36:56 PM
 
Muslim Miss England attacks Blair 

Hammasa Kohistani, 19, said government statements since last year's 7 July attacks had created a "negative image" of Muslims.

Obvious:  Your 19!!!!  Now while that doesn't exclude you from the conversation, it does bring up an obvious lack of life experience upon which to make political and social judgements.  But a person's feelings can't be wrong, so.

Overtly Obvious:  Your 19!!!!  Of course the London bombing had nothing to do with a perceived negative image of Muslims.  Nah, nothing at all.  But how could you make that connection anyway.  You were 18 at the time!!!!!!  Only the statements since the attack have made the image.

This is in no way a statement against young people of whom I used to be one.  But when statements are more important to a person than actions, one has to look to maturity.  Don't care how you feel, what has actually happened?? 

Update: Jawa Has more on this
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Free Drugs Man

Posted by Sunny on Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:23:51 PM
Good Day All (I mean no one)

I happened to be listening to talk radio today and heard some idiot (happened to be female but that's not relevant here) saying that people have to choose between eating and buying their prescription medications.  I am probably the one millionth person to decry but I must say:

Bullsh*t

First of all, if you have no coverage...

    ***this means that your job doesn't provide benefits or enough benefits, you do not qualify for state aid, ie: medicaid or the brand new medicare D, or you don't have enough wealth to pay for the meds yourself***

...you can get just about every medication your doctor has prescribed for you for free!!!

That's right.  And its not a scam and the rich don't get richer off of it.  Simply go to one of these two sites:  Needy Meds or Partnership for Prescription Assistance.  Here you can get the applications to receive free medications and even someone to fill them out for you.  But wait, you can't afford meds so you can't afford an internet connection.  So then you will never know that you can also just call 1-888-4PPA-now.  Live help for free!

Still having trouble?  Ask someone at your town or county health center.  I will almost gaurentee that there is one person that does these types of applications all the time.

The catch, there always is one.  You will have to show that you really can't afford the meds.  This usually means sending with the application: a couple pay stubs, SSI statement, and/or last years tax return.  This insures that the rich can't steal any more than they already do(you don't know me so I will point out the sarc).

Again, this is not a scam.  Every drug company provides medications for free to the neediest of Americans.  Why?  Let's say kindness, or tax write off, or avoidance of legislation.  Whatever it is, YOU CAN GET YOUR MEDICATIONS FOR FREE IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD THEM.  DON'T GO WITHOUT.  I certainly don't want you sneezing on me.  Go get better.

Got it??  Now that no one will read this, I never want to hear about this again.  OK


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