A post as inspired by the wonderful Mixter.

Merry Christmas all you nuts out there! And now for your viewing and listening enjoyment, the NutROCKER Suite as performed by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Well, Buffalo has told me it’s about time for a new post so I offer you Bad Santa.

Another alternative Christmas song. This time by Sufjan Stevens. Enjoy!

Chuck has a post up that includes a video of The Green Fields of France as performed by the Furies with Davey Arthur. I thought I’d post an alternative that I happen to like much better. And I definitely agree with his sentiment of “old…and tired of wars”. Not so old, but definitely tired of wars.

…but at least she told the CIA not to destroy the tapes depicting “advanced interrogation techniques”.

 I hope this revelation is the final straw that breaks Congress’ back into bringing forth Articles of Impeachment against Bush, Cheney and the rest of their cabal. Back in 2005, when the CIA was interrogating Abu Zubaydah, they kept videos which showed him being waterboarded. But contrary to Harriet Meiers request, the CIA destroyed the evidence. Yeah, I said evidence because that’s what it is. I can clearly remember President Bush, on several occasions, adamantly stating that the U.S. doesn’t torture. However, when the news comes out about the waterboarding of terrorism suspects, the White House states that they had no idea about it:

The Justice Department and the CIA’s internal watchdog are conducting a joint inquiry into the matter to determine whether a full investigation is warranted. With that review ongoing, the White House counsel’s office has instructed White House press secretary Dana Perino not to get into details with reporters.

“I think that that’s appropriate, and I’ll adhere to it,” Perino said Monday. She said her previous statement remains accurate _ that President Bush has no recollection of hearing about the tapes’ existence or their destruction before being briefed about it last Thursday.(my emphasis)

First of all, I’m calling bullshit on that little tidbit. We all know, or at least suspect, that President Bush is an idiot of the highest caliber, but there’s no way he didn’t know a damn thing about these so-called “advanced interrogation techniques”. As if our credibility in the world wasn’t damaged enough, this scandal comes out and ruins it even further. I am really getting tired of all these “revelations” coming out about the shit we do when it comes to suspected terrorists, our intelligence agencies, and the overall machinations of the White House. Congress had better pull its head out of its ass and do something this time. Hey Democrats! I’m talking to you! We (being the American people) wanted change when we gave you the majority. Now’s your time to step up and do something!

Credit for the quote goes to The Washington Post(registration required).

Last Wednesday, December 5th, was my 3-year Blogiversary. I can’t believe I missed it. So Happy Blogiversary to Me!

For the past 3 years, I’ve enjoyed interacting with all of you that stop by to see the crazy videos I post, read my political rants, and get a peek into the things that interest me. In case you haven’t checked my Sitemeter stats lately, I thought I’d let you know that my hit count has gone through the roof since around the beginning of November. Mostly it’s because of a post I put up way back in March of last year, the infamous Calvin & Hobbes Snowman post. I’m getting about 250+ hits a day now and most of them are for this post. Outside of that, I want to thank all of my regular visitors for stopping by and making this all worthwhile.

Thanks!

The Christmas season is upon us and with every commercial on TV, every ad in the newspaper, and just about every piece of junk mail you get, you’ll find another retailer hawking their wares to those gullible enough to buy what it is they’re selling. While the Christmas season is the time of giving, I hate the thought that there are children, in this country, still hoping to get one meal a day, a warm coat, or even some half-decent second-hand clothes to wear. Many of the better-known charities out there give their big holiday push to bring attention to the less-fortunate in our society. I only wish it was that way year-round.

Click the link below and you’ll get the chance to listen to one of my favorite Christmas songs. It speaks truth to the retailers’ lies about what Christmas is, or at least should be, about. So think about it, and if you can spare a bit of change, drop it in the bucket for the Salvation Army. If you can do without the latest electronic gadget this year, give the money to one of the charities in your area that helps the poverty-stricken. Another good charity for the kids this year is Toys For Tots. Consider helping any or all of them out this year.

I almost decided to mess with Buffalo and put up the Youtube video of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, but decided I’d kind of like him to keep coming around. Anyway, here’s a little Kevin “Bloody” Wilson for you. Don’t play it if you’ve got an aversion to swear words. Then again, if you did, you wouldn’t be here, right?