Not quite so random thoughts

I think naming a bridge after Chuck Norris would be a good idea. As this website shows, he's more than just an actor.

I'm not surprised more Americans can name the Seven Dwarfs than can name Supreme Court justices (although I think answering Dopey should count for a Dwarf and Ruth Bader Ginsburg). After all, we've allowed a very small group of politically connected lawyers take on an inordinate amount of power without any way to get rid of them. So, knowing their names is about as worthwhile as knowing the Seven Dwarfs.

There's an old saying about never betting more than you can afford to lose. So, how big do you think the junk was on this Latvian in order for him to cut off part of it?

I don't know how I could have ever thought Al Gore's environmental crusade may have been political opportunism rather than altruism. What's next? Staunch environmentalists like the Kennedys opposed to a major wind project because it might get in the way of their yachting? Or a major political figure admonishing SUV drivers, and then leaving in an SUV. (And no I don't find driving one that uses 85% ethanol E85 to be a good excuse because it's hard to find and studies have found it burns as much fossil fuel to produce as it replaces.)

Some naked news. A Swedish woman caused a stir when she laid out topless on an Albanian beach. What I find interesting is that an Army patrol was sent to check it out. I'm sure little effort was made to communicate with her because then she might have put her top back on.

I'm sure there are better ways to stop the Girls Gone Wild bus.

When I first heard this story, it just said a DUI instructor at the police academy was busted for driving drunk. Then I read that she had no pants on. However, I find the fact that she was in this state with two dogs the most disturbing. I'm actually quite glad the arresting officer didn't ask what the dogs were for.

I heard on the radio that adult film star Darien Vain is performing at Solid Platinum which means double cover charge. Why do they charge more for porn stars? Does anyone get their DVDs to watch dancing?

Hey, Iran just sentenced a woman to death by stoning for the crime of adultery. The good news is that these things have theoretically become more rare. Except Atefeh Rajabi, but she wasn't stoned. She was hung, and may have had more than one episode of premarital sex which certainly outweighs the fact that she was a mentally incompetent 16 year old girl (I must say I'm a little concerned that Amnesty's issue was with her age and not her "crime"). Of course, it was the stupid girl's fault. If she had just claimed she was raped, she probably would have gotten off with 100 lashes. On the other hand claiming homosexuality would have been a problem. Iran has a habit of hanging them too. Fortunately, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad likes to write long, pointless letters and has a PHD which is apparently important in some way that I don't particularly see. Unless it's because as an engineer he knows how much weight a rope can support without breaking.

Yet, a Nobel Peace Prize winner wants to kill George W. Bush. Not Ahmadeinejad. Not Saddam Hussein. Not Kim Jong-Il. Not President al-Bashir of Sudan. George W. Bush (I must stress the W because I assuming she's not in the mood to kill his father). You know, I never liked Bill Clinton for political reasons, but it never occurred to me to find virtue in his foreign political enemy, Slobodan Milosevic, just to make Clinton look bad.

Now for the really important news. Two weeks until the UK/UL football game. I know it's just another bad day for UK football fans, but at least you're undefeated right now. Only a few days after that is the first game to open the NFL season. The NFL has become so big that the Emmys were moved so they wouldn't conflict with the NFL regular season. It's football, then everything else.