Sunday, November 12, 2006

Eck-a-lec-tic


WILL FERRELL KNOWS IRVINE
In today’s New York Times (A Wild and Uncrazy Guy), Will Ferrell is quoted as saying
“I have a love of suburban, lame white people.”
—Ferrell was raised in Irvine, CA, “a middle-class Republican community.” You got that right.
“I’ve actually had people say to me, ‘Thanks a lot for Bush,’ as if I helped him win the election. Luckily, no one has said that in a while. But I can’t help the fact that people in America seem to not mind stupidity.”
—Some have complained that Ferrell’s vaguely affectionate portrayal of Bush on SNL pushed the Texan over the top in 2000. Ferrell has repeatedly turned down White House requests to appear with W, fearing the appearance would be used to promote Bush.

THREE SHAKESPEARES AND A SIDE OF CAMUS
"I said I was looking for a book to read, Laura said you ought to try Camus. I also read three Shakespeares. ... I've got a eck-a-lec-tic reading list."
—George W. Bush, interview with NBC's Brian Williams


THE GLASS KEY

One thing about today's Orange County: it’s a throwback to an earlier time, when a small group of nasty men could control, well, lots of stuff. Ever read (1931) or see (1942) The Glass Key? Hammett shoulda called it The OC.

As I’m sure you’re aware, Orange County’s most powerful citizen is Michael Schroeder, formerly the chair of the state GOP. He’s a very close pal of Tom Fuentes, and he hangs with Adam Probolsky, a pollster, and Jon Fleischman.

Schroeder and his crew get their way in the county GOP, by hook or by crook. (Mostly by crook.) They seem to get their way in the county, too.

Schroeder’s the close advisor to CORRUPT OC DA Tony Rackauckas. He’s also the close advisor to CORRUPT OC Sheriff Michael Carona.

Until recently, Schroeder pal Jon Fleischman was Carona’s spokesman.

Naturally, Mike’s wife, Susan Kang Schroeder, is the DA Office’s spokesperson. (She started out as an obscure city attorney in Anaheim, home of Pluto.)

Schroeder’s dog, Alf, heads the Santiago Canyon Water District.

It’s amazing.

Which reminds me: did you know that…
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan, at the height of its influence and popularity, decided to make Anaheim a model Klan city. In 1924, the Klan secretly managed to get four of its members elected to the five-member Board of Trustees. Nine of the ten members of the police force were also Klansmen. The four Klan trustees served for nearly a year, until they were publicly exposed, and voted out in a recall election in which 95% of the population participated. (Wikipedia)
FROM THE SOON-TO-BE-RELEASED BOOK, “I GATHER MATHUR BLATHER”
“We need to abandon the euphoria of the past and ‘move on’ to build a better system for all of us.”
—[then] IVC President Raghu P. Mathur, 12/13/98
“I...invite each one of you to...be thankful for [what] we have and what we don’t have....”
—[then] IVC President Raghu P. Mathur, 12/13/98
“I have God on my side.”
—Reportedly uttered by [then] IVC President Raghu P. Mathur, May, 1998, during a meeting with senate officers

AT LEAST THEY'RE PLEDGING TO TEXAS, AND NOT TO A FLAG

According to Wikipedia, the state of Texas has its own pledge of allegiance:
Honor the Texas flag [of 1836]; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible.
Says Wiki, “the pledge [as it appears above] was instituted by the Texas Legislature in 1933….”

The Texas flag of 1836 was the flag of the Republic of Texas--the state of Texas did not come into being until 1845--and it was replaced by a 2nd flag in 1838. That 2nd flag became the State flag seven years later.

Hence, starting in 1933, Texans were in fact pledging to the flag, not of the state, but of the earlier slavery-lovin' "Republic" of Texas.

Texans, not known for intelligence, did not discover their error until 1965. The phrase “of 1836” was then deleted.

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