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Dana Gets her Due
I may only watch this show for another week... If Nate goes
out next Wednesday there will basically be no reason left
to watch the show. Yes, I'm still rooting for Allison and
I might tune in for the finale episode, but all of the fun
has been seeing the two main alliances battle. With so many
defections, it's just not fun anymore because the 3 Stooges
are such idiots I can't bear to watch them gloat anymore.
If all the shifts in strategy have you confused, I made a
chart to help Irwin catch up while he was in Europe. You can
find it HERE.
Power of Veto
Robert won the POV this week and in a surprising act of intelligence,
he decided NOT to use it. Dana was freaking out and it was
fun to watch her try to campaign against Jun in a vain attempt
to save her own ass. Unfortunately, she totally lied to Julie
Chen by denying any campaigning. She claimed she was just
trying to get a sense of what was going on in the house...
actually maybe it was her style... if her goal was to 'get
the pulse' of the house, her actions gave the HGs and viewers
at home the impression that she was boldly and shamelessly
campaigning against Jun.
Dana Evicted
Finally! The psycho bitch is out of the house. With a unanimous
vote of 6-0 Dana was tossed. Unfortunately, it's not the last
of her as she is now the first member of the jury and will
be sequestered in a second house until the end of the show.
She will only get to watch what the viewers at home can watch
and a few highlights from the live feeds. The producers don't
want the Diary Room material to sway the jury.
Justin is HOH
This week, the balance of power shifts back to the 3 stooges/dream
team. Word on the Internet is that these competitions are
rigged as this is the fourth time in a row that the person
most targeted has won the Head Of Household competition. Fuel
to the debate this time comes in the form of the last question
asked in the competition. It had to do with comments that
Allison made the previous week. Nate and Erika had no possible
way of knowing the answer because they weren't in the room
with her last week when she said it... In a totally anticlimactic
and obvious maneuver, Justin nominated Nate and Jack for eviction.
Greg's New Venture
I'm so stoked for my pal Greg. He bought a record store in
the Castro. He and I were talking about the venture last year,
and I'm so glad that he was able to pull it off with some
new partners. I look forward to checking it out in the coming
weeks when all of the new stock hits the shelves.
 I'm
a cash magnet
This week Sister Betty was back from her road trip and she
invited me and the
tall guys down to her monthly event, Ba-Da-Bingo! We had
a really great group this month, though at 12 plus me, I felt
a couple of the guys were takin' the piss by bringing guests...
Sister Betty didn't seem to mind as I think she had a keen
interest in the three German tourists that our pal Scott brought
with him. This month's theme was Wild West and as you can
see in the picture below, the Tom's got into the spirit with
hats and deputy badges. Their little gal pal won $250 in the
last bingo game of the night and this time I finally won something!
I got five dollars worth of the pull cards. They're 25 cents
each and I really only wanted four for a dollar, but the rock
band was playing so loud that the volunteer didn't hear me
ask for change. As he walked away, I figured it's for charity
so I started pulling the tabs on the cards. About the third
or fourth one from the end of my stack was a fifty dollar
winner! The usual matches garnered fifty cent wins, or a dollar...
but fifty bucks is the grand prize for pull tabs. The bands
and the show are entertaining enough, but winning some money
makes it even more fun!
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Election '04
Powell Calls it quits
Colin Powell announced the end of his service this week. He
said that even if the shrub wins a second term, he wants nothing
to do with it. While it didn't seem to get enough media coverage
in the short term, I think it's another indication of Bush's
ever widening credibility gap.
Equality's Terminator
In an unsurprising maneuver this week, both the Pope and the
Shrub made declarations against Gay Marriage. With the Pope,
OK that's his prerogative. It's his religion he can be hating
whomever he wants to and blame his god for his prejudice.
The leader of a supposedly democratic country that was founded
on the principles of equality with a rally cry of 'no taxation
without representation' has no right to enter a public debate
about sacred issues like the communion of marriage. Why should
that stop the Shrub? He wasn't elected and doesn't really
have to answer to the American people, just media polls and
a political base of corporations that don't want to pay marriage
benefits to gay couples and conservatives enraptured by their
idealized gay lifestyle. Sure it plays well for his core supporters,
but to threaten further legalization of the apartheid keeping
gays and lesbians from realizing the full rights and benefits
of their citizenship. Don't they pay taxes too? Shouldn't
everyone have the right to follow their pursuit of happiness?
Obviously not in Bush's America.
California's Terminator
The Governor's race in California heated up considerably this
week as movie star and Kennedy family conservative, Arnold
Schwartzenegger threw his hat in the ring. He is the Republican
candidate with the biggest name recognition and the Shrub
was falling all over himself to rush off to the media and
support Arnie. This must come as a brutal shock to the Republican
Congressman who put up 3 Million of his car alarm fortune
to initiate the recall. Seems scheme-ing and back-stabbing
aren't restricted to BB4 and "Reality TV"
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Age of Imperialism
Death Toll Higher Than Ever
Reports rolled in DAILY about fresh attacks on US forces.
This week, the media has been quick to make the Defense Department's
distinction and labeled the loss of life as "non-combat
fatalities". Just because the Shrub says it's over doesn't
make it over... PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING FOR BUSH'S FOLLY.
Where's Sadam
Almost daily, someone from Rummy on down has been whinging
to the media that they're "close" to finding Sadam...
Why can't they get this guy? Because he's probably hiding
out in Crawford Texas at the Shrubs ranch. It's the safest
place for one of the Bush family's oldest and dearest friends
and he's such a great boogeyman to trot out anytime W dips
in ratings. (You have by now noticed that every time the Shrub's
approval rating drops below 50% there is a new tape released
to the media and new terrorist threats. Don't believe me?
Watch the media polls and test it for yourself!)
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