Month: August 2003

Are Bloggers the new “Soccer Moms”?

Bush Campaign Reaching Out to Bloggers

President Bush’s campaign will unveil a Web site today that allows proprietors of online journals — Blogs or Web logs — to “get the latest campaign headlines and inside scoop posted instantly to your site through a live news feed from GeorgeWBush.com!”

Bush’s campaign is leaving nothing to chance as his devotees spread his message. The automatic feeds are offered in horizontal and vertical versions.

Clearly cognizant of the Web frenzy over Democrat Howard Dean, Bush’s aides held a conference call to preview the site, which replaces a bare-bones one that has raised $1.3 million from 6,000 donors since the campaign launch May 16.

Campaign manager Ken Mehlman said the site’s purpose is “sharing the president’s positions and tying them to grass-roots activities so that everyone who wants to, has something to do.” The site allows a user to type in a Zip code and find local and national radio talk shows. A letter can be automatically e-mailed to newspapers, and all the supporter has to do is paste in pre-scripted text such as, “President Bush should be commended for his strong leadership on the economy.”

Really, though, most of the sites that will use this feed already post or comment on most of the same stories on their own and link to the Bush in 2004 site.

Car Bomb Explosion Rocks U.N. Headquarters in Iraq

A huge explosion on Tuesday rocked a hotel housing the U.N. headquarters, injuring a number of people and severely damaging the building, a spokesman said.

The force of the blast, which knocked out windows up to a mile away from the scene, destroyed several cars, including one that was on fire.

The U.N. spokesman in Baghdad, Salim Lone, informed U.N. headquarters in New York that a number of people were hurt in the explosion, but no one was killed as far as he knew.

It’s all still developing though. Crap.

Comic Geek

Holy riddle, Batman, you?ve just kapowed a man in the street

BATMAN has done a flit from Gotham City. Last night police in Oxford were hunting the Caped Crusader after he knocked a man unconscious in the street.

A police spokeswoman, familiar with the exploits of Gotham City’s Dark Knight, said: “It was really a case of ‘Kapow!'”

The man, in full costume, mask, and cape, was involved in an alleged assault outside a bar in Oxford early on Sunday, Thames Valley Police said.

In a role reversal, the Caped Crusader, who normally will stop at nothing to restore order to the city and protect its citizens, knocked the man to the ground outside the Chicago Rock Cafe in the city centre before running away.

Bush43 #12 Now Available!

New at Artifice Comics

Bush43 #12 – “Summer In The City”
By Ian Astheimer, Trevor Carrington, Alex Cook, Matthew Downey, Derrick Ferguson, Jason Kenney, Leslie “Ciro” Lancaster and C.W. Russette

I planted my feet and stood ready. The man reached into his pockets and started fishing for something, his tongue between his teeth has he tried really hard to find whatever as in there. He kept searching. And searching. And searching.

I stood upright and lowered my hands while he continued to dig in his pockets.

“You okay?” I asked.

“Yeah, yeah, just gotta find…” he drifted off, concentrating. “Damn it, I know it’s in here somewhere. One second…”

I looked at my watch as he continued digging. A small crowd had started to gather around us to look at this spectacle. God, this guy was embarrassing both of us.

“AH HA!” he shouted, pulling his hand out of his pocket with glee. And he popped the mouth guard between his teeth. “LETSH GU!” he slurred through the rubber guard, standing ready.

I rolled my eyes and got ready again. What an idiot.

He charged at me with a scream. I waited until he was close enough and then jabbed hard, right into his nose. I felt it give under my fist and smiled with satisfaction as he stumbled back.

“AHH! JESHUSH CRISH!” he shouted as he grasped his bleeding nose. I didn’t wait for him to reorient himself, kicking him in the gut and following with a sweet ass upper cut that set him on his back.

He stirred for a bit, trying to get up, but then passed out, collapsing on the ground and ending that.

Christ, how lame.

Various writers come together to help celebrate the first anniversary of the hero that everyone should know and love. Follow his exploits as he goes around Pacific City, Australia fighting monkeys, wanna be villains and heroes, competes in a dance competition and so much more. Who loves ya? Artifice Comics loves ya.

Clothes Shopping

God, I hate shopping for clothes. I just dropped eighty bucks on two dress shirts and a nice pair of pants. Eighty bucks! Okay, so that’s really not all that bad. I guess. But I think I remember clothes being cheaper not too long ago. And I’m not talking back when I didn’t have to pay for them, though that was pretty sweet. No, really, I could go get a nice pair of khakis for twenty dollars. Now I need thirty, minimum, and that’s if I don’t mind them bursting into flames in a month or some crazy crap like that. And I guess I really don’t have it all that bad considering I’m a guy and my clothes are automatically cheaper, but still! Eighty bucks. That’s like sixteen McDonalds Value Meals. Or two weeks worth of groceries! Okay, fine, I have no room to bitch.

But I’m gonna do it anyway.

EIGHTY DOLLARS!!!!

Sigh.

I think I’m going to start a “Jason Needs New Clothes Fund.”

And this wouldn’t be a problem if I weren’t becoming too big for my britches. In two years I’ve put on almost four inches. Which isn’t all that bad considering I’m still skinny, but I just don’t like it. It’s not that I’m getting pudgy, hell no, I just don’t like having to buy new clothes because I all I do is sit around all day. Could be worse, I guess. I could have Shaun’sgut.

Throw the book at him!

Former President Carter To Be Tried For Peace Crimes

An international peace-crimes tribunal commenced legal proceedings against former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for alleged crimes against inhumanity Monday.

Right: Carter awaits trial for acts of peace committed between 1976 and the present.

“Jimmy Carter’s political career includes a laundry list of anti-war-making offenses,” said chief prosecutor Charles B. Simmons. “Carter’s record of benevolence, diplomacy, and respect for human life is unrivaled in recent geopolitical history. For millions, the very sight of his face evokes memories of his administration’s reign of tolerance.”

The former president, whom Simmons described as “relentless in his naked pursuit of everlasting global peace,” has been sought by peace-crimes officers in the international war-making community for decades. Police apprehended Carter on July 25 in South Florida, where he was building low-income housing as a part of a Habitat For Humanity project. Shortly thereafter, he was extradited to Geneva, where he will be prosecuted for “grossly humane acts against all nations.”