The Disillusioned BYONDer Digest

President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years. -- http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0910/ obama_ties_bush_on_golf.html

If for some reason you've blocked it from you mind, back in the day the opposition antagonized Bush constantly about playing golf, most notably in Michael Moore's crappy "documentary" Fahrenheit 911.

All of the mindless George W. Bush hating liberals who are still taken with Obama are becoming bigger and bigger hypocrites with each passing day. Obama is not only following in his footsteps, he's intensifying some of the worst things Bush did, like massively increasing the deficit.

Obama is essentially Super Saiyan Bush.

This is hilarious. CNN's hopeful little countdown timer makes it even better.

Roman Polanski
No one should be defending this creep. He raped a child. It wasn't just statutory rape of a minor, it was a rape that involved drugging the victim and forcing himself on her despite the fact that she said "no" and was begging him to let her go home. I can't believe that so many people are standing up for this guy simply because he's "a troubled artist".

Yes we can! But we won't!
Obama is all talk, no substance. This isn't unusual for a politician, and it really comes as no surprise. What is unusual are the number of people who still blindly worship him despite the fact that after 9 months as President, "Hope and Change" has proven to be just another campaign slogan.

Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story"
Srsly? Without capitalism no one would even know who Michael Moore is. The opulent NY premiere for the film makes all of this even more deliciously ironic. It would have made just as much sense if Moore had gone and shot up a school to celebrate the premiere of Bowling For Columbine.

Jon and Kate Plus 8
This. Show. Is. F***ed. Up. I'm not exaggerating. It's f***ed right the hell up.

After hearing about it incessantly in the media for the past few months, I broke down and watched an episode. Now that Jon is leaving the show, they should rename it "The Great Satan plus 8 Exploited Children".

Bernie Goldberg on the O'Reilly Factor
Before he started frequenting Fox News as a guest, I was a huge fan of Bernie Goldberg after reading his book "Bias" back in college. Tonight he called out Fox News on the O'Reilly Factor for presenting commentary as "journalism". THANK YOU.



Which is not to say that the other networks are innocent -- MSNBC and CNN pull the same crap (especially MSNBC).

The La Canada Flintridge fire (also called the Station Fire) is only a couple miles away from where I live. You can see the massive plumes of smoke from almost anywhere in LA. Last night my wife and I took a short drive to watch the fire from a closer vantage point and it was amazing. I've never seen such a massive fire up close - the flames were huge and it spanned several major hillsides.

This morning it looked like a really foggy day outside, only the fog was smoke, and everything had a bright orange glow. Ash was lightly raining down as well - I had to wipe it off of my car.

I found these pictures of the fire on Flickr. They were taken from much further away than where we are, but they give you an idea of the scope of the fire:





Hopefully nobody loses their home - apparently the fire is 0% under control. The fire is getting bigger every time I look out the window. Thankfully we're not in any danger where we are, apart from smoke inhalation.

A video game peripheral that is inflatable. The horror.

I can't even bring myself to quote the article up on Gamespot. This picture says it all:



Assuming that the Wii didn't already jump the shark with the Vitality Sensor, this will do it for them if it ever sees the light of day.