Multiple choice

Bruce Willis is:

a) drunk
b) a HUGE nets fan
c) completely brainless
d) lucky that Canadian TV isn't governed by the FCC
e) some combination of the above four

More Ferrell

Apparently he is going to make a bunch of internet shorts instead of crappy full-features. That makes me smile, and hopefully laugh.

Draft Workout

I wonder how this workout effected Mel Kiper's rankings?

Goooooo

Uhhmmmmmm??!?!



[via Collegehumor]

Something is wrong here

If you haven't seen the 60 minutes piece on inner city culture and the opinion on "snitching," you should watch a highlight from YouTube here (CBS won't let the file be embedded).

Also, check out the full segment, part 1 and part 2, hosted elsewhere.

I don't even know what to say...

UPDATE: Cam'Ron has since apologized (and you can tell its both sincere and meaningful). And one writer compared this incident to the Imus one. Maybe a bit of a stretch, but probably true that if a white dude said these things they'd get hung out to dry.

Why do these shows get made in the first place?

Fox canceled Drive after airing only 4 episodes (and that's generously counting its two-hour premier as two separate episodes), according to TV Guide.

I understand why a show like Black Donnelly's gets made, because it seemed interesting despite its quick cancellation. But why do shows like Drive - where the premise is completely unappealing - make it to the air? Isn't there a better way for the networks to figure out "Hey, no one will like this, and we will only be able to air 3 episodes because the ratings are going to be so bad."?

Then again I guess House and Bones are both hits for Fox so I guess you can never tell what crap will become a hit.

Here's a couple more quickly canceled shows with pretty bad concepts.

Keep the kids off the field

And if you DO decide to let them on the field, put them on the sideline far away from the action, not two feet from the back of the endzone:

Larry David tells it like it is

Not sure why I thought about this - maybe it's because Seinfeld is on now. But I just thought about this clip, which pretty much sums up the operation they have going over at Starbucks:

Leader of the Free World

We all know our President is fucking retarded but it's nice to have the proof all thrown into a little video. To add to it... this was shown at the Correspondence Dinner where Dubbya was.

Shouldn't it at least resemble the picture?

I know that you can't expect the food to look exactly like the picture, but this is ridiculous:



Other (but not quite as good) comparisons between food ads and reality can be found here.

The evolution of NBA baskets

I'm not expert on the subject (in fact I have no knowledge whatsoever). But I'm pretty impressed that they figured out a way to Shaq-proof the baskets in the NBA. There's no way that this dunk:



wouldn't have brought down a basket like this one from back in the day.

Weird news...

If this isn't the weirdest opening paragraph of a news story, I don't know what is:

A St. Charles teen who was living with her 60-year-old boyfriend has confessed to feeding antifreeze to the pets of the boyfriend's daughter after his family expressed disapproval of the May-December relationship, police statements indicate.

Read the rest, if you're not freaked out already.

The Worst People Ever

The incident at Virginia Tech this week was one of the worst things to happen in recent memory. It was a terrible tragedy that, though it sucks to say it, really couldn't have been prevented. If someone is that messed up in the head, and that hell-bent on making others feel his perceived pain, there isn't much that can be done.

There are numerous societal errors we can reflect on now, like the fact that he was able to so easily purchase guns or his obvious mental instability that while diagnosed, was overlooked for the most part. To a lesser degree, the fact that they didn't close the campus after the first round of shootings. In retrospect, it would have been a good idea, but I can't really fault the university for that. Hindsight is 20/20.

Out of all of this comes a sickening story. Surprisingly, religious fanatics are behind it. These people might even be worse then the gunman himself. Despicable. Is it wrong that I want these people gunned-down in cold blood?

Somewhat disturbing footage

I can't decide whether this falls more under "weird" or "funny." It's everyone's favorite action star Jean Claude Van Damme doing a little bump n grind, and you can see for your self what happens at the end.

Beer pong mastry

Impressive:

Back to business as usual...

I hate to take away from our race relations coverage here at imusscandal.blogspot.com milkwasabadchoice, but we still do enjoy things like sarcasm, sports, humor, or anything that is a combination of those three.

So, nothing better than a funny sports video to lighten things up:

Evan Weighs In

This story has gotten completely out of control. When I first heard about my thoughts were something like, "wow, the media is going to make a huge deal out of this." Shockingly, I was right.

But I'm not here to write about the media. I don't have the time to point out everything wrong there. Instead, I'm writing about the people who won't let this story die, Al Sharpton and, to a lesser degree, Jesse Jackson.

The "reverend," who may or may not have ever conducted a religious ceremony, represents everything that is wrong with race relations in our country. Is there a better example of a hypocrite who preaches tolerance but practices discrimination on a daily basis? As soon as he heard that a white radio host made a stupid, insensitive remark about a group of black women he no doubt was sexually arroused.

Al Sharpton hates white people, but for some reason that is acceptable and he is portrayed as a hero. Don Imus does not hate black people, but he is now an unemployed villian. Seems fair.

For a better take on this, check out Jason Whitlock's outstanding article. He does a great job summarizing the hypocrisy and skewed priorities that exist among our country's African-American "leaders."

Venting and Ranting

This is going to go along with Danny's 2 posts below this one... it got me going.

Does the entire African American community agree that "nappy" is the other "n-word"? This whole thing was completely blown out of control. Don Imus is an asshole and shouldn't have said it. There's no question about it and it was compounded by the fact that he said it about 18-22 year old girls in college who are working hard and not doing anything wrong but he should not have lost his job. And can someone please send Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton away someplace? Do they have any credibility left? They are bigger attention whores than Paris and Lohan but instead of flashing their Snooters to the cameras they shove their faces on TV. I am going to stick with the attention whore analogy. I want Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan to fly down to North Carolina and speak on behalf of the Duke Lacrosse players who were falsely accused of raping a stripper. Their lives will forever be changed and names will always be synonymous with RAPE. Again I would just like to say that Don Imus is a fucking asshole but the penalty does not match the crime.

How did rap music get its exemption?

"We cannot afford a precedent established that the airwaves can be used to commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism. But there will be no champagne bottle popping by those of us involved in this. This is not about gloating," Sharpton said. (Editor's note: from CNN.com's Imus coverage)

Has Mr. Sharpton ever seen a rap video or heard a rap album? Seems like record labels, radio industry, and television stations have "commercialized" the sexism and racism just fine. I don't understand why airing a 50 Cent video is still ok, but airing Imus's show is not.

Why does no one in the media discuss this?

Imus is the new Janet Jackson

There was an article on cnn.com tonight explaining why "nappy" is a racsist term and is so bad. It goes so far as to call it "the other n-word."

I'm no racial expert, so there's probably a 90% chance that what I'm about to say is either racist or just plain wrong. So I'll appologize in advance, but I'll also preface it by saying that my view here would be the same if we were talking about any race, color, religion, or other collective group:

If the term "nappy" was really as bad as it's supposed to be, would we really need an article on cnn.com to explain to us why it's so bad?

I'm not arguing that "nappy" is an acceptable word to use (especially not after reading the article), and I'm not saying Imus should have said it. But I think everyone needs to take a step back and look at the magnitude of the offense and the magnitude of the corresponding reaction and public outcry. Did Imus really commit an inherently heinous crime? Or did he commit a standard crime which the media has made really heinous?

Katie on the Prowl

I really have no feelings on Katie Couric either way. I don't care about her ratings or lack there of. I mean, who watches the news anyway? But I had to share this photo, which ran on the 3rd page of today's New York Post.Apparently, Katie is now dating a man 17 years her junior. The term "cougar" is becoming overused these days, but with a picture as funny as this attached, I'll go there.

Also, good to see the Post keeping up with it's reputation as a reputable news organization. This story is much closer to The National Enquirer then The New York times.

Joey Gathright jumps over cars

After the Galant jump, I was mildly impressed. It looked like he put his one hand on the roof of the car. The BMW jump is a better angle and you can see he clears it cleanly. I wonder if theres a clause in his contract that voids his contract if he gets hurt jumping over things.

Bonus Info

Galant - Height - 58 in Width -72

BMW - Height - 56 in Width - 79 in

Do the right thing tonight...

Everyone knows about Sanjaya by now. According to the NY Post (via Yahoo) Sanjaya is currently a more popular search term than Justin Timberlake or Harry Potter.

So, if you hate American Idol like we do, visit our friends at votefortheworst.com tonight while Idol airs (or you can even to go howardstern.com, as he's helping lead the campaign) and you can get the phone number to call in and vote for Sanjaya. This way you can vote without even watching the crappy show.

Do us a favor and vote, over and over again. Let's be honest, how funny would it be if this guy win's American Idol:

Censoring things unnecessarily to make them funnier?

Weird concept, I know, but it works:

Malibu

I don't really have to add any commentary here...

Happy Easter

Big brother watching you at work?

You're bored at work. YouTube is blocked. So is Facebook, Myspace, ESPN, and pretty much the entire internet.

Luckily, this site has games that are all made in Excel. They're simple, and the graphics aren't great, but this has gotta be better than nothing at all.

Best of all, there's no chance that work decides to block you from using Excel. So enjoy.

We're still alive, I promise

Sorry its taken so long between posts. We've been lazy on vacation watching basketball lazy really busy lately. Here's a picture to keep you warm and fuzzy until we get back on a regular posting schedule.