AI
 

Yeah, b/c god knows there aren't any big cities on the Great Lakes...On another note, whenever I've been in Europe/S. America/etc. and tell people where I live (Chicago), they frequently respond with "Oh Chicago! Michael Jordan and Al Capone! Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat" while doing the tommy gun gesture...it's a good thing we've changed our image of a mob town...

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Yeah, okay Johnny Cochran.

not7y(and you have the stones to call me a lunatic?)S

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

No, because you tried to find a humane groomer and couldn't. Having always had hairy dogs, I think summer heat problems can be a real threat and sometimes trimming is a necessary mercy.

But if you hadn't, I'd stand by my original assessment.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

Granted, the Displaced Dog, like every other sane Houstonian, spends the majority of his summer in air conditioning. I was told by several vets, though, that keeping his coat long works as insulation from both heat and cold. He's only been shaved once, and that was by a groomer who didn't have a clue as to what to do with him.

Currently, the Displaced Dog's hairdo is a little unusual. My mom's puppy has taken to grabbing onto his dreads and pulling, so there's a section on his back that is non-dreaded, while the rest of him is beautifully dreaded.

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Perhaps an irrelevant aside, I was quite surprised when the verdict came down that this was true. However, the crying white people I knew of (personally - there were probably bunches shown on the evening news, but I sort of ignored the whole thing while it was happening) was a friend and her co-workers in Canada. (OK, in fairness I don't know how many of them were white or not, but my friend was, anyway.) She called me a couple days after to ask what we thought about it down here, and I basically said "if he couldn't afford bigshot lawyers to manipulate the courtroom, he'd be screwed, but he walked and people with much crapier cases against them fry because money talks, and yeah that sucks."

Anyhow, my Kanuk friend launched into along speech about how we Americans just didn't understand how our justice system was viewed in the rest of the world, as a great forum for ensuring fairness etc., and the manipulation of evidence & jurors racial sentiment was just a crushing blow to people who admired the model of free government the US represented, and they were crushed, just crushed at this failure, and it seemed to the rest of the world that the whole US legal system was entirely corrupted by money and race. And she and her whole office broke down in tears and wept when the verdict came down because it was such a failure that the court system couldn't withstand money and racial hatred.

I have to tell you, this whole thing really sort of freaked me out. First, she was Canadian, so why did she care anyway? Second, she was never a particularly pro-Yank Canadian, either, so why was she so surprised? Third, who out there really think money doesn't affect that stuff here? I mean, really? Fourth, who cries about something like that? And her whole office? I gotta say, I really thought that someone just obviously slippled LSD into the water cooler up there that day, 'cause nothing else could explain it.

But, anyhow, the "point" of this digression was yes, it is absolutely true that white people sobbed when the verdict came down.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

On behalf of canines everywhere, your near-death experience watching the dog show promo last night should have finished the job.

It is people like you that keep dogs naked and leashed to the bottom of civilzation's totem pole. You would promote the dressing of an inanimate doll named Barbie in any number of outfits but deny the same to another living creature, albeit a quadraped? Fie! Fie!

Moreover, these outfits that you think make us look like "idiots" are simply an expression of a more evolved and cultivated fashion sense that humans have yet to even fathom. Look at the appalling crap you people cover yourself in. You want to know why I just left a deposit of loose stool under the coffee table? It is because I just caught a glipse of that issue of Vogue you left open. When you see me convulsing in that pre-vomit full body convulsion that we dogs do before orally expunging our digestives, wonder to yourself: Is the dog sick because of something he ate or is it because I keep debating out loud whether pink is the new black? LET ME TELL YOU: WE DOGS KNOW THAT BLACK IS ALWAYS BLACK. YOUR HOMOSAPIEN TENDENCY TO KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE WHAT IS "IN" AND "FASHIONABLE" MAKES US SICK.

Finally, your comment about toy dogs being "useless" is clearly absurd. Granted, on a one-on-one basis, toy dogs are not so appealing, but if I told you my story about the night with a Pekingese, a Pomerianian and two nubile Affenpinschers, then you'd be on your hands and knees begging for a taste of toy tongue lapping.

Kindest regards,
Pushy the Puppy

http://www.giantgenius.com/images/stock.jpg

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

Ok, you had me just fine, until you got here:

Now I have this awful image in my head. Thank you so very much.

You bastard.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

I'm sure chris will be disappointed.

Speaking of chris, here's a list of MIA FBers. Anyone know what these people could possibly be doing that's more important than posting here?

babe of pigs
cheval de frise
chief wiggum
chris
dc chef
devils advocate
hello kitty
ironweed
know won
lady greediva
multo madefactus (did slave get the FB as part of the seperation agreement?)
pony trekker
realitybites
tax hottie
toaster man

I'm sure there are many many more that I've forgotten to name. Those are just the ones that pop into my head.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

Alphabetized lists pop into your head? Wow. You are much less random than I am.

Physician, heal thy_____
 

Is that so? You mean if I spit in your face, you have no idea how I really feel? If I buy you a gift for your birthday instead of showing up to your party, eating all the food and leaving, you can't see the difference in how I really feel? You're so focused on everyone conforming to the rules you've picked in your head that everyone needs to follow that you refuse to see that people's actions generally reflect how they feel about someone or something. Hell, the choice to be polite and well mannered reflects a fundamental internal respect for your fellow human beings. Of course I can hold the door open for you while secretly hating you. There are no absolutes. But I think what you just said is silly.

Yes it does. The social construct was created because of the natural one. You can't have one without the other. If people didn't want to show their respect and care for others, there would be no "good behavior." The former creates the latter. Not the other way around. The look on someone's face when you've been rude to them plays on your inner feelings of guilt at doing the wrong thing or of being inconsiderate to that person. If you don't have those feelings, what good would societal pressure, manifested in a dirty look do?

TM

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Your friend is an idiot.

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

To me, this is the only MAJOR drawback of capitalism. In a capitalist society, you can never, ever have a pure (just?) legal system. Throwing money into the legal mix guarantees that the truth, if it's out there, will rarely, if ever, come to light.

That being said, it's a price I'm willing to pay. I would rather take my chances with an imperfect legal system than with an economy based on Marxism.

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

This response is just stupid and beneath you.

TM

MIA posters
 

No, I just jotted them down first and then alphabatized them. Didn't want to play favorites, you know.

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Yeah, the legal system under Stalin was soooooo much more pure. (Power runs systems. In some societies, money defines power. In others, influence defines power. You're not getting any less corruption by minimizing the money influence - you're just handing the power to a different group, distributed by a different measure.)

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Yeah, I was referring to (the stuff you ignored at the time, like) when they showed split screens of people on the streets and in offices and Times Square or wherever where there would be groups of whites and groups of blacks. When the verdict came down, they showed the whites crying and hysterical and they showed the blacks cheering and jubilant. It was like there were no sane people with a reaction to the verdict.

On a personal level, I was surprised at how shocked and pissed off white people were that he got away with it (because he was rich, famous, an athlete, black, whatever). Shit like this has been happening since day 1. What's the big shock?

But, I agree with your surprise about others' reaction to our judicial system. It seems pretty clear that money buys you freedom and OJ bought his.

TM

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Oh, I agree. I'm not saying there are, in reality, any better systems than that which we currently have. In theory, however, taking money out of the mix sounds like a good idea.

AI Results
 

I made the commenta bout two black finalists. Its not that I was being racist (I dont give a shit what color the people are- its whether I feel them dawg and I felt trenyce and ruben the most), it just seems the voting can be, or at least that racism has explained some of it. And I am not the only one who has thought it a possibility. After I initially posted this, salon posetd an article on it. I suspect that a lot of people who vote tend to live in the less urbanized places where racism might tend to be alive and well. I think this voting trend would explain the success of both Josh, Carmen and CLay (but especially Josh). Clay can sing, though he has an awful vibrato and is more overrated than guacamole, thw other two could not.

And Josh's swan song was a revolting display of americana.

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

And this is what makes capitalism so hard to change--even if say a socialist legal system might distribute the resources more fairly, who the hell with a serious checkbook would want to do that?

Of course, upper-class discretion, and labeling anyone who complains a "class warrior," is key. Openly muttering "let them eat cake" will likely get one beheaded.

;)

AI
 

My point was not that Chicago is not a city, but that Samantha Jones who is a "fabulous" character probably would never live there. Let alone Wisconsin.

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

I watched the verdict at my boss's club, surrounded by well, old rich white men.

Their reactions were singularly horrified, as if they had been somehow damaged as a result, and as if it would have gone down differently when one of the old gents is on trial for anything, were it to go that far.

This year, I saw the HBO documentary on this specific topic: OJ Simpson, A Case in Black and White (I think). It was interesting to relive the split screen news broadcasts.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

What kind of freakish canine fops do you hang out with? My dog wouldn't wear a simple necklace (well, collar) without a fight.

But if you truly prefer to mock your own doggish perfection by dressing like Glinda the Good Witch, I think you all ought to start by finding a better couturier.

AI
 

Given her last name, she'd do fine in the 'burbs...

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

Given the evidence that had been made public by that time, I think that a lot of the anti-OJ shocked reaction stemmed from the in-your-face showing that a very public trial could be so completely corrupted by money and non-pertinent themes. Prior to that, money certainly had always been a corrupter of justice, but this was the first time that a nation watched the whole process, nightly. I think the racial aspect of the outrage was overplayed, right into OJ's team's hands - money had bought him a great theatrical team which was able to convince a jury that race was a factor, when it was really just about the evidence.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

Pushy should love this. THere is the annual "bark ball" here in the district and according to a flyer I saw, there is a dog store that will be outfitting tuxes and gowns for the canines. Hopefuly nobody will show up in the same outfit. The horror!

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

I don't know about you, but my hotmail account is full of messages from somebody named "chris" in which he promises to improve my sex life by selling me member-size-enhancing, breast-size-enhancing, or youth-enhancing hormones.

I was a mere lurker during the chris era, so I don't know why he's singling me out now.

American Juniors and the Dog Beauty Pageant
 

I saw a clip of the dog pageant on Fox morning news this morning. It's hard to say which is swept up higher and looking more grandiose: Jillian Barberie's hair or her cleavage. Her co-host is J. Peterman, which I think is an inspired choice. That said, it's the s/o's birthday, so we're probably not watching. Speaking of the s/o, she was interviewed by Charlie (from Bachlorette) in her work capacity for this weekend's Extra. Watch it if y'all are curious to see who would marry me.

str8 outta hollywood and highland

And you thought there was racism on AI
 

You can take the girl out of the moniker, but you can't teach an old dog to spell, or something like that.

Christina?
 

http://entimg.msn.com/i/gal/Undresse...ra_300x435.jpg

Not a fan of big blowhole bellybuttons...

Christina?
 

Oh. My. God.

What the hell is happening with her and britney????? Did their warranties expire?

aV

Christina?
 

It's only fair that her other orifices get a break from their overexposure.

Christina?
 

She looks remarkably better than she has in the past few weeks, especially since her GLAAD awards nadir.

Now, she seems to be buying clothes that fit her new body and the hair is much better.

Christina?
 

Are you saying those clothes fit her? Hmmm. At least this week she has eyebrows.

Christina?
 

Maybe, but in a volatile, uncertain, and ever-changing world, isn't it a comfort to be able to rely on the knowledge that no matter what, Christina, in whatever grotesque incarnation, will always have the fashion sensibility of a down-on-her-luck Times Square ho?

God love her, the poor little thing.

Christina?
 

Jesus Christ. That may not be a look I find attractive (or maybe I do), but she don't look fat in that pic.

Christina?
 

I confess to not watching a lot of TV and so not being too current with today's . . . culture, I guess . . . but, is this a pic of someone who is known as a beauty these days?

Christina?
 

She's a pop tart who was rumored to be pregnant because of her inexplicable career-threatening weight gain.

She continued to wear the same clothes as they became tighter and tighter across her belly. Her new pants do seem to fit her and she no longer looks like there is a rather large bun in the oven.

Hockey news
 

So, I'm watching a close game between the Wild and the Canucks last night, and am interrupted somewhere in the second period. When I turn the game back on, it's 5-1. WTF?

That being said, the Wild are clearly a team that will not go away. Let's see if they can win game 7, and come back twice in a row from being down 3 games to 1 (and it would be intriguing to see them play the Devils in the finals -- former coach, revenge, yada yada yada).

Anyway, the Wild are starting to grow on me. The Ducks had me when the beat the Red Wings in their first game. And the Senators are fun to watch.

So, both conference finals should be quite entertaining.

Christina?
 

No, she's thinner. The contrast on the page I orginally viewed the pic made it appear that her bellybutton was cavernous (it was darker)...

Christina?
 

She still does look pretty tiny, just not a size 0 any more.

Glad she's not pregnant. I'd hate to see how she'd dress the little rugrat if it were a girl.

:eek: