tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223224672024-03-07T21:04:42.420-05:00Crazy Little Thing Called BlogDon't ask me to apologize, and I won't ask you to forgive me.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-37734582030860095752008-04-16T18:50:00.002-04:002008-04-17T09:40:56.420-04:00The blog you take is equal to the blog you makeWell, folks, if you've noticed the lack of updates lately, there's a good reason. After a post-comps return to blogging, I happily began a post-comps return to writing--actual writing that I want to pursue and try to publish. It feels like it's been forever.So I've decided to put on some clothes, move out of my mother's basement, and shut down Crazy Little Thing Called Blog. But before I close Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-35850224070020969952008-04-04T15:54:00.001-04:002008-04-04T15:57:34.925-04:00Where have I been? Why do you keep coming?Sorry to be so lax in updating. But between weatherproofing my basement and getting some real writing done (NB: this is not real writing; you aren't experiencing this right now), I haven't had time to post.Also, according to L-Bo, my beard looks "terroristy." Good to know. See pic below.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-91601099391152204392008-03-22T14:39:00.002-04:002008-03-22T14:43:20.393-04:00Bloggers gone wild!!!!!Spring break!!!!! Wooooooooooo!Ahem. Excuse me. We're going radio silent for about a week, as I'll be away from my favorite drugs (tv, computer) and enjoying the desert. And dessert.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-19215679648180053562008-03-21T17:32:00.001-04:002008-03-21T17:35:42.783-04:00Kudos to Chris WallaceIt's rare that I'd show a video from Fox News, but Chris Wallace brings down the hammer on his own network. Watch and enjoy.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-79252802337656380552008-03-20T09:54:00.004-04:002008-03-20T10:02:51.948-04:00Journamalism at its finestABC News' Brian Ross, so hard-working he has his own Investigative Unit (teehee, unit), has uncovered the single-most important issue of the campaign. I'll let the headline and subhead tell the story: Hillary At White House on 'Stained Blue Dress' Day Schedules Reviewed by ABC Show Hillary May Have Been in the White House When the Fateful Act Was Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-36448360783635445362008-03-19T21:17:00.001-04:002008-03-19T21:19:29.380-04:00I haz a ballCharlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-46235553937511798122008-03-18T18:15:00.003-04:002008-03-18T18:41:22.254-04:00Too much and too little to sayI've intended to elaborate on race and Geraldine Ferraro, but I've been busy. I apologize to all three of my readers.But today Barack Obama gave a truly incredible speech, one that a) deals with race in a beautifully nuanced way, and b) reinforces why I will vote for him. Given that nuance, I'd like to mention a few words and phrases about race that demonstrate how shallow American discourse is:Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-88223076431705888802008-03-16T11:30:00.003-04:002008-03-16T12:08:05.872-04:00Five years. Five fucking years.Wednesday will mark the fifth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, five years of occupation and continued conflict. I'll be part of a brief protest, and I suggest anyone who can take part locally also does. Also, today's New York Times includes an excellent article by John F. Burns. Take the time to read it.But I'd like to mention something that really troubles me. Most antiwar efforts Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-48994999504914446342008-03-14T13:01:00.003-04:002008-03-14T13:05:57.044-04:00Hey Douchebag! You got it right! EditionSince I go out of my way to criticize Slate for their tendency to publish ridiculous articles (or remain silent on important issues) it's only fair that I post this comment: They nailed this. I'll elaborate on it in a day or two (I've been mulling about eight different "Geraldine Ferraro and race" posts in my head), but for now, you should go read it.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-21914649863977502612008-03-11T10:39:00.004-04:002008-03-11T16:59:37.781-04:00Robert Frost's misogynyI like Robert Frost's poetry a lot, but as many writers do, he has his biases that I have a hard time reconciling. For example, it's hard to read Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta or Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice without being very aware of the anti-Semitism (though the latter is much more humane than the former). Not that Frost was an anti-Semite, but his views about women are Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-84786440950072596242008-03-09T09:44:00.003-04:002008-03-09T09:46:31.539-04:00Sunday thanks to Glenn GreenwaldI've linked to Glenn Greenwald before (and will do so again, I'm sure), but you should go read this. It's a great takedown of journalistic practices in the United States. (It also demonstrates his tendency to overwrite by several hundred words, a tendency I forgive in his case.)Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-23570398524907650812008-03-07T12:16:00.004-05:002008-03-07T12:44:15.789-05:00Hey Douchebag! The Sound of Silence Edition[Ed. note: We have an occasional series called "Hey Douchebag!" in which we look at the utter ridiculousness of Slate.com's supposed contrarianism. To read prior entries, click here.]As you may have heard, John McCain actively courted and earned the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee, who 1) hates the Catholic church, calling it "the great whore," "a false cult system," and "the apostate church"; 2Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-65495611751441373942008-03-06T11:34:00.002-05:002008-03-06T11:40:46.115-05:00I want to stop posting about Hillary Clinton. . .but her campaign keeps trying to paint Barack Obama as a Republican. They've compared his campaign tactics to Karl Rove's, and Paul Krugman insinuates that Obama is merely a Republican in Democratic clothing. The latest, from Clinton's spokesperson, Howard Wolfson:I for one do not believe that imitating Ken Starr is not the way to win the Democratic primary.Wow, really? Ken Starr? I understand Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-55517361192193099752008-03-06T11:01:00.002-05:002008-03-06T11:02:07.473-05:00Oh, the gladiatorial greatness of futbol (that's soccer)This video starts a little slow, but stay through at least the fifty-second mark. I wish I were a soccer announcer.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-46625260831776176912008-03-05T22:54:00.001-05:002008-03-05T23:19:32.452-05:00John McCain: Fraud or Fool?My second video:Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-88716378257969248032008-03-04T18:45:00.002-05:002008-03-04T18:55:23.250-05:00What I learned while votingWhen I renewed my driver's license on my birthday in January, the good people at the BMV left a vowel out of my last name. So the woman looking for my name in the precinct book couldn't find it, and I had to show several other pieces of identification to prove that my last name is not, in fact, [REDACTED].One of the people volunteering at my precinct's table didn't trust me because I signed my Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-79022122072326495152008-03-03T07:19:00.003-05:002008-03-03T07:35:59.427-05:00Dear Paul KrugmanHi, Paul Krugman, a word, please: Stop writing about the Democratic primary. Yes, yes, you support Clinton and think Obama would be a mistake. Fine. But when you write paragraphs like the following, it upsets me:Now, nobody would mistake Mr. Obama for a Republican — although contrary to claims by both supporters and opponents, his voting record places him, with Senator Clinton, more or less in Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-6157453237462445522008-03-02T09:38:00.002-05:002008-03-02T10:20:32.243-05:00Why I will vote for Barack Obama in the Ohio PrimaryI do not believe that Barack Obama's presidency would immediately and automatically transform the world. I am not a dewy-eyed idealist who believes his presidency would end poverty, make us all love one another, and eradicate the problems of partisanship forever. I am not a member of some irrational cult of Obama.And that is, in part, why I wholeheartedly and happily endorse Barack Obama for Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-29214919430124767142008-03-01T17:44:00.007-05:002008-03-05T14:06:03.075-05:00Insomnia is the new blackI made this video. (You have to sit through a bit of Clinton's new "Beware of the bogeymen in the night" ad, but it's worth it.) [Ed. note: the video is fixed. No watermarks.]Maybe Tina Fey should have said, "Bitches get stuff done, unless they're sleep deprived."Also, watch Bill Clinton "endorse" Barack Obama (hat tip to Andrew Sullivan):Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-55512636814384925402008-03-01T10:19:00.003-05:002008-03-01T10:23:13.576-05:00Bad hangover curesI refuse to link to the video (you've either seen it or heard about it already), but will.i.am's new Obama video really horrifies me. I don't think I'm being hyperbolic here. All it does is reinforce two ideas (at least):Obama supporters are nothing more than glassy-eyed cultists who believe in the vaguest things and are easily moved by chants.Jessica Alba can say nothing convincingly. (This one Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-67326250375711172602008-02-29T16:06:00.003-05:002008-02-29T16:19:09.780-05:00I passedOr, if you are so inclined:Or, if you so choose:Enter the ICHCCharlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-22997481090422224912008-02-28T21:57:00.003-05:002008-02-28T22:28:23.229-05:00Barack Obama is not all about the benjaminsGiven the idiocy of most American media, Barack Obama must distance himself from the odious statements of every black person, whereas there's no such litmus test for whites. Not only did Tim Russert attempt to connect Obama to Louis Farrakhan (which led to Hillary Clinton's ever-important parsing of "reject" and "denounce"), he's also questioned Obama about comments made by Harry Belafonte. Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-20864334785615667142008-02-28T16:10:00.000-05:002008-02-28T16:11:15.675-05:00Tee heeCharlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-78577004142928044742008-02-28T11:33:00.002-05:002008-02-28T11:34:14.260-05:00Go give Dick Gregory some loveWatch the video at Crooks and Liars. He's incredible.Charlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22322467.post-59226827977817444252008-02-27T16:41:00.004-05:002008-02-27T17:34:18.234-05:00Why I will not vote for Hillary Clinton in the Ohio Primary[Ed. note: given my blog's enormous readership--it almost extends into the tens--I felt it important to make clear my endorsement for the Democratic presidential primary. My state votes on Tuesday. I endorse Barack Obama, and I'm taking two posts to do so. Today's installment: Why I'm not voting for Hillary Clinton in the primary. Within a few days, why I am voting for Obama.]This has been a veryCharlie Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00590156216917396134noreply@blogger.com2