Today is the 64th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Which is a good as time as any to reply to those that feel the need to apologize or regret the atomic bombings that ended the war in the Pacific.
Here’s a nice fact, Japan was working on the bomb. This is not rumor or suspicion. This is a fact. They had two nuclear weapon programs. There is speculation that a Japanese facility successfully constructed and tested a nuclear device. Unfortunately the facility and test area is in what is now North Korea and the officials involved with these programs left few records to find. There is no doubt however that Imperial Japan would use any weapon available to them to attack its enemies.
The atomic bombings also served as a focusing event which helped draw criticism to the indiscriminate aerial bombing of populated areas, which brought an end to the tactic of carpet bombing cities.
politics and comedy together.
but in a good way.
That was the catch phrase for Tammy Baldwin’s fundraiser with special guest Al Franken. One problem though, the only joke made was some stupid joke by Al Franken about a dick growing out of a mans forehead. All the audience erupted in laughter, but after the event everyone on the venue staff, myself included were trying to figure out why people thought it was funny.
The gist of the evening was pretty simple. Tammy went on to call Republicans evil and Al went on to call Bush stupid and a liar. The worst moment of the night for myself was right before the speaking started. It was thought that Al would be entering through the back door, so I was stationed near the back stairwell to open the door when he arrived. Al decided to come through the front door instead and came down the back stairs to get to the stage. At the same time Tammy came up the front stairs on the stage. Next thing you know, I find myself stuck between Tammy and Al with my back to a wall and no way to leave. It was only a few moments and they began talking about Hurricane Katrina. I tuned them out as best I could. Thankfully the event started quickly after that and I was able to get away.
The first guy to speak, who I don’t recognize, is apparently associated with Air America or Al Franken in some way. He was supposed to be introducing Tammy, but he was really giving a pitch for Air America and Franken’s new book. Like anyone in that audience needs to be told about Air America or his book. Think he’s heard of the term “preaching to the choir”?
I really wanted to say something to Al about the corruption at Air America or confront Tammy about her vote against the internet community, but I let them have their moment. I wanted to disrupt their liberal lovefest, but I’m better than that. I won’t sink to the level of the liberal activist army.
If you’ve been watching anything on Spike TV, channel 30 on Charter Cable around Madison, you’ve seen the commercials for the Video Game Awards. You could easily confuse the VGA for a movie awards show. The advertising boasts a lineup of celebrities and musicians and even shows some of them accepting awards. I ask, why are they being made the center of the show and why are they getting awards? Did they spend hundreds of hours programming the code for those games? Did they write the scripts and plots for the games? Did they design the graphics?
If a celebrity appears on a game, they are just a prop and should be treated as such. They aren’t actually appearing anyways, their likeness is created by artists and programmers and incorporated into the game.
I do think there should be awards for video games. The people behind the games put in a lot of work and these games provide a lot of entertainment. The people that make the games should be awarded and recognized. Instead we have another awards ceremony where celebrities parade around.
Is it any wonder why people go mad and sit in clock towers with guns?
Listen up, Al Franken is coming to Madison. He’ll be at the Majestic on the 5th for a Tammy Baldwin fund raiser. Then he’ll be at the Barrymore the next day to record his show.
I’ll be at the fund raiser at the Majestic, but I won’t be giving her any money. She’s lost any support from me.