On Sunday, we were welcomed back to the Amazing Race, once again. As always, the first episode is mainly just watching a bunch of new people and trying to get their measure.
As far as I could tell, I think that I am going to like Cindy and her boy(I can't recall the name), the flight attendants, and maybe the father-son team. But it is so hard when there are so many of them to get any of their personalities. We'll just have to see.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Amazing Race Starts Tonight
Yay, back to some good times.
I don't know what so addictive about the Amazing Race, but it is definitely one of my favorite shows. I love the premise and the teams and Phil and the competition. All around, I just enjoy that hour of television so much.
I don't know what so addictive about the Amazing Race, but it is definitely one of my favorite shows. I love the premise and the teams and Phil and the competition. All around, I just enjoy that hour of television so much.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Troy Davis
Last night, Troy Davis was executed by the state of Georgia. I have a problem with that. I have a problem that a man who 1/3 of Americans believe was innocent of his crime was executed. I have a problem that in our country, a man who 1/3 of Americans believe was innocent had no reasonable doubt at the time of his initial trial.
This is a man who had up to 7 "eyewitnesses" recant their statements. Seven eyewitnesses stated that they saw him kill another man over 20 years ago, but since, have said, no they don't think it was him. This is not enough doubt for Georgia to stay the execution? That's b.s. That is more than enough doubt. That is opening the door and all you can see is doubt.
Troy Davis may have been guilty. But those words, may have, are the key words in any phrase involving guilt. That means that this man may have been innocent. That Georgia may have killed this man in cold blood. How do you live with that? How do you wake up this morning and feel good about yourself, when last night, you may have murdered this man as viciously as the victim of the original crime was murdered?
It's especially important to remember that there are innocent people in prison. These men and women have been wrongly convicted and years later, the convictions are sometimes overturned.
The United Nations, arguably one of the greatest sources for the morals of the world, has passed a resolution calling for the end of the Death Penalty. We are no longer the barbaric people of Biblical times. We are thinkers and individuals who hold the sanctity of life high.
The Death Penalty makes a mockery of us all.
This is a man who had up to 7 "eyewitnesses" recant their statements. Seven eyewitnesses stated that they saw him kill another man over 20 years ago, but since, have said, no they don't think it was him. This is not enough doubt for Georgia to stay the execution? That's b.s. That is more than enough doubt. That is opening the door and all you can see is doubt.
Troy Davis may have been guilty. But those words, may have, are the key words in any phrase involving guilt. That means that this man may have been innocent. That Georgia may have killed this man in cold blood. How do you live with that? How do you wake up this morning and feel good about yourself, when last night, you may have murdered this man as viciously as the victim of the original crime was murdered?
It's especially important to remember that there are innocent people in prison. These men and women have been wrongly convicted and years later, the convictions are sometimes overturned.
The United Nations, arguably one of the greatest sources for the morals of the world, has passed a resolution calling for the end of the Death Penalty. We are no longer the barbaric people of Biblical times. We are thinkers and individuals who hold the sanctity of life high.
The Death Penalty makes a mockery of us all.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Awesome Video
So, Michelle Bachmann bugs me for multiple reasons. Not least that she and her husband believe that being GLBT is a disease and can be cured by prayer. Thus, this video: http://www.nerve.com/news/politics/watch-a-pro-gay-rights-flash-mob-dance-to-madonna-at-a-michele-bachmann-rally
I still love flash mobs, even if the spontaneity is a lie.
I still love flash mobs, even if the spontaneity is a lie.
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