With these inspiring words (abridged, edited, and summarized) from Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor  (speaking to Pittsburghers on the importance of a cleanly and classy presentation of Pittsburgh to the nation for the All-Star Game events - which I guess involved tricking all the homeless into leaving downtown for the week), I embark on that endless journey: the weblog. I agreed (with myself) to do a blog only on the condition that it be some sort of add on to my existing website. Well, wouldn't you know it, Yahoo! was one step ahead of me. Which surprised me. Personally, I find Google to be far superior in every way (search engine, software products, internet services). But ole Yahoo! pulled one over on me. So here we are.



Let me pose some questions and see if anyone wants to discuss them (WARNING: May contain explicit capitalistic, conservative rhetoric).



1. What's wrong with Israel pounding Hezbollah (spelling varies widely)? If you had cancer, wouldn't you want it eradicated? World peace will (sadly) only happen when every human being is dead. And even then, lions will still eat zebras.



2. Nuclear power is the solution for America's energy crisis. Take out the coal-burners, oil-burners, and natural gas-burners. Build lots of nukes. Start driving electric cars. Stop hippies from asking stupid questions.



3. How does "Pirates of the Carribean II" make so much money? Why do people go see blockbusters? Don't they realize they're being pandered to? Don't they get tired of hearing the same script repeated over and over in different settings?



P.S. - How does THIS happen????