Random Thoughts 6/24/08

• I was rooting for the Celtics, but those Boston fans sure are spoiled.
• Sometime in May of this year, the global population passed 6,666,666,666. Just thought you should know.
  
• We're winning in Iraq and have been for 18 months or more. Soon we'll be able to say that we won in Iraq yet Obama still wants to quit and run away. The good news about Iraq is legion and growing daily if you just have the desire to find it (like this huge news item for instance). But I found this short list of Iraqis you ought to know particularly interesting.
• Go to jail for questioning global warming? Lock me up. It is a pseudo-scientific misanthropic religious devotion which seeks to control people and squelch human development. Yeah, I'm against it.
• I was really disappointed to see that Mario Chalmers didn't go back to school. I guess the only thing to do now is hope that he gets drafted into a good situation. The draft is in two days. Unfortunately, forfeiting an education for the easy money is rarely a good choice. Oh and by the way, the Jayhawks are going to be nearly unrecognizable next year.
• Just what we need: another movie and television strike. Now it looks like the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) may strike as early as next week. Great. On the one hand, most of what Hollywood produces is utter dreck and we won't be missing a thing. On the other hand, there are a few worthwhile shows/films and they might be completely ruined a second major strike in less than a year.