Carole Bayer Sager is sitting in as guest judge. Let’s be hopeful that she’ll say more than Jewel did in her stint.
Our first giant loser is Ian Benardo. He has chinchilla fur, two therapists, and his name on his shirt. He deserves every bit of ridicule he gets, except that is what he wants. He just asked Simon for his visa and accused him of being an illegal. And now he’s being ousted by security and there he goes saying Simon is the dangerous illegal one. And even Ryan looks annoyed and pushes Ian down the hall, and they could have cut about ten minutes out of his tirade, and I think I would have gotten the point. It’s like in those church hymns where the 2nd or 3rd verse has a star next to it, and the star means that you can drop that verse without changing the meaning of the hymn. What a turd.
Sarah Burgess lied to her parents to audition. Her dad doesn’t want her to audition or be a singer. If she goes, he won’t help her with school or college. I’m sure he won’t see it on TV or hear about it at all. Nobody watches this show. She’s very pretty. And there goes the crying. Can someone tell me why everyone is singing “Call Me” this year? Did it have a comeback this year or get packaged on the B side of “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and I just am not cool and didn’t get the text? “hey sk! dl call me by blondie on2 ur ipod stat! it’s the bomb! over.” Are they even saying “It’s the bomb” these days? I doubt it — I’m showing my geekiness. I don’t care, y’all can all shut up. Anyway, I like her. Like Simon says, she doesn’t have the best voice, but I think she can improve, and I think she’ll try. And she is bawling like a baby, and I love contestants like her, because she’s weepy and genuinely feeling it. And terrified of telling her daddy. Wow, he must be a big meanie. No look, he’s supportive. Or knows he’s on TV. Notice that TV cut, where Ryan must have said, “Bob, don’t say anything you don’t want broadcast on national television.” Bob’s first reaction sounded happily surprised, and he just wants her home safely, blah blah blah. So she’s so happy. Nice story. I hope she works hard in Hollywood. BTW, I kinda cried like a baby at her story too. But I cry at GEICO commercials, so that’s not saying much. That poor, misunderstood caveman.
Archive of entries posted on 24th January 2007
I hope he remembered to count his fingers . . .
Fun Trivia
John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) has decided not to run for president. What was his charismatic appeal often compared to?
Sympathy for the Democrat
You kinda have to feel for Nancy Pelosi last night. Most people attending can nod off and just follow the lead of the other Congressmen around him about clapping and standing, but Pelosi was right there in front of the camera and had to listen to every statement of the speech and think, “Was that a generic pro-America statement I can clap for, or would clapping now be interpreted as support of the President’s policy?” And, she knew if she misstepped and looked like she was supporting Bush, the nutroots would start screaming, “Pelosssi sssuportsss Booosssh! We will eatsss her ssskin!”
You don’t want that.
That About Sums It Up
From The Corner.
“Get Them a Body Bag! Yeah!”
I didn’t watch the State of the Union last night. The White House made the mistake of e-mailing me the outline ahead of time. When I saw bullet points for health care and global warming but nothing about making our enemies suffer – the only thing I care about. I decided to instead watch the CSI: Miami we had on our Tivo (didn’t have enough time to watch it Monday night since there was also 24 and Heroes). At least with CSI: Miami I got some red meat with an anti-Castro message.
Like every President Bush speech I don’t bother to watch, it ended up getting pretty good reviews. Still, talk isn’t going to help very much at this point. I actually want to see our enemy crying for mercy in front of the President and then see Bush spit on them before kicking them in the face. Then I’ll know he’s not just serious about taking on terrorism, he’s also going to sweep the leg. No mercy!
I’m praying the surge goes well and there’s the proper follow through. We’re America, and we only ever lose wars if we decide to give up… which we never ever should.
So, for those who saw the speech, what did you think? Or were you distracted so much with Pelosi staring at you that you didn’t hear anything?