Realm of the Wombat

Best Halloween Costumes according to Jere: YouTube, Alien baby, and Rubik’s Cube

Odie’s Halloween Link o’ the Day: Worst Costumes

Documentation of the most ridiculous vanity license plates: License to Rant

When she first ran for the senate, Hillary Clinton made a mistake by saying she was a Yankees fan despite previous reports that, with her roots in Illinois, she was a Cubs fan. She later explained that the Yankees were her “American League team.” Clearly these comments were designed with the New York voter in mind. Does anyone think that Hillary has very strong opinions on the matter one way or the other? I don’t remember seeing her at either a Cubs or Yankees game. In any case, when asked by Denver reporters about her opinion of this year’s World Series matchup, she answered, “Neither of my teams is in. I’m going to be an interested but dispassionate observer.” She could have very easily said, “As a Yankees fan, I want to see the Red Sox lose, so I’m pulling for the Rockies,” or “I am very impressed by the never-say-die attitude of the Rockies, so I hope they win.” Instead, she gave the answer that most sports fans would have.

On the other hand, Rudy is supposedly a big Yankees fan. He’s always shown at Yankees games. He rooted for the Yankees against the Mets. He’s also very conscious of his status as a true Yankees fan in the political arena:

“I’m a Yankee fan,” Giuliani replied then. “I always believe it’s a sign of my being straight with people, about not wanting to fool them, that I was one of the first mayors to be willing to say I was a Yankee fan.” [Daily News article]

In no universe should a die hard Yankees fan actually want the Red Sox to become champs again. I guess the political universe is an exception.

Rudy Giuliani is carefully changing his opinion on many an issue in his presidential campaign to court the conservative voter. I get that. Does it really matter to Rudy one way or the other what the legality of abortion is? Does it really matter to him if more stringent gun control laws are passed? Unless he has a gay son that we haven’t heard anything about, do gay rights really matter to Rudy? Maybe a little bit, but not nearly as much as national security and the “war on terror.” So he promises to appoint strict constructionist judges and backtracks on his more liberal positions that he held as mayor of New York.

But I don’t understand this:

“I’m rooting for the Red Sox … I’m an American League fan, and I go with the American League team, maybe with the exception of the Mets,” he said. “Maybe that would be the one time I wouldn’t because I’m loyal to New York.” [AP story]

He could have said, “It pains me to say it, but I think the Red Sox will win,” or “Even though I am a Yankees fan, I recognize that the Sox have had the best team all year.” But to say that he will root for the Red Sox is unacceptable.

America, we cannot allow this type of flip-flopping turncoat into the White House. We need someone with strong, unwavering values. I can think of only one person for the job. Which is why I say to you, vote Romney!

Misidentified Black Person of the Week

Rule number one in my life is “Don’t watch MTv.” However, this has not always been the case. There were a few good things about MTv in the 90’s. Consider the following:

5) Inspired Stache to choose a name starting with T as his confirmation name. Years later, this would provide amusement to many.
4) Was first to air Mike Judge, in the form of Beavis and Butt-Head. Judge went on to network TV with King of the Hill and the classic movie Office Space.
3) Aired Daria, a show that lambasted the very pop culture that MTv was simultaneously responsible for promoting.
2) Jimmy the Cab driver commercials. I recall the one about Aerosmith’s video for Crazy being the funniest, but I can’t find it on YouTube, so you’ll have to settle for Ironic.
1) Aired the State’s sketch comedy show, which ranks in my top 5 shows of all time.

Chicago does something right: Chicago to Tax Bottled Water

How it all began: the first cell phone ad

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Stephen Colbert invades the NY Times

Mel Dandy endured record high temperatures for the Chicago Marathon this past Sunday, completing the course in 5:12. The two times I was able to see her, she was running too fast for me to take a picture. At the third spot we planned to see her, she went by without a trace. Apparently she was running even faster at mile 21 than mile 10. Due to the weather, 10,000 people opted to skip the race entirely, and another 10,000 started but did not finish.

Yeah Wheels!