And the stereotype of the Wandering Jew just keeps on going

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Drum as you Are and A Brand New Day

I've obviously been inspired to write. Hopefully you'll be inspired to read.

Hello to all my readers who responded to the 'five great drummer' question, (both of you). Misha, thanks for listing a bunch of obscure drummers that I have never of and yourself, (at least the weiner from Kidnapped Heiress bangs his drumsticks together in a cool fashion when asked). At the risk of having to do major research, I will respond to Sam's suggestions, which she was kind enough to e-mail me even after the 'err is human' miscue nearly tore asunder our friendship.

Sam's top five are:

John Bonham - Also mentioned by Misha, though right before 'that ambidextrous guy from dave matthews band' Okay, I'll count him, but only because Zep broke up right after he died.

But does people think of Led Zeppelin, is it thought of as Bonham's band? Or is he just a part of a fantastic whole, (though Stairway is waaaayyy overrated, Physical Graffiti is waaaayyyy too bloated, and Jimmy Page should be flayed for allowing Puffy the right to TWO Led Zeppelin songs for Come with Me. Not only is Kashmir ripped off, but the beginning also samples from 'The Battle of Evermore'. A tragedy through and through. So I guess in light of that, Bonham is vindicated.

Keith Moon - Like Bonham, Moon also died early, and his legacy consists mainly of hard drinking. That being said, his drumming was manic, and The Who are nothing without him, (though for some reason, still touring and recording, and featuring on drums......Zak Starkey). Amazing that the band responsible for Baba O'Riley, Tommy, and My Generation, are now down half their members, feature Ringo's son on drums, no longer record, and yet still tour. What was that about 'Hope I die before I get old', Pete? Moon, you can stay.

Dave Grohl - Whenever he is asked about his contribution to 'the band that blew hair metal off the map', Dave always replies, "I was just the drummer', which seems about right. Like Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear (uggghhh), original drummer Chad Channing and perennial runner-up Jason Everman would all attest to, Nirvana was Kurt Cobain and Kurt Cobain was Nirvana.

Praise Dave Grohl all you want for his work with the Foo Fighters, (who really tailed off after The Colour and the Shape), Probot, Queens of the Stone Age, Garbage, Tom Petty, Mike Watt, P Diddy, (It must be really be All About the Benjamins), and now Nine Inch Nails(!), but frequent guest appearances does not a good drummer make.

Sure he's ubiquitous. So was head lice.

Tommy Lee - Sadly not selected by Misha, Sam rightly says 'you cannot help but like him'. Sure, he's a bad boy with a giant schlong. Next!

Rick Allen - My choice for number one. As in one arm! I guess between Tommy Lee and Rick Allen, the long and short of drummers are covered. Amazingly, Def Leppard would sound exactly the same doing 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' with a two armed drummer, a one armed drummer, and a monkey drummer.

Phew! I didn't even have to resort to the What has nine arms and sucks joke.

Now as for some of Misha's choices that I am able to comment on...

Mitch Mitchell - When your band is called the Jimi Hendrix Experience and you're not Jimi Hendrix, it's clear that you're not the Experience either. Look, the name and the hair are cute, but when Jimi played the Star Spangled Banner and set his guitar on fire, Zac Hanson could have been his drummer and nobody would have noticed or cared, although 'The Wind cries MMMBop' would probably suck.

Jimmy Chamberlain - If you kill your touring keyboardist with your stash of heroin, and control freak / master poet Billy Corgan still lets you back into the Smashing Pumpkins and lets you be a part of Zwan, clearly you are doing something right. Chamberlain, you rock.

Stewart Copeland - The three reasons The Police were so successful is 1. Their greatest song is about a whore. Though why does Roxanne have to put on the red light after she's already been told that she doesn't have to. Show some consistency, Police! Oh, and 2. The end of "Message in a Bottle". The line 'Sending out an S.O.S.' repeated endlessly is inifinitely catchy. 3. Everything Sting has done without The Police has been a ginat cash grab. Starting with whining 'I want my MTV' on Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" and making a boatload of money, to that car commercial song thingy with Cheb Mami, to of course, appearing with Puffy to do "I'll be Missing You" at the Video Awards, (it always comes back to Puffy).

Oh, and don't think I forget about the gawdawful "All for One" from the Three Musketeers soundtrack. Bryan Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart spells ass. So in conclusion, Sting sucks. Oh yeah, I guess Copeland stays.

Matt Cameron - I guess being the second drummer for Soundgarden qualifies you to be the fifth drummer for Pearl Jam. Linking the two bands together, (aside from Temple of the Dog and their magnum opus "Hunger Strike", am I the only one who finds Chris Cornell's wails to be completely derivative of Robert Plant in the same way that Scott Stapp, Aaron Lewis, the 'singer' from Three Doors Down, the gimp from Switchfoot, and whoever fronts Alter Bridge sounds exactly like Eddie Vedder. Honestly, when I hear Audioslave, I could swear it's a Zep tribute band. Also, I'm sure that Eddie wasn't the first to sing in a 'lower key', (he too, paying tribute, to Cher), it seems like Pearl Jam is responsible for every singer who doesn't sing. Is this what passes for evolution, baby?

Matt Cameron...whatever. It's not like he wrote "Ty Cobb" or "Better Man"

Tre Cool - Conciousness is a tricky business. I could swear that I was alive from 1981 until late 1993, but my memories of those times were a little hazy, (I do remember identifying with the persona of 'the smart, skinny kid', as opposed to now, when I seem to be the embodiment of the 'smartass, skinny guy') The memories I have from 1993 and before seem to be second hand. Therefore, late 1993 and 1994 seems like that was the time in my life I started to 'get' it.

1994 was a magical time for me. It was the year Green Day broke.

Perhaps "Kerplunk" was their more 'punk' album, but that's not what Dookie was about. For the record, they really do sound like a mix between The Clash and the Stiff Little Fingers, but High Fidelity was years away at that point. This is not what punk music was 'supposed' to sound like, but nobody seemed to care. 'Longview' was a great song about alienation, (and masturbation). 'Basket Case' had a classic music video, with the mental hospital and the 'Do you have the time? To listen to me whine' intro. There they were performing on Saturday Night Live. There they were getting made fun of on Saturday Night Live, with David Spade mocking Billie Joe's faux British inflection: 'Boight moiy lip and clooes my eoiyes'. Look at their different hair colors, all blues and greens and blonds. Here they are performing in the mud at Woodstock '94, and there's the video with Billie Joe getting hit with a clump of mud and playing on anyway. Oh, and what about that secret song, with Tre Cool performing 'all by myself'. Hey, the guy's name is Tre Cool, awesome! Billie Joe had a green guitar! They wore ties!

Kurt Cobain died in 1994, but clearly it was a Green Day.

Offspring hit it pretty big that year as well, though nobody seems to know/care who their drummer is/was.

Tre Cool was the greatest drummer of 1994, and thus the greatest drummer ever post-Nirvana, just as Mike Dirnt was the greatest bass player, and Billie Joe the greatest guitar player, (though his faux British voice did get rather irritating after a while, therefore the greatest singer post-Nirvana pre-Radiohead is a tie between Gwen Stefani and her future husband Gavin Rossdale).

Many have tried and many have failed to be Tre Cooler than the man born Frank Edwin Wright III.

But after 1994, it was all over for Green Day. It's not like they tried to change the formula. We were the ones who had changed.

Their subsequent singles 'Geek Stink Breath', 'Brain Stew' and 'Minority' followed the same three chord structure, but just didn't have the same impact on their slightly older fanfase, (there's a HUGE difference between being thirteen and being fifteen, trust me). I blame the music videos. They just seemed to be trying so hard to shock, with the graphic imagery of the teeth and the shots of the band in the junkyard, and the uh, parade of freaks.

We just didn't seem to care anymore.

And look, if anybody tries to argue with me that 'Time of your Life (Good Riddance)' was a departure for the band and a big hit, I say 'wrong on both counts'. First of all, it's not a Green Day song. It's Billie Joe, an acoustic guitar, and a violin. No Tre. I think he may have cameoed in the video, but no dice. Second of all, it was fortuitous of the band to release the song at a time when most of their original fanbase was graduating from high school, (though I seem to associate the song more with my brother graduating from junior high). 'Time of your Life (Good Riddance)' was a song about nostalgia, and looking back at times that seemed stressful...blah blah blah....I guess the bracketed subtitle (Good Riddance) also played well with the kids that couldn't wait to graduate from Bumfuck High and do something with their lives. So the song got played at high school proms and their mothers bought the album as well, and despite the fact that Green Day was never punk to begin with, this was their 'sell-out' song.

Think about 'Time of your Life (Good Riddance)' and then quickly think of another song. What comes to mind? Obviously Vitamin C's 'Graduation (Freinds Forever)'. I guess that now Green Day's 'hot' again, we don't have to worry about seeing Tre Cool taking Vitamin C's spot on "Superstar USA 2, (This Time it's for Real...just kidding)".

Oh, and how about this new Green Day? Part of the reason they were so much fun is that they didn't care much about anything. They embraced the slacker. It's cool not to care. That's a good message for a thirteen year old who is sick of being told to do his homework or to wear clothes that matched or to stop watching so much television. Ah, 1994.

But Green Day is smart, see. Now their fanbase is older, and much wiser, (hahahaha, yeah right)! They have responsibility now, and they have to vote. They are sick of being told what to do by an incompetent President, (who oddly enough, seems to embrace the once popular Green Daynian slacker morality). Green Day wants to say that their music is still about sticking it to 'the man' in the time of alienation, only now that you are all grown up, 'the man' is no longer your parents, who started to embrace Green Day once they recorded that 'nice song they played at your commencement', which just about killed all of Green Day's 'cool points'.

However, 'The man' is much worse this time. George W. Bush is a much worse enemy than your parents. At least your parents give you money to support your broke ass, but what has W ever done for you? The Presential bogeyman cannot be stopped, unless you sing along that 'I'm not a part of a Redneck Agenda'. Hey, this message especially well even for Canadians, who can't vote against the guy, even if they tried!

"Welcome to a new kind of tension, All across the alienation" is a rallying cry not for political uprising, but for Green Day's relevance. Suddenly, they are the elder statesmen of punk music, (even though they were never Punk to begin with?) and they've got a right, nay an obligation! to save the world from the evil hegemon and perhaps sell a few records along the way.

This is a really roundabout way of saying that Tre Cool has become Tre Lame.

When you look at Green Day in a 2004 context, they are the originators in a sea of imitators. They were Pop-Punk before Pop-Punk was even a genre!

Good Charlotte, Simple Plan and Yellowcard know where they stand, and don't profess to be anything other than 'upbeat bands' that make bank every time a teenager doesn't 'fit in'. But how 'punk' can you be when your fans aren't even old enough to spell politics, never mind partake in political discourse with their musical sweethearts?

I know that Sum 41 makes angry political statements and cute videos, but just like their latest ditty, 'they want it all with no sacrifice'. They want the 'responsibility' that comes with the Punk side, but the 'cuteness' that comes from being popular. There is no sacrifice, because their music isn't very angry, (how angry can you be and still date Paris and Avril) nor their videos all that funny anymore. Plus, nobody considers Steve-O 32 to be the equal of Tre Cool :-(

Seeing Green Day now is kind of deflating. Is this how I am supposed to be feeling right now? Part of what drew me, and I imagine a whole bunch of kids to Pop-Punk is that it was so much FUN. Hey, let's put a monkey in the music video! Let's cause a lot of mischief and make pee-pee jokes while we're at it!

That's what is missing from Pop-Punk now: The fun!

Green Day's new video isn't funny, unless the sight of Tre Cool giving a mock salute while covered in green paint puts you in hysterics. It's all lightweight fluff, but made more serious because it's an election year. At least they were trying to be funny before. Now they are hoping that the jaded set will look back on their misspent youth and identify with their former heroes.

Sorry boys, the day is no longer Green. It's White Striped. Meg White is tied with Rick Allen of Def Leppard as the greatest drummer of all time. Like Rick, Meg drums with one arm. Maybe she is paying tribute to him, or perhaps she's been programmed that way.

And the winner of the drummer contest is...An arm and a Meg.


What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians?

A drummer.

Dammit Misha!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the winner of the Bon Jovi contest: Misha...last name tba!

That you were able to identify that Tico Torres is married to Czech supermodel Eva Herzigova eluded even my careful grasp of pop culture minutia, (by careful grasp, I mean 'knowledge' of all kinds of inanity). Though your answer was fantastic, your response failed to touch upon a few crucial points.

Point the first: Nostalgia, sure everybody is a little nostalgic for the days of "Shot Through the Heart" and "Bed of Roses". But it's not like Bon Jovi play off their hair metal roots as 'nostalgia' in quite the same way a Twisted Sister might. It is all part of their evolution as a band. And though the nostalgia factors may be 'high' for eighties children trying to reclaim their misspent youth, Jon and the boys are still coming out with new material. Though it's just rehashed power ballads and filler, these guys seem to take themselves plenty seriously. Nostalgia only works if the band plays along.

Point the second: Does it in fact make sense that drummer Hector 'Tico' Torres has the best looking wife in the group? I mean, Jon Bon Jovi is the face of the band, (or at least, the name). He's married to high school sweetheart Dorothea. Now Dorothea may be a super lady, she isn't exactly a supermodel, (I wonder how she felt about Jon rolling around with Cindy Crawford in the Christmas music video. Probably none too pleased).

Even casual fans of the 'Jov know that guitarist Richie Sambora is married to Heather Locklear. Now while Heather was immortalized in the "There is a God, Heather be thy name" scene in Wayne's World 2, that was more than ten years ago, long before Melrose Place, Spin City, and whatever horrible new show she is in. Heather is quite weathered. That leaves us with Tico.

Though he did land Czech supermodel Eva Herzigova in 1996, they divorced two years later, probably when she realized he was the DRUMMER FOR BON JOVI. Now Misha, i am aware that you have a fine looking girlfriend, but I'm sure she loves you in spite of the fact that you a drummer, not because of it.

What do you call a guy that hangs around musicians?

A drummer.

What's the difference between a drummer and a drum machine?

You only have to punch the instructions into a drum machine once.

Listen, I am sure that there are great drummers in the world.

My challenge: name five.

Also, all this talk of MOR got me thinking of John Mayer. Now, he seems to be pretty popular with the ladies, (as my friend Liza made abundantly clear to me: "he doesn't even need to use foreplay). All this despite the fact he is just some dink with a guitar. Is his classic tune "Your Body is a Wonderland", a sly allusion to (Paramount) Canada's Wonderland? Because if so, this perhaps implies that the object of his affection is some sort of theme park and that he would like to ride on her best attraction and perhaps get his picture taken while doing so?

Anybody? No?

The path to Enlightenment in being so absorbed in thought that the law of gravity no longer applies to you. Perhaps Jon Bon Jovi is aware of this.

Daffy Duck helped to explain one of life's great mysteries to me today. I now now that only when you REALIZE that you are walking on thin air do you fall from the sky.

Looney questions still remain though. Like what is the overaching inspiration behind Yosemite Sam? My dad thinks that he is some of animal, while I think he is a caricature of a southwest prospector. Either way, he seems like a bit xenophobic, no? (I hates rabbits). Perhaps he had a bad rabbit stew once, or maybe a rabbit killed his father Yosemite Bill and he undergoes an existential / metaphysical quest to rid the world of rabbits. Or perhaps he is insane.

Doesn't the Road Runner seem far less intriguing than Wile E. Coyote, and just once can't an engineering degree and utilization of acme products trump being rully rully fast and uttering 'meep meep' a lot? Road Runner pisses me off. He is like the Los Angeles Lakers of Looney Tunes. Sure he may win all the time, but does anybody really cheer for him?

How I have never noticed the overwhelming similarity between Speedy Gonzalez and 'Hennifer Lopez'. In the 'toon I watched today, Speedy had one wish bestowed upon him. He could have anything in the world, and what does he choose? A burrito. How different is this stereotyped character than the one obviously played for laughs on South Park (I eat tacos y burritos)?

Though he wasn't featured on today's episode, (which seemed to be some sort of treatise on imperialism featurign the Tasmanian Devil. Chas like.), I thought about Pepe Le Pew. Unlike the other more obvious dichotomies between good and evil in which we are clearly given a character to root for, (the abovementioned Road Runner / Coyote feud, Sylvester and Tweety, Bugs and Elmer Fudd), we clearly do not know which way to swing in the case of our Francais ami Monseiur Pew.

Are we supposed to rally behind the black cat who inexorably gets coated with white paint and must fend off Le Pew's advances throughout each encounter? Because if so, the cat is clearly not given enough likability, (though her tendency to utter 'le meow' and 'le purr' is quite entertaining). But really, isn't this another example of Yosemitesque racism? Why can't the cat co-exist with her French paramour? Because he is a skunk and not a cat? Or is it because of the horrible skunk-like odor he emits whilst chasing her? I find this level of intolerance troubling. Has the French Revolution taught us nothing?

However, if we are meant to side with Pepe, is this just an example of letting pushy, stinky creatures think they can get away with harassing the objects of their affection just because they pull them close and whisper 'Ah, mon cherie, mi amor' in their ears. Because I've seen this kind of behaviour play out in clubs and I am rarely if ever inclined to support a Le Pewlike attitude, (let the cat come to you, skunk). So clearly, Pepe leaves me with divided loyalties. It's a living.

Before I put this looniness behind me, Sam (Heath, not Yosemite) has complained that my last contest was 'unfair' due to me only asking her what was missing from "To err is human, to blank divine" and not for the source of the quote. Sam, in my defense, I expected you to go above and beyond the call of duty. Therefore, I open the floor again to submissions to the question I pose, and I will only seek subjective answers, (but all answers are subjective, Chas) Quiet you! To all who answered correctly that to 'forgive is divine', I hope that you can learn to forgive me.

Today's question is: How did Bon Jovi manage to transform from hair metal band extrodinaire into a (somewhat) successful MOR band without managing to alienate either fanbase?

'Livin' on a Prayer' is still a fantastic listen. Furthermore, it is not enjoyed either ironically, like Motley Crue's 'Dr Feelgood' or Whitesnake's 'Here I Go Again', but as a straight up rock anthem.
Meanwhile, Bon Jovi still enjoys success wthin the 'adult' market, even though I can't name a single one of their songs that came after 'It's My Life', which come to think of it, is barely more than an updated version of 'Livin' on a Prayer'.

I highly doubt that Poison could play an acoustic version of 'Unskinny Bop' at three in the morning at a John Kerry rally and still be taken seriously.

So how did Bon Jovi do it? Anybody who solves this mystery will receive a copy of 'Bon Jovi's Cross Road', which my Mom bought in earnest. I will have to steal it from her car.

Oh, if anyone can incorporate Tico Torres into their answer, I'll throw in a Bic lighter.

Remember, we've got to hold on to what we've got. Conversely, It doesn't really matter if we make it or not. We've got each and that's a lot for love. So give it a shot?

That's all Folks

The Implant Contest...

was a bit of a bust

Knowing is probably closer to two thirds of the battle

Happy Rememberance Day?

Solemn Rememberance Day?

What is the best way to acknowledge November 11th? I did so by wearing a poppy, but only because it was on the ground and needed a home. I always feel silly wearing a poppy. It's like all of a sudden I'm Nick Kypreos doing lockout coverage, (as TSN and SportsNet commentators all have sychronized poppies. Say if Rod Black or Mike Toth stopped waering one, do you think they'd be fired?)

Also, I plan to celebrate Rememberance Day by going to a contest where a lucky young girl wins a free set of breast implants. Yes, this is my life.

I was never really a fan of war or war coverage, (I much prefer war theory, but unfortunately, I can't put a poppy on my mind) So instead, I think about the war heroes I grew up with. Go Joe.

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Conor

How do I look?

Am I Bemused? Wary? Carnivorous? I think I look like I'm pontificating on the nature of the universe. Either that or I'm tired.

The King is Dead

Long live the King?

Welcome to the Biodome

We have a winner in the "To err is human, to --- is divine" sweepstakes. Although the choices are quite overwhelming, apparently the 'correct' answer is... to FORGIVE divine.

Unfortunately, the source of the quotation was not identified by Sam Heath, so the only you gift you receive Sam Heath, is a warm applause. As an English student, I expected much better.

The writer of the quotation is actually Alexander Pope, who is also responsible for 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (the phrase of course, not the horribly overrated movie, c'mon Kirtsen Dunst? Aside from filling out a 'Kerry Edwards' shirt, what was her finest performance to date? Jumanji?) The 'meaning' behind "To err is human, to forgive divine" is that people sin and make mistakes all the time, and since God forgives them, people act divinely when they forgive. (Thanks New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, without you I would have had to turn to the Old Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Also, has Google made us the laziest creatures ever?)

Here's the thing. I think there's a reason the second part of the quote is often forgotten, and that is because forgiveness has no more bearing on modern society than does humility.

I give all due respect to Alexander Pope. He wrote the Rape of the Lock, whereas my greatest literary triumph was an article I wrote about LL Cool J for a college newspaper. I am also no big fan of cultural revionism, i.e. writing that was relevant THEN is no longer relevant NOW. Pope's problem is that his statement rests on a flawed premise. People sin, they apologize and they are forgiven.

The problem is that....people don't apologize. Ever. It's something that's done only when absolutely necessary, and even then, it's not really meant. Look at the most famous apology, that of Socrates. Not much apologizing going on there, (Socrates actually suggests for his self-punishment that Athens should give him a cash prize!) How about modern sporting examples. Did Terrell Owens apologize for being a jackass? No, he instead deflected the blame to Ray Lewis, because he's the good guy even though he stood trial for being an accessory to murder. Actually, I don't think Lewis ever apologized either, to his teammates or to his fans.

Or what about Charlie Hustle, Pete Rose, who felt compelled to write a book asking for forgiveness called "My Prison Without Bars", and never once apologized for his actions. It seems that every athlete or rock star who doesn't stick to what they do best, and makes some outrageous comment is always taken 'out of context' or was 'misquoted'.

How about Public Enemy's 'Minister of Information' Professor Griff, who repeatedly claimed "Jews are Wicked". He was certainly not heavily chastised by Chuck D. In fact, Chuck D spun his 'apology' was the the song "Welcome to the Terrordome" which includes the lines: "Crucifiction ain't no fiction / So called Chosen frozen / Apology made to whoever pleases / Still they got me like Jesus" That's no apology! That's like when you're seven and hit somebody, apologize, and then say they deserved it. Have we not evolved from playground ethics?

Don't think I'm leaving the politicians out of it. Apologizing seems to equal weakness in political circles. Did George W Bush apologize to those people who supported the war in Iraq and then were left to defend his Tartuffery when the war was mismangaged?

Did the soon to be late Yasser Arafat ever apologize for any of his actions?

Is our forgiveness warranted if there is nothing apologized for? Shouldn't Pope have said "To err is human, to apologize divine" If God can forgive us for our mistakes, isn't it in our interest to own up to them? Does this reveal a God complex on our part, as we believe that we are never in error, and if we are, it is someone else's fault?

You know what, maybe I am wrong about all this. Krista, maybe the first post on your blog, since removed, was able to prove that to forgive IS divine. In which case I say to Mister Alexander Pope, I APOLOGIZE.

Check out pensivepersian.blogspot.com Thanks for your patience, Reza

Now for the News...

Checked out the article on Liberalism in the Toronto Star's I.D. section. Imagine that, the star coming down on so-called liberals who condemn any opinion that is not their own. This is kind of like the Sun coming down on those who do not write 'hard news'. Anyways, the front-pager itself was decent enough, alluding to Mill and Locke as the founders of modern liberalism, (no mention of my boy Tommy Hobbes, but anyways...) Then three pages later, three 'objective' U of T students write their piece about attending the conventions, and illustrate the very same bias that the Star just came down upon! (In fairness, they were from New College). This seems to be typical of the 'one step forward, two steps backwards' coverage we see in the three major Toronto dailies, (and I guess for the Sun as well, but I look mainly at the pretty pictures).

Spefically, the Star cited liberals as coming down on positions that do not agree with their own. Isn't this mainly what the papers are all about? You don't choose to read the Star or the Post because you want to read about differing points of view, but because you want your pre-existing views reinforced. Right? How else do you explain Haroon Siddiqui and George Jonas writing from essentially the same template over and over again? Perhaps those who are in the 'middle' subscribe to Jeffrey Simpson's frequent ramblathons or Rex Murphy's particular acerbic wit.

Am I right? Do people read a specific paper to check out views that are different from their own, or to attend what is basically a 'church sermon'? (as the New College Star writers termed a Bush rally) Do we choose our sources of news in order to see 'differing' perspectives, or so that we can say constantly say 'testify!' Are we modern liberal newspqaper readers or not?

To err is human...

Is the above really true? Like how much err are we talking about here? Like if you really screw up, does the err is human defense hold up in a court of law? (Yeah, I spell 'defense' with an 's' Bite me!)

Oh, and what's the next line? I always thought it was 'to sin is divine', but I've been told that's wrong. A secret prize to anyone who rings in with the right answer.

Now entering the studio is today's contestant

A Student from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, please welcome, Chas Traps!