Evening Update

Yea, I know, such a lame blog entry title but I am stuck here on dial up!

Jeremiah Brewer will seek a position in the Wyoming Democratic Party. I wish him the best of luck.

I cleaned out my inbox today. I went from 20 pages of emails I refuse to delete to 17 pages. Half were automated emails from John Kerry so those had to go. The rest were from the DSCC, DCCC, and the DNC just trying to get me to donate my almost depleted funds. I'm sure there are more emails to delete like those frickin' Google alerts. I hear my family might be getting Insight Broadband--this is great news.

Proctor and Gamble will continue to advertise during American Dreams. So will Ford.

Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson is running again!

"I'm not making an official announcement yet, but yes, my intention is to run for a third term," Peterson told IBJ. "I've continued fund raising, much as I did after my first election."

And how. Peterson, a Democrat, has raised $547,836 in the year since he defeated Republican challenger Greg Jordan to earn a second term. Including funds left over from the last election cycle, his total campaign chest currently stands at $1,217,189.

For now, Peterson is more than the frontrunner in the 2007 Indianapolis mayor's race. According to the Marion County clerk's office, he's the only candidate yet on file.

Many had speculated that Peterson, perhaps the Indiana Democrat Party's best-known figure besides U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, might run for statewide or even national office in the next electoral cycle. But Indiana Democrats will have to keep looking for their next Seabiscuit or Secretariat. That may prove a daunting challenge, said Indiana Legislative Insight Publisher Ed Feigenbaum.

In other news, who gave Gwen Stefani permission to ruin the classic Broadway tune "If I Were A Rich Man." Speaking of entertainment, why doesn't Comedy Central already do this? Because I do?!?

While The Daily Show With Jon Stewart continues to ascend to a spooky legitimacy, feeding off the same absurdities that news anchors report with a straight face, entertainment news remains stubbornly unlampooned. Why doesn't Comedy Central, for instance, do an Access Hollywood spoof as a companion to Stewart?

Random quote of the day being that I got behind on those:
"I grew up a Kentucky Wildcats fan."
--Pat Summitt, Tennessee Lady Volunteers Head Coach, March 4, 2005
LINK.

A review of Jon Stewart's performance at Cornell University. On those that couldn't get into the show: "I've seen my show it wasn't worth it."

Jon Stewart peformed last night at the Turning Stone Casino in which the tickets were sold out.

Amtrak ends Three Rivers route through Hammond. Saddening.

Sad to say but something about this article is hilarious:

Veteran comic actor Douglas Brinkley, best known for his pitch-perfect television cameos as a shamelessly sycophantic, celebrity-smitten history professor--Scrapbook readers will doubtless remember Brinkley's hilarious performance as "the candidate's biographer" on last season's since-cancelled John Kerry Show--may finally be getting the A-list entertainment-industry treatment he's long deserved.

More Jon Stewart jokes from his latest show at Cornell:

But he didn't stop there. Dressed in an old T-shirt instead of his usual suit, he delivered jokes supporting the United States' bombing of foreign countries as a way to learn geography, which were followed by other remarks supporting gays' wanting to join the Army.

"What are they afraid of? 'Captain, shoot that man!' 'I can't. He's too adorable," Stewart said.

He knocked George W. Bush and John Kerry, the Pope and yarmulkes, Ezra Cornell and Saddam Hussein. There were numerous references to bodily functions, colorful language and talk of his dog's exploding diarrhea. He also pointed out what he sees as an advertising irony.

"They advertise beer during the day every five minutes but won't advertise condoms because it'll lead to teenagers having random sex. What is the largest cause of random sex in teenagers? Beer," quipped Stewart.

Stephen L. Johnson named head of EPA. Bush then earned surprising praises from groups who have long since opposed his candidacy. Shoot, those are lobbying groups not liberal groups!

Legislators have been using caution while being optimistic about the statebudget:

Rep. Mike Weaver said it was his understanding that the switch had been placed in the budget without any consultation with state Treasurer Jonathan Miller. Weaver said it was an effort to kill the program, which he would not want to see done.

Others, including Miller, have implied or said it is an example of playing partisan politics. Miller said Friday while in Elizabethtown that Hardin County has the third highest participation rate in the state.

Happy Birthday to:
Rob Reiner, 58
Ed McMahon, 82

All, this on while stuck on dial-up. I started it at 7:36 PM. It is now 8:31 PM.