Is it just me, or are you creeped out when you go to a website and it tells you your facebook “friends” have joined the Huffington Post, or CNN updates you on your friends activities? Do I show up on other people’s pages too? I think I changed all those settings, but who the hell knows? I mean, I think some of the people I see are the same people who passed along those helpful “change your facebook privacy settings” tips. I really should just pull the plug on the facebook thing. I never quite got it in the first place, and I really don’t look at it all that often. I guess I just don’t care whether Billy Bob fertilized Betty Sue’s crops in Farmville (I mean, go for it you two, but, geez, is nobody discrete these days?).

Hey, how’s this for a quandary? You get picked up by five-oh on some bogus stolen car charge (so you say, anyway), and you post bail but you’re, you know, kinda Mexican looking, so the feds hold you for being an illegal immigrant. And you show them your ID and your birth certificate that shows you were born in Puerto Rico (and, yeah, that really, really is part of the United States, no matter what Vaughn Ward may think), but well, did I mention you’re kinda Mexican looking? So obviously your documents are forged, so they hold you and tell you you’re gonna be deported. Fortunately, your Congressman – who’s kinda Mexican looking himself – intervenes and springs you.

That would kinda suck, huh? And it didn’t even happen in Arizona; this was in Chicago.

So, while nobody was paying much attention, it looks like North and South Korea are on the verge of resuming their war. Now, as much as I liked M*A*S*H, let’s say we just sit this one out, eh? It might make the price of TVs, DVD players, and other consumer electronics go up, but, well, it just doesn’t seem worth it. Besides, we’re still in the process of bringing Democracy to Afghanistan.

Ever get the urge to fire off an angry e-mail to a Senator or congresscritter? Well, you might wanna think twice about that (especially if you happen to be kinda Mexican looking). Turns out what I always thought was one of our “rights” is actually called “felony harassment” or something. Go figure. I hope it’s still OK to bitch about ’em here, or I’m gonna need to start up a collection for my legal fees.

BP is gonna try packing their hole with mud today (maybe). I always knew those Brits were a bunch of mud packers (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Hopefully this will actually work (or at least slow it down so they can do something else). I have my doubts, though. I think they may just wind up stressing the pipe and blowing it out in a few more places. I hope not though.

The lamestream media keep pushing the “Is This Obama’s Katrina” meme. Unfortunately, this seems to be worse. For one thing, Katrina the hurricane at least was an event that ended in a couple of days (even if the aftermath goes on), while this oil spew has been going on for over a month, and it may be many more months before they can drill a relief well to stop it. And while there are really only a handful of hurricanes that threaten the Gulf Coast in a given season, there are Allah only knows how many of the 800+ active offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are ready to blow at any moment, like a bunch of aneurysms ready to pop without warning. Without any warning to us anyway. It appears that BP actually had quite a few clues that there were pressure and flow problems (which, at my age, I can relate to) before the damn thing blew up. And Obama keeps allowing new ones (fuck new ones; they ought to shut them all down until they can be inspected and relief wells drilled), and seems to be unwilling – despite the tough talk – to regulate them.

Fortunately, I live inland and don’t really like shrimp, so I think I’m good.