I'm going to get sued by Anheuser-Busch (and, Fun with Politics)
From: Announcements, Design, Politics, Ranting By Bevans on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
I spent some time today putting together a design that's been rolling around in my head for a few weeks now. I think it turned out pretty well, and I think I nailed the logo.
As usual, I've put it on various shirts, stickers, pins, and other assorted merchandise, which you can buy here.
This design pretty much sums up my opinion of John McCain. His policies and opinions remind me of Bush, but not quite as bad. He seems to want to continue waging war (and more of them), favoring the rich, and generally carrying on the Bush legacy. I kinda feel bad saying that, because he seems like a nice guy, but then again, so did Bush.
At the moment, I'd say there's about a 75% chance that I'll be voting for Obama. Generally, he seems like a good choice. Not GREAT necessarily, but he has potential. I'm still keeping my eyes open though. I would vote for a third-party candidate if, by some miraculous turn of events, one actually had a chance to win.
I've tried voting for the person I thought would make the best president (Nader in `00), and I've voted for the lesser of two evils (Kerry in `04). These days, I'm basically going by this strategy: Vote out the Republicans, and then vote out the Democrats. In that order. I don't care for the Democrats, but I REALLY don't like the Republicans. And of course, I'm only talking about the most prominent of them all. There are some great leaders in both parties, who aren't afraid to step out from under their party's shadow. Good luck to them in the future.
Giving a site the "Bevans Bump"
From: Entertainment, Links, Movies, Politics, Ranting, Science By Bevans on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I'm using my considerable draw and influence to call attention to a good cause today.By now you've probably seen commercials for Ben Stein's new movie "Expelled", which is apparently being marketed as a wacky teen comedy or something. But really, it's a "documentary" full of anti-science, anti-evolution propaganda.
That's not what I'm trying to call attention to. I'm calling attention to Expelled Exposed, a web site designed to show just how full of shit Ben Stein and his stupid movie (as well as creationists in general) are.
But, some may argue that this is just calling more attention to the movie. Well, it's already being advertised for on TV. The best we can do is help to draw attention to the truth. The Expelled Exposed site is currently #8 when you search for "expelled" on Google, and the more you link to a site, the higher it goes on Google. So the goal is to get this site to appear BEFORE the movie's web site on Google.
Your orders from Bevans
From: Announcements, Ranting By Bevans on Sunday, February 17, 2008
World, lemme make this quick.It's ok for you to pronounce "2008" as "two-thousand and eight" or just "two-thousand eight". You picked up the habit in 2000, when the previous pronunciation convention was temporarily inapplicable.
HOWEVER, by my decree, you must stop in 2010. You may only pronounce it "twenty ten", not "two-thousand ten". And you may only pronounce 2011 as "twenty eleven", and so on.
Yes, it sounds kinda science-fictiony, like we're all living in the future or something. Well, we are. Get used to it.
Bevans, out.
The new Terminator TV show is actually pretty good.
From: Ranting, Reviews, TV By Bevans on Sunday, January 27, 2008
I wasn't initially thrilled with the idea of a TV series based on the Terminator movies. I've never seen the first one, the second only on TV, and I rented the third. But it seems to have a pretty interesting (if not exactly original) overarching storyline. Machines taking over, with humanity fighting for survival? It's been done too many times to count.
But the key to success with any popular meme is of course the execution. I can watch The Magnificent Seven and enjoy it just as much as The Seven Samurai because, even though the storyline is the same, they're two very different movies.
So what was I talking about? Oh yea.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles (terrible name, by the way) is actually a pretty entertaining and interesting show. It's not perfect, but very few shows are. (Dexter is.) It would be good even if it weren't the only show on TV with new episodes.
This blog needs a better title
From: Announcements, Ranting By Bevans on Friday, November 23, 2007
Title says it all. The title "Bevans Rants" sucks. I need something better. So, let's hear some suggestions. Preferably something with "Bevans" in the title.
Bevans' Political Soapbox, Vol. 1
From: Personal, Politics, Ranting By Bevans on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Sorry folks, I've decided not to run for President in 2008. My 2000 campaign was a bigger success than I ever imagined (I got one vote), and I honestly don't remember if I ran in 2004. But in 2008 you will not see my name on your ballots.
Why? Because, quite simply, I don't want to be the one to have to clean up Bush's mess. I don't want to have to fix the colossol clusterfucks in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran (just wait). I don't want to be the one to try to patch up our international relationships. De-Bushifying our education, healthcare, welfare, social security, and numerous other public services would be a major undertaking, and I just don't want to spend all my time doing that. I don't want to have to break up all the illegal monopolies that have formed and flourished thanks to Bush's "let big business do whatever the fuck it wants" policy.
In fact, undoing all that Bush has done to this country and this world is going to take decades, so I may not even run in 2012 or 2016. We'll see.
Another reason for not running is that I'll probably be labelled an "enemy combatant" or something and hauled off to a secret prison somewhere, just for writing this post. Naturally, that would put a major strain on my campaign. So it's best to just leave it to someone else for now.
In the coming weeks, I'll be offering my opinions on the other losers running for President in 2008. And what a sorry bunch of...