2004... Let's Recap.

Well, homophobia and the fear of all things sexual (aka moral values) tried to "save" marriage and swayed an election, while the hetero teen queen, Brittany, got married twice. Amazing images of Mars from rovers Spirit and Opportunity mixed with abominable images from abu ghraib prison. Martha stewart, kobe bryant, and the red sox all made headlines, as the only world "superpower" spent $100 BILLION in treasure and 1,000 troops in blood not to stop the genocide in Sudan, not to aid the victims of the greatest catastrophe in Human history (though i am proud to say little george has upped Our government's donation from the "stingy" intitial offering of $15 million), but instead these sums were and are being used to force a country into "democracy" through the war that little george and little dick started to protect Us from the arms of a WMD-less dictator. Meanwhile osama bin laden has been left to flex his political muscles via tapes, both audio and video.

The 9/11 report hit the best seller list, Fahrenheit 9/11 passionately showed another side of the argument, and 9/11 echoed off the walls of the Republican convention (inside the building, of course). The war on drugs was dealt a hard blow by both rush limbaugh and jason giambi and we all now know who to turn to for advice on how to name our vibrators. Thank you bill o'reilly

Thank you Ray Charles. Thank you Marlon Brando. Thank you Rodney Dangerfield. Thank you Spalding Grey. Thank you Tony Randall. Thank you Christopher Reeve. Thank you Scott Muni. Thank you Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo). Thank you Jack Parr. Thank you Julia Child. Thank you Rick James. Thank you Old Dirty Bastard. Thank you Isabelle Sanford. And thank you yankees organist Eddie Layton. You each made a lasting impression on me.

I'm sure i've missed some big stories and moments from the year 2004. Some i ommitted on purpose. This is a blog after all, it's bound to have some bias, isn't it?

So, watch out for those wardrobe malfunctions and don't take no jive in 2005.

peace.
dave

If you haven't already done your good deed for 2005, PLEASE make a donation to the tsunami relief effort. Money is the best thing you can send right now. Groups on the ground there know what to do with it.