Daphne's Lists (because I'm Bored)

Best TV of the 2005-2005 season:

1. The Sopranos, HBO (still the reason why television was invented)
2. Battlestar Galactica, Sci-Fi
3. The Boondocks, Cartoon
4. Justice League Unlimited, Cartoon
5. 24, Fox
6. The Office, NBC
7. Weeds, Showtime
8. The L Word, Showtime
9. The Unit, CBS
10. Entourage, HBO

Best Videogames of 2006 (so far)

1. Call of Duty 2, XBox 360
2. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfare, XBox 360
3. Black, Playstation 2
4. New Super Mario Bros., DS
5. Brain Age, DS
6. Fight Night Round 3, XBox 360
7. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, XBox 360
8. The Movies, PC
9. Star Wars: Empire at War, PC
10. Princess Peach, DS

Hottest Hollywood Babes

1. Michelle Rodriguez
2. Jamie-Lynn Siegler
3. Jamie Pressley
4. Sophia Bush
5. Angelina Jolie
6. Charlize Theron
7. Penelope Cruz
8. Jessica Alba
9. Anne Hathaway
10. Lois Griffin

Best Comic Book Titles of 2006 (so far)

1. The Ultimates
2. Daredevil
3. Infinite Crisis
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. Green Arrow
6. Y The Last Man
7. Hard Time
8. All-Star Superman
9. Noble Causes
10. Ex Machina

Best Candidates for 2008's Presidential Election (barring a scandal involving sex with dwarves)

1. John Edwards
2. Pete Camejo
3. Wesley Clark
4. Joe Biden
5. Al Gore
6. Bill Richardson
7. Elliott Spitzer
8. Barack Obama
9. Jon Stewart
10. Anyone but Hilliary

Still Like Bush? You Need Help.

The lastest polls put Bush's numbers somewhere between the high 20's and the low 30's. I find this incredibly high for someone who is not only a failure as a "war president" but as a conservative.
There are two reasons and two reasons only why almost a third of the nation still approves of this corporate shill: 1) They are neither conservative or Republican but Bushists whose only ideology is whatever Bush wants it to be and 2) The more popular reason-they cannot admit they are wrong.
It's hard to admit you are wrong. I was the world's BIGGEST Republican until 2003 when we went into Iraq. The rationale didn't make sense and too many citizens where getting blacklisted for questioning the President (Dixie Chicks, Janeanne Garofalo, Bill Maher, etc.) and I didn't like what Bush was making this great nation into-debtor nation with no checks-and-balances.
I came of age under the Gingrich revolution-where small, unintrusive government, budget surpluses, government accountability and protectionist MADE-IN-THE-USA trade policies were the conservative norm. It was tough leaving my political party in 2003 but Republicans left there values behind for inconsistent, destructive policies. The party left real conservatives behind in favor of Bush's shortsighted whims.
It's hard to admit a mistake, something that Bush rarely does. But learning from mistakes is what makes us grow as adults. I cannot tell you who a better alternative is, Democrats are barely better. But getting the GOP back to its Roosevelt/Lincoln roots may be the political challenge we need to make this generation. This can only happen if you first admit that you are wrong on Bush.

Tab, Fanta, Sunkist-welcome back

These old-school soft drinks are back on the market after falling off the radar in the 80's. I was wondering what other old-school products should come back. I wish Presto Magics would come back. Remember those? You'd have a background like Return of the Jedi or Smurfs and scratch off an image with a pencil. That's the one I want back. That and Silverhawks, Voltron (the lions NOT the fake one) and Skids pants. You?