Just Another Freestyle Friday ... That's My Fun Day

"White collar conservative flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me!
They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high, high!"

If 6 Was 9 --Jimi Hendrix

In a desperate effort to boost blog ratings and increase the number of hits/clicks/visits to this site, we here at Warden's World have decided to sleaze it up a little. You will now be subject to various degrees of gratuitous sexual references, immature double entendres, and real or imagined personal amorous escapades that may or may not be made up on the spot. Does it really make a difference whether I embellish if at the end of the day my readers are entertained? Didn't think so. Now let's get started...

...When I saw that shot of a steamy Ashley Judd in the ad for her new movie, Come Early Morning, I was all like, yo, I'll come early and often for you, Ash, knowhatImean Jean -- and I'll keep the early afternoons free, no extra charge there, toots...

...I think I like the GEICO Insurance commercials that feature the put-off caveman even more than the talking lizard with the British accent -- and that's saying something...

...On a related note, I always like how British people say yeah at the end of a sentence when they're trying to make a point of emphasis, as in "That's the way I see it, yeah?" I really can't tell you why that's the case, just another of life's mysteries...

...I thought the Republican candidate for Congress in Texas nicely personified the arrogance of that party when he refused to debate his Democratic opponent even once, saying, "People earn the right to debate me." It didn't matter, I guess, as John Carter handily won re-election in the district that includes Fort Hood...

...At first I just glanced over the story of that indie actress who was murdered in her Greenwich Village apartment last week. Then when I saw her picture on the cover of one of the free weekly papers here in New York, I immediately recognized her as the star of Hal Hartley's first feature film, The Unbelievable Truth. A striking redhead, Adrienne Shelley made such an impression on me in that movie that it's hard to believe she never made it bigger in the film industry. One of her last roles was in the recent Bukowski biopic, Factotum. But what was so compelling about Unbelievable Truth was its David Lynch-ian, Twin Peaks-like portrayal of the average small town, with all the eccentricity and unpredictability of human behavior that made you wonder what would happen next. That's all too rare in films, whether mainstream or independent, old or new...

...In early 1968, smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam quagmire that would eventually sink his presidency and looking for new leadership and a new direction, LBJ fired his unpopular Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and replaced him with Clark Gifford. The disastrous conflict would last another seven long years...

...Keep an eye out for how conservatives & Republicans ramp up their campaign of hatred & vitriol against the new Democratic leadership, especially Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Murtha and Hillary -- impugning their patriotism, questioning their motives, stirring up as much ill will against them as they can. It leads one to ask: why do they detest America so much, and why do they want this great nation to fail...

...Great point by Jim Lehrer on the Newshour last night: You could say that a single word may have changed the dynamics of power in Washington and the direction of an entire country. Of course, that word was Macaca, uttered by George Allen a few months ago on the campaign trail and picked up instantaneously by the blogosphere, and that hateful epithet may indeed have cost him the election. We now know what Allen's defeat likely cost the Republicans control of the Senate...

...Ironically, Fox News is supposed to the patriotic standard bearer for all things good and just, with all the anchormen and -women reliably sporting their flag lapel pins and predictably spouting the appropriate jingoistic slogans -- but isn't it ironic that it's PBS' own Newshour that has the common decency and respect to pay tribute to the fallen U.S. soldiers on their nightly broadcasts. It seems like a small thing, but just showing their names and faces goes a long way to honoring their service...

...Believe it or not, I am actually against initiating impeachment proceedings versus President Bush. First of all, thinking pragmatically, any such hearings will seem like an attack against a sitting wartime president, no matter how justified the charges. As much as I'd like to see Bush squirming on the ultimate hot seat, it's better to take the high road and hope the American people notice when it comes time for the 2008 election. Just a few years ago Republicans like Tom DeLay and Grover Norquist were vowing to crush the Democrats out of existence, but it's better to let the tide of history impeach George Bush, as it undoubtedly has already begun to...

...Howard Dean comes out as one of the big winners after the Democratic sweep to power. After all, it was his 5o-state approach, convincing the rest of the party leadership to not abandon any races ahead of time, that proved so successful Tuesday...

...Out of the 21 candidates that Bush campaigned for in the weeks leading up the election, only eight emerged victorious...

...Minimum wage proposals passed in five states, and various stem cell research measures also were approved, signaling a much needed return to rationality among the voting public...

...As usual, I voted all over the place, just to mess with the system. And if I did vote mainstream, like for a Carolyn Maloney for Congress, I usually tried to pull the lever on the Green line or Independent, but I didn't vote for Alan Hevesi for comptroller, instead choosing the Socialist Workers Party candidate if I remember correctly. I'm a registered independent, but I usually go Dem if I'm not familiar with the name, as in the case of most judgeships, for instance. That's just how I roll...

...Also showing his lack of touch, the I-man himself, Don Imus, saw almost every candidate he shilled for, from Rich Santorum and George Allen to Harold Ford and Kinky Friedman, meet with ignominious defeat; only puppethead Joe Lieberman saved him from a total shutout. His power broker days appear over, and he can now go back to kissing the ass of tiresome celebs like Donald Trump...

...Ex-NFL players were 1-1 in Tuesday's elections. Former Washington Redskins QB Heath Shuler won a Congressional seat as a Democrat in Tennessee, while Republican ex-Pittsburgh Steelers WR and Hall of Famer Lynn Swann was defeated in the Pennsylvania governors race...

...Apparently there's going to be a movie filmed in the dry cleaners I go to on Thursday of this week. I'm thinking I could play the role of guy with shirts, or maybe irate customer with stain on sweater; my acting range is virtually limitless. Keep your fingers crossed for me...

...Finally, it's a shame that the powers that be at ABC put Ugly Betty smack up against another portrayal of office life, namely The Office, because I thought the two or three episodes I caught were impressive, with very good writing as well as acting, and a touching degree of that overused word, poignancy...