Christmas List Part II

Wait, I'm sorry. Maybe I should have said "Holiday List".

Anyway, I thought of some other things I'd like:

Some DVD-Rs

Nintendo Wii Zapper - only $20 and comes with a free Legend of Zelda shooting game

A drawing tablet for my computer

A super-expensive new digital or HD video camera

My own private island.

Tickets to Led Zeppelin's reunion concert tour in the States when/if it happens

A cloned dinosaur, preferably a mini T-Rex

I fully expect all of these things to be ready for my birthday and/or Christmas. That is all.

--Cbake

Gracias a Dios (Thank God)

Thank God the constitutional reforms that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed were rejected when the country voted on them today. One of the reforms would have done away with presidential term restrictions that would have allowed him to run for President indefinitely.

Thank God the majority of Venezuelans are intelligent enough to realize that's just a bad, bad idea and one step closer to a full on dictatorship. Chavez said anyone who votes no is against him, against the country, and against the people. That's the fear-mongering, polarizing kind of speak you usually find in leaders like Saddam Hussein or Stalin*, which this guy could most likely turn out to be, as power-hungry as he is.

So congrats Venezuela, you've stemmed the incoming tide of totalitarian oppression. For now, anyway.

The story from CNN.

--Cbake


*Yeah, Bush said something similar with his "If you're not with us, you're against us" speech... draw your own conclusions.