This is one of those items where you need a big place just so you can display stuff like this.  It’s a five foot Wampa throw rug where the head is even a pillow!  How awesome is that? 

First there was/is the Tauntaun sleeping bag and now this.  Talk about a themed room if I ever heard of one.  I always wanted to get a door sized poster or cardboard cutout of Han Solo in Carbonite just to make it the face of a door.  Granted all these of those things come from Empire Strikes Back so the theme room would still work.  A place to hang your lightsabers, R2-D2 trash can and R2-D2 phone (no not that R2 phone).

• What!?  But he likes puppies!  He’s the GOP resident foot-in-mouth politician sorta like Biden.  Ugh oh does that mean Steele for VP in 2012?  I can hear it now!  Palin / Steele 2012!!!
• Unknown missile launch near LA?  How do they not know anything about it?
• How can people hate Google?  Sure they may “accidentally” steal some of your information but they gonna give out free Wi-Fi on selected carriers during the holiday season!

With Bush’s new memoir coming out there’s been an onslaught of interesting nuggets coming out (granted I’m pulling most of these from WaPo).  There’s the 5 Myths about Bush which was actually interesting to read.  But the most blogged/commented about one is his worst moment of his Presidency which was when Kanye West called him a racist.  Some people are quick to point out that he should have said Katrina was the worst moment or 9/11 or the economic downturn (here or here).  But really should have those been?  Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 and even the economic downturn were events that he could resolve and make the overall outcome be better than it currently was.  He did that for 9/11.  He listened to his advisers about the economic downturn and tried to put into place something that would help (and realistically it should have especially if they would have put some restrictions on what the banks were going to do with the money). 

What gets me is how people still blame Bush for Hurricane Katrina.  Yes, because the man can control the weather and brought the storm to the area.  Because it wasn’t the storm that killed so many it was the levy’s that failed and flooded the area.  Or because people were told to leave and they didn’t.  All those were his fault.  Please people get a clue.  Yes, the response was slow but it was because of a idiot who was in charge of FEMA.  Those in leadership positions know the decisions that can be made are only as good as the information you have.  Everything else is a guess.  Bush had little information because those handling the situation did a poor job.  Should he take responsibility for how things were handled?  Of course he should and he does. 

Yet the same people who bash Bush haven’t said a word about how terrible a job Obama handled the oil spill in the Gulf.  Sure, thousands of people may not have died but the environmental impact of waiting weeks to months and not doing anything has caused an undetermined amount of damage to the environment which could still impact the human race in some form. 

The haters will continue to hate because that’s all they see.  Should Katrina be the worst moment in Bush’s Presidency?  I still say no.  Should Kanye West calling him a racist be, well he says so.  It’s not like there was anything Bush could have done to reverse that or make what he said become undone.  Then again should he really care what West says?  He does have foot-in-mouth disease a lot of times.

• hmmmmm TOASTY!
• Another U.S. butterstick!
• How many pointy-haired bosses are out there?
• I think I had those stickers …

No, I’m not talking about the state of the midterm election results.  That in itself is all based upon the whims of the masses that if they are collectively in the same districts could actually affect change.  (You think Ehrlich has a chance to be Governor of Maryland again?  Don’t make me laugh.)  It’s not like that change is for anything political but more of a physical presence of a particular seat.  We know that the powers that be aren’t really proactive but totally reactionary to the given circumstances.  WAIT!  My seat is up for election?  I better go do something so I can keep my cushy job.

I’m actually talking about the National Football League!  What is going on?  The Chiefs are doing well.  The Raiders are doing well.  The Redskins work out JaMarcus Russell today!  If he’s signed we would essentially be trading quarterbacks with Oakland!  It’s nice to see Jason doing well over there these past few games.  Too bad McNabb is still having problems with getting the offense down.  Not that the O-line is helping him out or our receivers are anything but average.  Yeah, it’s terrible.

Then we have the Vikings waiving Randy Moss after four weeks.  Then there’s the Chargers waiving Shawne Merriman!  What happened to him?  Guess it’s “Lights out” for him.