My 100th post

This post is the 100th that has been made on this blog. I want to thank everyone who is reading this for supporting me and this endeavour. So, thank you, thank you very much.


And that's the way it is.

We have a winner

The second monthly Liberal Rocker Playlist Poll has a winner. Drum-roll please.

Do you hear the people sing has triumphed over Tomorrow by a comfortable margin.

Thank you all for voting. The new poll will be posted shortly.

Rock on!

quote of the day

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."--Ann Coulter on Islam and isn't that a very Christian thing to say. I'm sure Jesus would have backed invasion and murder.

quote of the day

I am going to run a series of Quotes on the craziness of certain conservative pundits. I'll kick it off with Ann Coulter

"They're [Democrats] always accusing us of repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. Frankly, I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.--Ann Coulter

You know, I agree with her. I hate the First Amendment because it ensures that Ms. Coulter can go on TV and talk. Let's get rid of it.

quote of the day

"I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion, it's a political system meant on -- bent on world domination, not a religion. It masquerades as a religion, but the religion covers a worldwide attempt to exercise power and to subjugate the world into their way of thinking." Pat Robertson.

quote of the day

"There is no such thing as separation of church and state in the Constitution. It is a lie of the left and we are not going to take it anymore." Pat Robertson

Sarah''s greatest hits

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have some great news for you. As of tomorrow, Sarah Pailin will not be in government! There is a god! In honour of this festive occasion I have put together a list of Sarah's greatest quotes from Ex-Governor Pailin, my god, I love writing that!

-As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. - Yeah I'm sure that Alaska is first on his list of places to invade. Also, Isn't it great for relations with Russia to talk about their prime minster "Rearing his head"

-Our opponent...is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country. - Okay, so Obama, a U.S. Senator is ant-American. Thanks for passing that on.

-We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity. - Who the heck are you?! John Cougar Mellencamp? "I was born in a small town and I live in a small town" I am so sorry that I was not born in a small town so I could get some of that honesty, sincerity, and dignity. I guess I'll go join a gang, as I'm dishonest, insincere, and have no dignity.

-...most of them...all of 'em...any of 'em- She said this when asked what newspapers she reads. She reads every single newspaper and magizine in the world. Cool. What did you think of Guitar World? What about Star Trek? Doctor Who?

-I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities.- Yeah, you know them community organizers, all they ever do is slack off.

-When I ran for City Council, I didn't need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and knew their families, too.- So what are you going to do? Meet every US citizen and ask them to vote for you?

-Terrorist states are seeking nuclear weapons without delay ... he (Barack Obama) wants to meet them without preconditions.- Wouldn't you want to meet with them so as to negotiate? Just a thought.

The only good thing that Sarah Palin has done for the country is to give us Tina Fey's impersonations. Fey deserves an Emmy for her preformance as Palin.

So goodbye Palin. May we never meet again. And that's the way it is.

What more do you want?

It was reported on the Rachel Maddow Show that there is a bill in the house that will force Obama to show a birth certificate. I have some news for Lou Dobbs, Alan Keyes(who incidentally lost to Obama in 2004), and all the others who say that they want to see Obama's birth certificate, He has released his birth certificate!! It's on his website! Factcheck has seen it! Politafact has seen it! Everyone with sense has accepted that Obama is a citizen!

Seriously, these are the people who kept insisting that George Bush was president and now Obama is not a citizen. Where was he born, if not in Hawaii? Kenya? Krypton?

Look I know that you might not like Obama or his policies, but he won fair and square. Get over it. If the G.O.P. keeps harping on this they will lose in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016. They are making a fatal mistake. Get your act together or get out of the fast lane.

the final

The final of MUSICAL SHOWDOWN has Tomorrow, the heartfelt ballad from the family-favorite Annie, going head-to-head with Do you hear the people sing, the show-stopper from the gritty, dark, and moving musical Les Miserables. In short we have the cute versus the dark. The philosophical versus the simple. The happy versus the depressing. The realistic versus the impossible.

Okay I'm having way to much fun with that. The voting will take place at the right. You have till the 31st to vote. May the best song win.

Cool political quizs

The website On the Issues has some cool political quizs. It told me that I am a hard-core liberal, like Joe Biden, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, and hate Larry Craig, Fred Thompson, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney. Actually, I agree with Thompson on nothing, and Tancredo, Romney, Hunter, and Gingrich on no social issue.

The quiz is actually very useful because you can look up senate races and house races so you can find out which candidate to vote for.

RIP Walter Cronkite

Yesterday news legend Walter Cronkite passed away. He was 91 and had been struggling with disease for several years. Walter Cronkite had been named the "most trusted man in America" in many viewer polls. One of the most historic events of his career was when he travled to Vietnam, came back, and read an editorial on teh air that was highly critical of the Vietnam War. President Johnson would later sahy that when he lost Walter Cronkite he lost the American public.

So, goodbye Uncle Walter, rest in peace, and that's the way it is.

quote of the day

"You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged."---Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice

The results are in!

The votes have been cast and counted. And I have a problem, in groups 1 and 2 we have a tie. n group 1 Memory and Tommrow tied with 2 votes each. In group 2 Superstar and Phantom tied with two votes ech. I will have to break the tie.

The semi-final looks like this:

Semi 1:

Tommrow vs. Superstar

Semi 2:

Do you hear the people sing vs. Defying Gravity

you have one week.

My post on NPR

I just posted on a NPR blog! The question was what would you ask Sonia Sotomeyer, sorry for the spelling, I answered "What are your views on the legality of gay marriage, keeping in mind that the 14th amendment states that 'No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,' and that the Supreme Court ruled that marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man. Marriage and procreation are fundamental to the very existence and survival of the race.'?

Just four days left

Just four days left for you to get in your vote for the first round of

MUSICAL SHOWDOWN!!!!!!!!!!(organ music)

The second round will only have four songs involved, make sure they're you favourites.

I've gone insnane

Today I decided to get out my Live Earth CD/DVD I was listening to it and a song came on. It was a hip-hop song called Where is the love by the Black Eyed Peas. And I liked it! I know I know, I called this blog the Liberal Rocker and I have posts about how horrible rap is. I'm considering turning this blog over to ben right now, as I'm no longer of fit to run it.

Just listen to the song before you start criticizing me me, it does have great lyrics, but still the principle! (sob) I need a therapist.

Your Dream Cast: Romeo and Juliet

Who would be in your dream cast of Romeo and Juliet?


This is mine


Romeo: Michael J. Fox

Juliet: Audrey Hepburn

Mercutio: David Tennant(he actually plays this part in a CD version of Romeo and Juliet and he was fantastic!)

Tybalt: Christopher Eccleston

Benvolio: Justin Bartha

Friar Lawrence: Tom Baker(in his prime)

The Nurse: Whoopi Goldberg

Lord Capulet: Patrick Stewart

Lady Capulet: Maggie Smith

Lord Montague: Henry Fonda

Lady Montague: Julie Andrews

The Prince: David Nivien

Count Paris: Cary Grant

Apothecary: James Stewart

(sigh) if only.....Well some of these people could still do it.... The best scene would be David Tennant's fight with Christopher Eggleston, and Mercutio's death and last line "A Plauge on both your houses, they have made worm's meat out of me."

lyrics of the week

"Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" by Green Day

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

quote of the day

"It is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe."--Thomas Paine, my favorite philosopher,

Classic Movie review: Grease

Grease was listed as the 20th best musical film of all time by AFI. I must disagree. I didn't like Grease at all, but it did teach me something. I have gone through my life thinking that if a misogynistic jerk wants a nice, clean-cut girl to like him he should change his behaviour, then I watch Grease and I see that it's the other way around! Why didn't anyone tell me?

The only list that Grease should have placed high on is the list of most sexist films ever made. I'm not just talking about sexism directed at women, though there is plenty of that, but there is also a huge amount of sexism directed at men. This movie portrays men as womanizing creeps who only think about one thing. There is not a single male character under the age of 40 in this movie who is not a world-class jerk.

The women, with Sandy being the exception, are all boy-crazy airheads. Then in the end, just when it looks like Danny, John Travolta's character, will change his behavior and become an upstanding citizen, Sandy changes and become as bad as all the other idiots! Who wrote this film? The president of the anti-Youth society. This movie felt like it was a two hour long infomercial on how bad the Youngsters are today.

So that's my rant out of the way, now for the review. The movie was poorly put together, and I had no idea what actually happened in the movie. The plot was all over the place and the main plot point happened before the film actually began! The song and dance numbers felt out of place, the characters were never full developed. In fact, I'm still not sure who all the characters were. The acting was not bad, in fact it was good. John Travolta, Oliva Newton-John, and Stockard Channing stood out, but they were held back by a poor script and bad directing.

I would not recommend Grease to anyone. If you are desperate for a movie musical I would suggest West Side Story, Annie, My Fair Lady, Oliver, High School Musical, Hairspray, or the Sound of Music. Basically anything but Grease.



Good Night and Good Luck

RIP Michael Jackson

Yesterday the memorial service for Michael Jackson was held and many wuligies were said and many songs were preformed. During his life their were many debates about Michael Jackson. Was he "Bad"? Was he "Black or White"? Why did he change "The Man in the Mirror"? There is no denying that he was as weird as heck, but we forget that he was a man. He was a man with three children, parents, siblings, and friends.

While I believe that the coverage has been over the top, I wish to offer my sincere condolences to his family. When Paris Jackson took the stage at the memorial yesterday my heart went out to her and her two brothers.

I wish to say goodbye to the King of Pop. Goodbye and may you find peace in death that you never found in life.

quote of the day

" You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." William Jennings Bryan

quote of the day

"the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." --Ted Kennedy

quote of the day

"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." John F Kennedy

quote of the day

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." John F Kennedy.

One of my favourite quotes.

Sarah Pailin has just killed her political career

On July 3rd Sarah Pailin announced that she would be leaving office at the end of the month. As a liberal I obviously jumped for joy at the news and rubbed my hands together, but I am going to try and write this post with some non-partisan analysis. It's going to be hard.

Gov. Pailin said that "Once I decided not to run for another term, I didn't want to be lame duck". I have to wonder if Gov. Pailin actually understands what the point of governing is. I'm not getting a dig in at her, I am asking an honest question. The point of governing is to get things done, not advance your political career. I assume Gov. Pailin knows that, but she is going to be attacked by not just the Democrats but the Republicans as well for putting here career before the state's well being.

The Conservatives are already turning against her. Karl Rove, one of the most brilliant and evil political consultants in the country, said on Fox News Sunday, "It's not clear what she's doing and why", "It's a risky strategy," and that he was "a little perplexed.". George Will went a step further saying on This Week, ""The one that rings most hollow is, she doesn't want to put Alaska through the terror of [her] being a lame-duck governor If she is just weary of it, one can understand that. Still, she made a contract with [voters] to serve out her term. And she said, in her own words, she now is a quitter."

Senator Grassley said on Face the Nation " "I would think, if you want to run for president -- and I'm not sure that's got anything to do with what she's doing -- that the forum of a governorship would be a better forum than just being a private citizen,". The Senator is totally right, Gov. Pailin had a shot at the Republican nomination for President before this and I think she just lost it.

I can see the debate now, Huckabee on one side and Romney on the other Romney is talking in that smooth greasy way the he has. "Gov. Pailin resigned because she didn't want to be a "lame duck" If you win Governor will you resign shortly through your second term?" Then Ron Paul will jump in and Huckabee will too. She will have no way out, no excuse. The reason she resigned was that she wanted to run for president and everyone knows that.

Sarah Pailin has tried to do the political equivalent of shooting yourself in the leg so as to get out of war. Unfortunately for her, she missed and put the bullet through her chest, causing internal bleeding. Like internal bleeding, the huge problem this will cause for her may not be seen right away, but it will kill her political career. I'm upset by this because we won't be able to see Tina Fey play Sarah Pailin again. Watching her impersonations online were the highlight of my Sundays during the election. Well I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

Peace out!

Attention America, I'm about to be very unpatriotic

Like many other people I went to see fireworks with my family on the 4th, and I realised something....Fireworks are a big waste of money!! We spent approximately $193 Million to import fireworks from China. For what? Some pretty lights in the sky? Famvin reported that 9.1 million people died of hunger last year. Bread for the World reports that a child dies of hunger every five seconds. And we are spending $193 million on fireworks.

I like fireworks as much as anyone, but what purpose do they serve? They are pretty, but didn't China prove last year during the Olympics that CGI can work just as well? Let me hit you with some more statistics, God I love the Internet. The National Institute of Health reports that 1500 people die of cancer everyday in the US alone. America is ranked worst in preventable deaths, with 100.7 in 100,000 people died last year, according to commonsense. To make a long story short, people are dying and we are spending millions to set off pretty lights! People are dying, and no one seems to care!!

Alright I'm getting carried away, but come on! When you look at the figures it is hard to argue that it is worth it. But if you do think that it is worth it, then please tell me. Comment and tell me why you think that way. I will accept your opinion even though I might disagree with you. All I ask you to do is think about it, nothing more.

As-Salamu Alaykum

quote of the day

"Anyone under 18 can be eligible? Can’t they get a job during the summer by the time they are 16? Hunger can be a positive motivator." Missouri Representative Cynthia Davies on why the government should not provide free lunches for underprivileged children. The best and most disturbing part of this story is that Rep. Davies is head of the Children and Families Committee in the House. In her defence, Davies claims that her words were taken out of context, she does not say what context the words "Hunger s a positive motivator" would be okay in.

quote of the day

"I believe in America. I believe it exists."-Stephen Colbert