Unnecessary Pipe Trench Excavation

So a freind asked the other day if I could live with the revised bailout. The “sweeteners,” as the press has dubbed the new provisions that the Senate is using to goad the House into approving it are an improvement, but it’s basically lipstick on a pig — *cough *cough — Sarah Palin — *cough *cough.

And on the other hand, it’s even worse — as it puts the government even more in debt. It’s not even borrowing Peter to pay Paul; it’s asking permission to get more in debt (with tax cuts) to buy debt. And this makes sense how? I’m still pig-biting mad.

But all is right with the world — even as it burns — because The Fabulous Stains has been reissued on DVD by Rhino. Hellz yeah!

I loved The Fabulous Stains when I first saw it as a kid; the USA cable station used to run it about every three hours, I think, back in the mid ’80s. I’ll be curious to see if it has stood the test of time and is as cool as it was to the angry-young-man teenager that I was in the process of becoming in the craptacular 1980s (as opposed to the angry-middle-aged-man I am today). OK, there were a few good things to come out of the 80s — the Cure’s best albums, Joy Division, death metal, Siouxsie, personal computers, this movie — but not much.

P.S. Turns out there’s some serious pork in the bailout bill. Not like it’s a surprise, but geez. Just when you thought Congress couldn’t get any more pathetic than it already is. …

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