Well, Al Gore has done it again. I didn’t think he could make himself look like any more of an idiot than when he claimed to have invented the internet. But he has! He has made a “documentary” about the environment (”An Inconvenient Truth”) in which he supposedly exposes the severe environmental issues impacting our planet, and how if we don’t do something, we’ll all die a slow and painful death. Or something like that.

In it, he expresses his liberal views on “Global Warming” and its “impact” on the Earth. In it, “”Gore clearly states throughout the doc that things have only gotten worse under the current administration and, if something isn’t done soon, more catastrophic events like Katrina will continue to occur” (Quote taken from this website.) Right. George Bush caused Hurricane Katrina. It’s really a pathetic claim for even him to make. I wonder whose fault the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake was…Hmm…Yep, that was the year that George HW Bush was in office. It’s a Republican conspiracy to destroy the world. Sheesh.

For those of you that watch Lost, you’ll know that the Season Finale (aired 5/24/06) was great - it answered a lot of questions, such as why the plan crashed (superpowered electromagnetic field). It also left some good cliffhangers - with Kate, Jack and Sawyer turned over to the clutches of the “others” by Michael, who was trying to get his son Walt back.

I started googling Lost to see what was out there - I had heard there are deep hidden messages in the show - and I found a LOT of information. My favorite was a Lost blog with clues to the show. It can be found here. For those of you that haven’t seen the show, I would suggest renting Season 1, and then catching up on Season 2. ABC is now offering free downloads of past episodes. It’s definitely addictive - just like Desperate Housewives. You can download the episodes here.

Other shows my husband and I enjoy: Desperate Housewives (mentioned above), The Office, My Name is Earl, CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Without A Trace, House, and of course, The Simpsons. We would never be able to watch any of these shows, however, without our beloved Tivo. We usually watch the shows as we’re going to bed, just because we have such busy lives, and usually don’t have time to watch anything when it airs. Thank goodness for Tivo!

The Dixie Chicks had a huge backlash from their 2003 comments about President Bush (when lead singer Natalie Maines stated to a London audience, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas”). Many people boycotted their music as a means of protesting their stupid comments. (I, for one, never thought they were very talented, and listening to the way they disrespect their country and President, am embarassed they come from the United States.) It wasn’t hard for me to boycott them.

Natalie Maines has recently taken back her pathetic half-hearted apology to President Bush, saying he doesn’t deserve any respect. She’s entitled to her opinion, just like me. I think she and her bandmates are morons. What is amusing to me about this whole incident, is the fact that they realize they are no longer popular or even liked by many people. Maines’ bandmate Martie Maguire said, “I’d rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don’t want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do.”

Yeah. That makes sense. Being limited by a large fan base? And the money that a large fan base brings in? They seem pretty limited now because they have no income. Who listens to them anymore, anyway? I haven’t heard much on the country radio stations - Country music is a pretty conservative group, and when they anger their entire fan base, they won’t do too well.

I’m sure they’re trying to stir up controversy to get their names back in the news, hoping they might sell a few records. I have to give them some credit…they have gotten the band’s name out there - but it’s not going to sell many records to a conservative Country music base. They need a new publicist. That, or a muzzle.