Federal Way Schools Ban Viewing of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings.

"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."

First off... Condoms don't belong in school?! Well, sure, not if you want a sixth of your graduating class to be pregnant like mine was.

Secondly, he obviously doesn't want education, or as I'm sure he calls it "book-learnin'", either. So my questions are such: who is this fuckwit, how the hell did he become a teacher, and why is anyone listening to a guy named after a snowman?

"From what I've seen (of the movie) and what my husband has expressed to me, if (the movie) is going to take the approach of 'bad America, bad America,' I don't think it should be shown at all," Gayle Hardison said. "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."

Scientists say that Americans, with about 5 percent of the world's population, emit about 25 percent of the globe-warming gases.

Ah yes. People who haven't even seen the film creating fictitious ideas about what the film is saying, and then getting angry over the falsehood they made up in their own head... Bravo. That takes a special brand of idiot.

And not only that, she's an idiot who refuses to listen to facts that she doesn't want to believe.

To quote Garfield (the cat, not the former president) These people (and I use the term loosely) should be "drug out in the street and shot."

More here.

Classified under: Al Gore,news,American idiots

Cute Game Boy Cartoon

Continuing David's Youtube Extravaganza here at MKZ, I present to you this commercial for a local video game store in Omaha:



Yes, I do believe that Game Boy was just masturbating...

Classified under: video games, Game Boy, commercial

There are Klingons in the White House

At least according to Rep. David WU (D-OR).



Classified under: politics, Star Trek

Spiders and substance abuse

What happens when spiders are exposed to illicit substances? Bad shit goes down, that's what. (The other contributers to MKZ will have an added appreciation for this as it was produced in Canada.)



Classified under: spiders, drugs, humor

Reenacting video games in real life

The group Mega 64 is dedicated to putting the scenes you see in video into real life. They have been around for awhile, their videos have appeared on MTV, and were hired by Ubisoft and SpikeTV to make ads for them. Despite all that, I was only marginally aware of them until today when I checked out the awesomeness that is their website. My two favorite game reenactments are probably Paperboy and Metal Gear Solid so I include them below.


Classified under: video games, humor

The Best of the Wicker Man

If anyone needs any proof that the Neil LaBute is a misogynist, let the video b proof.

Bush Can Open Your Mail

President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.
The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions

"[A] career senior U.S. official who reviewed the legal underpinnings of Bush's claim [said] "It takes Executive Branch authority beyond anything we've ever known."

More here.

Classified under: news,politics,George W. Bush

Review of Chess (the game)

Greg Kasavin, editor-in-chief of gamespot, a video game review site just announced that he is moving on. Apparently, one of the things he is known for is his review of chess, the board game, as if it had just come out as a modern video game. Here are some excerpts from his 1999 review:

Chess casts you as king of a small country at war with a rival country of equivalent military power. There is little background story to speak of, and by and large the units in the game are utterly lacking any character whatsoever. The faceless, nondescript units are dubbed arbitrarily such labels as "Knight" and "Bishop" while their appearance reveals nothing to suggest these roles. To make matters worse, the units on both playable sides are entirely identical aside from a simple color palette swap.

Unfortunately, that gameplay is severely lacking. For one thing, there are only six units in the game. Of those six, two are practically worthless while one is an overpowered "god" unit, the Queen. She's your typical Lara Croft-esque 1990s "me, too" attempt to attract the fabled gaming girl audience from out of the woodwork to help solidify a customer base for a game that simply cannot sell itself on its own merits.

Only two players can compete simultaneously, thus severely limiting any play life to be found. There is only one gameplay mode- no capture the flag or team play - and that involves the two players taking turns moving their units one by one.

Classified under: video games, chess, humor