Monkeys Dogs,and Kings of the Hill Oh My!

Ok one more quick post:

First you have to see this story from India about where they are filming the latest DVD for "Monkeys Gone Wild."

And then check out the side bar for the Blogs I'm Checking Out section. I've added Mookie's Dogster page for you all to see how cute the pup-a-lup is.

Finally, for anybody who watches King of the Hill, you know that Dale Gribble's alter ego is one Rusty Shackleford. Rusty (much like Dale) doesn't trust the government and tries to rebel at any opportunity. Well if you think that's funny check out this quote from Friday's Washington Post in a story about World Bank Protesters.

In previous years, demonstrations had focused on the institutions' headquarters just west of the White House. But Rusty Shakkleford, 18, said protesters went to Georgetown, in addition to the traditional sites, because it was where the delegates dined and stayed. "We're just here to tell them the American people will not let them exploit the Third World community," Shakkleford said.

It seems that nobody on the Post's editorial staff has time to watch animated TV. This has been Comic Book Guy reporting.

Is it easier to get around downtown Baghdad?

Anybody working in downtown DC today? The answer is yes, but they are all late. Is it a case of "The Mondays" or is it just the IMF/World Bank meeting?

I'll give you a hint....it's not The Mondays!

The above mentioned world banking groups held their annual meeting this weekend and along with the influx of diplomatic plates and road closures came the ubiquitous protesters (I won't even begin to start on them because my seething anger at these dopes won't stop for 10 or so posts). But what really gets me are those road closures.

If you close down the streets between the World Bank buildings for the weekend, it's no big deal as those roads are usually really quiet then, but to have the audacity to close down the roads on Monday and force the thousands of cars who normally traverse that area to bail out and find alternate routes. Oh yeah and to top it off...our fearless leader decided 745am would be a good time to block even more traffic with a motorcade.

Only in America!

But would it be such a bad thing to move these meetings and the problems they bring to a remote location? Say they hold the meetings on a farm in the middle of Iowa? The World Bank's critics already complain that they are not being transparent enough, so why not become remote too? Or even better, lets hold the meetings in another country. Let's hold it over in France and let the french police and citizens battle with this traffic.

I'm going to have my morning coffee now.