Eric the Red

With this being a congressional election year, I decided to brush up on political behavior. Below are the three books I’m reading this spring:

These are:

“Mugged by the State” is especially relevant these days because of Kelo v. City of New London, where the Supreme Court decided that seizing an individuals property for a private real estate developer. It also discusses other outrageous instances where over-reaching regulation is used to squash the economic advancement of mostly low-income families. Not surprising, this is done by mostly left-wing pro-”working man” governments run by Democrats and their ilk. In the wake of Kelo, the city of New London served the displaced residents with rent bills for illegally occupying city property.

Here are more controversial “Muhammad” cartoons. Click below to see them all in a single strip.

I’m seriously considering producing some of my own. It’s easy to caricature people who make themselves in bigger and bigger cartoons every day of the week. So…if I can get a drawing scanned every week, I will post one per week.

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BUT I dont wanna: [google video].

Much better workout than anything you get at the gym, ya?

And this is a stunning example of the power of old people.

A few interesting things came up this week.

• Scientists in Thailand discovered the world smallest fish, which lives in acidic swamps and lacks a skeletal structure.
• MSNBC has a piece de-bunking some myths about the Challenger disaster. I wonder if any will come up about Columbia after 10 years…..
• God is vengeful….a starving woman in Kenya placed a curse on God for sending famine….only to die in her sleep afterward.
• Finally, Cingular has filed for an emoticon patent. Let me infringe: .

Here are the long-awaited photos of the 2001 UMCP basketball riot

These photos are form the ACC Championship Riot of 2004. Enjoy:

Next on Riot Review: readers will be able to see pictures from the famous 2001 NCAA Basketball riots that occured in College Park after the Terps lost the national championship. Of course, students rioted even whether the Terps won or lost, but we don’t care about that do we?

As a follow-up to UMCP Riot Review, Part I, here are pictures from the basketball riot of January 2005.

The crowd near the regents drive parking garage.

The crowd was more or less concentrated on Frat Row. See the videos below for some clips. When the crowd was forced off frat row, guess where it went?

Revelers moved to Route 1, less than a block from the edge of campus.

Since the crowd on the street was so large, this guy decided to perch on a street sign

The cops, clearing the street once. They did this two times that night.

Cops of horseback.

Now for some video:

Rock-n-Roll, Part 2 on Frat Row. This was banned by the University administration at football and basketball fames.

F*CK Duke, on Frat Row. Yes, Dule sucks……

F*CK You, J.J., on Frat Row. So does JJ Reddick….

Since the spring semester is about to begin, I will post various photos of the NCAA/ACC basketball riots I was fortunate enough to experience during my stay here at the University of Maryland, College Park.

First, we will start with the riot of February 2005:

BROOM POWA!!!

The crowd….

The cops….

The horses….

The big fire of the evening….

More of the lame-old fire…

The annoying helicopter….

This isn’t really a riot in the classical, and you will have to wait until the end to see what I mean. In the meantime, the riot of January, 2005 will appear here tomorrow.

My cat, looking for America’s sense of humor

Arrested Development is almost gone, probably because of its low ratings against such valuable productions as…..American Idol? Seasons 18 – 25 of the Simpsons? How much more blood will Fox squeeze out of that rock?

Personally, I found AD to be a very entertaining show, much better than what the latest Simpsons or Family Guy had to offer. The antics of the family remind me of the money-grubbing selfishness that grows more prominent in American society every day. Good writing doesn’t always find a good audience.

Feels kinda like walking on a diseased foot, doesn’t it?

Hopefully the show will be picked up by another network before it is relegated to the dumpster outside the offices of Fox.