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NY Post is reporting that Donald Trump has been able to pull in some heavy hitters for his latest Apprentice project.  I don’t know If I completely believe that list.  Jim Cramer and George Forman?  Those guys don’t need more money, why would they expend the time to be on a show that is sure to show them in an unfavorable light.  I am in favor of seeing a Britney Spears/Paris Hilton/Lindsey Lohan type of girl on the show, that would be hilarious.  I can’t wait to see what transpires.

After reading Japadamus eloquently write about the virtues of Miller’s new Chelada style beer, I decided to take the plunge.  I set aside a Friday night out of of otherwise busy social calendar of dining out alone, shopping alone and watching movies alone (notice a pattern?) to have a Chill tasting at my apartment. 

Design:  The bottle is a lovely green color similar to a Pilsner Urquell.

Taste:  I’d describe the combination as being sprite meets keystone light meets Gatorade.  I definitely detect some added sweetness (corn syrup?)  I noticed the bottle states “No additives or preservatives” so I guess its safe to assume that there are salty lime flavored barley/hops growing somewhere.

Hangover:  This is an interesting question.  I think only by truly going over the top can one really know for sure.  Since I’ve already scheduled this block of time to scientific research, I decided to kill the entire 6 pack sans water chaser.  Here are the effects:

• I drank three beers and felt too full to drink the rest.
• I passed out tired after the third beer.
• This morning my stomach feels a little upset.  I did eat some chili last night which could reasonably be the cause of that.
• No hangover

Conclusion:  I think Chill is ok.  I don’t think its a substitute for a nice Corona or Pacifico with a Lime.  I could see this beer being presented at a picnic or a barbeque where the lime flavor isn’t too distracting.   Otherwise its definately different tasting than the Taquiza. 

Some other good reviews:

Helium

Bullz-eye review

BeerAdvocate

Kegworks Blog

On Wednesday Barak Obama made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  It was a strong performance - I think he’s a great speaker and comes off as being humble yet pretty persuasive.  Who are you voting for?

You know, I’ve been following the widespread outrage over Michael Vick’s dog fighting operation, and really I don’t get it.  Just reading message boards on news websites, I’m really starting to think I’m missing something.  There are just so many people calling for his head…but I’m really not yet convinced that the punishment that many of these people are calling for fit the crime.

First of all, Vick has admitted his guilt, not only for cruelty to animals but gambling charges as well.  He will be punished by the government, and I am fine with that.  I think that is totally reasonable and any person in the U.S. needs to follow state and federal laws and if they don’t, even due to ignorance, they should still be punished.

But there are people around the world calling for more severe penalties than the law calls for, including a lifetime ban from the NFL.

This is where I get lost, and I think there’s a lot of hypocrisy going on - not to mention a lack of any sort of standardization of punishment.

To start, Vick fought and killed dogs.  And he did so brutally.  But again, these are dogs…not humans.

Now, the outrage over dog fighting would make a lot more sense to me if we were in, say, India, and cows walked down the street like royalty.  But we live in a country where every day thousands of our citizens go out and kill animals for sport, cut the heads off these animals, stuff them, and hang them on walls.  Sure, Vick electrocuted dogs to kill them - the same treatment that millions of cows get on a daily basis and practically a walk in the park compared to chickens, which are often skinned and strangled while still alive.

You’re right, Vick didn’t eat these dogs - but doesn’t that make his crime more along the lines of wasting food - and therefore less likely to warrant a lifetime ban from his profession?

It’s true, these acts were brutal.  I don’t think I could do what Vick did, and I certainly wouldn’t want to…or find these acts entertaining.  But I heard this on Stern today, and I think it’s really a point we should remember, people grow up with different levels of respect for the life of animals.

Those of use who are wealthy grow up with dogs being treated like people - fed with expensive food, bathed, and even taken to a special animal doctor.  But there are lots of people who don’t grow up with that background.  I would guess that these people don’t have the money to buy expensive food for themselves, much less their dogs.  And forget about the Vet.

Also, wealthier people live a relatively sheltered life.  But in poor neighborhoods, the life of a dog may not mean so much when humans are getting shot and stabbed left and right…even less so in rural neighbor hoods where animals are more functional than anything.

I think of it this way:  on one side of the spectrum you have a kid burning ants alive with a magnifying glass.  On the other you have Vick.  Somewhere in between is a threshold where the entertainment value you get from the act stops being okay, and starts being a nationwide crisis.  What I argue is that this threshold is highly subjective…and it is a threshold that is often defined by wealth, living standards and race.  And if these criteria, which are often unavoidable, are determining how you judge Vick, then I think you need to take a step back, look at this situation from all viewpoints, and reconsider.

Like, maybe reconsider that there are convicted felons, who have actually harmed people…i.e. human beings..that are currently playing in all major sports without protest.  Or consider that there are priests that have admitted to sexually abusing young boys that still have their jobs…and still have access to kids.  For you hawaiians, why not look at the Merrie Monarch festival every year, where convicted child molester Chinky Mahoe directs…wait for it…large groups of prepubescent boys.

And Michael Vick should lose his job?

As a nation we are producing an arrogant educated class of people that claim to look out for human rights and protect the environment and protect cute cuddly animals, because these things are fashionable and these things are easy…but when it comes to a really tough decision when we really have to stop and think about things like equality and the viewpoint of less fortunate people we totally drop the ball.

Instead we have housewives dressing up their dogs in anti-Vick shirts, protesting outside of courthouses.

And i’ll say it definitively here…a lot of this has to do with race and class, and that is what really makes me sick.  Me of all people!

What do I suggest?  Vick should do his time like everyone else…like Ray Lewis, Mike Tyson, Father Mahoney and Uncle Chinky.  He’s admitted his guilt, and he’s apologized for it.  So, let the man serve his debt to society, and treat him fairly just like everyone else.  And once he’s paid his debt, let him do his thing, whether it be play football, or guide a troop of young altar boys.

If we claim to believe in the American Justice system, and claim to love this country, and claim to respect human lives and equality then this is the least we can do.

I have to give a hat tip to those guys at Gossping Bitches for posting a hilarious reply to Nas’s Where Are They Now.  I have to admit that although I’m a hip hop fan, I only recognize a fraction of these guys.  Enjoy.