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Jack is back

Fox has released an extended trailer for the new season of "24" which starts in January.

Some clues to the new season are revealed

1) Wayne Palmer (D.B. Woodside and former Prinicple of Sunnyvale HS) will be President (woo hoo!)
2) The plot involves Muslim terrorists (Will CAIR demand a whole hour of denunciations?)
3) Terrorism has resulted in the death of "thousands of civilians" in multiple cities

The Bad News is our only hope is locked up in a Chinese prison but there's Good News: Somehow Jack has been released from a Chinese prison, though he's looking a bit ragged (and scarred. Does China subscribe to the Geneva Conventions?)

Then there is Bad News again "Jack Bauer has to be sacrificed".

Uh oh.

Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

First President Palmer was assinated, then they killed Michelle Dessler, and now Edgar Styles is gone. Chloe was heartbroken and this, the fifth season of 24 just heated up. Again.

It's fun to go visit Kos and see how they like 24. Most do. Some don't for the all the same boring reasons.

Many love the fact that America's Favorite President, David Palmer was a Democrat. If there were more Democrats like David Palmer, Democrats wouldn't be out of power.

Many also love the fact that the current spineless President is a Republican. Of course if Bush were spineless, he wouldn't have a popularity rating of 41%.

Anyway, as we mourn the passing of some of our favorite characters, let's celebrate Jack Bauer. The following was complied from lists found over at Kos here and here. I've selected my favorites.

There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot.

It took God six days to get His job done; Jack has 24 hours.

If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer's instructions, it would be called "12".

Jack Bauer sleeps with a gun under the pillow. But he could kill you with the pillow.

Taco Bell used to close at midnight, until Jack Bauer decided he wanted to have burritos at 2 am.

On Jack Bauers Tax Returns, he has to claim the entire world as his dependants.

If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.

When Kim Bauer lost her virginity, Jack Bauer found it and put it back.

Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.

Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

Jack bauer named his cat chuck Norris because it is a pussy

1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.

Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

Jack Bauer was never addicted to herion. Herion was addicted to Jack Bauer.

The only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.

Osama bin Laden's recent proposal for truce is a direct result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is, in fact, still alive.

During the 18 months Jack Bauer was believed dead, CTU saved over $1 billion on ammunition.

Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.

IJack Bauer has never actually had to count to three, ever.

When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out.

When Google can't find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.

You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.

Jack Bauer got Hellen Keller to talk.

Jack Bauer once killed so many terrorists that at one point, the #5 CIA Most Wanted fugitive was an 18-year-old teenager in Malaysia who downloaded the movie Dodgeball.

Guns dont kill people, Jack Bauer kills people.

When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.

When Jack Bauer pissses into the wind, the wind changes direction.

Jack Bauer knows Victoria's secret.

If Jack and MacGyver were locked in a room together, Jack would make a bomb out of MacGyver and get out.

After running out of ammo, Jack stood in the line of fire, took 3 shots to the chest, and used them to reload.

Rockfish

The ever lovely Way Cool Wife got me the first season DVD set of the Rockford Files for Christmas

I love the Detective story genre but there were so few that were ever any good on television. The Rockford Files was one of only two that were any good. And the Rockford Files was as good as it gets.

For those of you who don't know or were too young to experience its first run in the mid 70s, James Garner played ex-con and ex-con man Jim Rockford who has turned his attention to being a private investigator. There's not much money in it, and he'd rather be fishing, but he's pretty good at it and a guy has to eat.

The show was notable for it's great writing, great supporting cast, and of course James Garner. The character of Rockford himself was notable for his humanness. He got beat up alot, he was sometimes wrong, and he didn't always get the girl. He was, however a great driver, especially when seated in his gold Firebird. He wasn't easily fooled and he had a great sense of humor.

In fact humor is one of the things that made this show great.

The DVD set itself is less stellar than the show. First, the US version doesn't include the pilot episode! What's up with that especially since the Region 2 versions do have it?

The disks, themselves are two-sided instead of double-layered and many people have reported that some of the disks, especially disk three, freeze. I haven't experienced this problem but it does appear to be DVD player-dependent which suggests less than professional mastering.

It also appears that Universal didn't take much care in remastering the original stock. In fact, it seems they didn't bother to remaster it at all. The picture quality in general is no better than a VCR tape.

Having said all that, it is still great to have the ability to watch Jim Rockford and his crew; Police Sgt Joe Santos, former cellmate "Angel" Martin, lawyer Beth Davenport, and his father Rocky; live again on the small screen.

I for one am hoping for all six season to be released and hoping Universal pays more attention in the future.

The testimony that launched a career

Testimony on C-SPAN Tonight

by Landon Howell Owner & Editor

We've all seen clips from John Kerry's 1971 testiony before Congress.

Well, tonight, at 7:00 PM CST you can view the testimony heard not only before Congress, but a testimony that was used against our POW's during Vietnam.

Opinions are mixed as politicians attempt to figure who's hands the showing of the testimony will fall into.

On the one hand, Democrats say that individuals such as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have misquoted the Senator. They believe that tonight's broadcast will close the books, and the mounths of many Kerry oponents.

On the other hand, Republicans see this as an opportunity to win more of the Veteran vote as Kerry's comments are directed mainly at them.

Well, that'll be interesting....