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SIGNS THAT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL
HAS A BAD PRINCIPAL

 
 
  Gets on a health kick
and tells the cafeteria
to switch from
red Jell-O to green Jell-O
  Thinks a pantsless
dress code might
energize the
school spirit
   
 
    Approves students' request to forget about doing
a homecoming float and instead convert one of
the school buses into a "hellacious party-van"
 
 
         
  Stops by music class
and starts rambling on
about all of Liberace's
great but little known
drinking songs
  Bans the teaching
of "creativity" because
he thinks it would
violate the separation
of church and state
 
       
  cartoon image of wacky principal scaring a student in the hall of the school  
 
 
TerraBits

James "Goofus" Madison
     — Rico, California
"We convinced our high school principal that 'freedom of the press' required him to let students use the school's Xerox machine to make copies of their butts."


Today, instead of "freedom of the press," we seem to have "fee-dumb of the press"—a press corps governed by profit, with bland news presented by chattering chowderheads. Check out our harangues on corporate media and news talk shows ... and find some better news sources!

     Or go to list of jokes

cartoon of high school student standing by photocopy machine
 
 

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FUN WITH LYRICS FOR ...  Bad Principal Joke
 
  album cover for The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2, by Rod Stewart

Ever since I was a kid at school,
I messed around with all the rules . . .
The principal would like to leave the stage;
The crowd don't understand.

from "I Was Only Joking" by Rod Stewart
. . . from the album The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2

For reviews/clips, check out CD on go to Amazon.com

   
 
  album cover for Greatest Hits, by The Ramones

Rock, rock, rock 'n' roll high school—
I hate the teachers and the principal;
Don't wanna be taught to be no fool . . .
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' roll high school!

from "Rock 'n' Roll High School" by The Ramones
. . . from the album Greatest Hits

For reviews/clips, check out CD on go to Amazon.com

   
 
  album cover for Anthology, by Oingo Boingo

Principal caught me after school;
Gave me hell, called me a fool;
Pointed his finger at my face;
Started to sweat all over the place . . .

from "Sweat" by Oingo Boingo
. . . from the album Anthology

For reviews/clips, check out CD on go to Amazon.com

   
 
 

Or search Amazon.com for more

 

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Thinky Quote

"Local TV news across the country [is] saturated with mayhem and fluff at the expense of the broader range of issues important to our communities. TV news has become an emotional collection of the terrifying and the titillating, chosen to generate what marketing experts call "arousal." Arousal prepares viewers for TV news' abundant advertising but it does not inform citizens. Rather, it breeds cynicism, discourages civic participation, and promotes fearful withdrawal and passivity."

        – Rocky Mountain Media Watch

 
CORPORATE MEDIA
thumb of tv monitors on a wall; link for article about corporate media

Here’s the Breaking News on Who’s Breaking News’ Usefulness   Whether you're interested in energy issues or our polluted environment; in health care or animal welfare; in preservation of civil liberties or the continued rise of plutocracy in the US—you're getting a lousy news feed from mainstream media. Find out why Corporate Media and News Talk Shows are destined to keep you in the dark ...

Funny Quote

"I cannot say that I don't disagree with you."
  – Groucho Marx

Today’s Animation:
“ADDICATED TO OIL”
posterized graphical image of Condi Rice, George Bush, and US Capitol
A funny animated send-up of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video ... with George W. and four Condi Rice clones doing the crooning and swaying... From Huffington Post...  Go there

Related GP articles:
  - Oil Wars
  - Peak Oil FAQ
GOOD FISH, BAD FISH
picture of fish, words pocket seafood selector
Want to avoid fish with mercury and PCB contamination? Want to NOT be the guy who eats the last surviving Chilean seabass? Check out the 2006 seafood guide from Oceans Alive/Environmental Defense...
  - Good Fish/Bad Fish Chart
  - Seafood Selector Pocket Guide (PDF)

Related GP articles:
  - Mercury in Fish -- and Why
  - Overfishing
THE NUCLEAR WINTER
OF OUR DISCONTENT
graphic of hand squeezing nuclear cooling tower
There's plenty of talk about reviving nuclear energy, both in the US and around the world. If you think that's a good idea or maybe just inevitable, you should listen to the Explorations interview of Michael Mariotte of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. (Interview starts at 17:21 into the MP3.)
  - Stream from KPFA's site
  - Download MP3 from GP
    (MP3 - 10.2 MB)

Related GP article:  Attack of the 50-Foot Energy Plan
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