> U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s vision of freedom from want, persecution and war.
> O.k. — I know I’m way too old to be worrying about this in one sense, but in the next sense in which many of us will have to worry about this thing, I am so insanely freaked out by the insanity that is “My Super Sweet 16.” What the friggin’ fuck**??????!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??** I’ve only seen it once, but the girl who failed her driver’s test but drove away in a brand new BMW said, “I know my parents spent alot, but I deserved it!” I mean — I kind of want to have kids… and I’m getting up there in years, so it’s got to happen relatively soon, but… Is home schooling the only answer? Dear god — **WE ARE FUCKED!!** I mean, whatever happened to the “Brat Pack?” Remeber when the righteous poor kids and the righteous rich kids… O.k. — “kid”… would get together and realize that the materialistic insanity of youth culture could be transcended by true love (that would, granted, probably end when they both went away to college — but for that brief, shining moment…), and Echo annd the Bunnymen brought on the Dancing Horses for **EVERYONE**? Well alright, then — I’m officially saying it: take me the fuck back!! Shit was BETTER!! **YES — I SAID IT!!** God forgive me. :(
[Ted Leo, September 12th 2005](http://tedleo.com/2/news.php?page=news)
Because its appropriate, just for today:
And there are [blackouts in LA tonight](http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-09-12T235956Z_01_YUE273471_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ENERGY-LOSANGELES-DC.XML),
There’s an evident lack of light tonight,
An increase in desire
You’ll catch me
Hanging out on a wire
[Cutting the voltage to your power lines](http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/12/news/la_blackout/)
And the lights. Go. Out.
-*Blackout*, by Hybrid, off their latest album