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While campaigning in Indianapolis for her mother, Chelsea Clinton was asked by a male student if her mother’s [Hilary] credibility had been hurt as a result of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Chelsea had this to say:

“Wow, you’re the first person actually that’s ever asked me that question, in the, maybe 70 college campuses that I’ve been to,” Clinton bitterly said at Butler University. “And I don’t think that’s any of your business.” (source)

I suggest you read the article, the comments left on it are amusing as hell. Now for my two cents. Was this something that should be asked, let alone asked to the daughter? Does it have any bearing on the situation at hand?

While I found it to be admittedly tacky that the question was asked to the daughter, the fact remains that she is a twenty-eight year old woman who should have had the grace to either calmly put the question to the side or give it the attention it deserved. Chelsea Clinton, welcome to the big league. If you want to go on the campaign trail for your mother to show that “family support” that the Clintons are said to have, then you have to accept the responsibility that goes with it. You are going to be asked the questions you do not want to answer, that’s a proven fact. Your parents have done a remarkable job of shielding you from the press, while allowing you to dance in the limelight at your leisure - a double standard that few celebrities have been able to manage for their children. If you want to step up on stage then be prepared for the consequences.

With regards to the question, I do feel it had merit. Hilary is a public figure, and how she handles situations is imperative to know when selecting a leader. Not to mention, I’d say it’s fair play considering how her staff simply would not let go of the Rev. Wright matter. Talk about a dog with an old bone!

Chelsea, you need to learn when you’re out of your league and when to bow out gracefully. That’s all there is to it. Instead of looking like the 28 year old woman and Oxford graduate that you are you came off as a childish brat throwing a tantrum. Instead of the snippy retorts trying taking a page from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ book.

Okay, so I thought I would close this blog. I wasn’t keeping it up to date anymore, and even though I had a lot to say on a variety of news topics (mostly wacky news) I could never seem to get my butt over here to write.

And yet despite this, I kept getting comments asking me to come back. And the visitor widgets from blog catalog and mybloglog have been positively jumping with activity.

When I closed all of the comments I figured that would be the end of it. Then I started getting emails from people saying that reading the stuff on my personal blog just wasn’t the same. Yeah, I can see that, since I tend to cut way on the news bits there. So have much thought, I decided to give running three blogs another try. Will I keep this blog as updated as my other two? I doubt it, considering N-I is being updated daily as it is. But I’m going to give it my best shot. So here we go, one more time.

As you might have guessed by the lack of updates her for an extended period of time I’ve decided to close down this blog and instead focus my efforts on my personal blog and my book blog.

Initially I created this blog because there were some complaints from readers at my personal blog that blogging about news articles that interested me detracted from my blog. But as time went on I felt more and more constrained rather than free and blogging became a chore. So from now I say screw what others say, I’m blogging how I want to blog. If you’re still looking for some wacky and interesting news bit then keep an eye on my personal blog as that’s where you’ll find ‘em.

The nerd within me is rejoicing and doing a happy dance that is most definately defying the laws of gravity right now. But with this kind of news can you blame me:

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The skeleton of what is believed to be a new dinosaur species — a 105-foot (32-meter) plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found — has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday.

Scientists from Argentina and Brazil said the Patagonian dinosaur appears to represent a previously unknown species of Titanosaur because of the unique structure of its neck. They named it Futalognkosaurus dukei after the Mapuche Indian words for “giant” and “chief,” and for Duke Energy Argentina, which helped fund the skeleton’s excavation.

read the rest…

I’m not exactly thrilled to hear that the new dinosaur’s name includes the company that helped to fun the dig, to me that just screams of commercialism to an awful extent though. Other than that, I’m thrilled by this new discovery and I can’t wait to read and hear what new information this find could yield. The archaeological record has so many gaps and holes in it, but with each new piece we get that much clearer of a picture.

Oh I bet the title of this entry really caught your attention didn’t it? Sorry to say, this entry isn’t about having sex and music together, well maybe in way it is. IndieMV - Musical Intercourse, happens to be the catchphrase that they coined.

To the point, IndieMV.com is a social networking site that is place for independent musicians to get their sound out there and known. It also aims to provide a social networking service for not just the musicians, but the fans. Some of the features that IndieMV has to offer are video blogging, web-cam messaging, photo sharing, and of course, access to hundreds of music videos and interviews from independent artists. I would strongly recommend that any person who calls them self an “indie music fan” check this site out. Even if you’re more into mainstream music, this might be a good place to connect with other music fans and to hear some new bands.

On one hand this place might not seem very different from other social networking sites that allow you to video blog or upload your own videos, but here is one major difference I saw that (at least for the bands) will perk some interest. IndieMV wants to help independent artists get out there and get known and as a result they regularly provide opportunities for bands on IndieMV to gain the exposure they need by offering bands a range of opportunities to perform in front of new and different audiences. Right now IndieMV is holding one such opportunity which will send a band to Montreal, Canada. The band lucky band will not only receive roundtrip airfare and two nights accomodation, but the opportunity to perform on stage at the Unite Against AIDS concert.