please help me to unseat mark souder

This is a public call for your help. I would like to build a website dedicated to providing the facts about rep. Mark Souder's (IN-3rd) actions in Congress and how they have failed us as a nation, and also us who live in that district. From advocating isolationist foreign policy, acting as a rubber stamp for the Bush administration's whims, authoring draconian and unreasonable drug policy, and seeking to eliminate vital social programs, his record speaks for itsself and it is time for him to go. Like Orrin Hatch, Bill Frist, Arlen Specter and right-wing extremists currently in our government action IS required!!! Thus, a website and a social network are needed to support this cause.

Primarily I am looking for researchers, writers, web developers and graphic designers who would be interested in volunteering some spare time for this effort. I will be providing the web space, bandwidth and domain name. If you are interested, please send me an email at souderproject@mabusland.com (serious inquiries ONLY please)

Thanks in advance to anyone who volunteers for this effort!
-Marc

nintendo's revolution "virtual console" to emulate non-nintendo game systems

According to an article at USA TODAY, the "virtual console" service of Ninentdo's upcoming Revolution game system will emulate games that originally appeared on Sega's Genesis (aka. Mega Drive) and NEC/TTI's TurboGrafx (aka. PC Engine and TurboDuo) in addition to emulating the older Nintendo hardware as well. These games will be available for download at a price through their online service. Admittedly, I like the older games from these systems and their simplistic style moreso than the graphically rich games of today.... and while I do play modern games, I'd rather have this console that lets me pick from all the older games while supporting all the new ones too. If you think about it, this is the same model they've used with Game Boy and DS where they support the games all the way back to titles from the original black-and-white screened game boy of 1989.

Between that, wi-fi out of the box, free online play for purchased games, a mocap controller and a price that will likely spank that of the Xbox360 and PS3... what more could you want? After years of declining market share, it looks like Nintendo might have the right formula to re-establish themselves as the leader in home video game consoles.

My only major concern is that I wonder what their strategy is to capture the dollars of the FPS console players that currently flock to Halo and other titles of the genre which haven't enjoyed success on nintendo consoles since Goldeneye on the N64.

Ask Mabus

Seeing as how all manner of people like to ask me strange and offbeat questions, I like to start answering some of them in a new column in my blog called "Ask Mabus". While the questions may have otherwise straightfoward answers, I'd like to draw a different perspective on them for you.

And, without further adieu, I'd like to answer the first question and it comes from Ralph Taggart in Norman, Oklahoma. Ralph writes: "Dear Mabus, why is drinking gasoline so dangerous?"

Well Ralph, aside from the obvious dangers that befall most gasoline drinkers such as death and polyneuropathy, there are other lesser known dangers that are certainly more heinous. The most notable of them being its propensity to cause chronic halitosis and to make you stink like the dickens should topical exposure occur (and due to its volatility, this is likely to occur when imbibing some of shell's finest 93 octane). No breath mint currently marketed exists that is strong enough to cover up gas mouth... not even an entire tin of altoids washed down with a cocktail of binaca and scope will kill it. Same goes for the body odor - you might as well have rubbed the business end of a skunk on yourself. The expensive colognes and perfumes will only serve to make you smell like joan rivers and george hamilton wrapped in saran wrap and baked in a steam sauna for 3 hours on high. You might be able to barely cover the stink with a combination of impostor axe body spray and red cabbage juice, but thats only slightly more tolerable.

So Ralph, I'm not sure if you were considering the consumption of gasoline, but if you we're, I'd highly recommend that you do not. Take it from me as I learned the hard way. I always do so you don't have to.

Anyways, if you have a question for me that you'd like to see answered in a future edition of "Ask Mabus", feel free to comment here, contact me in the forums or email me at .

Namaste.

futurama to return!

Another 26 episodes of futurma are set to be produced shortly! This news was confirmed by Billy West (is the voice of FRY) on his website. He said: "they're doing 26 new episodes of
''Futurama'' for TV and we're hammering out the deal now."

Now... if only Mr. West and John Kricfalusi would get back together to produce more of the original twisted episodes of Ren & Stimpy, we'd be all set. And yes, this is my formal plea to them both!

tv shows you'll never see

they get this cool stuff in japan... why can't we have an american counterpart?

Wonder Showzen is back!

I might be a few days behind in reporting this, but season two of wonder showzen drops MARCH 31st on MTV2! If you couldn't get enough of the irreverent humor the first time around, well its almost time to catch it again! A conglomeration of muppets, learian psychadelia and a dark side as if written by rob zombie, you can't go wrong with this series!

I'll tell ya though... heed the show's disclaimer and don't let yer kids watch it, because while it may look like a kids show it is anything but.

Here's a sneak peak of what's in store:

simpsons intro with real life actors

It was only a matter of time before this was made... I think it has something to do with the oft-anticipated feature length simpsons movie, but I'm not certain.

i almost killed a second vehicle in as many weeks

driving home tonight from the in-laws, I nearly hit one of two deer crossing the highway. fortunately, i saw the deer from a relatively safe distance, however i still needed to lay it on the brake pedal pretty thick - so much so that the ABS kicked in. I came to a stop about 2 metres in front of the deer, which was close enough to see the snot in his snout. The whole ordeal about damn near gave me a heart attack. I've never hit a deer before, and this is the closest I have ever come to doing so and i hope to never have to repeat this scenario again.

Aside from racking a buck, I also bought an atomic clock this weekend.... what did you do?