It was the upper thigh ! !

A fun weekend, indeed.


The running of the Bulls in Pamplona was fantastic this year. Brothers Michael and Laurence Lenahan are simultaneously gored in the ass by one very efficient bull.





In Chongqing China, a public restroom with four stories and more than 1,000 toilets debuted. Rights Boys has been staring at this picture for hours and is still unsure how these toilets are used.





Also from China, the world's tallest man meets the world's shortest man.










Finally, Rights Boy is starting to get infatuated with the new Edna Turnblad...

Live Earth – Attacking Climate Change One Gyration at a Time

Five favorite moments from Live Earth, the seven-continent, 24-hour aging-rocker orgy to raise awareness on global warming:


1. Madonna yelling, 'If you want to save the planet, I want you to start jumping up and down. Come on, mother-[bleepers]! Let me see you jump!" (Madonna owns nine homes and has a "carbon footprint" nearly 100 times larger than the norm.)


2. The demonstration on how to wrap gifts in old potato-chip bags


3. The hundreds of iPhone advertisements


4. Supermodel Petra Nemcova blaming earthquakes on global warming


5. The many public service announcements that buying digital music is more environment friendly than CDs. (Al Gore is on the Board at Apple, the largest digital music retailer…)

The most conservative assessment of the flights taken by the superstars is 222,623.63 miles between them - nearly nine times the circumference of the world. The true environmental cost, as they transported their technicians, dancers and support staff, is likely to be far higher.

The total carbon footprint of the event, taking into account the artists’ and spectators’ travel to the concert, and the energy consumption on the day, is likely to be at least 31,500 tons of carbon emissions, according to John Buckley of Carbonfootprint.com. Throw in the television audience and it comes to a staggering 74,500 tons. The concert will also generate some 1,025 tons of waste at the concert stadiums - much of which will go directly into landfill sites.

Next time, let’s have a multi-continent, 24-hour event, featuring large empty stadiums, no performers, no spectators, no SUVs or big limos, and fly nobody anywhere. No carbon footprint, no new crap for landfills.

Des Moines – It’s a Good Thing

Rights Boy’s good friend Paul Chastain visited central Iowa over the Independence Day holiday. Paul grew up in Des Moines but has lived in Texas for a number of years. After a few days here, he reflected on how Des Moines had changed over the last 30 years.

“The downtown is really built up, although the Ruan Center is still the same old rusty building,” he remarked. “The new walking bridges over the freeway are really cool and the bike trails are everywhere and are just world class.”

On Friday night we went to an I-Cubs game in one of the best minor league ballparks in the country. The I-Cubs won and there was a great fireworks show afterward.

What Paul said is so true; and it took someone that had been away for awhile to remind Rights Boy what a good thing we have here. Central Iowa is a wonderful place to live and a great place to grow up, work or retire.

Which brings me to Project Destiny; the tax scheme that raises sales tax by 17%, promises to reduce property taxes, and invest in all of the “cultural amenities” that we are missing here in central Iowa. The latest arguments I heard from the “Yes to Destiny” crowd were 1) People leave Iowa and move to the west coast because of the bike trails, and 2) How will we ever be like Denver without more investment?

These people are getting desperate with their arguments. I don’t want Des Moines to be Denver or Los Angeles. I love the way the Metro area is right now. I want to enjoy it the way it is for awhile without an additional tax burden.

Rights Boy will be voting NO new tax. However you feel, don’t forget to vote tomorrow. Don’t assume your vote is not important.

Scooter est libre !

Convicted of perjury, obstructing a federal investigation and lying to FBI agents, Scooter Libby breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when his sentence was commuted by President Bush.

No real surprise here. Cheney was never going to let his designated fall guy go to jail. Bush had promised before “not to intervene until Libby had exhausted his appeals.”

"With the denial of bail being upheld and incarceration imminent," Bush said, "I believe it is now important to react to that decision…I respect the jury's verdict, but…"

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who prosecuted Libby, reacted, “It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals. "

The Constitution gives the President the power of clemency to be used when he deems it to be warranted.

Lots happened this last weekend!

Your government at work. President Bush stuck his fishing boat against the rocks this weekend. Luckily, divers from the Secret Service where there to free the Command Guy.




Beautiful! Patriotic! An artist turns a 700-pound block of Land O' Lakes cheddar cheese into a replica of Mount Rushmore.




Not the CornCobs. Des Moines' new NBA-affiliated minor-league basketball franchise will be known as the Iowa Energy.

No to Destiny. Opponents of a proposal to raise the sales tax in Dallas, Polk and Warren counties outnumber supporters nearly 2 to 1 among likely voters in a special election on July 10.