Let’s try to figure out why President Obama didn’t release a traditional Easter Statement, like most of his predecessors have.  Does the man hate peeps or something?

In 2007, President Bush said “Let us join together and give thanks to the Almighty for the glory of his grace”.  In 2008, he said “Easter commemorates our Savior’s triumph over sin and we take joy in spending this special time with family and friends”.  On Sunday, it appears President Obama most likely said “what time are we teeing off this afternoon?”

In a country built on judeo-christian values, with a predominately Christian population, there is something odd about ignoring an Easter statement or message.  Is he doing it just to screw with his critics?  Or is he concerned about acknowledging this country’s Christian tradition to the muslims around the world he seems hell-bent on bending over backwards to placate?

I don’t care if the President issues religious holiday statements or not.  But why would he go out of his way to issue statements on all of the major Muslim holidays but ignore Easter?  It’s like Cam Neely thanking everybody but Michael Ryder for that game five win the other night.  Most of this country was celebrating Easter Sunday.  At Church, with family, or chomping at a Honey-Baked Ham, it’s what we were doing.  I’m sorry, but most of us were not observing Hajj, or Eid-ul-Adha, as much as this “citizen of the world” might wish we were.  And, of course, we got full presidential statements for those days.

There’s nothing wrong or offensive with this country’s religious history.  I’m not a religious person but I can appreciate the role it played in the founding and formation of our country.  I’m tired of those who walk around on Easter egg shells, terrified of owning up to what we are.  We are a country that, for the most part, celebrates religious holidays like Christmas and Easter.  There’s nothing wrong with that.

The White House began the traditional Easter Egg Hunt in 1878.  It seems like next year, it ought to be called the Christ Hunt.  Let’s see if we can find what happened to any mention of Jesus when it comes to Easter.  By the way, there was an 8 page statement commemorating Earth day.

If you want to hear the entire Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 album before you can buy it on May 3.

Here you go!

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys

Or, you can listen to it here, from a boom box at Madison Square Garden, (since they aren’t using it to play basketball) with a dancing Chewbacca!

 CLICK HERE TO SEE CHEWIE SHAKE IT!

Let me know which song you like the best!

The Beastie Boys took Center Court at Madison Square Garden to debut their upcoming album, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 2″ Well, not personally. They used a boom box and microphone to play the full album which comes out on May 3rd. And why not? The Knicks won’t be doing anything there for the rest of the season.

WATCH IT HERE

We’ve been waiting for it, and here it is!

Enjoy!

Check out a sneak preview of the new Transformers movie ‘Dark of the Moon’ that hits theaters on July 3. Mike Shinoda from LP  talks about teaming up with the Transformers again, with the new song Iridescent!

The Beastie Boys released the video for their new song ‘Make Some Noise’ yesterday, and it’s filled with cameo appearances from pretty much everyone in Hollywood! Take a look and let me know who you recognize. Some of the cameos are very quick. The 30 minute version of the video ‘Fight For Your Right Revisited’ is on the way!

Click here to pre-order the Hot Sauce Committee Part 2which comes out on May 3!

Worcester’s first Craft Beer festival is happening this Saturday(4/23) at the DCU Center in beautiful Worcester, MA.  I am very excited about this because I’ve always wanted a Beer Festival within walking distance to my house.  Some of the 30+ Brewers that will be at Brew Woo include: Wormtown Brewery, Berkshire Brewing Company, Harpoon, Ipswich, Smuttynose, Wachusett Brewing Company, Magic Hat, Cape Ann Brewing, and Naragansett.  The hours are 3pm-9pm and tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.  You can purchase them here. 

Unfortunately I will not be doing as much sampling as I want because I have been charged with trying to consume a 5 pound cheeseburger.  The folks at the DCU Center and the show Grillseekersapproached me about doing this and I never turn down free food.  Here are the contents of the “Monsta Burger”:

No, this is not some sort of Harry Potter-like story of pre-pubescent witches and goblins.  It’s about two beers.  One is delicious and the other could be considered flirtatious(if given to someone else).

I was told that Sneaky Pete’s Imperial IPA doesn’t come around very often and later determined that is a damn shame because it’s a great beer.  It poured an Amber/copper with a little haze and once it was settled in my glass with it’s thick foamy head I got a whiff of the fruity sweet hoppy aroma.  That was not the case with the first sip.  That was a strong citrus rind/pine flavor with a slight sweetness of caramel.  It had a creamy texture to it with a bitter finish that brought out the %10 ABV.  I t was nice on a brisk Spring day, sitting on the front porch, making the neighbors feel uncomfortable. 

The “Boner” part of this blog is about those freakish bastards at Brewdog.  The same guys who made the skull crushing Sink The Bismark and the PETA angering End Of History, have now made a beer that will supposedly counteract the inconvenient “brewers droop”.  It’s called Royal Virility Performance and is brewed with chocolate, goat weed, and herbal VIAGRA.  The Royalists at BrewDog are no doubt trying to help the Crown continue it’s line.  There was a time that the consumation of any Royal marriage was the main event.  Family members and heads of state would at times be spectators to the destruction of the Royal Hyman.  With the %7.5 ABV it’s sure to be an excellent accompaniment to those Beer Goggles you’ll be wearing after 4 or 5.  No word yet when this missile launcher of a brew will hit the U.S., but a fair warning has been given.  Ladies beware.

Should a state funded website be advising teenagers on how to have an abortion and keep it secret from their parents?  The Boston Herald has an interesting piece on this today and it doesn’t bother me at all.

The website is mariatalks.com, where “Maria” and her friends answer questions and offer advice on contraception, safe sex and abortion.  Whether the far, far right likes it or not, abortion is legal and teenagers have the right to seek that procedure if they so desire.  Massachusetts’ law requires those under 18 to get approval of one parent or a judge if they wish to have an abortion.  Critics of the website say “Maria” is encouraging teenagers to avoid speaking to the parents and go directly to court.

While I hope that parents and kids would be able to discuss the issue and come to the best decision for all involved, I am sure you can’t count on it in a lot of cases.  Do we really want teenagers making an uniformed decision that leads to another kid brought into the world with no one to care for him/her?

Taxpayers are contributing $100,000 to the website through a DPH grant.  To me, it’s money well spent.  How much does this state spend a year on kids who were brought into the world by parents who couldn’t care less about them?

I was going to write a long winded blog about how Marijuana should be legal and nobody ever died from it’s use….but I’m a lazy pothead.  I’ll just restate what I say every year: If you can buy a six pack and get shitfaced then you should be able to buy weed and get pie-eyed.  It’s the same thing.  You’re altering your brain and raising your stupidity level.  Now for your stoned viewing pleasure, a video of the founding fathers with music from one of the great proponents of Marijuana legalization: