Nigger.
OK...I said it. I didn't say the "'n' word." Comedian and actor Michael Richards made remarks that were bigoted, shocking, repellent, and deeply offensive. I'm offended by that word and tirade, but why is the Caucasian public-at-large trembling in its boots at the so-called "n-word," when blacks can openly use the word in their public speech and so-called hip-hop culture? When did black Americans get a license they been given a license to use the word? Perhaps while I have had my back turned?
Michael Richards hired a damage control publicist and he met with "leaders of the black community" to make nice. But as Jay Leno asked the other day on his show, what "leaders of the White community" do we have when black people say offensive things about whites?
Despite all of the contrition and the obligatory trip to "rehabilition," the most irrelevant Reverend Jesse Jackson is now calling for a boycott of the Seinfeld box set involving Michael Richards who played "Kramer." I say, let's call on the media and general public to boycott Jesse Jackson, who often exploits these situations to shake down celebrities and major corporations for his own needs and coffers. And then you have the goofy Rev. Al Sharpton -- the same Reverend who associated himself in making false claims about white bigotry in the famous case of Tawana Brawley -- going around making his own tirades in an effort to get his own 15 seconds.
How about asking comedian (in his mind and marketed) Dave Chappelle and his tirades to stop his use of the word and offensive racial references? I know it will never happen, because the situation is different. "Different" at least in the mind of the most irrelevant Jesse Jackson.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
It is interesting how one gets left behind after everybody tells you how much they are sorry for your loss.... Everybody got all gushy "let me know if you need anything" yet I haven't received one invitation to join anyone for Thanksgiving dinner.... After all of that no wonder I have gotten so cynical about people and relationships.
Thank God for Denny's.
Thank God for Denny's.
I will never forget one time a friend of my mom's told her about the Dr. Phil Show and how she would drop everything and watch the show religiously. So one day, mom asked me if I knew about the show and it happened to be on. After about 10-15 minutes I looked over to my mom who had a look of disgust on her face. She nodded her head and in her usual laser straight-to-the-point attitude referred to the show as "emotional masturbation." She then took the TV remote and changed the channel.
The same thought when I had the (mis)fortune of turning on ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" with Ty Pennington. The show is nothing but emotional masturbation with the recipients of the home makeover talking looking off camera and balling and sobbing on cue. Then you have Ty Pennington's crew doing the same. Then by the end of the show everybody is miserable and sobbing uncontrollably on cue while Ty Pennington slips in a plug to all of the show's sponsors as he shows the made over house to the miserable family. The only people this show can appeal to are those who are devoid of personal emotion from within and have a need externalize their expression of emotions.
One thing I didn't know about Ty Pennington is that he is a victim of ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and is a spokesman/spokesmodel for Adderall which is used to chemically treat the disease.
The same thought when I had the (mis)fortune of turning on ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" with Ty Pennington. The show is nothing but emotional masturbation with the recipients of the home makeover talking looking off camera and balling and sobbing on cue. Then you have Ty Pennington's crew doing the same. Then by the end of the show everybody is miserable and sobbing uncontrollably on cue while Ty Pennington slips in a plug to all of the show's sponsors as he shows the made over house to the miserable family. The only people this show can appeal to are those who are devoid of personal emotion from within and have a need externalize their expression of emotions.
One thing I didn't know about Ty Pennington is that he is a victim of ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and is a spokesman/spokesmodel for Adderall which is used to chemically treat the disease.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
There really are a few dumbshits walking around. They have NEVER experienced what a person goes through when they lose someone who has been a part of their history, their life.
Earlier this evening, paraphrasing what was said to me about the extreme grief I've been going through in the past couple of weeks in anticipation of the holiday season, I had someone tell me with such exuberance -- mind you that this individual has his sisters, a close relationship with his mother, God only knows how many relatives...
"I know you are grieving. But you are letting it consume you...grieve and let it go...keep your mother's memory a happy one and close in your heart, but don't let your grief destroy your ability to be part of this world...if you sit and wollow in that big house alone, you will not be a person anyone will want in their life. Bitterness and sorrow will not bring your mother back, let it go."
Earlier this evening, paraphrasing what was said to me about the extreme grief I've been going through in the past couple of weeks in anticipation of the holiday season, I had someone tell me with such exuberance -- mind you that this individual has his sisters, a close relationship with his mother, God only knows how many relatives...
"I know you are grieving. But you are letting it consume you...grieve and let it go...keep your mother's memory a happy one and close in your heart, but don't let your grief destroy your ability to be part of this world...if you sit and wollow in that big house alone, you will not be a person anyone will want in their life. Bitterness and sorrow will not bring your mother back, let it go."
Monday, November 13, 2006

I had kind of an upset today which came out of something that initially made me happy. Mom's Christmas cactus started blooming and I brought it into the kitchen so I could enjoy it when I would be sitting at my laptop which seems to have found a semi-permanent home on my kitchen table.
"What an interesting time for it to bloom," I thought to myself. Then I realized that in a month it is going to be Christmas. :-(
It was a real blow. I don't know how much more I can take before I fold.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT ELECTION DAY 2006...
All of the political ads have been broadcast a million times on radio and television and the voters have supposedly spoken -- vox populi vox dei (the voice of the people is the voice of God). For at least a week now we will be subject to a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking by the television political commentators and the radio talk show hosts. It is interesting though how I hear from liberal friends and acquaintances that their nemesis President George Bush "got a whacking" and how a new political day will be rising....the Republican dark ages are finally over! Happy days are here again! While the Democrats have taken over both houses of congress, the reality is that really nothing has changed, nor will their supposed work in Washington DC will change. The Congressmen and Senators elected to office this round are the same people who have merely exchanged their ties with one another.
The Kool Aid-Cindy Sheehan liberals are the ones who are really deluding themselves as they dance to "Happy Days Are Here Again." They have convinced themselves that just because a new shop sign has been installed in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, their newly elected coalitions are sure follow an anti-war pull out the troops from Iraq strategy. It ain't gonna happen. The Democrats have two years to prove they can improve the situation, and must do so following a centrist position if they are to be kept in office beyond 2008 simply because the Democrat majorities elected this time around does not constitute a mandate. Democrats have 229 seats in the House, 11 more than the number necessary to hold the barest of majorities in the 435-member chamber...last session the Republicans held a similar majority. In the Senate, they hold only 51 seats, with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman -- now an independent -- with the ability to go either way. And seeing how his fellow Democrats loudly took a political gamble by abandoning him during his run as an independent against bagillionaire Ned Lamont, chances are that Lieberman can very well use a trump card on many issues and is no longer beholden to those who abandoned him. (The best thing for these former Lieberman allies would have been for them to simply not get involved and stay neutral during the Lamont/Lieberman campaign in case Lieberman won.)
Lieberman's win was due in part to Republican support in Connecticut, but also reflects normal thinking centrist Democrats who have not bought into the Kool Aid-Anti War politics of whackjob Cindy Shehaan funded by Gagillionaire-cum-philanthropist Hungarian leftist American politics meddler George Soros.
The only mandate which may have been communicated by the American electorate is this: While the United States clearly accomplished its goal of toppling the modern day Hitler Saddam Hussein who repeatedly violated United Nations resolutions, has established and help encourage the formation of a democratic coalition government in Iraq, the bottom line is that it must withdraw its troops and allow the Iraqis to defend their newly found democracy as soon as possible and grow it. The only role is for United States and NATO to continue to try to keep the peace between the fighting Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish factions.
All of the political ads have been broadcast a million times on radio and television and the voters have supposedly spoken -- vox populi vox dei (the voice of the people is the voice of God). For at least a week now we will be subject to a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking by the television political commentators and the radio talk show hosts. It is interesting though how I hear from liberal friends and acquaintances that their nemesis President George Bush "got a whacking" and how a new political day will be rising....the Republican dark ages are finally over! Happy days are here again! While the Democrats have taken over both houses of congress, the reality is that really nothing has changed, nor will their supposed work in Washington DC will change. The Congressmen and Senators elected to office this round are the same people who have merely exchanged their ties with one another.
The Kool Aid-Cindy Sheehan liberals are the ones who are really deluding themselves as they dance to "Happy Days Are Here Again." They have convinced themselves that just because a new shop sign has been installed in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, their newly elected coalitions are sure follow an anti-war pull out the troops from Iraq strategy. It ain't gonna happen. The Democrats have two years to prove they can improve the situation, and must do so following a centrist position if they are to be kept in office beyond 2008 simply because the Democrat majorities elected this time around does not constitute a mandate. Democrats have 229 seats in the House, 11 more than the number necessary to hold the barest of majorities in the 435-member chamber...last session the Republicans held a similar majority. In the Senate, they hold only 51 seats, with Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman -- now an independent -- with the ability to go either way. And seeing how his fellow Democrats loudly took a political gamble by abandoning him during his run as an independent against bagillionaire Ned Lamont, chances are that Lieberman can very well use a trump card on many issues and is no longer beholden to those who abandoned him. (The best thing for these former Lieberman allies would have been for them to simply not get involved and stay neutral during the Lamont/Lieberman campaign in case Lieberman won.)
Lieberman's win was due in part to Republican support in Connecticut, but also reflects normal thinking centrist Democrats who have not bought into the Kool Aid-Anti War politics of whackjob Cindy Shehaan funded by Gagillionaire-cum-philanthropist Hungarian leftist American politics meddler George Soros.
The only mandate which may have been communicated by the American electorate is this: While the United States clearly accomplished its goal of toppling the modern day Hitler Saddam Hussein who repeatedly violated United Nations resolutions, has established and help encourage the formation of a democratic coalition government in Iraq, the bottom line is that it must withdraw its troops and allow the Iraqis to defend their newly found democracy as soon as possible and grow it. The only role is for United States and NATO to continue to try to keep the peace between the fighting Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish factions.
Thursday, November 02, 2006

(Image of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard stolen from The Drudge Report)
I really think the Republican party should thank bagillionaire Sen. John Kerry (D-Taxachusetts) for his utterance in Los Angeles on Monday that if a person doesn't get a good education "you'll be stuck in Iraq." (Thing is this, as a political party fence sitter I am issue oriented and who I feel will follow through on my beliefs in Washington DC will be the person I ultimately cast my vote for. I'm no friend of President Bush, yet how I see the Democrats scrambling in every direction just to influence a popular vote and advance the party makes me sick. Republicans do it to, but lately one sees how the Democrats are panicing in that they have now lost several elections.)
Sen. Kerry claims he misspoke, botched a joke. Just to complete the usual ways how politics works in this country, he will probably now claim he's addicted to alcohol or drugs and will go into rehab. And then pledge after that he will go help build houses poverty stricken people in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
The best part of this whole mess is watching all of the Democrats cancelling their upcoming campaign appearances with Sen. Kerry and Hillary saying "no wonder we lost in 2004" and referring to the comments as "downright stupid." It was Pres. Reagan who always reminded his Republicans when things didn't go right to follow what he called the "11th Commandment": Thou Shalt Not Eat They Fellow Republicans. Just when you thought the Democrats may have their house in order with absolute unity, you realize that they are just as fragmented as the Republicans, which only lends credence to new non-partisan political groups as "UNITY 08" who are representing millions and millions of Americans such as myself who are SICK of the partisan infighting/lack of leadership which is so pervasive now in Washington.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The following article just proves my point that we're leading up to a society where finally nobody will be able to say anything to anyone because of the fear of being offended, harrased, harangued, etc.
Police officers need to be fit and trim...because they are a liability in terms of health problems (note I didn't use the latest corporate pinhead numbskullspeak word, "issue."). Then there is the other question...what about the rights of the suspect not to be pummeled and have more damage inflicted on them when they are hit and pounced on by a 300 pound police officer...cruel and unusual punishment? Having a person arrested is one thing, but having a 5'6" 100 lb. suspect being thrown to the ground and have a 300 lb. police officer fall on them and being pulverized leaving innerds behind no different than a large juicy bug? Now that could be considered cruel and unusual punishment???? (Heh....Although I know at least of one person who would enjoy it!....don't ask for details as none will be given.)
I'm sure we'll see "part deux" of this story being carried and played out...strained backs and all.
Police officers need to be fit and trim...because they are a liability in terms of health problems (note I didn't use the latest corporate pinhead numbskullspeak word, "issue."). Then there is the other question...what about the rights of the suspect not to be pummeled and have more damage inflicted on them when they are hit and pounced on by a 300 pound police officer...cruel and unusual punishment? Having a person arrested is one thing, but having a 5'6" 100 lb. suspect being thrown to the ground and have a 300 lb. police officer fall on them and being pulverized leaving innerds behind no different than a large juicy bug? Now that could be considered cruel and unusual punishment???? (Heh....Although I know at least of one person who would enjoy it!....don't ask for details as none will be given.)
I'm sure we'll see "part deux" of this story being carried and played out...strained backs and all.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Police Chief Paul Goward was tired of looking around his department and seeing blubber hanging over the belts of some of his officers. So he sent out a memo exhorting the “jelly bellies” to shape up.
In the end, the department lost 190 pounds – all of them belonging to Goward. He was forced out as chief because some of his officers took offense at the memo. The Oct. 11 memo bruised feelings on the 80-member force, drew at least one anonymous letter of complaint from officers about the chief's management style and made his department the butt of jokes about fat cops and doughnuts. “If they got their feelings hurt to the extent of 'Do something about it,' then I did what I was intending to do,” said an unapologetic Goward, a trim 6-footer who was forced to resign his $92,000-a-year post last week.
Some of the chief's defenders said his ouster was a big overreaction. “He offered tremendously good advice, yet he was sacked,” wrote Thomas Roe Oldt, a columnist for The Ledger of Lakeland. In his memo, titled “Are You a Jelly Belly,” the chief never singled anyone out, and apart from the title, didn't call anyone names.
Instead, he provided a list of 10 reasons police officers should be in shape. He said overweight police poorly represent the profession, poop out when chasing suspects and might have to resort to “a higher level of force” if a criminal got the upper hand in a fight. He said out-of-shape cops are a liability to the city and their families.
“Take a good look at yourself,” he wrote. “If you are unfit, do yourself and everyone else a favor. See a professional about a proper diet and a fitness training program, quit smoking, limit alcohol intake and start thinking self-pride, confidence and respectability. And stop making excuses for delaying what you know you should have been doing years ago. We didn't hire you unfit and we don't want you working unfit. Don't mean to offend, this is just straight talk. I owe it to you.”
Winter Haven cops must pass physical examinations to be hired but are not regularly tested for fitness thereafter.
Goward, 60, said he is not a fitness freak, was not “asking for a department full of Arnold Schwarzeneggers here” and did not order his officers to stay away from fast-food restaurants or doughnut shops. In fact, the 36-year police veteran, who has also worked in Kansas and South Carolina, said Winter Haven's force is no less fit than the others he has served on.
David Greene, manager of the central Florida city of 30,000, said through a spokeswoman that he was too busy for an interview, but told the local newspapers the anonymous complaint letters made it clear the police department had a morale problem because of Goward's abrasive management style during his 2½ years there. “Emotions within the police department and the relationship with the police chief became raw,” he told The Ledger. Winter Haven officers contacted by The Associated Press said they were told not to talk to reporters about Goward's departure.
One of the anonymous complaint letters described the force as “upset to say the least” about the chief and called the “Jelly Belly” memo “the icing on the cake.”
“This letter shows the type of harassment and hostile work environment we have. The chief of police is constantly 'bad talking' us in every way possible and we have had enough of his arrogance,” the letter read.
Mandy Rohrbaugh, a 40-year-old nursing student and Winter Haven resident, said Goward had the right message, but perhaps could have delivered it differently. “I think honestly our police force needs a lot of shaping up, and I think they should be fit not just when they're hired but through their time,” she said.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
I'm so really done with doctors and hospitals and clinics this year, especially after an intensive emergency surgical procedure which I had to undergo this morning.
While the pain and after effects of the procedure are really affecting me tonight, I can't get over the outpouring of love and devotion from my friends N, M, C, S, and a new friend in Los Angeles, D, who was prepared to come down from Los Angeles to take care of me on a moment's notice. "I can be down there in two (hours)," this individual insisted. Of course, those were the words of the afore mentioned friends, as well. And then there was the moral support of my friend S in Reno, Nevada.
Out of my experience today, yes, it is true that what comes around, literally does go around. I took care of an individual in the same manner for five years in so many ways, and most recently, when Last May, I took care of someone who has meant the total world to me. This individual who was a part of my active life was very sick...severe chills, stuff coming out of every conceivable orifice to the point of scaring the bejesus out of me, which had me rousting the individual's doctors with the thought that the individual who have to be taken to the hospital to be rehydrated and have tests done, etc., etc. It was only one instance of all the things I did for the individual to make them happy. Yet this individual, with no regard to my extreme sorrow over the passing of my mother and the constant 7/24 caring I gave to for seven months, made a conscious decision to consciously kick me emotionally in the stomach, so they could pursue their own agenda of trying to find their nirvana paved with the psychobabble so tolerated these days by society. Not only have I had to endure my own extreme grief, but the emotional strain of this Judas-like act by this individual.
But you know, I find solace and satisfaction that with their pursuit of Nirvana, ultimately what they have metted out, will "come around" for them. Karma keeps very accurate books.
While the pain and after effects of the procedure are really affecting me tonight, I can't get over the outpouring of love and devotion from my friends N, M, C, S, and a new friend in Los Angeles, D, who was prepared to come down from Los Angeles to take care of me on a moment's notice. "I can be down there in two (hours)," this individual insisted. Of course, those were the words of the afore mentioned friends, as well. And then there was the moral support of my friend S in Reno, Nevada.
Out of my experience today, yes, it is true that what comes around, literally does go around. I took care of an individual in the same manner for five years in so many ways, and most recently, when Last May, I took care of someone who has meant the total world to me. This individual who was a part of my active life was very sick...severe chills, stuff coming out of every conceivable orifice to the point of scaring the bejesus out of me, which had me rousting the individual's doctors with the thought that the individual who have to be taken to the hospital to be rehydrated and have tests done, etc., etc. It was only one instance of all the things I did for the individual to make them happy. Yet this individual, with no regard to my extreme sorrow over the passing of my mother and the constant 7/24 caring I gave to for seven months, made a conscious decision to consciously kick me emotionally in the stomach, so they could pursue their own agenda of trying to find their nirvana paved with the psychobabble so tolerated these days by society. Not only have I had to endure my own extreme grief, but the emotional strain of this Judas-like act by this individual.
But you know, I find solace and satisfaction that with their pursuit of Nirvana, ultimately what they have metted out, will "come around" for them. Karma keeps very accurate books.
Monday, October 30, 2006


Woohoo!
I have joined the growing legions of DirecTV satellite whores!
Tired of being monkeyed around by Cox Cable (an evil company, in my opinion), I took advantage of DirecTV's superduper offer of all Showtime channels + Sundance and The Movie Channel and all Starz channel for $59 a month in perpetuity. THere were some problems with completing my order online necessitating me to call in, so they bonused me all the HBO channels and a DVR unit for $4.99. It is fun to record and watch all the movies I've always wanted to see! In the midst of it I get IFC and the Fox Movie Channel which also show movies uninteruppted.
Woohoo!
Barbra Streisand doesn't have a bad voice....but I hate her politics...and her lack of class. During her fourth final farewell concert she confronted a heckler in the audience by saying "Shut The Fuck Up." Well now a New York DJ has come up with a new dance song based on her tirade.... It DEFINITELY is very creative and good and shows Badaboom Babs at her "best." Click here to go to the song link Warning: You will have to expend mouse clicking energy by having to click on the media player on the page.
Here's the original article about Badaboom Babs:
Here's the original article about Badaboom Babs:
ashington, Oct 27: Barbra Streisand is best known for her love ballads such as ‘The way we were’ and themes from movies such as ‘Hello Dolly’, but now she is set to conquer the music charts with a song that samples her four-letter-word abuse she made at a recent concert .
A few weeks back, the 64-year-old ardent Democrat, used the opportunity of her first U.S. tour in 12 years to take a dig at President Bush, by employing a Bush impersonator to sing a duet with her while blasting his policies.
Not all members of her audience appreciated her performance, and one concertgoer yelled out asking if the concert was a fundraiser.
After first imploring to the heckler to be polite and be quiet, Barbara reportedly lost her temper and yelled out; "Why don't you shut the f**k up! If you can't take a joke, why don't you leave and get your money back."
Now, Lucian Piane, a New York songwriter/producer, has turned Barbara’s four-letter-word tirade into a thumping club track entitled, "STFU."
The track is currently doing the rounds on the Internet and, is expected to be quite a hit considering Streisand’s loyal following.
"It portrays her in a positive light, making her into a champion," TMZ quoted Lucian as saying.
And if she doesn't like the track, Lucian jokingly adds he would tell her, "Shut up if you can't take a joke!" (ANI)
Sunday, October 29, 2006
I saw a great bumper sticker today:
THE WORLD IS GOING TO HELL
I'M DRIVING THE BUS
It reminded me of what a friend said to me several months ago when I admonished him that something he had just said to me was going to cause him to "go to hell." "Ivars," he said, "I'm in training to be a supervisor in hell."
I really doubt that this person is going to go to hell...a real friend in comparison to the Judas' that have had roles and places in my life in the past year.
THE WORLD IS GOING TO HELL
I'M DRIVING THE BUS
It reminded me of what a friend said to me several months ago when I admonished him that something he had just said to me was going to cause him to "go to hell." "Ivars," he said, "I'm in training to be a supervisor in hell."
I really doubt that this person is going to go to hell...a real friend in comparison to the Judas' that have had roles and places in my life in the past year.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
It is interesting to watch liberals spin what they can in order to make the Iraq war as ugly as possible when they put out a controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates. In a dispatch released by the Associated Press, the timing of the survey's release, just a few weeks before the U.S. congressional elections, led one expert to call it "politics." I couldn't agree more.
In the new study, researchers attempted to calculate how many more Iraqis have died since March 2003 than one would expect without the war. Their conclusion, based on interviews of households and not a body count, is that about 600,000 died from violence, mostly gunfire. They also found a small increase in deaths from other causes like heart disease and cancer.
But of course, we ignore the fact that World War II ultimately killed more people, involved more nations, and cost more money than any other war in history. Altogether, 70 million people served in the armed forces during the war and 17 million combatants died. Civilian deaths were ever greater. At least 19 million Soviet civilians, 10 million Chinese, and 6 million European Jews lost their lives during the war.
World War II was truly a global war. Some 70 nations took part in the conflict, and fighting took place on the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as on the high seas. Entire societies participated, as soldiers, war workers, or victims of occupation and mass murder.
Of course, the way liberals love to argue they will simply dismiss facts such as these and repeat their diatribe.
In the new study, researchers attempted to calculate how many more Iraqis have died since March 2003 than one would expect without the war. Their conclusion, based on interviews of households and not a body count, is that about 600,000 died from violence, mostly gunfire. They also found a small increase in deaths from other causes like heart disease and cancer.
But of course, we ignore the fact that World War II ultimately killed more people, involved more nations, and cost more money than any other war in history. Altogether, 70 million people served in the armed forces during the war and 17 million combatants died. Civilian deaths were ever greater. At least 19 million Soviet civilians, 10 million Chinese, and 6 million European Jews lost their lives during the war.
World War II was truly a global war. Some 70 nations took part in the conflict, and fighting took place on the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as on the high seas. Entire societies participated, as soldiers, war workers, or victims of occupation and mass murder.
Of course, the way liberals love to argue they will simply dismiss facts such as these and repeat their diatribe.
Friday, October 06, 2006
I made an interesting observation today....and think I finally understand why America so appealed to my father. It came about after chatting with my 36-year old cousin in Latvia, and a chat friend in London...as well as others along the way. My father was a very outgoing/outward looking man who appreciated that potential of things. On the other hand, you have a real European mentality of people who are willing to accept their poorer lot in life. When I asked my cousin in Latvia if he would be interested in coming to the U.S., he said to me, "I'm too old to adapt to change of a new place," while my acquaintance in England would love to visit the U.S. and live here, "but it is so difficult to get a landed immmigrant visa and be able be able to work."
My dad always said, where there is a will, there is a way....and that's what made my dad so different from the old world view of so many in Europe.
My dad always said, where there is a will, there is a way....and that's what made my dad so different from the old world view of so many in Europe.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
What bunch of lunatic scum -- both Republicans and Democrats -- are we sending to Washington DC to the point that we need to protect the House pages...and establish a 1-800 abuse hotline for them????
The time has come to dissolve both houses of congress and start again...no more Hasterts, no more Kennedys, Foleys, Murthas, Pelosies....
The time has come to dissolve both houses of congress and start again...no more Hasterts, no more Kennedys, Foleys, Murthas, Pelosies....
WASHINGTON Rep. Dennis Hastert, the man in charge of the House of Representatives, is defending his office's handling of questions raised about Rep. Mark Foley last year, saying the parents of a male former page were bothered by an e-mail Foley sent their son but did not want the matter pursued.
Hastert said neither he nor other Republican leaders were aware until last Friday of far more lurid computer exchanges two years earlier between the Florida Republican and another page.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
I rarely agree with HBO satirist Bill Maher, but he would have made a lot of sense if CBS-TV would have allowed him to truly express his opinion on Katie Couric's CBS Evening News. CBS-TV would not air his opinion... He recently appeared on The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox Snooze Channel where he got to say what he thinks about organized religion....and their followers...
I couldn't say it any better.
O'REILLY: Yes, I'm shocked. I'm going to give you a chance now to tell millions of people all over the world what you wanted to say about religion on CBS, but you only have about 30 seconds. Go.
MAHER: Well, I probably would have said that I'm only the last in a long line of people to speak out against organized religion and to say that it's dangerous and a mass psychosis. And all you have to do is look around the world from story to story to story to understand that.
I mean, why is Iraq falling apart? Why couldn't we get anything done in Iraq? It's because there are two religious sects who are basically at each other's throats because of a succession from the prophet in the Seventh Century.
O'REILLY: I got it. OK, that's pretty interesting. So Mother Teresa is a psychotic?
MAHER: That's right, Bill. Load the issue with Mother Teresa.
O'REILLY: I believe she was a religious person.
MAHER: Yes, OK.
O'REILLY: I believe that Catholic charities are in every country in the world, healing the sick and working with the poor.
MAHER: Can I answer your question?
O'REILLY: Sure.
MAHER: Can I?
O'REILLY: Absolutely.
MAHER: OK. There's nothing Mother Teresa or charities are doing that they couldn't do without the silliness of religion attached to it.
O'REILLY: But they do it because Christianity says love your brother, help the poor. This is a philosophy.
MAHER: And that's...
O'REILLY: Isn't that great? Isn't that good? Go ahead.
MAHER: And that's a wonderful sentiment. Jesus as a philosopher is wonderful. There's no greater role model, in my view, than Jesus Christ. It's just a shame that most of the people who follow him and call themselves Christians act nothing like him.
O'REILLY: Most of them? Most Christians are bad?
MAHER: In this country. Well, most Christians don't act Christ-like.
O'REILLY: Most?
MAHER: If they would call themselves Christ-likes instead of Christians, maybe it would remind them to act like Jesus.
O'REILLY: OK, so the 65 million Catholics in this country, 85 percent of the population is Christian, 300 million of us, and most of them aren't doing a good job in their Christianity. Is that what you're saying?
MAHER: Well, most people who are religious in this country are like the cafeteria Catholics. They pick and choose from the religious parts that they want to follow.
The ones that make the headlines, the evangelical Christians, are usually the ones who are behind everything that represents intolerance and bigotry. I notice, for example, that they're very often the ones who are hardest on drug use.
It's very hard for me to imagine Jesus Christ going up to a medical marijuana sufferer and taking the joint out of his mouth and saying, "Good luck with your bone marrow disease, but that's a very bad method..."
O'REILLY: Jesus would never do that. You know why? He'd just cure the guy.
I couldn't say it any better.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
I knew it! And mark my words, this will be the last season of "Desperate Housewives."
I'm a big fan of the ABC-TV series "Desperate Housewives." The first season was great...last season was a major letdown...and apparently the season premiere on Sunday night turned out to be a ratings elephant....and if the storylines are so boring as they were last night, I'm not so sure that the series will have a fourth season next year.
THe Associated Press reports that while the buxom ladies of Wisteria Lane helped give ABC the nightly ratings victory on Sunday, "Desperate Housewives" was down significantly from its monster Season 2 premiere last fall. Says AP, ""Desperate Housewives" was the night's top show in viewership and adults 18-49 with 23.8 million viewers and a 9.5 rating/21 share, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research. But the soap was down sharply from its premiere last year (28.4 million, 12.3/26)."
The problem, in my not so humble opinion, is that the ladies of the show have become bigger stars outside of the series and they seem to know it. The show just does not have the "snap" it once had. Also, the long commercial periods between each segment has killed what continuity the show as tried to have in the past.
I'm a big fan of the ABC-TV series "Desperate Housewives." The first season was great...last season was a major letdown...and apparently the season premiere on Sunday night turned out to be a ratings elephant....and if the storylines are so boring as they were last night, I'm not so sure that the series will have a fourth season next year.
THe Associated Press reports that while the buxom ladies of Wisteria Lane helped give ABC the nightly ratings victory on Sunday, "Desperate Housewives" was down significantly from its monster Season 2 premiere last fall. Says AP, ""Desperate Housewives" was the night's top show in viewership and adults 18-49 with 23.8 million viewers and a 9.5 rating/21 share, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research. But the soap was down sharply from its premiere last year (28.4 million, 12.3/26)."
The problem, in my not so humble opinion, is that the ladies of the show have become bigger stars outside of the series and they seem to know it. The show just does not have the "snap" it once had. Also, the long commercial periods between each segment has killed what continuity the show as tried to have in the past.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
In a time of crisis you find out who your friends are, and those who love to "talk the talk." I've found out there are WAY more of them who love to "talk the talk."
Several months ago I lost a family member who was more than the moon and sun and stars to me. As I deal with the horrible loss, I've figured out to categorize people who have offered their support to me in two groups: those who actually are there when I need them, and those who love to "talk the talk." The one group is there for me without any doubt or question. Then there are those who give me the empty words, "I support you," "Call me if you need anything," "I'm there for you." What fucking bullshit. Interestingly those with a higher bullshit quotient have been the super right-wing whacked out Bible thumpers...and if you've read my blog for any length of time you know how I feel about them. This is in sharp contrast to those who are truly spiritual in their thoughts and hearts and "do" what is right. Some may go around disputing the concept of "karma" -- but they can't deny the ultimate truth of the saying "what goes around, comes around."
Several months ago I lost a family member who was more than the moon and sun and stars to me. As I deal with the horrible loss, I've figured out to categorize people who have offered their support to me in two groups: those who actually are there when I need them, and those who love to "talk the talk." The one group is there for me without any doubt or question. Then there are those who give me the empty words, "I support you," "Call me if you need anything," "I'm there for you." What fucking bullshit. Interestingly those with a higher bullshit quotient have been the super right-wing whacked out Bible thumpers...and if you've read my blog for any length of time you know how I feel about them. This is in sharp contrast to those who are truly spiritual in their thoughts and hearts and "do" what is right. Some may go around disputing the concept of "karma" -- but they can't deny the ultimate truth of the saying "what goes around, comes around."
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
OI VEY!
Twice today I heard Justin Timberlake's song "Sexyback" -- one of those times as blood was being drawn from me. I know more about Brahms and Beethoven or Mahler, but that is one danceable song (not that I dance). What is also cool is that Justin Timberlake always comes off as a super nice guy in the interviews that I have seen him in. He's not a goody-two shoes Brady Bunch guy, but has this aura about him that he appreciates all of the success that he has had.
Of course, the song is a FAR cry from Rosemary Clooney's hit "Come On To My House"!
[Verse 1]
I'm bringing sexy back
Them other boys don't know how to act
I think your special whats behind your back
So turn around and ill pick up the slack.
Take em' to the bridge
[Bridge]
Dirty babe
You see these shackles
Baby I'm your slave
I'll let you whip me if I misbehave
It's just that no one makes me feel this way
Take em' to the chorus
[Chorus]
Come here girl
Go ahead, be gone with it
Come to the back
Go ahead, be gone with it
VIP
Go ahead, be gone with it
Drinks on me
Go ahead, be gone with it
Let me see what you're working with
Go ahead, be gone with it
Look at those hips
Go ahead, be gone with it
You make me smile
Go ahead, be gone with it
Go ahead child
Go ahead, be gone with it
And get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it
Get your sexy on
Go ahead, be gone with it
[X6]
Get your sexy on
[Verse 2]
I'm bringing sexy back
Them other fuckers don't know how to act
Come let me make up for the things you lack
Cause your burning up I gotta get it fast
Take em' to the bridge
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
I'm bringing sexy back
Them other fuckers wait till I attack
If that's your girl you better watch your back
Cause she'll burn it up for me and that's a fact
Take em' to the chorus
[Chorus]
Twice today I heard Justin Timberlake's song "Sexyback" -- one of those times as blood was being drawn from me. I know more about Brahms and Beethoven or Mahler, but that is one danceable song (not that I dance). What is also cool is that Justin Timberlake always comes off as a super nice guy in the interviews that I have seen him in. He's not a goody-two shoes Brady Bunch guy, but has this aura about him that he appreciates all of the success that he has had.
Of course, the song is a FAR cry from Rosemary Clooney's hit "Come On To My House"!
Come on-a my house my house, I'm gonna give you candy
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give a you
Apple a plum and apricot-a too eh
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house I'm gonna give a you
Figs and dates and grapes and cakes eh
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you everything
Come on-a my house my house, I'm gonna give you Christmas tree
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you
Marriage ring and a pomegranate too ah
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house I'm gonna give a you
Peach and pear and I love your hair ah
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you Easta-egg
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you
Everything - everything - everything
SPOKEN: Come on-a my house-a!
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