Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go beserk
Well you left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind
And they're coming to take me away ha-haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I said
That losing you would make me flip my lid
Right? You know you laughed
I heard you laugh. You laughed
You laughed and laughed and then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish, loving deeds
Ha! Well you just wait
They'll find you yet and when they do
They'll put you in the A.S.P.C.A.
You mangy mutt
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ha haaa ho ho hee hee
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
Friday, August 13, 2004
Friday, August 06, 2004
Thursday, August 05, 2004
I still remember the old ads here in the US for Wendy's which had Clara Peller saying, "where's the beef.... I don't think there is anyone back there."
That said, seeing that Sen. Kerry apparently really didn't win the hearts and minds of America at the Democratic Presidential Convention in Philadelphia, if he wants to begin to convince voters on the other side of the church, he needs to talk about ISSUES, ISSUES, ISSUES, and must go beyond constant criticisms about the President. Cheap shots are just that.
Where's the beef, Senator Kerry?
Convince me!
MSNBC - Bush pushes comp time proposal:
"On another topic, Kerry said he would have reacted much more quickly than President Bush did on Sept. 11, 2001, when he learned of terrorist attacks.
The president spent seven minutes reading to Florida elementary school children after learning that hijacked planes had been flown into the World Trade Center in New York.
"Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whisper in my ear that America is under attack, I would have told those kids very nicely and politely that the president of the United States has something that he needs to attend to," Kerry said.
Ridiculing Bush's claimsKerry also ridiculed President Bush's claim that the nation has "turned a corner" in an era marked by terrorism and economic recession.
"Just saying that you've turned a corner doesn't make it so. Just like saying there are weapons of mass destruction (in Iraq) doesn' make it so. Just like saying you can fight a war on the cheap doesn' make it so. Just like saying "mission accomplished" doesn't make it so," Kerry said."
That said, seeing that Sen. Kerry apparently really didn't win the hearts and minds of America at the Democratic Presidential Convention in Philadelphia, if he wants to begin to convince voters on the other side of the church, he needs to talk about ISSUES, ISSUES, ISSUES, and must go beyond constant criticisms about the President. Cheap shots are just that.
Where's the beef, Senator Kerry?
Convince me!
MSNBC - Bush pushes comp time proposal:
"On another topic, Kerry said he would have reacted much more quickly than President Bush did on Sept. 11, 2001, when he learned of terrorist attacks.
The president spent seven minutes reading to Florida elementary school children after learning that hijacked planes had been flown into the World Trade Center in New York.
"Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whisper in my ear that America is under attack, I would have told those kids very nicely and politely that the president of the United States has something that he needs to attend to," Kerry said.
Ridiculing Bush's claimsKerry also ridiculed President Bush's claim that the nation has "turned a corner" in an era marked by terrorism and economic recession.
"Just saying that you've turned a corner doesn't make it so. Just like saying there are weapons of mass destruction (in Iraq) doesn' make it so. Just like saying you can fight a war on the cheap doesn' make it so. Just like saying "mission accomplished" doesn't make it so," Kerry said."
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
This will DEFINITELY sway and change my political preference? Are these (some) washed up "artists" egos so big that they think they can wield so much power? Funny thing is, the very people they are targeting are some of the least likely to go to the polls come election day.
Assholes....
NEW YORK (AP) - In an unprecedented series of concerts in nine swing states, more than 20 musical acts - including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks - will perform fund-raising concerts one month before the Nov. 2 election in an effort to unseat President Bush.
The shows, which will begin Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania, will take an unusual approach: as many as six concerts on a single day in cities across the states expected to decide the November presidential race. Other stops on the tour are North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin and the key state in 2000, Florida.
"We're trying to put forward a group of progressive ideals and change the administration in the White House," Springsteen told The Associated Press in the most overtly political statements of his 30-year career. "That's the success or failure, very clear cut and very simple."
The artists of different generations and genres will tour under the name "Vote For Change," with shows Oct. 1-8. But the money generated will go to America Coming Together, which promises on its Web site to "derail the right-wing Republican agenda by defeating George W. Bush."
There was no immediate word on prices for tickets, which were going on sale for all shows Aug. 21. The shows will pair artists, such as Springsteen and REM or the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor. There will be 34 shows in 28 cities.
Other artists participating in the shows include hip-hoppers Jurassic 5, John Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Babyface, Bright Eyes and the Dave Matthews Band. Most have a history of social activism, from Browne's anti-nuclear concerts to Mellencamp's Farm Aid shows. Pearl Jam front man Vedder was a Ralph Nader backer in 2000.
"At some point, you can't sit still," said Vedder, a harsh critic of the Iraq war. "You can't spend your life, when people are getting killed, without asking serious questions about why."
Assholes....
NEW YORK (AP) - In an unprecedented series of concerts in nine swing states, more than 20 musical acts - including Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and the Dixie Chicks - will perform fund-raising concerts one month before the Nov. 2 election in an effort to unseat President Bush.
The shows, which will begin Oct. 1 in Pennsylvania, will take an unusual approach: as many as six concerts on a single day in cities across the states expected to decide the November presidential race. Other stops on the tour are North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin and the key state in 2000, Florida.
"We're trying to put forward a group of progressive ideals and change the administration in the White House," Springsteen told The Associated Press in the most overtly political statements of his 30-year career. "That's the success or failure, very clear cut and very simple."
The artists of different generations and genres will tour under the name "Vote For Change," with shows Oct. 1-8. But the money generated will go to America Coming Together, which promises on its Web site to "derail the right-wing Republican agenda by defeating George W. Bush."
There was no immediate word on prices for tickets, which were going on sale for all shows Aug. 21. The shows will pair artists, such as Springsteen and REM or the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor. There will be 34 shows in 28 cities.
Other artists participating in the shows include hip-hoppers Jurassic 5, John Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Babyface, Bright Eyes and the Dave Matthews Band. Most have a history of social activism, from Browne's anti-nuclear concerts to Mellencamp's Farm Aid shows. Pearl Jam front man Vedder was a Ralph Nader backer in 2000.
"At some point, you can't sit still," said Vedder, a harsh critic of the Iraq war. "You can't spend your life, when people are getting killed, without asking serious questions about why."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - Members of Congress often call the Capitol the People's House. But the house is looking more and more like a fortress. On Tuesday, one day after the Capitol police announced a series of heightened security measures, Capitol Hill resembled a walled city. The ring of concrete barriers encircling the Capitol building since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has now expanded outward to include the adjacent House and Senate office buildings.
Tourists and lawmakers said they felt safe - or, if not safe, at least comforted. But they also lamented a way of life lost, and spoke wistfully of the days when people from Kentucky or Arkansas or Oklahoma or anywhere else in the United States could march into the symbol of American democracy and ask to see their congressman - no metal detectors, no questions asked.
This is simply because of lax immigration policy....under Republican and Democratic regimes. We are now paying the price for extreme liberalism...being a little too generous offering refuge to pieces of human excrement who passes him- and her-self for being one of the "poor, Give me your tired, your poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Or was this a joke perpetrated on the US a hundred years ago by France...and we're only now figuring out that we were the butt of the joke?
Posted by Hello
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Yahoo! News - Tyson Stopped in Shocking Fourth-Round KO
FANTASTIC WRITING!
Beaten and battered, Tyson laid helplessly along the ropes, blood flowing down his face. The former baddest man on the planet stared ahead with a look of resignation on his face as his latest comeback — and perhaps his tumultuous career — collapsed along with him.
FANTASTIC WRITING!
Beaten and battered, Tyson laid helplessly along the ropes, blood flowing down his face. The former baddest man on the planet stared ahead with a look of resignation on his face as his latest comeback — and perhaps his tumultuous career — collapsed along with him.
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Teresa Heinz-Kerry speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention:
With John Kerry as President, global climate change and other threats to the health of our planet will begin to be reversed.
With John Kerry as President, the alliances that bind the community of nations and that truly make our country and the world a safer place, will be strengthened once more.
Will John Kerry also make water into wine?
With John Kerry as President, global climate change and other threats to the health of our planet will begin to be reversed.
With John Kerry as President, the alliances that bind the community of nations and that truly make our country and the world a safer place, will be strengthened once more.
Will John Kerry also make water into wine?
This is an honest to goodness picture from the America West website promoting their inflight deli while your ticket purchase is being processed.
Posted by Hello
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Edwards: All Fla. Votes to Count in Nov
ORLANDO, Fla. - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) pledged from the pulpit of a black church on Sunday that the party will work hard to head off the kind of Florida ballot irregularities that Democrats assert gave the White House to George W. Bush.
I guess it doesn't count that former Democratic Presidential Candidate Al Gore's suing to prevent the military votes from being counted in that contested election doesn't count.
Folks, it is not about LEADERSHIP and addressing problem that our country faces. It is about EGO and nothing but EGO.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) pledged from the pulpit of a black church on Sunday that the party will work hard to head off the kind of Florida ballot irregularities that Democrats assert gave the White House to George W. Bush.
I guess it doesn't count that former Democratic Presidential Candidate Al Gore's suing to prevent the military votes from being counted in that contested election doesn't count.
Folks, it is not about LEADERSHIP and addressing problem that our country faces. It is about EGO and nothing but EGO.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Anymore good news like this????
NYT: COLLAPSE OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ACCELERATES
Mon Jul 12 2004 18:17:38 ET
The collapse of the earth's magnetic field, which both guards the planet and guides many of its creatures, appears to have started in earnest about 150 years ago, the NY TIMES is planning to report on Page Ones Tuesday.
Science reporter Bill Broad has filed a report, according to newsroom sources, which explores how: 'The field's strength has waned 10 percent to 15 percent so far and this deterioration has accelerated of late, increasing debate over whether it portends a reversal of the lines of magnetic force that normally envelop the earth.'
Broad explains: 'During a reversal, the main field weakens, almost vanishes, and then reappears with opposite polarity. Afterward, compass needles that normally point north would point south, and during the thousands of years of transition much in the heavens and Earth would go askew.'
Broad claims: 'A reversal could knock out power grids, hurt astronauts and satellites, widen atmospheric ozone holes, send polar auroras flashing to the equator and confuse birds, fish and migratory animals that rely on the steadiness of the magnetic field as a navigation aid.'"
NYT: COLLAPSE OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD ACCELERATES
Mon Jul 12 2004 18:17:38 ET
The collapse of the earth's magnetic field, which both guards the planet and guides many of its creatures, appears to have started in earnest about 150 years ago, the NY TIMES is planning to report on Page Ones Tuesday.
Science reporter Bill Broad has filed a report, according to newsroom sources, which explores how: 'The field's strength has waned 10 percent to 15 percent so far and this deterioration has accelerated of late, increasing debate over whether it portends a reversal of the lines of magnetic force that normally envelop the earth.'
Broad explains: 'During a reversal, the main field weakens, almost vanishes, and then reappears with opposite polarity. Afterward, compass needles that normally point north would point south, and during the thousands of years of transition much in the heavens and Earth would go askew.'
Broad claims: 'A reversal could knock out power grids, hurt astronauts and satellites, widen atmospheric ozone holes, send polar auroras flashing to the equator and confuse birds, fish and migratory animals that rely on the steadiness of the magnetic field as a navigation aid.'"
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Words I live by....
Promise Yourself
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can
disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness
and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all
your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make
your optimism come true. To think only of the best,
to work only for the best, and expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of
the past and press on to greater achievements of the
future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile. To
give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others. To be too
large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
- Christian D. Larson
Promise Yourself
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can
disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness
and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all
your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make
your optimism come true. To think only of the best,
to work only for the best, and expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of
the past and press on to greater achievements of the
future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile. To
give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others. To be too
large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
- Christian D. Larson
Friday, July 09, 2004
Court: fence violates int'l law, must be dismantled
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent
"The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.
"The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.
"Most of the justices believed that in building the fence, Israel violated international humanitarian law, by infringing on Palestinians' freedom of movement, freedom to seek employment, education and health. Israel violated international treaties it had signed which deal with these topics, the ruling states."
Israel has a right to exist and has the right to do whatever it has to do to protect itself from the crazy Palestinians. An integral part of the Israel/Palestinian peace process is for the Palestinians to behave themselves in accordance to world norms and go beyond throwing rocks at the Israelis....and not actively recruiting homicide bombers. Israel has done everything to employ Palestinians...and Israel is constantly having its security being threatened.
The situation is no difference in Latvia where the former Russian occupiers continue to harrangue and interfere in the affairs of the legitimate Latvian (Baltic) republics.
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent
"The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.
"The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.
"Most of the justices believed that in building the fence, Israel violated international humanitarian law, by infringing on Palestinians' freedom of movement, freedom to seek employment, education and health. Israel violated international treaties it had signed which deal with these topics, the ruling states."
Israel has a right to exist and has the right to do whatever it has to do to protect itself from the crazy Palestinians. An integral part of the Israel/Palestinian peace process is for the Palestinians to behave themselves in accordance to world norms and go beyond throwing rocks at the Israelis....and not actively recruiting homicide bombers. Israel has done everything to employ Palestinians...and Israel is constantly having its security being threatened.
The situation is no difference in Latvia where the former Russian occupiers continue to harrangue and interfere in the affairs of the legitimate Latvian (Baltic) republics.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Isn't this called income redistribution??? Isn't this called SOCIALISM???
All this while Mrs. Kerry....eh....Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry...trots out her 1 BILLION dollar fortune.
(The wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is widely reported to have assets of $500 million, but her fortune has doubled that amount since 1995 despite large living expenses and charitable contributions, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing Securities and Exchange Commission filings, financial disclosure reports and other public records. A precise valuation of Heinz Kerry's net worth was difficult because key details about her investments are not contained in the public record. The newspaper said its estimates ranged from $900 million to $3.2 billion but cited financial experts as saying $1 billion was a "fair and conservative" valuation.) (Lancaster Online, June 27, 2004).
Government always does a good job of spending the taxpayers money. The taxpayers THEMSELVES know where their dollars should be spent...
San Francisco rolls out the red carpet for the Clintons
(AP) "The leftiest big city on the Left Coast was Clinton country on Monday, with former President Clinton continuing his blockbuster book tour and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton headlining a Democratic fund-raiser where she vowed to defeat the Republicans' 'extraordinarily ruthless machine.'
Headlining an appearance with other Democratic women senators on behalf of Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is up for re-election this year, Hillary Clinton told several hundred supporters -- some of whom had ponied up as much as $10,000 to attend -- to expect to lose some of the tax cuts passed by President Bush if Democrats win the White House and control of Congress.
'Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you,' Sen. Clinton said. 'We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.' "
All this while Mrs. Kerry....eh....Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry...trots out her 1 BILLION dollar fortune.
(The wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is widely reported to have assets of $500 million, but her fortune has doubled that amount since 1995 despite large living expenses and charitable contributions, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing Securities and Exchange Commission filings, financial disclosure reports and other public records. A precise valuation of Heinz Kerry's net worth was difficult because key details about her investments are not contained in the public record. The newspaper said its estimates ranged from $900 million to $3.2 billion but cited financial experts as saying $1 billion was a "fair and conservative" valuation.) (Lancaster Online, June 27, 2004).
Government always does a good job of spending the taxpayers money. The taxpayers THEMSELVES know where their dollars should be spent...
San Francisco rolls out the red carpet for the Clintons
(AP) "The leftiest big city on the Left Coast was Clinton country on Monday, with former President Clinton continuing his blockbuster book tour and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton headlining a Democratic fund-raiser where she vowed to defeat the Republicans' 'extraordinarily ruthless machine.'
Headlining an appearance with other Democratic women senators on behalf of Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is up for re-election this year, Hillary Clinton told several hundred supporters -- some of whom had ponied up as much as $10,000 to attend -- to expect to lose some of the tax cuts passed by President Bush if Democrats win the White House and control of Congress.
'Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you,' Sen. Clinton said. 'We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.' "
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
I find it amusing how a preachy washed up politician will do anything trying to get news headlines... So sad. Why can't he go help Jimmy Carter to build houses and do something socially progressive. He might even lose some weight in the process!
Washington, DC-- In a major Washington policy address this Thursday, former Vice President Al Gore will accuse the Bush Administration of intentionally misleading the American people by continuing to falsely claim a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.
He will charge that Bush and Cheney have 'institutionalized dishonesty as an essential element of their policy process.' "
Washington, DC-- In a major Washington policy address this Thursday, former Vice President Al Gore will accuse the Bush Administration of intentionally misleading the American people by continuing to falsely claim a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.
He will charge that Bush and Cheney have 'institutionalized dishonesty as an essential element of their policy process.' "
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Lawyer says Saddam tortured
AP - A Jordanian lawyer who claims he represents Saddam Hussein said he believes the ousted Iraqi leader was subjected to torture, although a copy of a letter reportedly sent to his daughters seems to show the ex-president in good spirits.
Mohammed Rashdan said he had a copy of a January 21 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross that said the detainee's health was good but that he was 'slightly wounded.' It gave no details on the injury.
'This is blatant proof that the Iraqi president was subjected to physical and moral torture and violence,' said Rashdan, who says Saddam's wife appointed him as lawyer shortly after the ex-leader's December 13 capture."
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....poor baby...
What about the people he mutilated and killed?
What about 100,000+ gassed Kurds?
IRAQI JUSTICE NOW!
AP - A Jordanian lawyer who claims he represents Saddam Hussein said he believes the ousted Iraqi leader was subjected to torture, although a copy of a letter reportedly sent to his daughters seems to show the ex-president in good spirits.
Mohammed Rashdan said he had a copy of a January 21 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross that said the detainee's health was good but that he was 'slightly wounded.' It gave no details on the injury.
'This is blatant proof that the Iraqi president was subjected to physical and moral torture and violence,' said Rashdan, who says Saddam's wife appointed him as lawyer shortly after the ex-leader's December 13 capture."
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....poor baby...
What about the people he mutilated and killed?
What about 100,000+ gassed Kurds?
IRAQI JUSTICE NOW!
Thursday, June 03, 2004
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