There is a most distressing movement being discussed in the hallowed halls of The Senate and The Congress in our nations capitol. And what makes it so noteworthy is the fact it is being discussed by both Republicans and Democrats and they are starting to cite data that they will ultimately use to bamboozle the American public and railroad this most stupid of ideas through, to the ultimate chagrin and unconscionable inconvenience of all the moron's who voted them into office to begin with. Oh, you can't guess what this plan is? We'll John Q. Public, it's the 55MPH National Speed Limit, you know the one that then President Nixon spearheaded to save oil back in the early 70's during the oil shortage crisis, and which did save some oil, but the savings were eclipsed many times over in lost revenues to industry by slowing down our entire economic machine.
I've written about this before and it appears it has several new champions in the form of first term Democratic Congresswoman from California named Jackie Speier, who want to lower the speed limit nationally to 60MPH citing a$250.00 per year savings to drivers, the good congresswoman from San Francisco must have been licking the lolly pop laced with LSD to come up with this one, as she thinks $250.00 over the course of a year is an awful lot of money to the little people she counts as her constituents, oh, lets not forget the other one hundred fifty million little people who drive and actually work for a living that will have to make unreasonable adjustments to their lives to accommodate this plan. Please don't get me wrong and think I am unjustly singling out and picking on Ms. Speier, there are several others from the past and present who are voicing up. The venerable Cato Institute, the same think tank people who advise the current president and his guy's, and pop up from time to time with data to bolster ideas hatched by such notables as The Honorable Senator from the great state of Virginia, John Warner, you know the guy who was one of Elizabeth Taylor's many, many husbands. That little bit of bad judgement alone should have been cause for the voters in his state to send him back to his Virginia horse farm for good. Mr. Warner by the way, lay's claim to being one of the original dufus' politicians who pushed the first 55MPH national speed limit.
Here's a novel idea, why not ask the American public what they think of this plan, however, when the question is asked the truth must be told , not skewed statistics from some government funded think tank or public relations firm. Frankly, I don't want this or any other, silver spoon up his or her a_s politician deciding what's the best way for me and the rest of America to drive. This was a sham the first time and is equally so this time, THERE IS NO GAS SHORTAGE-CARS ARE INFINITELY SAFER THAN 40 YEARS AGO, and unless they are headed off at the pass we will have the same old mess shoved down our throats again, only this time it may never go away, how's that for cause to get up off that hay bale you call a couch and go out and vote, Jethro.
This is the second time I've seen this bantered about on the Internet news, only this time the news outlet putting out the story with all of the old data from the 70's is attempting to get readers to believe it is a good thing to take a second look at a bad idea. They, the new media, genuinely think they can coerce the American public into thinking that the government has our best interest at heart and that they are doing what is best for us all. Personally, I would like to see the government drop this steaming pile of bulls _ _t on the podium's of the combined houses and go in another direction all together, with a real plan that will benefit the whole world. The government should get behind their development of alternative fuel sources, subsidize that development like their counterparts in other developed countries, which would help toward energy independence. The US government dishes out a paltry 3.6 billion annually for the development of alternative energy, and expects to see results? That's like going to a singles bar after you have just s_ _t your pants, and I'm talking the mother load here, expecting to get an 8, 9 or if you get really lucky a 10, to go home with you expecting to break most of the Blue Law's ever enacted in the United States, when in reality you couldn't get a second look from Duty The Dog. We need our government to partner up with research and industry, for real. Stop taking care of their friends with grants, pork barrel projects (Former Congressman Hastert-and I'll get to you in another blog)and no compete contracts. Spend some money here and watch the returns, basically work on behalf of the people who elected them to high office.
Well, here's the part where the dyed in the wool Conservatives get out of the cab. We need regulation of the industries that are actually putting a stranglehold on the American people. Regulate the utilities like they once were, while I was growing up my rich uncle always touted utilities since they always paid dividends and were considered stable in all economic conditions. The communications industry is in need of a good "look over", it doesn't matter who you use for telephone, cable and Internet, they get more than their due. Regulation would probably help the airlines again, considering their state of affairs and please don't say it's the high price of oil that has several of the majors who emerged from bankruptcy in the last few years contemplating doing it again, when incompetent greedy management is is the real cause of their dilemma. Oy Vay, oil you say? Yes little Leroy, the one and only oil industry. I can guarantee these guy's will make money if regulated and further more may be the catalyst that spurs these giants to come up with other forms of energy. All of the above industries made plenty of money for their shareholders when they were regulated and would do the same again only not at the total expense of the consumer this time. In the meantime all of the members of the Senate and Congress who support stupid ideas like a national speed limit should be voted out of office as they have shown themselves to be incompetent boobs not worthy of running the day to day operations of this great country.
Had the past several presidents, senate and congress been working on the behalf of the American people during their terms in office, the issues we face today would not exist. Instead of playing golf at some exclusive country club in Maryland or out on sex junkets in some Southeast Asian country where they won't be recognized, our elected officials, from the top down, should have been working on the groundwork for long term solutions to what is now impacting the lives of American Citizens and even the hoards of illegals these idiots have let in, across the country and will for years to come. Oil is not the only issue we face, our economy continues to slow and unemployment continues to rise. This is unacceptable.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Pickens/Gore Plans Or These Two Guy's Will Do Anything For A Headline!
I briefly read over the plans being proposed by the mercurial T.Boone Pickens and the ever, I can't be outdone and need a new cause since I've made an ass out of myself with global warming, Al Gore. Both have interesting proposals for alternative sources of energy that may help to bridge to the next level or run long term as supplements to whatever will be a more permanent source. I am always suspect of Mr. Pickens as he has a long and storied history in the energy business with T. Boone being the principle recipient of profits and rewards. Now don't get me wrong, I am not against rewards and profits, and I realize that Mr. Pickens is a great philanthropist who has donated large amounts of his gain to help others. Mr. Gore on the other hand is basically a headline grabbing former politician who appears to have jumped ship on his global warming, until we have several hurricanes or other natural disasters that he can lay blame on, and now sees himself as the new patron saint of alternative fuel sources. Come on Al, is geothermal and clean coal the best you can come up with, what happened, T. Boone beat you to wind. I would think that someone who has made so much wind himself over climate change would have had this one in the wings. Now T. Boone on the other hand, being the opportunist that he is probably owns all of the land in the windiest part of Texas that the proposed wind-farms will be located on, once again I am not against T. Boone making a buck, I just don't think wind is going to take up the slack in the energy system the promoters are saying it will. I look at wind like ethanol, a short term money maker for a fortunate few but not a long term solution by any means, and at some point the tax payers will pick up the pieces and pay off whatever balances are left. The most viable proposition fielded is natural gas, and since this is a proven fuel source that we have an abundance of would probably help carry us until new sources are available. Conversion of vehicles is also, relatively simple and has proven to be quite safe. My guess is that T. Boone has a lot of natural gas and if he can talk people into using it more power to him, it would definitely help to lower the dependence on foreign oil.
Now back to Mr. Gore, clean coal? Solar? Al, solar in the form you are proposing will be viable after you and I are long gone and the same applies to clean coal, whatever that is. Maybe it's time for you to get you head out of your big butt and repeat after me - Nuclear, now repeat that one more time - Nuclear. That's right, nuclear, the clean, safe power source that the rest of the world is using to handle their electricity requirements. In case you and your wine and cheese tasting rich liberal, green at any cost screw the middle class, friends may have missed this one, check into the technologies that have been developed in the last twenty years and then look at the actual real world applications, it is safe and works better than anything that is on the drawing boards of waiting in the wings to be released. You and Mr. T. Boone Pickens may not have much of a stake in nuclear right now but with your combined intelligence and cunning I'm sure you can both get a good piece of this one. Soooooo, how bout you and Boone Pickens taking a second look at nuclear power and then do something that will actually benefit everyone in the good old United States for a change, you'll both be held in high esteem for a change, maybe forever, who knows you might even be able to run for President and win if you do the job right, and like a modern day fairy tale no one will fault either of you for getting even richer.
Now back to Mr. Gore, clean coal? Solar? Al, solar in the form you are proposing will be viable after you and I are long gone and the same applies to clean coal, whatever that is. Maybe it's time for you to get you head out of your big butt and repeat after me - Nuclear, now repeat that one more time - Nuclear. That's right, nuclear, the clean, safe power source that the rest of the world is using to handle their electricity requirements. In case you and your wine and cheese tasting rich liberal, green at any cost screw the middle class, friends may have missed this one, check into the technologies that have been developed in the last twenty years and then look at the actual real world applications, it is safe and works better than anything that is on the drawing boards of waiting in the wings to be released. You and Mr. T. Boone Pickens may not have much of a stake in nuclear right now but with your combined intelligence and cunning I'm sure you can both get a good piece of this one. Soooooo, how bout you and Boone Pickens taking a second look at nuclear power and then do something that will actually benefit everyone in the good old United States for a change, you'll both be held in high esteem for a change, maybe forever, who knows you might even be able to run for President and win if you do the job right, and like a modern day fairy tale no one will fault either of you for getting even richer.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Torture Of Terrorists And The Weaklings Who Would Have Us Attempt To Co-Exist With Them!
There is a new book out by Jane Mayer called the Dark Side which discusses torture of terrorists and attempts to expose the current Bush II administration for their supposed illegal activities or how the cover of the book states "The inside story of how the war on terror turned into a war on American ideals". Having read only questions posed to the author I have come away with with a warm gushy feeling inside knowing that I won't be taken for whatever the purchase price of this piece of liberal crap at my favorite bookstore or Internet site. This is just another example of the velvet glove approach to terrorism that the liberal media has taken on as their mantra in this country, even though it's been proven time and again that the only way to deal with terrorism is with an iron hand.
For the life of me, I can't understand why there is any objection to using whatever methods one can conjure up to get accurate information from terrorist's if it will ultimately end their activities. I guess a Webster definition is in order again, Terrorism; The systematic use of terror as a means of coercion. Oh, my friends there's more, this next one is from the UN, who I usually wouldn't give the time of day to, but got this one just about right and it should get the point across even to someone with soft S _ _ t for brains, Terrorism; Criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or international organization to do or abstain from doing an act. Even the UN, the biggest wuss organization in the world, the most left leaning organization outside of a communist country itself managed to come up with an accurate description of what terrorism is and to actually state that there is no place for terrorism in this world. How is it then, one author after another manages to miss the entire point of terrorism, the effect it has on a population and why it is so important to eradicate it wherever it rears it's ugly head?
Much of Ms. Mayer's information apparently comes from Red Cross documents and reports about interrogation techniques used on terror suspects and again I am baffled because the Red Cross deals with the aftermath of terrorism almost daily in countries across the globe. Unless the Red Cross, through some perverse notion, feels that terrorism helps keep them in business I can't understand why they would make any of these materials available to anyone. I guess Ms. Mayer is one of those who think 9/11 really didn't take place and that it was our government that blew up the World Trade Towers for their own end, right. Or maybe she forgot the first attempt on the Trade Towers organized by the now infamous blind Muslim cleric Omar Abdel Rahmen not to be confused with the Ramen noodle company, six dead and over one thousand injured. If overseas accounts of terrorism and it's aftermath are necessary there are many, many more examples which lend great credence to dealing harshly with terrorists.
Getting back to the premise of a war on American ideals as stated on the book's jacket. What are American Ideals anyway, kowtow to terrorists and thugs, submit to the demands of the world's scum, become the politically correct pussymen that the liberal as well as the conservative media would like us to become? I don't think so, unless we all decide that our way of life is not all it's cracked up to be and you won't hear that from me. Soooooo, here's my simple solution. Get out the electrodes, attach them to the testicles of each and every terrorist we catch and turn on the juice, throw the switch and leave the room. Get the information that's needed and take care of business. Don't say a word or leak any information to anyone, just let the disappearance of the terrorists speak for itself. If someone leaks information give them a little shock, say just enough to bring them to their senses, so they understand that what we have can be lost if we lose the will to rid ourselves of these vermin that have no ideals. There is no peaceful co-existence with terrorism.
For the life of me, I can't understand why there is any objection to using whatever methods one can conjure up to get accurate information from terrorist's if it will ultimately end their activities. I guess a Webster definition is in order again, Terrorism; The systematic use of terror as a means of coercion. Oh, my friends there's more, this next one is from the UN, who I usually wouldn't give the time of day to, but got this one just about right and it should get the point across even to someone with soft S _ _ t for brains, Terrorism; Criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or international organization to do or abstain from doing an act. Even the UN, the biggest wuss organization in the world, the most left leaning organization outside of a communist country itself managed to come up with an accurate description of what terrorism is and to actually state that there is no place for terrorism in this world. How is it then, one author after another manages to miss the entire point of terrorism, the effect it has on a population and why it is so important to eradicate it wherever it rears it's ugly head?
Much of Ms. Mayer's information apparently comes from Red Cross documents and reports about interrogation techniques used on terror suspects and again I am baffled because the Red Cross deals with the aftermath of terrorism almost daily in countries across the globe. Unless the Red Cross, through some perverse notion, feels that terrorism helps keep them in business I can't understand why they would make any of these materials available to anyone. I guess Ms. Mayer is one of those who think 9/11 really didn't take place and that it was our government that blew up the World Trade Towers for their own end, right. Or maybe she forgot the first attempt on the Trade Towers organized by the now infamous blind Muslim cleric Omar Abdel Rahmen not to be confused with the Ramen noodle company, six dead and over one thousand injured. If overseas accounts of terrorism and it's aftermath are necessary there are many, many more examples which lend great credence to dealing harshly with terrorists.
Getting back to the premise of a war on American ideals as stated on the book's jacket. What are American Ideals anyway, kowtow to terrorists and thugs, submit to the demands of the world's scum, become the politically correct pussymen that the liberal as well as the conservative media would like us to become? I don't think so, unless we all decide that our way of life is not all it's cracked up to be and you won't hear that from me. Soooooo, here's my simple solution. Get out the electrodes, attach them to the testicles of each and every terrorist we catch and turn on the juice, throw the switch and leave the room. Get the information that's needed and take care of business. Don't say a word or leak any information to anyone, just let the disappearance of the terrorists speak for itself. If someone leaks information give them a little shock, say just enough to bring them to their senses, so they understand that what we have can be lost if we lose the will to rid ourselves of these vermin that have no ideals. There is no peaceful co-existence with terrorism.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Another Effort By The Ever Pathetic Robert Mugabe To Blame The Problems In Zimbabwe On Racism, Not Stupidity!
One of my favorite whipping boy's has once again made the world news wires and I am quite thankful, since it was a slow news weekend and I was dreading the thought of firing another salvo at the crowd in Washington DC just for good measure.
Robert Mugabe, if you are not aware is the leader/dictator/despot who refuses to give up power in the former Rhodesia turned Zimbabwe, and as the leader of this socio-political monkey f _ _ k experiment, has been driving his country into economic chaos and ruin at the expense of his countrymen since taking power, all the time for his own personal gain. He went a step further this past weekend by announcing that he was going to nationalize all foreign owned companies that had any affiliation to countries that favored sanctions against his government. Mugabe's spokesman stated earlier today (and I use the word spokesman loosely) that they are going to understand the behavior of the corporate bodies to see if they are the cause of the problems in Zimbabwe, I would say that corrupt, contemptible idiots like Mugabe and his cronies don't have the capacity to figure that one out, based on their destruction of a successful agricultural system that was in place from the beginning of the colonial period in Africa. In case you mare not aware, Rhodesia was a large exporter of agricultural goods before the colonial period ended with the entry on the scene of Mr. Mugabe. He abruptly took over the farms as they were the most profitable area of the economy and gave the farms to his friends who themselves promptly ran them into the ground, insuring that there would be no benefit for anyone. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that Mr. Mugabe thought he was going to get really rich when he took the farms and my best guess is he thinks he is going to try the same with the corporations, but will have equally bad luck again. You see Mr. Mugabe is neither a farmer nor a businessman and it is quite evident that his chief supporters are not either, so the same fate that the agricultural sector experienced awaits the corporate sector. This is somewhat like Einstein's definition of insanity which states; doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.
Mr. Mugabe is nothing more and nothing less than all of the other war lords who have forcibly taken over countries on the African Continent in the last forty years. They are thugs who prey upon their own people and lay all of the blame on any group who proceeded them. Why, if Mr Mugabe and his contemporaries were so concerned about their respective countries, have they let the infrastructure crumble around them to include public works, the agricultural system and the economic and financial networks. Why, Mr. Mugabe and his banking geniuses' are issuing 100 billion dollar bank notes in an effort to curb rampant cash shortages. I guess they think that printing money will eliminate the problem or the smoke screen will trick everyone. Apparently the concept of developing a viable economy somehow has slipped by Mr. Mugabe and company. It's quite apparent that Mr. Mugabe and the hangers on that surround him are lacking the basic intelligence to run even the most rudimentary governmental and economic systems.
Update:
Shortly after this blog was posted today the news wires reported that there was a power sharing deal signed by my favorite despot piece of S _ _ t Robert Mugabe and his primary opposition Morgan Tsvangirai, who by the way beat the Honorable Mr. Mugabe in the first round of presidential elections several months back, at which time Mr. Mugabe turned his troops on Mr. Tsvangirai's supporters and forced most of into hiding if they were not killed outright. What was interesting is that even though the Zimbabwean people are terrorized by the Mugabe thugs they voted in overwhelming numbers to deliver a defeat to Mr. Mugabe and his people. But I guess, when you have the guns you have the power to dictate your own terms. Then Mr. Mugabe went on to rig the second round of the elections and claim victory, kind of like Stalin, Mao, Chavez and how can we leave out Putin.
It appears that the sanctions and pressure from world governments and the African countries is working to a point. Mr. Mugabe has grudgingly sat down and signed this agreement and has agreed to work quickly to make headway in working out a power sharing deal, I don't give much hope that any kind of a resolution will be reached any time soon, as this guy is not the brightest bulb in the political billboard. One of Mr. Mugabe's first statements upon signing was that the sanctions against him and his followers should be lifted immediately, which makes the whole thing look like a sham, which it probably is.
Robert Mugabe, if you are not aware is the leader/dictator/despot who refuses to give up power in the former Rhodesia turned Zimbabwe, and as the leader of this socio-political monkey f _ _ k experiment, has been driving his country into economic chaos and ruin at the expense of his countrymen since taking power, all the time for his own personal gain. He went a step further this past weekend by announcing that he was going to nationalize all foreign owned companies that had any affiliation to countries that favored sanctions against his government. Mugabe's spokesman stated earlier today (and I use the word spokesman loosely) that they are going to understand the behavior of the corporate bodies to see if they are the cause of the problems in Zimbabwe, I would say that corrupt, contemptible idiots like Mugabe and his cronies don't have the capacity to figure that one out, based on their destruction of a successful agricultural system that was in place from the beginning of the colonial period in Africa. In case you mare not aware, Rhodesia was a large exporter of agricultural goods before the colonial period ended with the entry on the scene of Mr. Mugabe. He abruptly took over the farms as they were the most profitable area of the economy and gave the farms to his friends who themselves promptly ran them into the ground, insuring that there would be no benefit for anyone. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that Mr. Mugabe thought he was going to get really rich when he took the farms and my best guess is he thinks he is going to try the same with the corporations, but will have equally bad luck again. You see Mr. Mugabe is neither a farmer nor a businessman and it is quite evident that his chief supporters are not either, so the same fate that the agricultural sector experienced awaits the corporate sector. This is somewhat like Einstein's definition of insanity which states; doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.
Mr. Mugabe is nothing more and nothing less than all of the other war lords who have forcibly taken over countries on the African Continent in the last forty years. They are thugs who prey upon their own people and lay all of the blame on any group who proceeded them. Why, if Mr Mugabe and his contemporaries were so concerned about their respective countries, have they let the infrastructure crumble around them to include public works, the agricultural system and the economic and financial networks. Why, Mr. Mugabe and his banking geniuses' are issuing 100 billion dollar bank notes in an effort to curb rampant cash shortages. I guess they think that printing money will eliminate the problem or the smoke screen will trick everyone. Apparently the concept of developing a viable economy somehow has slipped by Mr. Mugabe and company. It's quite apparent that Mr. Mugabe and the hangers on that surround him are lacking the basic intelligence to run even the most rudimentary governmental and economic systems.
Update:
Shortly after this blog was posted today the news wires reported that there was a power sharing deal signed by my favorite despot piece of S _ _ t Robert Mugabe and his primary opposition Morgan Tsvangirai, who by the way beat the Honorable Mr. Mugabe in the first round of presidential elections several months back, at which time Mr. Mugabe turned his troops on Mr. Tsvangirai's supporters and forced most of into hiding if they were not killed outright. What was interesting is that even though the Zimbabwean people are terrorized by the Mugabe thugs they voted in overwhelming numbers to deliver a defeat to Mr. Mugabe and his people. But I guess, when you have the guns you have the power to dictate your own terms. Then Mr. Mugabe went on to rig the second round of the elections and claim victory, kind of like Stalin, Mao, Chavez and how can we leave out Putin.
It appears that the sanctions and pressure from world governments and the African countries is working to a point. Mr. Mugabe has grudgingly sat down and signed this agreement and has agreed to work quickly to make headway in working out a power sharing deal, I don't give much hope that any kind of a resolution will be reached any time soon, as this guy is not the brightest bulb in the political billboard. One of Mr. Mugabe's first statements upon signing was that the sanctions against him and his followers should be lifted immediately, which makes the whole thing look like a sham, which it probably is.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Topics That Don't Get The Full Treatment, Some In Need Of A good Thrashing And Then Forget About Em , Others Should Be Remembered So We Never Repeat!
1. PETA protesting the Army shooting pigs to help train medical personal in treating severe battlefield injuries.
PETA is one of those do-gooder organizations, that needs more than a good thrashing on a regular basis. I always picture the leadership of PETA, being made up of trust fund babies and others who have no other purpose in life than to champion irrelevant causes that only end up costing working America in the form of lawsuits and wasted news print. They claim two million members, which I would think to be quite suspect. If they actually have two million names it was from sign up sheets they solicited on busy city streets during rush hour, that absolutely did not state their mission or organizations name.
I do however have a solution to the current protest regarding the shooting of pigs for emergency medical training for the treatment of serious battlefield wounds. And since PETA claims that some of the military medical people have a hard time treating the wounds on the pigs as it reminds them of their pet dogs (this one is total B _ _ l S _ _ t), although PETA bases out of VA and maybe in VA they have pet pigs instead of dogs, kind of a hillbilly thing I guess. My suggestion is that some or all of the two million members of PETA volunteer to take a bullet for the pigs. The upside is that the military people would not be reminded of their pet dogs, the training would be more realistic and probably save more battlefield casualties and the membership rolls of PETA would be thinned, no down side to this one at all.
2. Freddie Mac and the proposed stock share offer.
I am far from a financial guy and I will have to consult with my friend Guido who actually is, and doesn't just pretend to be one at dinner parties. But I will pull out the old crystal ball to help field a response and reference the press conference by our President the other day when he was suggesting a bailout or should I say a small, several hundred billion dollar cash infusion for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to help them through the current economic anomaly(anomaly is a nice word for financial disaster brought on by greed and stupidity), sink me, if I should have the nerve to use the phrase, a mismanaged private sector corporation joined at the hip with high government officials run by a bunch of bungling crooks that take inflated salaries and have no need to worry because they will be bailed out and face no consequences for their actions. My best guess is that they will have their stock offering and that some small share holders will get a royal screwing and the big share holders will some way get dividends large enough to make up for any losses they have sustained from lower stock prices or something like that anyway.
3. The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the pursuit of Nazi War Criminals.
There is a little blurb today on the Internet about the hunt for a Dr. Aribert Heim who was dubbed Dr. Death during The Second World War. Dr. Heim's specialty was torturing Jewish prisoners at The Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria, while they were dying. Dr. Heim is now about 94 years old and is supposed to be living in Argentina of Chile and the people from the Wiesenthal Center believe they are finally closing in on him after all these years. Apparently there has been credible information obtained from one of his daughters that he is alive and it is my sincere hope he is caught and has enough mental capacity to stand trial for what he did. It is also, my sincere hope that he has spent a good deal of his life living in fear of retribution for his actions, however most of these scum have been and are continued to be protected by the German government which is mind boggling in itself.
The German government continues to step in the way of prosecution of Nazi war criminals whenever one is uncovered. There are no adequate words to describe this behavior.
4. Poll's indicate that McCain's backers are less excited that those that back Obama.
Here is another poll, this time by AP that say's that Obama backers to include African Americans, or blacks as we call them in this blog as we are Americans whether we back McCain or Obama. We are not Polish Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans or anything else, we are AMERICANS and we don't have sub groups even though morons like Whoopie Goldberg think so. Anyhow, African Americans, Democrats and other liberal idiots are all fired up over Obama. My best guess is the psychotropic drugs needed to conjure up images of an unattainable utopia.
On the other hand the poll indicates that Whites, Republicans and conservatives, for some reason the AP won't give us whites the distinction of calling us White Americans, don't have the same enthusiasm for our candidates as the other guys', which would indicate to me that there is less reason to ingest substances that bring up the excitement levels in the more conservative groups since they may actually make decisions on sound judgement without all the psychedelia.
5. Chavez to seek unlimited terms in office.
Hey, Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Harry Belefonte and every other celebrity who has embraced this scum bag, I hope you beam with pride for promoting a Marxist dictator who is a real dickhead just like yourselves. I don't buy Citgo Products.
6. The case against Sudan for War Crimes against Darfur.
This is one of the saddest commentaries on our time. We have stood by and let this horror take place only because there is nothing of strategic importance in Darfur. The Clinton's and the Bush's should bone up on the law's of Karma and then find someplace to hide.
PETA is one of those do-gooder organizations, that needs more than a good thrashing on a regular basis. I always picture the leadership of PETA, being made up of trust fund babies and others who have no other purpose in life than to champion irrelevant causes that only end up costing working America in the form of lawsuits and wasted news print. They claim two million members, which I would think to be quite suspect. If they actually have two million names it was from sign up sheets they solicited on busy city streets during rush hour, that absolutely did not state their mission or organizations name.
I do however have a solution to the current protest regarding the shooting of pigs for emergency medical training for the treatment of serious battlefield wounds. And since PETA claims that some of the military medical people have a hard time treating the wounds on the pigs as it reminds them of their pet dogs (this one is total B _ _ l S _ _ t), although PETA bases out of VA and maybe in VA they have pet pigs instead of dogs, kind of a hillbilly thing I guess. My suggestion is that some or all of the two million members of PETA volunteer to take a bullet for the pigs. The upside is that the military people would not be reminded of their pet dogs, the training would be more realistic and probably save more battlefield casualties and the membership rolls of PETA would be thinned, no down side to this one at all.
2. Freddie Mac and the proposed stock share offer.
I am far from a financial guy and I will have to consult with my friend Guido who actually is, and doesn't just pretend to be one at dinner parties. But I will pull out the old crystal ball to help field a response and reference the press conference by our President the other day when he was suggesting a bailout or should I say a small, several hundred billion dollar cash infusion for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to help them through the current economic anomaly(anomaly is a nice word for financial disaster brought on by greed and stupidity), sink me, if I should have the nerve to use the phrase, a mismanaged private sector corporation joined at the hip with high government officials run by a bunch of bungling crooks that take inflated salaries and have no need to worry because they will be bailed out and face no consequences for their actions. My best guess is that they will have their stock offering and that some small share holders will get a royal screwing and the big share holders will some way get dividends large enough to make up for any losses they have sustained from lower stock prices or something like that anyway.
3. The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the pursuit of Nazi War Criminals.
There is a little blurb today on the Internet about the hunt for a Dr. Aribert Heim who was dubbed Dr. Death during The Second World War. Dr. Heim's specialty was torturing Jewish prisoners at The Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria, while they were dying. Dr. Heim is now about 94 years old and is supposed to be living in Argentina of Chile and the people from the Wiesenthal Center believe they are finally closing in on him after all these years. Apparently there has been credible information obtained from one of his daughters that he is alive and it is my sincere hope he is caught and has enough mental capacity to stand trial for what he did. It is also, my sincere hope that he has spent a good deal of his life living in fear of retribution for his actions, however most of these scum have been and are continued to be protected by the German government which is mind boggling in itself.
The German government continues to step in the way of prosecution of Nazi war criminals whenever one is uncovered. There are no adequate words to describe this behavior.
4. Poll's indicate that McCain's backers are less excited that those that back Obama.
Here is another poll, this time by AP that say's that Obama backers to include African Americans, or blacks as we call them in this blog as we are Americans whether we back McCain or Obama. We are not Polish Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans or anything else, we are AMERICANS and we don't have sub groups even though morons like Whoopie Goldberg think so. Anyhow, African Americans, Democrats and other liberal idiots are all fired up over Obama. My best guess is the psychotropic drugs needed to conjure up images of an unattainable utopia.
On the other hand the poll indicates that Whites, Republicans and conservatives, for some reason the AP won't give us whites the distinction of calling us White Americans, don't have the same enthusiasm for our candidates as the other guys', which would indicate to me that there is less reason to ingest substances that bring up the excitement levels in the more conservative groups since they may actually make decisions on sound judgement without all the psychedelia.
5. Chavez to seek unlimited terms in office.
Hey, Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Harry Belefonte and every other celebrity who has embraced this scum bag, I hope you beam with pride for promoting a Marxist dictator who is a real dickhead just like yourselves. I don't buy Citgo Products.
6. The case against Sudan for War Crimes against Darfur.
This is one of the saddest commentaries on our time. We have stood by and let this horror take place only because there is nothing of strategic importance in Darfur. The Clinton's and the Bush's should bone up on the law's of Karma and then find someplace to hide.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Bill Want's To Campaign For Barack! It's True, And This Has Nothing To Do With Booty Call Or Getting Away From Hillary, Really, Honest.
Bill Clinton's home life after his wife's Primary defeat must really be something for him to want to get out from under Hillary's thumb and stump for Barack Obama. I realize that Politicians say whatever they think they can get away with during their respective campaigns, but, these guy's were trashing each other and Obama's people must feel they have to get in bed with the Clinton's in order to have a chance of winning the upcoming Presidential race. Even today's politicians, who from all outward appearances have gone to whore school, must be having a hard time swallowing this unholy alliance. Bill Say's that Barack has a lot of things to do between now and the Convention and he stands ready to help in whatever way he can, that might be Billspeak for, if you think I made my wife look really bad several times, watch what I do to you. From news reports during the primaries it was stated several times that the First Lady wannabe, Michelle Obama can't stand Bill Clinton, ever wonder why, I wonder if Michelle's can't stand sentiment rings the same for Hillary or if Hillary agrees with Michelle about Bill which would give them some common ground. Could this be the beginning of the ground work to get Hil the Veep job? Stranger things have happened.
Bill is really telling the truth these day's, it true, really. Why, when asked if he was interested in a prime time spot at the Convention he said he hadn't thought about being a convention speaker, his nose immediately grew to an astounding eight inches in length and his pants caught on fire. I'll go out on a limb on this one and say that one of the last things a former President wants, especially Bill Clinton, is to be overlooked at his Party's National Convention, that would be the ultimate insult. So to get that coveted spotlight time that his ego needs, Bill will go out on the trail for Barack and he will even make nice with Michelle even though he knows she would like to have Jesse Jackson cut off Bill's B _ lls which would effectively rid the Obama's of the two of them leaving only Hillary to contend with.
Bill is really telling the truth these day's, it true, really. Why, when asked if he was interested in a prime time spot at the Convention he said he hadn't thought about being a convention speaker, his nose immediately grew to an astounding eight inches in length and his pants caught on fire. I'll go out on a limb on this one and say that one of the last things a former President wants, especially Bill Clinton, is to be overlooked at his Party's National Convention, that would be the ultimate insult. So to get that coveted spotlight time that his ego needs, Bill will go out on the trail for Barack and he will even make nice with Michelle even though he knows she would like to have Jesse Jackson cut off Bill's B _ lls which would effectively rid the Obama's of the two of them leaving only Hillary to contend with.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
There's Nothing Like Good Olde Texas B _ _ L S _ _ T, Oh, I'm Sorry, A "White House News Conference" On A Hot July Summer Day!
The President went before the White House Press Corps today to deliver a load of more of the same old b _ _ l s _ _ t he's been dishing out for the last year or so as he hasn't been in front of the corps since the last load of fertilizer was shoved down the collective throats of the American public in late April and he must, or his advisers must, think that we are all in need of another serving of s_ _ t pie for our later afternoon desert. He continues to drone on about the economy being basically sound and what is happening will eventually get better, maybe, someday, but tells it with such little enthusiasm that you know he doesn't believe a word of what he has just read off the teleprompter, if he even knows what it is he read. What Mr. Bush fails to understand is that whatever he and this administration do now is too little too late. Mr. Bush has been in office for eight years or close enough to call it eight and is only now addressing issues that directly impact the lives of ninety five percent of Americans. Now you ask what about the five percent not included, well four percent are included since high costs affect everyone, only that group are not impacted to the point that they have to make significant adjustments to their daily lives and the remaining one percent are so rich and out of touch with life as most know it ,or remember it as children, that they go on as though everything is just fine and dandy (a good old boy term), the President falls into the one percent group in case you missed the hidden meaning.
He brought up offshore drilling and that it will be years before any relief will be realized from it. Now, I will repeat again, with all of the think tanks, economists, lawyers, lobbyists and other supposed brilliant hangers on that occupy space in and around the White House, how did they miss this one. The growth of the developing countries around the world is one of the easiest calls in history. A trip to China, which I have made several times, is a no brainer when it comes to predicting economic growth and how the new found wealth the people of these countries are acquiring is changing their lifestyles. The emerging countries of the world want what we have and have swallowed our way of life hook line and sinker, kind of a life imitates life thing. With that life imitates life thing comes the trappings we all covet, cars, boats, big homes etc...etc...and on and on and on. What did our elected leaders think these people were going to use to fuel their cars, boats and planes and manufacturing facilities, B _ _ L S _ _ T? The name of the fuel is OIL and nothing else will do for the foreseeable future so as our President say's, we will have to endure a little inconvenience. He say's the American people are smart enough to realize that high fuel costs mean we shouldn't drive as much and when we are not at home we should turn off the air conditioning, good ideas for an out of touch idiot to express to the country. I really shouldn't be so hard of our President, so here's what I plan to do. I work nine miles from work and starting tomorrow I am going to drive five miles and walk the rest, also, I am going to turn off my air conditioning when I leave for work, especially on these ninety degree days and not turn it on again until I get home, suffice it to say the house will probably get up to well over one hundred degrees, kill my dogs and take a day and a half of the air running constantly to cool off the inside to maybe eighty degrees or so. But that's what the President wants and I know he will be doing the same at the White House and I can guarantee he will be doing it at the ranch in Crawford when he's not there, NOT. And though we won't realize any relief from drilling, if it started tomorrow the President say's it will change the psychology, the psychology of what. Does he think empty wallets is a state of mind.
In the History Repeats Itself column remember back to a time when Bush number one as I call him was in office and he was amazed when he visited a supermarket and saw a scanner for the first time, he's up on the latest technology you know, but his personal best being the "read my lips - no new taxes"gaffe that so endeared him to the voting public that he couldn't get elected dog catcher when he ran a second time. But the best is the current Bush or Bush number two as I choose to call him when he stated,, earlier this year that he hadn't heard of four dollar gasoline but now he has heard it loud and clear. All he had to do was put down the video game controller and look out the window of the Presidential limo while he was on his way to pick up dinner for the family at Domino's every couple of day's and he would have seen how quickly prices escalated over a very short time.
He brought up offshore drilling and that it will be years before any relief will be realized from it. Now, I will repeat again, with all of the think tanks, economists, lawyers, lobbyists and other supposed brilliant hangers on that occupy space in and around the White House, how did they miss this one. The growth of the developing countries around the world is one of the easiest calls in history. A trip to China, which I have made several times, is a no brainer when it comes to predicting economic growth and how the new found wealth the people of these countries are acquiring is changing their lifestyles. The emerging countries of the world want what we have and have swallowed our way of life hook line and sinker, kind of a life imitates life thing. With that life imitates life thing comes the trappings we all covet, cars, boats, big homes etc...etc...and on and on and on. What did our elected leaders think these people were going to use to fuel their cars, boats and planes and manufacturing facilities, B _ _ L S _ _ T? The name of the fuel is OIL and nothing else will do for the foreseeable future so as our President say's, we will have to endure a little inconvenience. He say's the American people are smart enough to realize that high fuel costs mean we shouldn't drive as much and when we are not at home we should turn off the air conditioning, good ideas for an out of touch idiot to express to the country. I really shouldn't be so hard of our President, so here's what I plan to do. I work nine miles from work and starting tomorrow I am going to drive five miles and walk the rest, also, I am going to turn off my air conditioning when I leave for work, especially on these ninety degree days and not turn it on again until I get home, suffice it to say the house will probably get up to well over one hundred degrees, kill my dogs and take a day and a half of the air running constantly to cool off the inside to maybe eighty degrees or so. But that's what the President wants and I know he will be doing the same at the White House and I can guarantee he will be doing it at the ranch in Crawford when he's not there, NOT. And though we won't realize any relief from drilling, if it started tomorrow the President say's it will change the psychology, the psychology of what. Does he think empty wallets is a state of mind.
In the History Repeats Itself column remember back to a time when Bush number one as I call him was in office and he was amazed when he visited a supermarket and saw a scanner for the first time, he's up on the latest technology you know, but his personal best being the "read my lips - no new taxes"gaffe that so endeared him to the voting public that he couldn't get elected dog catcher when he ran a second time. But the best is the current Bush or Bush number two as I choose to call him when he stated,, earlier this year that he hadn't heard of four dollar gasoline but now he has heard it loud and clear. All he had to do was put down the video game controller and look out the window of the Presidential limo while he was on his way to pick up dinner for the family at Domino's every couple of day's and he would have seen how quickly prices escalated over a very short time.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
A Poll That Shows Obama Viewed Differently By Blacks & Whites, Really Now!
The new poll apparently commissioned by AFP, you know the Agence France-Presse showing that Blacks in America view Senator Obama more favorably than their White counterparts do is another example of a liberal news outlet trying to make a case for racial inequality in America by using the upcoming elections as a smoke screen for their feeble efforts to stir up controversy in the race pot. It's true, and I don't think there are any Americans either black or white that will dispute that Blacks view Mr. Obama as their guy. But as a whole, Blacks vote for Blacks regardless of the background of the candidate, I guess because it's kind of a Black thing whatever that is, so where is the big news here. According to the poll Blacks and Whites agree that a Black president would be OK but then the poll slides into a racial standoff and the Frenchy's are only able to provide a one sided argument which is decidedly to the left, horribly biased and shows their complete lack of knowledge of affairs within the United States. It goes on to say that Blacks feel they are unfairly picked on by police, are constant victims of discrimination, don't have much contact with "people of color" in their jobs, neighborhoods are not integrated and there has been no progress in race relation in the last ten years and on and on and on, the only thing missing was a whiny quote from either Al Sharpton, the ever effusive Jessie Jackson, or the ever inflammatory Louis Farrakahn for a real "all whites are devil's" opinion.
Reality being the French Press is clueless when it comes to social issues in the USA. What they need to do is look at the American Society as a whole and they would readily see that the racial discrimination they write about is more or less self imposed, that we as Americans have the ability to choose whether or not we want to take part in this dynamic society we all, black and white, are a part of. It would be foolish to say that discrimination in America is non-existent or for that matter, has gone away, but it is much less than a sensationalizing media attempts to make it out to be. Much has been done to alleviate this problem and much continues to be done, however, the process is made difficult by those who profit from poverty, discrimination, paranoia, fear and hate (refer to the above mentioned three individuals as prime examples of people who make their rather substantial livings by keeping their "people" down).
I am not personally a big fan of Mr. Obama, however I have and will continue to look and listen to him and cannot say that I would not vote for him. My opinions are, however, not based on his race but his politics, which I disagree with more than agree. Mr. Obama does in fact have some personal traits that I find quite admirable and as such I think he is probably a pretty decent guy overall, but, I also have reservations about voting for any Politician from the great sovereign State of Illinois, especially when he or she is a known associate or acquaintance of some low life, kind of a birds of a feather approach that has served me well overall. As a matter of fact, I have yet to run into one person who say's they would not vote for a Black man or woman based on race as the vast majority of people I know would just like to see someone decent in the Oval Office for the next four to eight years, since the last sixteen has seen it used as a backdrop for an occasional B _ _ w J _ b and to feather the nest's of friends and family without regard for the impact of their actions on the American people and our economy.
Soooooo, you little wiener kissing French pollsters, the next time you try to slam our system and falsely depict the White (no other group was mentioned) people of America as racist thugs who are only out to keep people of African American decent in a sub class, please do this one little thing first, remove your heads from your Escargot stuffed asses, inhale some of the good clean democratic (as in non socialist) air we breath in America, and print something that has some basis in fact.
Reality being the French Press is clueless when it comes to social issues in the USA. What they need to do is look at the American Society as a whole and they would readily see that the racial discrimination they write about is more or less self imposed, that we as Americans have the ability to choose whether or not we want to take part in this dynamic society we all, black and white, are a part of. It would be foolish to say that discrimination in America is non-existent or for that matter, has gone away, but it is much less than a sensationalizing media attempts to make it out to be. Much has been done to alleviate this problem and much continues to be done, however, the process is made difficult by those who profit from poverty, discrimination, paranoia, fear and hate (refer to the above mentioned three individuals as prime examples of people who make their rather substantial livings by keeping their "people" down).
I am not personally a big fan of Mr. Obama, however I have and will continue to look and listen to him and cannot say that I would not vote for him. My opinions are, however, not based on his race but his politics, which I disagree with more than agree. Mr. Obama does in fact have some personal traits that I find quite admirable and as such I think he is probably a pretty decent guy overall, but, I also have reservations about voting for any Politician from the great sovereign State of Illinois, especially when he or she is a known associate or acquaintance of some low life, kind of a birds of a feather approach that has served me well overall. As a matter of fact, I have yet to run into one person who say's they would not vote for a Black man or woman based on race as the vast majority of people I know would just like to see someone decent in the Oval Office for the next four to eight years, since the last sixteen has seen it used as a backdrop for an occasional B _ _ w J _ b and to feather the nest's of friends and family without regard for the impact of their actions on the American people and our economy.
Soooooo, you little wiener kissing French pollsters, the next time you try to slam our system and falsely depict the White (no other group was mentioned) people of America as racist thugs who are only out to keep people of African American decent in a sub class, please do this one little thing first, remove your heads from your Escargot stuffed asses, inhale some of the good clean democratic (as in non socialist) air we breath in America, and print something that has some basis in fact.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Let's Play Charades - Hints, Congress/Senate/Oil Exploration-Times Up-Like Rat's On A Sinking Ship
I have been making a point, of not watching morning news lately, in the form of Fox & Friends and MSNBC's Morning Joe, as everything on either venue is so biased in one direction or the other that it only serves to make my already bad disposition worse. But, this morning something really neat happened. Jim Kramer was on MSNBC and Fox had a surprise visit from the venerable and distinguished Republican Senator, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and some Democratic Senator who resembled Mr. Whipple from the Charmin toilet paper ad's. Now, the reason I bring up Jim Kramer was that he had just finished one of his commentaries on the slightly outdated thought process utilized by most of our representatives in the Democratic Congress and Senate when they try to convince their constituents that something is bad, as in the case of offshore drilling, by making comparisons to events that took place during the Civil War and ending just prior to the Industrial Revolution in America. Basically, they are out of touch with what is going on around them and only serve to hobble the economy with their ill thought solutions, inaction, fiscal fixes and lack of understanding of the workings of the world economy.
Well, I thought this whole thing might best be sorted out in a partial reality dream sequence that I hope gets the point across. We have Saxby Chambliss, the Republican Senator from the great sovereign State of Georgia, sitting on the veranda of his Antebellum Estate (that's an old plantation in the south)that he inherited from his father who inherited it from his father who inherited it from his father ad-nausium, in a large overstuffed white wicker arm chair decorated with a tasteful floral print depicting magnolia blossoms floating through the warm southern air, how genteel. In his hand is a fresh mint julep on a sliver plate with two sugar cubes to the side and a long handled silver stirring spoon ready to add just a little more sweetness to this fine traditional southern concoction . His senate tie is loosened, his expensive white cotton shirt is without a wrinkle and he has his neatly polished black loafers up on a small wicker hassock, legs crossed. The gold Rolex and cuff links given him by his Senate colleagues glisten in the setting sun. Why, is that a little shine on those nails Mr. Saxby, ask's Ms. Fadita, his full figured African American maid? He looks out over the expansive, impeccably manicured lawn and down the moss covered tree lined drive that looks as though it goes on forever, thinking to himself, how wonderful it is to be retired. RETIRED!!!!!!!the thought hits him like ten thousand volts. His eyes bug out of his head, he spills his mint julep down the front of his expensive white shirt leaving a long brown stain that resembles the same brown stain he just left in his pants. His Rolex turns into a Timex and he sees for the first time, in his privileged life, that time may finally be running out for fat cats like himself.
RETIREMENT !!!---His awakening from the worst nightmare a Senator can have launches him into action. Retirement he thinks, is bad, but retirement at the hands of voters is unthinkable and unless he and his colleagues can come up with some new ways to trick the voters he and many of his pals might get just that, retirement. Worse yet, they might have to get real jobs, and for the majority of those in the ruling bodies, a real job is not a viable option. He gets on the phone to his Democratic Senator friend, you know the one that looks like Mr. Whipple, and tells him of the horror he has just experienced, the two decide to leap into action and call a news conference to announce that the two sides of the aisle are in the process of discussing offshore drilling. They are only somewhat aware that gasoline prices have risen substantially, remember they are Senators and the tax payers pick up everything for them, and really his only contact with the little people is the complaining by his maid, Ms Fadita, about how expensive it is to get to and from work, he thinks she should be car pooling, whatever that is. They get on a conference call with the President himself and explain the dilemma as best they can. The President, not wanting to leave office as the lowest rated President in history goes along with them even though his family and friends are probably making billions on the current crisis, this one's about ego. They go on TV to show America how concerned they are about their jobs, I mean how concerned they are about the millions of American who's wallets are being emptied trying to keep gas in their cars and food on the table. That the House and Senate all want to cooperate with each other now, and how they believe they can work through the differences they have with regards to drilling offshore. When the cameras stop, they make sure they are really off and are avoiding a Jesse Jackson moment, they comment to each other how sincere each looked and they hope the American public has bought into whatever it was they just read from a teleprompter. The dream sequence ends.
It appears that in real life, the good Senators, Congress and even our illustrious President are starting the get the message. To say they have dropped the ball is an understatement. How could a government with all of the think tanks and resources they fund on both sides of the fence have missed this one. Maybe it's that they fill the think tanks with like minded boobs that are as out of touch as they are with their countrymen and it's economy. Laws of supply and demand are not rocket science. Did the government strategists think that China and India would continue with the ox cart as the principle mode of transportation as their economies developed? Drilling is the quickest solution but only a short term one in that it will buy us the twenty years or so that is needed to tool for other means. We need elected officials who are forward thinkers that push for the development of every economical energy source that will put our country on the leading edge and have the rest of the world beating a path to our door to buy it from us.
Well, I thought this whole thing might best be sorted out in a partial reality dream sequence that I hope gets the point across. We have Saxby Chambliss, the Republican Senator from the great sovereign State of Georgia, sitting on the veranda of his Antebellum Estate (that's an old plantation in the south)that he inherited from his father who inherited it from his father who inherited it from his father ad-nausium, in a large overstuffed white wicker arm chair decorated with a tasteful floral print depicting magnolia blossoms floating through the warm southern air, how genteel. In his hand is a fresh mint julep on a sliver plate with two sugar cubes to the side and a long handled silver stirring spoon ready to add just a little more sweetness to this fine traditional southern concoction . His senate tie is loosened, his expensive white cotton shirt is without a wrinkle and he has his neatly polished black loafers up on a small wicker hassock, legs crossed. The gold Rolex and cuff links given him by his Senate colleagues glisten in the setting sun. Why, is that a little shine on those nails Mr. Saxby, ask's Ms. Fadita, his full figured African American maid? He looks out over the expansive, impeccably manicured lawn and down the moss covered tree lined drive that looks as though it goes on forever, thinking to himself, how wonderful it is to be retired. RETIRED!!!!!!!the thought hits him like ten thousand volts. His eyes bug out of his head, he spills his mint julep down the front of his expensive white shirt leaving a long brown stain that resembles the same brown stain he just left in his pants. His Rolex turns into a Timex and he sees for the first time, in his privileged life, that time may finally be running out for fat cats like himself.
RETIREMENT !!!---His awakening from the worst nightmare a Senator can have launches him into action. Retirement he thinks, is bad, but retirement at the hands of voters is unthinkable and unless he and his colleagues can come up with some new ways to trick the voters he and many of his pals might get just that, retirement. Worse yet, they might have to get real jobs, and for the majority of those in the ruling bodies, a real job is not a viable option. He gets on the phone to his Democratic Senator friend, you know the one that looks like Mr. Whipple, and tells him of the horror he has just experienced, the two decide to leap into action and call a news conference to announce that the two sides of the aisle are in the process of discussing offshore drilling. They are only somewhat aware that gasoline prices have risen substantially, remember they are Senators and the tax payers pick up everything for them, and really his only contact with the little people is the complaining by his maid, Ms Fadita, about how expensive it is to get to and from work, he thinks she should be car pooling, whatever that is. They get on a conference call with the President himself and explain the dilemma as best they can. The President, not wanting to leave office as the lowest rated President in history goes along with them even though his family and friends are probably making billions on the current crisis, this one's about ego. They go on TV to show America how concerned they are about their jobs, I mean how concerned they are about the millions of American who's wallets are being emptied trying to keep gas in their cars and food on the table. That the House and Senate all want to cooperate with each other now, and how they believe they can work through the differences they have with regards to drilling offshore. When the cameras stop, they make sure they are really off and are avoiding a Jesse Jackson moment, they comment to each other how sincere each looked and they hope the American public has bought into whatever it was they just read from a teleprompter. The dream sequence ends.
It appears that in real life, the good Senators, Congress and even our illustrious President are starting the get the message. To say they have dropped the ball is an understatement. How could a government with all of the think tanks and resources they fund on both sides of the fence have missed this one. Maybe it's that they fill the think tanks with like minded boobs that are as out of touch as they are with their countrymen and it's economy. Laws of supply and demand are not rocket science. Did the government strategists think that China and India would continue with the ox cart as the principle mode of transportation as their economies developed? Drilling is the quickest solution but only a short term one in that it will buy us the twenty years or so that is needed to tool for other means. We need elected officials who are forward thinkers that push for the development of every economical energy source that will put our country on the leading edge and have the rest of the world beating a path to our door to buy it from us.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
When It Rains It Po's On You Drug Dealin Ho's!
I live in a middle class neighborhood in a suburb of a large mid western city that's shoreline runs along one of the Great Lakes. Our neighborhood is usually quiet with the exception of an occasional domestic disturbance or kid's just out having some fun and then being hassled by the local police since the crime rate is so low, and they have nothing but time on their hands to chase kid's around and make it look like major crimes have been committed. But low and behold, real crime made it's way into our virtually crime free zone this year, something new came to our quiet little homogenized neighborhood this past year in the form of drug dealing and how it finally played out was very interesting. You see, there is a rental house across the street from my home and for the past year we have been witness to the comings and goings of the tenants and their "friends". At first there were only a few people going in and out during the day until last week when there was a constant line of human wreckage in such numbers that they should have put in a drive up or walk up window. A most diverse crowd from teenage kids, several thugs that looked like they were just let out of the super max, a white girl that showed up with a different black guy every day about the same time (my guess ho-in fo drugs), a couple of guy's in business clothes and the suburban housewives in the SUV's and minivans who would sit at the curb trying to look nonchalant before running to the back door for whatever.
The whole cast was there, the bust out tenant and his girlfriend who sold or past the drugs to the customers. Then there was the dealer, a black guy that I call Cedric the Entertainer, I apologize to Cedric The Entertainer who I actually like if he is insulted, but this guy looked just like him. Then there was "Cedric's" driver who would pull up in a new bright red four door high performance car made by a company that was recently owned by a certain German company, and just sit and wait for his boss to run into the house, apparently to collect money and would drive off like Starsky & Hutch when "Cedric" finally materialized with his pockets stuffed full of cash. Then there were the mules or that's what they used to call them when I was in my twenty's who would show up and drop the drugs at the apartment after Cedric and his driver had left the premises, I always presume with the money from earlier sales. As I said earlier this started out very slowly and then took off like they were offering a buy one hit get one free deal.
This was going on for about a year when the neighborhood finally got tired of the traffic and one of the neighbors called the police. Now for the interesting part. In a town where the police crack down on the most trivial of offenses and hassle every kid they can stop for any stupid reason, I can't understand how this one slipped by them. This is news, blotter entry stuff in the suburbs. The stuff great gossip and other over dinner conversation is made of, maybe even urban legend status if handled properly. But it didn't play out that way at all, the police were reluctant to charge in a kick down the doors of a rental unit even though it was obvious there were drugs being move briskly out the door. When I asked them if there were aware of the drug sales at the specific address they said they couldn't drive up with a "marked unit" and would have to defer to the detective division for disposition, what a bunch of p_ _ _ y men was the first thing that came to mind. These guy's who intimidate every kid they can get within earshot were reluctant if not outright opposed to looking into something with the most negative far reaching consequences if left to continue. It was the landlord that finally had to resolve the situation himself, he terminated the rental agreement and sent the dealers packing under cover of darkness in one day. So, as fate would have it, the dealers will have to find themselves a new rental house to work out of, probably rented by "Cedric the Entertainer" and his driver and they will go on with their pathetic lives dishing out their poison to whoever comes along with a taste for it, unhindered by any local suburban police department until the neighbors get tired of the nonsense and drive them out on their own.
There is really no moral to this story other than to say it's probably better to handle most issues in quiet suburban towns like mine, unaided or should I say unhindered by the local constabulary. I guess the real meaning of the slogan "To Serve and protect" carries about as much weight as the slogan" We make our donuts fresh every day"
The whole cast was there, the bust out tenant and his girlfriend who sold or past the drugs to the customers. Then there was the dealer, a black guy that I call Cedric the Entertainer, I apologize to Cedric The Entertainer who I actually like if he is insulted, but this guy looked just like him. Then there was "Cedric's" driver who would pull up in a new bright red four door high performance car made by a company that was recently owned by a certain German company, and just sit and wait for his boss to run into the house, apparently to collect money and would drive off like Starsky & Hutch when "Cedric" finally materialized with his pockets stuffed full of cash. Then there were the mules or that's what they used to call them when I was in my twenty's who would show up and drop the drugs at the apartment after Cedric and his driver had left the premises, I always presume with the money from earlier sales. As I said earlier this started out very slowly and then took off like they were offering a buy one hit get one free deal.
This was going on for about a year when the neighborhood finally got tired of the traffic and one of the neighbors called the police. Now for the interesting part. In a town where the police crack down on the most trivial of offenses and hassle every kid they can stop for any stupid reason, I can't understand how this one slipped by them. This is news, blotter entry stuff in the suburbs. The stuff great gossip and other over dinner conversation is made of, maybe even urban legend status if handled properly. But it didn't play out that way at all, the police were reluctant to charge in a kick down the doors of a rental unit even though it was obvious there were drugs being move briskly out the door. When I asked them if there were aware of the drug sales at the specific address they said they couldn't drive up with a "marked unit" and would have to defer to the detective division for disposition, what a bunch of p_ _ _ y men was the first thing that came to mind. These guy's who intimidate every kid they can get within earshot were reluctant if not outright opposed to looking into something with the most negative far reaching consequences if left to continue. It was the landlord that finally had to resolve the situation himself, he terminated the rental agreement and sent the dealers packing under cover of darkness in one day. So, as fate would have it, the dealers will have to find themselves a new rental house to work out of, probably rented by "Cedric the Entertainer" and his driver and they will go on with their pathetic lives dishing out their poison to whoever comes along with a taste for it, unhindered by any local suburban police department until the neighbors get tired of the nonsense and drive them out on their own.
There is really no moral to this story other than to say it's probably better to handle most issues in quiet suburban towns like mine, unaided or should I say unhindered by the local constabulary. I guess the real meaning of the slogan "To Serve and protect" carries about as much weight as the slogan" We make our donuts fresh every day"
Monday, July 7, 2008
Here's Another Very Good Reason To Get Out And Vote In The Upcoming Elections!
This past weekend the long seated and venerable Senator John Warner of Virginia, suggested going back to the infamous 55 mile per hour national speed limit. It appears the good Senator is not only showing his age but his complete lack of touch with the economic situation in America, both at the time it was originally thought up during an Oval Office circle j _ _ k in 1973 and more importantly today. Senator Warner was involved in government service at the time the original mess took place, when imposed by Richard Nixon for the purpose of saving gas and lives, a great social experiment, that failed miserably to either save gas or lives and only succeeded in p _ _ _ing off the American public to no end. I will never cease to be amazed at how out of touch politician become when they plant themselves within the borders of Washing DC. Maybe it's the water or possibly the lack of in their drinks, somehow they manage to come up with ways to screw the very people who elect them to office.
I may be a little off on the follow stats but I think correct for the most part. First, there is no fuel shortage, we can get whatever we need for a price. There are two very large emerging economies out there by the name of China and India and they are buying up all of the oil the can to fuel their incredible growth. This drives up the price of oil since, our good friends, the Saudis (not really our friends at all) only pump so much per day. Secondly, the speculators have been allowed to run wild with this whole oil thing driving up the price of gasoline. Third, the oil companies are making a fortune on this whole mess and they could give a s _ _ t less about the American public. There are more reasons and I could go on forever, the Chinese boasting they will buy every drop of oil they can get etc...etc...but it's not worth the write.
Now, there are some answers and some of the obvious being sported today are good and some are just plain stupid. Battery power for cars, an interesting thought if you don't have far to go and live in a warm of temperate climate year round where you never use accessories like heat, defrosters and air-conditioning in your car. Although there is a place for battery power maybe in short haul situations in large metros. Another is the Hy Bred, save a little in urban settings with gas and battery but is expensive and if pressed the auto manufacturers will tell you it's only a temporary fix, besides Hy Bred vehicles don't really get any better mileage on the highway than their non Hy Bred counterparts. Then we have the rest, Hydrogen, solar, bio diesel etc...etc...and on and on and on.
What we actually need are drive systems that use less fuel. face it folks, we are going to need oil well into the future, probably beyond the time when anyone reading this blog will be here in body. Senator McCain proposed a three hundred million dollar prize for the battery that could drive all cars indefinitely, nice publicity stunt John boy, but it ain't gonna happen any time soon.
The lazy a_ _ auto companies, who by the way are finally getting what they have coming in the form of no sales should have been working on this one for years, it's called social conscience and more importantly from a sound business standpoint, good planning, unfortunately they don't have the words in their corporate vocabulary. They have employed a strategy of neglect the consumer, bottom line only b _ _ _ s _ _ t voodoo business planning, are now despised by their customer base, and are paying the price in lost sales and market value.
What we really need to do at the same time is drill, yes drill and drill and drill, right here in the good old USA and it's surrounding waters. Develop the oil shale sands here and in Canada, our closest neighbor. Drilling can actually be accomplished with causing massive environmental destruction and the benefit will only be positive for the American public that needs the oil. Green is good, stupid is bad and we have stupid politicians in Washington who refuse to look at the situation clearly. Which brings me back to the good and venerable Senator Warner, his cronies in Washington and what should be done to get the process moving.
Go out on election day and vote. Vote for someone who is actually promising to make things better, not promising change and then not defining what that change is and then giving us all more of the same we have been subjected to for the last eight years. And this little diatribe doesn't just apply to the top job, it applies to everyone, from the president down to local low level elected officials. If they stink, send them packing. If they are pushing stupid agendas, like 55 mile per hour speed limits, vote to old buzzards out of office, since they have only their personal interest at heart. Remember America, the easiest way to get politicians working on our behalf is to strike fear into their hearts through the ballot box. The trick here is this, if a politician does not do what he or she promises, vote the goof out of office on their next election cycle and move on to another candidate until finally some descent people are in office. Party affiliation isn't as important as results and we Americans as a group are the only ones who suffer when we continue to elect bad people.
I may be a little off on the follow stats but I think correct for the most part. First, there is no fuel shortage, we can get whatever we need for a price. There are two very large emerging economies out there by the name of China and India and they are buying up all of the oil the can to fuel their incredible growth. This drives up the price of oil since, our good friends, the Saudis (not really our friends at all) only pump so much per day. Secondly, the speculators have been allowed to run wild with this whole oil thing driving up the price of gasoline. Third, the oil companies are making a fortune on this whole mess and they could give a s _ _ t less about the American public. There are more reasons and I could go on forever, the Chinese boasting they will buy every drop of oil they can get etc...etc...but it's not worth the write.
Now, there are some answers and some of the obvious being sported today are good and some are just plain stupid. Battery power for cars, an interesting thought if you don't have far to go and live in a warm of temperate climate year round where you never use accessories like heat, defrosters and air-conditioning in your car. Although there is a place for battery power maybe in short haul situations in large metros. Another is the Hy Bred, save a little in urban settings with gas and battery but is expensive and if pressed the auto manufacturers will tell you it's only a temporary fix, besides Hy Bred vehicles don't really get any better mileage on the highway than their non Hy Bred counterparts. Then we have the rest, Hydrogen, solar, bio diesel etc...etc...and on and on and on.
What we actually need are drive systems that use less fuel. face it folks, we are going to need oil well into the future, probably beyond the time when anyone reading this blog will be here in body. Senator McCain proposed a three hundred million dollar prize for the battery that could drive all cars indefinitely, nice publicity stunt John boy, but it ain't gonna happen any time soon.
The lazy a_ _ auto companies, who by the way are finally getting what they have coming in the form of no sales should have been working on this one for years, it's called social conscience and more importantly from a sound business standpoint, good planning, unfortunately they don't have the words in their corporate vocabulary. They have employed a strategy of neglect the consumer, bottom line only b _ _ _ s _ _ t voodoo business planning, are now despised by their customer base, and are paying the price in lost sales and market value.
What we really need to do at the same time is drill, yes drill and drill and drill, right here in the good old USA and it's surrounding waters. Develop the oil shale sands here and in Canada, our closest neighbor. Drilling can actually be accomplished with causing massive environmental destruction and the benefit will only be positive for the American public that needs the oil. Green is good, stupid is bad and we have stupid politicians in Washington who refuse to look at the situation clearly. Which brings me back to the good and venerable Senator Warner, his cronies in Washington and what should be done to get the process moving.
Go out on election day and vote. Vote for someone who is actually promising to make things better, not promising change and then not defining what that change is and then giving us all more of the same we have been subjected to for the last eight years. And this little diatribe doesn't just apply to the top job, it applies to everyone, from the president down to local low level elected officials. If they stink, send them packing. If they are pushing stupid agendas, like 55 mile per hour speed limits, vote to old buzzards out of office, since they have only their personal interest at heart. Remember America, the easiest way to get politicians working on our behalf is to strike fear into their hearts through the ballot box. The trick here is this, if a politician does not do what he or she promises, vote the goof out of office on their next election cycle and move on to another candidate until finally some descent people are in office. Party affiliation isn't as important as results and we Americans as a group are the only ones who suffer when we continue to elect bad people.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
If The Trailer's Rockin When Mr. Death Comes Knockin, Don't Open The Damn Door!
I have been gone for the past three plus weeks on what I thought was going to be a short sabbatical and quick cure to a little something I managed to pick while traveling in an unnamed Communist run foreign country in the south of Asia whose name rhymes with "myna", and as I have found out the hard way is a virtual cesspool of pollution and strange diseases. I was visiting several years ago on business at the time of a certain epidemic that rhymes with "bars", when I got just plain sick and thought it to be a simple bronchial infection or so my primary care physician told me. Actually it started out like bronchitis than after several rounds of antibiotics was told it was acute bronchitis and then after several more rounds of antibiotics and now breathable steroids it was upgraded to acute bronchitis and pneumonia. At that point in the progression I was referred to a local Pulmonary guy who was supposed to be one of the top fifty pulmonary doctors in a certain large American metropolitan area, according to some locally published hi-brow magazine that I am now convinced no one reads and only turns up in the magazine racks of doctor's offices to impress their patients with their notoriety while they wait for their appointment to come up, when in actuality they probably got that ranking from the purchase of a large ad in said magazine, kind of like lawyers and their yellow page ad's. Then after several more rounds of antibiotics and a watershed moment when I realized there was no help to be found from one of the top fifty guys in my area I went to a large University hospital where I got many more rounds of antibiotics and very little encouragement regarding a cure for my ailment, and the condition worsening by the month. Well, now that I have that little bit of history out of the way I can get down to the subject for today, and though it seems like sob story Sunday it has nothing to with a sob story at all, just the opposite.
When I finally sought out the best care in the world, yes the world, a whole new world opened up for me, but before that world opening I had several revelations to deal with regarding the human condition and mortality. First I was told that what I have is incurable and that where I am is where I'm at and what it is, is what it is and what it is, is not good, in fact it's really bad. This was not what I wanted to hear since I had taken the initiative to go to this best care place because I had full confidence that they would have me up and running in the blink of an eye. The situation was further exacerbated when I was ushered into one office after another for tests and each person attested to the severity of what I had culminating in a visit to a psychologist's office where I was asked quite bluntly if I had any thoughts of suicide as a result of the diagnosis's I was receiving, that was the low point. I thought as I walked to my car at the end of the day, a very large Scotch on the rocks in a well padded booth in the back of some very dark cocktail lounge would be most appropriate, then I realized I quit drinking thirty five years ago because that lounge idea, as appealing as it was at that precise moment, would only serve to effect a quicker demise. So, before looking for a cliff to jump from I thought it best to wait until the final opinion from the doctor was rendered.
The following day I got the whole truth and nothing but the truth, I was told I could live a relatively normal life if I was willing to alter my lifestyle somewhat, do almost everything I had done in the past with only slight adjustments, good news I would say. Still the most frustrating part of this whole experience was trying to wrap myself around the entire circumstance and get comfortable with the fact that in reality the end could come quickly if there were any further complications. Soooooo, I am on to my new fitness regimen each and every day for the rest of my life, which I hope will be long, prosperous and of course healthy. I walk, lift weights, work on a cardio machine,use a medical device for lung clearing and take whatever medication I am told to use and for the most part I am feeling good, so good in fact that when a car drove into the pedestrian area I was occupying, over the weekend I abruptly brought it to the attention of the driver, then called him an idiot, reminded him that pedestrian's still have the right of way and then told him to go f _ _ k himself for good measure, ah, there's nothing like feeling like your old self.
We all have choices in this world, and since I have no idea whether or not we get a second go around and who knows what we come back as if we do, karma being what it is, I would like to make the best of this one. I was told I could sit down and fade away slowly or I could make adjustments and fight to the finish. I will not go easily.
When I finally sought out the best care in the world, yes the world, a whole new world opened up for me, but before that world opening I had several revelations to deal with regarding the human condition and mortality. First I was told that what I have is incurable and that where I am is where I'm at and what it is, is what it is and what it is, is not good, in fact it's really bad. This was not what I wanted to hear since I had taken the initiative to go to this best care place because I had full confidence that they would have me up and running in the blink of an eye. The situation was further exacerbated when I was ushered into one office after another for tests and each person attested to the severity of what I had culminating in a visit to a psychologist's office where I was asked quite bluntly if I had any thoughts of suicide as a result of the diagnosis's I was receiving, that was the low point. I thought as I walked to my car at the end of the day, a very large Scotch on the rocks in a well padded booth in the back of some very dark cocktail lounge would be most appropriate, then I realized I quit drinking thirty five years ago because that lounge idea, as appealing as it was at that precise moment, would only serve to effect a quicker demise. So, before looking for a cliff to jump from I thought it best to wait until the final opinion from the doctor was rendered.
The following day I got the whole truth and nothing but the truth, I was told I could live a relatively normal life if I was willing to alter my lifestyle somewhat, do almost everything I had done in the past with only slight adjustments, good news I would say. Still the most frustrating part of this whole experience was trying to wrap myself around the entire circumstance and get comfortable with the fact that in reality the end could come quickly if there were any further complications. Soooooo, I am on to my new fitness regimen each and every day for the rest of my life, which I hope will be long, prosperous and of course healthy. I walk, lift weights, work on a cardio machine,use a medical device for lung clearing and take whatever medication I am told to use and for the most part I am feeling good, so good in fact that when a car drove into the pedestrian area I was occupying, over the weekend I abruptly brought it to the attention of the driver, then called him an idiot, reminded him that pedestrian's still have the right of way and then told him to go f _ _ k himself for good measure, ah, there's nothing like feeling like your old self.
We all have choices in this world, and since I have no idea whether or not we get a second go around and who knows what we come back as if we do, karma being what it is, I would like to make the best of this one. I was told I could sit down and fade away slowly or I could make adjustments and fight to the finish. I will not go easily.
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