Monday, January 31, 2011
Quick! Check That Kid's Diaper!
Annie's brother was born just 18 days after her 3rd birthday and newly born Peter Jackson L****** has just arrived home.
Annie was staring at him when her grandmother turned to the little girl and asked, "Is there anything you want to tell your new little brother, Annie?"
The riveting blue eyes under the 3 year-old's explosion of blonde curls focused on the baby as she thought for a second.
"You were supposed to be a girl so I could have a sister. So, Abracadabra, you're a girl!"
Peter's circumcision went without incident.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
OBAMA DELIVERS
Our silver-tongued community organizer in Washington finally delivered on Presidential promises of job creation.
With the help of CEO Immelt, of the same General Electric that owned NBC during Obama’s emergence as a candidate for and eventual winner of camp-out rights in the White House, tens of thousands of jobs were created.
The pyre of broken Obama promises includes one to govern with open doors, but the massive job creation move came closely on the heels of a very secret meeting with former President Bill Clintstone and Chinese Premier Hu, so secret that it was in the living quarters with no one else present.
So G.E. handed plans and high tech assistance for China to create tens of thousands of jobs for Chinese workers, followed by the President creating a consultancy for Immelt to do more goodwill in the name of economic prosperity.
Okay so the jobs were Shangahai’ed but one has to look at the bright side that an election is coming and--since there’s no 2012 census--thousands of former Acorn workers may be able to staff election turnout efforts, unless, of course, President Obama brushes up on his Cantonese (language, not menus) and decidees to run ‘over there’ to capitalize on new admiration from adoring billions.
Once upon a time in the USA, General Electric would have built locomotives. Thousands of workers in paint shops, steel factories, nut and bolt manufacturers, engine plants, window factories... you get the idea.... Our workforce would have dedicated themselves to pride in craftsmanship stamping "Made in the U.S.A." on those locomotives.
They could well have been built to the wants and needs of China. We'd build, China would buy. And those locomotives could have been loaded onto American freighters with cranes and docks manned by American workers.
Things used to happen that way. It just didn't happen. Just recently.
"Tea Party" as a people has shaken the liberal left--albeit not to its collective senses--by [coining a new term, here] creating a platform and pledge of 'Preser-Nation.' to get our once-respected nation back on track.
So what did happen? Somewhere along the line, we got derailed. "We the People" became "Whee! The Government!"
If we are to right our listing ship of State, Conservatives need to deliver on their respective commitments in changing the course of the country from 'wee, the people' to 'wee the Governenment.'
And you really wonder why I want to enjoy my golden years in Mexico, a land of burgeoning with real estate opportunities as their residents cross our border at the rate of 50,000 per month?
With the help of CEO Immelt, of the same General Electric that owned NBC during Obama’s emergence as a candidate for and eventual winner of camp-out rights in the White House, tens of thousands of jobs were created.
The pyre of broken Obama promises includes one to govern with open doors, but the massive job creation move came closely on the heels of a very secret meeting with former President Bill Clintstone and Chinese Premier Hu, so secret that it was in the living quarters with no one else present.
So G.E. handed plans and high tech assistance for China to create tens of thousands of jobs for Chinese workers, followed by the President creating a consultancy for Immelt to do more goodwill in the name of economic prosperity.
Okay so the jobs were Shangahai’ed but one has to look at the bright side that an election is coming and--since there’s no 2012 census--thousands of former Acorn workers may be able to staff election turnout efforts, unless, of course, President Obama brushes up on his Cantonese (language, not menus) and decidees to run ‘over there’ to capitalize on new admiration from adoring billions.
Once upon a time in the USA, General Electric would have built locomotives. Thousands of workers in paint shops, steel factories, nut and bolt manufacturers, engine plants, window factories... you get the idea.... Our workforce would have dedicated themselves to pride in craftsmanship stamping "Made in the U.S.A." on those locomotives.
They could well have been built to the wants and needs of China. We'd build, China would buy. And those locomotives could have been loaded onto American freighters with cranes and docks manned by American workers.
Things used to happen that way. It just didn't happen. Just recently.
"Tea Party" as a people has shaken the liberal left--albeit not to its collective senses--by [coining a new term, here] creating a platform and pledge of 'Preser-Nation.' to get our once-respected nation back on track.
So what did happen? Somewhere along the line, we got derailed. "We the People" became "Whee! The Government!"
If we are to right our listing ship of State, Conservatives need to deliver on their respective commitments in changing the course of the country from 'wee, the people' to 'wee the Governenment.'
And you really wonder why I want to enjoy my golden years in Mexico, a land of burgeoning with real estate opportunities as their residents cross our border at the rate of 50,000 per month?
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Obama Delivers
Our silver-tongued community organizer in Washington finally delivered on Presidential promises of job creation.
With the help of CEO Immelt, of the same General Electric that owned NBC during Obama’s emergence as a candidate for and eventual winner of camp-out rights in the White House, tens of thousands of jobs were created.
The pyre of broken Obama promises includes one to govern with open doors, but the massive job creation move came closely on the heels of a very secret meeting with former President Bill Clintstone and Chinese Premier Hu, so secret that it was in the living quarters with no one else present.
So G.E. handed plans and high tech assistance for China to create tens of thousands of jobs for Chinese workers, followed by the President creating a consultancy for Immelt to do more goodwill in the name of economic prosperity.
Okay so the jobs were Shangahai’ed but one has to look at the bright side that an election is coming and--since there’s no 2012 census--thousands of former Acorn workers may be able to staff election turnout efforts, unless, of course, President Obama brushes up on his Cantonese (language, not menus) and decidees to run ‘over there’ to capitalize on new admiration from adoring billions.
And you really wonder why I want to enjoy my golden years in Mexico, a land of burgeoning estate opportunities blooming as their residents flee across our border at the rate of 50,000 per month?
Saturday, January 8, 2011
God Bless and Damn MSNBC
With tens of millions more exposed to their messages than my own, MSNBC enjoys and exercises the same freedoms of speech as do I.
Goddamn MSNBC for attempting to portray the Tucson mass murderer as a political assassin from the lunatic fringe of the conservative Republican party.
Worse, MSNBC consistently postulates this verbal pus under the guise of normal editorializing current events as ‘news.’
As a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists, this mischaracterization of today’s tragedy inflamed my ire as much as that goofball in SPJ who believes reporters shouldn’t use the term ‘illegal aliens’ because the invaders haven’t been convicted.
“It is what it is,” the pervasive phrase in contemporary American parlance applies in the instant circumstance. Premeditated murders occurred and I’m happy the shooter’s MySpace apology to his friends (posted before 6am this morning, Arizona time) may eliminate this defendant’s hope of a successful insanity defense for an egregious act more aptly labelled “horrific” than political.
God Bless and Goddamn MSNBC
With tens of millions more exposed to their messages than my own, MSNBC enjoys and exercises the same freedoms of speech as do I.
Goddamn MSNBC for attempting to portray a mass murderer as a political assassin from the lunatic fringe of the conservative Republican party.
Worse, MSNBC consistently postulates this verbal pus under the guise of normal editorializing current events as ‘news.’
As a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists, this mischaracterization of today’s tragedy inflamed my ire as much as that goofball in SPJ who believes reporters shouldn’t use the term ‘illegal aliens’ because the invaders haven’t been convicted.
“It is what it is,” the pervasive phrase in contemporary American parlance applies in the instant circumstance. Premeditated murders occurred and I’m happy the shooter’s MySpace apology to his friends (posted before 6am this morning, Arizona time) may eliminate this defendant’s hope of a successful insanity defense for an egregious act more aptly labelled “horrific” than political.
Goddamn MSNBC for attempting to portray a mass murderer as a political assassin from the lunatic fringe of the conservative Republican party.
Worse, MSNBC consistently postulates this verbal pus under the guise of normal editorializing current events as ‘news.’
As a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists, this mischaracterization of today’s tragedy inflamed my ire as much as that goofball in SPJ who believes reporters shouldn’t use the term ‘illegal aliens’ because the invaders haven’t been convicted.
“It is what it is,” the pervasive phrase in contemporary American parlance applies in the instant circumstance. Premeditated murders occurred and I’m happy the shooter’s MySpace apology to his friends (posted before 6am this morning, Arizona time) may eliminate this defendant’s hope of a successful insanity defense for an egregious act more aptly labelled “horrific” than political.
Monday, January 3, 2011
MegaMillions Mega What-Ifs
Were I the Dictator of [sic] Amerika for just 10 minutes, I would have nationalized the Megamillions company, seized its assets, and awarded one million dollars to every tax-filing household in the country using the leftovers to help the homeless and ensure the government didn‘t screw-up the distribution.
It was that much money.
Among those on a potentially long list of people I’m thrilled weren’t winners are my one sister, Charles Manson, Nancy Pelosi, my boss who would not have resigned, Bernie Madoff’s wife, Warren Buffett, Angelina Jolie...and I’m sure you could make your own gratitude list.
Waxing on what could be and now what could have been seems the norm of pre- and post- lotto fever.
This illegal alien undocumented worker Mexican opportunist buddy of mine swore he’d buy rail cars full of wire cutters, night vision equipment and hiking boots for the folks back home.
If the guy behind Move On dot Org had won, I could have only hoped he’d have moved out, but then, I confess I only played for the inherent value of the Megamillions, getting what I deserved, which was a whole 'lotto' hope for a buck.
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