What Part Goes to Heaven?

My blog entries have been missing lately because of health concerns I’ve had to deal with.  I intend to return to posting my blogs regularly.

And as part of patriotic effort to be ‘green’, I’m going to recycle by heavily editing and updating one of my blogs from two years ago.  Amazingly, the gist of the blog is still quite current.

I’m always amazed at the number of people who respond to the Conservative columns and articles on various web sites.  Indeed, I’m amazed at the passion, vitriol, misinformation, lack of logic,  mis-interpretation of events, and  the ability to create something from nothing.  I speak, of course, of our ‘friends’ the Liberals.

Tell me please, were they all born like that?  Or was their Liberalism a taught or conscious effort?  I can’t understand such continual manipulation of reality coming from a serious person.  So, I must conclude that a genetic flaw or a special kind of insanity must be required to be a Liberal.

I was once read an opinion by Dinesh D’Souza about Liberal myths and radical Islam, and it was followed by over a hundred comments of varying quality, mostly the poorly written Liberal kind.  Perhaps Liberals should be forced to take literacy and intelligence tests before being given keyboards?

What I’ve learned over the years is that the radical Islamic Arabs don’t need any particular reason to hate. Their lives are devoted to misinterpretation, misinformation, hate, murder, racism, mysogyny and the expected 70 virgins each in Heaven after they’ve killed themselves [I know.  The last two concepts don't really mesh.]  They’re taught those things from toddlerhood.  I can’t say they’re killing an inordinate number of westerners in Iraq with their suicide bombing—some yes, but not as many as the main-stream media would have us believe.  Actually, they’re killing mostly fellow Islamic Arabs.  And thankfully, such bombings are in decline.

Tell me now, do the above mentioned activities rate high on the list of anyone’s understanding of right and wrong or God?  And for you you pavlovian Liberal reactors, would you like to spend a month living in Bagdad interacting with the populace?

For a moment, let’s assume there are 70 virgins in Heaven for each suicide bomber [Though, I'm not sure how many virgin hunks are reserved for the female bombers.]  And it’s uncertain where these virgins would come from—but let’s skip that problem for this discussion.  If they’re [the virgins] in Heaven to glorify God as passed souls are, why would they be interested in some sleazeball, maniacal suicide bombers of men, women, and children?  And won’t these bombers be missing a few vital body parts as well?  Bombs do distribute “debris”, don’t they?  Since they don’t believe in our Western concept of the soul, just what part of them is going to be in the hereafter or hereunder?  Is Isis or her handmaidens going to be around to put these suicide bombers back together again?  Why would the goddess want to do it anyway?  Didn’t she have enough trouble with her brother Osiris?  [Humpty Dumpty call your office.]

On the other hand, what makes anyone think that such bombers will gain Heaven in the first place?  Is that the kind of Heaven the average Islamic ArabS think exists?  That doesn’t seem quite right.  Heaven is Heaven.  Heaven is a reward for good in its many manifestations.  Murderers need not apply.

But one has to wonder as well, why do the so-called peaceful Islamic Arabs permit this pernicious radicalism to continue?  How can we believe that Islam is a religion and not a cult?  How can we believe that Islam has peace in it’s message?  It’s up to the average adherents of Islam to start showing some common sense, toleration, and a real message of peace.  They need to start actively opposing the radicals.

This farce of a peaceful religion—has been apparent for centuries.

In 1786, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were sent to negotiate with Tripoli’s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They inquired “concerning the ground[s] of the pretensions [of Tripoli] to make war upon nations who had done them no injury.” The ambassador replied:

It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy’s ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.

Another thing I wonder about is the philosophical and scientific thought of the Middle East.  Recently, our President spouted the non-existent contributions to our society by the Muslims.  It was laughable, and proves again this Country is being ‘led’ by a group of amateurs.  Several thousand years ago, some of the Arabic doctors, thinkers and tinkerers were the best in the world.  What happened?  Oh, wait a minute?  The Arabs didn’t invade the area until the 7th century.  I forgot.  Anyway, anything modern in the Arab world seems to originate in the West.  Tell me now.  Take away the so-called ‘Koran scholars’ and what’s left?  Where are the Arab thinkers?  Scientists?  Where are the Arab scientific institutes?  The Arab airplane factories?  The Arab think-tanks? International Arab auditing firms?  The sanctioned Arab Women Rights groups? The large scale Arab Food production?  Anyone taste the new Jordanian Cornflakes lately?

I’ve got nothing against average Arabs mind you [I like the people, their food, and much of their culture], but their radical brethren have done them a great disservice with their criminal activities, as has their adherence to a violent ‘religion.’  As Will Rogers used to say, “I only know what I read in the papers.”  And I don’t see anything that impresses me about the Middle East lately, even with the Liberal bias in most main-stream media news items.  Besides, you don’t have to be among the radical Arabs to be maniacal.  The Iranians aren’t Arabs.  In reality, they’re Persians—from the name of the country before Iran.  I like the old labeling better.  Yet, they’re all Muslims with the associative violent and sexist agendas.  And I wouldn’t be holding a beer and hot dog picnic in Iran anytime soon, despite recent reformist uprisings.

Our interest in the Middle East is essentially based on the need for oil.  There’s no secret about it.  Our national interests depend on oil.  Our military needs oil.  Our industry depends on oil.  Our farms, homes, and consumer product industries depend on oil.  Gasoline; plastics; chemicals; foods; clothing; paints; inks; aeronautical fuel; pesticides; handheld blackberries; computers; telephones; buildings; swimming pools—Can the Liberals shun all these and other related products?  If they did, we wouldn’t have to worry about them. They’d probably lack even the essentials of civilization.  [Though they could still have toilet paper, as long as it's all handmade from dead leaves, and they only use a few sheets at a time.]  The same with all the other Liberals and closet communists around the world.  [Don't worry Ted; scotch isn't made with oil; they use peat for the smoke.]

Alternatives to oil used for energy?  Well, we can’t produce more nuclear power because the Liberals keep fighting plant construction.  We can’t build more dams for hydroelectric power because the Liberals don’t like them either.  And don’t put up any windmills near a Liberal’s home, they’ll spoil the view.  Though a few windmills near Al Gore’s home might be a good idea.  Imagine being able to put all that hot air to good use.

Pundits now say that oil is headed for $250 a barrel.  Imagine that?  And still the Liberals call for more windmills, solar power panels, fewer nuclear power plants, and most dastardly, less exploration and use of our own oil and coal resources.  It seems they want the US to fail.

If no oil was to be found in the Middle East, the rest of the world would probably leave the area alone so the radicals could play King of the sand dune and kill one other—as long as they kept it local, no one would be concerned.  But they probably wouldn’t.  Exportation of terror seems to be an inborn trait and would probably continue no matter what the circumstances.  [Let's see, 70 virgins times a million or so suicide bombers is about 70 million virgins just for the radical Islamic Arabs themselves.  That's a lot of chastity!]

But, stability in the Middle East is now essential for everyone, and allowing the radical and semi-radical Islamic Arabs to kill each other won’t do anyone any good, especially those on the short end of the stick.  So are we there trying to knock some sense into a subjugated people, or to allow them to gain their own freedom and rule with some chance of peace and tranquility for a change?  Haven’t we deposed a maniacal leader who has used WMD in the past [against his own citizens?]  Haven’t we killed a pile of terrorists who would otherwise be killing people in the US and other countries—even more than they do now?

Is everything going to turn to crapola if we leave too soon?  You bet it is.  $10 gasoline would be the least of our worries.  The Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe would feel the effects of unbridled Islamic terror, and they would have no rights left to ask the US for help as they have so often in the past.  And now our President wants to close Gitmo and foist the dangerous radicals back on the American people with all the rights we thought we had, but which are slowly eroding under the Obama administration.  Along with his apologizing for everything else American, I’m surprised President Obama hasn’t apologized for 9/11.

Well King Kong is dead, and the lemurs aren’t big enough.  Now, as a parting thought, why don’t we move the Liberals to the Middle East where they can have love-ins with the resident maniacs and sleazeballs.  To paraphrase Neville Chamberlain: “We could have peace in our time.”

Acme Bread and Milk Conglamerate, Gold, and the Lawyers

I heard these commercials recently.  Yeah, I did!  They’re all over the airwaves.

1.  The lawyers [commercial running every ten minutes, 24 hours a day.]

Have you suffered financially or physically from the new administration’s quest to throw money at, buy into, and socialize everything in sight?  Are you suffering from the constant attacks on traditional religion and free speech, the increasingly accepted aberrant behavior, the loss of Constitutional protections and the higher cost of living?  It’s easy to suffer since the threats are so pervasive.  If so, call 1-800-555-0000 and speak with one of our 32,642 attorneys manning the phones 25/8.  You’ve been hurt, and you deserve satisfaction with a high monetary settlement so you can pay the excessive new taxes due now or in the near future, and help your grandchildren pay off the fast increasing national debt.* As an ad says, ‘Nobody intimidates our clients.  Nobody.’**

*Our 45% of the settlements received fund our payroll of $249,999 per attorney.
** except us

2.  The coin [commercial running every three minutes, 24 hours a day.]

Now available!  A 24-carat gold* quarter-sized coin of the new Presidential administration.  Deeply etched on the front side is the image of the President bowing deeply to an Arab prince because the prince is only one foot tall.  Surrounding the scene are the letters spelling ‘United Socialized States of America’, and in large letters the positive accomplishments of the Obama administration so far or anticipated.

On the reverse are the images of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi [with tiny representations of Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, and Bill Ayres.]  Words surrounding the images convey the accomplishments of the Democrat Congress in the past five years along with the complete list of positive political and social results from Democrats in the past twenty years, and the qualifications of the President for his office.  No state identification is provided because of the uncertainty as to where the President was born.  The images of Africa and a bald eagle with toupe and lead wing weights are in the center, backing the above noted faces.

Buy your collector’s coin or coins at an amazing television direct price of $0!  That’s no misprint folks.  The cost is $0$  Just pay shipping and handling of $2,000 per coin–call now folks, ’cause you know we can’t do this all day.  There’s a limit of 20 coins per caller**, and all profits go directly to the House and Senate Democrat slush fund.  You can’t do any better than that!***

* plated over plastic
** per broadcast
*** each coin is imbedded in pure plastic to prevent fingerprints and examination

3.  The Food Ad

Buy now at great prices!  Buy your bread and milk directly from Acme Bread and Milk Conglamerate.  Pay for ten or more years of bread and milk products now for future delivery.  Avoid the 150% taxes of the Obama administration on these items set to take place in three months.  Selection of breads is large, and costs only $8.95 per loaf; milk and cream productions range from $10 per gallon to $6 per pint.  And as a special for our law enforcement families, donuts are on the menu at only $3 each!  Choices will be stored in our airy, wooden warehouses for free for the selected time period!  Payment in advance is required to avoid the new taxes.  Delivery is free except for the new $200 per order delivery tax.  We use only rehabilitated, electric- and peddle-driven Volkswagon Beetles for these deliveries driven by uniformed grade schoolers.  Call now at the number shown on the screen.  We have warehouses across the country, and our corporate offices are in the Grand Caymens.  We aim to please!  We aim to save you $thousands of the new taxes.  Buy now and receive a free collectors coin—as noted in our previous ad—for only $50!

*Sorry, but freshness and purity not guaranteed.

The sad thing about these ads is that they could all be true.  Our future is in the hands of amateurs.  Please God, bring 2010 quickly.

No Code and the Vices

There are currently several companies advertising their ‘no coding’ blood sugar meters—they’re free, but you have to sign up for regular delivery of and payment for supplies from them.  That’s where the companies make their money.

As for the maligned coding concept, these ads are misleading.  I’m a diabetic, and I still use the meter I was issued several years ago.  I think the retail cost at the time was around $60.  My doctor and diabetes nurse both said it was more accurate than the new ones that permit you to use your arm or other non-finger areas.  Coding consists of opening the test strip box, taking out the little plastic chip at the top, and sliding it into the pocket in the back of the meter.  The meter takes it from there, and that’s the extent of ‘coding.’  So, coding is no big deal.  I’d take my Accu-Chek over any other meter I’ve seen or been told about.  And for crying out loud: designer colors?  “Fun” colors? And quicker?  If you can’t wait fifteen or twenty seconds for the reading, then you’re not really serious about controlling your disease.  They market these meters like color-coordinated cell phones.

As for the finger pricks?  My opinion is that it is a side-effect of having a serious DISEASE!  Life isn’t a computer game, folks.  Diabetics need to keep close tabs on blood sugar and diet.  I’ve seen too many tragic cases of people who ignored their disease until they lost a limb or part of one, or had serious internal problems.  A few pinpricks a day [I use four or five tests; and at last count, I still have ten fingers] reminds you that you have a disease that needs close control.  So, don’t be fooled into thinking you no longer have to spend time in recognition of a serious disease.  Diabetes is not a matter of designer meters.

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There are numerous companies these days—usually on the Food Channel or History Channel—that voice there claims about taking their production for a year and putting the units end to end for a number of turns about the world.  At this point of weary listening, I think that if you took the spokesmen and spokeswomen claiming such things, and laid them end to end, you’d have a ring I could believe in.
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Considering the modern vices created by photos, movies, television, the computer, the internet, the automobile, a large population of takers—well, I think Heaven is going to have more people from the nineteenth century than the twentieth or twenty-first.  But then, I admire the modern concepts of photos, movies, television, the computer, the internet, the automobile, and well-financed medical research [please keep the government away from that].  So, making it to Heaven is a matter of personal behavior, and these inventions and others just test us.  They can be good or bad, but the sad truth is that people are the ones who damage other people, not their assets or inventions.  While being a liberal is a choice and not a sin, it leads to anti-human attitudes and nefarious schemes against religion and old fashioned common sense.  Peace be with you.
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I keep seeing these pleas for money to support animal care and rescue.  I applaud the sentiment and efforts.  But what about humans?  Over the past decades, we’ve permitted baby murder of more than thirty million—and that’s just in the US.  I know some of you readers think that a woman has the ‘right to choose’, but I don’t agree with such an all-encompassing concept.  The right to choose your own medical treatment is one thing.  Murdering an unborn child is another.  No person can play God.  So quit the whining about a right that doesn’t exist with anyone.  Life is paramount.

Abraham We Have Lost Our Way

Hi folks.  It’s me again.  You know, one from the patriotic and disgusted American populace?.  You remember us.  We’re the millions of people who disagree with Congress and the President in Washington as they continue to dismantle our Country.  Each day brings us so much closer to collapse, while our PO bows to foreign ‘leaders’ and gives away the store—including our armament, while sitting idly by while foreign maniacs do their missile tests and continue to defy sanctions.  [Which really don't do any good when you're dealing with maniacal dictators.]  And don’t give our PO credit for the rescue of Richard Phillips.  Give it to the officer on site who ordered it.  It was something that he should have been permitted to do immediately.

According to Homeland Security’s what’s-her-name, pretty much anyone who disagrees with the current dismantling of the Country is a extremist right-wing zealot—and that includes the returning military who are liable to join the radicals.

Sure, she apologized later, but that doesn’t make a bit of difference.  The administration said it because it believes it.  The Democrats lie and cheat and fight every election to disqualify the military absentee ballots, and hide their own pre-election ballots for their candidate so they can be found afterwards.  They’re the dangerous ones.

This administration has shown itself to be against homeland defense, the defense of liberty, and our sovereignty.  Example after example comes to the fore every day.  I don’t need to repeat every item as there are so many: illegal immigration and amnesty; closing of Gitmo and releasing prisoners who will rush to the nearest al-Quaeda cell to start plotting against us; destruction of our national sovereignty; over-the-top spending of our heirs’ money; general mismanagement of the Country’s assets; you name a right, and Washington is currently working to deny it.

Since PO is such a fan of Abraham Lincoln—who’s probably rolling over in his grave—here are a few quotes from our sixteenth President that should be guiding the administration of the forty-fourth president.

- “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”  This should be read and understood by those who handle our welfare systems.

- “Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”  These words should be studied by PO and the those in power in Congress.  None of them seem to understand our Constitution and the guarantees of rights—not the bestowing of rights—the guarantees of rights already in the lives of men and women.

- “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”  Our PO and the Democrat power brokers in Congress should read these words daily and try to understand them.  I know the understanding may be above their ‘pay grades,’ but they need to try.

Oh Oh!  Here comes Thomas Jefferson [President number three] to make his voice heard.

- “A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government.”  I known. I know.  This is quite a mouthful.  But OUR servants in Washington should be understanding the concept and pursuing it in law.  They tax productivity highly, and give the funds away to those who don’t want to work or are here illegally [and those who don't want to work].  [Don't complain.  I known there are worthy cases for welfare.  I'm not against them.]  If these Congressional spendthrifts can’t understand the concept, they should resign their offices.

- “Never spend your money before you have earned it.” Now this is a concept foreign to politicians in Washington.  There efforts can be called: ‘Spend all you can now to install socialism and let your grandchildren and great-grandchildren pay the bills.’

Now, let’s consider our first president, George Washington.

- “If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.”  Tell this to those loonies who want the mis-named ‘Fairness Doctrine’ [---designed to quell conservative radio speech.  The liberals can't draw much of an audience, and thus they go off the air with all sorts of excuses.]  The Liberals and Socialists-in-chief are attacking anyone who voices a problem with this out-of-control administration and claiming them to be ‘right-wing extremists’, and so identifying any dissident voice as ‘radical’ and ‘dangerous.’  Those clowns in Washington are the dangerous ones.

Let us depart with some words of wisdom from Ronald Reagan, our fortieth President.

- “Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.” And the least ‘individuals’ of this country are being sacrificed on the altar of socialism.

- “Man is not free unless government is limited.”  That sounds like a quote from one of the founding fathers, and it says it all.

- “If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” And that’s where we’re headed.  The constant attacks on Christians and any religion other than Islam is running at ridiculous proportions.

- “To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.”  Unfortunately, our current PO took the oath with just that in mind.

Big Brotherism is working hard to destroy us.  And, I’m thoroughly disgusted with these current political activities and fearful for our future—if any.  I can’t get around like I used to, but if I could I’d be at every Tea Party I could find.

Tiddly Winks and Golf

A TV show was making fun of ‘tiddley winks’ the other night.  But tell me, isn’t tiddley winks a table version of golf?  Except for the walking on the grass and hitting the sand traps, it’s pretty much the same concept, and they should be accepted or derided together.  Maybe there’re plans for a ‘Tiddly Winks’ channel on cable?

I find it sad how so many of the modern generation makes fun of and derides some of the pastimes of our forefathers and mothers.  Subject on point.  A hollering contest.  Now, I don’t care one way or the other [a hoot or a holler?] about it, but a lot of rural people like it.  Well, they must.  They keep entering the contests.  And, I might add another comment to you of the younger generations.  There is a difference between ‘hollering’ and ’screaming.’  So, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, or you don’t understand our historical past, please shut up.  What else can I say.

Without televisions, Iphones, blackberries, computer games, this 3G speed and all, most of you from our current generations wouldn’t know what to do with yourselves.  Study at school?  Now, that would be a change we can believe in.
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There are advertisements on television about a language learning system costing about $200 a crack.  I can’t tell how it works personally, but it’s probably sufficient for most people.  My question to the company , however, is about the languages.  You have numerous people giving their endorsements on a number of language modules, but not a single one says anything in the foreign language.  Now, that would surely show how the system works.  but, since the advertiser—along with every other company—won’t show real people, their actors can’t really give you anything personal about the system.
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An alarm company now boasts of it’s ability to create a complete monitoring system.  You can monitor your home in real time with pictures on your cell phone or computer.  Wow!  Talk about giving up your freedoms and protections.  If you can see the pictures, so can any hacker.  Instead of security, I foresee empty rooms at home.  We have to temper our desires for more technology with our needs for privacy and security.  In case you didn’t know, this is the kind of concept setting Big Brother in motion.  In effect, we’ll be giving government a way to keep tabs on us in the name of security.  Big Brother has to come from somewhere doesn’t he?

I known.  I know.  Recently, a woman checked her home via her office pc and saw thieves doing what thieves do, and she called the police.  I don’t know the details after that, but on viewing the video I saw the the thieves leaving before the police came in.  I don’t know if anyone was ever caught.  But remember, if you can see it on the pc, so can a hacker, especially one in radio contact with the thieves in your house.
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My idea of Heaven would be an existence free of Vince for Sham-Wow ["'cause you know we can't do it all day"---though I hear the ad all day and night] and Billy Mays here.  Howard Cosell is already gone and Crazy Eddie is out of the picture.  Having to listen to that group til the end of time is my idea of the suffering in Hades.  But wait!  It’s now the 11 o’clock news film.  Crazy Eddie has been re-born in the ads for Universal Hotel Liquidators!  The fellow’s voice is like the up part of bipolar, and he just seems to be the next generation of annoyance.  The company probably hopes that customers think if they buy enough furniture from him, he’ll shut up.  Well, maybe.  Probably not.
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Financial firms don’t give up, do they?  In a serious, baritoned voice tv ad from a financial firm, the client is concerned about what he sees in the economy and volatile stock market, and the dire predictions for the future.  The advice he gets?  “Don’t let your emotions get in the way of your goals.”  Huh?  Since when is a $50,000 loss in your IRA or 401K a result of ‘emotions?’   And what’s the secondary point of the ad?  Why, the firm’s advisors are willing to get up very early in the morning to give such sage advice as above.

I remember when I was an active CPA, and I was asked to give a short talk to a financial advisor’s clients.  I started with a joke.  “Do you known the best way to double your money?, I asked as I took out a ten dollar bill?”  I then folded it in half and put it in my pocket with the comment:  “Just fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.”  Everybody laughed except the financial advisor.  I was never asked to give a short talk again.  So I wrote a periodic column for a newspaper.
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Want a car for $500?  A house for $199 down?  Yeah, sure, good luck.  These extreme examples–which you’ll probably never encounter—are announced in a serious, low, and calming voice in a television commercial.  Following is the mishmash of a sentence: “an inventory of cars and homes are available now and will be sold to the public.”  Now, despite this first grade composition from grown-up people in an ad agency, what it’s telling you is that when you call the 800 number [I'm surprised it isn't a 900 number] you’ll be able to buy an inventory list.  Of course, there’re no promises that the items listed on the inventory sheets will actually be available when you track down a sales event.  [Good luck on that one.]  So, if you want a decent car or house, I suggest going the standard route.  You’ll sleep better.
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There’s a major store chain advertising about the GE small flourescent bulb to replace our ubiquitous incandescent bulbs.  The major claim is all the electricity to be saved by using the new bulb.  What they don’t say is that each bulb has about 5 grams of mercury in it.  Since one store bragged it had sold 100 million of them, I think it’s safe to assume a total of 4 or 5 hundred million of them out there, mostly in California—San Francisco most likely.

And since many users will just throw away a used bulb—let’s say 50%—that means that a potential of 1.375 million tons of mercury may end up in landfills or the air in our homes.  And that’s being responsible and green?

And so we’re being urged to use hybrid and battery run cars, as if the electricity in the batteries comes from nowhere.  Hey Greenies!  It comes from power plants which you oppose on a selective basis!  That’s where!  [I'm convinced the environmentalists are trying to replace all our existing power plants with those that run on big batteries.]  And they promote natural gas cars, which emit only ‘harmless’ water vapor.  “Harmless?”  Isn’t water vapor a major constituent of greenhouse gases?  Doesn’t it have a direct influence on humidity, smog, rain, fog, etc.?  We haven’t seen a major effect yet because of the dearth of such vehicles out there, but the greenies want more.

We have a normal air pressure [essentially the weight of the atmosphere] at sea level on Earth [14.7 lbs per square inch---that's per square inch of our bodies] that permits us to breathe freely.  When water vapor increases in the atmosphere—thus increasing pressure, something else has to go—since our air pressure at sea level must remain the same.  “The presence of water vapor in the air naturally dilutes or displaces the other air components as its concentration increases.”

In very warm summer air [or excessive use of hybrid vehicles?] , the proportion of water vapor can increase the humidity and result in the stuffiness like we can experience in the jungle [or rain forest or chaparral or primevel forest or boscage] or a poorly air-conditioned building.

Consequently, I believe each battery operated or hybrid or natural gas vehicle spewing out water vapor should include as original equipment: a hygrometer [for humidity], a barometer [for air pressure], car diapers [for water vapor], asthma inhalers for those dangerous breathing times, and a danger sign posted clearly on each door.  We must be careful at all time.  I’m Mr General Science and I approved this message.
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I received a strange item in the mail yesterday.  It was a straight pin, the head of which was ingraved with all the economically accurate statements of President Obama’s administration taken directly from his teleprompter during off-duty hours.  There was a lot of empty space left over on the pin.

And I got proof! It’s a sheet of paper having magazine-cut out letters saying Certificate of Authenticity, just press the reset button.  The written words were barely legible: ‘this is the real thing.’  ‘Overcharge’ was printed over the the phrase ‘reset button.’  And the signature was unrecognizable, though there were tiny pictures of CDs and IPods around it.  A little oak tree watermark was at the lower left corner; and it had a date stamp from sometime in the 1970s
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Do we really need to give up even more of our privacy by having sound amplifiers sold willy nilly?  Just watch the ads.  Snoop on your neighbors.  Snoop on others at a party.  The ad also promotes it for listening to your children at play.  The example shown has a childish attempt of an adult to sound like a child.  Besides, don’t children need privacy too?  Unless your kids are alone, you won’t be able to determine their voices from the others anyway.  And relying on an ear amplifier of questionable quality [it's only $19.99 after all---but wait!  Just for listening, you can get two for the price of one.] might lead you to reduce your visual contact, a sure way of inviting trouble.
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I have nothing against Sarah McLachlin, nor do I have anything against the ASPCA.  I deplore the way some dogs are treated and abused.  It’s unconscionable.  But I’m sick and tired of Sarah’s commercials.  Whenever I hear her sing, all I can think of is her begging for money for dogs and cats.  A noble sentiment gone too long and becoming annoying.  Imagine how many kids we could save instead.  Aren’t they more valuable?

Maybe it’s me, but I find the most annoying commercials are shown endlessly.  I’ve seen some run back to back to back to back.  Help!! Give me a break!
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It seems many advertisers are asking questions in the beginning of their ads expecting you to be interested in the answer.  Well, for starters, if a brand name indoor/outdoor allergy medication wants to know what most sufferers in the United States are allergic to, and two of the choices are peanuts and cats—the other being pollen, what do you think the answer is?  Surprise!  Just what the medicine needs.  And then they repeat the quiz numerous times on the same channel.
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Wow!  Those IRS fighters for you are armed and ready to go!  One women feels that blowing you down with her in-your-face attitude is the way to present herself to prospective clients.  And who are those clients?  Well, one in the ad claimed she saved him $150,000, another $100,000, and the third a quarter of a million dollars.  So why is she advertising on a blue collar television show?  I don’t know, but if you’re having trouble and owe $1,679.80, don’t bother her with it.
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Perhaps I should be asking those willing advertisers, the gold merchants, why they keep promising to pay higher and higher than the other guy.  Look, I realize you guys can’t pay full price for gold.  You have to process it and make a reasonable profit.  I know that.  But what about the jewels on the broken jewelry sent to you?  Do you pay extra for those?  Or do they represent another pure profit portion?  You don’t mention such items in your ads.  Opals, diamonds, rubies, pearls, agates, rhinestones, anyone?
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I believe that among the ‘World’s Dumbest’ entries should be the stations that carries such garbage, peopled by clowns who are not funny, are proud of their lawbreaking, and, in some shows, are commented on by forgettable ex-celebs.  Unfortunately, I catch them on occasion when I’m a little early for the show I really want to see.
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I just heard another lawyer advertisement looking for new clients.  Naturally, the firm’s partners build their reputation up, using the standard client [actor] testimonials.  This time, a women states with a straight face: “…they’re more than lawyers, they’re human beings.”  Well, now we know.  Most lawyers aren’t human beings.  Only those in that particular law firm are.  I wonder what the other firms think about that?

I Fall I Fall O Stay Mee!

The following is for those of you out there who remember something about Madrigals, probably from your collegiate years. I remember singing some at that time, notably the Spanish carol ‘Riu Riu Chiu.’

What is a Madrigal you might ask? The Madrigal has numerous definitions because it has numerous antecedents. Some definitions include: [1] ‘a song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.’ [2] ‘A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music.’ [3] ‘A polyphonic song using a vernacular text and written for four to six voices, developed in Italy in the 16th century and popular in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.’

We’re told that the earliest known Madrigals date from about 1320. The Madrigal form was fully developed by about 1340. We have 190 Madrigals extant from the above centuries.

Some composers of these surviving Madrigals include: Giovanni da Cascia; Jacopo da Bologna; Philippe Verdelot; Jacques Arcadelt; Adrian Willaert; Cipriano de Rore; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; Orlande de Lassus; Luca Marenzio; Luzzasco Luzzaschi; Carlo Gesualdo; Claudio Monteverdi; John Wilbye; Giulio Caccini; Antonio Scarlatti; Thomas Morley; and John Farmer. Yes, I don’t recognize all the names either, but this may be one of the few places where you can find all their full names. I thought adding the flourishing years might be too much.

Madrigals, as popular as they, were went into decline early in the 15th century, nearing extinction around 1450. Because of the influence of Francesco Petrarca’s [Petrarch] poetic style and imagery, after 1540 the Madrigal reappeared and was enthusiastically recognized as the artform we now know it was. As time progressed through the middle of the 16th century, the Madrigal form had absorbed some of the ‘elements of the popular villanella [a form of light Italian secular vocal music] and showed some truely bold experimentation in chromaticism, word-painting and harmonic and rhythmic contrast.’

Giovanni Palestrina c1525-94

Among my favorites is ‘Riu Riu Chiu’, a 16th century anonymous carol ‘arranged in a South American folkloric style:’

Riu, riu chiu, la guarda ribera,
Dios guardo el lobo de nuestra cordera.
El lobo rabioso la quiso morder,
mas Dios poderoso la supo defender;
Quisole hazer que no pudiesse pecar,
ni aun original esta Virgen no tuviera.

Holding a equally pleasurable place in my memory is ‘The Silver Swan’, from early in the 17th century and perhaps the most famous Madrigal from Orlando Gibbons. Although set in various voices, I remember singing it SATB [soprano, alto, tenor, base] in college. The madrigal is based on a legend that mute swans sing only just before death [thus the swan song.] Both the music and the words are probably from Gibbons’ hand.

‘The silver Swan, who living had no Note,
When Death approached, unlocked her silent throat.
Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore,
Thus sang her first and last, and sang no more:
‘Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes!
‘More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.’

Gibbons published the Madrigal in his ‘First Set of Madrigals and Motets,’ in 1612. Some say the last line is a reference to the loss of the late Elizabethan musical tradition that Gibbons wished to have continued.

A third example from my favorite list is ‘Sing We and Chant It,’ another 16th century work, this time from Thomas Morley.

Sing we and chant it                                                               
while love doth grant it,
fa la la, la, la, la, la
fa la la, la, la, la, la                                                           Long Beach CA HS Madrigals
Not long youth lasteth,
And old age hasteth;
Now is best leisure
To take our pleasure,
fa la la, la, la, la, la
fa la la, la, la, la, la

Other Madrigals that I have easy access to [for this writing] are from John Wilbye, and published in 1598. He wrote such attractive works as ‘Adew Sweet Amarillis’, ‘Fly Loue [love] Aloft,’ ‘I Fall I Fall, O Stay Mee,’ and ‘My Bonnie Lass She Smileth.’

Adew, sweet Amarillis:
For since to part your will is,

O heauy tyding,
Here is for mee no biding:
Yet once againe ere that I part with you,
Amarillis, sweet Adew.

From the title above:

I fall, I fall, O stay mee,
Deere loue with ioyes yee slay mee,
Of life your lips depriue mee,
Sweet, let your lips reuiue mee,
O whether are you hasting,
And leaue my life thus wasting?
My health on you relyeing,
‘Twer sinne to leaue me dyeing.

And my final choice of favorites is from Thomas Morley, 1594,

April is in my mistress’ face,
And July in her eyes hath place;
Within her bosom is September,
But in her heart a cold December.

A chilling thought for the Springtime, when lovers meet among the wafting blossoms.

Origins of E T Paull’s ‘The Ice Palace March’

John Philip Sousa was an American bandmaster and composer, born in Washington DC on November 6, 1854.  As a teenager, he apprenticed to the Marine Band, the official band of the President of the United States.  At 18 [1872], he won appointment as leader of the band, and served for twelve years.  In 1884 he resigned to form his own band.  Sousa’s Band toured the United States and Europe to enthusiastic crowds.  Along the way he composed so many exceptional and stirring marches, he became known as the March King.

John Philip Sousa

Sousa composed ‘Semper Fidelis’ [1888], ‘Washington Post March’ [1889], ‘King Cotton’ [1897], and the electrifying ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ [1897.]  Among his other works were eleven comic operas—including ‘El Capitan’ [1896], ‘Bride Elect’ [1897], ‘Queen of Hearts’ [1886], and ‘The Smuggler’ [1882]  The popular El Capitan March came from the eponymous opera of 1896.  ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ was designated  as the National March in 1987, 100 years after it’s composition.

As another contribution to the musical world, he perfected the ‘Sousaphone,’ a spiral circular bass tuba.  Originally known as the ‘helicon’, it was probably developed in Russia with improvements in Vienna about 1849.  Sousa’s design in 1892 made the instrument more portable, thus leading to it’s regular use in marching bands.  Originally of brass, it’s now sometimes made with fiberglass parts to reduce the weight.

His fancified biography movie was produced in 1952 and called ‘Stars and Stripes Forever.’  He died on March 6, 1932 [age 77] in Reading Pennsylvania.  The last march he led was ‘Stars and Stripes Forever.’

E T Paull

Lesser known, but almost as popular at the time, was E T Paull.  Born on February 16, 1858 in Gerrardstown, Virginia, [He died on November 27, 1924 in New York City.] Paull was a composer, arranger, and music publisher.  He was something of a hustler, but his sheet music covers were extraordinary both in design and in the use of vivid colors.  These days, his covers are a collectible universe across the nation.  Sadly, the music inside these covers was not always equal to the artwork.  However, in a society that was into a march fad, his songs and those of Sousa and others were sold regularly. Apparently, though, Paull’s marches were easier to play on the living room piano than those of Sousa.

Chariot Race or Ben-Hur March

His first ‘known’ published march was an instant hit in 1894.  ‘Ben Hur or the Chariot Race’ seemed to come from nowhere.  Until that time, Paull’s name was not on the national radar.  With the huge popularity of the march, however, his name instantly became known.  The Chariot Race or Ben Hur March’ sold 60,000 copies in the first year.  Remember, this was 1894, and that number of sales was stupendous—probably equivalent to a couple of million copies sold these days.

In 1898, Paull wrote and published “The Ice Palace March.”  It was written to commemorate his Mount Vernon, New York home after an Arctic blast froze his water pipes and turned the home into an ice palace.

There has been no Tinsel Town bio-pic for Paull, probably because so little is known about his life, especially before 1894.  But, come to think of it, why should that bother Hollywood? None of the already produced bio-pics has been accurate.  History is normally altered for ‘dramatic purposes’ in each case.

Original 1898 Ice Palace March issue

Nevertheless, ‘The Ice Palace March’ has it’s story.  Below are quotes from several contemporary newspapers.

From the New York Evening Journal

He Went Away Without Turning Off the Water,
and the Cold Wave Did the Rest.

Mount Vernon, N. Y., Feb. 3.—By an odd mishap the handsome residence of E. T. Paull, a composer of music, at No. 210 South Fifth avenue, has been transformed into an ice palace.
It was visited to-day by all the neighbors and friends, who put on their skates in the cellar, ate icycles from the chandeliers and explored the upper chambers to see if the host were not entertaining some Eskimo.
Mr. Paull and his family went South for the winter without turning off the water. The cold wave burst the pipes. It will cost him $5,000.

A later item:

It goes without saying that Mr. Paull was on the next Mount Vernon bound train. As soon as things could be set to rights at his frappéd residence he summoned his wife home from the South and moved in.
The other evening, as his nimble fingers strayed over the keys of the piano in his parlor, he evolved some strains which he considered worth preserving, and which very soon grew into a stirring march, one of if not the best Mr. Paull has ever composed. Then he cast about him for a title. The newspapers had all spoken of his frozen residence as an “ice palace,” why not an “Ice Palace March,” with a view of his Klondike-like villa on the title page.

1924 Re-issue cover

“The very thing!” he cried, and that is how “The Ice Palace March” came to be written. It is now in press. Mr. Paull never lets any grass grow under his shoe leather, you know.

In 1914, the march was re-published with a different cover, this one depicting a large castle built with ice blocks.  Such ‘Ice Palaces’ were popular in many colder states and Canada, and they served as a central features for winter festivals.

Our northern areas are now experiencing severe weather, but for the rest of us winter weather is finished—though I must say that here in Connecticut we experienced a massive freezing rain and ice storm back in the 1970s one May night and day.  I remember ice coating everything in sight—including destruction of most of the shade tobacco crop in the center of the state.  Now, that could have inspired an icy march.

Ice Hotel Main Hall

Actually ice building is still in use.  Each winter, an Ice Hotel is constructed in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, about 200 km north of the Arctic Circle.  The ice comes from the pure water of the Torne River, running through Lapland.

[Ice Hotel Design by Anders Eriksson & Arne Bergh; Lighting design by Julia Engberg, Ola Carlsson Fredén, Kristoffer
Langerbeck, Janne Haglöf & John Pettersson.]

And the whole shebang is an artistic masterpiece each year, never being the same twice in a row.  This coming winter will be the twentieth.  I’m not able to travel there, but a room in the ice hotel runs about $175-$250 a night per person.  Unfortunately, there’s no heat nor any doors, and I don’t know of any special music composed for the icy edifice.  And oh yes, the Kirona Airport is about twelve miles away in case you’re hang gliding and want to stop by.

There are plenty of pictures and detailed information about the hotel at

http://www.icehotel.com/Winter/Home/  [Sorry.  I couldn't master the complexity of a simple insert.  WordPress, change you program!]

Random Comments on the ‘Big O’

Actually, the ‘Big O’ nomen was first applied to Oscar Robinson, a former NBA star when ’star’ was only used to designate true ’stars’, and not every player scoring five points in a basketball game.
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One of the first things the new President did was to appoint Rahm Emmanuel to chief of staff.  Emmanuel is a harsh partisan, and his appointment as chief of staff had been previously denied by Obama during the campaign.  And of course, we’re also supposed to forget his connection with the disgraced Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich—not to mention Presidential friends and confidants Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers.  Naturally, the Obama administration has denied any wrongdoing or connections.

Mark January 20, 2009 as the beginning of the end of America’s superpower status.  Not only that, but an ailing economy will be given a dose of poison.  It’s past health will determine how much damage can be done.  The Liberals have pulled the wool over the eyes of the electorate majority, and now we’re going to see just how much damage the Liberal/Socialists will do to us.
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Seen in a recent email from my brother:

‘PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to the recent economic crisis, stock market crash, budget cuts,
rising unemployment, unstable world conditions, outsourcing of
business, the cost of insurance, electricity, petroleum and taxes of
all kinds, we regret to advise you that the Light at the End of the
Tunnel has been turned off until further notice.

We apologize for any inconvenience.’
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Sad to say, apparently a meteorite landed in Westchester County a few months ago with quite a boom.  The newspaper article was short and to the point, but the comments had a distinctly juvenile flavor.  Virtually all I read were concentrated on the ‘Alien vs Earthman’ concept.  Earth to the newest generations!!  Is anyone there?
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‘Excuses’ is the major new industry in the 21st Century.  True to the Democrat/Liberal way of life, no one is responsible for anything.  It’s always the other guy, be he a business owner, rich man or woman, Republican or Conservative, or average white male.  And that’s part of the problem plaguing the new years of the 21st Century.  Blame it on Bush.  Blame it on Republicans or Conservatives.  Run and hide from the truth.  Be sure you have an excuse when you’re caught.  It was drugs, alcohol or national economic poison pills or the racism—which I see mostly in the black community.  Surely, these Liberal/Socialists were forced on you?  Or did you choose to partake and be sucked into the trap?
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President Obama says that handing out the AIG bonuses is ‘hard to understand.’  I find his comment hard to understand.  During the campaign numerous voices were raised telling all Americans how Obama lacked the experience and executive know-how to run the country.  Being an ego-driven socialist at heart, Obama has added the ‘I’ to ‘run the country’ thus creating a phrase ‘ruin the country.’

Bonuses are contractual in many companies, and in AIG they’re probably going to people who had little or no responsibility for the virtual collapse.  And these are just the people needed to bring the company back to health.  Thus, if Congress is going to tax them 90%, these people might bolt to other companies who actually appreciate their abilities.  Besides, the specific 90% tax is probably unconstitutional.  And it is being put into place to cover the Democrat screw-ups, such as Senator Dodd’s amendment ‘protecting’ the bonuses, and the whole spending spree in general.  If this is a sign of how the ‘government ownership’ will be plyed, the free market system is in for a beating.

Is it any coincidence that some Europeans are calling for the demise of the dollar as an International currency?  And what is Obama doing while these things are going on?  Bowling, picking NCAA brackets, and appearing on a late night comedy-variety show—surprisingly without teleprompters—thus his spoken gaff?  He’s letting his socialist, tax evading appointees to do the dirty work.
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Actually, the public should be hopping mad.  Not about the AIG bonuses, but against the billions of $$$ of pork in the spending bills.  That’s the real waste in the economy. Not only are $$$ being sent for pork projects, money is going to socialist groups like ACORN—though Obama and friends claim to never have known the group.  Obama worked for them, but he doesn’t remember it.  Besides, the current spending spree is very ill advised and not going to solve our economic problems—only expand them.

President Obama is not only spending money like a drunken sailor, but he is presiding over the unconstitutional AIG bonus tax; at least $1 trillion in new taxes—notably on the job and economic providers; a huge deficit and public debt because of the poorly structured ’stimulus’ bills, and everything else he and his henchmen touch.

It’ll be 2010 before we can do anything about this.  And in that election we can at least make our voices heard in Congress.  But right now, if we got rid of Obama, we’d be stuck with the fumbling ninny, Joe Biden.  And after him is screaming mimi Nancy Pelosi, and then the sometimes incoherent socialist Harry Reid—who needs no other introduction.  We have to go down the list until we reach Joe the Plumber before we can appoint a reasonable person.

Good luck my friends, it’s going to be a rocky future.

The Gold-Twin Random Smoking Mysteries

It appears the made-for-tv-sale coin dealers are back again with their half truths and misleading statements.  Case in point is the NCM offer of a 1929 Indian Head Proof for $24.45 delivered.  Though the large print says ‘Last $5 Indian ever struck by the U.S. Gov’t—that is not what you’d be buying.  ‘…Non-legal tender proof is a classic collectible…’  Maybe, depending on what you’re collecting and how smart a collector you are.  These are certainly not real coins nor even completely gold.  The original $5 Indian coin is 90% pure gold, [100% gold would be unworkably soft] while this ‘replica’ is only gold plated.

The term ‘proof’ is also bandied about.  However, much as that would indicate a struck coin proof, this is not the case.  Why?  Because this is not a U S coin!  Furthermore I don’t know what the NCM uses for research, but I question the statement that ‘…With its historic importance, scarce population and unique design, it’s no wonder that one of the original 1929 $5 Gold Indians recently sold for $34,100!…’  You can get an uncirculated $5 gold Indian [the real McCoy] from the Home Shopping Network for $710, a more realistic price to quote.

Again, the NCM states that ‘…There is a strict limit of five Proofs per order. Orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis…’  I found the same ‘gold piece’ being offered on at least seven other websites for similar prices.  And I don’t remember any of them limiting the purchases to five or any other number.  I don’t believe the NCM limitation will be followed.  If you have the money, NCM has the product!  No real limitation.  Just for you, we’ll make an exception.

According to my calculations with the current retail price of gold leaf, I’ve considered one-eighth of a gram of gold leaf per coin.  I sent an email to NCM [1/19/09] asking about the gold content, but I haven’t heard back yet [3/09/09.]  In any case, the bulk-buying cost of an 1/8th gram of gold leaf [1 sheet] would be about $6.  So, your ‘1929 Indian Head Proof’ from NCM has about $6 in gold.  Although I saw the piece for sale on Ebay for $60 [I also saw numerous inexpensive books selling for $1,000,000 each!  A matter of listing order on the database, I suppose], most resales should be much lower than $24.45.

And you can’t accept any claims that the piece is uncirculated, because it’s not a coin, and it would never be circulated in the first place. So, as I noted in my last essay on silver pieces, ‘buy the ['1929 $5 Indian Head Proof'] if you want, but don’t buy it for use or investment.’
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Aren’t you sick and tired—as I am—of these tv ads for lawyers?  It seems they’ll pounce on anything to make a buck.  You see, according to the legal profession—like the Liberals—no one is guilty of anything.  To the contrary, someone else is always guilty—even if the practice or product in question has been accepted for many years or decades without the dubious advantage of today’s Liberal hindsight.

Take cigarettes for an example.  Even as a school kid in the fifties, I knew their use would lead to cancer or breathing problems.  I didn’t need a surgeon general or lawyer to tell me.  Everyone I knew who used cigarettes, knew they were dangerous.  But their pleasure outweighed the danger, so they continued.  And, by the way, I liked Joe Camel and he didn’t entice me to buy Camels or any other cigarettes.  And I’ve never seen any positive proof that children were adversely influenced by smokey Joe.  I like Popeye, but I don’t buy his canned spinach.  Nor do I buy Mickey Mouse coloring books.

Now we have court cases awarding millions and billions of dollars to ‘aggrieved’ parties.  If you smoke, you have no business suing the cigarette manufacturers.  You knew the danger.  Just like we know the danger of driving cars on highways; or hunting; or working in the kitchen; or flying; or entering the military; or riding with a Massachusett’s senator on a Saturday night near water.

Life is a continuous flow of danger, and we have to make our ways through it with a minimum of damage to live a long life.

Besides, what the lawyers don’t tell you is that they’ll take at least a third of your award—if any.  So if you win $50,000, you can say good-bye to $15,000 plus the lawyer’s expenses.  If you win $500,000, you can do the math.  And the expenses will suddenly escalate to the lawyer’s advantage.  Some lawyers will take 40% as a matter of course, so keep your wallets closed.

We have a litigious society simply because the lawyers want it so.  And their Liberal cohorts in office continue to provide opportunities for the public to sue everyone else for real or perceived injuries.  If you haven’t got a case, your lawyer will manufacture one from the flimsiest data he or she can find.  All for your benefit?  Sometimes I wonder.  Meanwhile, resulting prices of our commodities and services will increase to cover the spurious awards—not to mention climbing insurance rates.

Remember, the increasing number of lawyers need more and more litigations to pay their bills and give them lifestyles they think they’re entitled to.  So, stay in bed and be sure you don’t get bed sores.
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I keep seeing these tv commercials about feeding the poor children of the World, such as ‘CCFund’.  It usually bothers me when I see these sad stories narrated by overweight people.  It seems to me, they should be doing a little sacrificing themselves.  Sally Struthers call your office.
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UScoinnetwork.com has an announcer for the Obama commemorative coins who sounds exactly like Obama.  That’s no coincidence.  It’s a clever c’mon to make the coins to have more of a Presidential connection and sound more momentous than they really are.
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There’s a tv advertisement for a to-be-nameless [I don't want the firm suing me!] law firm, you know, one of the millions advertising for mesothelioma cases?  One supposed happy client said it all. “They are more than lawyers, they are human beings.”  So, I guess lawyers are level 1 and humans are level 2?

Drinking the Kool-Aid

I was in a group recently, and several members were extolling the hope and expectations of the Obama administration.  One was so vehement about her support of Obama, I told her she’s either still mesmerized by Obamas speaking or else she just drank the ‘Kool-Aid.’  I thought that was a fair comment to a Liberal who thinks as Obama does, what with the tremendous, pork-filled expenditure authorization and the poor picks for the cabinet and so much more.

So, in her Liberal way, she immediately attacked me for making a racist statement.  Racist?  Where?  When? How?  Apparently, my mention of ‘Kool-Aid’ drinking was racist to her.  I’m not surprised that a Liberal would trot out the race card to avoid talking about something substantive—like where are we going with this $12 trillion dollar debt?  Why do Liberals instinctively throw money at a problem?  There’s no substantial economic stimulus in the so-called stimulus bill, on top of the bailout, and now with talks about a second stimulus bill.

Shades of Calumet Farm and the trouble created by Bill Lunday in the 1980s!  A once successful, glorious and profitable stable was transformed by his excess living and poor management to bankruptcy and almost to liquidation.  Is that what we can foresee from the Obama admistration and Democrat Congress?

By the way, the ‘Kool-Aid’ reference harkens back to the Jonesboro tragedy and later use by newscasters, and commentators in general.  According to Wordspy.com drinking the ‘Kool-Aid’ is “to become a firm believer in something; to accept an argument or philosophy wholeheartedly or blindly.”

That’s the usual usage of the term.  It’s the one I was using.  And you Liberals out there who continually believe that every word out of a Conservative person’s mouth amounts to racism better get your minds cleaned of all the hogwash.
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A few days ago, the new US Attorney General, Eric Holder, called us all cowards because he believes we don’t talk enough about race to each other.  Well, that’s not surprising when you consider that most of us can’t talk about race because the Liberals are out there calling everybody racists—willy nilly.  And to add insult to injury, you Liberals are constantly lying—yes lying!—to others, Liberal and Conservative, about the truth regarding race relationships over the years.  And we’re talking here of blacks and whites, since the current Attorney General is black and most of us are white.  The Liberal purpose?  Why to get black votes, of course.
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One vocal black woman is Frances Rice, head of the Black Republican Association.  She recently gave an interview that can be seen and heard on ‘You Tube.’  She’s saying things that many of us already know.  And it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure this stuff out either.  Simple understanding of history—true history and not the stuff the Liberals try to foist off on everybody!—will easily lead you to the truth about race relations.

It’s well worth going to ‘You Tube’ and listening to this interview.  It may open your eyes.  Below are the links to the interview [it's in three parts], or at least I think they may follow.  Sometimes, I can’t get a link into these blogs.  If nothing shows, then go to “You Tube’ and enter her name, Frances Rice.  That should work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YdEmn7IYOg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2l8NT3XfZE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNbO4RCj0I&feature=related

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