Friday, February 27,
2004
This blog site will
end as of today
Thanks Patricia for sharing your heart with us.
Monday morning after
the Daytona 500.
You may already know
that I am a NASCAR fan. This should not be confused with the
all inclusive title, "NASCAR Dad". I am not a blue
collar, "pry my cold dead fingers off my gun" gun
toting, hunting, fishing American, Republican, Bush/God
worshipping working dad. I do not now, nor have I ever owned a
Confederate flag. Gosh, can you imagine?
I simply enjoy the
sport of automobile racing. I did not enjoy seeing and
hearing driver Rusty Wallace say on Sunday that he did not
believe that Democrats attended the races. Is he nuts or just
sadly without a clue? Probably a little of both.
Anyway, before the race, bush flew in to Daytona. Thankfully
he didn't appear in a fire suit (the colorful fire
proof suits the drivers wear when they drive in the
race). He did however wear a little Daytona 500 jacket and he
did his usual meet and greet with the drivers etc. When
asked if he would like to drive one of the stock cars, bush took the
opportunity to mention that he flew jets when he was in the
Guard. At the mere mention of his service to his country,
everyone watching immediately fell to their knees and praised his
heroics. Not! So the race began and it was great.
My favorite driver didn't win but he did pretty damned well.
So even though bush was in attendance for half the race, it was a
successful event. There was the usual "big wreck"
and thankfully no one was badly injured. I do have two
wishes about this year's race, I wish the politics could have been
left in the garage, and I wish that Rusty Wallace could understand a
bit more clearly the political makeup of NASCAR fans.
***
Would
you like to know where you are on the "Political
Compass"? Go to this site and take the test. You
can take the test on the site, nothing to send in or anything like
that. Be sure to do it in the order they suggest. http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/index.html
This is GOOD!
***
PLEASE,
if you read nothing else this week, you must read:
"No
End to War"
"The Frum-Perle
prescription would ensnare America in endless conflict."
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Here's a little tidbit
to ignite your interest.
"The
guru's reputation, however, does not survive a reading. Indeed, on
putting down Perle's new book the thought recurs: the
neoconservative moment may be over. For they are not only losing
their hold on power, they are losing their grip on reality
"An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror opens on a note of hysteria. In the War on Terror, writes Perle, "There is no middle way for Americans: It is victory or holocaust." "What is new since 9/11 is the chilling realization that the terrorist threat we thought we had contained" now menaces "our survival as a nation."
Go here: http://amconmag.com/3_1_04/cover.html
I would truly like to hear what you think about this article.
Friday, February 13 (yikes), 2004
I couldn't post my blog
last week, so this week I offer two-fers. Below this entry is my
entry for last week. Funny, as I look back at it, nothing has
changed and nothing is outdated. That's sort of the way it's
been lately hasn't it? The "news" isn't news at all to
most of us, it's what we've been saying for just about a year and now
the media is finally saying at least some of it.
Just remember, every
single time you hear the words, "Iraq War", remember it was
not a necessity, it was an option chosen by this
administration. Every death and every debt that has
resulted from this war/invasion is now a reality due to the poor
decision made ultimately by george bush. Please remember that as
you step into the voting booth in November. Just remember those
hundreds of dead soldiers, those thousands of dead Iraqis, and that
forever mountain of debt, as you vote against the man who caused it
all to happen. No matter what he says, bush caused these
deaths and these debts and it had nothing to do with safety or freedom
for the US. Listen to your heart.
If Your Heart Isn't Broken, Check Your Pocketbook
patricia ernest
***
It looks as though
Sen. John F. Kerry (JFK) will be the Democratic nominee for
President. Be prepared to hear a lot of derogatory
"facts" about Sen. Kerry in the months to come. Also
remember that these "facts" will be brought to you by the
same administration who told you that Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction and "we know where they are". Yep, those
guys, the guys who told you all the lies are arming up with some
more. Don't let them fool you again. They will be much
more desperate with their lies this time, because you see, their
jobs are on the line now. They are much more concerned about
their jobs than they are about your safety or freedom or all that
other stuff they have harped about. Beware!
Watch out for streaming lies, flying innuendos and a long hard
slog through lots of bs.
This week we have
learned that all measures are being taken to protect us from hearing
"dirty words" and seeing female breasts. We did not
however, hear what is being done to protect our soldiers from being
sent to invade another country while the President gives bs for a
reason. We did not hear anyone tell us how the hell we will know
what is truth and what is fiction when we hear anything coming from
this administration.
Will you sleep more
peacefully tonight just knowing that you don't have to worry about
someone springing a boobie on you when you least expect it?
What's Ashcroft going to do about this new "threat"?
Is he going to put locks on bras? Is he going to be the only one
with the keys? I do not find the human anatomy offensive.
I do find lies, deaths and debts offensive. I also find empty
headed leaders offensive, especially when they have no ability to
think or to use common sense and as a result they do horrible things
to good people.
***
Saying that homosexuals
should not be able to marry is insane! This is a topic about
which I do not care to hear what anyone else thinks
or says. I have already heard those same lame
arguments when Caucasians and Afro Americans wanted to legally
wed.
What are people so
afraid of? How will two gay people being married harm anyone
else? It won't harm my marriage and it won't harm yours.
So, to everyone who is against gay marriage.....Get over it! Go
about your own business. Better yet, use that energy you have
been wasting on this issue to try to figure out how the hell we can
vote bush out of the white house. Be productive with your time
and energy and just let people be happy, be in love and be
married. Isn't that your Christian way?
***
If you haven't as yet
read this article, please do. It will amaze you!!
Stewardess ID'd
Hijackers Early, Transcripts Show
by
Gail
Sheehy
***
Can You Hear Us Now?
patricia ernest
***
Happy
Valentines Day!
Friday, February 6, 2004
You know, this whole
administration is all icky and sticky. They look ugly and they
act ugly. They tell lies and feel no remorse. People die
needlessly and they don't seem to care. This administration says
that Saddam killed thousands of his own people and this administration
calls that genocide. This administration kills thousands of
Saddam's people and they call that liberation. I guess we
liberated their souls from their bodies or something.
This was the week that CBS didn't
want to show the MoveOn.org ad, so to make up for that Janet showed
something of her own. CBS said they didn't want to get into
politics so they chatted with bush. Janet's breast is exposed
and America takes a giant gasp. Children are blinded and their
mothers screech in alarm. Yeah, just imagine what would have
happened if they had been exposed to the truth in the MoveOn ad.
Kay says there are no
weapons. Tenet says, well who the hell knows what Tenet
said. Bush says we are going to go on the offense rather than be
attacked again. I guess that means if another country even
dreams of having wmd, we will bomb the hell out of their people and
take over any really good natural re$our$e$. Of course if
the country is sitting on a pile of useless rocks then they can dream
all they like. People are calling for bush to apologize.
That's bs, you can't just apologize after you've killed thousands of
people on a whim. If that should be the case, would we accept an
apology from Osama? If he simply sent an ecard stating that he
regretted the events of 9-11 and he commanded those planes be flown
based on bad intelligence...............Would that be okay with
you? It wouldn't work for me.
I suppose Dr. Dean should have
never made negative comments about big media, because after he did
they rolled right over on him. They screamed him to death and
then they said they had played the tape ten zillion times without
explaining that the real sound in that room that night was so
loud that no one there even heard Dr. Dean. Nice going media
folks, notch one up for you! Too bad you wouldn't play all the
goofball stuff bush says about half a zillion times.
I think we actually have a chance
in the election to send bush home, but I don't envy the Democrat who
moves into the white house. Imagine the mess he is going to have
to clean up. Since bush has soiled everything he has touched
since he got there, it's got to be a disaster. Clean up in the
First Aisle! The economy, the environment, jobs, war........it
makes me tired just to think about it. We can do it, we've
done it before. We must work together and bite all the bullets
we'll have to bite. It's like cleaning out your
closet. The first thing you do is pull everything out, sort
through the stuff and toss what you don't need (John
Ashcroft). Once you see what you have to work with,
you can make a plan for what goes where.
Friday,
January 30, 2004
Today my niece's fiance'
leaves for Iraq. God, I hate to write those words.
This week we were given
proof that none of our soldiers should have had to go to
Iraq. If this administration truly believes that they were
given bad info about the wmd, why aren't they calling for someone's head
instead of changing the reasons and playing around with the
facts. They are like children spelling out their reasons with
alphabet blocks. Each time they spell out one of their
reasons for going to war and the truth scrambles their blocks, they
quickly rearrange the blocks to spell another word and another
reason.
This is getting so lame
that they are trying to justify their invasion based on the possibility
that Saddam was "harboring thoughts" of obtaining
weapons. Harboring thoughts? Have you ever harbored a
thought that would be considered anti-social or illegal? Have you
even simply thought about doing something like that? If you have,
you really should consider turning yourself in at the nearest police
station. Walk up to the first officer you see and explain to him
that once you got so angry with someone that you thought to
yourself, "Damn, I'm so mad that I could just
shoot him for doing that". Explain to the officer
that you are no longer a gun owner, but you still had this bad
thought. Tell him that the thought sailed directly through your
head and you are now aware that thoughts about doing bad things are
against the law. You can explain to the officer that you had not
been paying attention to our new laws and you had been under the
impression that everyone still had all those silly things like freedom
of speech. Try to explain that you didn't know we had given
up all those luxuries up in the name of fighting
terrorism. By the way, what is the score now between us
and the terrorist? If we are still afraid, who's winning?
***
There's so much anger here
in the US, and yes much of it is justified, but we need to begin
to use this anger to produce a positive product. Just
ranting to be heard ranting isn't going to be productive. We
really should harness the energy produced by this anger and use it in a
persuasive way. Use it to write letters, use it to work for you
favorite candidate, use it in some way to produce success for your
cause. Someone once said, if you want people to listen to
you, you should whisper. If you think about it for a minute, it's
true. If someone is speaking softly, you will exert more effort to
hear their words. If someone is screaming at you, you will want to
move away from the noise. Maybe it's time to stop screaming words
and begin to speak a bit more softly and with a bit more
substance. Instead of screaming that bush is an idiot, which by
the way, he is, why not try softly explaining what brought you to
that conclusion. Being convincing is much more difficult than
being angry, but it's much more productive.
***
I have come to the
realization that apparently the only people truly concerned about the
war in Iraq are those who have friends of family in the military.
Celebrity court cases seem to matter more to the general public
more than our soldiers do. Is that the truth or is that simply a
concoction of the media? Courts handle trials, not the
public. So why does the media feel that it is so important that
the public know every single detail about every single celebrity
case? I believe if the media was as concerned about the
questionable circumstances of this war as they are about Martha
Stewart's finances, our world would be a lot better off as a
result. The outcome of Martha Stewart's case effects Martha
Stewart, the outcome of this war effects the world.
***
Cat lovers and smart
people, have I got a site for you!
If you're a cat lover, and
if you aren't you will be after you visit this site and see
the "Friday Cat Blogging". While you're
there, read the articles and learn. The photos will warm your
heart and the words will expand your brain, You can't beat that,
can you?
Visit here: http://home.earthlink.net/~publicdomainprogress/
***
In Our Name
http://www.opednews.com/patricia0104_bush_deadly_deception.htm
contact Patricia at nesters@bellsouth.net
Wed. Jan 28
Senator Durbin Rocks for MoveOn
Senator Durbin (D) of Illinois stood on the Senate floor today and expressed his feelings regarding the MoveOn.org ad. The Senator feels that the ad should be shown on CBS during the Super Bowl. He had a large blown up poster about the ad and he advised that anyone who agreed that CBS should reconsider their refusal to show the ad should write or call CBS. He gave the address and phone number for CBS . All this was shown live on C-span.
We all should email Sen. Durbin and thank him for what
he did.
You may email him at dick@durbin.senate.gov
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO TELL HIM THANKS!
patricia
Friday, January 24, 2004
Before I start the weekly rant and rave, please consider
going to the following site, and if you can please sponsor a
Valentine for a dog who spends his life chained in a yard.
If you know the address where a dog is chained, tell them at Dogs
Deserve Better and they will mail that dog a valentine and a
treat. If you don't know of any dogs who suffer like that,
that's okay just send them a donation for their work. The
Valentines range in price from one for three dollars to twelve for
twenty dollars. Their goal is to send out 2000 Valentines, I
think we can help them do that, don't you? Just go to the
site and see what your money will do for a dog that is made to
live at the end of a chain. On Valentines day you'll
have a smile on your face all day because you did a really nice
deed, and somewhere a little dog will get a doggie treat and
perhaps a better way of life. The organization is
"Dog's Deserve Better" and they surely do. The
site is http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/hearts.html
This is a paypal site or if you like, you may call
toll free 1-877-636-1408 and
send a check.
My dog Murphy and I thank you from the bottom of our
hearts.
***
This has been a week of ups and downs. Depending on
who your candidate for President might be, you have either had
reason to celebrate or reason to work even harder. Do both!
Watching the state of the dysfunctional union address
on Tuesday night should have encouraged you even more to work
just as hard as you can to make a change, because we owe our
country that much. In 1961 during his inaugural address,
President Kennedy said, "And
so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for
you--ask what you can do for your country."
This is
another time to ask what you can do for your country. The
answer is work, work, work for your candidate, and no matter who
the final nominee should be, please work just as diligently for
him. Please don't give up, instead give your time or
financial support or anything that can help. No matter what
we do, we can't be guaranteed victory, but we will know that
we gave it every ounce of energy we had and we did our best.
Doing your best is as good as it gets! "United we stand"
never sounded so good, did it? We can do this thing and we
have to, because four more years of this administration is not an
option it's a nightmare.
***
There is a story you really must read. This story
will open your eyes to just how bad we look, it sure did open
mine. Have you ever wondered what we look like to children
in another country? It's time for you to see. Just
click this link and let me know how you feel after you read
the article. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=127&ncid=742&e=7&u=%2Fuclicktext%2F20040121%2Fcm_ucru%2Fsufferthefrenchschoolchildren
***
Below are two articles that I wrote this week, and they
pretty much sum up how I feel about a lot of things that are
happening in our country. Don't ever forget, it is
still OUR COUNTRY no matter what the bush administration may
want you to believe. The Supreme Court may have hired them,
but we can and must fire them! I am not ready to
give up on democracy, I'm ready to believe in it once again.
***
Bush Blows! Is It Holy Smoke or Wholly Smoke and Mirrors?
http://www.opednews.com/patricia0104_bush_blows.htm
***
WMD is All We Found Last Night
Friday, January 16, 2004
War? Don't Even
Think About It!
****************************************
Here's Why You Feel Like You're Going Insane
No one reading this was surprised by what Mr. O'Neill said on
"60 Minutes" this past Sunday night. We knew all
of this because we read, we listen, and mostly because we aren't
stupid.
Here's how I bet your thought processes went. First you
heard the words from Mr. O'Neill, then you said to yourself,
"See, I knew it". After the euphoria began to
evaporate, you realized the harsh truth. Nothing will come
of this. None of those sleeping, drug induced by safety alerts
and color codes, Americans will give a damn. The media
will just spin the story about O'Neill. The administration will
just smear O'Neill, and bottom line, we'll be exactly where we were
before this book came out. Do you feel any consolation in the
fact that you predicted it just right? I don't either.
Do you realize what this means? It means we're becoming
accustomed to this warped new world. We are subconsciously
accepting the fact that truth is not important anymore. How sad
is that? When did America cross out truth as an important
virtue?
The media is no longer held responsible for telling the
truth. The administration is no longer held responsible for
telling the truth, and we're no longer expecting to hear the
truth. What happened? When did we give up on
truth? Is that word even relevant anymore?
Remember when you were a little kid and your parents put so
much emphasis on that word, truth? I can still hear my mother
and father asking me, "Are you telling me the truth?"
Sometimes I was and sometimes I wasn't, but the times that I wasn't
were times when there was hell to pay. If I
admitted the lie to them, they would take action. That
action would become a reminder to me of what would happen if I
lied again. If I didn't admit my lie to them, my conscience
would haunt me until I just had to tell the truth and get rid of the
dread of the consequences. But, the result was that it
worked, I learned to tell the truth to the best of my ability.
You probably learned this lesson in a similar way. And because
we both learned to be honest, that's what's driving us insane
with this administration. That's why it's just so damned
frustrating. We just don't understand how this
administration can lie out loud and receive no punishment.
We wonder what kind of person can lie about just about everything and
feel no remorse, no guilty conscience. Just lie and nothing
happens. President Clinton lied about his sexual affair, he was
found out, and then he had to face the consequences. You may
think that the administrator of the consequences was too harsh
or not harsh enough, but either way, there were consequences.
Some may say that the bush administration has
been misleading, some may say that they misspoke, but those
of us who were taught to tell the truth just call it what it is, a
lie. A lie is not the truth no matter how you spin
it. But it seems the bush administration has decided that
lies are necessary in today's world. These aren't lies that are
beneficial to national security or to the welfare of the American
citizens. These are lies that are beneficial to the bush
administration. And the worst part is that they know that we
know that they're lying, and they're just basically laughing in our
faces. That's frustrating because it means that they have no
conscience and they fear no consequences. When our government
disregards truth and faces no consequences, what kind of government do
we have? It would appear that we have a government that has
disengaged itself from the American people and has become an
independent corporation. This corporation is definitely a
for-profit business at the expense of us, the American people.
We are working for a corporation and there are no rules in our
favor. We have been, and will continue to be, used at their
pleasure and for their benefit. We have no recourse. There
was a time when we could have turned to the Constitution, but each day
the Constitution becomes weaker, as it's strength is sucked dry and
it's words are deflated. The Constitution has also become a
victim of this administration's independent corporation. The
Constitution, along with the American citizens, have become fodder for
the success of this administration. Fodder that has been ground
up and fed into this administration's gluttonous corporate
machine.
No wonder we feel frustrated and angry and fearful of this
administration. No wonder we feel like we are going
insane. We are living in a world where the values we learned are
no longer valuable, and those who should be leading our country toward
prosperity have turned our country into nothing more than a tool for
their own personal wealth and fame. For the first time in
our lives and maybe for the first time ever, our government is no
longer responsible to us, the citizens. They have taken away our
power to hold them responsible. Ours has become a country
where truth no longer matters, and where our government is
no longer responsible to us, it's citizens. There was a time
when we felt we had some strength at the ballot box, but even that has
become seriously questionable. All things have changed, all
rules have changed, and all of our government has changed.
This is a country out of our control. and that's why you feel
like you're going insane. Trying to understand it all,
trying to make sense of it all, and trying to determine how to
change it all, is enough to make anyone feel as though they are going
insane. But, take heart, you are not insane, and you aren't
going insane. You are just an American who cares deeply about
truth and justice, and there is absolutely nothing even remotely
crazy about that. You're not insane
because you care, in fact you would be crazy if you didn't.
****************************************
Now, just for fun or maybe not.......
Bush legalizes illegal aliens in this country in hope of
winning their votes.
Bush sends space ship to Mars. He hopes to find life on Mars
and to win the Martian vote.
Bush makes tax evasion legal in hopes of winning the
evader's votes.
Bush sends man back to moon to look for moonies and to win their
votes.
Bush resends conviction of drug smugglers hoping to win the
smugglers votes.
Bush looks into thawing cryonic patients hoping to get a"head"
at the polls.
Bush to ramp up space programs in hopes of winning the vote
of space cadets.
Bush to offer Sadam a reprieve in hopes of winning his vote.
Bush suggests making Iraq the 51 state with the hope of winning
Iraqi votes.
Bush also suggested making Alaska a state, but is told that
already happened in 1959. Bush still hopes his suggestion will
garner votes in Alaska.
Bush determines that felons aren't all that bad after
all. After he frees them all and restores their voting
rights, he hopes to win their votes.
Bush announces plans to build a steel ceiling over the entire United
States in order to win steel workers votes and those of the paranoid
population.
Bush refuses to ban beef after the Mad Cow discovery in order to
garner votes from physicians and morticians.
Bush is looking into giving citizenship to all prisoners held in
Guantanamo. Bush says since they haven't really been charged
with anything, why can't they vote? Bush is hoping to garner
the votes of these detainees.
Bush suggests lowering the voting age to three . Bush is
hoping to garner favor with the "Tickle Me Elmo" crowd.
According to Pat Robertson, God has said that bush will be a
clear favorite in the 2004 election. Is it that bush
doesn't trust God's word or is bush just covering all the
"bases"?
Friday, January 9, 2004
Things You Told Me This Week About: "Most of
the World Thinks Bush Sucks. Why Don't We?"
http://www.opednews.com/patricia0104_Bush_Sucks.htm
http://www.opednews.com/patricia0104_Bush_Sucks.htm
After the piece about bush being considered sucky by so much
of the world was published last weekend on this website, I heard from
many, many readers. You guys shared so many opinions with
me, that I thought perhaps you would like to know what each other
said. Sort of a protracted, "talk amongst yourselves"
deal.
One anti-me, anti-liberal, anti-reality letter declared
that basically all the ills of 9-11 could be traced back to President
Clinton's zipper. Yep, the writer connected the dots to
zipper-gate. Gee, talk about earth shaking sex!
Now here are some other things you told me. You told me
that the folks in Canada are truly nice people but
they aren't at all happy with bush. They truly like
Americans, they just don't like our American president one bit.
Many vets wrote to tell me that they are very unhappy with
this administration, and bush in particular.
I received several letters from teenagers and they are not
enchanted with bush.
I received a letter from someone who had moved to the US from
a South American country. That person was not happy with bush.
I received letters from all around the US and the world, and
the general theme of most of those letters was fear. Not fear of
terrorists or terrorists attacks, but fear of what was happening to
our country and our freedoms. I share that fear as well.
I read every single one of your emails and responded to as
many as I could. I did not respond to the person who suggested
the zipper theory. What could I say? I also did not
respond to the person who told me that I had been given bad info, and
that the world does not think bush sucks. What could I
say? I couldn't respond to these two individuals because if they
haven't "got it" by now, nothing I could say would change
their mind. Remember, there are people in this world who will
still argue that the earth is flat and that man never landed on the
moon.
If all the emails I received, save the two I just
mentioned, are any indication of the mood of America, I would venture
to say that it would not be wise for bush to renew any magazine
subscriptions to his Washington address beyond this
year. If the tone of the election follows your emails,
bush will be able to spend lots and lots of time clearing brush
from his ranch next year and every year thereafter.
***
(some of the following is satire, kinda)
In response to fear of forest fires, bush has all trees
chopped down in all forests.
Following suit, in response to fear of SARS, China has
all civet cats killed.
And then, because one calf is suspected to have been exposed
to mad cow disease, they will kill 450.
The moral of the story is when you have a problem eliminate
every damned thing associated with that problem.
Why is bush still allowing pretzel manufacturers to roam free?
***
So now foreign people flying into the US will be fingerprinted
and photographed. Isn't that the first thing that happens to
someone once they have been arrested? Will doing this now
save time later?
How long will it be before all people in the US will be
photographed and fingerprinted before boarding a plane?
There are about 27 countries that will be exempt from this new
process. What's to keep terrorists from going to those countries
and then flying to the US?
Is this about national security for real or is it just
another security blankie for us to grasp on to so we'll feel all safe
and cozy?
***
This just in. The Bush administration, in order to try
to rewrite history and to calm fears over Mad Cow Disease, has
determined the original diagnosis was wrong. The cow will
henceforth be described as only mildly irritated.
In the same vein, wmd will henceforth stand for Water, Mud
& Dirt of which much was found in Iraq.
"Mission Accomplished" was not a statement about the
war, it was a coded message and when translated the message reads,
"We're in deep sh*t in Iraq!"
***
Oops, hey I forgot something. I forgot to wish you all a
Happy New Year. We can all wish for it, but unless the soldiers
come home and bush is kicked all the hell out of the
whitehouse in November, it won't be all that happy, it'll just be
kinda new.
My friend who has been in Iraq for what seems a lifetime
is scheduled to come home this spring. That's grounds for
major celebration. Another friend will be going to Iraq at the
same time this one is coming home. Who is going to stop this
madness? Are we going to be living in a world of anxiety
forever? You know, I think there are people right here in
the US who are just stupid and uninformed about the war. I
really do, because anytime you hear someone say things are going well
over there, they have to be clueless. When people are killing
each other, there is nothing well about it. It's sick!
***
I've decided to show you two emails that I received. I
have removed the sender's names to protect their privacy. I
think this is the very best way to demonstrate the attitudes of both
sides. We always hear that Democrats and anti bush folks are
angry and mean. Well, check out these emails and you decide who
has been naughty and who has been nice.
" I hope that America wakes up soon and realizes what they
are doing to this country. I am a little afraid though of them
controlling the outcome of the next vote. One way or another
they will do whatever it takes to win. We've already seen
that. Why does the corporate media keep referring to Iraq as a
war? That almost gives it some kind of twisted validity.
It was an invasion and occupation, to the likes of nazi Germany
or the Japanese empire that we so adamantly oppose.
Anyway, please keep trying to get your message out to the naive
American public."
And then I received this one:
Ms. Ernest............
You speak of "Spewing
Venom"?
After scanning your diatribe I felt
like taking a hot shower...to wash YOUR venom off ME.....the
reader!
I doubt there's much
"laughter" in your house to share.
And I'm certain of this:
If your loving dog and cat
could/would somehow declare themselves as supporters
for "bush",
you would kill them in a minute!
You are a strong example of what is
wrong with the Democratic party, lately. Your hatred is so
intense. Your party politics (NOT patriotism) is so
glaring....and vicious.....that no reasonable person could ever be
influenced by your nasty nonsence.
Keep writing this stuff, Patricia.
Keep putting it out there. It's the next best thing to
Fedexing another box load of electoral votes to our commander
and chief, President George Bush!
(I'll bet you put your husband's name in small-letters too!)
So let's look at these two emails for just a minute. The first
one is very similar to many, many others I received. The
second one is not. I believe that the second
email is very telling . Doesn't this give a bit of a
twist to conventional thinking about who is angry? Could it be
that even hard nosed bush supporters are frustrated with their man,
because he has let them down? Are they in such denial that
they have gone mad, and become just all out mean? Looks like
it to me. When someone tries to win an argument by making
personal attacks, that's a good indication that they have no facts
to work with. I think that's pretty evident in this second
email. No wonder the writer supports
bush, they seem to have the same philosophical
attitude. When you feel you are losing control, don't
deal with the facts, create lies and then just attack.
Now, without fanfare or ceremony I shall bid it adieu,
and introduce the second email to the "delete" key
. Let's move on.
One Big American Burger to Go
But Hold the Freedom Fries
You should not eat beef because our government, due to their love for the livestock industry, ..........
"All told, the livestock industry in 2000 gave $4.7 million to federal candidates, with 79% of that total going to Republican candidates. George Bush was the largest recipient of any candidate that year, getting about $253,550 in donations." http://econ4dean.typepad.com/econ4dean/2003/12/mad_cow_lobbyis.html
let some bad stuff happen.....................
"Legislation to keep meat from downed animals off American kitchen tables was scuttled - for the second time in as many years - as Congress labored unsuccessfully earlier this month to pass a catchall agency spending bill.
Now, in the wake of the apparent discovery of the first mad-cow case in the United States, the author of the House version of the cattle provision wants to press the issue anew when Congress returns Jan. 20 from its winter recess. The massive, $373 billion spending bill covering several government agencies is still pending in the Senate.
"I said on the floor of the House that you will rue the day that because of the greed of the industry to make a few extra pennies from 130,000 head, the industry would sacrifice the safety of the American people," said Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., chief House sponsor. "It's so pound foolish."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1224-09.htm
And, now Mad Cow Disease had been confirmed right here in the US. The disease was discovered in a downed cow that was sent to slaughter. The word from the administration has basically been, "Don't worry about it. We have everything under control. Move on, there's nothing to see here."
Imagine the uproar if the French had discovered a case of Mad Cow Disease in a French cow, and word was out that some of that beef had been sent to the US. Would everyone continue to eat beef in that situation? Hell no! People would be screeching and ranting about diseased "freedom" beef. I would bet a zillion dollars the entire US administration would be calling for French beef to be banned from this country. You know they would.
Meanwhile, we see pictures on TV of people happily munching giant cholesterol dripping chunks of flame broiled cow flesh and proudly explaining how they "ain't afraid". Well, that's just dandy if that's what they want to do, but personally I think I shall not. I find it amazing that the leaders of approximately sixteen countries think that US diseased beef is a possibility, but the US does not. Isn't it kinda funny that a country the size of Japan is protecting its citizens, but no one is protecting us? Are bush's cowboy pals more important than you and I? Is it better to protect the cowboys' saddlebags full of money than to protect our lives? Apparently it is.
The sad news is that lots of people believe every word that comes from this administration. Even after they have lied about so many other things, even after those lies have been exposed, so much of the public continues to believe. It's very sad and it may be dangerous. It has been in the past.
Imagine all those tailgate parties during Super Bowl Sunday. Let's fast forward to a possible interview out there in super football world. The camera pans in on some fans all standing around the grill with cold beer in hand or at least near by. The lid is closed on the steaming grill. The interviewer approaches the group and speaks to the man who is tending the grill.
Hey there you frisky football fan. What's your name, and what's on the menu today?
Hey man. My name is Ronald. We're cooking hamburgers and hotdogs and spare ribs.
Well Ronald, are you concerned about the problem with Mad Cow Disease?
Hell no, we're all Americans here. If our President says the beef is safe, then it's safe.
Ronald are you aware that many other countries have banned the importation of US beef until it can be proven that it is safe?
Ah come on, what the hell do they know? You think our government would lie to us about something like that? What TV station are you with, some commie station or what?
No Ronald, I'm with a tried and true American TV station. I was just curious why you would feel that beef is safe when so many countries around the world do not. Why do you think those other countries do not believe the words of bush and of the cattle industry?
Well, I'll tell you whut! I think that they are just envious because we got him.
We got who?
We got Saddam in that hole in Iraq.
Oh, so other countries are banning possible diseased US beef because they are envious that george bush found Saddam?
Yep, they sure as hell are. See, george bush had the big brass ones to do it when those panty wearing UN folks did not. Man are you out of it. Don't cha remember 9-11?
Well Ronald, if you will recall, george bush said that Saddam had wmd too, and that turned out not to be true. So perhaps this thing about the beef being safe might not be exactly true either. Perhaps the administration is trying to dupe us again so that the beef industry will not lose money.
What the hell are you talking about Jack? They found those weapons in Iraq. That guy, I can't remember his name right now, but that guy who we sent to find stuff found them. Man, he wrote a report about it and everything. He found all kinds of stuff. I can't remember all the kinds of stuff he found but it was a lot.
Okay Ronald, enjoy your party. Oh, by the way, are you serving French fries with your other dishes today?
Hell no! I wouldn't eat nuthen that came from that pansy country. I poured a whole bottle of French wine right down the drain just to show those bastards how much I hate them. I spent a couple a hundred dollars on that wine and had it for a year but, I said hell, it's worth it to pour it out and let those fairies know just what I think of them.
Ronald do you really think that wasting a bottle of good French wine made a difference in the big picture?
Damned straight it did! Now you go on cause we gotta eat. If these burgers stay on the grill any longer they'll be too damned done. Ya know real men eat em so raw they still got blood dripping out of them. That's the American way to eat meat. Yes sirree, gotta eat em' so rare you can almost hear them moo! And, one more time let me tell you, there ain't gonna be no damned Freedom fries served at this American party. No sirree!
So long Ronald, nice talking to you. And good luck!
(picture fades out, interviewer just slowly shakes his head and walks away)
patricia
The Difference Between the "Delete" Key and the "Reply" Key
Back in July of this year, I was asked by this website's owner, Rob Kall, if I would like to have a blog site. After serious, deep and deliberate soul searching, which lasted for about 10 seconds, I said, "yes". Shoot, who wouldn't love to have a site on the internet where one could just spout off about all sorts of things? I was excited about it! I had written things for other websites in the past, but not on a regular basis. This had great fun potential!
So I began writing my little tirades about the administration, the treatment of our military personnel, and everything else that drove me nuts. Within only a few days, some of you started firing back at me via email. Mostly it was friendly fire, and for that I was grateful. Some emails were complimentary, others were rather rude, and some, I must admit, I had no clue what they were about.
Then one day, this past October, I had written something that seemed to please a lot of people. I was getting all sorts of nice emails, and okay, I was loving it! My ego was sort of dancing around and smiling and having a good time. Then, I received a particular email. The writer, let's call him Mr. E., described himself as a retired vet. He told me that my writing was too angry. He wanted me to tone it down a bit. And, real quick I'm thinking, "Hey, who are you to be ragging on me? Look, all these other folks are writing all these sweet messages, and you're telling me to calm down?" But, his message came across in such a way that it was not so much negatively critical, but more like positive and constructive. It didn't make me feel defensive or angry. The tone of his message had an undercurrent of kindness. Many of the critical emails that I receive are introduced to my "delete" key, but for some reason I held on to this email for a day or so. When I brought it back up on my screen and read it once more, my fingers were eager to hit the delete key, but my heart jumped in and said, "Hey, not so fast! Why not hit the "reply" key instead?" Do I hit delete or reply? Finally I opted to hit reply. It was one of the best decisions of my life!
I replied with a short and sweet message. I wrote, "Thank you so much for writing to me and I appreciate your criticism." I felt pretty good about that, because I had not ignored the writer, and I had let him know that I got the message loud and clear. I hit the "send" key, and never thought much more about it.
A day or so later I received a message from Mr. E. In that message he wrote the following.
"Mozart would not be considered a great composer if everything he wrote was to be played fortissimo. Let me give another example. Instead of calling George W. Bush a miserable rotten sonofabitch I prefer to lay out the evidence so the person to whom I am talking says,"Why, that miserable rotten sonofabitch."
Upon reading those words, I said to myself, "Oh my, this is a person to whom I must listen ". And I have until this very day. Since October, Mr. E and I have become the best of friends. He is the epitome of everything one believes a gentleman to be. He has shared literature with me, he has shared philosophy with me, and best of all he has shared laughter with me.
As the holidays were approaching, I got up all my nerve and asked Mr. E. if it would be all right if I sent him a Christmas card. He seemed as delighted with the idea as I was, so we exchanged addresses and we exchanged Christmas cards. But, there was more. Mr. E. loves music, real music! He loves jazz, and blues and big bands. He just loves it all! Last week I received five cd's he had made for me of all his favorite pieces of music. Along with the music came little histories about the songs and the musicians. I mean, isn't that nice? Isn't that just the sweetest gift? It was like an early Christmas present. Oh I wish you could hear this music! I have learned so much and enjoyed it even more.
I know Mr. E. may be a bit embarrassed as he reads this, but I just had to let everyone know how wonderful he is. Mr. E. is romantic. No, I don't mean romantic like that. I mean romantic like poetry is romantic, and like roses are romantic. Romantic, as in beautiful. I have some lace that my grandmother tatted years and years ago - that's romantic. The romantic I am speaking of is about friendship, value and beauty and wisdom. This is a friendship that has added many wonderful new dimensions to my life. How can something like that not be romantic? Anything that wonderful has to be called romantic. It just has to be.
This person that I'm telling you about is someone whom I have never seen, and I have never heard his voice. I did see his handwriting in the Christmas card he sent to me. Imagine how I felt when I saw his handwriting. It was my first true evidence that this was a real person, and not just a sweet figment of my imagination. Mr. E. is one of the most special friends that I have never really met. If I had had the luxury to choose my father or perhaps even my grandfather, Mr. E. is the exact person I would have chosen to be both. Mr. E. is almost magical, but he isn't. Mr. E is the person who sent an email to me one day, and thank goodness, after I read his message, I did not hit the "delete" key.
Thank you Rob, for giving me the opportunity to share your website.
And, especially for giving me the opportunity to meet Mr. E.
~
Thank you Mr. E. for being one of my most prized, cherished and treasured friends.
Thank you for giving Christmas back it's magic this year.
And, most of all thank you for your faith in me.
What a year this has been, I wouldn't have missed it for anything!
patricia
Friday, December 19, 2003
The Awesome "Saddam Gets Inspected" Tape
We Just Can't Get
Enough of It!
Well, I'll tell you what! I just cannot get enough of
that tape of Saddam having his head and mouth inspected. I mean
it. It's just so damned appealing. Like when you awake in
the morning, turn on the news and sure enough, there's that tape on
every single channel. It's just such a joy to view for everyone,
except maybe for the wimps who may wake up with a sort of sensitive
tummy. The new American way to start your day, a cup of
coffee and one more viewing of the interior of Saddam's mouth.
Aaaaah, life is good!
Hey, you know what? They should just create a tv station that's
all Saddam, all the time. They could take that tape and have it
just run in a loop 24-7. As it is now, we only get to see it each
time Saddam's name is mentioned, which is on an average of three
times per second. The waiting can be aggravating as we have
to endure stories about US unemployment and all those other
pesky stories, before being treated once again, to a viewing of the
tape. Probably the news room folks are waiting with
anticipation just as we are. Every time the word,
"Saddam" is in the news script, you know there's someone
with a big smile saying, "Cue the tape!". If you're
lucky you can find the tape running on three or four news channels at
the same time. Talk about a news viewer's coup.
I'm truly surprised that the tape isn't being offered as a premium by
the GOP. You know, like donate big giant mega bucks to bush's
campaign, and receive a free copy of the tape. Wow, what a
Christmas present that would be for someone. Just imagine waking
up Christmas morning, opening a gift and finding that tape. Well
shoot, you'd toss that baby in the vcr, and what a great way for your
family to begin their day. The kids sitting there in their jammies,
granny in her bathrobe......can't you just picture it? Then you
hit the "play" button and the fun begins. You know the
kids would be mesmerized, and so would the adults. We're talking
about the all American Christmas. After all, I think the
Constitution does guarantee us the right to life, liberty and
the pursuit of seeing the inside of someone's mouth just as many
times as possible. Can a stranger's uvula be more
entertaining? I can't imagine how. Does life get any better
than this? No baby, we've hit the big time!
Seeing that tongue depressor, or swab, or whatever it is, as it cruises
all around Saddam's mouth is such a joy. Seeing that inspector run
his fingers around Saddam's head, in between and around each hair,
well, that just tops everything. Geez, it's so real you can almost
smell Saddam's breath. Heck, you can almost smell his
hair too. Talk about tv at it's best! We may have reached
the pinnacle in reality tv with this tape.
Every little kid is now going to aspire to be a mouth and hair
inspector. Watch the applications roll in to colleges that
offer these courses. How proud their parents will be. And,
the grads will attribute their inspiration and success to this special
tape. The "Saddam Gets Inspected" tape, the tape that
just can't be seen too often. The tape that inspired a
generation. Oh God, this is just so emotional, isn't it?
I may be going out on a limb here, but I see Academy Awards, I see
Oscars. Short subject reality film of the year? Sure sounds
like a possibility to me. You can bet the farm that it will
be chosen as the film seen by the most people, on the most days, on
the most tv channels. Yeah, that would be a new category.
Perhaps that category could be called the "Best Propaganda
Film" award, or something like that. I wonder if they would
let Saddam attend the festivities? You know President Bush would
be there, or at least it would appear that he was there. Of course
if he actually did attend , I guess Vice President Dick Cheney
would have to hide in an undisclosed location. Maybe in honor of
the event, he might hide in a hole. With his wild
sense humor, you never know what he'll do next. He is such a
character! No wonder we all love and admire him so much.
If this tape does win an award, this could be troublesome. Because
lots of aspiring actors might start hiding in holes, and getting
all dirty and icky just so they could be dug up and star in a movie
having their head and mouth inspected. You know how those copycat
movies always are? The copies are never as good as the original.
While we are all enjoying seeing the tape on tv just as often as
we possibly can, who's listening to radio? What about the radio
stations? They can't show the tape. How do they get to
share in this Saddam excitement business? What do they do
each time they mention Saddam's name? In the interest of fairness
to all the great Clear Channel announcers, perhaps they could
intersperse gagging sounds during the time they are describing the
inspection process. You know, like the gagging sound you
make when someone jams a tongue depressor down your throat, or, as those
clueless liberals would say, the gagging sound you make when
someone jams propaganda down your throat.
The liberals are all complaining because they say that the Saddam tape
is shown too often on the news. The liberals don't see this tape
as we do. They don't understand what it means. They don't
understand that each time we see this tape, it is a reminder to
us. It reminds us that as long as George Bush is our
President, we will be safe from all the ills of the
universe. Each time we view those pictures of the inside of
Saddam's mouth, we know that as long as George Bush is our President, he
will always find dangerous people living in holes and in caves and in
all sorts of cavities. When we see Saddam's matted hair, we know
that we are finally safe from Saddam's weapons of mass
destruction. When we see Saddam's gums, we know that the people of
Iraq are free. When we see this tape of this evil doer, we see
George Bush. Yes we do. President George Bush introduced us
to evil doers. President George Bush knows more about evil doers
than anyone else. When we hear the name George Bush, we
immediately think of an evil doer.
Yes we do!
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Saddam Would Have Been Free if Bush Got His Way
http://www.opednews.com/patricia1203_saddambush.htm
Friday, December 12, 2003
The Most Egregious
Abuse
Don't you sometimes feel like we're in a time machine
and it's going backward? We're going back to the old way of doing
things. We're going back to destroying the environment.
We're going back to taking rights away from women. We're going way
back and taking rights away from American citizens. We're trying
to go so far back that the Constitution hasn't even been written
yet. We're going back to the pre-industrial revolution, because
all our industries are going overseas. Since when is the
United States a backward nation, and who's driving this time
machine? I think it's way past time for a new driver.
Let's turn this baby around. I do not want to live in a
cave!
I do not want anyone to take our sweet country backward. I do not
want anyone to abuse America. This is my country, and I demand
that it be respected. I demand that my country be a country of
freedom and admiration. America deserves so much better than what
it has now. Our country deserves a leader who will care for it,
love it, and never, ever do anything that would harm it. But, it
isn't getting what it truly deserves.
Our wild lands deserve respect. They deserve to be left alone and
in peace. The wildlife of this country deserves to thrive in
peace. They deserve to be protected, to have a home that is
undisturbed by man or machine. They deserve to eat natural
food and drink clean water and make baby animals. They
deserve wild life. But, they aren't getting what they
truly deserve.
Our people deserve respect. They deserve to be able to work, raise
their families, and live in a world that is fair and healthy. They
deserve the respect and admiration of the entire world. They
deserve good schools for their children, good medical care and the
freedom to choose what is best for them. Our people deserve to
enjoy life. But, they aren't getting what they
truly deserve.
Our military personnel deserve to be treated fairly and with the
deepest respect. They deserve any and all medical treatment they
may ever need. They deserve to be paid for their service and paid
for the great risks they take. The families of our military should
never ever find themselves in financial straits due to a loved ones'
service to our country. Our military deserves the best this
country can give to anyone. Our military personnel must
be treated like the heroes that they are. Our military deserves
nothing but the very best. But, they aren't getting what they
truly deserve.
America deserves to have it's water running fresh and pure.
America deserves to have it's air fresh and pure. Destroying the
quality of our water and our air should be a crime. That crime
should carry the stiffest punishment, because it effects every living
creature in America. No one should be allowed to cause harm to
every man, woman, child and creature in our country. There is no
excuse for causing that much harm. Anyone who would allow our
water or our air to be poisoned should be considered a
criminal and perhaps even considered a terrorist. It is not all
right for any industry to poison us, just as it is not all right for an
enemy to poison us. Whether it be for profit or revenge, poisoning
air or water should not be tolerated. Americans deserve
lives free of poisons. But, they aren't getting what they
truly deserve.
America is not getting what it truly deserves. America is being
abused and an awful lot of people are just standing by and
watching. Don't they know they are abetting this crime? How
long will they just stand and stare? How bad does it have to
get before someone screams for help? Each day the bush
administration slaps and kicks America and no one seems to care.
Don't they hear the cries from the unemployed? Don't they hear the
cries from the children? Don't they hear anything at
all? They can't turn away because no matter which
way they turn the sight only gets worse and the cries become
louder. How can they just stand and watch? Don't they love
this country? Don't they care? Why don't they speak up and
try to help our America before it's just too late?
They have to hear the lies. I'm sure they hear the lies, but I
don't understand why they allow themselves to be such fools. How
long can they live in denial? Why would anyone rather live a lie
than try to make things better? How can anyone watch such abuse
and not cry out? Are they ignorant? Are they lazy?
What is their excuse? What is their excuse for just standing by
and allowing our America to be so horribly abused? Do they love
America? Do they love America more than they love their ignorant
bliss?
It doesn't matter if you like bush as a person or if you hate
him. I'm not talking about bush's personality here, I'm
talking about America. I'm talking about our country, your country
and mine. Whether you like bush or hate him, he is the one who is
ultimately responsible for allowing this abuse of America. He
isn't trying to stop it at all. He's just watching the slaps and
the kicks. He's allowing the pain to be inflicted, and he won't do
a thing about it. He was entrusted with America and he was
supposed to care for it and treat it with respect. But instead he
has gouged holes in it, smothered in with pollution, and allowed blood
stains. How can he possibly smile? Doesn't he
care? He doesn't love America. He has allowed too many awful
things to happen to America. Bush has been cruel to America.
It's time that we found a new caretaker for our sweet America.
Someone who will heal the wounds, sooth the pain and make our country
feel clean and whole and well again.
Please try to hang in there America, hold on just as tight as you
can. We love you, and we care for you deeply. We know you're
hurting and we see you bleeding. We've seen how you've been
abused. We are so sorry. We know you deserve so much
better. We're going for help. We're going to find someone
who will care for you. We're going to get a doctor.
I just hope it's not too late.
Friday, December 5, 2003
Let's Hit the
Brakes on This NASCAR Foolishness!
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"Here the ways of men part:
if you wish to strive for peace of
soul and pleasure, then believe;
if you wish to be a devotee of
truth, then inquire."
(Friedrich
Wilhelm Nietzsche)
Perhaps I just missed it, but did bush pass the hat
for donations for his campaign while he was in Iraq last week? He
must have, because it seems he doesn't go anyplace unless there is a big
fund raiser. Maybe the meal he served the soldiers was one of his
thousand dollar a plate deals. You just never know about old
george. And just out of curiosity, why did every military man in
bush's audience just happen to have brought their camera? After
all, it was really early in the morning when bush arrived. Do our
soldiers always carry cameras with them? Do they like to eat
turkey at breakfast time?
~~~
There was the big battle in Samarra and the big
report that about 54 of the enemy had been done in. Then the news
was, " Nope, not exactly that many, and maybe they weren't
even enemies".
Who exactly is making the news, who is writing the
news, and does anyone care if what we hear is correct? It's sort
of become a we said, they said deal. Somewhere in the middle is
the real truth. Is anyone honestly looking for that real truth or
are the majority of Americans just hearing what they want to hear rather
than face facts. Facts can be awfully ugly sometimes.
Awfully ugly.
~~~
It was amazing to listen to the news this
week. On Tuesday morning we were told that we might have
captured or killed one of Saddam's big shots. But after everyone
had left for work and school we were told, "Oops, we didn't get him
after all". So the majority of the country tramped out
happily on Tuesday morning thinking, "Cool, we're getting them one
by one just like our illustrious president said we would".
How many of them actually read or listened to the news on Tuesday night
and heard that it was all a "mistake"? Is the American
public drugged on propaganda? Does good news, even if it's
not true suffice to feed their habit of false security. Is
ignorance the drug of choice for America today? If so, who is the
pusher man?
~~~
First the bush boys said a British plane almost
blew operation "Big Turkey Can Fly in The Dark". Then
the British said, "Well, no that didn't happen." So now
you have to ask, what the hell were the bush boys talking
about? Did someone dream that a British plane contacted Turkey One
or what? As Desi used to say, "Oh georgie, you got
some splain-in to do".
~~~
Bush was in Iraq for a couple of hours and his
ratings went up about five points. How high would they have
gone if he would have just stayed over there? Now that made you
smile didn't it?
~~~
The bush administration is to some folks kind of
like a religion. Just put all your faith in bush and you
never have to accept responsibility for anything. You don't ask
questions, you don't do anything except follow blindly. Cowards
refuse to accept responsibility for their own actions. Cowards
follow and never ask why. Cowards would rather let something awful
happen, than have the guts to make a difference. How many cowards
does it take to elect a false prophet? If bush gets elected next
November, I'll let you know the answer to that.
~~~
The news now tells us the turkey in bush's
'Thanksgiving in Iraq" photo wasn't really for dining
purposes. The turkey on the platter was a prop for a
photo-op. What about the turkey who was holding the platter?
Is he ever for real? Seems the symbol of this administration is
that nothing is real. Their Jessica Lynch story wasn't real, the
proclamation after the landing on the carrier wasn't
real. You have to wonder, did he even fly in on that
jet? We didn't exactly see him climbing out of it did we?
Remember how they lied about where the ship was, and about how he had
to fly out there? Just nothing they tell us is real.
Geeezzz this whole administration is so bad it's unreal.
Perhaps we should just refer to this whole
administration as, "The people who just say s#*t"
You have to admit, they just say s#*t all the
time. It doesn't matter if what they say is true or not, they just
say it. Kind of hard to admire people who just say s#*t
isn't it? You have to wonder why they feel it's necessary to lie
to us so often. What are they hiding behind all those lies?
Forget the no spin zone. Let's demand a
"No S#*t Zone"
~~~
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Santa
Claus
North Pole
U.S.A.
Dear Santa,
I can explain !
Love,
patricia
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T'was a month before
Christmas and all through the place.
Each person was
bewildered, each person had a sad face.
The Congress was baffled
at just what to do.
They said they were
fighting for me and for you.
The stock market was
shaky.
The seniors in flux.
The general public was
saying, "Damn, are they trying to f*#k us?
The war in Iraq was
boiling like stew
The war in Afghanistan
was just a mess too.
The white house was busy
hiding first this and then that
The nation was clueless
watching, "The Cat in the Hat".
The environment was
taking a bad daily hit.
The economy was bad,
unemployment had folks in a fit.
The lies were a
swirling, the truth was obscured
While way too many
citizens went uninsured.
There was distrust as far
as any eye could see,
The administration had
lied just as much as could be.
When given a choice
between the good and the bad
Every government decision
was totally mad.
The holidays were
coming, but no cheer could be found.
Our soldiers were dying
on a far distant ground.
Washington said
"major combat is done"
But, we know that's not
true, because no one has won.
What's going to happen to
all our sweet states?
Seems we're quickly being
taken to hell's granite gates.
If there's someone
out there that knows just what to do,
Please drop a line
to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
There are men at this
locale who care nothing for you.
But, they watch where you
go and they watch what you do.
Tell them you're not
happy, tell them you're mad.
Tell them their choices
are mostly quite bad.
These folks on the hill
are driving us nuts,
These folks don't want to
listen, so let's kick all their butts.
This time next year, we
will speak out real loud.
We'll vote
for someone new who can make us all proud.
We have just one mission,
it's as clear as can be.
They'll hear from us
soon, from you and from me.
We'll show our dismay and
we'll show our unrest.
We'll elect a new group,
the Democratic best.
So on this day, when
things seem rather rank,
With little cash in our
pockets and less in the bank,
We'll muddle through
shopping and we'll muddle through fear,
And we'll try
to muddle through another losing new year
But, we'll think about
good times we have had in the past,
And we'll try to believe
that this misery can't last.
We will find some
good way to enjoy this season.
We will remember that we
have many a fine reason.
We'll drink a toast to
times that are yet to be.
We'll drink a toast to
you and then one to me.
We'll think about bush
and of all his men.
We'll think about when
better times will begin.
We know that we can fix
this, we know that we must.
We have to have a
government that we know and can trust.
This time next year when
the holidays come near,
This time next
year we won't live in this fear.
There are some major
problems we all have to face,
Like lying and
deceit, it's such a disgrace.
With bush and his boys
our world's come undone.
But, this time next year
we'll all vote as one
We'll send them a
message, real loud and real clear.
We'll tell the
Republicans to get the hell out of here.
We'll send them packing,
we'll give them no passes.
We'll shout
Merry Christmas as we kick their collective old asses.
We will show as much
mercy as they have shown us.
We'll cause them to cower
and we'll cause them to cuss.
We'll take back our
country, we'll take back our house.
We will rid
Washington of every single old louse.
So climb on the roof top
and shout it real loud,
We're Democrats, and damn
it we're democratically proud.
We see the challenge, we
see it clear.
We're gonna have a damned
good Merry Christmas next year!
But until then, until
things are much better,
We have to work
hard. Hell, just write a letter.
Do what you know a good
American would do.
If we want to make things
better it's up to me and to you.
As we all plod
through this present holiday season,
Remember the goal, we
must return to reason.
We must go forward and
learn from the past,
To have our votes
counted, first they all must be cast.
If Santa is out there and
if he reads all of this,
I hope that he's
real mad, I hope that he's real pissed.
I hope that Santa is just
exactly like me, I hope he's all mad and I hope he's in
shock.
I hope that Santa drops a
giant chunk of coal in george's grimy Republican sock.
I hope that Santa
can see this all very clear.
I hope that Santa
will come to visit this year.
I hope that Santa's
reindeer find no challenge to their coursing
I hope Santa's elves
aren't the victims of out-sourcing.
What if you plan to write
Santa a letter this year?
But, you get a return
message that says, "Santa's not here"
What if you call
Santa and it requires extra fees?
Then you'll know
another manufacturer has moved overseas.
As I bring this little
message to a goodhearted close,
There is one thing for
sure that each of us knows.
As the holidays come and
we go through the motion,
Our hearts will be with
our soldiers far over the ocean.
We send them our love and
we tell them we care.
We want them all to
know we'll remember them there.
We wish them Happy
Holidays and a Happy New Year
Of all our treasures, we
hold them most tender and dear.
This time next year, if
we get our way,
Each one of these
soldiers will have ended their stay.
They will be back here
with us, it's where they should be.
They'll be back
here with their families, with you and with me.
Friday, November 21, 2003
Governmental
Uterus Registration
(if you
don't like the title, you'll love the article)
When something is bothering
me, I mean really making me upset, I take out all my anger and
everything else out on my house. I clean like a mad
woman. I clean everything standing just to get all the
negative energy out of my system. Well, as of today I have the
cleanest damn house on the block, if not in the state.
So many things this
week. So many emotions. Such a clean house.
To begin with, it seems
that we are having part two of the war in Iraq. This time the
bombings should be named "Shame and Awful". It's
like having a nightmare and then waking up and discovering the
dream is over. Then going back to sleep and dreaming the same
scary dream again. Only this is no dream, and it doesn't qualify
as a nightmare. This is real bombing and more real deaths.
How can we bomb the Iraqi people until we make them love us?
Then there was the whole
fiasco about Medicare. AARP folks are getting shafted and
things may be out of control. It's such a dirty situation
I don't even want to go there.
Thursday morning we awaken
to discover that bombs have gone off in Turkey. Lots of people are
dead. We bombed people in Iraq and someone bombed people in
Turkey. All the bombs killed people, so all who made
the bombs or dropped the bombs killed people. Who the hell
cares? I guess that's what we're supposed to say.............I
guess it is. Why is that?
Bush goes to visit Tony and
they seem to think they know everything there is to know about
war. Bush met with the families of the dead British
soldiers. He doesn't do that here at home. He hasn't met
with a single U.S. family. Why are the British people more
important than our people? He gave the Prime Minister of Italy his
sincerest regrets regarding the Italian soldiers who were killed.
He hasn't said publicly that he regrets U.S. soldiers being
killed. Why does he care more about the Italian soldiers than
about our soldiers? Why is that?
You know they want to close
a lot of the schools on bases here in the U.S. They say they can't
afford to keep them open. Didn't we just send just about
all our money to Iraq to help build schools, etc. Why didn't we
keep some money here so we could keep our schools
open? Why is that?
Blair and bush spoke
to the press Thursday morning. If you saw it, you had to be
embarrassed as bush spoke. Compared to the eloquent Blair, bush
appeared to be a buffoon. Made you want to cover your face
and hide. I don't have to ask "why is
that?". I know why!
The best part was when the
reporter asked bush why he thought the people in England "hated
him". You should have heard what I yelled at my tv in
response to that question.
It's amazing to me that we
have just about 24-7 news coverage about the demonstrations in Miami,
but we didn't get to see much if any of the demonstrations against bush
in England. Do they think if we don't see the demonstrations in
England we won't believe they actually happened?
Shoot, the holiday season
begins next week - the fun of Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping
and all the other parts of the happiest time of the year. Okay,
that's it! Folks, as bad as everything is, we gotta try our best
not to let the holidays sneak past us. Yes, the world is one
stinking place right now, but we have to buck up and let the good times
roll. Because if we don't, then the neo-cons win.
So on that somewhat cheery
note:
From one pissed off,
liberal turkey!
patricia
Friday, November 14, 2003
Just in case you're as peeved as I am about
bush taking the female body hostage, you can
read my feelings about that
right here:
Hey
Sister! It's Not Your Body
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda!
That pretty much sums up this week doesn't
it? Finally the excrement is hitting
the war fan and everybody is chipping in
their two cents on what we shoulda, woulda,
coulda do, done, did.
Well hello! It's too damned late for
second guessing. Bottom line is
it's a big freakin mess in Iraq and no
one has a clue what to do. We just
mailed them all that money and now
what? One thing the Iraqis should
learn from all this, even a so-called
democracy can screw up big time when they
the wrong man is running the show. I
hope they're taking notes. Here's what
you don't do folks, you don't let the
highest court in your country choose
your leader. Got that? Don't
allow that to happen, because if it does,
then hello, you aren't a democracy.
Since no one, even bush, can blame
this one on President Clinton, they are now
blaming it on the Iraqi people. Seems
the Iraqi folks haven't passed democracy 101
fast enough. This would be about the
equivalent of planting me in the middle of
Wall street and giving me six months to
learn all the ins and outs of running the
largest investment company in the
world. I could give it my best shot,
but I don't think I would have a handle on
everything in that amount of time. How
can you rapidly learn what you don't even
understand, what you have no experience
dealing with? It's insane.
Hell, half the time the members of the
council don't even show up for the
meetings. Do they ask them why?
Now I have earth shaking
questions. Who does Bremmer's dry
cleaning and his laundry? Who washes
and irons his clothes? Is he like a
king with lots of servants to care for him
and take care of all his personal
needs. I mean think about it.
Every time you see him over there he's
in a little suit with the lapel hanky
and the works. No one else over there
looks all that tidy. Okay maybe it
wasn't an earth shaking question, but
sometimes you zero in on the small stuff
because the big stuff is just too
overwhelming.
Of course by now everyone has heard about
the very adult approach the Republican
senators took as they pitched a hissy fit
over the "judicial
crisis". They basically
said, "We won't shut up and go to bed
until we get our way. So
there!" Geeez, and you wonder why
our country is kinda messed up? Be
sure and share this story with your little
kids. Show them how real adults act
when they are miffed. Show them how
adults don't compromise, they just act
out. I think I know a group of
senators who seriously need a time
out. They need to go sit in the corner
and think about what they've done.
When is He Coming Home?
Just for the record, it's now been three
weeks since my friend's wife has heard from
him. No one knows where he is or
how he is and we're worried big time.
Iraq is not a good place for man nor
beast. Everyone says that we can't
pull out now because it would mean chaos for
Iraq. Looks to me like things have
become pretty chaotic since we pulled
in.
If they turn Iraqi leadership over to
Chalabi it's going to make us all
wince. This is the guy who has a fine
reputation of making money disappear without
a trace. Don't believe me? Ask
the folks in Jordan, seems when he skipped
out of there he made seventy
million vanish. Isn't it bad enough
that we have a puppet for a president?
Are we going to force the Iraqis have a
magician? This is a real circus!
Judge Roy Brown
Judge Roy Brown got his holy walking orders
on Thursday. His god only knows what
he's going to do next, but rumor has it that
he plans to build an ark and sail into a
political career. Think about it long
and hard folks in Alabama. Are you
real sure you want to be the only state that
is so religious that you are banned
from "state"? Do
you want the name of your state changed from
Alabama to The Church of Alabama?
I listened to Roy speak after he was removed
from the bench and he sure didn't sound like
a sane man. He sounded like a man who
was haunted by the holy spirit.
Seriously haunted! If Roy wants to get
a new job, I would suggest he find a tv
station and become a tv
evangelist. He would be perfect.
And, it would keep him busy enough, so that
he wouldn't be planting anymore 2
ton graven images around the
grounds of the government.
Tuesday,
November 11,
To
All the Veterans and Their Families,
Please
consider yourself thanked from the bottom of
my heart!
Please
consider your neck to have been
hugged.
And,
please consider your cheek to have
been kissed.
Because,
I consider you to be the BEST!
With
sincere gratitude and admiration,
patricia
Friday, November 7, 2003
This is fall. Many of us veg out on
Sunday afternoons. We just give our
brains a few hours off, put on something
comfy, kick back and watch...........yep,
watch a little football. We gather a
few snacks and our favorite beverages, maybe
even some adult beverages. We
just chill and have a good time. I happen to
love to do just that! Pin up my hair,
put on the appropriate sweatshirt
and get down with laziness. Life
is too short to be tense on Sunday
afternoons in the Fall. Fall means
football. Life deserves football
watching! It's good for you to kick
back and enjoy the luxury of doing nothing
but having a hell of a good time.
If you watch football, you know there are
penalties when a team screws up. Well,
life can sort of be like that. When
people screw up they should be
penalized. So here's the score this
week.
__________________________________________________
Flag on the Field
Penalty--Illegal Substitution
Bush signed the partial birth abortion
bill. Said he wants us to become
champions of life or some such prophetic
quip. Champions of the unborn.
Ignorers of the health of the living.
Expediters of death in war. Hey,
we got all the bases covered! Bush
signed the bill knowing full well that it
went against the Constitution, but so what,
his bro did the same thing here in Florida a
couple of weeks ago. United
States Constitution, what United
States Constitution? These bush
boys don't need no stinkin' Constitution
because apparently they believe they're God!
Flag on the Field
Penalty--Forward pass from beyond line of
scrimmage
With a smirk and another smirk bush glided
his pen across the paper, and he sent
the Iraqis about twenty some billion
dollars. They don't have to pay any of
it back. It's not a loan, it
could have been, and it should have
been. But, it wasn't a loan, it was
just good old insane ridiculousness.
We generously gave them more money than we
could even dream of affording.
He just smirkingly tossed it to
them. Early Christmas present
with no return address attached. We
aren't Grinches, we're broke. It was
our money, now it's theirs. So long
money for things our country needs. We
won't see ya later.
Flag on the Field
Penalty--Ineligible receiver touching the
Pass
Did you hear? We're sending all those
billions to Iraq and if a little
profiteering is done, hey that's cool.
There was a provision that would
have banned any profiteering, but
shoot, that would make it just so damned
difficult to be crooked. So that
little situation was avoided. We just
said, "Here's all our money, do
whatever you want to with it. Give it
to any corporation who stings you, give it
to any crook who wants it. And if you
need more, give us a ring. We're here
for you but we're not here for US".
Flag on the Field
Penalty--Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Last Sunday, just after the announcement
about the helicopter being shot down in
Iraq, I received an email from the Kerry
campaign. The email showed a picture
of Sen. Kerry standing in a field holding a
hunting rifle. Not being a fan of guns
in any form, I didn't like the photo.
Then as I scrolled down the email there was
another photo of Kerry holding a dead
pheasant. Such a ugly ugly sight.
Having been fortunate enough to once
see a pheasant in the wild, I cannot for the
life of me understand how anyone can draw a
bead on something so pretty and
then just basically blow it's brains
out. Even worse, having one's
photo taken with the dead bird in one's
hands. What was that all about?
He later joked on tv that times were hard
and he had to hunt to put food on his
table. Not funny Kerry, not funny one
bit. Why the hell do you think that
showing me a picture of a dead bird that you
had killed would make me want to vote for
you? Are you nuts? At least Dr.
Dean just talked about Confederate flags and
pick-up trucks, he didn't send out a photo
of himself actually riding in the back of a
pick-up truck and waving a Confederate
flag. Someone in Sen. Kerry's office
just isn't thinking or else they think the
way to win votes is to show that Sen.
Kerry likes to kill animals. I've
never been fond of people who kill
animals. They say that kids who kill
and torture animals are headed down a bad
road. Why is it that if an adult kills
an animal he feels this is a plus to lead
him down the road to the whitehouse?
Dear Sen. Kerry's campaign,
Please don't send me any more photos of dead
animals. Animals look much more
beautiful when they are alive and can stand
on their own. I don't want to see them
dead and being held by a man
who kills them!
My vote is not in Sen. Kerry's future.
Flag on the Field
Penalty--Taunting
It seems that I am hearing the word liberal
and communist in the same sentence a lot
these days. Is that the new
trend? First we were traitors, then we
didn't support the troops, then we were
un-American, then we were
hysterical historical revisionists, and
now we're communist? Why not just
refer to us as Americans who give a hardy
damn about their country? Yeah we do,
and it doesn't matter what label they slap
on us it won't shut our mouths, it won't
shut our eyes, and it won't make us stop
trying to heal our country and make it good
again. Good in the eyes of other
countries and a good place for all people to
live.
WINNING
GAME PLAN
I don't care if they call us aliens or
monsters or wiggly woggleys, we're gonna do
this thing! We're going to work our
little liberal asses off and we are
gonna make our home a true home, not a
corporate warehouse. I'm telling you
it's gonna happen, because we are going to
do it. It's too deep in our hearts, we
can't help it. We just love our
country and we're going to rescue it, love
it and take care of it the way it deserves
to be cared for. Right now, it's being
held hostage but we're not dealing with
a ransom, we're not negotiating, we're going
in! We will put an end to USA abuse,
watch and see!
TOUCHDOWN!
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Due to the fact that things are going so
swimmingly in Iraq and in Washington under the
direction of our fine President, I just don't
see any reason to continue making daily
entries on this blog page. For that
reason, I'm going to try doing a once a week
entry that will be posted on Friday
mornings.
If you've visited this blog page before, you
are probably wondering, "What the
hell?"
Okay a part of that opening sentence is
true. I am going to change this to a
weekly blog and post it on Friday mornings,
but it sure as hell isn't due
to a lack of aggravation over
the dysfunction in
Washington. And, it isn't because I
think it's just dandy that our troops
are getting killed in bush's war.
I want to, rather than write in dribs and
drabs about current events, I want to
write a weekly summary.
With the holidays approaching, I need a little
time to try to convince Santa that I've been a
good girl. If he sees that I'm bitching
and moaning every day he might scratch my
name off his list. I think I'm already
off his short list. And one thing is for
sure, I do not want to piss off Santa Claus!
Who knows, if things get even crazier in
this world , I may just go bananas and
toss in a daily entry ever so
often. I can't imagine things can
get any crazier than 16 soldiers getting
killed in one day and our screwin', lost in
space president doesn't say a word about
it. Nada, zip, zero words
uttered! This kinder, gentler,
compassionate, uniter, presidential
imposter just let it slide by as he went la la
la along on his campaign money raising
extravaganza. If he
felt bad when these troops were killed or
when any of our troops are killed, seems
to me we would see it in him, we would
just know it. We know
when someone is feeling sad, we
just know it even if they don't tell
us. Hell, even if he truly doesn't
give a damn, he could at least, for the sake
of appearing to be human, act like he
cares. Instead he just appears to
deny how the families feel. Is he
capable of feeling sympathy and
sadness? Could he truly be
capable of hiding such feelings from the
public? Why would he want to?
Saturday, November 1, 2003
There she was last night, prettier than
life. Her hair just like honey and her
face is the face from which they fashion angel's
faces. Those sweet little eyes looking into
mine. She was shy but her eyes were
inquisitive. She approached me slowly and
cautiously. Who would have expected
someone so gentle, so young to know so
much. Life for her is good but it could be
so much better. A part of her heart is far
far away.
She wore red. She wanted something from me
and something from the world. I gave her
what I had and she seemed pleased but in her
heart she wanted so much more. She just
kept staring into my heart, and it hurt.
It hurt because unknowingly she was
breaking my heart into tiny pieces.
She is almost three years old. Her
grandfather is in Iraq and she carries a bent
and ragged photo of him with her wherever she
goes.. Before he left for Iraq, she
and her grandfather spent many afternoons
together as they played in his
backyard. They would pick flowers and
observe the birds at the birdbath. They
were buddies and they were good
buddies! She has a nickname
for her grand father and he has one for
her. If you speak with her on the
telephone she will hold his picture up to the
receiver and ask you if you can see him.
She misses him and I know for a fact that he
misses her.
Her mother and her grandmother brought her to my
door last night and rang my doorbell. When
I opened the door, there she was wearing this
little ladybug costume. Oh my goodness,
she was cute! She was standing there in
the glow of the lighted pumpkins adorning my
entrance way. Just this tiny little girl
standing between two adoring adults. The
costume allowed for some of her little blonde
curls to peek out and play in the breeze.
I must have looked like a giant to her, but as
soon as I knelt down you could see her
relax. She held out her basket and uttered
the national Halloween phrase "twick or
tweet".
As I was filling her little basket with
"tweets" my heart was breaking,
because there was a vast empty space there in
the pumpkin's glow. There was a dark space
in all that light. The space was so dark
and so empty that you could feel it.
That empty space should have been filled with
one more adoring adult. Her grandfather
should have been standing there beside
her. But, he wasn't.
He's in Iraq, and he might be alive or he might
be dead. She doesn't know that possibility
exists, she will tell you that he's "at
work". He's been pulling this
shift "at work" since about last
February.
I wish he could see her, but more than that, I
was wish she could see him. I wish he
could come home from "work".
Last night, as I stared into her little
innocent eyes, I wondered what her grandfather
might be doing at that same moment. Was he
crashing down the door of an Iraqi family's
home? Was he scaring some little Iraqi
child as he confiscated it's father?
Was he shooting someone? I don't
know.
I do know that this grandfather
soldier would given anything and everything
to have been home from
"work", and sharing the
experience last night, of escorting that sweet
little ladybug as she fluttered through the
neighborhood, "twick or
tweeting".
